Postman On The Rails Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 I took the layout out today for its first real public outing at the Poole & District MRS exhibition. Looking good RDS Mod Note: I have removed the picture from your reply. Please do no repost pictures when replying to posts. Just scroll to the bottom of the page and post in the white square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Sounds like you had a great time and did some good ‘flag flying’ 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renoir Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 Been a while so time for an update on Hatley St George. Very slow progress but I have been concentrating on detailing the layout particularly the platform and yard areas. I have learned over the intervening months that it is good to “walk away” from the project on occasions, sometime for several weeks. Inspiration and motivation always seem to return. I exhibited the layout at the Lymington Model Railway Exhibition this Easter weekend and the experience has confirmed to me that building a TT layout was the right decision, and especially a small and portable one. A lot of positive feedback and a number of fruitful conversations with visitors gave me a host of ideas on how to develop the layout and re-kindled my enthusiasm. May I encourage those forum members struggling to get going on a first layout. My layout is small, and this is my first attempt at serious scenery, but I have made progress, and I thoroughly enjoy seeing my trains running round. My advice is to just plough on and do something...seems to have worked for me 🙂 [MODS, sorry about the upsidedown images, not sure how to rotate them] Mod edit: WIP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moawkwrd Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Looks awsome! (Even upside down! 😄) The scenery works great coming from the background to the foreground like that. How did you make the level crossing out of interest? The gates look like ones I've seen on Ebay 3d printed. Is the road bridge a commercial product or did you make it yourself? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renoir Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 Thanks. 😊 Yes, I feel embarrassed by the upside down photos as I cannot find how to right them 🫣 The level crossing is a 3D print from SR-3D Designs, and the road bridge is a modification of a InTheGreenwoodLaser kit. The spiked fencing is a laser cut product from Scale Model Scenery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moawkwrd Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Just now, Renoir said: Thanks. 😊 Yes, I feel embarrassed by the upside down photos as I cannot find how to right them 🫣 The level crossing is a 3D print from SR-3D Designs, and the road bridge is a modification of a InTheGreenwoodLaser kit. The spiked fencing is a laser cut product from Scale Model Scenery. Awesome, thanks. I hope I can achieve even half of what you've done on my own layout. Don't worry about the photos - I'm sure a mod will come along and flip them if it's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renoir Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 MO, I've seen your post about your proposed layout. May I encourage you....you will achieve what you want to do...just crack on with it 😊 I hadn't done any scenery before but encouragement on this forum convinced me to try, and it was a lot easier than I had imagined. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ateshci Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 A little late, but having used TOR-network via an Australian server one of the pictures looked like this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renoir Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 Thanks 😊 looks much better ! Just wish I could figure out how to solve the rotation problem when posting. On another topic, my next job is to check the platform clearances for 75' coaching stock. I didn't expect to be tempted by an HST but the idea of running one is too tempting...it may be I need to apply the scalpel to parts of the platform edges 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunmarc88 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 It’s really looking great! May I ask which track you have used and also what radius? I feel like I’ve been planning and then getting nowhere for so long so it’s getting time follow your advice and just do something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renoir Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 Sure...I have used Hornby set-track and the R3 and R4 curves on "the main" and an R6 in one of the sidings. The "philosophy" of the layout was to build on the trainsets, the "next stage" so to speak, and partly to encourage others to have a go at developing a layout. Go on...you can do it...make up a board and lay some track 😊. Keep it simple and achievable...that's the key. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renoir Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 Image reposted at Mod's request...view of whole layout Mod Edit: Thanks @Renoir . Correct here and in earlier post. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 This is a lovely layout, to those who are having doubts about their own ability, don’t! Get some track down and run some trains, let your mind wander and if you have to change things, that’s easy, change them. Progress not Perfection 😁 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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