Ressaldar
Western Thunderer
With the long term view of having something to run on in my den when I cannot get out into the garage to run my O gauge locos on Hadlow Road I have decided to build a n OO gauge mini servicing point layout measuring 1800 x 450.
The location is purely fictitious but again, as with Hadlow Road, set around the South West suburbs which served both the Southern and Western regions of BR in the mid/late 60s. The site used to be solely occupied by the CCE Department but has now been amended to allow the building of the servicing point, fuel facilities and the servicing building and retaining just one CCE siding (somewhere for the Inspection Saloon).
I am a great fan of retaining walls and have chosen to go with the KS Laser Designs version (having used them an two O Gauge layouts in the past) all around the perimeter with a girder bridge over the track leading 'off scene', it cannot be realistically called a fiddle yard. The baseboards themselves I have ordered from White Rose Model Works.
Trackwork is Peco Code 75, point control via DCC Concept's Omega units and loco control by NCE Power Cab and the buildings will be Bachmann Scenecraft. The areas within the yellow lines will be concrete and the car parks will be tarmac. Yard and building lighting will be installed later.
Stock currently consists of a Dapol Class 22 - D6332 in blue with full yellow ends and fitted with a Zimo 21 pin decoder with a Youchoos sound file , a Hattons Class 14 - D9521 in green being fitted with a Zimo 8 pin decoder with a Youchoos sound file and the necessary Inspection Saloon (Rule 1 applies) albeit the Bachmann ex LMS Diag D2046 version - M45030M in Blue/Grey which can just about be justified, certainly until somebody brings out a BR (WR) version of the ex GWR Q13 Inspection Saloons. The main idea of the layout is to just shuffle locos around so the tension lock couplings will be removed (except on the 03 or 08 shunter when either is acquired) and the screw couplings fitted.
Whilst waiting for the baseboards to arrive, I have laid the layout full size on lining paper, marked up in 150 x 150 squares and checked the fit of the design, so now it is a matter of being patient until they delivered.
Hopefully, progress photos in the not to distant future.
Regards
Mike
The location is purely fictitious but again, as with Hadlow Road, set around the South West suburbs which served both the Southern and Western regions of BR in the mid/late 60s. The site used to be solely occupied by the CCE Department but has now been amended to allow the building of the servicing point, fuel facilities and the servicing building and retaining just one CCE siding (somewhere for the Inspection Saloon).
I am a great fan of retaining walls and have chosen to go with the KS Laser Designs version (having used them an two O Gauge layouts in the past) all around the perimeter with a girder bridge over the track leading 'off scene', it cannot be realistically called a fiddle yard. The baseboards themselves I have ordered from White Rose Model Works.
Trackwork is Peco Code 75, point control via DCC Concept's Omega units and loco control by NCE Power Cab and the buildings will be Bachmann Scenecraft. The areas within the yellow lines will be concrete and the car parks will be tarmac. Yard and building lighting will be installed later.
Stock currently consists of a Dapol Class 22 - D6332 in blue with full yellow ends and fitted with a Zimo 21 pin decoder with a Youchoos sound file , a Hattons Class 14 - D9521 in green being fitted with a Zimo 8 pin decoder with a Youchoos sound file and the necessary Inspection Saloon (Rule 1 applies) albeit the Bachmann ex LMS Diag D2046 version - M45030M in Blue/Grey which can just about be justified, certainly until somebody brings out a BR (WR) version of the ex GWR Q13 Inspection Saloons. The main idea of the layout is to just shuffle locos around so the tension lock couplings will be removed (except on the 03 or 08 shunter when either is acquired) and the screw couplings fitted.
Whilst waiting for the baseboards to arrive, I have laid the layout full size on lining paper, marked up in 150 x 150 squares and checked the fit of the design, so now it is a matter of being patient until they delivered.
Hopefully, progress photos in the not to distant future.
Regards
Mike