Thank you! That's very kind of you to say.
Oooh now that does look like a lovely idea - thank you! Some posters could really add some nice detail to a few areas: especially the ones where there are some walls which are a bit bland or just plain boring
-Peter
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(new post, 4.6.2022, 15:23)
So - I've got some stuff done. Amazing, I know
There's a few bits I've done with things I already had - nothing major - so I might as well share them...
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This is the new shed for Oldmoor T&RSMD! It's a Gaugemaster plastic kit I got for Christmas last year, and I just haven't got around to building it until now. It was quite fun to put together actually - the pieces all go together really nicely, and the instructions are straightforward: and the best bit is that there aren't a million-and-one pieces to put on it! My only gripe is that the coloured stripes (the yellow, black, and red ones) on the doors here are stickers - which meant I put them on just two out of the four doors before getting bored.
The doors open, which is a cool feature - they swing up as you can see here. You can also see how the roof doesn't perfectly sit on the top - that's my slightly shaky building skills showing me up
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Here's a shot of the top and back of the new shed. The eagle-eyed readers among us may notice that the shed has in fact been moved from where the previous one was - the card thing I build however long ago was sat on the two roads to the right of the frame, and now this one is obviously sat over the two middle roads. This was because this plastic kit is wider than my card version - meaning it wouldn't fit right next to the bit of Oldmoor Junction you can see on the right of the picture.
So what I've done is pull the rightmost road out a bit, to allow it to run alongside the shed - then I've extended one of the roads through the shed to take advantage of the fact that it's got doors at both ends (this is the space currently occupied by the Class 153). I've made that space big enough to hold a small 0-6-0 engine, meaning I could have an 09 drag some coaches into the shed or just have an old engine sat out the back awaiting repairs or something.
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And now another shed - but older.
Here's one end of the Railway Centre site - the bit with the goods shed. Yesterday I wondered if it would look any nicer if the goods shed ran parallel to the edge of the baseboard - meaning it wasn't parallel to the siding currently holding the Mogo van in this picture. I think it works because it means the area outside the goods shed (so where things would be transferred from road to rail and vice versa) actually receives proper light: before, the goods shed blocked the natural light getting to this area. Plus, it allows for a more interesting set up with the road area being sandwiched between two rail bits.
I've also added in a new siding - in this photo, it's the one holding the 61xx Prairie. I managed to do this because when I was remodelling Oldmoor Junction ages ago, I ended up with a spare set of points - and being right-hand points, they were perfect for making a new siding which runs alongside the line into and out of the Railway Centre. That siding can hold one small-to-medium-sized engine, or two wagons: the Mogo siding can hold one small engine or a small wagon.
(The signal is just there whilst the poly-cement fixes it - I managed to break it a while ago and set about fixing it this morning)
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And the last change for today - an extension to the platform at Little Piddling! I was having a look at the station the other day and wondered if I could make the platform just a bit longer, so as to allow for a 14xx and autocoach set-up to sit in the platform and be fully accommodated. I've achieved this through removing the platform end ramp and then, using a piece of platform formerly used on Oldmoor Junction, adding a new section (which a chunk taken out at the camera end to allow mainline trains to pass unhindered). I think this is quite cool because it means I can have a train shuttling between the station here and the one in the Railway Centre 'proper' with all doors on an autocoach accommodated on the platform if the 14xx is at the Little Piddling end (if that makes any sense) of the train.
As you can see, I need to sort out that platform light - and those passengers on the platform, who I found the other day whilst sorting some bits out.
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And here's the last photo for the day - not a change, but just a bit of fun.
Here's a train hauled by 47164, complete with Silver Jubilee decorations and Stratford embellishments, taking passengers to the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London. It's a fancy excursion from Oldmoor - they've got a buffet and everything: things normal passengers can only dream of given there's only two buffet/restaurant coaches in the Oldmoor fleet, and both of them are Mk1s
This photo also shows how this bit of the layout looks quite barren - I need to get some platform furniture sorted. I've cleared the bay platforms so there aren't any trains in them now, and it looks simultaneously satisfying and rather boring with just the grey platforms and basic track!
Anyway - thanks for reading. I hope you found it interesting.
-Peter
