Alcanman Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: Blimey, blink & I miss it..!! Another Alcanman classic to keep watch on!! Thanks Jordan. Yes I'm still here and 'still game'. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 On 20/04/2021 at 17:02, Alcanman said: Jack and Victor are having a socially distanced chat with yard foreman. Why? Have they time-travelled to 2020? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 I decided to extend the stone wall to bridge the gap between the rail served and non rail served warehouses. Some seamoss bushes/trees also helped to fill in the space. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 I've started bundling the logs together and strapping them with masking tape. This will enable the timber loads to be easily unloaded by the 'hand of God' so I can run loads in, empties out. I've also started adding some grass/weeds between the tracks in the sidings. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Progress update. Added static grass and grass tufts / bushes in front of the stone wall and warehouse. 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Another pic taken from underneath the road bridge showing the static grass and bushes in front of the stone wall. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 The short siding at the front of the layout has been extended by a few inches and can now easily accomodate 2 OCA/OBA wagons. 2 OCAs with steel pipes arrive for unloading. The loads are easliy removable so, like the timber siding, I can operate loads in, empties out. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 OTA and OBA wagons in timber traffic at Crianlarich and at Craiglang. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 Added a few details around the yard office area and my old Morris Marina has turned up at the car park, in suprisingly good condition. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 Finished adding static grass and grass tufts. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Yet another of Mr Alcanman's layouts joins my "I WANT that layout!!!" List.... 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallaig1983 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 That’s looking really good Alcanman, really very very nice. A lovely bit of weathering on the loco too. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alcanman Posted May 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2021 Added some sea-moss bushes and grass tufts next to the road over-bridge to create an overgrown look. Scenic areas of the layout are now finished. Operationally, the layout has settled into a rotation of swapping wagons in 2 of the 3 sidings, using the 4th siding to make up the outgoing train of empties. Incoming loads are removed by hand. A session usually takes a relaxing 20-30 minutes to complete and, of course, can be repeated as many times as desired. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supaned Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 I like the twin spotlamps in that last photo of the 26. Seeing this layout and your previous Scottish one set me off on a tangent mulling over a similar thing in 7mm....however , I'm not sure I can quite justify buying a £600 Heljan loco to then have it chopped about and repainted to represent what I might actually need.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Supaned said: I like the twin spotlamps in that last photo of the 26. Seeing this layout and your previous Scottish one set me off on a tangent mulling over a similar thing in 7mm....however , I'm not sure I can quite justify buying a £600 Heljan loco to then have it chopped about and repainted to represent what I might actually need.... My favourite 26s were those based at Inverness fitted with Twin headlamps, headcode discs and mini snow ploughs. The model is based on my photo of 26032 at Inverness. A 7mm version would be superb especially with sound. If I had the space and the money, I would love one. Edited May 24, 2021 by Alcanman error 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supaned Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 I was thinking more of a late 1980s era with red stripe railfreight 26s , especially as Heljan have one planned. In reality for 7mm the only locos that would need major surgery would be a 37 or 2 to represent examples without bufferbeam skirts and so on , but there would also be a need for much more kit building of wagons which is probably beyond my capabilities. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 5 hours ago, Supaned said: I was thinking more of a late 1980s era with red stripe railfreight 26s , especially as Heljan have one planned. In reality for 7mm the only locos that would need major surgery would be a 37 or 2 to represent examples without bufferbeam skirts and so on , but there would also be a need for much more kit building of wagons which is probably beyond my capabilities. The 7mm skirt-less 37/4 is now available from Heljan. I keep translating these layouts into O Scale, the problem then being that they would be about 17 or 18 feet long. Although I do have 17 foot available in my loft, it is occupied by an American O scale layout which, due to the convenience afforded by buckeye couplers, can go around 3ft radius corners, so I have a roundy-roundy that would be impossible to do in the same space with UK O scale. Fitting kadees to the UK stock isn't the answer, as the buffers create a huge gap between vehicles on such a curve. With apologies for the slight thread hijack, here's how I know... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 Made a few more timber loads this week. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Looks good. I like the way the offices close in the track exit a bit. I was thinking about your EWS steel warehouse from back in the day - I’d like to do a small plank like that at some point 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 Jack and Victor stop for a chat on their way to 'The Clansman' 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted May 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2021 Jack’s a wee bit tall but. Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 A couple of pics to show the entire layout. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 Back in 1984 I made a trip along the scenic West Highland Line extension from Fort William to Mallaig behind steam heat 37191. First pic shows 37191 waiting to depart Mallaig. The second shows the loco in 1985 having been displaced by ETH fitted 37/4s on WHL passengenger duties. With it's boiler isolated, now reduced to performing mundane shunting at Craiglang. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I wonder what you'll do next ? do you have a back catalogue of ideas ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold C126 Posted June 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2021 An inspiration to all, if only the two months you have built it. Wonderful, and thanks for sharing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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