Sunday 16 May 2010

The People asked the people get!

As a member of www.ngrm-online.com  i have documented the layout over there for a time however  i am not ofay with how to upload photographs on there so this blog was created  so that  photos can be uploaded so here we go .

The two coaches are Avalon line products and are  part of a rake of six that will be required  as the main service  rake with a shorter rake of Other coaches  running in a relief  path capacity .
Above the 2-6-2 tank engine as built by Myself and Colin peake  of shifting sands fame another engine of this size is planned along with a model of  the ravenglass and Eskdale railways Bonnie Dundee. i am planning to repaint this engine into a British railways Green livery as i feel this would be more pleasing to the eye.


Here is  what i consider one of the biggest locomotives in the fleet
a model of the Early ravenglass and eskdale railway Diesel/petrol engine ICL1
it is far from finished and as most things in modeling are often considered this way i consider it  very much a work in progress

News of the layout will be posted shortly a  large power supply has been purchased this  has a in built capacitor discharge unit  two controlled outputs for the track  one 12 volt output for ancillary  items such as lights etc and a nine volt output too this is very heavy duty and came from Parkside Railways of miniature railway fame.

All the best and If anyone has any questions  feel free to ask away
Regards
Jordan

Wednesday 12 May 2010

A introduction

well I'm new to blogging so i think i better introduce myself I'm Jordan and i live in deepest Lancashire im a active volunteer at the keighley and worth valley railway and a committee member of the Friends of the miniature railway museum trust. i have interests in many different scales but at the moment I'm modeling solely to 7mm scale to represent a 15" gauge railway of the likes of the railways at ravenglass and at cleethorpes .

Now to introduce the layout ,
The layout is called The Red scar and Whites railway and it is a 09 layout the board size is 18 inches by roughly four foot for board one and board two is a transition board of 18 by 2ft wide board three is a 4ft by 2ft all are 9mm mdf and are held in a framework of 5" by 1 1/4 redwood to stand the knocks of future show usage.

stock wise the majority of the coaches are from the Avalon line ranges and the locomotives are a mixture of scratch built and heavily modified items.