Petermac's Railway

I enjoyed the vids, Peter.  I can see progress on the layout - even if you can't.  :lol:

I'm impressed with the track laying.  Very smooth.  :thumbs

Hi Peter,

Just watched the videos, really good. You have a broad selection of loco's there.  The area's where you have progressed to the scenics look excellent and your carpentry skills in creating these open baseboards are very good indeed.

Absolutely jealous of the space you have there, looks massive.

Cheers for now

Toto

[user=269]MaxSouthOz[/user] wrote:

………………….  I can see progress on the layout - even if you can't.  :lol:

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Phew - that's a relief Max. :thumbs:thumbs

I've spent half of today chained to a craft knife but there's almost nothing to show for it.  I often wish I'd opted for a "plank" …:roll::roll:

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

I've spent half of today chained to a craft knife but there's almost nothing to show for it.  I often wish I'd opted for a "plank" …:roll::roll:

Oh good……a second arch……2 down 12(?) to go!:lol:

Great video Peter, thanks for sharing. I see that you like the UP as well…?? ;-)

Cheers, Gary.

[user=434]John Dew[/user] wrote:

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

I've spent half of today chained to a craft knife but there's almost nothing to show for it.  I often wish I'd opted for a "plank" …:roll::roll:

Oh good……a second arch……2 down 12(?) to go!:lol:

  Almost John………….:thumbs

The UP stuff was for another idea I had Gary - currently on the back burner until I get Maxmill AND the trams done ……………..:roll::roll::roll:

I do like US outline though and, compared with UK outline, it's often cheap as chips. :cheers

Sorry Toto - I didn't answer your post.  :oops::oops:  The layout is roughly 30ft x 10ft and it's surprising how that space gets swallowed up in "OO" Gauge. :shock:  Unfortunately, "N" is just too small for me but a great gauge if you can see it.  I also wish some bright spark would bring back "TT" or 3mm - it would be ideal for people like me - short of space and blind as a bat. :thumbs:thumbs

Hi Peter,

I'm the same, could not even contemplate N gauge. In saying that, even if I could I still prefer OO ( space aside ) as it's just a bit more to look at for your buck.

Anyway onwards and upwards. :pedal

Cheers

Toto

Totally agree with you about TT/3mm Peter. :thumbs

One of my primary school friends (blimey, that's going back a bit), had a smallish Triang layout with a Castle class and I think a Jinty, few coaches etc, but I was jealous of how much more you could get in the same space compared to my OO gauge.

Getting back to Maxmill Junction, great videos :thumbs:thumbs:thumbs

The track looks a bit near the edge of the baseboards up the incline. Seem to remember you were deciding on what scenery was going between Maxmill bank and the lower level, but can't remember what your plan was for the other side.


Ed

Nothing wrong with N scale,my eyes are bad and i manage.You just need stronger glasses.

The area between the lower level tracks and the bank will be industrial Ed - mill buildings and factories etc.  The bank edge will have low relief structures to act as both a "fence" to stop stock falling off and to hide the trains climbing the bank - i.e. the mills will be taller than the banking.  At the rear of the bank, I'll just fir a piece of MDF or hardboard as a guard fence.

Ground Zero in the industrial area will be below the main lines and I propose to have some trams running somewhere in there to serve the mills etc………:roll::roll:  My aim is to make it a dark, dingy area a bit like John Dew's canal-side area on his wonderful Granby layout - this sort of thing: 

 

Hi Peter
Finally found the thread. Glad to see it is taking so long. It makes me feel less of a tortoise.
Exceptional stuff but only one minor problem………………………. about these trams……..

Keep up the good work
Jim

Petermac you dark old horse,all this time you have strung me along ,that is some layoput and well put together too,
:pathead:thumbs;-):cool:

Peter, it's the dingy holes that make a layout ;-)

Phil

Glad to see the video, gives some sense of size of the layout.

Don't forget to leave room for a mill, 22x30" to include the stream, or 15x30" for the building and wheel pit…

Doug

Thanks for the positive comments guys. :thumbs

Progress is pitifully slow I'm afraid - lots of ideas but too little in the way of spare time ………..

There's plenty of room for big mills in there Doug - the area between "Maxmill Bank" and the main lines.  It's also where all those "dirty holes" will go Phil - together with a proposed tram circuit although I've discovered a slight problem with clearance for the tram overheads under the railway tracks - a lack of "forward planning" I fear …….;-)

A Class 105 DMU on a local service passes the engineering works en route for Maxmill Town as a pannier awaits clearance in the engineering siding having delivered further supplies




Shortly afterwards, a Std Class 4 gives a warning blast on her whistle to alert the dustcart waiting at the level crossing - temporarily a dangerous place since the gates were taken away for refurbishment (if you believe that, you'll believe anything …….:oops::oops::oops:)




Gresley V2  "Durham School", the largest loco able to use the turntable at Maxmill Town, gathers pace as she crosses Maxmill Beck heading south with a London bound train.
 

Nice pictures Peter. They remind me that I took up this hobby because I wanted to play trains. My layout has been buried under crap for weeks. I'm very envious.

Must agree nice pictures :thumbs

Thought you'd show us the Derby Lightweight with the Hattons decoder Peter, or have you stuck a Lenz silver in it now.

Ed

Superb stuff. Slow going...well I know the feeling. You have a couple of hours of spsre time, you start ballasting and weathering 6 inches of track and in a blink your two hours are gone. That is the way to go though as finish is what makes a superb layout. Again well done.

Thanks Henry. :thumbs

At this time of year, I get very little spare time so it takes even longer to make any headway.  As you so rightly say, a couple of hours disappears in the time it takes just to get up into the attic and remember what I was half way through doing last time I was up there……………