Early construction of a simple 00 garage layout

Hi  Chris.   Congratulations! Could you please tell me, when the competition is called a “Box File “ comp. what do they actually mean? I imagined that it was built in a box file.     Best wishes Kevin 

You're right kevin.

Congratulations Chris,very well deserved, it would be nice to extend that with a fiddle yard either end.you could have some real fun with that! :pathead
Cheers,John.B. :thumbs

Woweee - well done and many congratulations Chris.  You deserve it for your enthusiasm and idea alone never mind the actual model.

As I said earlier, the subject you chose was inspiring - bang up to date and with a brilliant message.

I hope the prize is worth all the effort - a huge voucher for GEMR wasn't it ? …………………..

Brilliant ! Well done Chris  :thumbs. Btw how did you manage to win by 22 points ?  I only voted 19 times !!  

Well deserved young Sir  :chicken

Cheers

Matt

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A well earned win Chris even though I forgot to put my 30 votes in.

[user=2057]TeaselBay[/user] wrote:

So Litter junction won the box file competition. That was very unexpected as there were some amazing entries, there were two entries which I thought would be fighting for first place. Litter Junction won by a clear 22 votes. 


Thanks to anyone who voted.     Hi Chris. The “Everyone Who Voted “ comment, where and who are everyone do those persons vote?     Best wishes Kevin 

Got to admit my drive to get in the garage isn’t quite there this year. Maybe it’s the weather, cold damp and windy doesn’t beg me to head to the garage. 
Today I got a sneaky few hours to myself as my son had a birthday party to attend. I spent the time finishing the sea wall and steps for the harbour. 



Painted and added some greenery and some water effect for the channel. I need to paint the boat holder-me-bobs and weather the chain to fit. The rope is there to see what will work best.  Still need to find some small fishing boats. 

Your time in the garage was well spent Chris, as the sea wall looks great and the weathering to the sand and water outflow looks most authentic.
   
  The weather should soon improve and make time in the shed much more comfortable and the modelling even more pleasurable.
   
  Best,
   
  Bill
  

Where do I find this box file competition please? Do I need a Facebook access as it's not something I ever use

Hi Chris.   I would have voted for you too, if I was entitled to vote and if I actually knew how to and where to vote .Kevin

[user=2057]TeaselBay[/user] wrote:

Had a reshuffle. Looks much better now, allowing access to the terminal line both in/out. Makes the line a little shorter but I think will still fit a three car DMU… just. 

Hi Chris,

Yours was a very interesting situation not unlike the one I've been wrestling with on my "Project Green Light". What looks like a perfectly good working solution of a combination of various points and double slips ends up still not permitting a specific flow in one direction. There must be some planners' secret book with working combinations they could draw to build complex station approach plans because like you my first effort looked right but had one dead path.
 Maybe these guys faced similar issues?
 
Double slip planners nightmare

We could almost run a caption competition for the best comment from the guy, fourth from left here, manager perhaps, clearly not a worker; assuming something's not quite right here.

Or again the old hand over to the right, e.g. "eh lads, I knew twern't right when you put this mess down, shudda listened!"

[user=1814]Longchap[/user] wrote:

Your time in the garage was well spent Chris, as the sea wall looks great and the weathering to the sand and water outflow looks most authentic.
 
The weather should soon improve and make time in the shed much more comfortable and the modelling even more pleasurable.
 
Best,
 
Bill

Thanks, still got the fan heater on in there! 

[user=2170]Colin W[/user] wrote:

Where do I find this box file competition please? Do I need a Facebook access as it's not something I ever use

I think this link will work: https://www.facebook.com/groups/177371052954488/permalink/778194962872091/ I highly recommend joining the Great Eastern Model's Recommends as there are lots of great examples of work, like this forum.

[user=1801]Passed Driver[/user] wrote:

Hi Chris.   I would have voted for you too, if I was entitled to vote and if I actually knew how to and where to vote .Kevin

No worries, thank you Kevin. If you are on facebook, the Great Eastern Model Recommends page is the place to be!

[user=2170]Colin W[/user] wrote:

[user=2057]TeaselBay[/user] wrote:

Had a reshuffle. Looks much better now, allowing access to the terminal line both in/out. Makes the line a little shorter but I think will still fit a three car DMU… just. 

Hi Chris,

Yours was a very interesting situation not unlike the one I've been wrestling with on my "Project Green Light". What looks like a perfectly good working solution of a combination of various points and double slips ends up still not permitting a specific flow in one direction. There must be some planners' secret book with working combinations they could draw to build complex station approach plans because like you my first effort looked right but had one dead path.
 Maybe these guys faced similar issues?
 
Double slip planners nightmare

We could almost run a caption competition for the best comment from the guy, fourth from left here, manager perhaps, clearly not a worker; assuming something's not quite right here.

Or again the old hand over to the right, e.g. "eh lads, I knew twern't right when you put this mess down, shudda listened!"

That picture is a nightmare of a spaghetti of track! I think the plan now provides the best layout for my running needs.

Hi Chris.  The harbour is looking great, the mudbank and trace of water is most convincing.  Once you find and add the boats, it will really come alive.  There don't seem to be too many 4mm boats about, though.
Your station approach track work looks the business too.  I haven't finalised my plan yet, but I have plenty of time to worry about that. 

Michael

One Michael may be interested in, a new kit from Scale Model Scenery, some rowing boats. Available in half and full depth. 


Easily made by layering it up, I then filed down the sides to smooth it out. 




The look good made up, but really come out once painted. 

Chris, nice but where is his girl/ boy friend?