New around here…Hello to all from Perthshire
I'm building up to my retirement next year so hopefully will get a bit more time for modelling. Im passionate about photography and in particular anything to do with scottish industrial heritage especially coal mining.
I'm currently volunteering with Wanlockhead Lead Mine Museum at weekends
My current model railway project very much in its infancy. It is going to be a 00 gauge cameo (diarama) of a small Scottish coal mine from around the 50-60's. Would love it to capture the sights and noises from my childhood, so it will be more evoking a sense of that time rather than a faithful reproduction of a particular mine It will sit in our study as a display with a cassette fiddle yard for operation times. I've only got DC at moment but toying whether its worth DCC to get sounds. I intend on building all the points code75 BH with smp track
Its a 145cm box which I've already built and messing with track plans just now. I'll do a seperate post about this, if thats ok.

A very warm welcome from France Dave.  :cheers

I can see from your "mock-up" that we're going to be in for a treat - looking forward to watching it progress.

In the meantime, enjoy looking around here and ask anything you need to.

Welcome aboard, and those are some very tantalizing mockups

Hello Dave,

Welcome to the club.

Jeff

Hi Dave

 :Welcome


Interesting layout, looking forward to progress.


Ed

Hi Dave and another warm welcome from a sunny France.
Good luck and have plenty of fun with your cameo layout. The mock-up's looking good  :thumbs

Bill

Morning Dave, a hearty welcome from me down on the edge of the Solent. That mock up is looking good so interested to seeing how things progress.

Hello and welcome Dave from East Kent.  Love those mock ups - I can see this will be a treat!

Michael

Hi Dave and   :Welcome   Great looking Diorama coming together there. DCC  would be good but also might be worth considering a couple of hidden built in blootooth speakers, then make up your own recording to give background sounds along the lines of Hornby's sound truck ?  Add some lighting and you have a great atmospheric Diorama even when not running trains
Looking forward to seeing more  :thumbs

Cheers

Matt

[user=2080]Barchester[/user] wrote:

Hi Dave and   :Welcome   Great looking Diorama coming together there. DCC  would be good but also might be worth considering a couple of hidden built in blootooth speakers, then make up your own recording to give background sounds along the lines of Hornby's sound truck ?  Add some lighting and you have a great atmospheric Diorama even when not running trains
Looking forward to seeing more  :thumbs

Cheers

Matt

Great ideas, thanks Matt
I also wondered about piping some steam in various parts from a smoke generator - either bought or scratchbuilt from e-vape
Long way off as my next task is to get on with the track building

Hi Dave and welcome to the club.Looks like an interesting project. A lot better than a fishtank.

Hi Dave,

Welcome again.

Nigel

Welcome Dave  :hi

Luke Towan, of Youtu.be fame has done an excellent gold mine, where he modelled the actual mining works. I have pondered the idea for a coal or tin mine (given my ancestral home)  It's something you could consider, or rule out.  Depends how much modelling you want to do, I guess.  Whatever you decide, it's good to have you as a member

Michael