This is the last posting in this series.
Research, Design and Build of the layout was achieved over about six months during 2024.
Key chapter links are listed below:
Chapter 2: Flyover bridge design and build (3D print)
Chapter 9: Thoughts on layout design
Chapter 11: Layout Build
Chapter 25: Photo Shoot
Click the 'To Series Part 1' link below to follow the project from the beginning.
THE MOVIE
I have taken the modelling as far as I can for now. There is just one anomaly concerning the signal box plinth. I caught a glimpse in a video of stone steps in the alley way that I have not modelled. It raises a question as to where the door is in that side of the building? Clearly the steps lead up to the signal box cabin before it was removed but where is the entrance for the plinth/store that remains? Until evidence materialises I cannot complete the building.
One of the great joys for me is to recreate and photograph prototypical scenes on the layout. Below is my new portfolio with references to the prototype. Smoke effects have been added and the railway room background wiped. Head codes (white disks) have been manipulated for the correct route. Everything else is the actual model railway layout. (Click images to enlarge).
One final posting (#26) to come.
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1. West country class with an up Bournemouth train (1962)
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