7mm Micro layout - Iden Road.

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
This is a 2400 x 300 mm layout constructed several years ago using some recycled baseboards.

The backscene has since been damaged and now removed pending renewal. It was originally built as a test track as it was my first C&L point kit and O scale layout.

Scenics are from various sources and the platform and cattle grids are built from wood.

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Osgood

Western Thunderer
Layouts like this severely reduce the opportunity for reluctant folk to come up with legitimate excuses for not having a bash themselves.
It has given me an idea at least!
B&W shots are very atmospheric.
:thumbs:
 

Martin Field

Western Thunderer
Shows how a simplest form of set-up can be photographed like a fully tracked and scenicked layout and you wouldn't know. Very nice scenics too, Dave.
 

Joe's Garage

Western Thunderer
Is this really only 1200 mm long or do you mean 2 boards at 1200? It is really a wonderful set piece...I do have room for 0 gauge!!!!! Lovely pictures.

Julian
 

jonte

Western Thunderer
Enjoying this little vista, I feel my troubles ease and sense the sun on my back.
Uplifting, Dave.

Best wishes,

jonte
 

geoff_nicholls

Western Thunderer
Lovely. And the backscene, with its Kentish oasthouses, gives a sense of space.
apologies for hijacking the thread, but this scene could quite easily be modelled in gauge 3. Three of those wagons and the loco are available as kits from Garden Railway Specialists, and the ex-LMS van is a Williams Models flexikit. it would need a deeper board, say 400mm, and everything would need to be squeezed up a bit.
 

oldravendale

Western Thunderer
Hi Dave. Is the back scene your own work? It blends in to the foreground so well. Shame it's been damaged, but if you did this one I suppose you can do another.:)

Brian
 

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
Hi Dave. Is the back scene your own work? It blends in to the foreground so well. Shame it's been damaged, but if you did this one I suppose you can do another.:)

The backscene was all my own work and there will be another. Perhaps I should sign them...?

On this layout backgound was painted with artists acrylics using a watercolour technique. The oasthouses in the middle distant was a combination of oil and watercolour techniques whilst the trees were using a oil painting technique.

All my painting and scenic work are done in daylight and more importantly matching the paint colours to the scenic materials used. And getting the flowering hedgerow and plant colours right for the time of year modelled!


apologies for hijacking the thread, but this scene could quite easily be modelled in gauge 3.

No apology needed. Especially if it acts as an inspiration - for those who do not have the space - that something can be created in any scale in a small area.
 

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
The layout/diorama? was based on the Kent and East Sussex Light Railway if they had built a junction from Wittersham Road to Rye following the River Rother. Keeping on the north east of the river on the Rother Levels as it is flatter land and the line being upgraded to bullhead rail as a wartime emergency diversionary route.

Before painting the backscene I consulted a 1:25 000 OS map of the area to ascertain the topography. The road at the level crossing is what is now the B 2082 from Wittersham to Iden and the river would be farther into the picture and not depicted as roads generally drop down to river crossings.

There is obviously some artistic licence as it would be unlikely an oast house would be this far south and the hills in the background probably scale up more than the 30-40m above sea level of the actual location. Taking a section of the layout this is how I placed the village of Iden.

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Mr Grumpy

Western Thunderer
....I will ask you to research the area for my railway :D

Very nice, did/do you study art? You come across as very knowledgeable on the subject :)
 
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