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[Jordan]

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[rosspeacock]

Thats Brilliant! Made me chuckle :lol: :lol: :wave: Ross...

 

[28ten]

But at least you have a layout (s) of some description
I have come to the conclusion that it is easier to build stock that layouts in 7mm, whereas in 4mm I think it is the opposite.

 

[Joe's Garage]

Hi Jordan, I keep coming back to this little O (sic) layout and feel it is a very impressive yet simple layout/ diorama/ shunting plank/ photo plank which is an excellent introduction to the more obscure scales.....no complicated point work, up and running in a short time and as the governor says...more time to work on stock. Has anyone tried something like this in S or G1? My 1/32 Bachmann 03 is still in its box.....maybe.....tempting.....
Do you still have this?
Julian

 

[Joe's Garage]

Hmmm...a real shelf (layout) ! Jordan I can just see the cassette in the background, is there a chance of a view of that end. Is it just a cassette or does it swivel?
Cheers
Julian

 

[Joe's Garage]

Thanks Jordan for this, it has got me thinking.....I do like the storage road idea, ingenious.
Maybe I need to get a couple of G1 wagons and a little bit of track!
Cheers
Julian

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

I also now realise I am rather lacking in 1980s road vehicles, like a Mk2 Transit.

1/43 Mk2 Transits are out there but it's finding one without the extra side windows and a UK version. This is the IXO Belgian model with the steering wheel on the left rather then the right for UK.



Otherwise go for a battered Mk1 - this is my knocked down, repainted and rebuilt Corgi model finished for 1969.



Or alternatively a 1974-82 Leyland Sherpa of which the James Bond version (complete with dents) can be picked up relatively cheaply for use as a starting point - for a battered van.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

I recently did an article about Lyddlow Goods for the e-magazine "The Dispatch".

Just had look at the e-magazine - very inspirational and full of good ideas. Another one for the bookmarks page!

 

[NHY 581]

I recently did an article about Lyddlow Goods for the e-magazine "The Dispatch".
It focuses on Micro layouts (4 square foot or less) and is sort of a follow-on to the work of the late Carl Arendt & his Small Layout Scrapbook.
Anyhow, seeing Lyddlow in The Dispatch has inspired another micro layout enthusiast to do something similar, in 4mm Scale, Over There. He has set his in the Railfreight Era, which has inspired me back in return.
Today for the first time ever, some of my Heljan air-brake stock made an appearance - however implausible - at Lyddlow Goods ....
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Hence my pressing 'need' for a Blue 08, as posted elsewhere on here (& sorted within hours!!).
I also now realise I am rather lacking in 1980s road vehicles, like a Mk2 Transit.

So essentially, 2x2 or 4x1 qualifys then........?

 

[Tim Hale]

Is the total length 36”x11” or is the cassette extra?

Thanks for sharing, I have a B4 0-4-0t but nowhere to run it.

Tim

 

[NHY 581]

It's 4 sq ft maximum, but the configuration can be anything. Lyddlow is 4ft 8in long in total, but less than 4 sq ft area. I think Ian the Editor will consider layouts a bit bigger but he wanted to draw the line somewhere. Let's face it an American definition of a 'small' layout might be considered quite large on this side of The Puddle.

Quite. I fancy doing a little something. ( yes, I know, I've barely ( okay, not ) finished the last one....)I really don't like the concept but an inglenook type of job kinda appeals.

 

[Richard Gawler]

I have found much inspiration in the work of Jim Read, for example his 'Muckton':

see also
O Gauge, micro model railway layouts
but I would like to make the pointwork a little bigger and let the model grow to perhaps 7 x 2 ft

 

[Joe's Garage]

Hi Jordan
Just managed to get into the Dispatch.....my technology is still in the 20th century! Very interesting layouts there especially the Reading Signalling sidings, 3 tracks and a building......I still have my 1/32 03 and do not really want to let it go....tempting!
On the Ford Transit front search "Ford Transit Tarnock Garage".... Lovely mk1, I think but maybe the reg is not right? Most photos are copyright but it usually sits outside the garage when we walk by...
Thanks for the heads up on the Dispatch.
Cheers
Julian

 

[Dudemaster]

Yes a bit of searching on Interweb shows a rather worrying lack of 1980s common or garden vans & trucks. Ford Cargo is another.
I'm allergic to Sherpas, though - drove several of them (or 'LDVs' as they were by then) as an Agency Driver for ParcelFarce. Typified the "One careful owner, one hundred careless drivers" description!!

If you want slightly bigger 1:43 1980's trucks then search for IXO trucks 1:43 on that well known auction site. There are a number of Scania, Volvo, DAF and other trucks available from the era.






Paul R

 

[Joe's Garage]

Very nice Jordan

 

[Richard Gawler]

Well, yesterday I was looking at narrow gauge layouts built by Suffolk and Norfolk modellers and on show at the Middy. One layout reminded me of Lyddlow and was about 26 inches long: 18 inches modelled and 8 inches fiddle yard. And there was room for a point and a kick-back siding, though this was 009.

I reckon, if Lyddlow was moved back a century or so, it would hold three or four Victorian wagons + loco before getting gummed up, and go down to 4 ft?

It could be a fine basis for a first layout essay in 7mm.

 

[Joe's Garage]

Or 1/64th!

 

[Joe's Garage]

Very sorry Jordan to intrude on your thread but I wanted to show you my version of your "fiddle stick". Seeing your example prompted me to have a go at something similar for a small 0 gauge layout that has been in making for some time.
Basically my version is a simple 5" wide 3/4" ply board some 30" long with a block of similar thickness at one end and an end strip of wood matching the two boards attached to the latter. The aluminium angle is attached to 3/8" mdf to align in height to the two tracks. Not so clear in the pictures is one of the angles is actually split about 8" from end to enable a loco to be isolated....very sophisticated!! Pivot is by a simple panel pin and alignment will by eye.
This layout is very much in its early stages but I am hoping to have something running soon and will post on my own thread.
Thanks you for sharing your example with us and it certainly inspired me to "have a go". Total cost so far nothing as I had all these bits and bobs in the "garage"
Oh yes the Peco points ......well..... I have something else on the go which has just sat in boxes for a long time...and yes it is a bit Area 51.....
Julian

 

[Roger Moore]

Hi Guys,
I do not know if anyone is interested but I have attached a short video of an O Gauge Micro Layou I made a couple of years ago. The dimensions are 4' long x 11.5" wide with a two road traverser 2' long x 11.5" wide. It was featured in the Dispatch magazine last year
The rule for micro layouts is that the scenic section should not exceed 4 square feet. This applies to any gauge.
Correction - I cannot get the video to attach so have put the You Tube link
It is a bit slow to start so stick with it.

Roger