Captain Kernow's layouts

[Captain Kernow]

A few more images of 'Callow Lane':

The lineside factory of 'Taffson Evans', located on the other scenic board, which I will hopefully start working on before too long:


The water tower and part of the yard at the Coalpit Heath-end of the layout. Still more scenic work to do here:


Entrance to the yard at the Coalpit Heath-end of the layout. Again, the scenic work isn't finished and the main road surface has yet to be painted and weathered etc.:

 

[Captain Kernow]

Found a few more views, some of which date from when I had both boards joined together last year.

Much scenic work still required around the signal box:


Looking through the road overbridge towards the board that has been more scenically developed earlier this year:


NCB locos are 'plated' to run on BR metals from Frog Lane Colliery as far as Callow Lane:




Due to the various low relief buildings that I have deliberately placed along the back edge of the layout, the actual backscene will probably be some photos of distant buildings glued to a sky backscene and the whole lot possibly laminated with a matt finish (if my local copy shop can do this). This is a trial montage, which I was quite pleased with:

 

[Suffolk Dave]

Very nice! Impressive work here with some really attention to detail.

 

[cbrailways]

CK, I mentioned it before, but the way you have the houses going up and down the hills to the overbridge makes it for me. Just needs some laundry hanging in the back yards now.

 

[john lewsey]

Hi CK, are the house kits still available
John

 

[Captain Kernow]

Hi CK, are the house kits still available
John

Hi John,

The Howard Scenics kits should still be available from Freestone Model Accessories - Freestone Model Accessories – Card Modelling Specialists - although their website is currently 'under construction'.

 

[Captain Kernow]

A slightly different viewpoint on 'Bethesda Sidings':

 

[Captain Kernow]

Been doing some small layout details for Callow Lane, seen here hanging up ready for spraying with primer:

 

[NHY 581]

Now, that's exactly the kind of thing I should be doing !

 

[Captain Kernow]

I've been finishing off some of the above details and have put a few on the layout today and took the opportunity to take a few pre-TOPS diesel era photos:

 

[Captain Kernow]

Latest thing to be (nearly) finished is this simple coal bunker, to be sited next to the shunter's cabin:

 

[Captain Kernow]

Meanwhile, over in Mid-Wales:

 

[NHY 581]

Ah !

A protruding peeping pesky pannier personified.

 

[Captain Kernow]

 

[Mallard60022]

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Civilised 'over here'. Well, it was until I decided to infiltrate. Yo Cap'n.

 

[Mallard60022]

Superb Phots Cap'n, inspiring in fact.

 

[Captain Kernow]

On a dull and overcast day in south Gloucestershire, Bath Road's D6347 has started to shunt it's train of ballast hoppers at Callow Lane:

 

[Suffolk Dave]

I'm liking the monochrome images!

 

[Captain Kernow]

I'm liking the monochrome images!

Thanks.

Funny how the sun came out for the last one!

 

[Captain Kernow]

More views of the Class 22 and ballast hoppers: