7mm Layouts and Dioramas by Stephen Fay, including Kirton Lindsey & St Stephens Bank

Compton castle

Western Thunderer
Today was the first time the whole layout has been assembled in one piece.
There’s still lots to do but I’m really pleased with how it’s progressing. Best part of the day was realising I only need another 5 trees plus the two I have being made in France! I have a forest more than a layout! IMG_7481.jpeg
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A brace of full crown spruce to line the edge of the Forrest and we are done
 

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Len Cattley

Western Thunderer
Today was the first time the whole layout has been assembled in one piece.
There’s still lots to do but I’m really pleased with how it’s progressing. Best part of the day was realising I only need another 5 trees plus the two I have being made in France! I have a forest more than a layout! View attachment 193208
The whole layout View attachment 193209View attachment 193210View attachment 193211View attachment 193212View attachment 193213View attachment 193214View attachment 193215View attachment 193216View attachment 193217View attachment 193218View attachment 193219View attachment 193220View attachment 193221View attachment 193222
A brace of full crown spruce to line the edge of the Forrest and we are done
Beautiful.

Len
 

Compton castle

Western Thunderer
The scenery is really stunning. How does the layout operate? Apologies if this is explained further up the thread. Are there fiddle yards, or a continuous loop?
At the moment is doesn’t! I will be adding some simple boards either end to test everything out and run some short trains, long term I’d really like to get it in a loop but ideally in a fixed location potentially as part of a club
 

Compton castle

Western Thunderer
Looks fantastic - rather than the standard 4'x2' board the undulations and added height and depth make it stand out.
Something I really wanted with this layout was to have a railway running through the landscape, 20’ isn’t that long really in 7mm so I’ve exaggerated this particularly at the Haskins hill end with the steep rise up the hill side. It also increases the scenic area as well.
 

daifly

Western Thunderer
It could do with a line-feed between the two portrait format photos. On a larger screen, it's a very odd composite photo!
Dave
 
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