Trying to model my village station

[brookleigh]

This is the station/area that I,m trying to model.
It was where I spent most of my spare time in my formative years (1950s, early 1960s)

The photo was taken ( i,m guessing, late 1940s as the canal had not quite dried up)

Roger

[Paddy]

What a lovely photo Roger and very atmospheric.  It would make a wonderful layout.

Look forward to seeing your progress.

Paddy

[brookleigh]

What a lovely photo Roger and very atmospheric.  It would make a wonderful layout.

Look forward to seeing your progress.

Paddy

The crane in the yard was used mostly for lifting the extremely large wooden crates containing aircraft parts for RAF Aston Down which was about 3/4 of a mile up a steep hill over the bridge on the left.
The crates would be loaded by the crane onto a Queen Mary transporter.
If we were in luck, we would be given a ride up the hill in the Queen Mary.

Roger

[crewearpley40]

Roger. If thats a beautiful scene set in gwr territory gloucestershire, stroud , minchinhampton we cannot wait to see more

[Train Waiting]

That's a super picture and it looks a lovely prototype for a model.

It looks to me like a coloured postcard.  I think the picture is probably pre-Great War although the postcards were likely on sale for years.

Best wishes.

John

[brookleigh]

That's a super picture and it looks a lovely prototype for a model.

It looks to me like a coloured postcard.  I think the picture is probably pre-Great War although the postcards were likely on sale for years.

Best wishes.

John

John...
You may well be correct, I was going by the state of the canal and my childhood memories circa 1952 onwards

Roger

[port perran]

That does indeed appear to be a super scene to model.
A nice challenge.

[Stuarted]

It does look like a splendid prototype and should be lovely to model. You were blessed to have seen it as a boy. Stuart

[Rabbitaway]

Hi

Agreed that this will be an excellent scene, as the topography is hilly and interesting structures such as the bridge and canal. Are your plans for open frame baseboards to make the best of the change in levels.

Should be some nice opportunity for scratch building unique structures

Look forward to the build, I assume you will be posting progress on the "layout construction" section of the forum

   

[brookleigh]

Hi

Agreed that this will be an excellent scene, as the topography is hilly and interesting structures such as the bridge and canal. Are your plans for open frame baseboards to make the best of the change in levels.

Should be some nice opportunity for scratch building unique structures

Look forward to the build, I assume you will be posting progress on the "layout construction" section of the forum

   

Well as a complete Newbie to all this I have no idea yet what an open frame baseboard is !!
The big issue that I am anticipating will be making a realistic backdrop that looks like the village....
I lack any artistic skills so painting is out...

Roger

[Bealman]

Basically open frame baseboards are exactly that - flat board (usually ply) is only under the track. This allows scenery to go below track level (the canal, in your case) or above it.

[brookleigh]

Basically open frame baseboards are exactly that - flat board (usually ply) is only under the track. This allows scenery to go below track level (the canal, in your case) or above it.

Thank you...understood.
Basically its just a flat baseboard...resembles a slightly oversize flat door.

Roger

[Rabbitaway]

Hi Roger

A photo of open frame baseboard construction. All depends on your confidence in joinery if this is something you would like to try. I did a mix of flat baseboards and open frame for below track level on my layout and all turned out fine.

[brookleigh]

Hi Roger

A photo of open frame baseboard construction. All depends on your confidence in joinery if this is something you would like to try. I did a mix of flat baseboards and open frame for below track level on my layout and all turned out fine.

Thanks for the pic...
Looks beyond my woodworking capabilities.....I was brought up and trained with a soldering iron and a testmeter!!
In a nutshell...The baseboard is built and designed as light as possible and to fit over the bed in the guestroom....when our grandchildren visit it has to be picked up and stacked against the wall so it has to be light...

Roger

[Rabbitaway]

Roger

Looks like you have the constraints of having to manage a semi portable layout, have you considered hinging the layout on the wall, likely the moving back and forward and placing against the wall will cause damage to the fine detail.

With regard to the back scene, if you have space on the board you could build part of the village then have a small drop behind the buildings and just go with a pale blue sky back board, scenic back boards are very hard to get right if they have close in buildings printed or painted