N Gauge Forum

Just thought I'd kick off a new thread here, which is obviously going to be very much a matter of personal opinion.

I have been involved with model railways all of my life, and have been very much influenced by various layouts I have seen in the press over the years. Many of these were long lived and constantly evolving. So here, in order, are my top 10 influential layouts - regardless of scale or gauge:

1) The Buckingham Branch by Peter Denny
2) The Craig & Mertonford by P.D. Hancock
3) The Berrow Branch by Mac Pryke
4) The Aire Valley by Derek Naylor
5) Borchester by Frank Dyer
6) The Sunset Valley Railroad by Bruce Chubb
7) Charford by John Charman
8.) Copenhagen Fields by the MRC
9) Chee Tor by MMRC
10) Equal placing: The Madder Valley by John Ahern and The Gorre & Dephedid by John Allen

These are all layouts that have had a major role in shaping the way I approach the hobby. I can state reasons why,  and maybe will in future posts, depending on the reaction to this one.

Which layouts of the past or present stand out in your mind?

George

A tough one to answer George. But give me a few months and I hope it's going to be the layouts by Chris in Prague, Pete33, and BobWild.

Cool. I'll go with that. Good layouts in the making!

Littleton Curve by Brant Hickman, less is more as they say!

In O gauge Pete Waterman's set up. Not a great deal of scenics, but plenty of big trains thundering along.

Of course. Pete Waterman's Leamington Spa. Awesome, eh.

But Littleton Curve is great too! (By the way, when Littleton Curve featured in the RM in 1997, my layout was in same issue..... plug plug).

Cheers!

Folks,

This thread is not meant  to be life-threatening. Just have a think about your favourite or influential layouts, and put 'em in a 'top ten'.

I can assure you it is not a poll - I certainly could not be bothered tabulating the results - but I reckon that with the wide range of members' ages on this forum, it could be interesting just seeing what (if any) these historical layouts have on modellers when they are developing their layouts.

Cheers, George.

Hi George, what a great thread. I honestly don't have any favourites at this stage and cannot say which layouts have influenced me, however, I will look up your list and the web (if they are on there) and get a feel for them. Thanks for coming up with this, cheers, Bill.

Acton Mainline - one of the seminal N gauge layouts.
Hedges Hill Cutting/Stoney Lane Depot - showing what can be done in small spaces with N
Pengwyn Crossing - probably the layout which kickstarted my renewed interest in modelling.
Chee Tor
Warren Lane
Jim S-W's P4 New St (if ever finished!)
Loch Tat and Banbury - both flying the flag for D&E N.

I'm sure I'll think of a few more.

Cheers, Mike

Kingswear....Me too!

But I'm suggesting a top 10... I know it is  so, well, yukko kids stuff (I remember Top of the Pops, etc), but thinking up a top 10 really made me think about the things that have influenced the way I look at the hobby. I didn't just come out with my list off the top of me head... in fact I had my first idea about starting this thread a couple of years ago, but I really had to think hard about what I was going to put on the list.

Yeah, I know, this is supposed to be fun and an escape from the worries of real life,  but thinking about what I was going to put on that list made me sort of assess why my current layout is the way it is.

Umm. Just read that back to meself. Umm. However, it's easy to quote just one or two layouts, particularly current ones.. try thinking of a few others - it's a bit harder!

I'm either trying to encourage the grey matter here, or just stirrin' - might not be a lot of diff, when it comes to it!

I've just thought of another one.... even though it never got finished - the late David Jenkinson's 'Little Long Drag'

Cheers, George.

Quote from: red_death on February 11, 2014, 11:19:34 AM
Acton Mainline - one of the seminal N gauge layouts.
Hedges Hill Cutting/Stoney Lane Depot - showing what can be done in small spaces with N
Pengwyn Crossing - probably the layout which kickstarted my renewed interest in modelling.
Chee Tor
Warren Lane
Jim S-W's P4 New St (if ever finished!)
Loch Tat and Banbury - both flying the flag for D&E N.

I'm sure I'll think of a few more.

Cheers, Mike

Just saw your post, Mike - yep, all great layouts!

George

However, I'll stick with my original post... let's see your TOP TEN lists!?!  :thankyousign:

Really tough choices -  :sorrysign: can't do top ten, just too hard.

These are the five layouts that have been inspirational to me.

Loftus Road (http://www.wellsgreen-tmd.co.uk/loftus.htm) - this OO gauge layout is one of the few where it is nearly impossible to judge if it is a model or the Big Railway. The layout is based on Kensington Olympia and features scratch-built Electrostars and very realistic rusty Connex South Central EMUs (Really find it hard to nominate this layout though because of it's terrible name :thumbsdown: should have been called St Mary's :angel: :thumbsup:)

Quinntopia's (http://www.quinntopia.com/search?updated-max=2013-09-01T06:00:00-07:00&max-results=6&start=6&by-date=false) fantastic layout. Wonderful modern EMUs plus phenomenal lighting. Quinntopia's work has been truly inspirational to me and I have learned new skills as a result of his work. This is a layout that I aspire to.

Wells Green TMD (http://www.wellsgreen-tmd.co.uk/) - is a sister layout to Loftus Road and based on Crewe. Again the standard of detailing is superb - particularly with the overhead wires etc

Hatton Parkway (http://www.westmidlandlines.co.uk/index.php/hatton-parkway.html) - featured in Hornby Magazine, this layout was instrumental in me switching from OO to N

Yamanouchi Oshika (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=47.50) The first N layout that I saw that really convinced me to ditch OO and go to N. I have many pictures of my own of YO and have based my own layout on it. It also introduced me to bullet trains and all the buildings etc that you can get from Japanese suppliers. Simply superb.

Thanks, Pengi, it's lists like yours which I (and hopefully other members) will find interesting.

You have provided links too, which is excellent. (I'll do that when I finally get the hang of it, but some of my inspiration is so old we may have to go underground).

:thumbsup: George

Ok - mine are all N gauge and didn't take a great deal of thinking about :no:
Glad to see there are some of our members layouts in the list, too :thumbsup:
In no particular order other than alphabetically:-

Batty Moor
Broadwater Junction
Chee Tor
Dantown
Dentdale
Elvinley
Franklands
Melton Mowbray North
Mini MSW
Scarworth Junction (North of England Line)

I'm not a list-maker, but if I would have a list, Elvinley would be on it! :thumbsup:
Gerard  :wave:

Stoney Lane Depot
St Denys
Cross Street

to name but 3

Challenge accepted...

N gauge

Hedges Hill Cutting (would have been on here even if I had not had a go :-P)
Stoney Lane Depot (got me a picture of the month on the Facebook group)
Banbury
Horsley Fields
Sheaf Valley Railway
George Street I  (II only doesn't make the list cost it's not quite finished yet and it gives me an excuse to shorten the list :-P).
Lowbeck Hall East
Littlewood

Other gauges:

Aberdeen Kirkhill (wonderfully original HST depot)
Shaftesbury (Modern image 0 gauge with smoke and sound)

Many more I could have listed, but that's the ten that came to mind quickly flicking through here and my exhibition pictures.

Skyline2uk

Quote from: keerout on February 11, 2014, 05:07:45 PM
I'm not a list-maker, but if I would have a list, Elvinley would be on it! :thumbsup:
Gerard  :wave:

Yep, that is indeed a really nice piece of work.  :thumbsup:

George

Black Country Blues
Chee Tor
Elvinley
Leamington
Elliott Bridge


That's 5 at least. Top one is my favourite.

Hello all,

I saw Acton Mainline  at a show in 1995 and it inspired me to take up modelling in N.  I sort of assumed that other exhibitions would have similar quality modern image n gauge layouts but I was wrong.

However, others that have inspired me, in no particular order though:

Drem, and later Law Junction.  Great work combining railway and scenery, and good stock too.

Chee Tor. Fantastic scenery and great attention to detail - even etched lily pads!

Peak dale. Usually good stock, great for watching the trains go by especially when they run it "modern."

Hedges Hill Cutting and Stoney Lane Depot:  very nicely observed depiction of the urban scene and highly skilled modelling of individual buildings - ie not just rows of Metcalfe houses. Good stock too.

Also, a few years ago I saw Steve Farmer's layout.  I can't remember the name but it had kits of scratch built OTP and engineers' stock, and that inspired me to have a go myself.

Sorry it's not ten, and not ranked, but these are among the layouts that have inspired me.  I'm sure there are others I'll think of!

Cheers

Ben A.

In the 1980s as a child 'Kyle of Tongue' did a lot to keep me interested:

it had trains I recognised - blue diesels at a time when modern (then) layouts were in a minority
buildings I recognised from holidays in the area (& glencoe)
looked realistic due to the presentation & realistic operation

Yes... I liked that Kyle of Tongue layout - of course I only ever saw it in RM, but it had a most definite Scottish air about it.  :thumbsup:

Thanks for the list Ben! Yes, Chee Tor had etched brass lily pads! Awesome! Believe it or not, at one point I even started to investigate the viability of getting it exhibited in Australia!! As you can imagine, I didn't get far with it.

Do you know it's fate, please?

George

My list of layouts that have had an influence on my railway  modeling over the years, in no particular order:

Little Long Drag (EM) David Jenkinson
Yatton Junction (EM)
Kingswear (The EM gauge version)
Petherwick (EM) Barry Norman
Faringdon (EM) Stephen Williams
The Buckingham Branch (EM) Rev. Peter Denny

Ditchling Green (O) Gordon Gravett

Chee Tor (2mm)
Calverdale (N) Andy Calvert
Nether Stowey (N) Andy Calvert

I managed to see Nether Stowey when it was exhibited at Derby some years ago, and it was while chatting to Andy that I first started thinking about the advantages to be gained from modeling in the smaller scale.

Sorry there are no links, the above have either been seen at exhibitions or in magazines over the years.

Gerry

For me, as an aspiring LMS modeller, the most inspirational N gauge layout is "Springdale" by Roy Schofield, which was "Railway of the month" in the January 1999 issue of "Railway Modeller", with a follow-up article in the February 1999 issue. It also featured in the 5/08 issue of the NGS Journal.

What is special about this layout is that it manages to create a really convincing evocation of a mainline station in LMS/LNER territory during the 1930s with pre-historic technology, i.e. locos and coaches built from kits that don't exist anymore, in a space of 183 x 114 cm.

I have waited in vain for Roy Schofield to manifest himself on this or some other forum so that I might ask him how he did the ballasting, which actually looks like what you see in old photos of such sites.

My second choice would be "Hellifield" in OO by Stephen Rabone ("Railway of the Month" in April 2004 with follow-up article in the April 2006 issue of RM) which shows just how much railway you can build around a single island platform scenario (very space-saving) and be true to prototype to boot !

Best regards,


Joe Cassidy

I'm not good at remembering layout names ( I guess that's down to advancing years) but two that spring to mind(from this forum) are Elvinley and Fintree Junction although there have been many, many other very inspiring layouts which have appeared here over the last few years.
I do wonder whether it might be a good idea for members to publish a few photos of their layouts (perhaps a max of 4) under a new thread so that new forum members can have a look (I know they can be found in the Media section) and perhaps gain some inspiration. There must be quite a few that last saw publication on here at least a year ago and hence would have been missed by new members.
What do others think ?

Hope I'm not breaking the rules by choosing an 11th, but a superb example of the N gauge modeller's art is Whiteswan's Claywell, High Hackton & Bampney.
A layout to aspire to :thumbsup:

What strikes me about this discussion is that there are more layouts by individuals being cited than layouts by clubs.

Perhaps exhibition managers might take this into account for future reference ?

Best regards,


Joe Cassidy

Quote from: ParkeNd on February 11, 2014, 09:42:04 AM
A tough one to answer George. But give me a few months and I hope it's going to be the layouts by Chris in Prague, Pete33, and BobWild.

I'm very flattered but Cant Cove won't begin until early summer to have any scenery and I reckon it will take at least until summer 2015 before it begins to look as good as Parkend already does. Cant Cove is really only a small station with a yard and a short branch, nothing like as interesting as Parkend will be.

I would like to mention Port Perran as having influenced my plans for Cant Cove (and, much later, Penmayne) as a great BR WR steam / diesel transition era Cornish layout full of character. I'm really looking forward to the new developments and the link to Padstow! 8-)

Another on my list would be Saint Albans Priory (think that's right) by Kevin Knight.

What pleases me about this layout is the way the track/ballast blends into the surrounding area.

Best regards,


Joe Cassidy

For me I have four favourites because they were the layouts that final got me to take the plunge into railway modelling. In all four it was the details that first caught my eye.

In no particular order;
Diesels in the Duchy (00) based on St Blazey Shed in Cornwall in the days of RfD.
Aberdeen Kirkhill T&RSD (00) because I love the early HST's.
Ashburton (N) I just liked the small size and simplicity of the whole thing.
Old Warren TMD (N), I just fell for it from first sight.

I've only seen "Diesels in the Duchy" and "Ashburton" in the flesh as it were, "Aberdeen Kirkhill" I came across in one of the mags, while "Old Warren TMD" I found through Google on a different forum when I was looking for N gauge TMD ideas. (Don't give up Chris!).

In fairness, I've come across many a layout since that have given me ideas or made me want to rip up and start again, most have been N gauge layouts but not all. I just can't remember all the names.

Quote from: Chris in Prague on February 12, 2014, 09:06:24 PM

Quote from: ParkeNd on February 11, 2014, 09:42:04 AM
A tough one to answer George. But give me a few months and I hope it's going to be the layouts by Chris in Prague, Pete33, and BobWild.

I'm very flattered but Cant Cove won't begin until early summer to have any scenery and I reckon it will take at least until summer 2015 before it begins to look as good as Parkend already does. Cant Cove is really only a small station with a yard and a short branch, nothing like as interesting as Parkend will be.

Get the track down and ballasted, bit of grass, and you're on your way.

Quote from: GerryB on February 12, 2014, 09:12:27 AM
My list of layouts that have had an influence on my railway  modeling over the years, in no particular order:

Little Long Drag (EM) David Jenkinson
Yatton Junction (EM)
Kingswear (The EM gauge version)
Petherwick (EM) Barry Norman
Faringdon (EM) Stephen Williams
The Buckingham Branch (EM) Rev. Peter Denny

Ditchling Green (O) Gordon Gravett

Chee Tor (2mm)
Calverdale (N) Andy Calvert
Nether Stowey (N) Andy Calvert

I managed to see Nether Stowey when it was exhibited at Derby some years ago, and it was while chatting to Andy that I first started thinking about the advantages to be gained from modeling in the smaller scale.

Sorry there are no links, the above have either been seen at exhibitions or in magazines over the years.

Gerry

Thanks for the post, Gerry. I think you and I must have the same collection of RM magazines!

And yes, the work of the late Andy Calvert is inspirational for anyone working in N gauge.  :thumbsup:

George

Quote from: newportnobby on February 12, 2014, 08:57:10 PM
Hope I'm not breaking the rules by choosing an 11th, but a superb example of the N gauge modeller's art is Whiteswan's Claywell, High Hackton & Bampney.
A layout to aspire to :thumbsup:

You're not breaking the rules, Mick.... total agreement here!  :thumbsup:

George

Stapleforth Mainline.  But I'm a bit biased as having been allowed to operate it!

Pete @ EGLM (muddy & windy)

Shin Izu - this layout introduced me to Japanese model railways. I used to call in to Tony's shop on my journeys down to college in Devon - inspiration.

Buckingham Great Central - I was really lucky to stay at Mr Denny's Vicarage on family holidays (they ran a B&B there) and experience this masterpiece first-hand. His garden railway was also beautiful.

Ringroad - lots of scratch built structures in N gauge providing lots of interesting little details.

Tre Ponti - I love this Tuscan H0 layout. It seems to have appeared in a few shows along with Yamanouchi Osaka. I never tire of its atmosphere.

Pulborough - my home station perfectly captured in EM. Marsh number livery predominates on a hugely entertaining layout to watch.

Via Mala - an H0m(?) Rhatische Bahn layout from the 1980s. Lots of great scenery and interesting track work.

West Bay - never heard of it? I'm not surprised, but this small 00 terminus layout set in 2000+ Dorset set me on the road to build Kanjiyama by opening my eyes to simple design and operation.

Hedges Hill cutting - I like units, and I like atmosphere. This layout has both!

Banbury - another layout I seem to exhibit alongside a few times...doing so this Saturday. Again units, but this time based on a real place.

Rowfrant Grange - back to LBSCR and the fascination with earlier railways

Quote from: Claude Dreyfus on February 13, 2014, 12:00:38 AM

Buckingham Great Central - I was really lucky to stay at Mr Denny's Vicarage on family holidays (they ran a B&B there) and experience this masterpiece first-hand. His garden railway was also beautiful.

Wow. You have certainly captured my attention!  :admiration: :admiration: :admiration:

George

Quote from: Ben A on February 12, 2014, 01:13:07 AM

Also, a few years ago I saw Steve Farmer's layout.  I can't remember the name but it had kits of scratch built OTP and engineers' stock, and that inspired me to have a go myself.

I think possibly the layout you are thinking about Ben is "Parkhouse"...... :thumbsup:

At 3:05 on the video....

Model Railway Exhibition 2010 Pt 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIq0c-CbhAk#ws)

Here's my list in no particular order...

Barlow - N gauge
Chee Tor - 2mm
Elvinley - N gauge (i'm a bit biased here as I get to play on a regular basis !)
Black Sheep Lane - N gauge (can I vote for my own layout ?)
Hedges Hill - N gauge
Walker Marine - 00 gauge
Rowlands castle - 00 gauge
Frankland - N gauge
Corris - 009
Catcott Burtle - 00 gauge (finescale)

Yeah... I've always had a softspot for 009 (I built a rabbit warren 009 layout back in the 70s), and that Corris is a nice layout. The scale could see a bit of a resurgence with Peco producing stock as well as track now, and the supposedly forthcoming L&B 2-6-2T locomotive by Heljan!

Quote from: Bealman on February 13, 2014, 01:49:16 AM
Yeah... I've always had a softspot for 009 (I built a rabbit warren 009 layout back in the 70s), and that Corris is a nice layout. The scale could see a bit of a resurgence with Peco producing stock as well as track now, and the supposedly forthcoming L&B 2-6-2T locomotive by Heljan!

Planning and saving.....  ;)

My N gauge favourites in no particular order having seen them in the flesh are: 

• Parkhouse
• Moorcock Junction
• Stoney Lane
• Kings Park
• Hedges Hill Cutting
• Drem

My particular favs from this site are:

• Frankland
• Horseblock Lane
• Lofthole

I also look to 2mm Finescale as a source of inspiration and found the following particularly interesting:

• Mayfield Street
• Highbury Colliery
• St Ruth
• Queen Street Goods

Sorry, that's more than ten but there's so much good stuff out there and I'm sure that I've still overlooked quite a few...

Although OO I'm surprised no-one has yet mentioned The Gresley Beat. It was constantly surrounded at Warley so must have some fans.

Yes indeed. It is an awesome layout and I believe Roger Daltry lead singer of The Who had input.

Any chance of some Links to the layouts mentioned as I don't know them and am unlikely to be able to visit any living in Tenerife. They would probably give me some ideas on how to improve my own layout. Also is it possible to order copies of British Railway Modeller magazine from somewhere to be sent to Tenerife?
Thanks

Quote from: Tdm on February 15, 2014, 10:12:38 AM
Any chance of some Links to the layouts mentioned as I don't know them and am unlikely to be able to visit any living in Tenerife. They would probably give me some ideas on how to improve my own layout. Also is it possible to order copies of British Railway Modeller magazine from somewhere to be sent to Tenerife?
Thanks

Most of them you should be able to find via You Tube. That's how I get to see most of them, while you don't get the atmosphere of the whole feel of the layout, you do get the ideas particularly if you use full screen.

The below layouts have been of huge inspiration since coming back to the hobby, I have long forgotten the names of layouts that originally got me hooked but I do remember flicking through old Graham Farish catalogues over and over because of the layouts they used (one was Copenhagen Fields)

Teesbay (OO) A layout from my local club, so much atmosphere in a small space, this is one of the reasons I came back to modelling.

Widnes Vine Yard (OO) Just awesome!

Shaweport (N) My favourite of Steve Farmer’s layouts, although they are all superb.

Banbury (N) It just gets better and better,  a true inspiration!

Ketton Castle (N) Sadly now gone as I didn’t get to see it but I did get to see Horsley Fields at TINGS

Dragonby (N) Although I never got to see it as Acton Main Line.

Imperial Yard  (N)  Pete Latham has built a host of excellent layouts and continues to do so.

Elgin (N) I final got to see it last year and it was worth the wait.

Ring Road  (N) Although I have only ever seen it online or in magazines.

Law Junction (N) I could watch this layout for hours and probably have!  Sadly I didn’t get to see Drem.

That’s 10 off the top of my head although no doubt there are many more and I didn’t even get to 2MM!

Being an avid supporter of Micro/Small Layouts my top ten in no particular order.....

1. Littleton Curve -  'N' - Brant Hickman....

2. Highbury Colliery -  '2mm/fs - Jerry Clifford...

3. Catcot Burtle -  '00' - Chris Nevard....

4. Hendre Lane -  '00' - Marc Smith...

5. Mossley Terrace -  '00' - John Teal....

6. Ley Hill -  '2mm/fs - David Long....

7. St Minions - 'EM' - East Riding Finescale Group....

8. Black Sheep Lane - 'N' - Elvinley,4x2.......N Gauge Forum...

9. South Wales Valley Colliery 'N' - mk1gtstu.......N Gauge Forum....

10. Park Hall Halt '00' - Bob Hughes.....


Some of these layouts can be seen on my youtube channel.....

Having just read the latest N Gauge Journal, I have to add Barton Road - which figures as the Layout Photo Feature - to my list of favs. What a cracker with its semi-derelict industrial look, subtle tones of greens, browns and greys, and BR blue diesels hauling wagon load freight. Just superb!
Kevin

Having seen 'Barton Road' several times I must agree with you, Kevin :thumbsup:
It's not just a superb layout but most unusual in its configuration.

I'm surprised that there has been no mention of Basingstoke,
http://farnhammrc.org.uk/?page_id=42 (http://farnhammrc.org.uk/?page_id=42)

Bishops Wearburn,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnUxYc2KbUg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnUxYc2KbUg)

or Alton,

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I am however not surprised at Hedges Hill.

In 009 it has to be Tarrant Valley  http://www.wimrail.org.uk/tvr.html (http://www.wimrail.org.uk/tvr.html)

I must say that there are a lot more than 10 excellent layouts on the exhibition circuit, such that limiting choice to ten is almost impossible.

I found this thread while Googling for something else.

Only ten?  I could do that many per scale/ gauge

For now Ill stick to 2mm scale and N gauge.
In order as I think at this moment - from 10 to number 1 !

Chee Tor by MMRS
Luton Hoo and Chiltern Green by The MRC
Fence Houses
Law Juction by Arran Aird
Acton Mainline
St Ruth
Tucking Mill by Jerry Clifford
Wansbeck Road by Mick Simpson
Barton Road
Ashburton (and Totnes) by John Birkett Smith

I would also add from "internet viewings"

Coombe Junction & Moorswater
and Kyle in a Boxfile
both by Pete Matcham

Frankland

and many of the layouts on here for the sheer joy they bring to the builder and others (including me!) in their construction :)

In 4mm scale, which is more common, and therefore harder to pick from....

Reigton by Steve Flint
East Suffolk Light Railway by Iain Rice and the late Bob Barlow
Buckingham GC
Great Bardfield
New Quay by Ken Gibbons et al
Albion Yard by Paul Marshall Potter
Bleakhouse Road by Tim Maddocks
Woolverstone by Iain Rice
Pendon

and the best, and definatley the most influential of all to me
Petherick by Barry Norman

I have just discovered this thread and read it through, some very interesting nominations but I cannot believe t hat Stapleforth St Stephens hasn't made got a mention!

Also I was hoping to see Peter Charles Fagg in here with Bodgits Bottom ? :-)

Having seen 'Titheridge Junction' at the Leyland Show this year it has moved into my Top 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owsw1okjOpQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owsw1okjOpQ)

@D1042 Western Princess (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=3445) (I know you'll appreciate this one, Greg)

I seem to have somehow missed out the fabulous Wenfordbridge Goods by John Greenwood in 2mm Finescale from my list - How remiss of me, cos that is one of the best ever, right up there with Petherick to me :)

Wenfordbridge Goods? How did I miss knowing about that? It's very close to both Cant Cove and Trepol Bay. 8-) Sigh, a Beattie Well Tank in 2MM Scale. How did he manage that? I'd love one and i'm sure others, like Martin of Trepol Bay would, too.

Petherick, I do know about and really like, too. Truly superb modelling.

Only a couple of N gauge for me,
Both of the Japanese layouts that Claude of this parish has been involved in.
Black Sheep Lane

Narrow gauge
There have been a couple of RhB layouts.
Along time ago there was a layout  featured in RM set on an Island and was a military fort.
Other scales
At Crawley show  many years ago there was an incredible layout set in the American desert.

Sorry can't remember names  but the most important one for inspiration has been a micro that included difficult scales to force the perspective.

I think Petherick was the game-changer for portable scenic railways in the landscape type layouts.... Its scary to think its 30 years old now  :uneasy:

Quote from: newportnobby on August 31, 2015, 10:11:45 PM
Having seen 'Titheridge Junction' at the Leyland Show this year it has moved into my Top 10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owsw1okjOpQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owsw1okjOpQ)

@D1042 Western Princess (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=3445) (I know you'll appreciate this one, Greg)

:drool:  You weren't wrong NN - that's railway modelling at its best (to me anyway). I could watch a layout like that for hours.
Thanks for sharing the pleasure of seeing it.
:drool: 

Drem
Law Junction
Shaweport
Acton Main Line
Oxenholme

Can't think of any more at the minute!

Quote from: Branchie on September 03, 2015, 10:48:11 PM
Drem
Law Junction
Shaweport
Acton Main Line
Oxenholme

Can't think of any more at the minute!

Chee Tor, Chiltern Green and Copenhagen Fields maybe?

Quote from: D1042 Western Princess on September 04, 2015, 06:43:39 AM

Quote from: Branchie on September 03, 2015, 10:48:11 PM
Drem
Law Junction
Shaweport
Acton Main Line
Oxenholme

Can't think of any more at the minute!

Chee Tor, Chiltern Green and Copenhagen Fields maybe?

All fantastic models and which I can appreciate the quality of the modelling, but they don't quite fit my criteria!

Quote from: Agrippa on February 11, 2014, 10:06:59 AM

In O gauge Pete Waterman's set up. Not a great deal of scenics, but plenty of big trains thundering along.

Yes, and EVERY diesel hauled train (I've seen in pictures of the layout) has an inappropriate headcode.  OK, even BR never got it right every time (I'll never forget the time I put it up for the driver and 83, vice 38, was the result  :-[ ) but surely at least ONE train could have it right? For a former railwayman you'd have thought he could have done better in that direction.
But that bit of nit picking aside yes, he does have a great layout. Amazing what a millionaire with (virtually) unlimited room can manage compared to the rest of us isn't it?
Do I sound jealous of his good fortune? Too right I am although I accept he has worked hard for it over the years.

One really good layout that hasn't been mentioned yet is P4 New Street. Excellent modelling of the BR blue era around Birmingham. The attention to detail is amazing, and the sense of atmosphere spot-on.

http://www.p4newstreet.com (http://www.p4newstreet.com)

A companion layout is being worked on, and this link gives some idea of the standards attained. Rainfall on the canal simulated with textures in the varnish, but not on the bits shadowed by bridges!

http://www.p4newstreet.com/here-comes-the-rain.html (http://www.p4newstreet.com/here-comes-the-rain.html)

Cheers, NeMo

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Quote from: Agrippa on February 11, 2014, 10:06:59 AM

In O gauge Pete Waterman's set up. Not a great deal of scenics, but plenty of big trains thundering along.

Too right I am although I accept he has worked hard for it over the years.

But generally at the expense of our earholes :-X

OK here's some from me, in no particular order

Acton Main Line / Dragonby
Chee Tor
Stoney Lane Depot
Hedges Hill Cutting
Ring Road
Kings Park
Waton (don't think it's been mentioned elsewhere)
Littleborough (spent ages watching it at IMREX one year)
Shaweport
Kinlet Wharf
Mini MSW

and some non n gauge ones

Shirebrook-in-Emsdale - EM gauge goods yard
Leavesden - O gauge NSE (calm down Tank - deep breath in etc).  Almost wants to make one switch gauges, until you realise that a single rtr wagon can cost £75!

Oh and someone else mentioned Via Mala.  One of my favourite European layouts provided you weren't next to it at a show and had to listen to the oompah music all weekend.  The automatic uncoupling on an incline was brilliant.

Ooops more than 10, sorry.

Nigel

Quote from: Agrippa on February 11, 2014, 10:06:59 AMIn O gauge Pete Waterman's set up. Not a great deal of scenics, but plenty of big trains thundering along.

Was that the one photographed in great detail by one of the magazines, forgotten which one, which graphically highlighted the fact that none of the engines had any crew?  Chuckle did I.

Struggling to think of 10! Some are those which inspired me as a youngster before my 15 year hiatus from railways!

In no particular order...

Littlewood
St Denys
Acton main line
Boldon Junction
Kinlet Wharf
Smithdown Road Junction
Loftus Road
Horseley Fields
Warren Lane
Wells Green TMD

Very flattered to have my own Highbury Colliery and Tucking Mill included in some peoples lists.

John Greenwood's Wenfordbridge and the Beattie well tanks has been mentioned. John has all three Beatties, all scratch built and for the first thirty years they ran with home made motors. Since going DCC they have been rebuilt and now have 8mm Faulhauber motors. Myself, John, Wenford and the Beatties will be at the Wadebridge show in a couple of weeks time.

The layouts that most influenced me are above all Peter Denny's Buckingham closely followed by Iain Rices Tregarick, and the East Suffolk Light that he built with Bob Barlow.
The one that first got me into N/2mm was Chiltern Green/ Luton Hoo with John Greenwood's Bodmine first convincing me to go Finescale. You can then add Chee Tor and Copenhagen Fields to the list along with John Birkett-Smith's Totnes and Ashburton.

Jerry

I only know a couple layouts off hand that I regard is being a favorite of mine.

1) Ley Hill
2) An Clár
3) Copenhagen Fields


Those are the only ones I have committed to memory enough where I consider them my favorites. Plus An Clár is also Irish narrow-gauge, so of course it's on my list.