Pete Watermans 00 West Coast mainline

lil chris · May 18, 2021, 12:34:23 AM

Pete Waterman is buiding this 00 gauge layout of the WestCoast mainline which is being exhibited in Chester Cathederal this summer.

Bealman · May 18, 2021, 02:07:50 AM

It's long!

crewearpley40 · May 18, 2021, 03:43:53 AM

I envy the poor people who have to wire the layout. Fab though

Newportnobby · May 18, 2021, 08:43:56 AM

Quote from: Bealman on May 18, 2021, 02:07:50 AM
It's long!

Just over 10 minutes, George

crewearpley40 · May 18, 2021, 09:17:41 AM

Mick. I think George was referring to the length of the layout .

Graham · May 18, 2021, 09:25:17 AM

very impressive, at 64' long it certainly is long. Should have gone for N, could have achieved it in 32'.

Newportnobby · May 18, 2021, 09:34:29 AM

Quote from: crewearpley40 on May 18, 2021, 09:17:41 AM
Mick. I think George was referring to the length of the layout .

Get away!

crewearpley40 · May 18, 2021, 09:40:05 AM

Quote from: Newportnobby on May 18, 2021, 09:34:29 AM
Quote from: crewearpley40 on May 18, 2021, 09:17:41 AM
Mick. I think George was referring to the length of the layout .

Get away!

did like the interview with pete himself. Still impressive and be interesting to see

Trainfish · May 18, 2021, 10:32:29 AM

Not sure how long the layout is but I think it should have been a longer interview with Pete Waterman himself though.

Bealman · May 18, 2021, 10:38:17 AM

Probably more interesting than the layout, which looks pretty boring to me

Malc · May 18, 2021, 11:01:27 AM

As the French say " chacun à son goût"

Trainfish · May 18, 2021, 11:23:08 AM

And according to Google translation services I agree. Or je suis d'accord

Train Waiting · May 18, 2021, 02:51:34 PM

Thank you very much for posting this @lil chris . I found it fascinating. It's often layouts that are far removed from one's own modelling interest that are the most engaging. And it's always interesting to hear what Mr Waterman has to say.

Thanks again and best wishes.

John

TrevL · May 18, 2021, 05:18:17 PM

I'll definitely be paying a visit, only 5 miles from here.

lil chris · May 18, 2021, 09:27:46 PM

Thanks Guys for all the comments, I thought it may be of interest to some even in 00 gauge. I went to a EM show once just to see one layout that used to be in Railway Modeler years ago. That was one of the layouts that inspired me to take up this hobby, I remember the name now, Peter Denny I think the layout was called Buckingham.
I think if this display goes ahead I will pay a visit to Chester to see this, keeping my fingers crossed.