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Darren Johnson
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Hi all,
I thought I would start my thread with some basic information in what I am trying to achieve and layout plans ect...
I am creating an NSE themed layout in 7mm, this layout will set in the sectorisation period loosely based on the West of England line, dominated by the toothpaste livery (NSE)
but also all other aspects of this glorious time period such as the mail train departmental stock and my second best colour scheme the Intercity services 
Many of you know that I am very passionate about all things red whit and blue (Time for the toothpaste jokes
) and have had a couple of 00 gauge layouts based around the same time period and location.
After the dismantled Shaftesbury MK1 and the MK2 00 version's I thought that I would move on to the world of 7mm for the all needed boost to complete a layout
Now I know that the O gauge land is a very strange place, not many RTR locos coaches ect on the market not many modern image layouts/stock the amount of space needed and but no means the least the cost, so many people thought this move was crazy (to be honest they might be right ) but I feel that the need for a change was on the cards as Shaftesbury MK2 in oo just didn't for-fill my modling needs any more
My passion for the larger scale started last year after visiting an exhibition at Basingstoke, all I can remember of the show was this fantastic NSE themed O gauge layout Leavesden created by Peter Clark with your typical NSE stock all with sound and the icing on the cake was all that beautiful clagg spilling out of the exhaust pods of the locos when pulling out of the station , unfortunately I had to leave the show in a hurry and did not manage to find out to much about the creator / owner but after a bit of home work I found that the creator of Leavesden "Peter Clark" also sold these kits on his own site, so happy times ahead
After a few minutes of consideration I commissioned Peter Clark to construct a class 205 Thumper 2H 2 Car Hampshire unit in NSE livery with sound and smoke unit installed This unit will be completed by the end of this month.
Link to the 205 I have on order
http://www.peterclar...com/thumper.htm
The second loco I have on order this time with PRMRP is a class 50 which will be 50 033 Glouriouse in full revised NSE livery also fitted with sound and smoke unit, Glouriouse will be with me in the next couple of weeks (Pictures to follow very soon)
Link to the class 50,Scroll half way down the screen.
http://www.prmrp.com...motive_kits.htm
After ordering the above I can confirm it has wiped my savings out
but you only live once so make the most of it.
Shaftesbury will be 32ft long (scenic section) by 2ft 8inch wide with a 15ft fiddle yard.
I hope you all find this new thread interesting and I am sorry to all of you that have seen this before
All the best Darren NSE DAZ
I thought I would start my thread with some basic information in what I am trying to achieve and layout plans ect...
I am creating an NSE themed layout in 7mm, this layout will set in the sectorisation period loosely based on the West of England line, dominated by the toothpaste livery (NSE)
but also all other aspects of this glorious time period such as the mail train departmental stock and my second best colour scheme the Intercity services Many of you know that I am very passionate about all things red whit and blue (Time for the toothpaste jokes
) and have had a couple of 00 gauge layouts based around the same time period and location.After the dismantled Shaftesbury MK1 and the MK2 00 version's I thought that I would move on to the world of 7mm for the all needed boost to complete a layout
Now I know that the O gauge land is a very strange place, not many RTR locos coaches ect on the market not many modern image layouts/stock the amount of space needed and but no means the least the cost, so many people thought this move was crazy (to be honest they might be right ) but I feel that the need for a change was on the cards as Shaftesbury MK2 in oo just didn't for-fill my modling needs any more
My passion for the larger scale started last year after visiting an exhibition at Basingstoke, all I can remember of the show was this fantastic NSE themed O gauge layout Leavesden created by Peter Clark with your typical NSE stock all with sound and the icing on the cake was all that beautiful clagg spilling out of the exhaust pods of the locos when pulling out of the station
, unfortunately I had to leave the show in a hurry and did not manage to find out to much about the creator / owner but after a bit of home work I found that the creator of Leavesden "Peter Clark" also sold these kits on his own site, so happy times ahead After a few minutes of consideration I commissioned Peter Clark to construct a class 205 Thumper 2H 2 Car Hampshire unit in NSE livery with sound and smoke unit installed
This unit will be completed by the end of this month. Link to the 205 I have on order
http://www.peterclar...com/thumper.htm
The second loco I have on order this time with PRMRP is a class 50 which will be 50 033 Glouriouse in full revised NSE livery also fitted with sound and smoke unit, Glouriouse will be with me in the next couple of weeks
(Pictures to follow very soon)Link to the class 50,Scroll half way down the screen.
http://www.prmrp.com...motive_kits.htm
After ordering the above I can confirm it has wiped my savings out
but you only live once so make the most of it.Shaftesbury will be 32ft long (scenic section) by 2ft 8inch wide with a 15ft fiddle yard.
I hope you all find this new thread interesting and I am sorry to all of you that have seen this before
All the best Darren NSE DAZ
If you can model the rest of your layout to the standard of that drain, Darren, we're in for a treat....
I am meeting up with Peter from PRMRP to collect my 50 next week, I shall point this out to him, no wonder he is not shifting many of these units!!!!
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