34091 Weymouth
Western Thunderer
Hey up everyone,
It's been a while since I last came on WT. For those who followed my em exploits will know I had to give up. My eyesight not great & job & family commitments meant I needed to do something a little less involved.
For the past ten years I've mainly modelled EM with a flirtation with 0 gauge also. I've never got anywhere really with them. My passion has always been continental trains mainly Swiss & French. My idea was to do something Swiss once again but I decided that at the moment catenary is a step to far. I've always liked German based layouts when I've visited shows & so I decided to have a go at something new.
After some research i discovered the Crottendorf branch & this became the basis of my layout. I've christened it Cranzahldorf as the mainline station Cranzahl down the road from Crottendorf hosted narrow gauge, DR & CSD trains from Czechia.
Combining both names & station ideas gave me Cranzahldorf. It won't have narrow gauge but it does mean I can run both german & czech locos on my branchline.
So far I'm really pleased with progress. I don't get much time just usually a Saturday morning to do something so progress is slow.
This is the current state of the layout which to be fair is further than I ever got in em.
The first session was to build a set of baseboards. I had everything pre cut at the builders merchants so it was a screw & glue set.
I then went into unknown waters, legs!
I've never made them myself although I've made plenty at the club. Going to a model railway club does pay off in learning skills. It was a breeze to do & now I have 3 baseboards all built with folding legs & pattern makers dowels.
Once I got baseboards up & into 3 standing boards I painted the fiddle yard & started to lay the track.
I then cut all the track & laid it to the board. I was precise when doing this measuring each distance with a ruler so each section of rail was perfect. Its come out rather well so far. The scenic area still needs the rails permanently fixing. My plan was to wire the points for the autofrogs, drill the motor hole & glue the track this morning but I've been in A&E instead with ligament damage to my knee so I'm out of action.
Si.
Music recently has been from one of my favourite bands of all time.
It's been a while since I last came on WT. For those who followed my em exploits will know I had to give up. My eyesight not great & job & family commitments meant I needed to do something a little less involved.
For the past ten years I've mainly modelled EM with a flirtation with 0 gauge also. I've never got anywhere really with them. My passion has always been continental trains mainly Swiss & French. My idea was to do something Swiss once again but I decided that at the moment catenary is a step to far. I've always liked German based layouts when I've visited shows & so I decided to have a go at something new.
After some research i discovered the Crottendorf branch & this became the basis of my layout. I've christened it Cranzahldorf as the mainline station Cranzahl down the road from Crottendorf hosted narrow gauge, DR & CSD trains from Czechia.
Combining both names & station ideas gave me Cranzahldorf. It won't have narrow gauge but it does mean I can run both german & czech locos on my branchline.
So far I'm really pleased with progress. I don't get much time just usually a Saturday morning to do something so progress is slow.
This is the current state of the layout which to be fair is further than I ever got in em.
The first session was to build a set of baseboards. I had everything pre cut at the builders merchants so it was a screw & glue set.
I then went into unknown waters, legs!
I've never made them myself although I've made plenty at the club. Going to a model railway club does pay off in learning skills. It was a breeze to do & now I have 3 baseboards all built with folding legs & pattern makers dowels.
Once I got baseboards up & into 3 standing boards I painted the fiddle yard & started to lay the track.
I then cut all the track & laid it to the board. I was precise when doing this measuring each distance with a ruler so each section of rail was perfect. Its come out rather well so far. The scenic area still needs the rails permanently fixing. My plan was to wire the points for the autofrogs, drill the motor hole & glue the track this morning but I've been in A&E instead with ligament damage to my knee so I'm out of action.
Si.
Music recently has been from one of my favourite bands of all time.
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