After finishing and exhibiting my last box layout I was on the lookout for another suitable box to start a new project. Whilst looking for something in the workshop of the Middleton Railway I came across such a box.
Dated 1961 an ammo box for holding 2 rounds of 105mm HE. Permission given I took it home at the back end of 2018 and start what appears to be yet another WW1 inspired layout. The box is 32in x 10.5in x 6in. Not wanting to compromise the box I have built a baseboard that will fit inside the box but wired in such a way that it can be operated in, on or away from the box.
The layout is basically an inglenook but with scope for expansion there is a fiddle yard of sorts but rather than going off scene will be "masked" by trees and will look (hopefully) like a loop on the main line so will be part of the scenery. I've been at it for 6 months now but the 1:1 scale railway keeps getting in the way.
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That's a good size for a small/micro layout. It looks big enough to have good operational potential and I like your "hidden in plain sight" approach to the fiddle yard.
It's also nice to see another Anyrail user!
Nice idea and well executed Richard.
Mick
A creative use for the box, as well as appropriate.
Jeff S.
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Nice work on the scenery.
Jeff S.
The scenic break in front of the storage/fiddle yard area is very effective.
There will be additional bushes between the trees, to make it hidden yet not hidden.
"Hiding in plain sight" Quite apt for a military layout :)
Very good job.
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Very nice - well done!
Excellent work.
Jeff S.
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From one military railway modeller to another, Spot on that!!
That's excellent, I never understood the fascination with the inglenook configuration but that is absolutely spot on.
Did you build any of the rolling stock specially or was it pre-existing inventory?
Ammobaux made it into December Continental Modeller
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Quote from: Stephen Rainsbury on November 23, 2019, 03:26
That's excellent, I never understood the fascination with the inglenook configuration but that is absolutely spot on.
Did you build any of the rolling stock specially or was it pre-existing inventory?
Everything, locos and stock were built or obtained for this layout. I have another stock box for my other 009 layout.
Quote from: Richard Pike on November 25, 2019, 17:22
Everything, locos and stock were built or obtained for this layout. I have another stock box for my other 009 layout.
That must have been fun :) Did you have any particular reference guide?
My Grandfather was assigned to MOD Shoeburyness (Essex) during WW1 which was a gunnery school. Apparently there was a light railway there and I want to find out more abut it.
There is a programme tonight on Channel 5 at 9PM all about the railways of the Somme.
Quote from: Stephen Rainsbury on November 25, 2019, 20:18
Quote from: Richard Pike on November 25, 2019, 17:22
Everything, locos and stock were built or obtained for this layout. I have another stock box for my other 009 layout.
That must have been fun :) Did you have any particular reference guide?
My Grandfather was assigned to MOD Shoeburyness (Essex) during WW1 which was a gunnery school. Apparently there was a light railway there and I want to find out more abut it.
There are various books available, such as the Narrow Gauge at war books by Keith Taylorson only on the second hand market such as ebay. There is also WDLR Album by Roy Link and the follow up WDLR Companion. Various videos of WW1 trench railways on Youtube.
Quote from: Richard Pike on November 28, 2019, 17:02
There are various books available, such as the Narrow Gauge at war books by Keith Taylorson only on the second hand market such as ebay. There is also WDLR Album by Roy Link and the follow up WDLR Companion. Various videos of WW1 trench railways on Youtube.
Thanks, I have been looking at he YouTube and ordered a book from the library. They have all been interesting especially as there didn't seem to be any overarching plan or common way of doing things. I haven't found anything about Shoeburyness yet, but will keep looking, it might have to be a freelance idea.