Buchan - An 009 Experiment

[Hugh Norwood]

That's looking good.

[Jeff Schumaker]

Very nice.

Jeff S.

[paul ludlow]

Hi, looks really good so far. I too can recommend  scale model scenery & scalescenes. I have used both suppliers alot on my modest effort. (Somewhere in Kent 1950s) search it out on YouTube if you'd like to take a look.🙂

[rander]

It's really nice to see a track plan that looks narrow gauge and not one borrowed from the standard gauge. The track looks as if it belongs in the landscape. Congratulations James.

[James S]

I have used both suppliers alot on my modest effort. (Somewhere in Kent 1950s) search it out on YouTube if you'd like to take a look.🙂

Looks good Paul. Did you build the brick walls from Scalescenes papers?

[James S]

Thanks all for your feedback.

I mentioned the Scale Model Scenery notice boards. I've now put one of these together, again very impressed simple and effective. I really like this kind of small detail.

[paul ludlow]

Hi James, the brick walls on "Somewhere in Kent 1950s" are the 6' industrial brick wall  & gates kit kx002-00 from model railway scenery.com/scale model scenery.co.uk, cost about £5 + postage. The station fencing is their 4' garden fencing lx004-00, regards, Paul.🙂

[paul ludlow]

I like the notice board, but I'm a bit concerned that no one has reported the big blue UFO that has landed by the water tower!! 😮👽🤔

[Peter Boulter]

I like the notice board, but I'm a bit concerned that no one has reported the big blue UFO that has landed by the water tower!! 😮👽🤔

Shush, that's part of a military test programme and is covered by the official secrets act.
So it's not there and you didn't see it!

[James S]

I like the notice board, but I'm a bit concerned that no one has reported the big blue UFO that has landed by the water tower!! 😮👽🤔

Shush, that's part of a military test programme and is covered by the official secrets act.
So it's not there and you didn't see it!

:laugh: Ha! What I failed to notice is that en route from wherever, the UFO knocked off one of the chimney pots on the house.

It's amazing what you notice in a photo that you don't see with the 'naked eye' as it were.

[James S]

A few more picture of Buchan showing the latest progress. I've been working on the station area. Firstly a couple of photos putting the station into context with previous updates.





The station building is an old Hornby station shelter. The platform was constructed with matchsticks infilled with Polyfilla then covered with a mixture of fine gravel/ballast. The station fencing is the standard post and rail type from Scale Model Scenery as mentioned before, however, I have added the additional fence boards with off-cuts from the original laser cut card sheets. It's very versatile that fencing - the white-painted access gate to the station is just a section of the fencing with diagonal bracing. I'm slowly adding various bits of junk and other details. The cows are keeping a wary eye on the hiker who is in turn distracted by the Bagnall!

Doing the station has thrown up what to me is another design flaw - the fact the station 'faces' away from the viewer. The other key flaw being that the layout is not continuous run!







The landscaping behind the station still needs more attention. Progress has been a bit slower lately as I've been distracted by building some stock and a tram loco. The carriage shown is a Dundas kit. I'll perhaps add a separate thread on my stock/loco projects shortly.

[paul ludlow]

Very nice, coming on well, very interested in seeing more & rolling stock

[James S]

Very nice, coming on well, very interested in seeing more & rolling stock

Thanks Paul.

On the stock side I will post in the near future. Looking back at the photos I suspect the hiker is actually wondering whether the train has lost the rest of its coaches somewhere...little does he know that its the only one the railway has completed!

[paul ludlow]

😁😆😃😁

[Lawrence]

Originally I settled for this track plan.

I too have attempted and failed to build a layout; in my case over a period of 55 years or more. Oddly enough, I have settled on exactly the same track configuration as yours. I have just managed to persuade it to fit on a ScaleModelScenery BB018 Micro Layout Baseboard In A Box.  A rather tight 730 x 207mm.

My inspiration is also from Bottle Kiln Lane amongst others especially Grindley Brook Wharf which has also been so thoroughly, helpfully and generously documented. 

Best wishes,
Lawrence