Jencaster - 1930's LMS OO gauge layout

[Walkingthedog]

Thank heavens you took that the right way

[IanLMS]

Fortunately, I was blessed with a sense of humour as well!

[Walkingthedog]

You’ll be fine on here then.

[IanLMS]

Current project i'm working on - Severn Models etched brass buildings for a diorama.

Stables, workshop, storage shed to be placed near the wagon sidings. The stables are for the shunting horses which are currently being painted.

[Bandit Mick]

Very nice indeed!

[glencairn]

A layout in a unique style. Well done.

Glencairn

[Chops]

Magnificent spread, and tightly focused on time and place- in itself a remarkable challenge. The scene of the roadster commingling with the sheep appears straight out of "Remains of the Day."

[IanLMS]

I managed do a small amount of modelling over the weekend, mainly finishing off a few vans i'm building (CCT's, Fish and 12T van) and priming them ready for painting. I also 3-linked a few coal wagons, loaded them and applied a bit of weathering.

The horses from Dart Castings are primed and ready for painting and then I can place the Severn model buildings in a scene.

Pics to follow

Ref the roadster/sheep scene. Family holidays were often spent in a caravan staying on farm sites all over the country. Whenever we were up North, or in Wales we would often be conftronted by sheep in the road and I thought it would make an ideal scene in a 1930's layout especially when vehicles were very few and far between and the sheep were being walked to the markets.

[footplate1947]

Wonderful lay out which defies convention with wide base boards. How do you manage to reach across to get to the back of it to service things.

[IanLMS]

The main front board is 5 feet wide. I then have a 2ft access hole where I can pop up in and access the other side of the board. The 6 storage roads are hidden under the hillside which hinges up in sections and the row of cottages, barn and garage are all seperate lift out sections so I can climb onto the board and access the far corner.

One picture shows the access area being filled in with 2 removable sections. The right section is a wood frame with grassmat stretched over so I can lift it out from underneath. The left panel hinges up against the wagon sidings (front path section lifts out)

The other pictures show the hillsides and removable sections.

If I remember, I will take pics showing the sections lifted up.

I can access all of the front track to clean from the control area. Pop up in the middle and I can access the hidden sidings, wagon sidings. Hinge up the hillsides and I can access under the tunnel entrances. Full strip down is rarely needed as I can reach all of the track from the front of the layout or via the access area.