Thursday, January 02, 2020

Layout in a box and bumper DVD full of Phil in the February BRM

One big project in BRM this month, a complete layout in a box.

If you are new to railway modelling, finding all the materials can be a challenge, so I've put together a complete package so you can build a fun inglenook shunting puzzle. All the modeller needs to add is a loco and rolling stock.

There are step-by-step instructions in the magazine, and if you fancy taking it further, more ideas on the DVD.


If you pop the DVD into your telly, be prepared for a bumper crop of me since I start by interviewing the owner of James Street at the GCR show and then move on to three practicals - assembling a provender store, track weathering and building some tree kits.

I've also been out with the camera and bagged a rather nice 009 layout, Castle Wharf Kendle.


It's just my sort of layout, small and scenically very interesting. I'd not gone to shoot this at the show I found it, but sometimes you have to grab a layout while you can, especially one as good as this.
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5 comments:

  1. Andy in Germany10:16 AM

    "If you pop the DVD into your telly, be prepared for a bumper crop of me"

    I guess that viewers will have had their Phil by the end of that DVD.

    Sorry.

    Happy new year from Germany...

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  2. Huw Griffiths12:00 PM

    Was the project layout what you had in mind the other year, when there was a blog post about exhibiting using public transport?

    Just wondering, as I could almost imagine someone putting a similar sized box in the luggage area of a train or coach (possibly even an overhead rack) - then, on arrival at a venue, opening up said box on top of a table.

    Just add a Gaugemaster Combi - a Sentinel, a Peckett or a Kõf - and some wagons - and they'd be up and running within a couple of minutes.

    Seriously though, something like this would be great on a magazine stand at a show - it's presentable - most people would be capable of building something similar - and you could use it to point out potential pitfalls to inexperienced modellers.

    Whilst I think of it, a project like this also offers an excuse for doing a Bob Ross style background.

    Yes - what's not to like?

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  3. Phil Parker6:21 PM

    Taxi for Andy from Germany... :-)

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  4. Phil Parker6:22 PM

    Huw - I'd forgotten that post, but this layout would fit the bill. It's probably a little unwieldy for a coach and maybe a train, but it would work.

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  5. James Finister11:42 AM

    Having been playing around with this idea as a way of resurrecting Apa Valley as a 16.5mm quickie I've settled on the idea of the Peco asymmetric three-way point as an alternative

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