Midsomer

[madharry]

Thanks very much Curt. The layout has to be finished by 3rd November for my club's model railway exhibition. The layout has been allocated a space opposite Chris Nevard's new layout. Chris is a renowned modeller and writes for the UK's Modelrail magazine, so my effort has to up to snuff as they say. No pressure!

Mike

I bet Chris is thinking the very same thing 

Yes he is bringing not one but two layouts to the show................see link to pictures https://www.flickr.com/photos/nevardmedia/sets/72157616702004648/

Mike 

[madharry]

And here is the link to the other one...................https://www.flickr.com/photos/nevardmedia/sets/72157630147083992/

Mike

[PRR Modeler]

Wow, that is outstanding modeling!

[ACL1504]

I agree, Chris' work is fantastic.

Tom

[cuse]

Great work! As usual...


I am a subscriber to ModelRail and I am a big fan of that style of modeling and, particularly, of Chris'. His photographs and scenery are so distinctive. You can spot them a mile away. I picked up a lot of inspiration in the past couple of years of those British modeling magazines.


John

[Janbouli]

Wow , that is excellent modeling, I see a layout that has a lot in common with Troels Kirk and Martin Walberg, the coloring is very Troels like and the scenery , grass, bushes , trees are very Martin like . Now I don't know who was first but just see the resemblance.

When and where is this show Mike , you probably already told us , but I'm lazy 

[madharry]

Wow , that is excellent modeling, I see a layout that has a lot in common with Troels Kirk and Martin Walberg, the coloring is very Troels like and the scenery , grass, bushes , trees are very Martin like . Now I don't know who was first but just see the resemblance.

When and where is this show Mike , you probably already told us , but I'm lazy 

Jan, these layouts will be at my club's exhibition - "Wycrail" Saturday 4th November at High Wycombe. In all there will be 26 layouts on show. If you can make it to Heathrow which is 20 minutes from me, I can pick you up and we can offer you a guest bedroom with en-suite...................

Mike 

[Janbouli]

Very tempting Mike , thank you very much for the invitation , I'm going to look into getting a couple of days off in November.

[deemery]

Some inspiration?  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4742650/Find-inner-peace-muder-victim-s-villa.html


dave

[sdrees]

Hi Jan,

Looks like your layout is up to snuff to me.  Very nice.

[madharry]

I built a little storage shed for the farm using Railroad Kits "Ole Man Simonds Garage kit.  This is of board on board construction and I etched the roofing in ferric chloride for a nice rusty effect. Inside are some hay bales, some shelving and gas cylinders etc together with a weathered Fordson tractor.

Mike

[MAP]

Nice work on the shed Mike.....actually the whole layout is great!

[PRR Modeler]

Beautiful work Mike. I also think the details inside the garage are a nice touch.

[madharry]

Thanks Mark and Curt for your nice comments.
Mike

[madharry]

A few years ago I built Scalescenes Lock and Canal Bridge kits. These are ultra cheap - £3.99 and £2.99. You provide the cardboard and download the instructions. The cover sheets for the cardboard are printed off in colour.

The results are very good. However..........

I have decided to add the Wiffen Canal to Midsomer and as it is going to be right at the front of the layout I wanted the lock and canal to have texture. So I de-constructed the kits and added Redutex brick and grey stone setts  to the models.

Here are the originals.

Mike