[John at RJR]

Hi,

My OO layout lives in the 8'x6' shed at the bottom of the garden.

John
RJR

 

[dwb]

Great looking layout

David

 

[poliss]

Excellent layout. When are the magazines coming round?

 

[Brian Considine]

Welcome to MRF John & thanks for the pictures.

I especially liked pic' no 3 with the boarded up windows - it's these little things that bring real life & atmosphere to a layout.

 

[John at RJR]

Thanks for the kind comments, as for the magazines, a couple have expressed an interest and there is an open invitation to them.

John
RJR

 

[Thunder]

Considering its an 8ft x 6ft layout its got plenty to keep you busy/occupied, looks great, amazing what can be acheived in a small area, well done

 

[John Webb]

Very neat. I rather like the way you've carried the sky/clouds across the inside of the roof - does help to reduce the impression of being in a shed.

I assume the train on the wall at the back in the first picture is the 'Hogwarts Express'

Regards,
John Webb

 

[John at RJR]

If you try and capture the look of Glenfinnan Viaduct you have to have a Hogwarts look alike to go on it !!!

John
RJR

 

[61215 billy carver]

hi john and welcome, i watched this layout grow on other site forum splendid work for 8 by 6.anybody new to this your in for a treat cheers billy

 

[John at RJR]

The contractors have finally arrived to continue work on the trackside PSU

John
RJR

 

[Brian Considine]

Hi again John,

I've just had another closer look at those pictures & totally missed the fact that the layout is in a space of 8' x 6'. There is so much there & yet it does not look cramped at all - I think the way the sides & ceiling are painted helps.

Lot's of little extras to add the right sort of life - modelling at it's best - another layout I would love to see "in the flesh".

 

[7113]

Hi John

Excellent work, I agree with dbclass50 - painting the sky all round gives a huge image of space.

QUOTE (John at RJR @ 12 Apr 2008, 11:56) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I had to look at this for a while before I realised it was a model.

Welcome and keep up the good work.

Regards

 

[John at RJR]

To be fare the pictures of the viaduct were taken outside. The viaduct spans the doorway and therefore lifts out.

I took the lift out section up onto the moors to take these pictures.

It doesnt look quite as good when its in position although with the shed door open I can still get a real sky

John
RJR

 

[Chinahand]

Hi John and a very warm welcome to the MRF.

Your layout is an absolute inspiration and just about the best example I have seen of what can be done in a comparatively small space. It's obviously been, and no doubt continues to be, a labour of love.

The little dioramas you have created are what brings a model to life.

I only hope my layout turns out half as good as yours.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

Expat.

 

[John at RJR]

QUOTE (Expat @ 15 Apr 2008, 19:41) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi John and a very warm welcome to the MRF.

Your layout is an absolute inspiration and just about the best example I have seen of what can be done in a comparatively small space. It's obviously been, and no doubt continues to be, a labour of love.

The little dioramas you have created are what brings a model to life.

I only hope my layout turns out half as good as yours.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

Expat.

Your too kind by far but thanks for such positive comments,

John
RJR

 

[7113]

QUOTE (John at RJR @ 14 Apr 2008, 15:11) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>To be fare the pictures of the viaduct were taken outside. The viaduct spans the doorway and therefore lifts out.

Well that explains the lighting effect, which was probably what caused me to think it was real.

Incidentally it's only when I looked at the picture on the rook of the car that i realised how tall the trees are - it's nice to see scale height trees.

Regards

 

[hornby-gloucester]

Hi,

thats such a cool layout, i've just started to build my baseboard its an 8' by 8' square with a 3' by 3' square cut out of the middle, so its kinda like ures, i just hope mine will look as good as ures one day.

cheers

P.S the rock climbers on the 7th photo made me giggle.

 

[John at RJR]

QUOTE (Hornby-Gloucester @ 16 Apr 2008, 13:53) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>P.S the rock climbers on the 7th photo made me giggle.

I have had a post on another forum commenting that I made made his blood run cold as the top climber was not roped on, I took it as a compliment that it must have looked reasonably realistic !!!

John
RJR

 

[Chinahand]

Hi John,

I've been studyingyour photos and trying to work out how the different levels work. Any chance of a track diagram ??

Expat

 

[fordy361]

Looking good, amazed how fast you have completed it. Seems to be taking me forever to get mine done.