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Hi all out thier in railway land, i am about to start building a 4mm model of Torrington line in 1956/57.
I would like to go through building the base boards,right up to finnishing the lay out ,any help anyone can give me on the way would be most helpfull.
as i have not had a model railway since i was a kid , i will post on here each week how it is going ,so i hope you can all join me in this building of the line from start to finnish.
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and on the way to give me help from you out thier that have far more no how on how to get the most from a model railway.
So far i have all the track, locos ,rolling stock,and the wood for the base boards the lay out will be 15' long by 2' wide with fiddle yard at each end .
Here is a list of my locos which have all been weathered.
5 ivorrt tanks (all renumbred to the ones that ran on the linein 1956/57)
1 early dmu( One car Hornby one )
1 04 shunnter in black early BR (bachmann)
1 Q1(Hornby)
1 GWR 43xx (bachmann)
2 N class (bachmann)
1 westcountry (hornby)
1 Pug (hornby) this i will use as a private loco from Marland clay works .
1 M7 (Hornby) Hope to have another one soon.
and when Hornby brings it out a T9!!!!!!
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All the rolling stock i have is southern BR and a few BR ones as well i have even got some wagon that have the SR logo on them but very weathered.
I will post pics on here very soon of all my locos and each week i will post new one showing how the lay out going.
So i hope you can all join me .
All the Best
Darren
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I would like to go through building the base boards,right up to finnishing the lay out ,any help anyone can give me on the way would be most helpfull.
as i have not had a model railway since i was a kid , i will post on here each week how it is going ,so i hope you can all join me in this building of the line from start to finnish.
So far i have all the track, locos ,rolling stock,and the wood for the base boards the lay out will be 15' long by 2' wide with fiddle yard at each end .
Here is a list of my locos which have all been weathered.
5 ivorrt tanks (all renumbred to the ones that ran on the linein 1956/57)
1 early dmu( One car Hornby one )
1 04 shunnter in black early BR (bachmann)
1 Q1(Hornby)
1 GWR 43xx (bachmann)
2 N class (bachmann)
1 westcountry (hornby)
1 Pug (hornby) this i will use as a private loco from Marland clay works .
1 M7 (Hornby) Hope to have another one soon.
and when Hornby brings it out a T9!!!!!!
All the rolling stock i have is southern BR and a few BR ones as well i have even got some wagon that have the SR logo on them but very weathered.
I will post pics on here very soon of all my locos and each week i will post new one showing how the lay out going.
So i hope you can all join me .
All the Best
Darren
