The website for rpi shows that they ceased trading as at 31/12/11. A real shame: although recent offerings were not to my taste, some of their earlier offerings, including RTR 014 chassis many years back, were really good.
David H
I have now completed the set, Mercian have produced cast brass sides for the slate wagon
Introducing the new layout of François Gilbert and me Matthieu Jacquemart. Naturally, it’s an O14 layout ! It is loosely based on the sablières of Nemours.
Here is the drawing for the project :
The layout is divided into three modules of 100×40cm. Total size is 360×140cm with slide.
Its construction was described in the french review voie libre 63-64-65-66.
It was presented for the first time in expometrique / RAMMA in Sedan.
The pictures speak louder than a long text !
The billard T75 on this picture is a model made by Bernard Junk.
Pershings are made spécially for us by David from Truckteur models
Rhyd is a 014 gauge model built by David John of a fictitious (and highly improbable) branch off the Ffestiniog Railway. Any similarity to the village of the same name is purely accidental.
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- The top end of the layout, a Roy Link Hudson 0-6-0 WT in the course of being coaled and watered before it returns up the quarry tramway.
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- The other end of the layout, David Lloyd George is about to couple up to his train. Vale of Ffestiniog dwarfs an Ashbury coach in the back siding.
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- Pure KBscale, the ‘Flying Bedstead’ runs into Rhyd from the quarry.
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- The gravity train runs through Rhyd. Leaving the passengers for the next train so bemused they fail to notice Marilyn Munroe watching from the footbridge.
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- The gravity train again, running alongside the tumbling Afon Swllt.
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- The local lads play Pooh sticks while the Hudson shunts the yard. The slate yard is just visible over the open wagon.
Remember, one of my first post talk you about “A small trackside workshop”.
The diorama during Expométrique, on 2009 at Richelieu!
After a while, it seemed interesting to make this diorama functional and include it in a larger layout. The theme, not a real one, is a slate quarry in Belgium. The layout will consist of five modules corresponding to five different scenes. Here is the drawing for the project:
My first steps is to build the two modules adjacent to the workshop, named ‘Carrière’ and ‘Bureaux’, in order to get a running layout. And the two last module will be defined in a near futur.
Here are the current status of the first three modules, as shown during ‘Expométrique’ at Sedan, this year.
La carrière: this module tries to modelize a small quarry with a tunnel leading to an underground working (for the return track). I hope to modelize some working scene with a wooden crane:
The first work with part of the track bed.
A study for slate placement… Some real slates, yesss. And than, the quarry in place:
An other view,
Les bureaux: The second new module with the other end of the return track. I wanted to modelize a building with the office and the quarry’s owner house, made with some local techniques. So, slate wall with brick around the windows and door, like in this slate quarry’s house in the Ardennen , Belgium.
And my work to modelize it:
The first steps, some test for building placement.
The first wall in slates, Difficult to imagine what will be the result at this moment, but that’s the fun!
The complete building, not yet engraved!
And with a near completed engraving process, with windows and door.
At this stage, there is some works to do, but the module is running and viewable.
During the last weeks before Expométrique, with the old module “the small trackside workshop” in the center:
The LKM Ns-2 is a Trukteur model
From the quarry:
The complete layout during Expométrique,at Sedan
Stefan
We have added a new page with links to O14 manufacturers and suppliers at: http://www.o14group.org/o14-manufacturers-and-suppliers/
Please suggest additions and amendments via the O14 Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/O14/
Here are three videos showing some running trials of my new chopper couplings covering basic operation, DCC and delayed uncoupling.
See also my articles in NG&IRM Review issues 86 and 87.
Update 7/11/2011
These couplings are now available for sale at: http://www.zamzoodled.co.uk/
See also my earlier post here
Carl Arendt managed a popular website specifically focussing on small layouts. There’s lots of inspiration, including several O14 layouts and many layout plans.
Update. Sadly Carl Arendt passed away on Friday March 4, 2011. See comments for further details.
Here we have some photos that may be of interest to the group, some detail pics of Dinorwic pointwork and one of my own made to 14mm gauge ready for the dummy lever and motorising. Made from some old copperclad sleepers (yet to be slit for wiring) and some N gauge rail. I am not worried about chairs as they will be hidden with slate waste.
Further to recent requests here is a video of some superpower on the Pentewan Light Railway. Locos are Wrightlines Baldwin and Backwoods K1 Garratt. Scenic work has progressed a little since the last video: k1-garratt-on-the-plr
The video was taken on a CanonG11 and assembled with iMovie on a mac. All the sounds are from the locos (CT Elektronik decoders).
