jmupton2000
John M Upton
A lockdown project, I built a simple plank based scene christened Baron's Ridge late in 2020. The other day I hauled it out of storage in the shed:
It is a simple rural scene somewhere, what was at one time a point where a branch line once came off the rural single track mainline, the former now a truncated siding used by the MoW Department. Nearby is an old abandoned copper mine, a small private road crosses the line at this point and the scenario is that on occasion, a MoW vehicle or a locomotive would recess here to allow a through train to pass.
It was mostly built using whatever I had available on site (modelling materials, especially track and scenery became scarce during 2020) so about the only things bought new were the foamboard backscene mounting and the odd bit of greenery, everything else was sourced from my bits and pieces that I have accumulated over the last twenty five or more years in the hobby.
The backscene is home made, a panoramic photo was found, printed onto sticky label paper and applied with a decent enough look.
It has served well as a photographic scene but now needs attention.
Now, three plus years later, I initially thought about making a new one, 'Baron's Ridge II' but of all the various layouts I have built over the decades, this is still my favourite and whilst looking at it sitting on the dining room table (much to my wife's slightly disapproving looks!) I thought, why not a refresh and refurbishment instead?
So, here we go with 'Baron's Ridge - The Refurbishment'
It is a simple rural scene somewhere, what was at one time a point where a branch line once came off the rural single track mainline, the former now a truncated siding used by the MoW Department. Nearby is an old abandoned copper mine, a small private road crosses the line at this point and the scenario is that on occasion, a MoW vehicle or a locomotive would recess here to allow a through train to pass.
It was mostly built using whatever I had available on site (modelling materials, especially track and scenery became scarce during 2020) so about the only things bought new were the foamboard backscene mounting and the odd bit of greenery, everything else was sourced from my bits and pieces that I have accumulated over the last twenty five or more years in the hobby.
The backscene is home made, a panoramic photo was found, printed onto sticky label paper and applied with a decent enough look.
It has served well as a photographic scene but now needs attention.
Now, three plus years later, I initially thought about making a new one, 'Baron's Ridge II' but of all the various layouts I have built over the decades, this is still my favourite and whilst looking at it sitting on the dining room table (much to my wife's slightly disapproving looks!) I thought, why not a refresh and refurbishment instead?
So, here we go with 'Baron's Ridge - The Refurbishment'
to really give it that doomsday feel!
