I mentioned in my Reboot post that Julia is one of my inspirations when it comes to my modelling. Her work on Highclere is first class and I would love to get to see it in real life one day. Got to save the airfare first I guess!
One of the other inspirations to my modelling is much closer to home. He is one of the members of the N Gauge Gang who come to my place once a month to “get stuff done (although sometimes the stuff is talking!)”. Ken and I have known each other for getting on 15 years and his modelling has been pretty eclectic during that time, as he got frustrated with British N, moved to US N, then changed scales completely and spent sometime doing 7mm QR Cane Trains. He is now back in N and as a result has joined out little group.
His most recent project has been to create a small shunting layout based on a dock scene. He has used a number of kits from the Scale Scenes range along with a few Metcalf buildings and done a great job.
At the October meeting he brought it along – 900 x 300 I think is the all up measurement. Unfortunately he didn’t bring the power pack so we could only look, rather than play. Given that he is presently putting a pile of stock together with DGs the full on playing won’t be far away.
A few photos to inspire you. The 04 is in the Etched Pixels tramkit as the FQR shunter “Mavis”.
There is a boat in the offing to be docked – not sure if cranes are going to make an appearance or if the ship’s derrick will do.
Incidentally, the 200th post on my blog!
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