woolacombe layout at 7/8 th scale

[franckcombe]

I will show the Woolacombe Bay layout at The London Festival of Railway Modelling (22 - 23 March 2014) , address: Alexandra Palace, London, N22 7AY.

I will be pleased to meet others 7/8 th scale modelers and share a drink.

[franckcombe]

The woolacombe bay at Alexandra Palace.



It was my first show in this place. The organization was quite good.  There was many interesting layout including a marvellous us one at  fn3 scale, manies excellent ideas for inspiration and copy !

I enjoyed also to met for the second time the dream team of brm : Andy, Howard Richard and Phill.

I do also shopping but for our scale nearly nothing exist (It's mainly a show for oo and o gauge)

[franckcombe]

I add a new loco to my layout : a Ruston. It's not completly finish and paint. A Lister and and Ransom and Rapier will follow.

[Ray Dunakin]

Cool! Looks very good. Is it scratch, or what?

[franckcombe]

Cool! Looks very good. Is it scratch, or what?

It is a kit from an English craftsman and the motorization is from my friend jean-pierre.

[LesTindall]

A lovely looking engine from IP Engineering.  (no I'm nothing to do with the manufacturer).
Les

[franckcombe]

A lovely looking engine from IP Engineering.  (no I'm nothing to do with the manufacturer).
Les

I bought it a second hand kit before Ip engeneering buy the kit and modify it

[franckcombe]

I just finished the loco. The photos are too exposed but it's my fault.

Here the result :

[finescalerr]

Might be your nicest loco to date. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Very nice!

[franckcombe]

I'm testing new sound for loco with zimo dcc sound.

For those who want to see the layout in flesh, For the end of 2014 and until mid 2015 I will do some exhibitions in Europa :

13  14 september  2014 à Gennevilliers in France

8  9 november 2014  at  Expo-Trains at  Luxembourg

2015

10th & 11th January 2015 St Albans model railway exhibition (London)

20-21 mars 2015 Linter (Belgium)

19/20/21 june Great Central Railway (Leceister UK)

Then I will sale my layout and I will run  on exhibitions my new layout from Norway theme.

[franckcombe]

I add two clients for the crab shack

[finescalerr]

Nice figure painting. -- Russ

[franckcombe]

I will exhibit the 10th & 11th January 2015 at  St Albans model railway exhibition (London). Si I need to have more typical british locomotive to show. I have to paint my lister.

I have also a new project. On Rumanian narrow gauge there are plenty rail trucks or rail cars like that




It's plenty of atmosphere. The germans  done it also with combi VW. So I decided that I need also to have mine. I doodle between combi, austin mini, ...

But there is always prototype that exists so I did some reaserch and I found this





In fact Canadian national did 5 cars like that for inspection car. So if Canadians did that, I could do it  for my narrow gauge.

This is my unfinished version with HLW motor, esu decoder. I need to paint it, weather it a little, add sticker on it, a surfbord because it will be the rail car of the local surf club (Woolacombe bay is famous for surfing)

[Ray Dunakin]

Cool!