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ianfolland · Post by **ianfolland** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:47 pm

I put my last post on the subject in "Photographs" - here might have been better.

Anyway, today's traffic didn't justify steam and the 'big" hoppers, just a few skips (Binnie with Slater's wheels):

Hopefully, eventually the railway will look a bit more like ./myff/459107/DSC08949.jpg

or http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd21 ... Spring.jpg

for instance, rather than the desolate look it has at the moment! Planting is in progress, and the line got longer today too!

Endless, Nameless · Post by **Endless, Nameless** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:24 pm

I actually really like the desolate look...

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:28 pm

Hmmm, me too! Seems to be working realism wise!"!!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:36 pm

I'd say put some plants in. The desolate look with bare soil might work for a time but once the weather starts on it it can start to look very unrealistic. But a few plants and rocks and that is one thing that marks out the ordinary lines from the extrordinary

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:39 pm

How far can one go in terms of miniature landscapeing? What is the best 16mm scale landscape on any railway ever?

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:53 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:How far can one go in terms of miniature landscapeing? What is the best 16mm scale landscape on any railway ever?

It's got to be Tarren Hendre, hands down.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:55 pm

Yes that looks rather nice with the large interconected ponds but it all looks a little concreaty...

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:55 pm

I strongly agree with Si.

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:58 pm

MTA wrote:
Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:How far can one go in terms of miniature landscapeing? What is the best 16mm scale landscape on any railway ever?
It's got to be Tarren Hendre, hands down.

Definately, but some of my other favourites are...
cwmcoediog railway
maesffordd and nant gorris
Lower bryandale (because a taliesin looks so good pictured infront of a model of dduallt).

Isle of westland

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:59 pm

I would agree it is hugely impressive

but does it have the coutry side- plants element etc?

hussra · Post by **hussra** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:14 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:How far can one go in terms of miniature landscapeing? What is the best 16mm scale landscape on any railway ever?

Dunno about best ever, but I love the hillside ledge and retaining walls on the upper loop at Llechfan.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:20 pm

All of those mentioned are brilliant, although I agree with Mr Bond slightly about Tarren Hendre, it would just look that bit better if he'd used slate instead of granite. Of my local lines the Silverdale Light Railway (south) is well landscaped, and unlike the SLR north is well engineered

Endless, Nameless · Post by **Endless, Nameless** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:26 pm

Must admit I love the Isle of Westland- as much down to the quality of the stock as the railway- both are excellent and work well together.

I suspect the same may be the case here- it's certainly going in the right way.

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:39 pm

The ledge at llechfan certainly is a good feature, simply because the hillside does actually dwarf the train running along it.

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:43 pm

I agree with all of the above lines (especially the Nant Gorris) but would add the Moreton Pit and Pimlico Tramway

In fact the Pimlico Tramway website has been away far too long and I think we should start a virtual campaign for a virtual re-opening

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:20 pm

Seconded! This is an interesting discussion, I like to see reallistic materials and plenty of scale planting in a railway- I really like a railway running through a landscape rather than a landscape beside a railway.

ianfolland · Post by **ianfolland** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:55 pm

I'm building the railway through a garden which was considerably altered by building work last year. The picture I posted at the head of this thread shows the train running along a ledge on a landscaped bank of spoil excavated during building of a house extension (hence the amount of flint brought to the surface). Consequently I'm building the railway and stocking the garden at the same time, creating a cottage garden with a railway running through it. The idea is that the railway won't be immediately obvious, or even invisible until a train trundles by.

SLRmidge · Post by **SLRmidge** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:40 pm

laalratty wrote:All of those mentioned are brilliant, although I agree with Mr Bond slightly about Tarren Hendre, it would just look that bit better if he'd used slate instead of granite. Of my local lines the Silverdale Light Railway (south) is well landscaped, and unlike the SLR north is well engineered

My line might not have been built on a hundred tons of concrete as a foundation but I like to think I've managed to create the 'atmosphere' of a run down narrow gauge line!

The SLR(N)'s Lister 'Ella' potters up the 1 in 60 with empty skips from Thrang End Gravel Works.....

Look forward to seeing more pics of your line in Summer Ian...

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:55 pm

SLRmidge wrote:
laalratty wrote:All of those mentioned are brilliant, although I agree with Mr Bond slightly about Tarren Hendre, it would just look that bit better if he'd used slate instead of granite. Of my local lines the Silverdale Light Railway (south) is well landscaped, and unlike the SLR north is well engineered
My line might not have been built on a hundred tons of concrete as a foundation but I like to think I've managed to create the 'atmosphere' of a run down narrow gauge line!

The SLR(N)'s Lister 'Ella' potters up the 1 in 60 with empty skips from Thrang End Gravel Works.....

Look forward to seeing more pics of your line in Summer Ian...

I agree with midge. The SLR(S) is a bit like the L&B, a mainline in miniture in terms of construction, whilst the SLR(N) is like one of Colonel Stepen's lines. Both are equally good in their own way,.

ianfolland · Post by **ianfolland** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:28 pm

Midge, that's the sort of look I'd like to create. Nothing too pristine, and some narrow gauge atmosphere. Any more pictures?

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