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Ken
Writes... I’ve always liked coffee table layouts, which were at their peak in the 1970s. My friend built one, which is still operational but many have long gone. So my project was to bring life back into a layout my wife acquired for me for Xmas 2006. We don’t know who built it but as with many of these layouts at the time it was built as a 009 layout. We estimate it to be originally from the late seventies as the glass was smoke glass which all the rage then, but it could be from the early eighties as people, including us bought dining tables, crockery, Pyrex dishes and lots more in smoke glass. Disadvantage
was you could not see much of the layout through the smoke glass so I
replaced this with toughened clear glass. I also cut out the front panel
and fitted clear toughened glass here, which was time consuming as the
structure is a solid wooden piece of furniture. It
has an oval of track fitting in a 34 inch by 18 inch area with 2 sidings,
which have manual controls underneath the layout. All
the 009 buildings and scenery were gutted leaving just the track in situ.
The track is on a separate board which screws onto the wooden frame. It
became Mynoras Farm during 2007; all the buildings on it are from Hornby
Liddle End. The people and animals are mainly Noch
although there are a couple of Japanese horses on the farm, and more
than 100 sheep and lambs by Peco.
There are also 2 small scenes on the farm from Davfen
miniatures.
These initial pictures were taken at the start of 2007. Pictures 1 and 2 show the layout as received. (Please click on the images for a larger image)
Picture
3 shows the track after removing the buildings and 009 stock, apart from
one 00 figure helping to clear up. The 2 aluminium metal strips have
lighting units built into them and they will stay in one form or another.
All pictures have been taken without the glass top in situ. To remove the
glass you have to use a plunger to lift the glass out and hope the vacuum
doesn’t go causing the glass to drop.
February 2007 As of the beginning of February 'Project CTL' has had some serious time taken on it, take a look at the photos below to appreciate how some times you just need to 'start again!'
March 2007 This just in.... "The LMS locomotive Duchess of Hamilton arrived today at the privately owned Mynoras Farm railway. Arriving by low loader, it is seen with 2 Spanish carriages owned by the farm. However the locomotive was too big for the curves and derailed. It was instantly returned to the low loader."
I quite like this journalistic approach to updates! April 2007 Updates of a more 'traditional' nature this month. Ken writes..."The trailer came from Bob Hunt in Canada so I only had to put track on that. The traction engine is from Rowdon Miniatures. They ceased trading years ago - but I had the kit and decided to build it. The horsebox is from Fleetline and the carriage from W & T Engineering also ceased trading many years ago." All looking good!
© Ken Jones 2007 This web site is best viewed at a screen resolution of 1024x768 Yay! Journalistic updates again! Your reporter down on the Farm writes... "It was Easter weekend and work on the farm continued. 2 horses have arrived - I think the train spoofed them. A swan has landed near the pond, lots of scattering has been done but we are out of dry wall stones, so it will just have to be done another day."
"It's now official - following removal of government restrictions, animals especially sheep and lambs have been allowed onto the farm, following the completion of stone walling this weekend. Approximately 100 sheep including lambs joined pigs, geese and goats on the farm as our exclusive aerial shots reveal. Just like building a model railway there is always something to be done on the farm. Looks like champagne will be flowing this week. Everyone seems glad to have got this far, and not one sheep was lost in the process of getting them onto the farm. The farm is due to have official photographs released later in the year. Not one animal was injured in the weekend's operation although some came close to a sticky end"
Long time coming news from down on the farm! "Today Mynoras Farm got permission for the preserved class 101 in Regional Railways livery to make a tour of the line to test out the new controller made by Len Bane."
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