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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Boltorr Beattie
Sometimes I can’t stop myself. Here’s a L&SWR Beattie well tank 2-4-0WT emerging from Bolt Tor tunnel (in construction). I was just trying to get a sense of the scale and perspective of the landscape. You can’t really tell from … Continue reading
Posted in Boltorr Road Halt, Modelling, Railways
Tagged Beattie 2-4-0WT, Bolt Tor Tunnel, model photography
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Boltorr Road | Crossing the Bolt Brook
The right hand half – southern section – of my little world of Boltorr Road Halt consists largely of a scenic vista of the railway – perched on an embankment – crossing the Bolt Brook, a small river which has … Continue reading
Boltorr Manifesto
Some people just don’t get it, do they? Of course, they’re the same people who think you knit because you can’t afford to buy a sweater, or ride a bicycle because you can’t afford a car. You walk, or catch … Continue reading
Boltorr Road – 20160218 -Terraforming
I’m in the process of getting the basics of the topography of the layout before I finally fix down the track. I’m using Woodland Scenics’ Shaper Sheet for the surface. It’s a very interesting material being a thick aluminium foil … Continue reading
Posted in Modelling, Railways
Tagged Boltorr Road Halt, bridge, Dartmoor, embankment, granite, landscape, model railroads, model railways, modelling, Profile Boards, reservoir dam, river, Shaper Sheets, tunnel, Woodland Scenics
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Boltorr Road – 20160215 – Getting the lie of the land
Before there were railways … in fact before humans imposed their mark on the Earth there was The Landscape, formed by billions of years of geology and evolution and then whatever scars we mere mortals could impose on its surface. … Continue reading
Boltorr Road – 20160212 – Going DCC
The major difference from the time of my first faltering steps in railway modelling has been the introduction of DCC – Digital Command Control. When I first started the most common type of train control was 12vDC transmitted directly through … Continue reading