The Gresley Beat - Image intensive!

jwealleans · Post by **jwealleans** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:50 pm

Mainly for Mick but I thought everyone would appreciate it - Cliff Parsons' magnificent layout photographed at York Show yesterday. It isn't yet finished, which just proves what a masterpiece it will be when complete. I don't know if he reads this forum, but if he does, thanks very much. It was worth the trip and the entrance money all by itself.

I'm afraid the camera lady managed to miss the 80- and 50-wagon coal trains, but she's covered most of the rest of it. I think the pictures can speak for themselves...

x568wcn · Post by **x568wcn** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:17 pm

You bet me to it, I see you got the Green A4 on, when I came back later, it had left, and Mallard and Silver Fox were doing the rounds.
I bought another Farish Coldstreamer, and no-one can do St Peters School name plates...AGHHH!
Then I went back to Gresley Beat, and guess what I caught going round there? 4484 Coldstreamer...1 in 185 chance!

My Pics to share

For those of you that don't know, although different scales, Gresley Beat follows on from Copenhagen fields, with the area coming out of Gas Works Tunnel, past top shed, and off to the North.
It is set 1923-1939

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:03 pm

I must have died, and gone to heaven.

Does railway modelling get any better than that?

Frazmataz · Post by **Frazmataz** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:22 pm

That is indeed a fine layout

all of the types you want to see, and even the oddities (Hush-Hush and Cock o' the North)! Wish I could've seen it first-hand

mick b · Post by **mick b** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:32 pm

Fantastic even some Crane pictures for one of my forthcoming models!! I also especially like the W1 and P2 superb. Thanks for all the pictures well done.
While i am typing there are some of my models on the follwing link
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=547

Mick

x568wcn · Post by **x568wcn** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:33 pm

It is indeed a fine layout, I had to work an hour on, and hour off, and I had the first hour off, starting before the doors opened, and that was my first point of call, and I went there for at least 10 mins every hour.
Most types went past, and I recorded Cock'O North, City of Leicester, and the Quiet-Quiet, (is that done in N Gauge, and can I run it to Scarborough?) Silver Fox, Mallard, Golden Eagle, and if you look in my second picture, the greeen tender popping from the side of top shed, is just a tender!

Another nice one was Hassell Harbour Bridge, in O Gauge, which has a magnificent Arched bridge in it, and has great LNER running, until a Southern comes past!
It featured in the York Press http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknew ... l_show.php

CVR1865 · Post by **CVR1865** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:04 am

Mick,

nice to see the wagons. I had the same problem with transfers when i built the parkside conflat, i went with just NE on the container though no matter how wrong it is.

Liked the D & S wagons too, i have built a few myself. Do you know if they are back in production again?

regards
Simon.

Post by **richard** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:08 am

Some fine models there. As well as the excellent (and extensive!) stock there look to be some good street scenes.

Richard

jwealleans · Post by **jwealleans** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:48 am

The buildings are excellent and place the whole thing beautifully. They have been featured in BRM - I think the builder is called Geoff Taylor (?). The large building in the unfinished area behind the carriage roads - where the cement works is now, if memory serves - is also a masterpiece in its own right.

This is the third time I've seen it and I'd never noticed the name on that signalbox before now....

mick b · Post by **mick b** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:47 pm

Hi
Re D&S as far as i am aware he is not making any kits in 4mm not sure if he does anything in 7mm?? He may have some old stock , so if you are anything in particular a SAE to him may bring dividends? All the D&S I have to build is from E Bay buys at the moment
Mick

45609 · Post by **45609** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:51 pm

Thanks for posting all those pictures. A truly stunning layout that I've yet to see in the flesh. The buildings are done by Geoff Taylor. A prolific and fantastic architectural modeller. I first saw the standard of his work on the Manchester club's "Dewsbury Mildand".

karlrestall · Post by **karlrestall** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:22 pm

jwealleans wrote:

Is it me or have those teaks been daubed by mindless graffiti?

It is also a shame that the unrebuilt W1 isn't hauling a nice set of tourist stock. These certainly are wonderful images, very realistic. Keep up the good work

.

Regards

Karl

x568wcn · Post by **x568wcn** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:31 pm

W1 Might well be hauling, but not at the time in the photos, as it is all real, they go past, then back round light engine, backing round the corner (it's L shaped) then backing in to the shed area, turning on the turn table, then under the coaling tower, then they go to shed, or loiter, others then back out of shed to go down to the Cross.
There's Silver Coronation Stock for the Silvers, and The (I now know the colours) Silver, Blue and Black Coronation for the Blues.
The Breakdown train as mentioned earlier, when I saw it come out, it derailed!

Atso · Post by **Atso** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:49 pm

I finally got to see this layout on Sunday and I have to say I'm impressed. The shear size and scope of the layout is just incredible and to think that there is no station modelled!

I watched the trains go by for a good 20 minutes (much to the despair of my suffering girlfriend - who I think might have left me that day if it wasn't for the fact I was her lift back home!).

My favourite moment had to be when the Scotsman set came though (guess which loco was hauling it), this is about as close to seeing how it was in LNER days without actually being there!

I would like to know the reasoning behind having so many V1/3’s and a V4 (!) on the layout, as I believe that these were based much closer to and in Scotland – not that I’m complaining as there everything was fantastic!

Having missed this layout at Ally Pally (was it even there?) it was a real treat to find it in York all be it by accident!

Post by **richard** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:10 pm

I think there has been some artistic license to the engines used. The P2s did visit Kings Cross, but were moved to the Aberdeen route for most of their lives. Similarly the W1 spent most of its time further north.

The V4 sounds quite late - first built in 1941, yet the first two P2s were rebuilt with an A4 shape by 1937.

But hey, it is called "Gresley Beat". All their big engines are Gresley designs as far as I can see. I think I'd choose the Cock o' the North styling for a P2 as well...

Richard

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