Over 20 of us gathered again, this time for a "cameo double bill". George and Mick each spoke about their ongoing layout projects within the "cameo" concept, as espoused by the late Iain Rice.
Here, George is describing the thinking behind the design of his (4mm) layout "Skeetsmere" – a Mid-Suffolk Light Railway scheme with very carefully thought out visuals, along with very well engineered plywood construction. (See more on Western Thunder: https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/threads/the-chronicles-of-canary-sidings-eastern-eccentricity-in-em.11235/page-21)
Mick then gave an update about progress on Pit Hill Incline, which started in fact as a joint project with Iain Rice himself. (The original incline concept appears in the "Creating Cameo Layouts" book.) Progress has seen a huge amount of work on timbering to cover the sleepers, work on the sector plates and off-stage tracks, as well as an initial impression of buildings and scenery ahead of Railwells. Not to mention the all-important proscenium arch, as seen below:
Mick has since rebuilt the box as he thought the layout
had too much sky.
Another unifying theme of the two layouts was that both will be in show as works in progress at WorkshopWise next Saturday at Stannington...
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