Esselleté - All Model Railroading

Piermaster · 31st Jan 2010, 12:13

Hi all,

I have just acquired 'Esselleté' from Bob Hughes (Blackcloud) and it has a new life in East Anglia.

Esselleté (pronounced S L T, as in Single Line Terminus) is an 'N' Gauge micro layout 18.5" x 6.5" depicting a French single line terminus served by a 'Picasso' railcar. No power is required as the DelPrado railcar is operated on a horizontal funicular principle using fishing line!!!

It has already had one exhibition in Norwich and as 'Lawndale RR' continues to give me grief over scenics (nothing sticks to the baseboard) Esselleté may well take the second layout place.

Dave

JackBlack · 1st Feb 2010, 05:29

I hope you extend it.

Blackcloud · 1st Feb 2010, 08:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by JackBlack

I hope you extend it.

Somebody is missing the point of microlayouts here.

BR60103 · 2nd Feb 2010, 03:27

It's like bonsai; water it and fertilize and you eventually can get a respectable tree.

JackBlack · 2nd Feb 2010, 08:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackcloud

Somebody is missing the point of microlayouts here.

Actually no I'm not. Not being rude I meant like adding a cassette and a few sidings or something, thats all.

Piermaster · 3rd Feb 2010, 05:07

Jack & David,

The idea of microlayouts may seem alien to you both, especially when it appears that Australian modellers have the size of a sheep farm to model in!!

Have a look at the hundreds of microlayouts in http://www.carendt.com

Dave

JackBlack · 3rd Feb 2010, 09:48

Thats a site I look at all the time.

Blackcloud · 3rd Feb 2010, 10:28

Carl's site was the first one I visited when we got the internet at home.

Essellete would actually be impossible to extend because the fishing line which moves the railcar is firmly attached to the train and routed through the baseboard ends where it loops around the back to be pulled by hand - Digital Control Blackcloud Railways style!

The use of an additional off stage area would be pointless because of the difficulties in exchanging stock. I am currently planning a new fishing line powered layout where the fishing line will be attached to the stock by small magnets, thus enabling some variety by exchanging locos off stage.

Further details here.

31st Jan 2010, 12:13	#1
Piermaster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stowmarket, Suffolk Posts: 353	Esselleté Hi all, I have just acquired 'Esselleté' from Bob Hughes (Blackcloud) and it has a new life in East Anglia. Esselleté (pronounced S L T, as in Single Line Terminus) is an 'N' Gauge micro layout 18.5" x 6.5" depicting a French single line terminus served by a 'Picasso' railcar. No power is required as the DelPrado railcar is operated on a horizontal funicular principle using fishing line!!! It has already had one exhibition in Norwich and as 'Lawndale RR' continues to give me grief over scenics (nothing sticks to the baseboard) Esselleté may well take the second layout place. Dave __________________ Piermaster - The Walmington Pier Company It sticks out half a mile.

1st Feb 2010, 05:29	#2
JackBlack Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ferntree Gully, Australia Posts: 918	Re: Esselleté I hope you extend it. __________________ Jack Modelling a Modern UK branch terminus or a through station on a branchline.

2nd Feb 2010, 03:27	#4
BR60103 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada Posts: 511	Re: Esselleté It's like bonsai; water it and fertilize and you eventually can get a respectable tree. __________________ David "11 minutes late this morning, reaction to rolling stock shortages at Nine Elms."

3rd Feb 2010, 05:07	#6
Piermaster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stowmarket, Suffolk Posts: 353	Re: Esselleté Jack & David, The idea of microlayouts may seem alien to you both, especially when it appears that Australian modellers have the size of a sheep farm to model in!! Have a look at the hundreds of microlayouts in http://www.carendt.com Dave __________________ Piermaster - The Walmington Pier Company It sticks out half a mile.

3rd Feb 2010, 09:48	#7
JackBlack Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ferntree Gully, Australia Posts: 918	Re: Esselleté Thats a site I look at all the time. __________________ Jack Modelling a Modern UK branch terminus or a through station on a branchline.

3rd Feb 2010, 10:28	#8
Blackcloud Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sandbach, Cheshire. Posts: 395	Re: Esselleté Carl's site was the first one I visited when we got the internet at home. Essellete would actually be impossible to extend because the fishing line which moves the railcar is firmly attached to the train and routed through the baseboard ends where it loops around the back to be pulled by hand - Digital Control Blackcloud Railways style! The use of an additional off stage area would be pointless because of the difficulties in exchanging stock. I am currently planning a new fishing line powered layout where the fishing line will be attached to the stock by small magnets, thus enabling some variety by exchanging locos off stage. Further details here. __________________ Bob Hughes. CM&EE Blackcloud Railways

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