Daniel

I've started on the baseboard and am buying some secondhand track to make a start!

J'ai commencé sur la plinthe et achète quelque piste d'occasion pour faire un début !


My idea is to make a Cognac Distillery / Brewery, how does that sound?

Mon idée est de faire une Distillerie de Cognac/la Brasserie, comment semble-cela ?

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Any pictures Brian?

I was wondering what your theme might be. I hope it will be a fully working model.

I've made a start too but I'll open a separate thread.

Some interesting projects getting started here. Looking forward to see your brewery theme layout build Brain. Are you also going to make some cars with those wooden barrels on it, like on the picture?

Silly me - cracked it - I'll hinge the section behind the backscene it only has the return rail on it!

félicitations pour cette idée !!!!!
congratulations for this idea!!!!!

That is indeed one of your better ideas Brian!!

mikeyh

I've split this topic out from Daniel's general MOMI "call to arms" so I can update progress on the "Cognac" module seperately.

I've been doing a bit more thinking and planning...



And after a couple of false starts on the baseboard and now following Carl and Daniels example have an outer frame and rough layout for the front section of the module...

Chatellerault is in September....

But come for that, stay for St Aubin, there's a bash in Orleans and then Rail Expo at the end of November.

There are some nice barrel wagons from Ozark miniatures:




Available from:
Bertram Heyn at 98 and 75 euros.
Nice man, speaks good English.

Miniature barrels (tonneau, fut, barrel) that I like the look of so far I found these places:
http://www.monsieurmaquettes.com/accastillage/3127-tonneau-25-x-30-mm-noyer-mantua-model-mm32334.html
http://www.larrygscale.com/servlet/the-150/1-fdsh-24-SCALE-G-SCALE/Detail
http://thegamesplace.co.uk/acatalog/2HScen19_Barrel_Set_-_4_barrels_.html

Thanks for the links Carl. I think the Barrel wagons are a bit rich for my budget, I'm waiting for two more of the LGB s/h from Dutch Evil Bay at 15euro a pop. Hopefully once weathered and with couplings off, they'll look the part?

Good idea to get Bill over for a month, there's always accomodation here if needed!

Brain, I think those LGB ones will work if weathered and that ugly plastic tube/hose is removed. Perhaps a bit of variety in barrels will ad some realism also (slight color change or just not the same barrels).
You buy from Dutch Ebay or Marktplaats.nl? I think there are not much on Ebay.nl and on Marktplaats they are often more expensive. Better look for it on Ebay.de.
But if you want I can help if Dutch sellers only want to ship it in the low countries itself.

Bill, you did want to try to visit the Marseille plant if I remember correctly?
That would be good to combine with MOMI layout tour

That would be good to combine with MOMI layout tour

excellente idée
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excellent idea
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As the turntable is the central and most pivotal (forgive the pun) feature of the module, I've spent today fabricating it from a bit of old ply and lengths of rail...





The "Dutch" barrel wagons arrived so I've labelled them up - they came with some rather shiny metal wheel sets which I can swap for some well weathered plastic ones from the garden rolling stock.

Started prefabricating a section of loading dock wall from "Aldi" bricks...



Also thinking how to replicate a still...