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gn 15 layout : sebastien's mussels

Started by franckcombe, July 07, 2013, 05:11:22 AM

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franckcombe


In parallel of the Woolacombe bay (at 1/13 scale), I'm doing with 2 friends of my club a gn15 layout. I convert 2 members of my club  to gn15 (Gn15 is 15" gauge rail at 1/24 scale on 16.5 mm rail).

This is the true site in narrow gauge located in the south of France.



The name is "Moules de chez Sébastien " or sebastien's mussels for the MOMING 2013 challenge in sedan (France).

We share the job : Erwan and Jean-paul build the layout and me I work on the rolling stocks and the weathering.

Erwan find the idea of mussel business in the French Mediterranean sea in the "pond of Thau", in reality it's a big salt lake.

This is our interpretation.









We have made some progress. We need to install now the backdrop and made the sea with resin.


franckcombe

#1
The layout measures 80 cm by 30 cm (it's a micro layout).

The overall view



The rolling stocks from peper 7 fit with kadee couplers (efficient but not design and not very elegant to this kind of wagons)









The crane from erwan



The logo designs by Erwan




finescalerr

The colors look better in these newer photos. -- Russ

Ray Dunakin

Nice! Excellent choice of prototype for an interesting and unusual model.
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franckcombe

#4
Erwan has installed yesturday the backdrop.





finescalerr

The backdrop adds a lot. Nice. -- Russ

franckcombe

we have designed a sweat shirt for the exhibition

"Beware mussels crossing"


Mr Potato Head

Love the Shirt! Where can I get me one of those?
Please tell us more about the back drop
thanks
MPH
Gil Flores
In exile in Boise Idaho

marc_reusser

Ah...I see it is not "The Mussels From Brussels"  ;D ;D

A very cool subject and micro-layout.Really nice work on that backdrop, and how it was integrated. I too would be interested in learning more about it.

M
I am an unreliable witness to my own existence.

In the corners of my mind there is a circus....

M-Works

franckcombe

I post some photos of the true site
















The backdrop is fro a photo of the real site. In the lake, there are pillars to put the mussels.

Malachi Constant

Very interesting and "flavorful" selection of prototypes!  The model scenes are shaping up quite nicely and the shirt is hilarious.   ;D  -- Dallas
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franckcombe

#11
We have nearly finish the layout at 90 %.



The first loco is a ge44 T from Bachmann and the other one is base on a roco chassis.


We will display the it for the first time at Sedan (in France) in October.




































Max Corey

Wow, look at the mussels on that guy.

Nice.  Makes me want to get into larger scale.

Max in MI
A screw up on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on mine.

franckcombe