gn 15 layout : sebastien's mussels

[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]

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.

[franckcombe]

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

[marc_reusser]

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

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

[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.     -- Dallas

[franckcombe]

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

[franckcombe]

A video during  the euro moming challange at Sedan

http://youtu.be/R0HDOHJ48MI