Intro

The layout is just a tiny yard located at the end of a spur at Boizenburg of the Stadt and Hafenbahn. The Boizenburg City and Port Railway (BSHb) operated a branch line in the town of Boizenburg in the southwest of present-day Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 

The railway ran from mainline junction, through the town streets to the harbour on the Elbe, a total of 3km

Factory No. 9698, built by Orenstein & Koppel.

Crossing Klingbergstr. / Vor dem Mühlentor.

On January 1, 1998, freight traffic and rail operations were finally discontinued. In September 2005, the dismantling of the entire track system and the bridge over the "Alte Boize" began

The yard

The yard

The layout is in Germany during the ‘50/60s

There is a coal and kindling merchant, on one side of the yard and another general use siding on the other, occasionally it is used by a railbus.

A few images of a forgotten trade, the Kohlehändler.

As late as the ‘60s domestic coal and kindling was still delivered by moped and trailer, instead a Dreirad-Lieferwagen will be featured.

 

Stadt- und Hafenbahn

The project is an extension of  a town and harbour railway was a historic rail link in Germany. Locally, the small steam or town railway was affectionately called " Molly " .

OHE Troeger

 

Building the layout

 Progress

The concept was inspired by Kidmore Halt, the only changes were the use of a slightly longer SMS BB017 module and the trackplan was 'flipped' horizontally, thank you David.

The additional length is not readily apparent whilst the height of the rear upstand is useful for a simple backscene.

The DCC gubbins underneath, MultiMaus CPU on the left

First test of the trackwork

 

The test is very successful.

The local freebie paper is used to make templates for the hardstanding. 

 

The first piece of card fitted perfectly, thanks to the paper template and only one layer is needed. Each piece of card was laboriously cut using old kitchen shears, my right hand will take some time to recover but that part is over.

Just need to apply some PVA to the edges, otherwise ready for whatever is next.

Added clouds to the backscene

Now the track has been weathered and the surface has received a coat of concrete paint. The backscene is 'Northern European Grey' the usual colour of the sky.

  

Ballasting is both messy and tedious, the final section of track to be ballasted, just needs tidying. 

 

Ground treatment

 

The top surface has this applied with a 12mm stencil brush,it results in a tough slightly rough finish that can be overpainted with acrylic washes.

 

 

 

The fiddlestick has been added

  

 

 

 

And here is the RUB 77ltr carrying/storage box, rodent and damp proof

Progress

Progress

Model Scene 98532

Grounded van

 

 

 Trying to ensure the components are square is a challenge.

  

Details

Details

On such a small layout there is just a couple of 3D printed staithes, painted a base of Humbrol 72 with a wash of dilute black and red oxide uprights. 

Bansen or more precisely Materialbansen

 

 

 

Building the small brick office 

 

  

 

First, it was given a wash of dilute Humbrol acrylic 113, allowed to dry and then lightly 'stroked' with a Daler Rowney Sketching pencil 'Sanguine Drawing' and the excess rubbed off with the ball of the thumb. 

 It is, without doubt, the most infuriating but satisfying kit. The floor must be installed as the card side walls warp, a fillet of PVA around the wall/floor joint holds everything in place. I like the worn paint around the door handle.

This bizarre situation is a couple of solutions to keep the roof of office flat whilst the glue sets. The kit fights any and all attempts to complete the build.

 

Just needed to paint the underside of the roof, the gap at each end has been covered by a soffit and somewhere in the workshop there are some minute brass pins that will be turned for the door handle.

Allotment

 

How to create aged wood

Backscene

The discovery of Alan Woodford’s article in the Spring issue 21 of Micro Model Railway Dispatch is a game changer.

This idea will be copied

Stock

Models

Early '50/ 

Wagons