Hudson Lane 1992-1997

Hudson Road was the first exhibition layout I completed, way back in 1992. A snowscene in OO, rather than HO, it represented the North Eastern Railway in North East England between 1912 and 1923.

Until now, I hadn’t uploaded any photos of it as it was retired and dismantled long before I got a digital camera. I have finally got round to scanning and cropping the photographs that I’ve found so far of the layout which started it all off for me.

After Hudson Lane appeared in the December 1995 issue of British Railways Modelling and attending well over 20 shows in the UK, I dismantled it in 1997, salvaging many of the buildings and scenic parts tto be incorporated into it’s successor Hudson Road, another snowscene built using everything I had learnt from building and operating Hudson Lane.

Here are some photos - sorry about the quality compared to modern standards.

More photos can be found here

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/2356

Jon

Nothing to apologize for, your modeling then as now is top notch. The snow looks great. Also something different - at least for those of us on this side of the pond - with the British outline 00 .Always glad to see pictures of you work, something to aspire to.

–Randy

I must say Jon, I see nothing wrong with the modeling or the photos, they both look great to me.

A suggestion perhaps…several of them would make for really “nice” Christmas cards, have you considered giving it a try? I think you could make yourself some extra modeling dollars there and I’m thinking both sides of “the pond” as you chaps like to say!!! :slight_smile:

Mark

I agree with Randy and Mark! Absolutely nothing to apologize for either in terms of layout quality or photography.

If i can ask - what did you use for snow? It really looks realistic! How did you make the snow on the ground look trodden whereas the snow on the roofs is smooth?

Thanks

Dave

Here in the northeast corner of the US, we have too much snow on the ground, and we’re going to get another foot and a half starting tomorrow. I didn’t want to see any more snow.

Seriously, nice modeling and nice pictures. I appreciate the time it took to upgrade the old images to digital format for us all to enjoy.