Si2020

Where did the summer go

A recent item that i had on the bench was this,

A C16 in the process of cleaning the body before a coat of primer.

Thought I would pop in for a quick update whilst the securrty code for work comes through to access the system.

Been building some track work for a friends layout. The crossover is in a helix and has 2 points that are curved D12s and are 30" and 27" radius.

Late on Saturday afternoon

What do you do after spending a day operating model trains........ you go unit spotting at the station

So we made it home from the Perth exhibition after a great weekend.

Had a few gremlins due to the heat in the hall but on the whole we had a great weekend and the layout was well recived.

Got small list of bits to do before w head off to Wigan in October.

Apolagise now for the photo dump of the weekend coming over the next couple of weeks.

Thanks

With Perth less than 7 days away, well the journey North starts on Thursday. There has been a few last minutes tasks to complete and finish off those last few bits of stock making thier debut at the show.

Just a few bits for weathering.

6 hours ago, KMCE said:

Really love the weathering on that back wall.  Also the goods yard looks excellent - nice tones & good use of grass to give a used, but not overly tended space.

Looking good.

Thanks for the kind comments, I will pass them on to Dave who is the scenry side of the team. When we first got the layout it was just a backscne all the way down and it was thought a bit of a corrigated wall would add a bit of intrest to the area.

So as the Perth exhibition is getting ever closer we have been working on the layout

Also did some work on the signals

Next up was a Gresley brake 3rd, built from a MJT bits

As I haven't posted in here for a while as been busy concentrating on getting stock ready for the big layout, here is a photo of the good shed and yard area

The end result for the ballast wagons with the custom transfers

These have been built in the rail carrying version.

Thanks

A bit of design work has been done recently. One of the issues when kit building is the lack of the right transfers in some cases, so that leaves desgining your own to fill the gaps.

Spent a pleasent couple of hours working out sizes and styles, fonts etc.

Looking forward to seeing how they turn out

Hi all,

Some more ballast wagons on the bench. I'm sure they are breeding when I leave the bench.

Hello all,

Hope you are all having a nice weekend.

Its been another busy week on the bench with a few things done.

First up is a Em conversion of a bachmann class 24 using AG wheels.

On 2/4/2022 at 8:17 PM, StevieB said:

I saw Charwelton in its original guise at, I believe, Wells many years ago. It was impressive then, as it is now.

Stephen

Thanks Stephen. We never saw it when the Wolverhapton club origonally had it, only in videos and photos. Not sure why with the amount of shows we have attended with other layouts.

The first time we unpacked it after getting it we were impressed with it. you dont realise how big 40ft is until you see it in the flesh.

Its taken quite a bit of work to get it to where it is now DCC wise and has caused some head scratching but we can't wait to get out with it in June at Perth as we have a few suprises both on and off the layout that will be debuting at the show.

14 minutes ago, Blaine said:

Thats a great photo, is the backscene here part of the photo or photoshopped in??

Its been photoshopped in. The photo was taken for an article that we had published about the layout in the May 2019 issues of British Railway Modelling Magazine.

12 hours ago, connollystn said:

The weathering in 50 004 is very impressive, gives a sense of realism. One of my A30s could do with a bit of that treatment.

Thanks, I always try to get them looking like they would have done. Some times it can take ages to find the right photo for the look I want.

Its been a while since I last posted in Thorne Yards thread so thougt I would pop up a few photos.

So first up is 33 110 with one of the new cable wagons.

On 25/3/2022 at 8:00 PM, Galteemore said:

Very nice - what kind of hornblocks are you using ?

Thanks, They are standard High Level kits hornblocks. I personally I don't use anything else.

On 25/3/2022 at 8:30 PM, Joe Keegan said:

Tasty 

Will you be fitting a flywheel ?

cheers 

Joe

Hi Joe,

At this moment in time I'm not sure as it will depend on how much space is avaible in the bolier area as its been fitted with sound and a stay alive so a bit of stuff to fit in there.

Thanks

The bench has been a bit busy recently with a few things going on. So first up, I have been building a couple of EM gauge chassis. This is for a GWR 2021 class. 

As we had the Deltic appear on the layout for the last hour and a bit for the show we also got out some other items that don't normally get a run out

The tamper is still under construction so was having a test trip or two out. Just have another couple of them to build.

Hi all,

So its been a while since I updated this layout thread so now I have got back from the London Festival of Railway modelling, I thought i would post up a photo or two.

The main bit of news is that we survived the frist show back with a layout. The last show i did back in 2020 was with Wainthrop and was a small local show of a club i use to be a member of just before the UK stopped everything in its covid tracks.

Fast forward 2 years and we may as well jump back in at the deep end at one of the bigger shows in the UK at Ally Pally.

On the whole the layout ran well and only spat its dummy out on a couple of occassions but I was happy with it. The show was extremly busy and the layout got some nice comments and a couple of invites.

Here are a couple of photos fro the weekend....

We even saw these guys, well the stand anyway.....only joking guys. They where extremely busy as well

And they very kindly let me stick some EM wheels in one of these and run it on the layout

A little out of era but it ran very nicely all the same.

Thanks

Simon