Si2020

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Not helped by us adding more to the collection, think we may have another 3/4 types of sea-life making their debut at Perth.

Thanks for the kind wirds. Just for you info all those are Grampus in that rake or is it grampie? We do have a crab but it is now never moved after things went wrong at a show when it was moved. Its developed an aura like a lucky rabbits foot.

At a recent working weekend, some of the team took the time to take some photos of recently completed stock.

A couple of GER 2 plank ballast wagons built from a D&S set.

A GER cattle wagon. Ready for painting.

Thanks Jaz, I also forgot to mention that the houses come off for when the layout is being transported and knowing my luck I would also be forever gluing the figures back on. Its always a diffcult one when modelling pre-grouping years, as we only really have photos to work from and I know that when im doing a project for the layout that it can take as long if not longer looking at photos to make sure that things are correct for what I'm doing. I have to say though that its always nice to look back to see what things where like, pre modern times.

A couple of coach kit builds have been on the bench recentley. And here a few hours later.

Thanks, when the layout was built the standard of the figures for this period was in my opinion poor and I've not really got round to looking adding anything extra as this area is hidden from view a bit when you are viewing the layout from the front. I did look at the cobbles and having lived in a town in North Yorkshire which is cobbles everywhere, when you start looking at them and even back in the 20s with photos, they where and are quite clean with the traffic going over them. It was only areas where livestock stood when you got any sort of dirt or what you could call rubbish at that time.

They look great and has spured me on to get some finished that have been sat in the half started kit box as i didnt fancy doing all the lining by hand.

HI all, So lots has been happening on the bench since I last posted on here so thought I had better start updating, First up is this,

Close up of the houses that run up the road at the end of the station

Thank you, The most complex part to do was adding the beading between the windows and doors, as in the instructions it says to use fuse wire. I can't remember what ampage but it equates to under 0.3 wire in size, so I need to thin it down a bit more. Just another 2 carragies to do.

Hi all, So with a exhibtion booking for the Ally Pally show March 2022 getting ever closer I thought it was a good idea to crack on with some more stock for the layout. So we have a L&YR 6 wheel brake third coach for the other end of the short 6 wheel coach set. In real life it was a 5 coach set but the platform isn't that big so its down to 3. Still needs a bit more body work doing on the birdcage but its getting there.