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On 2/3/2022 at 3:45 PM, Blaine said:

Grampii?

Easy to get lost in the sheer variety of sea-life.....

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.

On 28/2/2022 at 11:13 AM, Blaine said:

Crab/Dace rake looks good. A rapidly developing manufacturer should consider making them....

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.

On 28/1/2022 at 9:12 PM, Jaz avalley said:

Fair points, I accept that many do not like poor figures,and your point over the cobbles makes sense. Thank you for the feedback.I lived Lancashire 1980s but accept that your time period is a totally different life style. 
 

So only my other point stands, love the layout

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.

On 27/1/2022 at 7:56 AM, Jaz avalley said:

Excellent colouring,the street could do with a woman cleaning the steps,a couple of kids and some old glass milk bottles (plastercine make a small mould press them to size),maybe a chalk 12345789 hopscotch,the buildings are beautiful the cobbles are a bit clean,but the terrace houses are just beautiful. Love it.

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

On 18/12/2021 at 11:15 PM, Galteemore said:

Nice tidy work. Some complex shaping there to master, which you have. Neat work on the door ventilators.

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.

43 minutes ago, Blaine said:

The mad thing is, collectors turn their noses up at plastic as it does not have the required 'heft'. This could explain why the likes of oxford diecast and base toys/classix etc still make their models in diecast. A throwback to Dinky/Hornby Dublo days, only now are we seeing a few diecast bodied model railway locos again due to needing the weight but also loads of electronics needed inside... Explains why the Murphy Models 1916 set didnt fly off the shelfs, despite being stunning models, they just were not heavy enough for some. 

Even though the Rapido bus has both working lights and poseable axles, never mind the detail its not diecast, so therefore wont do for many. In time this will change though

It's crazy and as you say as they bring out more buses then it will change. 

They just don't know what they are missing in the mean time.

Plus you can add the 'heft' by making the wheels look natural with a sanding stick to make the tyres look as though they have weight on them. plastic ki modellers have been going it for years.
I did to the two bachmann BE enginnering buses they brought out.

On 11/11/2021 at 3:54 PM, connollystn said:

Really nice looking bus, think that you tend to get finer detail with plastic - lines look really sharp on that model. Rapido Trains are a Canadian bases company so a tad surprised that they are producing British  OO models. Lots of nice stuff being produced by Rapido Trains for the North American railroad modeller.

Just to give you a bit of brackground, Jason the boss at Rapido went to Uni in Birmingham and being the transport nut he is spent time riding the buses and has an intrest in them, owning his own in Canada.

There are several reason for using plastic but the main two from memory are better body detail and thinner body sides, which woud be more difficult to do on a diecast body.

On 10/11/2021 at 8:21 PM, Robert Shrives said:

In the last century a supplier to the model trade did a 2mm/ N etched 07 -16 but what with all the issues only a few were delivered and some angst caused.  The 1:160 model without  central roof is a reasonable model and some have added a central roof section to  make fit the common UK version ( Not that many if any left in traffic now.) 

It might be something that Revolution models might have on the pad given it is working up a drive train for a LT 1938 tube train model which would suit a tamper .

Robert  

I heard of that etched model but didnt know any more about it. May have to sit down and draw up my own etches for one. Best add it to the project list.

You never know what might turn up from certain manufacters these days but if one certain one brings out a 4mm verison before I've built mine there will be trouble

On 9/11/2021 at 7:50 AM, Robert Shrives said:

That looks very good , and I am sure more reliable than the real thing - but they do live and work in a hostile world of dust, vibration and the human hand/boot !  I like the way it looks as only the 2mmfs track it stands on gives the game away the fine scale z track is also very good.  It is a mark of a model or work of art in this case is that the gauge/ scale of model is not instantly definable. It shows how the fidelity of the hobby has moved on in the last decade or so.

Mind you doing it in 2mm would test the most saintly of us ...  thanks for showing.

   

Hi,

Thanks for the kind comments.

If someone did a kit of it in 2mm then I would give it a go (with the lights too), but for me personally its too modern for my eras that I model. Having said thst I still have my 2 to build.

Now if a 07-16 was in 2mm then that would be a must to add to the collection. Got a couple of those to build in 4mm but thats for another post.

Another view of the tamper with the upper light fitted and under going testing at a recent show that I demonstrated at.

Now making a start on another one which will be one of mine for a change.

9 hours ago, controller said:

Hi, Thanks Simon, that helps a great deal. I saw a list of all the functions for this decoder on the forum some time back, I should have printed it off . The problem remains about the lights, headlight, cab, engine room, none of them are working. Hope you can tell me what I am doing wrong.

Once Again Thanks,

Controller.

Morning,

I haven't got the new function list on the phone (I'm sure the IRM guys can point you in the right direction of it), but off the top of my head i think the following are the Function keys you need to press to get the ones you list to work:

F0 Lights - if you mean the marker lights

F22 - head light

F23?    - Cab lights  - this is one of the ones that changed so I may be wrong so sorry in advance.

F25 - engine room

Hope the above helps and there is a Fucntion list on the back inside cover of the manual.

Thanks
Simon

1 hour ago, controller said:

Hi Garfield, I tried a different decoder (one from my MM 201) in 018. The same problems occurred. No F4 5 6 or 7 . The headlight came on with F8, but in the wrong direction. No cab or engine room lights. I don't know if the problem is with the loco or the decoder.

Thanks,

Controller.

Hi,

Hope Garfield doesn't mind me popping up to possibly help.

Having had a play with the decoder and I apologise if im teaching you to suck eggs as they say, but the functions you mention are sound ones and not physicle ones. So pressing them and expecting to see something happen, wont get a result you could see in say a light lighting up.

F5 is listed as drive hold, so when the loco is moving you press F5 which keeps it at that speed and then when you increase the speed steps then the engine revs up but loco stays a the same speed.

F6 - you would only notice if you move the loco forwards and then stop straight away. Ie it will stop suddenly and not roll as per normal operation

F7 - is down as flange squeal so you wouldnt hear that unless the loco is moving and im guessing it may only trigger after a certain speed step.

Hope this helps a bit.

Thanks

Simon

Been a while since I've updated this thread and not one to take things seriously.......

So occasionally at shows for the last hour or so we sometimes get some of the other EM stock that I own out and give it a run as I can't always have the layout set up at home.

So here we have, well I think the photo explains it all.