Si2020

Im the same, boxes of random stuff that has been "gifted" to me over the years and one day I will hopefully get to use it all. When I started building this the brass chairs hadn't been thought of so I used the copper strip and will probably leave them at the board ends as I have put down small sections of rail of about 1 cm long to act as sacrafical bits incase they get knocked plus they will be covered by some of the scenery. At the end of the rail sections on the rest of the layout, I will be doing the same as you and using them as anchor points for the ends. I did contemplate about soldering them to the rail but want to have the rail to have the abilty to move with heat. After seeing a few layouts developing track buckles and witnessing the effect of heat on real rail it makes you think. I may be going slighty over the top but when you have seen fishplate bolts loosened and the 65-lb rail expand to fill a 1/2 inch gap quicker than you can blink its made you think about how it effects the model.

HI all, The track laying was progressing along. To try and get nice flowing curves it was case of pinning the rail in place and then gluing the chairs to the sleepers whilst keeping an eye of the curve. The photo shows the entry and exit points in the fiddle yard.

HI all, Had these come in on the bench to be cleaned up, painted and mounted on custom cradles.

Hi, I saw that one as well. Not seen any photos in this direction before and its an intresting view with lots of detail information on it. Things like the run of the telegraph poles and the stay on the down signal. Not sure that we can add it as the embankment on our model isn't deep enough at this point, plus we will probably catch it when cleaning the track.

hello, So had a few of these to make next There was about 60 odd in total which kept me busy for a few days.

This one is a bit out of order but it shows the hard standing going down on the extension

After a coat of L&YR blackberry black, some transfers and some wheels it made it on to the layout for a show or two. The roof needs replacing with some brass sheet as the plasticard that it comes with is too thick and I will also add the missing rainstrips and chimney to prevent it being knocked off.

Thanks, We can't take credit for all the photos that are posted up as some are from the British Railway Modelling Magazine article that was in the May 2019 issue after we had a photo shoot at the 2019 Doncaster BRM show with Andy York. We also do a few phtos for those Accurascale guys as they keep sending us stuff to play test on the layout I have to admit you may have been going a different way since that photo as I don't think we have had the lorry on the layout since. We have that much 80s stuff to go on the various 80s layouts, we have plus a couple of future ones that are in the pipeline

When we are at shows we have as much intrest in the fiddle yard as we do in the front of the layout, Seen here during one of our working weekends having the colour tape added to make it easier for guest operators to see which road they are driving in to.

Thanks

A bit of panel work on the bench, well the office table as the panel won't fit on the bench with all the bits on there at the moment.

A view down at track level which won't be possible once the scenics are done.

Hi all, A mixture of things on the bench at the moment with lots of re-spray and lining work happening and some some ditch light fitting

After a few more hours I ended up with this..... Still door handles and handrails to be added and then on to painting.

HI, I use various sizes of pin vice that hold bits from 0.3mm up to 3mm. Drill bits I use are from Expo tools and they last me around 8-12 months with the cutting edge becoming blunt after that but then I use then a lot and once blunt I still keep them for drilling in to softer materials and for applying glue etc. I also have a set of PCB drills to do anything in plastic as that seam to work better than anything else. One of the issue is that unless you are using a pillar drill as you drill by hand the dill bit flexes due to the movment of your hand. When using the samller dill bits I only have a few mm of the drill bit sticking out of the bottom of the chuck it try and give it a bit of strength whilst drilling. Also dont press down as you drill let the drill cut at its own pace as this also helps to prevent breakages. Lubrication wise, I don't on anything other than white metal and for white metal I use a bit of spit as it works better tha anything else. Thanks Simon

After a few hours of burning fingers I ended up with this

So one of the main problems when you model an era or railway company that isn't in the main stream market means only one thing......Kit building the 95% of the stock. So here is the start of a Dia 61 20T L&YR 6 wheel gaurds van being built from a D&S kit.

Not the grestest photo but here is one of the lareg logo 37s thats in the fleet with the Bachmann inspection Saloon. I have one of the Comet models one to build to add to the stock collection.

A view along the layout, don't worry its not on a slant

HI, I will see what I can do as the only flat cars I have are in 1/35th scale

Morning all, So keeping on with the american stuff (In the British section of the forum ) Here is a flat car that i weathered up

Hello, So its been a while since I last posted. Not much has happened to be honest as with having all the show bookings cancelled/postponed there hasn't been a reason to set the layout up. So here are a couple of photos taken at the 2016 Derby show, I think I am working my way though the pile of stock kits for the layout as old converted RTR stock is phased out. I will post up some photos of the kits as im building them if people are intrested?

HI all, Whats this two post in one day........ Well I forgot to say that we have had some show confirmations for Charwelton into the 80s So we are going to be at the following shows over the next couple of years. 2022 Perth June Wigan October 2023 Railex May Whilst the above shows are in the UK, we do attend international shows both as visitors and exhibitors (If we are invited). If you are at any of the abve then please pop by the layout and say hi, none of us bite.....honest.

A view not normally seen by the public