Kirley

One of the classic type propaganda films of the 2nd WW, nice find. There are great B & W films made by the Transport Unit covering the end of Steam & early Diesel era. I suppose the most famous is the Post Office Night Mail Train with commentary by John Betjeman.

Busy busy layout, looks the part.

Thanks for the photos but like Shinkansen I have already completed my rake of Mark 3’s.

The photographs I really wanted to see but were very elusive were ones looking down on the roof detail.

Leaving that aside always nice to see close up photographs.

Thanks for the photos Gareth although it is depressing to see this heritage disappearing.

Love the subtle placing of your van in the composition of the last photo, nice touch.

Thanks Sinkansen for sharing these great photographs

Very effective, glad your testing worked out.

Great work Anthony, you make it look simple but that's the sign of a skilled model maker.

After living with a layout in the attic I took the plunge and started at ground level.

I had wasted space at the side of my house and a local shed builder made me one to fit the space.

It’s 16 x 16 x 9 x 16 which means it narrows at one end and has interesting angles on one side.

After the shed was erected (just after Easter) I had to wire it, put in insulation and sheet it with plywood.

The very awkward corner became the location for a helix as I wanted to use the under layout space for storage and the helix could get the trains to the upper level.

Bench work was then built round the walls.

I started to cut out track beds from plywood sheeting

The wood frames stacked on their sides are for the middle section which I shall only erect when I have most of the construction work completed on the wall benches.

The Clerk of Works is on guard at the door.

Still “Cookie cutting” plywood for track beds

Chaos seems to rule and I am running out of space to work, you have to move stuff to cut and the process seems endless.

So that’s what has been keeping me busy for the last few months. No model making and I’m getting withdrawal symptoms.

My consultant on this project is Anthony who continues to be a great help in the move to DCC as well at advice on the build in general -long may his patience last.

Kirley wiring the electro frogs is very straight forward. But as Boskonay says you will need a reverse loop module for section B I'm not to sure but you may need 2 one for each track. Might be best to give Fiona a call at DCC Supplies and email the diagram of section B over to her.

Thanks Guys for the suggestions. Anthony I emailed DCC Supplies re section B and am waiting a reply. If you are about Tue night I'll phone you re electro points.

If you keep going up have you enough room for a level 4? (I'm sure the thought has crossed your mind) Looking forward to seeing your single line.

Great to see the continuing progress.

I am moving to DCC for my new layout and also using Peco electrofrog for the first time. I wish to tap into the wealth of experience available on this Forum for advice on how to wire points for the following two track layouts.

Section A

Section B

Simple explanations on what is required would be appreciated.

Same high standard as always.

Really like your D301

Very impressive, great rolling stock, watched the video to see the crash - glad you did not show it.

Excellent work, when you say "The kit is nice but it is tricky as parts are small," I would interpret that as bloody hard work - well done. Looking forward to seeing your photos of the Level Crossing kit

Thanks for showing the model at its development stage, looking forward to the release date.

Nice job on the kit build and of course the 'Anthony' treatment.

Nice to see your "Shefield coaches" getting a run out.

I undertook a Railway holiday last month travelling via Scotland to Yorkshire and visited a number of Historical Railways along with the National Railway Museum at York. Of course I took loads of photographs and I have put some up for viewing in the Photos of the Prototype section.

LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel

I undertook a Railway holiday last month travelling via Scotland to Yorkshire and visited a number of Historical Railways along with the National Railway Museum at York. The trip in Yorkshire was an organised one so you only had limited time to see around you and some of the photographs were taken from inside a moving carriage and the clarity in those is poor. Also it was during the very good spell of weather and very bright sunshine did not help in capturing a good image.

Glasgow Station

Harrowgate Station

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Class 24 D5061

Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0 locomotive No. 75029 The Green Knight

LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley

Class 11 0-6-0 Diesel-Electric Shunter

Tankers

Black Five 5MT No. 45407

National Railway Museum

AIA-AIA Class 31, No D5500 (31018)

Electric Locomotive, British Railways, Bo-Bo (Overhead) No 26020

LMS 4P 2-6-4T No 2500

BR 2-10-0 9F Class No 92220 Evening Star

SR 4-6-2 Battle of Britain Class No 34051

SR Merchant Navy class, 4-6-2 No 35029 Ellerman Lines

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The Bullet Train

Class 6000 King George V

LMS Drewry 0-4-0 Diesel No. 7050

Class 47 No. 47798 'Prince William'

Class 52 Western D1023

Class 09 0-6-0 Diesel Sunter No. 09017

LNER Class A4 4-6-2 No 4468 'Mallard'

LMS Princess Coronation Class 6229 Duchess of Hamilton

Class 02 0-4-0 No D2860

Co-Co. Deltic No 55002 Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

LNER 2-6-2 V2 Class No. 4771 'Green Arrow'

Keightley & Worth Valley Railway

Class 37 37075

Class 108 DMU

Class 50

LMS 2-6-2T Class 2MT 41241

BR 2-6-4T Class 4MT 80002

08 226 Shunter

Class 37 37075

Class 31 31466 EWS

Beautiful photographs oozing of nostalgia and a longing for what once was

Excellent Gareth, very helpful in showing how to build up a scene with great results.

Looking real good, love the weathering!

 

Thanks for the feedback, I selected a 0.3mm styrene sheet as the real roof is about 0.5" thick. What were the reasons you use thicker styrene as I may use this for future kits if it is more practical.

 

May I use your picture on the SSM website?

Sorry for not coming back to you sooner but I've been away - I used thicker styrene and heated it with a hair dryer to get some more of a curve to the roof and felt the thicker plastic held the shape better. You can use my picture if you think it is of good enough standard to meet your needs.

Finally finished the Studio Scale Models CIE 30 Ton Brake Van Kit. Fiddly in parts but having done one a second one would be much easier. Some parts were missing or mislaid by me and I had to improvise from the scrap brass. I used thicker plastic card for the roof but am not totally satisfied with it. Overall a nice model and thanks to Westie for introducing it.