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  1. Oh, something I discovered while trying to work out what track I will need for the new part of the old layout. The radii on Hornby track is anything but accurate. 438mm turned out to be closer to 447mm. 505 is actually 514mm. No wonder my old layout was all over the place. That and my approach of " drop the track on the board, connect them and you are good to go", didnt help. I know most (if not all) on here, probably use Peco track, but just a word to the wise if any newbies go with the ol Hornby.
  2. Super.
  3. EGGSactly! And now its time to SHELL out for some new track and CRACK on with the layout.
  4. Oh yes, I see that now. It would have been a fair sized blade in fairness
  5. Lovely Denis. The viaduct looks great. Didn,t realise you had such a long running area. ( Didn,t pick that up from your previous posts). Is it continuous, all the way around the room, or does it come to a stop somewhere?. Also, I spy a hacksaw blade on the shelf. My favourite bit of gear for destruction and construction alike
  6. Thanks. Each time I see it now I will just think, "Brophy"
  7. Yeah, I suppose we will have to beat the best teams along the way if we want to win the thing out, regardless of when we meet them.
  8. Broithe, how do you pronounce your user name? Is it B ROAD EH or B RIDD EH? Each time I read it I read it differently. I know, overthinking things. I just need to get it straight in my head.
  9. Denis, where did you get the "bus scoile"?. Off the shelf or did you have to do a bit of tinkering? Oh and I notice the layout title is still the same. Personally I see nothing wrong with Joehill Junction.
  10. South Africa was a totaly different animal last night, but we got through okay. And the lineouts were atrocious earlier on. The lads got it sorted though. Great win. Aki is on fire. Just a word of caution though, I wonder would be better facing France in the quarters than All Blacks. Those New Zealand lads dont go away easily. They are always there at the business end of things. Hope I am wrong, but I am fearful.
  11. Yes, unfortunately, thats the way of it.............
  12. derek

    I'm Back

    Did I not ask the question?
  13. Beautiful wagons Noel
  14. Derekquake
  15. Oh my God!!!!! What have I done.? It better be worth it ............ From this... To this.........
  16. Especially this year. Total washout
  17. Yes, if only our Winters were longer, and not only eleven and a half months . Think of what we could get done if not for the pesky gardens.. Good to see you back at it Denis
  18. derek

    I'm Back

    Murph, where did your tread on the Rugby World Cuo go?. Or did I dream of that during a covid induced delerium?
  19. Thanks for the heads up. I will check it out.
  20. Forgot to mention. Had more or less given up on getting my hands on any bubbles ever and forever, when a thought occurred to me -"Hang on! I know a man" And lo and behold he came up trumps yet again . Man should change his name to Mr A. Laddin. . Him and that cave of his.Thanks again Dave.
  21. Glad to see you moved the layout to here Murph . Looking forward to the updates.......
  22. Covid free today. Yip f***ng ee! Ok lads, I have decided to rip up the old section of trackwork. The 1st radius curves were doing my head in. Only my 1970s class 37 and coaches would run on it so that was never going to do long term. None of the CIE stuff would be able to get to the station. This is the new track plan I am going with. The outer loop is 3rd radius (505 mm) and the inner is 2nd radius (438mm). The goods yard behind the platforms is a bit all over the place and probably never existed in real life. I was attempting to get as long a train as I could down each run of track while travelling to the engine shed at the back. Sorry if none of this is making sense. Basically, I am trying to make the longest possible "parking spaces" while letting other trains pass by. I am open to any expert suggestions here. Nothing written in stone yet. Oh, and I am looking for suggestions for a new station building. Something in stone and only one story, as it will be at the front of the layout, so I dont want to block out whats behind. Images please or even a nudge in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Jaysus! Dunno how that came out sideways. Anybody know how to rotate it.? Anyway you get the general idea. Everything in red is staying as it is. The old inside loop did indeed turn out to be 1st radius(371mm) (I wasn,t sure before, thought it might be slightly smaller). But in digging out old boxes to store trains ahead of destruction work , I discovered this track. So Lima did have their own track geometery....360mm radius curve. And finally for now.....While deconstructing the old layout this little hamlet popped up down the other end. Looks like Patrick Davey had an hour to kill
  23. The Leeds thing is sure psychiatric- Nobody needs this much grief. Ah shur we,ll be back up next season.
  24. Well it conspiracied the hell out of me
  25. One last try...... VID_20230907_150247.mp4 And a couple of stills.. Sorry about the repetitive crap lads, but I trying to get a handle on this video lark. I am also restricted to this end of the layout as I have plans for the "old" part which this train cannot run on. More anon.
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