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An update of sorts..

Kelly

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I've not been active on RMweb for a while due to a mixture of health and other matters taking precedence.

 

Owing to financial situations of both myself and Natalie, layout progress or building sadly hasn't occured. But with enough plans in our heads collectively we will manage something eventually.

 

Out of all the plans we do have, we are likely to hopefully sometime in the next few months or so start on the simplest of the ideas. That being a small layout set around Woolwich Dockyard on the North Kent Lines in South East London. The idea being to set it around the time of the introduction of the Networkers replacing the EPBs. It being a simple stretch of track with not much else other than a siding off to the docks it will be much easier to actually get a start on. It's also helpful that I have a Hornby Networker and a set of body shells as well. With some work a 4EPB and a 465 should provide a motive power starting point. I'd also like to back date it at some point to get earlier stock and steam too. But simple start for now hopefully.

 

Before any of that can happen though I need to finish the current moving house I'm in the process of doing. Hopefully the new flat will help my health (being a ground floor flat) and allow a start to be made perhaps.

 

Hopefully I'll be about at the next Warley show and see how things pan out.

 

kely

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I'll watch this with interest - my dad used to work in the Arsenal, My great-greatx3 grandad emigrated from Bristol to work in the Deptford shipyards & was one of the first shipwrights in the Royal Dockyard at Woolwich!  I must have been a great disappointment to his ghost being the first of our family in 300 years NOT to work there (I became a maritime archaeologist instead....)

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I'll watch this with interest - my dad used to work in the Arsenal, My great-greatx3 grandad emigrated from Bristol to work in the Deptford shipyards & was one of the first shipwrights in the Royal Dockyard at Woolwich!  I must have been a great disappointment to his ghost being the first of our family in 300 years NOT to work there (I became a maritime archaeologist instead....)

 

I used to live near Woolwich Dockyard, and was born in Woolwich. Grew up in Barnehurst/Bexleyheath. My father's side of the family all worked/lived/came from the Deptford area too. So a lot of family history in such a idea for me :)

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I used to live near Woolwich Dockyard, and was born in Woolwich. Grew up in Barnehurst/Bexleyheath. My father's side of the family all worked/lived/came from the Deptford area too. So a lot of family history in such a idea for me :)

I cannot think of a better reason for modelling ANY location!

 

My dad was actually born in a flat over 'Mansers Eel & pie Shop' round the back of Beresford Square...

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I cannot think of a better reason for modelling ANY location!

 

My dad was actually born in a flat over 'Mansers Eel & pie Shop' round the back of Beresford Square...

 

Indeed, for me building a layout isn't so much about the trains, etc, it's about the history. So the research can often be of more interest than actually doing any modelling sometimes! though I do also like doing the kit building and the like, though been a while since I last did any! most of my time recently has been spent either moving & prepaing to move or working on my jewellery projects.

 

The whole SE London/North Kent area in the 40s-70s fascinates me. Though the reason for choosing the 90s is as it's simpler in terms of stock for a starting point and I remember it ;) though putting ability to back date to 30s-80s in the planning of it will be good I think too and hopefully not too difficult to some extent, with a few probable caveats, mainly when the electrification occurred really I think.

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