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Not much happening since Christmas


chrisstiffer

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I haven’t done a lot to the layout itself since Christmas. I was hoping to get the platforms sorted and after a lot of consideration of materials came across the excellent Metcalf paving slabs. They produced an excellent result and I was really proud to produce my first section of platform. That was until after putting it in place I discovered the slight dampness caused by the atrocious weather conditions in the new year made it warp and bend.blogentry-17116-0-26844100-1403890053.jpg That’s somewhat taken the wind out of my sails. Being a philosophical chap though I at least feel thankful I didn’t complete the whole lot of platforms in the summer! I’ve gone back to the drawing board and am going to try the plastic York paving produced by Wills and give that a go or I could just go back to my original plan of scoring and painting the slabs on. That’s the last thing I did to the layout from a scenic point of view as my time has been taken up with the stock.

I’ve produced a couple of vans to make a satisfying mixed parcels rake which is seen arriving here behind a Brush 4.blogentry-17116-0-37269700-1403889784.jpg

I’ve also been detailing some Hornby Mk1 sleepers, now some people might say (quite often it seems) – why bother and I considered that myself, as I could after all easily afford the five Bachmann’s I’d need for my rake. But that’s not why I’m a modeller and this layout is only for my personal satisfaction and not for the exhibition rivet counter who would no doubt point out that my application of the Inter-City Sleeper transfer is actually 2 scale inches to the right of where it should be.blogentry-17116-0-94092000-1403889903.jpg

I’ve also finished of the long winded saga of producing a diagram 723 brake stowage van to top my TPO. Here it is arriving behind a Western. The production of this coach is worthy of an blog entry in itself, although when I get around to it the production of a second will be a lot quicker.blogentry-17116-0-00267200-1403889912.jpg

I’ve also invested in the points, motors and wiring to put the crossover in between platform 2 and 3 and just need the time to add it. But every spare moment I get I seem to have some new stock project to tempt me, I'm currently got on the bench a couple of Mk2c BSOs to complete the Paddington set and obsessing over the make-up of the Worcester-Penzance Motorail which in 1972 was made up of the XP-64 set with a lounge car. Plenty to get stuck into there. And then there's actually running a few trains now and then.

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