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  1. With talk of forthcoming RTR V2s, I thought I'd rummage through images of some of LB's existing ones............. These are in no particular order, and, unless otherwise stated, made/painted by me. A Nu-Cast example, painted by Geoff Haynes. A much-modified Crownline kit, with a Bachmann tender, painted by Ian Rathbone. A Graeme King resin body on a Comet chassis, towing a Bachmann tender, painted by Geoff Haynes. A less-modified Crownline V2, painted by Ian Rathbone. Another Graeme King resin V2 body on Comet frames, towing a Bachmann tender. A Jamieson example, towing a DMR tender, painted by Ian Rathbone. Another Jamieson one, towing a Nu-Cast tender. One of John Houlden's Crownline V2s. John Houlden's DJH/scratch/Comet V2, now on its EM frames running on Retford. One of a pair of MJT 3D-printed resin bodies on a Comet chassis, with a Bachmann tender, painted by Geoff Haynes. A Nu-Cast V2 towing a DMR tender, started by the late Geoff Brewin, painted by Geoff Haynes. Another Nu-Cast V2. A Jamieson V2, built for Bytham's LNER weekend, painted by Geoff Haynes, and now sold-on. The other MJT V2, this one towing a South Eastern Finecast tender, painted by Geoff Haynes. A Nu-Cast V2, a present from Jesse Sim, rebuilt and repainted, weathered by Geoff Haynes. There are more LB V2s, but I'll have to hunt more for their images. An interesting selection?
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  2. Yesterday my 12 yr old grandson Bradley was here after school and went up and ‘played with the railway’ for a while. I could hear stuff moving around and then this morning he sent me some pictures he took on his phone using various settings.. I have to say I was rather impressed….
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  3. Thanks Rich. However it isn't right to say that I saved Buckingham. There was never a real danger of it being scrapped. There were several people who put their names into the hat and I was just the lucky one. Having said that, I like to think that I was a good choice. Buckingham is a layout that needs you to really understand it well and you need a certain skill level if you are going to be able to maintain it or fix faults the way Peter would have. The layout and I have developed a lovely relationship and I have grown to know its little quirks and oddities. The more time I spend with it, the more I appreciate the skills and abilities of the man who made it. I have added a totally gratuitous and recent snap of the old layout. I may have posted it elsewhere. It is early morning at Buckingham and the platforms are all occupied ready for the morning rush hour.
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  4. Mange Tout. I have managed to have a bit of a play with P x today. I dug out the 03 and spent a quiet hour shuffling a couple of wagons about. Much fun and in no way arduous. Who says you can't have fun with two sidings ? My apologies for the poor quality of the photos but hopefully you get the drift. Rob.
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  5. Deltic is now coming to a halt, while the Ely-Birmingham is running in to Platform 6.
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  6. North Blyth for this afternoon, featuring the alumina import terminal. The sea is on the east side of the line and the harbour is on the west side. It is built on the site of the old Blyth south staithes. North Blyth 56133 Alcan empties Fort William to North Blyth March 89 J9848 North Blyth about to run round 55022 Royal Scots Grey Alcan Lynemouth to North Blyth 11Apr 2011 North Blyth Alcan alumina silos Aug 85 J8341 North Blyth Alcan terminal 4th Sept 95 C20510 North Blyth Class 37 shunting 1st Sept 94 C19797 David
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  7. Some morning delight as we see some more Manton Grange action. If anyone from Hornby is reading this can I ask why you've never done this livery.
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  8. More freight passing through...
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  9. The brake van is the 'new' tooling of the 20t LM&SR jobbie. Not had it out of the box for a while so here it is on Bleat, under better lighting. Rob.
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  10. "Really Stan, I don't think it necessary to take a break after only doing half the lawn. It is only 4mm scale after all".
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  11. Going underground! 1938 stock in N! Revolution Trains is delighted to introduce the first RTR underground trains available in N gauge with our forthcoming model of the iconic and distinctive 1938 stock. 483 on Ryde Pier Head in 2020 Over 1100 cars of 1938 stock were built with additional cars built/converted during the 1950s to supplement the original batch. The 1938 stock was primarily designed for “deep” tube lines on the Bakerloo, Northern, Piccadilly and Central lines though 1938 stock was also used on the East London sub-surface line during the 1970s. Despite being deep tube stock the 1938 stock regularly ran above ground particularly at the northern ends of the Northern and Bakerloo lines alongside sub-surface and mainline stock. The final 1938 stock was withdrawn from service by London Underground in 1988 following 50 years of service with a 4 car set preserved by London Underground. Despite the long service on LU lines in 1988, 10 pairs of 1938 stock were sold to BR for future use on the Isle of Wight. This saw the 1938 stock slightly modified for use on the IoW where they saw a remarkable further 30+ years of service with the final sets withdrawn in January 2021. Several sets have been preserved and we hope to support the preservation efforts with sales of our models. We plan to offer sets in original LT red, Network SouthEast and Island liveries. Our model is undergoing final CAD corrections and once those are complete we will open the order book (expected to be late Q4 2021). Our model will feature highly detailed bodyshells, separate flush-glazing, moulded interiors with working head, tail and saloon lighting. Revolution Trains would like to thank South Western Railway and TfL for their assistance and support.
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  12. Hi everyone! I decided to take a break from posting this week, as I felt I was running the risk of saturating the thread with photos of the layout. I have been busy working away behind the scenes though. The layout is now fully operational with working fiddle yards. I've been working out a sequence (depicting 1942-1945) so I can now disappear into my own little world and play trains. I now have more rolling stock to build. As well as finishing 'Skarloey' I have some RNAD/War Department vans to build along with an 'on loan diesel' to build. This gives the layout three locomotives to work with during the 1940s period.
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  13. A long day comes to a close. Just a few wagons to shunt & off to the shed to drop the fire, at last. It got dark early Fred, look at that Moon !
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  14. I think they are Martin, Especially on top of a Comet set of frames and (in some cases) with a first-rate paint job. As I hope these two further shots show................. This is one of my Graeme King-bodied V2s, with my painting/weathering. It tows a Bachmann tender. And one of my MJT 3D-printed V2 bodies, this one towing a South Eastern Finecast tender. The painting here is the work of Geoff Haynes. I built the Graeme King one about five/six years ago, and the MJT one last year. I wonder, are they substantially better than a Jamieson V2 I built over 40 years ago? Not knowing any professional painters back then, this is all my own work. We look forward in anticipation to the forthcoming Bachmann RTR V2. This is the firm's previous one, tarted up a little by me (new dome, new pony wheels, etc.) and weathered by Tom Foster. Not bad, even given its inaccuracies/deficiencies? Regards, Tony.
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  15. I carried on with the sequence today, getting through another 30 trains with only two interruptions for frozen DCC... Anyway, WC wasn't around today so I took a couple of photos myself. Train 533 is the 0950 Plymouth - Penzance ordinary passenger, hauled by 6809 Burghclere Grange. This is an old K's kit, mounted on a Bachmann Manor chassis. It was a bit of a buqqer to build as the firebox had to be widened considerably to clear the mechanism. I built it about 25 years ago when I was away every week on a weekly commute, to stop me going to the pub every evening. The stock is a mixed bag - from the loco we have: a Hornby Hawksworth BTK; an original Airfix Centenary CK (one of a few I have where I ruled in the modified ventilators using a bow pen and maroon enamel); a Lima Siphon G fitted with Airfix 9' plate bogies and new buffers; a Hornby Hawksworth BG; and a Hornby fish van, which I'd like to replace one day by an Insixfish. This is train 550, the 2310 (FO) Manchester London Road - Penzance. It's hauled by 4099 Kilgerran Castle, an original Airfix tender-drive model detailed and repainted, about 30 years ago, for the loft layout. Behind it, all ex-LMS stock, are: a Bachmann BSK; an Airfix CK with flush glazing and a repaint, which holds its own as long as it's not placed next to a more modern RTR model; a Dapol BG that I repainted while I was living in Singapore about 20 years ago; a Bachmann CK and BTK; and a Hornby TK. Regarding the DCC freezing, I haven't yet added an RC filter to the Terminus power zone bus or to the Polperran points bus. I need to order some resistors and capacitors to do that, after which we'll see whether it makes any difference. If not, I'll be back on the phone to Marcus to see what else he can suggest.
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  16. The new K1 62066 has been slotted into the Great Eastern Link on the loco roster, and coincidentally after the photo session this meant it was in the right place in the Loco Yard to work No. 20 Down in place of the D16 62530, which was also in the yard. This meant that 62530 was 'spare' on shed and cluttering the place up. Eventually a means of working it away was devised, coupled ahead of the booked loco (J15 65390)for the Loco Coal Empties. Here we see the Sweedy pair making their way along the Down Slow; a surplus of power for this short train!
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  17. Morning Pencarrot. I agree. Hooves crossed for Taunton in April. Sadly missed this year though last years virtual jobbie was fun. And no, I don't sleep. Too much work rubbish bouncing round in woolly brainbox at the moment. Filled it up with train stuff instead and nodded back off. Rob.
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  18. Morning all. Bleat Wharf will not now be appearing at Taunton Railex. The show, scheduled for Oct 23rd/24th, has been cancelled due to the ongoing uncertainty around COVID and all that goes with it. Not unexpected really. Looks like plans are ahoof for it to go ahead in 2022. Rob.
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  19. Needed loads of little bits for the Layout, but whilst in AC Models I saw this, made by Oxford Rail, and thought WOW, the quality is absolutely superb, and compared to Bachmann and Hornby, a really good price. Its s such a shame that the Road side will rarely get seen, other than in a few pictures of the Street and entrance. Also got the little Island building as well, such a shame the the original Island Platform Building got burned down a few years ago, and was replaced with this carbuncle of a building. Just need a Footbridge next.
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  20. I forgot to mention that this seems to have worked - touch wood.
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  21. Yup. A lot of us are old and common.
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  22. I've just commented on the Peterborough North thread with regard to the forthcoming new Bachmann V2. This is one of the pre-production samples I had for assessment at the end of 2019. The production samples are coming soon in numbers, so I'll then have the chance to give them a full test on LB (Bachmann 'filming' them). I'll report accordingly.
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  23. York, 1959. Original by Keith Pirt.
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  24. Evening all, Not much happened today, other than that this evening I became a full member of The Newcomen Society, something I’ve been meaning to do since April, and I would recommend it to anyone, the journal and archive are extremely interesting. Douglas
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  25. All steel ‘K-type’ Pullmans from Revolution Revolution is delighted to reveal its next range of N gauge coaches will be the much requested all steel 'K-type' Pullman coaches. The K-type Pullmans were the first all steel construction Pullmans in the UK. Parlour First "Zena" in the VSOE set at Bristol Temple Meads in April 2012. Photo courtesy of Hugh Llewelyn, Creative Commons CC BY-SA2.0 licence Metropolitan Cammell built 29 Pullman cars of 5 different body types: Kitchen 1sts and 3rds, Parlour 1sts and 3rds and Parlour Brake 3rds - we will offer all 5 body types in train packs to allow prototypical formations to be assembled. A further 4 cars (81-84) were built in 1931 for the Bournemouth Belle - we will include these if feasible from the tooling. Some of the K-types were used by the GWR on Ocean-Liner and Torquay Pullman services from 1929, but perhaps the more famous use was by the LNER and then BR in services such as the Queen of Scots, Tees-Tyne Pullman, Yorkshire Pullman and Master Cutler. By the mid-late 1960s some of the K-types were being used with other Pullman types (particularly the brakes) but unfortunately some were disposed of for scrap. A few of the K-types continue to see service in the Venice Simplon Orient Express (VSOE) and a number survive to this day in preservation. Our model will feature the same high levels of detail as our Mark 5 coaches and include interior lighting and working table lamps. The K-type Pullmans are in the final stages of research before we start CAD. We expect the order book for the K-type Pullmans to open late Q4 2021 – Q1 2022.
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  26. Tonight's image shows Deltic rumbling away at Platform 2, and 60501 about to pass it on its way home with the 2.10 KX- York and Hull.
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  27. I'd like to put on record that I'm happy to be dug up and replaced with a railway line.
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  28. Tony, A better shot. I repeat, I bought her part built at Banbury modex. She was built for me by Brian Wiltshire. He was a Jamieson Master and Coachbogie's Dad. He was a kitbuilding mentor of mine and a dear friend. She's over thirty years old and a basic kit. She's covered a lot of miles and I love her. Regards, Chris.
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  29. Since back, I've made a start on the Control Panel, this should be fun. Inside there will be a bank of about 50 of the Male / Female terminal Plugs, with the main wires attached, and then the wires from the switches on the front panel will go into the other halves so that I can take the front panel completely off to work on it, on the bench if need be.
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  30. More testing last night, this was both the first test of the mineral train and the first time running two trains simultaneously. As usual there were a couple of tweaks needed, the salt van wheels had too large flanges and were causing issues on points (but an easy fix) along with a couple of required tweaks to po wagon couplings. with this done it was possible to get complete circuits with both sets. progress has also been made on the scenics to the east of Brent. I don’t have any proper plaster bandage, so have made do soaking normal bandages in plaster. this still needs to be finished off with another coat of fine plaster to blend it all together, but it’s getting there. The south side of the cutting still needs covering, but this is deliberately omitted to ensure I don’t start the grass application before completing the north bank.
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  31. Looks like grease proof paper did the trick, nothing has stuck to it, had it stuck I intended to apply a wax as a release agent but it looks like I don’t need too not a bad joint but I suppose joints are unavoidable when you have removable sections, possibly easier to disguise on the scenic section at the front It just needs blending in with the existing ballast once I’ve done The track in the foreground looks like it’s miss aligned but it must be an optical illusion from the photo angle (or because one side is cleaner than the other?) rolling stock glides over it without knocking or bumping
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  32. Heading south today to somewhere near Guildford, although I suspect that shops containing temptation will not be on the agenda Tomorrow I have been promised cycling. What an exciting life I lead Andy
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  33. I'm already a member of the Oldcomen society as I suspect a few other here are also.
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  34. We all love ballasting!…..don’t we? I didn’t quite know what to do at the join so I clamped up the end piece with some grease proof paper sandwiched between them, hopefully it will work.? I don’t know how you’re supposed to ballast over a join so I’ve done what I thought might work, I suspect the height of ballast won’t be the same but I’ll come back to that Just need to keep my fingers crossed and check it in the morning
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  35. We saw D209 coming off the Newcastle, and while we were elsewhere, the A2 in the bay backed on. Here is Velocity on the way home, and seen from Spital Bridge.
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  36. Some Severn Tunnel Junction action from 8 September including some locos featured a few days ago by other posters Wentloog - Tilbury Tilbury Trostre Hayes to East Usk
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  37. Wow, I can feel the tumbleweed blowing across the topic. I've been busy and slowly getting somewhere, but I think I'll do bite-sized chunks of the progress! So I thought getting the baseboards built outside during the summer weather would be a good place to start and so here is the development of the new fiddle yard..... I'll try and update more later, thanks for looking?
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  38. This photo, taken from the Shoreham-by-sea archives, came up in the discussions of the Brighton Circle. Bungalow Town, between Lancing and Shoreham in winter. Looks like someone has found a use for all those slightly warped Graham Farish Pullman bodies.
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  39. Same Loco as above, 70805 @ Eastleigh 3rd Oct 2019 when I came Souf House Hunting and also visited the Fareham Show and had a play on Ian @Temeraire Tidmouth Layout.
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  40. I had a box of various audio specialty connectors/adapters for over 25 years, one day I tossed the whole bunch, about a shoebox full. Two weeks (about) later........you guessed it, I had to buy one!
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  41. G'Day Folks Couple of odds today. J4, 4040 in the Edgware carriage sidings. N2, 4749 passing Edgware station. J3, 3793, on shed (sorry about the borrowed tender) manna
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  42. Hate to interupt the local banter but heres a snap of 65817, in "out of the box" condition. Well worth blackening the wheel tyres and centres though. Since been fully coaled !
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  44. This evening, I have managed a bit of modelling. Inspired by the ex LM&SR brake van, I dug out a Hornby BR standard jobbie, kindly donated by Grahame (BG man) of the parish. A dark wash had been applied and I stripped some of this back using my trusty fibre brushes. Then, as per S.S.O.P ( Standard Sheep Operating Procedure) weathering powders were added as was a dusting of Dark Earth from an aerosol. This is where we are. Still to do is the roof and tweaking of the underframe. Updates to follow. Rob.
    8 points
  45. Good afternoon, everyone. Firstly, ianmacc, that up side bay platform at Brough is now part of the car park, and will never be used by trains again. Well, today I’ve found a photo’ by jsb303 on Flickr, of Bridlington station, taken from platform 5. It shows a K3, 61941, on a Filey Holiday Camp to Manchester Exchange train, in September, 1953. Bridlington: 1953. by jsb303, on Flickr Best regards, Rob.
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