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  1. We very much hope it will be at Larkrail this year - July 13th. Details of this years Larkrail International Festival of railways and byways will be announced in the next couple of weeks! Jerry
  2. Great progress Will, we can double head them when it’s finished! Jerry
  3. I even took some phone videos ….. hope this works! Jerry
  4. Last couple of snaps from what’s been a fun day posing and running trains. Jerry
  5. Another phone snap, the new Windsor Hill extension has really opened up the view of the colliery. Fox Walker tank is banking a freight into the down tunnel - anyone who knows the S&D will immediately spot the huge liberty I’ve taken here - quite apart from the fact that the colliery and the tunnels are meant to be several miles apart. Jerry
  6. Hi Ian, pretty sure it’s D385. It a Worsley etch I picked up years ago so shouldn’t be a problem getting one in 3mm. The combination of the blue S&D set with the LNW full brake and MR through coaches takes some beating in my opinion Jerry
  7. I’ve always thought 1930 would make a fascinating year to model with blue SDJR locos with newly hand painted LMS markings and numbers. I don’t think the blue lasted much beyond 1930 but Casserley took a number of pictures on his visits to the line that year. Jerry
  8. Thanks Bob. I’m sorely tempted to crack on with the scenery but I want to wait until I’ve got the basic landscaping for Bath bank in place and then do the lot in one hit to try and ensure some consistency. That said, my primary target this year is to get the rest of the track down and wired so I can run trains over the entire length of the layout. So much to do …..!😊 Jerry
  9. Hi Jol, it is. I have a couple of pictures of this van being in use in trains over the line. At the moment it’s the only LNW coach I’ve painted. It was the problems I had with this which prompted me to seek your advice. Needless to say I have several part built which will use the paint you kindly gave me! Jerry
  10. This is only a phone snap so only the foreground is in focus but, even when fuzzy, this sort of perfectly authentic train just confirms my feeling that, despite it being an awful lot of work, you can’t touch pre-group modelling. Discuss!! Jerry
  11. I’ve been messing about trying to compose some pictures for an MRJ article. One of these is a shot of the scene around Twinhoe bridge, just south of Midford and, in particular, the Midford outer home which protected the single line into Bath. As it was a lattice post in the 1950s, albeit with upper quadrant SR arms I just assumed in the 1920s it was the same but with lower quadrant arms. I even got a lovely little etch from Jim Watt to make the signal. However, when i checked it turned out the lattice post was a 1948 replacement - doh! Luckily I had a suitable solid post signal I started for another project which fits the bill perfectly. Jim’s etch will now find a home at the Windsor Hill end so nothing wasted! The shunt ahead arm on the model is actually surplus and no longer really makes sense, certainly from the angle below. But this view is only visible by balancing a phone on the bridge. The short rock cutting where the track doubles is a scenic break which represents a couple of miles, the actual point at which it doubles is invisible in normal viewing. Jerry
  12. My being the guinea pig to have a go at these is based on the fact I’m a tutor at Missenden so know Andy through that - there is a 2mm modeller of far greater renown than me who is also a tutor at Missenden. I've seen Andy’s 4mm prints and they are excellent so am very much looking forward to having a go at the 2mm ones - the fact they are Midland is an added bonus! Jerry
  13. Really nice little show. The small and delightful narrow gauge group. Lots of small layouts, nice people, fabulous location couple of miles from Glastonbury and cake. Marvellous!! Well done to all involved, Jerry
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