[Churchill Halt now has a working GWR level crossing.....]

Cracking work!

 

I had sort of given up on the idea of working level crossing gates on Inglebourne, but after seeing this I will definitely be giving it another thought.

[GWR 12 ton van]

Ah ha! The 7mm infection is still spreading nicely.

[GWR MOGUL(10)]

She's coming along very nicely.

 

Is this one for yourself, or will you be moving her along to pay for future projects?

[A Little Weekend Job]

Surely every job is little in 2mm?

 

Just kidding!

 

A cracking van, the glazing must have been a right .

[WIN SOME, LOSE SOME.]

It appears to me to be a very early kit, from back in the days when a kit was little more than an aid to scratchbuilding,

 

You certainly have the skill to make it into a very good finished model. But, as you say, its going to take quite a few hours of work.

 

Ha ha! Long winter nights....... Perhaps it would make a good on going project, to be dug out every now and again to do a bit of work on?

[WIN SOME, LOSE SOME.]

Oh crikey! That looks archaic.

 

Best of luck with this one.

[5043 at Kemble. 19th October 2013.]

In the first photo, is that the curving bay platform where the Tetbury branch train left? As in the Heljan AC railbus out soon?

 

That's the bay for the Cirencester branch. It's still pretty much intact because Network Rail use it to store the Tamper occasionally.

 

The Tetbury bay is on the other side of the mainline. Though there's not much left of it.

[Parkside 7mm GWR Vans.]

Thanks for the kind words gents.

 

I currently have another batch of vans and a few PO wagons on the go. They should appear on here in a few weeks.

[O Gauge - Springside Signal-Box Detailing Kit]

A very excellent post. The finished interior looks spot on.

 

Most helpful as I have to do one myself in the future.

[LSWR 12 TON MACHINERY TRUCK]

Ah, but you'd know!

[LSWR 12 TON MACHINERY TRUCK]

A very neat and tidy build.

 

I do like the chain on the brake lever guide.

[Severn Valley Railway July 2013.]

Lovely set of photos Kev.I only ever see it at Christmas and never been to the engine house yet ! 4566 looks spendid in her Great Western livery.

Thanks Rob.

 

The engine house is definitely worth a visit. Just watch out for the rampaging parties of school kids. I was all set up to take photo's of Hagley Hall when their responsible adult led them all right across in front of me and parked them in front of the loco.

[Severn Valley Railway July 2013.]

Thanks very much for sharing these excellent photos - very nice for those of us who don't get to go often!

 

You're welcome Mikkel.

 

I've got lots of photo's from the West Somerset Railway and the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway to post in the future.

[Severn Valley Railway July 2013.]

It looks very different from the last time I went, twas in the days when you could walk around the yard and the sheds.  I built a model based on 43106 in 4mm 30 years ago.

 

It's all very well fenced off at Bridgenorth, which is probably best as there was quite a lot of activity going on. There are plans to install a public viewing balcony inside the shed though.

[SOME GOODIES ARRIVE]

I will gladly let you know how I get on.

 

I think I will try the 40 out on the well wagon, if I can still use an iron. 99% of my soldering is done with the RSU.

 

Thank you muchly.

 

I don't have any experience of using an RSU. Presumably they're pretty handy if you use yours so much?

[SOME GOODIES ARRIVE]

I would be very handy indeed to hear how you get on with the two Antex soldering irons.

 

I've be pondering changing over to them for a while. My Weller 40watt goes through bits very quickly, no matter how well I look after them.

[Detail hunting at Didcot]

Great photo's and commentary Mikkel. Didcot really is a wonderful place.

 

I don't think the GWR every used transfers back in the day. There's quite a few photo's about of wagons fresh from the works which still have the chalk lines on them. These were used as a guide for the numbers and marking to be painted on.

[GWR HALL 7900 (11)]

Good old Swindon and their very rarely standard standardisation. You're never going to be able to get photo's showing all the details of a particular loco, so you just have to use an educated guess.

 

Keep up the good work.

[GWR HALL 7900 (10)]

That is looking very nice indeed.

[MIDLAND 3130 (3)]

That's come along very nicely.

 

I have to agree with Mikkel. Even if the inside valve gear isn't 100% correct it'll still look better than none at all.

[Journey to Didcot - a Traveller's Guide]

Very well done Mikkel.

 

You had me chuckkling all the way. But my word, the Great Western we have now really is a shadow of it predecessor.

[GWR HALL 7900 (9)]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Peter.

 

There was a long discussion on OzzyO's Workbench thread about CBS and I have to be honest, most of it went right over my head.

[GWR HALL 7900 (9)]

Ah, I thought so, but thought it best to ask of confirmation.

 

Do you have much experience with this method? is it effective?

 

I ask because the Scorpio 14xx/58xx kit I built last year is intended to have a simular arrangement, but I chickened out and built it rigid. Now though, I have a second to build and after reading Geoff Holt's book I was considering trying sprung hornblocks.

[GWR HALL 7900 (9)]

Great work there, Peter. It's coming along really nicely.

 

What method of compensation does it have?

[OO interlude - a 72XX arrives]

The 72XX is very, very impressive.

 

I wonder how good it would look in 7mm...... Well it would certainly make an impressive dent in my bank balance!