[West Highland Line V4, a 1980's West Highland Line layout]

loving this layout , so nice to watch the progress your making . 

[PO wagons in NCB use .]

34 minutes ago, Barclay said:

Hi the wartime pooling meant that over time wagons would stray further and further from their intended routes. As their liveries slowly disappeared under dirt and unpainted replacement planks many had their previous owner's name painted on in small lettering at the lower left side. However, they were never returned to their owners, just running on and looking rougher and dirtier as the years went by. They did not go to the NCB but to British Railways, receiving P prefix numbers. Many were never repainted but some did receive pale grey unfitted livery. Getting rarer by the early 60's. The NCB did end up owning many but these would be internal use only at collieries and such like.

thanks for that Stuart , i had thought that most if not all went to br ownership , ahh ok so i shall have to invest in some more parkside kits for my wagons to model early ncb .

[PO wagons in NCB use .]

Hi all

So I've a small shunting layout still  work in progress and i have an assortment of private owner wagons , coal  merchants and collieries mostly from the midlands .

 

i understand that during the war the wagons were pooled but what happened to them after 1945 ?

 

Did they all return to the owners or did that get taken over by the ncb in 1947 and if so does this mean that i could run a collection of ex PO wagons as  NCB ?

 

many thanks for your help .

[Woolmer Green 1935-40]

23 hours ago, Jesse Sim said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

rookie daft question , but whos paint did you use for the 4th wagon ? its something id like to have a go at, and it looks perfect. 

[Eastburn - The Aire Valley in the 1955 - A valuable lesson in paying attention!]

looking great , nice to see a layout forming and the trains built up at the same time .

[Oh no not another one! stabling point!]

Not much has happened on the layout completion wise but i have been working on a few bits of stock for the layout ,

firstly this Parkside ply 12 ton van still needs a few bits and bobs to finish .

 

Then ive been weathering up this snow plow now i am unsure if any ever made it to London but my excuse is that its rule 1 and i like it plus being a stabling point not much stock is needed so the odd item here and there adds to the interest , like i will be making up some sludge tenders and a carriage heating loco when i can source a cheap replica B1.

 

i have also thought of a name , Luxton i know its supposed to be somewhere in Essex ,but to my untrained northern  t'ear it sounds like it could be an area of east London . 

 

I have also been thinking of making another bridge to be able to swap them but have two 4th rail LT lines over head ( no not an excuse for some nice LT red panniers or bo-bo-s) ! 

 

any feed back is always most appreciated .

[Oh no not another one! stabling point!]

That’s one that’s on the cards I do have a gfye one .

[Oh no not another one! stabling point!]

13 minutes ago, The Johnster said:

Good modelling is good modelling whatever the form, period, or scale, and this is good modelling.  It is well presented, and plausible; the choice of an SP involved in cross-London transfer traffic is clever, and allows a very varied biodiversity.  Apart from Deltics, Claytons, the re-engined NB class 29s, and Metrovicks, and perhpas the D600 Warships and the privately owned prototypes, pretty much everything that you found in your Ian Allan Diesel Locomotives could put legitimately put in an appearance.  And the E6000 electrodiesels.

 

 

thanks it means a lot  , yeah that was the thinking as we have  got pretty much most of the locos needed the prototypes will appear but only as we have them . 

[Oh no not another one! stabling point!]

3 minutes ago, DCB said:

Looks good, excellent use of the space. I can't help thinking sound would bring it to life, if you could de synchronise the sound from loco movement, so locos rev up before they move,  unlike most DCC sound where speed and revs seem inextricably linked

i agree , ive thought of adding a cheap mp3 player to the underside but thats a little way off atm . 

[Oh no not another one! stabling point!]

 

[Oh no not another one! stabling point!]

1 minute ago, Suffolk Dave said:

Lovely scenics and nice placement Buddleia. Where did you get them from?

they are "n gauge " apparently from jtt i have stuck two together or on top to better replicate the real-life versions .

8 minutes ago, Crisis Rail said:

Nice work - I've been guilty as charged once or twice too.

 

Can smell the industry if you know what I mean.

 

PECO backscene looks well.

thanks yes hopefully a bill board will hide some of the daft names . yeah sort of a dusty steel smell . 

9 minutes ago, ELTEL said:

It may be just another stabling point but it is very nice, and very well modelled.

 

Also being set in the green period is different from the many modern image layouts.

 

I also have built a stabling point I the same period called “Margaret Street” over the last lockdown period.

 

By the way I also live in Stone, Staffs

 

Terry 

ayup tel ,thanks excellent , tis James from the shop . 

[Oh no not another one! stabling point!]

yes to quote the great Bob symes  " Oh no not another one" yes i am adding yet another oo gauge stabling point to the world  . although i hope its far from the norm as i cant seem to find lots off dcc sound class 66s or drs 37s to put on all at once ! 

i have a large range on interests in the railway world but  my main one seems to be a love of green diesels and that period that seldom seems to be modelled of post steam -pre tops  diesels and even though it was about 30 years before i was born i adore it.  so what to do with no space for a large layout atm and an old sms Christmas tree box layout , and a few spare bits and bobs . the answer appears when reading any of mr mortimore's  excellent threads i am yet to think of a name for it yet as its somewhat of a floating location to allow all sorts of locos to be run tho the eastern around London seems to be a favorite .  so the layout is 110cm x 22cm and DC (none of that dcc , good old hm duette) its all still a work in progress so please keep that in mind . 

[Rustons close]

Thanks guys ,  Terry I sprayed the track with red and grey rattle can primer then after 5 minutes of drying I used a peco track rubber and cleaned them off , and a few hours later I dry brushed some black, beige and earth brown over the whole lot and cleaned again after 5 minutes still some more to weather the track but I hope it's getting there. 

[Rustons close]

Well I thought I would share my working diorama , rustons close it's a whopping 53cm by 47xm why the 14 year old me made it that size I don't know but it was 11 years ago . So the idea is also to build something for no more that £20 spend on bits the rest hopefully I have in stock,  it's somewhere in the 1970s or very late 60s . I've spent the past day or so on it and obviously it's still a work in progress. 

[White Peak Limestone & Tarmacadam]

On 15/08/2021 at 11:47, rsh7684 said:

She already knows to stop at Stafford services and then come off the M6 at junction 15 to pick up the A50! I’m sure I’m sur it won’t be long until the rest of the journey is etched forever into her gearbox! 

ahhh i thought i recognized the locos on t'bay and confirms the location lol looking great as ever. 

[Woolmer Green 1935-40]

loving this Jesse,

 

spent a few evenings going through from page one absolute top class stuff . 

 

something i can only dream of reaching .

[LNER Light railway 30s]

Hi Terry , 

Thanks , it's some toilet paper and watered down PVA on top of some blue and grey acrylic paint then one that's dry I poured some neat PVA on it .

 

I've seen some tutorials on YouTube .

[LNER Light railway 30s]

Well I've managed to get the first bit of texture and colour down on top of the ballast , hoping it captures the look so far of a coastal backwater branch . 

[LNER Light railway 30s]

So I've added the siding and ballasted it's still wet in the pictures but hopefully should be blended by tonight. The industrial locos are maybe a sign of things to come ?....

[LNER Light railway 30s]

So I've taken the old tunnel out and added the siding temporarily , possibly placing the goods shed here , interested in any thoughts people have . 

[LNER Light railway 30s]

2 hours ago, col.stephens said:

Looks very nice.  How did you model the buildings?

 

Terry

Hi Terry , 

I just built them yesterday afternoon took about 2 hours . Painted them using my trusty Amazon £20 airbrush and mig paints took longer to paint than build lol . 

[LNER Light railway 30s]

Hi all ,

So I've started to convert my l shape layout to an lner light branch based of the examples like the mid Suffolk etc however this is up t'north and built to serve the admiralty so a half for service personnel etc.

I've made a start on the buildings and where they are roughly going to go , any feedback is most welcome. 

[Freight only micro layout: for sale]

Who's transfers have you used for the Dapol tank wagons ? 

Cheers 

[Little Muddle]

1 minute ago, KNP said:

 

Yes, she did PM me a few days ago but this layout is not portable so I was unable to help.

Those pictures must be over 5 years old as I have made many changes, trees etc but the most noticeable one is no Colonels wife fishing!!

 

Thanks for passing this on.

Ok sorry if I sounded like a busy body just noticed that no mention of builder etc or picture credits . A top layout needs to have its credit.

[Little Muddle]

I love your layout Knp , but do you know anything about this ?