Donington Road

And there is still this sculpture to do

Its a bit like my garage was a few weeks ago, kept moving things around to get to other things and never getting any space to do anything. I had a blitz on it in the last couple of weeks, threw some old stuff out, put new shelving up, tools back in their rightful places, good sweep out and hoover up, now it is a pleasure to go in there again and have a clear bench and room to work. Once you have got everything sorted in the potting shed and put under baseboard level it will look really good and give you that impetous to crack on laying track.

Does this mean that the loverly Mrs Smith has waivered all rights to space in the new loft forever? Wise move spending time sorting bedroom 4, good trade off to keep the lady happy Now that the shed is in the loft it should give you some perspective to where you are at. I am in total agreement with Gilbert about keeping the fiddle yard in the open. Why not make it a scenic marshalling yard/carraige sidings, running your locos on and off the stock back to the shed

I think Jason has been there. I'm sure he's the spotter sitting on top of the wall on the right hand side of the photo.

You gotta be joking :sungum:

How do you manage to breathe when you are near those parts

Top job Andy :sungum: :sungum:

Just to let you know what you would be missing, and she loves railways too

Yes, it is a good skill to have. Never mind not all is lost, you can certainly model well and make music. Something I can't do I am ok-ish with wood but not quite got the feel I have with metal Want to do a swop? My good lady has a list as long as your arm plus her very elderly parents can't do anything themselves so I get their jobs as well.

Think of your health Mr P We only want to see you "laying" track

Does he know you're fitting a water meter to his downpipe :jester:

I know the shed is costing you a lot of money, but for a bit more I would put guttering along both sides coming to a single downpipe at the back. It will help protect the lower half of the shed from water damage in the future, particularly the bottom where run off will splash back up from the ground.

Whats the matter Andy? affraid she might see whats draining the bank balance I don't understand women sometimes, they coo and swoon all over new babies but can't relate the same feelings when a man has a new shed :jester: No offence to Dee :angel:

With just two tracks on a narrow board you should not have a problem accommondating the workbench. That is an excellent idea

Dunno, the wife banned it years ago, said it wouldn't do the heart any good I hope your are enjoying your holiday Jason. I see you are getting around quite a bit, North Norfolk Railway is lovely. Even better to get back to Wainfleet and enjoy some Bateman's liquid. I'm just about to crack open this lovely bottle

Asked for that down the road in Peterborough and they had never heard of it wimps Neither had they heard of Dough cake and Stilton cheese being eaten together. Dough cake = Lincolnshire plum bread, proper stuff with 98% fruit and 2% bread, not what the shops trying selling round here with 98% bread and six currants if you can find them

like this

Yep, Bitton on the back wall, What about hinging the quadrant (curve) that leads into the fiddle yard up and over the fiddle yard itself, leaving that corner near the door and front window of the shed free for the work bench.

Knowing the ECML since the late fifties from Grantham to Peterborough there are a great deal of different senarios within that length. IMO both of you are right in your observations and comments. Going south from Stoke Tunnel to Werrington Junction was the World's fastest racetrack, anything modelled which is along that stretch needs open space and length to appeciate the full length of expresses at speed. Little Bytham achieves that goal to the extent that it sends shivers down my spine watching it in the posted videos, it is just as I remember from 1958. Peterborough North is again just as impressive, and you score because although compromised very slightly in length, it is not at all noticeable because the trains are running in and out of the station due to the dog leg at a fifth of the speed at Little Bytham, and are probably "on stage" for far longer, so IMO that makes both layouts very compareable in what they have achieved in regards of realism. Grantham is another layout that achieves its goal. It is compromised at the north end but it does not detract from expresses running through at speed. I would love to model Werrington Junction from Walton to Hurn Road including the water troughs but I haven't got a 100ft shed and compromising on length would not do it justice. So I am greatful to come to this forum and just drool over the offerings that you, Tony and others have produced which takes me back in time so I can daydream once again like I used to on those long summer days spent at LB and Essendine.

I think you only need the RMIndex.txt file on the first post. Double clicking on it opens it up in your browser to view. Just make it prominant with the words "Double click to open index" next to it. You do not need to put the xlsx file on the first post.

You have now got the files uploaded on this website, if you loose them on your computer just download them from here

Mike can edit his first post by copying and pasting from the text file just like I did above. If he needs to add further information he does so in the excel file, then saves it again as the .txt file, edits his first post by deleting the list and then copies and pastes the whole updated list back into his first post.

Mike, Your Excel file needed the D column extending to cover the longest length of text. Then save your Excel file as normal, and also save your file as Text(Tab Deliminated) (*.txt). You will then have two files saved, index.xlsx and index.txt Open the index.txt file and you can then copy and paste the info into your replies here on the forum, like I have done below. I have re-attached the files here for you to download. Page Date Post No. Subject 1 16/11/2012 1 Conception and reasoning 2 17/11/2012 36 First blockwork added to rebuild the 'den' 2 17/11/2012 36 Baseboard construction design 2 22/11/2012 36 Tried Templot out! 2 25/11/2012 36 Blockwork half way - Stil trying Templot - Preparing plans on buildings etc. 2 30/11/2012 36 Started baseboards - Getting to grips? With Templot 2 02/12/2012 36 Baseboard construction - Den rebuild update 2 02/12/2012 38 Cracking photos of Dent in the 60's 3 13/12/2012 53 Templot files lost! Building structure up and awaiting roof covering 3 17/12/2012 56 Roof cover now on. Various modelling plans be redied for holidays 3 27/12/2012 62 Windows now in and building secure 3 28/12/2012 63 Baseboard construction - basic frame shown. Dummy run on station buildings 3 28/12/2012 64 More cracking photos of Dent in the 60's 4 29/12/2001 72 Rise Hill' tunnelmouth commenced 5 02/01/2013 103 David Jenkinson S&C style articles database (courtesy: IanD) 5 02/01/2013 106 Tunnelmouth completion 6 05/01/2013 136 Bracket signal prep. Viaduct thoughts! 6 27/01/2013 152 Coal Road bridge commenced 7 10/02/2013 161 Fiddleyard ideas! 7 12/02/2013 170 Roof completed! 7 20/02/2013 171 Station building window and door components arrive! 7 25/03/2013 172 Floor now finished in den 8 26/03/2013 176 1st C&L Point kits arrived 8 07/04/2013 180 "Pic's of the den rebuild to date, awaiting plastering" 8 07/04/2013 181 Mould making to make the stone walling 8 21/04/2013 186 Den plastered and painted internally 8 19/05/2013 195 Den completed and beginning the task of moving in ! 8 19/05/2013 195 Commencement of 'circular' spirals 9 25/08/2013 203 Circular' Spirals completed with track laid 9 25/08/2013 203 Layout & Fiddleyard Baseboards in position 9 25/08/2013 203 Templot track plans on F/Y and copperclad laid 9 25/08/2013 203 Templot track plans on main line with bridge in place 9 28/08/2013 212 First copperclad point constructed 9 01/09/2013 214 L/H 'Up' pointwork complete in F/Y 9 22/09/2013 221 First C&L point completed 9 22/09/2013 221 Wiring shown on L/H Fiddleyard 10 29/09/2013 228 Found out spirals were too steep!!!! 10 06/10/2013 240 Altered spiral to an elongated style and tested successfully! 11 01/11/2013 257 Full spiral tested out okay 11 01/11/2013 257 Commenced station building structure in perspex 11 03/11/2013 257 Station building basic structure complete 11 13/11/2013 270 Spiral track laying 13 01/12/2013 286 Commenced track laying on scenic section 13 27/12/2013 308 Track laying continuing with C&L slips an point kits 13 01/01/2014 321 Wiring shown on main scenic boards 14 05/01/2014 337 Control panel diagram commenced 14 15/01/2014 348 More main wiring 14 15/01/2014 348 STOVE arrives!!! 14 15/01/2014 348 Main line part ballasted and 1st 'posed' train 15 26/01/2014 370 Most main line track laid 16 02/02/2014 410 More posed shots 16 02/02/2014 411 Control panel structure completed 18 13/02/2014 435 More cracking photos of Dent in the 60's 18 15/02/2014 440 Airbrushed track prior to ballasting 18 15/02/2014 440 Control panel wiring in detail 19 23/02/2014 473 Platforms being fitted in place 19 23/02/2014 475 Coal Road bridge fitted 21 02/03/2014 501 Baseboard joints and refuge sidings ballasted 21 04/03/2014 518 "Point motors fitted to R/H fiddleyard, in detail" 22 09/03/2014 533 Point motor & general wiring on F/Y board 23 14/03/2014 557 Wiring of D-Sub connectors in detail etc. 23 18/03/2014 561 Wiring completed in order to get a line running each way 25 06/04/2014 607 Up line operational but can't upload video? 26 20/04/2014 626 Very first piece of scenic foam base fitted! Followed by platforms etc. 26 20/04/2014 626 Monkey Beck culvert fascia started 26 21/04/2014 626 Platform retaining wall fitted 26 21/04/2014 631 Culvert taking shape 26 21/04/2014 632 Bridge over approach road in place 26 27/04/2014 650 "Hillsides taking shape, platform walls fitted and painted" 27 27/04/2014 652 "First application of Mod-Roc, platform faces painted and weathered" 27 04/05/2014 663 Ground cover aplied to board 'A' 27 04/05/2014 669 Control panel wiring photos 28 11/05/2014 699 Modern Image on Dent already!!! 29 11/05/2014 702 Both platform surfaces 'gritted'. Roadway in place 29 17/05/2014 708 Station approach and car park surface done 29 17/05/2014 709 First application of GRASS made! This is just a base blend. 30 27/05/2014 740 "Scenics continuing onto Board 'B', 'C' and 'D'" 30 29/05/2014 748 "Fell's almost completed, with small viaduct to add interest to board 'D'" 31 01/06/2014 755 Fells get a coat of Base Mix grass with some 'Trains in the Landscape pic's 32 08/06/2014 792 "Change of plan at the viaduct, a new rockface terrain is being applied" 32 08/06/2014 792 Tunnelmouth construction for Board 'D' 33 12/06/2014 804 Tunnelmouth progress and first stage of the famous Snow Fences 33 15/06/2014 815 Rock face continues with riverbed detail added 33 21/06/2014 824 "Change of plan on the rockface, colour altered to grey limestone" 33 22/06/2014 834 Selection of 'staged shots' with scenic boards in position 34 29/06/2014 847 Left Hand fiddleyard track laid and board wired 34 29/06/2014 847 Some scenic detail added at the rockface and at this point I was thinking what to name it 35 06/07/2014 863 More fiddleyard wiring 35 06/07/2014 863 More control panel wiring 36 13/07/2014 878 Left fiddleyard wiring completed 36 13/07/2014 878 Right hand fiddle yard tracklaying showing details 37 26/07/2014 909 Right hand fiddle yard wiring completed 37 03/08/2014 916 Central fiddleyard boards tracklaying and wiring done 37 03/08/2014 916 First views of the whole layout assembled! 37 03/08/2014 916 First successful day of running trains!!! 37 10/08/2014 950 First views of stock assembled on fiddleyard 38 10/08/2014 951 Staged shots with several trains on view 40 12/08/2014 979 Found out that much of my stock requires re-wheeling! And some solutions 40 16/08/2014 982 Retaining wall detailing 40 16/08/2014 982 Stone walling being fitted on 'Down' side fields 40 16/08/2014 984 Another appearance of BR blue! 40 17/08/2014 992 Signal box equipment photo 40 18/08/2014 995 Wheel problem solutions 41 19/08/2014 1007 Station perimeter fencing fitted 42 22/08/2014 1026 Snow fences being erected and painted 42 22/08/2014 1026 Stone walling completed and painted on both side of the track 42 23/08/2014 1032 Gallery shots of various trains running through the scenic sections 42 23/08/2014 1035 Populated Fiddleyard views 43 24/08/2014 1056 Bufferstops made and fitted 43 24/08/2014 1057 Down' Starter fitted 44 30/08/2014 1097 Dressed up the fascia of the layout 45 31/08/2014 1102 Some scenic detail added at the Monkey Beck area 45 31/08/2014 1103 Steel fencing being made 45 31/08/2014 1103 Yard crane appears 47 06/09/2014 1163 Further scenic work carried out 47 06/09/2014 1163 Illuminated the fiddleyard! 47 06/09/2014 1163 1st application of a Static Grass mix 47 06/09/2014 1165 Snow fences now completed 47 06/09/2014 1165 1st application of scenic water in Monkey Beck 47 07/09/2014 1174 Gallery shots of various trains running through the scenic sections 51 12/09/2014 1175 1st application of scenic water in Monkey Widdale Beck. This is the name I have chosen for the south exit 52 14/09/2014 1292 Fitting of cosmetic fishplates 52 14/09/2014 1292 More water added to both beck's 52 14/09/2014 1293 Gallery shots of various trains running through the scenic sections 53 17/09/2014 1316 Gallery shots of various trains running through the scenic sections 54 21/09/2014 1337 Gallery shots of various BR Blue running through the scenic sections EDIT= Should have said, in Excel, choose Save As from the File menu to get the options of which format to save in. RMWeb.Index.xlsx RMWeb.Index.txt

Where's that gardener c u m bricklayer c u m mega baseboard maker when you need him

There is something about a naked shed that just makes your legs go like jelly. Sweet dreams tonight Andy