[Newbryford's mostly Yellow workbench - "it's a drag, man......."]

Mick you can’t rush these things ;)

[Dave F's photos - ongoing - more added each day]

Dave must say given the age of the photos and the time taken the quality and clarity of the image is fantastic must have used a better than average camera 

[New Accurascale Exclusives Announcement - RTC Mark 2B Twin Pack in 00/4mm]

The demo models were on the Accurascale stand at Milton Keynes despite being sold out nomdoubtbtheybwill be displaying them again at Warley should have a sign saying look what you can’t get

[Heaton Lodge Junction]

I see from the list of exhibitors that you are not going to be at Warley this year that’s a real shame as I was looking forward to seeing the layout in the flesh

[class 08 shunter prototype photos]

Strangely enough the man in the blue clothing looks like a modelu figure

[Kensington Olympia in n scale]

Andy, see what you mean the door looks rather flat and out of place by comparison with the rest of the build

[Heaton Lodge Junction]

On 31/05/2022 at 08:48, HeatonLodge40 said:

Yes I’m going to working on something to produce the vapour, fog machine or similar. It’s getting the diffusion of the steam at the top that might be difficult! 

Yes the legs at the bottom are pretty vital to the overall look so they will be modelled. 
 

Ultimate goal would be a working MGR unloading facility. It would mean a lot of butchering to the Dapol HAA’s though!

have a look at Kathy millets YouTube site she recently did an article on steam generators

[Deadmans Lane. Showing off at DEMU Showcase - June 2024]

Mick looks good pictures and video all working

[Heaton Lodge Junction]

Simon have you thought about a track cleaning wagon may help with build up of detritus on wheels

[Improving the Hornby APT (1980s version)]

There have been problems with the suppression resistor on the new motor I cut mine off there is a picture of one model which is claimed melted a hole through the body

[Heaton Lodge Junction]

Did you model the lighting gantry on a real location as they appear too tall for the size of depot and look more like the sort of structure  you would see in a major marshalling yard

[Hornby APT (2020 tooling)]

Had a problem with my 7 car APT I thought it was the motor which had burnt out but just got the vehicle back from Hornby and it was actually the capacitor. Extremely fast repair and turn around with postage to be refunded. brought direct from Hornby who honored the pre-order price well done Hornby all round

[Hornby APT (2020 tooling)]

On 27/01/2022 at 17:31, APT Fan said:

 

Sorry yes, I meant upgrade from the old model to the new model, looks nice. I didn't write that very well. I'm surprised how different the colours are on the new model, didn't realise they got the old one so wrong, not that it has ever bothered me in the past. I'm currently and gradually replacing my old locos with newer ones mainly because I prefer the modern mechanisms more than anything else.

 

Hornby produced the original APT model before the real thing ran so not surprising the colours were wrong

[Heaton Lodge Junction]

Probably too much material for soldering probably worth looking at brazing

[Everard Junction - 88 to 90 - BR Western Region]

The photos in the file show the differences

Point Motors.pdf

[Everard Junction - 88 to 90 - BR Western Region]

Unfortunately the peco point motors are out of scale and far too large  a HW2000 point motor which is 1500mm long and you can compare this with the inner running edge of rails which are 1432mm (1435mm) apart you used to be able to the correct size ones in white metal from colincraig4mm

[Kensington Olympia in n scale]

Andy as a thought when was the footbridge extension link to Olympia removed the section is currently blocked off with plywood

[class 08 shunter prototype photos]

On 07/08/2021 at 15:51, Rugd1022 said:

Photo by Ernest Godward : Brum New St....

 

That’s a great photo so nice to see a different view

[Heaton Lodge Junction]

Love the camera tracking with the trains really shows off the length of the layout so impressive 

[Kensington Olympia in n scale]

Skin tones and blonde hair are the hardest colours to get right in my opinion

[Banbury in N scale - A great time at the Abingdon in March 2024]

On 31/05/2021 at 16:34, bgman said:

 

Much nicer when it looked like this, much more atmos !

 

 

Nevertheless you have given me some happy memories from the days I spent gricing there !

 

G

 

Believe that station was not on the same position as the current station 

 

 

[Kensington Olympia in n scale]

Andy when working under my baseboard I have a moulded wooden seat and back as one unit I brought from IKEA , no legs you sit on it as a normal seat and the back holds you upright you can even lean back to look up using your legs as a counterbalance 

[Supplier of plywood/MDF cut to size?]

Best to search the internet still places who will produce cut mdf 

[Waverley West, Princes St Gardens and Haymarket MPD]

Dave just seen there is a new book out called Scotland’s railways in
The 1980s and 1990s A snapshot in time. Author Peter J Green

[The K's kit that never was; A BR Cartic]

Noting that revolution trains are going to produce the cartic 4 in n gauge I wonder if they will follow up with a 00 gauge model