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    Planes trains & automobiles. So long as there old. Well made & fun to drive! Rebuilding a victorian house at the moment. Will be modeling again as soon as I've got the railway room finished.

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  1. What no products yet! Only joking. I would like some tea chests as I think there marvelous. Great idea. Though I'm some way off needing them yet.
  2. http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/leeds%20new%20line%203.htm Or if that doesn't work try the index below and navigate to it manually. http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/index.htm
  3. For more detailed information and a map http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/leeds%20new%20line%203.htm New pic's added to post above as it was easier than trying to get the editor to work here. Walked from Royds park to Heckmondwike. Parking can be challenging but fortunatley the doctors surgery next to the park was closed this morning so I parked in there. Sorry, link works first time for me! Just google "Lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk" and navigate to it manually.
  4. There are modelers and there are artists. I think you fall into the latter. I see you have great skill in painting your models. Thanks for sharing. I need all the help I can get!
  5. I used to have a large loft layout that was run on Hornbys old Zero 1 system. It worked pretty well and I wonder if Hornbys marketing and launch hadn't been so botched the revolution may have come sooner. But the additional cost of the chips and sound rule out DCC for me for now. I'm far more interested in battery power and live locomotives as that seems more prototypical and removes the risk of a dirty wheel bringing everything to an unscheduled halt.
  6. Very neat work. I'm really jealous. Just got the gas back on with the pipes replaced. Will be another month before I've got the kitchen back in commission and I can get back on with my baseboard construction. Keep it up. Ten minutes looking at this keeps me sane.... If this is as good as your rolling stock it will be a belter.
  7. Just keeps getting better. Can't wait to see it with the sky added. Fantastic job.
  8. It wouldn't be a huge job to double the stretchers and turn them into beams. The sides would turn into H section or at least L section. It does add to the expense but having once built a layout that had to be scrapped due to warping and sagging I now go the other way and build boards that are probably ridiculously strong. And well. Not exactly featherweight. You can laugh at me humping them about but they will survive being driven over. Just nervous too that your boards will be stiff enough for the job. You build amazing models. Wouldn't like to see it broken up before its time.
  9. Just a photo of two of the far end of the Spen Valley Ringway. I was planning to walk in from the Walkley Lane end. Heckmondwike. Unfortunatley this end is pretty overgrown and rather muddy so ended up walking the other direction onto the Greenway. The L&Y line. Though in summer and without small children I think it would be passable. Still got a couple of pics of the bridge at Walkley Lane. Will add to this when I go back to walk the rest from the other end if anyones interested. Nothing very recent on the web and was wondering what state it was in. http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/bridges/heckmondwike.html Have always wanted to walk this bit. Kids really enjoy these kind of walks as you never quite know what you will find. Bridge at Walkley Lane. As promised a few more photos of the LNWR Leeds new line and in particular Heckmondwike cutting. I really like this bit of railway. Fantastic stone work that you can't get a cigerette paper inbetween. Some of the block measure over 3' X 2'. Heaven knows how they moved them. Highly recommended for a railway walk. Perhaps my modelling would be better after a gallon of beer. It worked for the Navies who built this lot!
  10. If I was your neighbor you'd have to kick me out of there! Beautiful inspirational modelling. Never give up.
  11. Looking good. Where did you get the brick paper?? I could use some of that... edit. email sent
  12. Not sure if this is the right place but I took the family for a new years walk starting from Queensbury station walking along the track bed towards Wellhead tunnel. Now a bridleway. Still a fair bit of railway left to look at and good fun. Will put a couple of pics up when I get the chance. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/sites/default/files/images/files/Great%20North%20Trail%202012.pdf Not the best pictures but I had to dump the sky to get the exposure better on my phone. Had the battery not been flat there would have been more. Going back with a camera next time!
  13. Interesting thread. Only just discovered this! Watching with interest. Like the frog jigs. And some lovely stock. A lot of railway in the space. What radius are the points? Keep us up to date. And start the layout soon!
  14. Particularly like the mirror stainless you put at the end. Had me fooled for a bit. Thought you'd made a whole new scenic board! Great stuff. In the two and a half years you've been working on this I haven't made a whole lot of progress. So time to stop dreaming and build another layout myself. Suitably inspired by yours. Think it may take a little longer than this and I doubt it will ever be this good. But I just feel the need. Keep posting the updates. And when you exhibit it let us know where and when! Really it looks ready.
  15. Just discovered the progress. Fantastic. Love the pics you've found. Think I'm just not very good at searching the net.... Theres an art to what you put in... GNR signal box wouldn't have worked for me. Lol. Don't you have a separate topic for Queensbury??? It's looking great. Keep it up.
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