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  1. Hi, it was good to meet several of you at the show and talk about our plans. We had lots of interest and many helpful comments and suggestions both from people who know Lewes and from modellers. In particular, many 2mmFS modellers stopped to talk* and offer useful advice from their experience, which has been most encouraging. We were given lots of practical suggestions and offers of help which we will now explore. Many thanks, Cheers, Dave *on their way to the excellent 'Lighterman's Yard'
  2. A big thank you to all our exhibitors and traders for making this a most enjoyable and successful show. We enjoyed ourselves and are glad to hear that our visitors and guests did as well. On to planning for next year ... April 28th and 29th 2018 Cheers, Dave
  3. Thanks for the warning, I will need to try some experiments to see how this will affect us. Cheers, Dave
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    Event Name: NESCOT (Epsom & Ewell MRC) Classification: Exhibition Address: North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT), Reigate Road, Ewell, Surrey KT17 3DS Day 1: 22 April Opening times Day 1: 10am - 5:30pm Day 2: 23 April Opening times Day 2: 10am - 5pm Prices: Adult u00a37Accompanied children FREE Disability access: Yes Car parking: Yes Website: Organising body: Epsom & Ewell MRC Organiser: Peter Swift 01483 576 274 See NESCOT 22/23 April 2017 (Epsom & Ewell MRC)
  5. The wagons are complete with solebars and buffer beams. Eddie (the designer) recommends 2mm Association W-Irons. We need to add buffers, W-irons, springs, axle boxes and brake gear. We've sourced some etched LBSCR brass W-irons (with curved and straight side braces), and are working on springs, axle boxes, brake levers and blocks. There are some buffers from the 2mm Association which are quite close to the Stroudley design, but I keep forgetting which part number they are Cheers, Dave
  6. Introduction Following on from our successful build of Hinksey Yard, the “little people” of the Epsom & Ewell Club decided to stretch ourselves and build a 2mmFS layout. We had enjoyed building a model of a real place, so looked for something similar. I have always had an interest in the LB&SCR and Andy had been fascinated by Lewes since he was a lad. So we looked at the plans and came up with the idea of building the second Lewes station as it was in 1886, just before it was rebuilt into its more familiar current form. Why Lewes? Interesting arrangement of lines Multiple routes Good combination of express, local & goods It’s a challenge! Why 1886? Last year before rebuilding work on the "modern station" started Allows a good mix of modern (Stroudley) and earlier (Craven) stock Short train lengths Public and Working timetables are available (National Archives) It’s a challenge! Why 2mmFS? Consistent wheel/track standards The club hasn’t done 2mmFS before Team want to develop their skills It’s a challenge! Research We have spent some considerable effort researching Lewes and its railways over the last year or so and have probably found all the easily available (and some not so easily available) information. This has included: Visits to the National Archives and The Keep (the East Sussex Records office) The Brighton Circle Holman’s 1886 directory of Lewes and census returns for 1881 & 1891 Site visits (to check the location of the various pubs we will need to model) Collecting books and photographs. Scouring the internet Brief history of Lewes Station 8 June 1846: Line from Brighton to first (terminus) station. 27 June 1846: Line extends west to Hastings, but bypasses the terminus station! Trains reverse out of Lewes to continue to Hastings (or reverse into if going towards Brighton) 1 October 1847: Line from London arrives and joins just before the junction to the terminus station, trains still need to reverse in/out of the terminus to continue. 1 November 1857: Second station opens in the angle between the London and Brighton Lines. [Railway Magazine, January 1950] 1 October 1868: Line to Uckfield opens on a rising viaduct to the north east. 1878/9: Re-signalled 1887: Building work starts on third station. 17 June 1889: Third station opens. [Railway Magazine, January 1950] Other layouts There are/have been several models of Lewes in various scales and eras, including some on RMWeb. There is also a 1:150 model of the town as it was in the 1880s in the Barbican Museum in Lewes, showing a bit of the goods yard and there is a model of the third Lewes station in the Science Museum. Plans We obtained 1:500 plans of the town drawn up in 1873 which shows the layout of the station and surrounding area. We had these blown up to 1:152.4 for 2mm scale and stuck them to the baseboards. It was initially decide to build the main station area and then as a second phase build the goods yard and river. Baseboards Base boards are from 6mm ply and feature a "jigsaw" board joint. The Fiddle yards are still to be designed Track Tests are underway with the various track building methods. We are currently looking at a mixture of 9’ copper clad sleepers and Versaline chair plates (for electrical connections and ease of adjustment) as well as wooden 9’ sleepers and Easitrack plastic chairs. Although the overall ballasting will hide much of the trackwork it is very exposed in some areas around pointwork, There is also the continuous check rail on both the London lines due to the sharp curvature (10 chains). A Templot plan is being prepared from the original 1879 re-signalling plans Stock We will need to build all the stock since only Terriers available commercially in N. We are working on a couple of 2mm Association replacement chassis for those. We have made a start on some etched brass Stroudley coach kits from Etched Pixels and a number of 3D printed wagons from Stockprints on Shapeways (in FXD) If you are in the Epsom area and are interested in this project come and see us on the club's information desk at our show on 22-23 April Cheers, Dave
  7. We were out in Epsom marketplace on Saturday promoting the show to the local populace: Lots of interest which hopefully will turn into attendance. Cheers, Dave
  8. Hi, We're looking forward to seeing you there. It looks as if my original thread has fallen so far down the list that I need to bump it: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/121094-nescot-2223-april-2017-epsom-ewell-mrc/?p=2658151 Cheers, Dave
  9. Hi, We operate our Peco code 55 points using SEEP point motors acting via the small hole in the end of the tiebar. One of the tiebars seems to have suffered from too much activity and the end has split off. Does anyone have a method of repairing the end of the tie bar to replace the hole and surround. We have several others that are looking a bit delicate. We were thinking of a small washer (plastic or metal) attached below the tie bar end. Would this work? Does anyone have suggestions how to attach it, i.e. what sort of glue would work with the Peco point plastic and provide a strong enough bond for solenoid operation? Many thanks, Cheers, Dave
  10. Hi, Stroudley patented an "Improvement in the means of and apparatus for locking facing points or switches on railways" in July 1866, before he joined the LB&SCR. The Lewes re-signalling drawings of 1878 refers to "All points connected to Passenger Lines are Interlocked". Hope this is of interest, Cheers, Dave
  11. Epsom and Ewell Model Railway Club's 2017 Exhibition Saturday 22nd April and Sunday 23rd April 2017 at the North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT), Reigate Road, Ewell, Surrey KT17 3DS Full details on our Website Opening Times Saturday 22nd 10 am - 5:30 pm Sunday 23rd 10 am - 5 pm Admission Adults £7.00 Accompanied Children (under 16) Free Refreshments available FREE on-site parking for 500 cars Level access for the disabled Layouts attending Brighton East, 4mm/ft, EM, Brighton, Sussex (1998-2000) (13'6" x 3'4") Calderwood, 4mm/ft, OO, L&YR (1900) (26'9" x 6') Clayton West, 4mm/ft, OO, BR, West Yorkshire, (1993) (17' x 6') Coldfair Green, 4mm/ft, P4, East Anglia (1920-1960) (16'6" x 2') Dragonby, 2mm/ft, N, East Midlands/North East (2010s) (16' x 4') Dubmill Sidings, 7mm/ft, O, Freight yard in the North West (1968-70) (43' x 4') End of the Line, 7mm/ft, O, Coal distribution point (1960s) (12' x 5') Eppleby, 7mm/ft, O, Private railway, Durham/Yorkshire border (1930s) (12' x 5') Fisherton Sarum, 4mm/ft, EM, BR, Salisbury (late 1940s) (20' x 3') Hebble Vale Goods, 4mm/ft, EM, Halifax (1970s) (10'6" x 5') Hornby Junction 4mm/ft, 00, Children's activity layout, using products by Hornby Ltd. (9' x 5') Lightermans Yard, 2mm/ft, 9.42mm, BR, Goods Yard, S.E. London (1950s) (12' x 6') Melin Llechi, 6mm/ft, 32mm, North Wales Slate Mine (mid 20th century) (18' x 7') Uden, 3.5mm/ft, HO, Dutch village (1937) (4'6" x 4'6" hexagonal) Woodstowe, 4mm/ft, OO, ex-GWR (1950s) (11'6" x 2') Searles Railway (7¼in & 5in mixed gauge, Miniature Railway Rides) Traders attending ACE Products Addlestone Model Centre All Components Branchlines C&L Finescale Ceynix Miniature Trees Dart Castings d.c. Kits Eileen's Emporium Freestone Model Accessories Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (Surrey Support Group) N Brass Locos Peter Dunk Plus Daughters Rail Books Railwayania/Replica Railways Roger Carpenter Photos Roxey Mouldings South Eastern Finecast Club second-hand stand.
  12. Whoops, typo, I meant servos, but my brain hadn't quite woken up, sorry. I also need to get my head around the MERG CBus system. Thanks again. Cheers, Dave
  13. Hi Ian, Lovely to see Freshwater yesterday and many thanks for letting me have a drive of the Terrier. It was really useful to experience and discuss several of the techniques we are planning to use on our next layout (solenoid servo uncoupling magnets and point operation, DCC CBUS route setting and the power and pick up systems on the loco). A lovely layout which I will look forward to seeing again. Many thanks. Cheers, Dave Corrected following Ian's comment in #218
  14. Hi Graham, Many thanks for the video. Glad you liked the TEAs. We are taking Hinksey to the Abingdon show on 18th March, so in home territory - we hope the visitors will recognise it. Cheers, Dave
  15. A couple of photos from today's preparation for the Tonbridge show in two weeks time. Andy has been busy weathering our new TEA wagons: Cheers, Dave
  16. I think the V-irons are W-irons with the angled side pieces removed leaving just the verticals supporting the axle boxes.
  17. Also seen at the Uckfield 2003 Exhibition http://www.uckfieldmrc.co.uk/exhib03/stgeorges.html Cheers, Dave
  18. Hi, Ian Hopkins' St. George's Hill was described in MRJ issues 100 & 101. Cheers, Dave
  19. Hi, Hinksey is about to have a busy couple of weeks. We're at NESCOT (Epsom) this weekend (23/24 April), the Club's Open day in Ewell on the 2nd May and then we are attending the Watford Model Railway Exhibition on the 7th May. Hope to see some of you at one of these events. Cheers, Dave
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    Event Name: NESCOT (Epsom & Ewell MRC) Classification: Exhibition Address: North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT), Reigate Road, Ewell, Surrey KT17 3DS Day 1: 23rd April 2016 Opening times Day 1: 10am - 5:30pm Day 2: 24th April 2016 Opening times Day 2: 10am - 5pm Prices: Adults £7Accompanied children - Free Disability access: Yes Car parking: Yes Website: http://eemrc.org.uk/ Organising body: Epsom & Ewell Model Railway Club Organiser: Peter Swift01483 576 274peter_swift@outlook.com See http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/108557-nescot-2324-april-2016-epsom-ewell-mrc/
  21. The ballast wagons are a mix of 20 Farish JJA autoballasters, all three types of NGS kits (10x JJA & 10x HQA) and Modern Image Models (10x MRA side-tippers) . Ian, I've passed the 165/166s over to Andy who is going to strip them down, smooth some slight ridges and then re-spray them (properly). We're not going to rush them. Cheers, Dave
  22. Well, we had a great time at the show, the layout behaved well and there was lots of interest from the viewing public. The show was very well organised with plenty of good layouts and traders and we felt very welcome. It was good to speak to several members of RMWeb who stopped by to say hello. I counted 50 ballast wagons in the yard: We managed to pack up and get away at the end of the show inside 60 minutes, just avoiding getting drenched by the rain. Many thanks to the Stafford Club for a great show. Cheers, Dave
  23. Hi, Hinksey Yard is off up to the Stafford show this weekend. If you are there, come and see us. Cheers, Dave
  24. Hi Kevin, It was renumbered 408 in September 1880 to make the number available for Crowborough which was completed the same month. regards, Dave
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