Jump to content
 

Fishplate

Members
  • Posts

    962
  • Joined

Everything posted by Fishplate

  1. . . . for an Infestation of Panniers
  2. Ref my comment above, spotted a cascade on the A169 on the drop into the 40mph limit, Whitby side of Sleights and thought of you 🙂. You can see it on Streetview on the link below. You might need to select the October 2009 view (hopefully the link does that for you though . . .) Sleights Cascade
  3. Planning to be there on Sunday. Will come and say hello. Looking forward to seeing this in 3D. John
  4. Saw some Peco 4mm scale Conductor Rail (Z Gauge running rail) at a reduced price over the weekend on my local model shop site (TMC - happy customer, no connection). Quickly measured up the Carriage Sidings, Headshunt, Up and Down Lines and part of the descent to the Goods Yards where electric trains will be reversed and transfer to diesel power will take place for Freight*. Order placed for 18 1/2 metres of Con Rail. Insulators previously ordered, but not sure I've ordered enough of those now. Future fun to come putting that lot together. * Not sure I'm up to wiring the Goods yards for the overhead electrification for my Class 71 though.
  5. Next one for the backscene scaled out. Very fiddly architectural detail on this one, but a lovely building.
  6. Looking good. If the subsequent channel is steep, then sometimes a set of cascade steps to reduce energy when water from the culvert hits the beck could be put in. Not something I've seen modelled.
  7. Looks like 54 is (roughly) the average then, although (@Mark Townend + myself) / 2 = >54. So we need some more Young Muddlers . Mrs FP and I used to be proud to bring the average age down quite considerably when we visited National Trust properties. Now we have moved through the average age range and on to just noting the younger people compensating for us . . . .
  8. Is 54 the average, or lower, age of LM followers. . . . 🤔
  9. My first mini was doing that in the late 70's. Well before cars had the current "auto switch off when stopped" function.
  10. Hi Rob @RobAllen. I experimented with S&W couplings on my Mk1 layout and concluded they weren't for me. I've got various packets left over from that and am happy to pass on. Let me know what you are after on a PM and I'll have a rummage to see what I have. Better used by someone than lying idle.
  11. Another one for the backscene. My impression of Faversham station water tower is taken from old photos, counting bricks from Google Streetview and comparing Google Earth dims with brick dimensions. The tower was converted to a house quite a few years ago now. However, the back of the tower still shows what the front would have looked like. The railings around the top were there in black and white photos. I presume the tank has been converted to a balcony / terrace. Hopefully the link below takes you to the back of the tower : https://maps.app.goo.gl/JTTqxTdkEs4GYf1N7
  12. 4F Where F = flippers or feet depending on species. Apparently.
  13. Hopefully there is something more substantial holding the track to gauge on the other side of these rails😬
  14. It's a real picture. The evidence shows there is often a break in the space time continuum when trains take the junction towards LM. . . . .😇
  15. Thank you Jules @JZ. I've bookmarked your great illustrated description for future reference.
  16. Final coat on the Carriage cleaning platform puts it into 'fresh' concrete. I've used acrylic paints mixed to what I hope looks like an appropriate representation. It is darker than the pictures indicate. Needs dirtying up a bit to reflect foot activity off of ash ballast. I will set this into ballast on board 3 (buffer stop end) and leave the section on board 2 loose until the railway is in its final position. I don't want to put any stress into this if the boards flex as they move and the level is finally set. I can reach the area on board 2 quite easily. I've realised Track cleaning is going to be a bit of a challenge on the far road. Looking back to when I first posted about this, construction has taken over a month to complete amongst other things that take up time in life. It is still Jan 1st 2024 in the railway room. My (self imposed) deadline of having the railway reassembled was rather optimistic. Concentration now turns to the backscene.
  17. As opposed to: https://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/news/north-yorkshire/news/news/2024/03-march/the-moment-we-found-an-11-year-old-boy-towing-a-caravan-along-the-m1/
  18. Hang on a mo. It takes about a week to get one train from Endcombe to LM. Now we see multiple moves in less than 24hrs. On a Sunday!!! Not just before the pubs open, but the LM vicar can barely have put a foot in a sock. Have we entered a parallel universe???
  19. I suspect that was an understatement! What a superb result you've achieved
  20. A bit like knowing that the BR symbol had the top arrow pointing to the front / bow/ pointy end of Sealink ships, which meant it was right insofar as the corporate image book was concerned, but visually 'wrong'. Another useless pub quiz factoid 😂
  21. Means 'limited clearance, no position of safety beyond this point' in my (railway) world. . .
  22. Bothams are Mrs FP and my favourite. Currently forced to go in there and sit on the sofas on a Friday morning due to a series of appointments in town. It's tough, but someone's got to do it. . . .
  23. Agreed. Please could you do some adjacent 'before & after' pics @KNP?
×
×
  • Create New...