Yorkshire Square

An update later that month: Bit more progress on trackwork for Hull Bridge. The bottom three points are complete and have been glued down. The upper crossover need tie-bars and is then ready to place. Just one more point for the yard entrance to manufacture.

That's a very nice loco. Considering the prototype!

I've decided to move this from a blog to a thread to allow ongoing posts from me and anyone else who wants to. Initial entry from November 2016: Time to start on a new layout. After Brafferton, I want a bit of a change; a smaller layout and a different era. Hull Bridge will be a Hull and Barnsley layout set in the early c20th. Hull Bridge itself is a fictitious location and supposes that the H&BR built another small goods yard just east of Sculcoates goods station, on the opposite side of the River Hull. It will be urban in nature with ranges of warehousing and goods handling facilities. I already have a baseboard, built with foamboard, that was originally intended for a BR blue layout subsequently aborted as James lost interest in model railways. I have successfully used this technique for baseboard construction before on Masham. I have also decided to go back to basics, so the trackwork is all copperclad soldered construction and of necessity I will have to scratchbuild/kitbash much of the stock. The buildings will be generally of card construction with brickpaper rendering. So far I have developed a track plan and applied this to the existing baseboard. I have made a start on track work with some lengths of plain track and one crossover manufactured. ] I have yet to finalise the scenic features and would welcome any input on the nature of the buildings and any photographic examples that might help me along. As always, any comments are more than welcome.

Some more progress on the new layout. All the points are in place and I've nearly completed the intermediate trackwork. Just a couple of second rails to be soldered onto a few short lengths. Then on to wiring and a sector plate: Meanwhile I've been painting and lettering some 1887 RCH wagons. I figured that if they're around thirty years old, they'll be pretty grotty:

Very nice Job! Your scenes are very evocative and modelled to a very high and consistent standard. Hope you get your eyes sorted.

http://www.2mm.org.uk/articles/64xx%20chassis%20conversion%20kit/index.html From link at top of Association website page.

Justin, I just use the Tortoise units straight to a moving sleeper tie bar; drill a small hole in the centre of the sleeper to accept the wire. Move the fulcrum right to the top of the unit to minimise the throw and that's it. I've tried the Cobalt units, without much success; they often stutter and fail to stall. They may work better with DCC control, but I've stuck with analogue for points/uncouplers.

Happy New Year! Nothing especially important to advise. Those of you who attended the AGM and those who read the Magazine will be aware that Andy Carlson won the Barker Trophy for a lovely trio of tank wagons. Amongst these was one of the Association Air Ministry Tankers: As I was packing one to ship to the States, I thought I'd take a snap of what comes in the kit: I have plenty in stock, so don't be shy.

Hi Justin My own personal preference is for brick paper. A few tips: Apply the paper to the card shell with Pritt stick. This avoids the paper getting wet and tearing or deforming. Don't fold the paper around corners. Wherever possible build walls in the flat and apply brick paper and any other details. Leave the brick paper overhanging the ends of the wall. Once assembled trim back the paper using a scalpel or razor. Touch in the edge with a little watercolour. Where you have to fold the paper, very lightly score it on the rear using a very sharp blade. Good luck!

Underframe! ^^

It very much depends on how your layout will operate. If you want long trains (say 20+ wagons) to be pulled, you won't want your wagon to be as heavy as if you are pushing wagons around in ones or twos on a shunting layout. Personally I use a sheet of lead and typically fill as much of the etched undergrad as possible with bits of said sheet. There is nothing worse than buffering up to a wagon and watching it ping off along the track; you want to see some resistance as would be evident in the real thing.

Very nice, Jerry. Are there etches for the splasher tops or will you have to fabricate those too? It's very laudable to have a get things finished session; I've been working to clear some of the partly finished items too. At the same time it's exciting to start something new. I've just commenced Hull Bridge and this will need three or four scratch built H&BR locos. These were designed by Matthew Stirling, son of Patrick of "Stirling Single" fame. 2017 should be interesting!

Thanks Paul. I do know that production of plastic kits is often more difficult than their simple appearance would indicate. Once I have some in stock, I'll post here.

The wheel elves have been busy again and 2-008 is now back in stock: I have also received a goodly supply of 2-010 which whilst not out of stock, was running uncomfortably low: Get your orders in and start the new year with a new wagon.

Hello Tom This product has been out of stock for some time, indeed back to when I was Sales Officer. It seems that David has had no more success than I at obtaining a supply. This kit is in fact the N Gauge Society kit and from their website seems to be still current and available. Why they won't sell any to us is beyond me...

Earlier in the week I attended the Lancashire and Yorkshire Group eastern meeting hosted by Brian in Northallerton. As well as a good natter and the chance to scoff cake and drink tea, the evening afforded time to make a start on a buffer stop for Hull Bridge: I've also been sketching a few ideas for scenery to the rear of the layout: Track laying continues steadily, another batch of rail has just landed from shop 1 which will allow the final point to be fabricated.

I nearly bought an L registered Viva as my first car, but having almost written it off on the test drive due to non-existent brakes, I ducked out. Went for an R reg MkII Escort 1.6 Ghia in silver with orange trim. Would a teenager get insurance for such a beast these days?

Having been out of stock for a little while, I'm pleased to say that item 2-347 is now available again: Most frequently used when the cylinder was mounted above the chassis, these components are supplied in pairs. Suck em and see!

Bit more progress on trackwork for Hull Bridge. The bottom three points are complete and have been glued down. The upper crossover need tie-bars and is then ready to place. Just one more point for the yard entrance to manufacture.

Time to start on a new layout. After Brafferton, I want a bit of a change; a smaller layout and a different era. Hull Bridge will be a Hull and Barnsley layout set in the early c20th. Hull Bridge itself is a fictitious location and supposes that the H&BR built another small goods yard just east of Sculcoates goods station, on the opposite side of the River Hull. It will be urban in nature with ranges of warehousing and goods handling facilities. I already have a baseboard, built with foamboard, that was originally intended for a BR blue layout subsequently aborted as James lost interest in model railways. I have successfully used this technique for baseboard construction before on Masham. I have also decided to go back to basics, so the trackwork is all copperclad soldered construction and of necessity I will have to scratchbuild/kitbash much of the stock. The buildings will be generally of card construction with brickpaper rendering. So far I have developed a track plan and applied this to the existing baseboard. I have made a start on track work with some lengths of plain track and one crossover manufactured. ] I have yet to finalise the scenic features and would welcome any input on the nature of the buildings and any photographic examples that might help me along. As always, any comments are more than welcome.

Thanks for replying Chris. Hi John, please see my initial post; if there's not much happening here, I might not reply to your enquiry for several weeks. Probably best to email me with specific queries - shop2@2mm.org.uk or post in the Any Questions Answered thread. Cheers Tony

Thanks. Good to know that!

Limited supply and likely to go fast in light of cold weather! Still plenty of trousers, our main stock in trade...

Those of you teetering on the N Gauge/2FS divide will be pleased to know that the Farish RP25 converion axles are now back in stock: These can be used to enable N Gauge wheels to be used in our standard etched chassis. Convert away!

Last in this batch of updates. All back order Paypal requests have been sent, so please check your inboxes and send me some dosh. Then I can send you your bits! Before I go on, I'd just mention that the last of the Air Ministry Tank kits (riveted version) has gone. I have a decent supply of the welded version. To be honest, I had to get the high power magnifier on to differentiate between the two, just a few bands of microscopic dots around the tank itself. Anyway, on to what we do have! The last tranche in this update is a miscellany of chassis. First up the RCH 9' wheelbase chassis 2-324. This can also be used for the SNCF mineral body; zut alors! Also featuring a 9' wheelbase, 2-342 represents a closer to home Midland prototype: Finally, a couple of fitted chassis, 2-366 being of Southern persuasion and having four brake shoes: and 2-372 being LNER which has 8 shoe clasp brakes. This underframe complements the Parkwood plastic bodies: That's all for now. I've just fulfilled an order for 20 lots of top hat bearings (1000 bearings or 250 wagons!). Look out for some very big 2FS layouts coming your way!