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Kier Hardy

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  1. Realistic enough for all the rivet counters out there? 😁 Seasons greetings!
  2. https://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/proto_index.html for a list of people happy to print Ironmink's (Jonny Duffett) software.
  3. He was a very talented modeller, family man and a good friend, so this month's emgauge70s website update is dedicated to him. https://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/model_omwb204.html Rest in peace my friend.
  4. @Rufus Harbud Thank you for your kind comments Rufus, they're much appreciated. I like to think I've created a convincing enough scene that portrays parts of North London where I can run a selection of rolling stock to bring back memories of the early 1970s. The layout of course is fictional (as are the majority of model railway layouts built), so with some careful research following prototype practice, as well as advice from friends and professional railwaymen, the results have culminated in a believable and historical setting.... maybe more so than some layouts based on real places with their associated compromises, compressions and lack of imagination from the builders, although that in itself is a very subjective matter - and besides I couldn't think of any location in the country that would satisfy my modelling requirements. With over 25 feet of arched retaining walls on the layout, I produced a silicone rubber mould (using a Hornby master) and cast them in 2ft resin sections, as firstly the costs would be astronomical buying commercially produced products, and secondly the supply chain had run dry by the time I'd chosen the style and pattern which suited the layout. Now you have the space to build something for yourself, I look forward to seeing your work in due course - the surroundings, architecture and structures are just as fascinating to be as the trains that run through them.
  5. Thanks chaps. Having the friends with the same interests and their own projects, provides inspiration by the bucketload, and we can always help each other out when the need arises. I keep often keep an eye out for the Wharfeside progress reports.... great stuff . Cheers, Kier
  6. To celebrate the 200th Update page on the emgauge70s website this month, we not only share with you our latest layout and rolling stock projects, but also our reminiscences from those earlier days. Put the kettle on, make yourself a cuppa and I hope you enjoy the big read. https://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/site_preview.html Cheers, Kier
  7. Here's one of the rakes at Hornsey Broadway made up of Bachmann mark 1s in various liveries, representing a prototypical C1970s scene @ 5m 44 seconds into this 7 minute video. All the best.
  8. If you were a trainspotter back in the 1950s & 1960s at any location along the East Coast Main Line, no doubt your first consideration would be the number of the locomotive, and perhaps the consist of the rolling stock. It's possible you may have known some of the footplate crew, but generally they would have been anonymous. This post is all about Driver Charles Kirton who was held in high regard working the top link express trains, so I thought there wouldn't be a better place to share this bit of information about Driver Kirton than here in Wright Writes. No doubt if you were 'lineside' during this period, you might just have caught a glimpse of him. I'd always known that my wife Sara's Grandfather was a train driver out of The Cross, but until the recent passing of my Mother in Law, and the subsequent clearing of her house and contents, a folder containing newspaper clippings and letters has just come to light, so I thought I'd share some of it with you. Notes on Driver C Kirton dated June 1962 Driver Kirton pictured in charge of A3 locomotive 60067 Ladas – date and photographer unknown. British Railways – Notice of Royal and Additional Trains, Thursday 8th June 1961. For further details and images, please see......... http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/proto_driver-kirton.html 60067 pictured ready to leave Kings Cross. From the 'Great Northern Line News' (British Railways Eastern Region September 1962). I hope this is of interest to some of you..... it certainly was to me. I might just have to get myself a model of Ladas and convert it to EM gauge, even if it is out of my usual era of interest. Seasons greetings to one and all. Best wishes, Kier
  9. You will probably find that that is a AF container decorated as a AFP container, which is longer in length and so fictional in Birds Eye livery. The Birds Eye AFP containers saw further use with Macfisheries. The AFP container was available as a whitemetal kit from Genesis if you want to be accurate.
  10. Hi Pete, Thanks for all your hard work in promoting this event. It's gone past door opening time and I can't seem to find my way into the show - all the doors are closed for me at the moment. Just for us thickos, can you paste an up to date link that will allow access to the show (below, rather than an edit to post 1). Cheers
  11. I think you're getting the hang of it.... with your back catalogue, there's enough to fill a book of inspirational stuff.
  12. That was Trainwest at Melksham in 2012 with Wibdenshaw, managed by the late great Geoff Endacott. His shows were always full of top notch stuff, and he blew me away with his interview to a local radio station during the weekend - a true wordsmith and excellent host / manager. Here's some more images from that weekend - http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/layout_operators12.html
  13. Yes, he's always photobombing, and spoiling a good picture!
  14. No chips in any of my locos, just good old fashioned (antiquated) and reliable (simple) 2 wires. Hornby circuit board removed, but it could have stayed if some material was removed from the ceiling in the resin bodyshell
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