Andy Keane

And indeed there are some YouTube videos mentioned above where these noises are present though not so obvious as on the model.

Yes I did know that - but the real issue is the change to the air brake systems on almost all preserved locos I guess.

I am now laying down all the ground cover and so was looking again at the pictures showing the carriage shed. Paying more attention this time I see one of them shows a small bunker or staithe just to the right of the carriage shed entrance with what look likes coal or rocks in a black and white photo. Perhaps this is the remnants of a small coaling facility for the steam railmotors. Anyway I though yes lets add that while I am about things and then I find my embankment is too narrow just where it needs to go! The photos show all I can do with the current embankment and its way to close to the track. So back to foam and hill building to add enough of a bulge there to get the darn thing in. Such is the life of a modeller.

That's a lovely model Neal. I suppose they ran into Henley back in the day?

Having watched the WSR Mogul trundle through Blue Anchor last week it certainly does not click - but then no doubt it has a more modern brake system. I wonder how the Dapol team sourced their recording for this.

Not if you have a wife who is into horse racing though.

Here are the Helston photos:

Thanks - and sorry for not noticing earlier. Hopefully @Coach bogie can post a response there!

Very nice indeed. Could you post a list of all the extra bits and bobs you needed alongside the etch and where they came from please?

I think I will get one of the Zimo Dumbo 8 ohm speakers and use that on my Manor, which has the accurascale sound project so getting the best of both worlds. It should allow the smoke box speaker to be used alongside the dumbo.

Is this a YouChoos set of recordings you are using?

Interesting. I think Phil @Harlequin left his connected and got to 4 ohms in total. I wonder if having both is worthwhile. I assume the inbuilt decoder is happy at 4 ohms but I guess it invalidates the warranty.

As has been mentioned earlier on this thread I am assuming Helston did not have a metalled station road in my time period and so am planning an old fashioned macadam finish that will be slightly rough and a very pale fawn in colour as still seen on some farm roads around the country and particularly in the US. The same will be true for Godolphin road which was the road into Helston from the station area. Both roads had pavements and those I am planning to be a very pale grey asphalt, except right next to the station which was paved in stone. But I am now pondering the road into the goods yard and the yard itself. I don't think a goods yard would ever have had a rolled macadam surface, so I am planning a pale ash / cinder finish for the yard, made dirty where coal is handled etc. This will be a very light grey. So were to make the change. Perhaps macadam up to the goods yard gates and then ash / cinder beyond. Or maybe the macadam would have gone a bit further up the road into the yard. Any thoughts much appreciated.

Neal have you wired this in series or parallel with the smokebox speaker? I am wondering about the total impedance the sound chip is driving. Andy

If you get stuck I will cut a bit of mine off my stock and stick it in an envelope!

The today in Romsey. Not GWR but at least a shade of green:

A related question. When a long retaining wall ends and the wire fence starts would a straining post be used or would the wires be attached to the wall in some fashion? I guess its not obvious how to make such attachments and allow for the wire tensioning bolt fittings so maybe a post was used, even though a substantial structure belonging to the railway was present? I guess the same question applied to bridge parapets. Andy

Now modelling that would be a real subtlety!

A nice visit to the WSR with a mogul and Witherslack Hall running. And having never been there before I thought Blue Anchor station was lovely: But Watchet was nice too:

Indeed - this seems like a great plan. Andy

I was thinking of printing the whole set of bolections as a single strip to go in after painting?

I suspect laser cutting will be way cheaper if you do batches and also thinner and clearer? But interesting to see. The other thought is painting bolections - might it be worth printing them separately to aid painting?

Duncan, I have been thinking about the coach glazing. If it is possible to source laser cut window glazing parts might it be possible to arrange a slight pocket on the inside of the coach to accept a slightly oversize bit of glazing plastic? What thickness of glazing plastic would be your preference? it struck me that very many coach windows are similar and large batch cutting to supply your customers could easily be viable using a commercial laser cut service. Andy

Yes it seems the drawing has been rather hurriedly made from two scans. Easy to fix though as no doubt all the third class compartments were the same.

Does anyone have a photo of an E19 to confirm the drawing that shows the narrow window on the the 5th compartment from the left hand end? https://gwrcoaches.org.uk/LowRoofs.shtml#E19 It leads to a very shallow seat in that compartment.