John Rich

Hello John, Just returned to RMweb after a year or so and found this thread, I have to say what a delightful layout this is. Inspirational. John

The Signal Box in the photo is rather nice, I suppose the best thing to do is once the track diagram is finalised work out how many levers would be required to operate station limits then add in the off scene advance starter plus anything else required within the box and work out how big it would need to be. Once we know that we can always add in "modellers licence". John

Haven't had a chance to look in on this thread for a couple of days, fantastic sequence of photos from the development of the bridgework down to the unpainted wood wagons, this layout is truly superb. I'm a bit miffed at the moment as my new and hardly run Dapol Jinty has sheared a crank pin nut of all things, good response from Dapol service who are going to fit a new wheel set but if I hadn't been lazy and built a kit I could have fixed it myself, hey ho !!! Seeing layouts like this keeps morale up. John

Sorry I couldn't make it to the club last night, last minute elderly Mother duties threw a spanner in the works. Track diagram looking good so far. John

Thanks Simon, interesting article. John

I have often wondered with brake levers on one side only how much of a pain in the proverbial this must have been for the shunter if the mix of wagons meant the levers were on different sides, I assume he would have had some "trick of the trade" to get around the problem or were there alway levers on both sides but only brake blocks on one side of this type of wagon ? John

What a superb thread this is, the photos are stunning. I hope to bump into this layout at a show one day. John

I have been quietly following this thread for some time and I have to say that all the photos are excellent but those photos of 60109 are absolutely stunning ! John

Yep, really looking forward to the J72, multiple orders will be a must. John

Just found this thread, being in the process of a downsizing house move this layout is so inspirational as I am not going to have a dedicated layout room. Still we are moving to Pickering which of course does have a mighty fine railway in town John

Damn and blast, having now seen these photos I think I am going to have to go back to my open wagons and retro fit the strapping and knees. Fortunately having not long returned to Railway Modelling my wagon fleet is tiny John

Great photo. Being a painter of military figures as well as trying to be a Railway Modeller it's always good to see a nicely painted figure, good on yer Mr Knight. John

Coming along very nicely.

I took early retirement from the aviation industry when the opportunity arose at age 55, never regretted it and hopefully you will enjoy many years of leisure activity now. John

I have always loved seeing your modelling skills Allan although artistic skill is far more appropriate term. I have to say that these latest photos just take my breath away, the skill level is just stunning. John

I for one am really happy you decided to share, your modelling skills are nothing short of inspirational. John

A good point, I was just trying them out but with an aversion to electrics maybe wire in tube will be worth looking into when the time comes. Even the Cobalts on my mates layout are not infallible and he has had a couple of failures, trying to reduce what can go wrong will be my target. John

Nick, I am building a small 6 x 1 terminus to keep my hand in whilst attempting a house move. I installed SEEP motors to try them out,they are just about ok but knowing now what I do I wouldn't use them again. I thought it was my wiring at fault but I now believe one or two of the point motors weren't working very well. Having installed lots of Cobalts on a friends layout and found them vey user friendly that is the way I will go when I get a chance to start on a larger layout again. John

Love the aerial view. John

An interesting little snippet I picked up some years ago whilst standing starring at various waggons and carts in a museum was that the reason we have a dashboard in a car is because the board at the front of a cart to protect the driver from the spatter from the horses hooves was called a dashboard because the spatter was known as "Dash". Apologies if everybody knew that, and I was the only one who didn't

Fabulous picture, one of the joys of railway modelling is to be able to create snapshots of social history like this. Wonderful. John

Yep Littlehampton still has some lovely Semaphore Starters. John

I have just found this thread and have to say the quality of the modelling is superb. It is particularly interesting to me as we are attempting a house downsize move currently and I was a little concerned about my reduced modelling space. Seeing what you are achieving in your available space has put those concerns to rest, if I could equal a mere smidgen of this quality I would be a happy chap. John

Lovely shot of the W1 on LB Tom, your video on weathering the W1 using Flory Models washes was inspirational. I have just used them on a couple of Hornby A3's to try them out and I am really pleased with the result, many thanks for the tips. John

Hello Alan, I have been away for a few day's so I am late to your post regarding the possible dismantling of kingsbridge. I am certain that whatever you build will of course be stunning. Personally I am always drawn to the smaller layouts at shows, I don't know why but I am and I have also enjoyed Iain Rice's Cameo Layouts book. Planning a house move means I don't have a large layout at the moment so I am tinkering around with a small 6 x 1 layout that will have a small fiddle yard and I am enjoying it probably more so than trying to build a larger layout, and of course it becomes a much more achievable project. Good luck with your decision making and if a new cameo layout appears I look forward to the thread. John