SRman

Nice!

 Locomotive cab rear? Or tender front?  Â

I think that's what "makes" Peter's layout; everything is understated yet there is some incredibly fine and carefully manufactured detail there if you look for it. B)

Notice that those four NSW locos are all to different scales!! Great pics there, David. :icon_thumbsup2:

I put a Lenz decoder in mine but also removed the capacitor from the top of the PCB. Mine has not yet been run-in as I now have no continuous run (layout recently dismantled). I tested briefly on DC first and found it ran sweetly from the word "go". It growls a little at speed but the lenz decoder seemed to actually quieten this a bit. It will get a good running-in turn soon on DougN's layout but in the meantime, I have had to content myself trundling it up and down a short bit of track on one of my branch line boards that is still intact. I did lower the cab slightly so it sits flush with the short hood - a very easy modification. My only gripe with the Lenz decoder is it "forgets" the state of the lights if the power gets interrupted at all. There may be a CV setting on this decoder to fix this problem but I haven't studied the manual ... yet. I'll also see about dimming them a bit while I'm at it.

Now he can't count either!! Jon, Gary, Doug ... and me! Any other takers??

Stirrer!!!

A quick question without notice: were the 12-wheelers on the Bournemouth belle repanelled? I have not found a clear enough picture to tell whether they had matchboarded or smooth sides.

What can I say but "WOW!" If you start mass-producing them I'll take a couple! That looks superb, Dave. :icon_thumbsup2:

Fingers crossed behind back! It wasn't me!!!!! Â B) Â

The 207s also had completely different internal layouts for each coach. EDIT: Sorry: essentially I duplicated gillinghamgus' contribution. I'll go and sit in my corner now! Â

Well, Gary, I have just this minute finished placing an order with Trains on Time for a class 150/1 with Howes' sound fitted. But, if you want something a little different to the usual, perhaps the 86 might be the go. Personally, I love the small to medium Sulzer sounds, and would love a 26 but can't justify one. The 26 would give you something slightly different from the Bachmann 24/25, especially if you bring it over to run on Peter's Llanbourne! Â Â Even so, all of your options would sound good! Pssst! Let's keep "ganging up" on Peter! We've already got the thin end of the wedge in ... Â Â Â :icon_wave:

... And we won't tell the Boss. honest! Â

You could experiment with a resistor or two in the motor circuit on the 33 to slow it down a bit, Pete.

There is a way you can get the 33 and 37 speeds to match ... but it involves going DCC!

I agree, the BR blue skip looks rather good - the livery sits well on it. A also rather like that Southern Plastic Pig too. That livery seems to sit well on anything they have put it on ... and anything they might put it on too!

Those photos have come out well, Pete. It was a very enjoyable meeting yesterday. Hope you didn't mind me taking over the layout for a spell! Â I meant to ask, too; whose kit was the Clayton? I like the way he did the headcode.

Just name the ones you want me to bring ... Â

Well, there goes my Alexander kit-built version that won't pull the skin off a rice pudding. Maybe I can de-motor it and double head with a Heljan one ...Â

I have no objections to you using my vids (with acknowledgements). Arranging in class order seems a good idea to me. PM me if you want any further details or original clips sent.

Stop the excuses Rick! Start laying that third rail that the Southern Railway was going to extend into Cornwall before the war scuttled their plans! Just kidding, of course. Lovely pics as always. The proximity of that Volkswagen to the cliff edge rminds me of when we lived near Tintagel for a while (circa 1960); we arrived at our new home on a wet, stormy night. The next morning, my father discovered just how near we had come to falling off the cliffs! The car (a mark 1 Consul at that time) was parked rather similarly to that Volksy in your pic!!!! Keep those great photos coming, Rick. :icon_thumbsup2:

Going off-topic a bit from Rick's excellent Penhayle Bay, a few modellers use another approach to modelling stations too long for their layouts; they model only a small part of the station and have the rest disappearing under a scenic break (say, a road overbridge or a large shopping centre). This leaves much of the station to the observer's imagination, and gets over the problem of platform lengths versus train lengths.

They did run regularly in Wales, just not that far north. Still, a class 33 (or two) wouldn't look out of place on Llanbourne. Good news too, regarding Heljan 33s; they now sport the newer style wheels, which means a lot less wheel-cleaning is required.

Pity he couldn't smuggle that 33/1 back with him in his luggage!! Probably just a tad overweight! Next question: will they let him back into the country?? Â