Phil Bullock

So update on progress…. All scenic boards now ballasted and embankments grassed. Now on to adding fencing and starting on trees. Suffered a disaster when the wind blew board 3 over on to its scenic face …. The risk of working outside. That’s Norton Junction …. The signal box took a bit of a hit … although repairable … but the 3 signals on that board were wrecked. Oh well … had to build some new ones any way this winter as based on the diagram in the post above am adding splitting distants in the up direction and also relocating Abbotswoods down advanced starter and Pirton Sidings distant to the other side of the road bridge. Viv Moss has also kindly supplied a photo showing Abbotswoods up starter was on a bracket and there’s was no distant for Spetchley. Also started work on home made trees … and Cousin Brian is looking at the Norton war memorial for me to see what might be possible with laser cutting. John Peck at Precision Labels is working on 3D printed telegraph poles too … some need 12 and 14 cross arms! Plenty to do before the Redditch show in March then….

D6325 and D6342 were both from store at Worcester and as the other Class 22s from Worcester are in that line up it makes total sense for those two to be there too. Very sad!

I think you won’t regret it!!!

4 of us meeting in Churchdown and then heading up to Worcestershire Parkway to get the train on Saturday. As you say has to be better than driving … as long as the 10.14 isn’t just a 2 car unit!

I use an impact driver …. Admittedly for bolts …. For assembly and breakdown of Abbotswood and Norton Junctions . Set up = 116 bolts to undo (6mm with captive nuts) and 40 to do up. Decent nuts and bolts are key (not from B&Q) and have to endure torque isn’t set too high when tightening. Had a few seizures initially which meant hacking off bolt head with grinding disc in dremmel but now everything has been undone and tightened a few times no such issues. A squirt of wd40 on all the bolts before setup helps too….

Well at least it isnt at 2.30 ….

Lucky I have a dentist appointment on 29th… 😀

See you there! Travelling up by train from with @Downendian @Pierre Le Brun and Digby. Can’t wait to hear and see the new Accurascale announcement. Ha ha the filter keeps deleting the code for our boarding station! Worcestershire Parkway …. W O P

Great news are you there Saturday?

Nothing about a dreamy Caramel then?

The burning question is how many slices of millionaires shortbread are needed on the stand at Warley!

The tiniest amount of gel superglue… applied with a pin …. On the edge of the grille recess. Just make sure they are on the right way around … rivets on the frame on the outside

Ah where was that then?

And it’s why ECoS now chucks out 7 amps…

Caerphilly?

Yes indeed the Deltic does …. Which makes it a better comparison

Was that on an HST ? Plainly not an of - fish - ial arrangement then! 😉 Or was it from Llangammarch Wels? Wels fish

Do those locos have stay alives?

Very nice! Wonder if the CBAs are any closer ?

Absolutely! Often seen on the triple headed iron ore trains to Llanwern …. Before that on Waterston to Albion tanks …. And they started off as lickey bankers when first delivered.

1965 picture of the Worcester train on This page There always seemed to be a redundant loco tender with this crane

They are the frost grilles which go over the radiator slats. Name is self explanatory..

D6702 drifts south through Wadborough today…

There’s no need to enlarge any holes on my D6702 … all the pipe work is a snug fit and is easily secured with a tiny dab of cyanoacrylate. With the buffer beam deeply recessed it is easier to fit the detailing with the body off … you can see what you are doing then. Fit the buffer beam end of the MU jumper too …. Then refit the body before plugging the jumper in to its body mounted receptacle. Whilst you have the body off fit your crew too… What a cracking model!

Would a merchandise wagon generally have drop sides and rigid ends? Whereas a mineral might generally have small side doors and an end tippler door?