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I am sure if you message Steve at Railtec he might do some as a custom job?

Looks good Paul, nice to see what you have done here.

Great to chat yesterday Rich, hope your electrical gremlins stayed away!

Wow, that looks excellent, amazing considering how poor MTK bits were.

Respect to you, nice job from what looked to be a very tricky set of bits to work with!

I designed and built a wooden framed Garden office a few years ago and bought an Ebauer (Screwfix/B&Q own brand) impact driver as my Makita cordless drill/screwdriver batteries were getting knackered. I was sceptical how good the impact driver would be (especially as ordinarily I prefer corded power tools) but it has had quite a bit of use and has been brilliant, so useful to have on hand.

RTC livery is still on the mainline courtesy of 69004: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rob50037/52606396789/in/photolist-2o9DwZc-2nkyxR6-2nhC72H-2oPnqfP-2n66Frn-2pcw8Eu-2oRZsTH-2njTp7R-2oS41S2-2nuoWLk-2oP8F92-2pcuc1Z-2ofzLSi-2nqXCqC-2nhexbg-2nkbUqj-2oTa8FW-2p5vziM-2naJWj4-2naJWnq-2nwzCmQ-2n8ZLWV-2n479mA-2ntjRn7-2nLRYbj-2niAeLh-2oQ8tjn-2o72QtT-2mZaygJ-2n6PPoA-2n48NUF-2ngtgUH-2nyhAEx-2o1b3GH-2nSpayN-2nT8C1G-2n5YmK1-2oaArAJ-2n473WR-2oh8zkx-2nmctii-2nvEvKv-2n68je8-2nynQuN-2oEKKx8-2naCoqo-2oPouVy-2nfGafr-2mZbBzW-2oTmHjj

Good luck Rich, I had forgotten this was on this weekend, might have to see if I can get a pass out..

A bit of recent progress on the plank, I have mostly been painting things. The building frame has been painted a concrete colour as I need to paint it before adding the glazing and associated framework. I also bought from @mudmagnet some detail bits including a fueling point, battery charger and fire extinguishers etc. Most will appear on the plank but some will go on the extension to Peasevern Yard. Further work is planned on the concrete hard standing as drainage needs to be bedded in before I fix the fuel pump down. I was lucky in my research to find a photo taken looking into one of the sheds which was perfect for mounting inside of my shed end. Unfortunately the loco in the picture is a red stripe liveried Romanian class 56 which is fine most of the time when the class 60 is on display but it is not ideal for my 1977 stock With a bit of cut and paste I managed to stitch in a domino headcode class 47 from another picture which is ideal for 1977 but not for the class 60 so a solution was required. The answer was to cut a piece of card to size then stick an image on each side and then I can remove and swap it over depending on which locos I am photographing; 1977; 1992

Thanks Dave, agree, just hope the detail can be seen when it is on the layout but I know it is there at least

I had some painting to do on some bits I had bought for the photo plank so took the opportunity to do some bits on a 3d printed Forklift I had bought of ebay for the warehouse. I wanted a fork lift that was suitable for the 1970s and this one looked like it fitted the bill albeit a bit basic detail wise. It is what is known as a counter balance forklift which were used as a general purpose truck but these days are mostly used just for loading and Unloading of lorries; The key bits I noticed was the "mast" was missing the hydraulic ram to lift the forks as well as there being no control stalks or handrails. Also the wheels had an unprototypical hole in the middle. I raided my stash of micro rod to make a ram and also cut small sections of rod to fill the holes in the wheel. Brass rod made the handrails and control stalks;

Thanks for sharing the links to the photos, very handy for my own scratchbuild.

Ha ha, thanks Nick. All in good time but it it is definitely at the back of my mind to use it as a test bed for DCC..

I have made a start on the display for.the class 60 which can be found here;

A few weeks ago I made the impulsive purchase of a weathered Heljan class 60 off Ebay, I hasten to add I am not an impulsive person but do have a soft spot for class 60s. Ever since 2003 all I have ever bought loco wise has been BR Blue or suited to 1976 to 1978 and my Avon Street (in Bristol) inspired exhibition layout "Peasevern Yard" is firmly set in 1977 so there wasn't an opportunity for the class 60 to find a home on it hence my decision to build a small single road photo plank. I had previously built (and sold) a Finsbury Park inspired depot scene which would have been ideal except it was a bit wide for displaying on a shelf, but it did inspire me to build something on the same lines which would be flexible enough to be used for all my stock. I live near Bath and have a few local railway books and hence hit on the small shed at Westbury. I started with an offcut of ply which was cut down to 15cm x 60cm and then had framing added. I had some spare O gauge track which had been ballasted and some foam board used to create some raised concrete area. I uses offcuts of ply to create a backscene which is painted the same sky colour as the backscene on Peasevern Yard (P7Y), although the plan is not much will be on show by the end of construction. To provide a scenic break on the right I decided to scratchbuild part of the servicing shed. These were very basic but also long lived (with some modifications) so ideal for both the class 60 and my 1977 stock. I have some strong photo mount card so decided to use that for the depot frame; The dimensions are guesstimates from photos but in essence it is 12cm tall by 14cm wide. I was lucky to find a head on photo of inside the shed (albeit with a class 56 in shot) that will be mounted on the end to provide an illusion of depth. Here is the framework in place

Great job on this Al!

Great update! Apologies I missed this when you first posted it, that helps, I never realised there was so much too controlling the power. Thanks!

Wow, some serious metal work going on there, great to see a photo of it when new as well.

Looks good Al, nice to see another one of these completed.

Agree with you re GBRf livery Nick, it looks good on most locos.

I think the fan looks ok to me/ this pic from Brian Daniels, I do know of at least one class 37 in preservation (37215) is fitted with an undersize fan : https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianews/8696582084/in/album-72157626899648349/

That station building is amazing, great job.

Today has all been about glazing, with 17 windows in total fitted to buildings. The easy one was the big warehouse, with ready made windows which slot into aperture although the lower level were a loose fit, to combat that I put clear plastic sheet behind the window to hold them in place; I am really pleased how this is shaping up, next job is to sort the doors and loading canopy, my original choice of canopy is too narrow really. The 17th window was to fit the office/ pump house for the cement terminal. I scratchbuilt this from plastic strip, with one part being modelled as an opening segment. I have also added some roof felt from 800 grade wet and dry paper, gutters are on order.

Thanks. They were a pain to remove from the sprue as they are so close to the feed, I tried old side cutters but in the end used a small pair of pliers and snapped them off, which worked fine.

One job I have been meaning to do for ages is the lamp brackets on the side of the Veranda on the Dapol 20t brake van. The Dapol lamp brackets are very fine but incredibly fragile and they had broken off with not a lot of Handling. Slaters sold me some lost wax ones which are much more robust and are an easy fit. I have also been making progress on the buildings for the extension with a wash of grey being applied over the gatehouse and warehouse. The warehouse no longer looks like it was built yesterday and the grey effect works well with the fact the building is in a cement yard. I also painted the blocks under the modern warehouse to represent the reconstructed stone. I have fitted a roof, lintel and doors to the gatehouse/pump house for the cement silo. Next job is to fit the windows and make the entrance steps.