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  1. Some tarting up being done prior to DEFine. Photos taken a week or so back and more work has been done since. Come to DEFine and find out what!
  2. Whilst tarting up Braynerts Sidings for DEFine show in January (look it up!) I've found several jars, tubs etc. of coal in various gradings - plus a large lump that came from trackside at Foxfield. I didn't pick it up but it came my way in due course. I'm treating it as an investment and potential useful addition to my pension😇
  3. Very nice. Major Taylor stem as well. Don't respray it, a good clean and polish will be perfect. After all, it only has its original paintwork once! Saying that, some of mine were resprayed but they didn't have original paint anyway. I have bikes from 70's onwards. I time trialled on some earlier this century. The look on some of the younger riders with their tri-bars and pointy helmets was worth seeing.
  4. Sorry to say I didn't make it to Wakefield show at the end of September. I was having problems with aspects of the layout and my health wasn't to good. Since then I have been struggling with fitting Dinghams to a selection of wagons (10), a brake van and 2 locos. I have to say this was not an enjoyable experience as I find them very fiddly to assemble in the 'approved' manner. Eventually I did my own thing and I do now have them fitted. Because of the tight curves I have found that I needed to make adaptations to avoid derailments due to sideways forces on the hooks from the loops. This has been the addition of the replacement loop 'end' with a shaped length of 0.45 brass wire soldered onto the loop with the original 'end bar' removed. I'll take a photo or two soon. Getting the height of loops and hooks is a bit of a faff as well and I will still need do some tweeking. I don't expect 100% reliability but something close to that would be good! I am not using the magnetic uncoupling system but have a long brass pin with a very small bead (Thanks to Mrs 5050) at the head end. This is held in a small pin chuck and is used to flip up the loop by hand. The layout is booked to appear at the DEFine Open Day at the beginning of January at Ripley (🙄) Risley near Derby. More details to follow!
  5. Attaching Slaters etc. sheets to ply or card. Coat the ply/card with a film of Evostik, let it dry thoroughly and then attach the brick sheet with Limonene which takes much longer than Mek or similar to dry and gives a chance to get it positioned accurately. I have some buildings I built in the late 70's with this method (pre Limonene, I used Mek) and they are still perfectly OK.
  6. What a pity the UK didn't follow the US in making OO gauge 19mm. There would have been no need for EM or possibly even P4 and all UK outline modellers would be part of a nationwide happy band of brothers. Possibly....................😇
  7. And no gas, no flush toilet, no double glazing, no insulation. A real home from home.......................🙃
  8. My late father-in-law was in Bexhill with Spike Milligan before they were all posted to North Africa. Mrs 5050 has Spike's autograph on a regimental re-union dinner menu, held each year in Bexhill. Anyone remember the Goon's episode - 'The Phantom Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea'? All relating back to their time in Bexhill.
  9. That looks like hours of fun! Keep us posted please.😁
  10. I was going to suggest Enigma (I am rather biased after all!) and can confirm that the concept will probably work with Setrack small radius points.
  11. That was my first port of call! Very useful, thanks.
  12. Thanks Paul. I've got the basic principles of the design but there are a couple of little nuances that I was hoping to clear before I start. I'm going to have to make a set up and test them on Braynerts before I go into fullscale production. If you've seen any posts on here or elsewhere about the layout you will see that the trackwork is rather atypical for a P4 layout and the curves may well be much to tight for Dinghams in their standard format. I will also make up a 'super loop' version to see if this will accomodate the curves and pointwork. Come to Wakefield Show Sept 30/Oct1 and find out if I've succeeded!
  13. I was wondering if anyone has a set of these or a copy. I've got an etch of the originals and one for the Flippem version and I'm trying to get my head around the various settings. I've also got the Flippem height gauge and various downloaded instructions for 'homemade' versions. The online Flippem videos I don't find very helpful I'm afraid. I'm hoping to fit the couplings to stock for Braynerts Sidings where a couple of the 'spotting' locations are rather awkward to get to with 3-links. My own fault for trying to be clever with the track layout!
  14. Fascinating. I wonder if they were the inspiration for the Dinky Toys A4 train? PS - loved the music, an excellent Tango (which I never really mastered!)
  15. So, does anyone know what the OP's motor is? Personally I don't have a clue and I do have several motor adverts etc. from the time. Perhaps it was a very short lived HP2M replacement as the 'gearbox' looks very similar.
  16. I didn't know you were triscadecaphobic! I think you can get an ointment for it these days...................🙂
  17. Heathen! Is it 'cos they was built at Swindon? Ugliness is in the eye of the beholder and I like 'em! A bit of 'character' unlike most diesel powered boxes.🙂
  18. Definitely a Cornard one. A couple of Wakefield clubmates had them BITD ('70's) and they performed well for that era. I do however have a nagging suspicion that they might be a tad underscale? Or is it that they use an HO chassis and I'm getting confused (as usual....)
  19. Some time ago I designed an etched layout plaque which only needs the year changing each year, the artwork basically stays the same.
  20. Still here! (no groaning at the back😜) Getting on with various details including a very low relief bridge at the right hand end exit, 2 more locos 'finished' and a small platform for workers trains positioned above the controls. I have a set of suitable old coaches that I would like to use. Better than them sitting in a box on a shelf! I've also taken a leaf out of Ruston's book and fitted another LED light fitting from B&Q behind the fascia. This has improved the illumination no end. The original LED strip seems extremely dull on its own now! The 2 together give (to me anyway) a more natural overall effect. Still a LOT of detailing to be added. I'll try and get some fresh photos taken this next few days.
  21. Sorry to be so long but I couldn't find it! I now have (I thought there were 3) but I must have sold 2 at our show last year. Also sorry to say that it is a dead frog one, rather a massive dead frog as well compared to a Streamline one! Good luck in your search.
  22. I think I have some points tucked away somewhere. In boxes and (I think) unused. I'l need to trawl through my 'stash' and get back to you.
  23. Thanks, hope we arrive early enough to get an easy space! One of our party is currently in hospital so it may only be 2! He will, however, be phoning a shopping list to me so at least 2 traders will be pleased.
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