[Blackford Bridge - O gauge]

Hi Steve,

I think your ideas to re-use your late Dad's items is great and hope you manage to build something fitting.

I believe the station building is actually modelled on a SMJ railway one, possibly Byfield or similar. There were plans in an old Railway Modeller magazine in about 1968/69 from memory.

Alan.

 

[Wilne Lane Yard]

Not posted for a while, couple of recent pics below.

 

[Little Trains & Big Names with Pete Waterman]

Does anyone know if the Sydenham laser cut station shown last week is available as a kit?

 

[Wilne Lane Yard]

Don't forget you can catch Wilne Lane Yard at the Olney show tomorrow.

 

[Wilne Lane Yard]

53 minutes ago, Bungus the Fogeyman said:

I also see that your 2023 World Tour of Buckinghamshire will be taking in Olney in early September Alan.......Looking forward greatly to seeing Wilne Lane in the flesh there.. (I will be the one deserting my layout to salivate over yours all day!!)

 

Disgusting of Market Harborough

Looking forward to meeting you in Olney.

 

[Wilne Lane Yard]

Wilne Lane will be at The Silverfox DCC exhibition in Milton Keynes on August 19th. Drop by and say hello if you are visiting.

 

[Wilne Lane Yard]

I'm not doing many but next one is Sunday, March 5th at the Chesham show.

 

[RISEX 2023 - RISBOROUGH & DISTRICT MODEL RAILWAY CLUB EXHIBITION]

Thanks to all for the positive feedback today. We had a good time with Wilne Lane Yard.

 

[Wilne Lane Yard]

I will be exhibiting Wilne Lane Yard at the Princes Risborough Exhibition this Saturday. Come and say hello if you are visiting.

 

[Enlarging a Scalescenes box file kit to 0]

I also think the line at the front adds more to the layout than the original plan.

 

[A garage, O scale and the Ploughley Hundred Light Railway (was Gawcott & Westbury Light Railway)]

Ray,

 

I am aware that Slater's do both in embossed plastic sheets:

S0434 4mm space planked sheets (planks are 4mm wide) and S0437 7mm scale corrugated sheet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[A garage, O scale and the Ploughley Hundred Light Railway (was Gawcott & Westbury Light Railway)]

Ray,

 

I think lowering the building somewhat is the right thing to do. I also wonder if you would be better cladding the walls to give either a wood planked effect or corrugated iron to reflect the light railway status.

 

[Model Railway Journal 293]

I picked one up from Magazine Heaven at Rushden Lakes on Thursday. Almost walked off empty handed when there was no copies with the rest of the model railway magazines on offer. I just decided to have a quick look at the "real" railways section on the other side of the store and spotted about half a dozen copies. The assistant seemed uninterested when I pointed out they were in the wrong section though.

 

[Wilne Lane Yard]

Newly constructed pipe wagon kit is shunted. Parkside kit which had been residing in the cupboard for a few years.

 

[Wilne Lane Yard]

"I'm sure that tree wasn't here when we passed earlier".

 

[Canute Road Quay]

On 07/08/2022 at 12:06, Graham_Muz said:

Canute Road Quay is on the road again in a couple of weeks and is appearing on Saturday 20th August 2022 at the Silverfox DCC MRC exhibition being held at the Oakgrove School, Venturer Gate, Milton Keynes MK10 9JQ

https://silverfoxdcc.co.uk/exhibitions/

It is good to be at exhibitions again, especially as many Model Railway Clubs/Societies have lost such valuable income from the lack of exhibitions during the pandemic,  so if you are able to visit the show, and support the Silverfox DCC MRC, please drop by Canute Road Quay and say hello.

I thought it was an enjoyable show at a great venue with ample parking.

 

[Wilne Lane Yard]

A couple more pics.

[Wilne Lane Yard]

Still awaiting weathering and crew, newly completed 1F shunts the yard today.

 

[Knightacott - 7mm newbie BLT]

Hi James,

Some good progress. Can you advise where the window on the goods shed was from please?

Thanks.

 

[A garage, O scale and the Ploughley Hundred Light Railway (was Gawcott & Westbury Light Railway)]

What about a low (stone) embankment wall at the lower level with a slope of grass banking up from the top of that?

 

 

[Wilne Lane Yard]

Just a few pics to replace some of the missing ones following the recent outage.

 

[O Gauge Auto Couplings]

7 hours ago, jamest said:

Hi,

 

Apologies if I am being stupid here - on the lincs system you can couple anywhere? It does not have to be over a magnet?

 

I see how the wire pulls down over a magnet to uncouple but I'm struggling to visualise how they push past each other to couple away from a magnet.

 

Regards,

James

James,

It is possible to couple anywhere as the force of the hooks pushes each away when they are pushed together. In practice though you will have uncoupled over a magnet so one hook is normally held down.

One advantage is that it is possible to vertically lift a vehicle by hand from a train when in the fiddle yard for example.

Also if you have long trains the couplings act like 3 links in that each vehicle picks up in turn when pulling away.

[Wilne Lane Yard]

1 hour ago, Barnaby said:

Knock knock Alan ................is there anything happening here just now, like a short shunting video?

 

Having tried to make a video on my new occupancy "Portobello road" i now realise there is a little more to it than just point & press., but I still ask just in case.

 

Regards

 

 

Best

Hi Mark,

 

Not done much on the layout for some time now. Lost the modelling mojo for a while but have just picked up building the 1F kit again.

 

I have plans to add a couple of small trees on the embankment at some point.

 

Not thought about a video, maybe give it a go but my phone camera is not up to much.

 

All the best.

[New Martin Street PLA/GER goods depot]

23 hours ago, hayfield said:

 

These are scratch build aid kits from Fair Price Models and are in my opinion both well thought out kits and excellent value for money. The quality of the product will depend on how much detail is added by the builder

 

There are other laser cut kits where brick and other details are cut into the surface, but again it will be as good as the standard of finish applied

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/fair-price-models

 

Well worth a look

 

 

What you have seen with what I have built so far is not even the full kit, these two other sheets can be used. I will use the windows and if I was using brick paper I would use the other strips for giving raised brick courses, however as I am using brick embossed plasticard the relief will be in plasticard

 

Thanks for posting this. I wasn't aware of their kits. I model in O Gauge and have had a look at their Ebay shop. Some potentially useful kits on there.

[Midland in Tewkesbury]

16 hours ago, Tricky said:

Modest progress of late, but still proceeding quicker than in recent weeks, so not complaining! 
 

I’ve added gutters and down pipes, fabricated from brass tube; glazed the windows and also added some timber strip which will support the platform planking. 
 

I’ve also started a lantern which will come out from the wall on a fancy bracket, more photos to follow anon. 
 

I do like the angled window surrounds.