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Does anyone know if the Sydenham laser cut station shown last week is available as a kit?
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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.
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I'm not doing many but next one is Sunday, March 5th at the Chesham show.
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I will be exhibiting Wilne Lane Yard at the Princes Risborough Exhibition this Saturday. Come and say hello if you are visiting.
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I also think the line at the front adds more to the layout than the original plan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A couple more pics.
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Hi James,
Some good progress. Can you advise where the window on the goods shed was from please?
Thanks.
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What about a low (stone) embankment wall at the lower level with a slope of grass banking up from the top of that?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.