RBE Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hi. Just a few weeks before BoT is back out at the Stafford show. Just a quick call out on here, does anyone have a rake of TEA tanks that I could borrow to run at Stafford and FBRM in Doncaster the week after. My rake is far from finished but feel the layout would benefit from the inclusion of a rake. Let me know if anyone wants to lend me some! Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan. Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Hi Cav, I have 6 plain black, black/shell Farish ones weathered, modified couplings that bring them closer together, some wheelsets may need to be replaced to run on your track. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Ah excellent well they may well do as an addition to any others that I can muster. I have plenty of replacement wheelsets I can drop in. Could do with assembling a rake of about 10 to 12 if I can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtwo Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I was given a link to your request for TEAs at Stafford. As I’ll be there helping Ian Morgan on Freshwater I’ll be happy to bring some of mine. I have about five Esso tanks and several others in varying liveries. I need to check their couplings and what wheels they have (if any) I also have two Revolution TEAs I could bring along too! See you in a few weeks! David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) That would be great, thanks David. See you there! Edited January 8, 2019 by RBE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 Hi, I would just like to say thanks for the loan of the tanks for the Stafford show. Very much appreciated and allowed me to run the iconic trains at the location. The layout ran pretty well after some early teething problems probably due in part to the freezing temps during set up on Friday night and the contrasting lovely warmth on the show day. Sunday was pretty much trouble free aside from killing 3 DCC chips over the weekend. Something that I haven't experienced before. I will post a few pics once I have downloaded them from my camera. Next week I'm at FBRM Doncaster with the layout so if you are there come and say hi. Regards Cav 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwich Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 1 minute ago, RBE said: Hi, I would just like to say thanks for the loan of the tanks for the Stafford show. Very much appreciated and allowed me to run the iconic trains at the location. The layout ran pretty well after some early teething problems probably due in part to the freezing temps during set up on Friday night and the contrasting lovely warmth on the show day. Sunday was pretty much trouble free aside from killing 3 DCC chips over the weekend. Something that I haven't experienced before. I will post a few pics once I have downloaded them from my camera. Next week I'm at FBRM Doncaster with the layout so if you are there come and say hi. Regards Cav Glad it went well Cav! Looking forward to having a play next weekend 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 I wasn't sure whether you were coming up! More the merrier though as Alex will probably be peddling our future Cavalex projects more than driving! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted February 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2019 Great to finally meet you at the weekend Cav and despite its size, BoT is a thoroughly entertaining layout. It’s also a miniature work of art! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Thanks Mike, it was good to have a chat. It is small yes but it is 2mm scale! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Cracking layout Cav, it was lovely to meet you and for you to spend some time generally chatting while the trains went by 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted February 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2019 Cav, great to finally meet at the weekend. Layout looks fantastic by the way. Hope that the MERG option looks feasible for you, but let me know if you need any assistance. I will let you know about TrainWest as not yet planned any exhibition visits for this year yet, apart from those that I am exhibiting at! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) Thanks Richard. Yes it was nice to finally catch up. I am keen to get the control sorted on BoT moving forward. It seems that I can get a PC interface for my Prodigy so might go that way for the connection however I will still need to find out how to connect the servos for turnout control to the DCC bus and how to get my phone talking to JMRI for train control and route setting. Very keen to get going with it though. I will certainly pick your brains. Edited February 4, 2019 by RBE 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Burton-on-Trent will be appearing at Trainwest 2019 in Corsham, Wiltshire, on 13 & 14 April. www.trainwest.org.uk Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RBE Posted February 10, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2019 Just back from the festival of british railway modelling. The layout ran really well and a mega thankyou to the organisers for great show and to Alex and Will for the relentless driving!! 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted February 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2019 Great to finally see BoT in the flesh, a beautiful layout! Also good to put a face to a name and have a chat, cheers Cav! Tom. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Nice pics Tom cheers. Was good to finally get to chat, it'll be interesting to see what you do with your ideas for your next layout! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwich Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Anytime Cav - thoroughly enjoyed playing with BoT; an absolutely stunning piece of modelling! Even if the 4mm stock now looks like 7mm I hardly took and photo but did get a nice video of the HST: Looking forward to some more operating at an exhibiton soon! kind regards, Will 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Nice. That one fair rattled through. Needs Ians sound in that I think. Haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwich Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 12 hours ago, RBE said: Nice. That one fair rattled through. Needs Ians sound in that I think. Haha I think it would be rude not to! Imagine the clip with two sound power cars... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted February 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2019 A nice looking-layout at Doncaster... But what is the bus in Tyne and Wear PTE livery doing on the bridge? (It's actually a model of a Northern General Roe-bodied Atlantean in TWPTE livery.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Buy me one in Burton on Trent livery and I'll pop it on! In all seriousness I plan to do it in BoT livery at some point but it is near enough for now as the BoT buses are/were yellow white and black hence why I chose that one. It'll probably end up like this when I get around to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
definate maybe Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Hi, thought this was one of the star layouts at Donny and definitely one of the two I kept coming back to have a look at. The detailing is amazing considering the scale and the whole layout just has a great feel to it. I tried to get pictures from some obscure angles just to try to capture everything that you have done. I hope to see it out and about again sometime in the future. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1059 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 On 10/02/2019 at 19:08, TomE said: Is that a Bullion van I spy in the platform on the right ? Very nice layout - ALMOST tempted to go for handbuilt track next time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted February 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13, 2019 I must say I think Cav's method of handbuilt track to N gauge standards is the way forward. I've literally just pressed print on my first Templot template to have a go myself! Cav - have you gone for 0.85mm flangeways? At least I know my Revolution TEAs will work if I copy your standards, any failures will purely be my execution! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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