RMweb Premium 37058 Posted August 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 7, 2017 Stunning mate, just stunning Cheers Anthony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Wow. This thread is a joy to follow - this layout looks so 'right' with the stock on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Young Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Just stumbled across this thread (N gauge and modern image aren't usually my thing) but the subject intrigued me as I spend a lot of my time on Burton Station catching trains to and from work, or driving trains through Burton at work. Superb Modelling and you really have captured the prototype very nicely, great stuff! One advantage of Burton in your chosen timeframe is the sheer variety of services that passed through, local and express passenger, coal, steel, the Kingsbury tanks, Freightliner boxes and even the TPO could all be seen daily. Cheers, Andrew 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Thanks Andrew. The benefit is also a double edge sword as I need to purchase a lot more stock to run it properly!! Still it allows me to do lots of rolling stock projects and be able to run them prototypically! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Hi Cav, Thanks for taking the time to do a few stock pics. If you didn't know you would be hard to tell it's 2mm. Super work you can't beat a ploughed up Duff. I notice the stock list doesn't have any class 20s and another Peak would be nice. Though to be honest you could keep building stock for this layout for years. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Too true Peter. I don't have any 20s yet but will get some at some point. They are very expensive though for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted August 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2017 If you didn't know you would be hard to tell it's 2mm. If it was one of the bigger scales, it would just be track work compressed to fit practical baseboard sizes with none of the surrounding scenery, and would not look as good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Too true Peter. I don't have any 20s yet but will get some at some point. They are very expensive though for some reason. I did wonder if there was a reason. Plus you have to buy two and I bet they don't do dummies. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 If it was one of the bigger scales, it would just be track work compressed to fit practical baseboard sizes with none of the surrounding scenery, and would not look as good. Totally agree Ian, The great thing about 2mm is the fact that you can have more scenery and run full length trains. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 I did wonder if there was a reason. Plus you have to buy two and I bet they don't do dummies. Cheers Peter. Yes that is exactly the issue. You need 2 of them and no they don't do dummies. I understand why they don't because they can sell a full price motored one so why bother with a cheaper alternative? What we need is someone like Dapol doing a 20 and offering a dummy version to kick start bachmanns mentality! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) Any consolation as for lack the of stock at present Cav - on the real thing sometimes not a lot really happened Maybe wont go down well with the viewing exhibition public though...... Some on here surely can remember this from hours and hours dozing on the Brute Trolleys on platform ends in the 70's waiting and waiting. All before the advent of Realtime Trains of course. Ian Looking good. Edited August 12, 2017 by Crisis Rail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Actually Ian, I always found the waiting part of the excitement when out trainspotting in my youth. A train every minute would get old pretty quick. I wish that that mentality was present at shows as I would like to run layouts in general a little more pedestrian to replicate that sense of real life suspense. Would give time for people to look around the scenics too but hey we live in a world where everything must be now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Actually Ian, I always found the waiting part of the excitement when out trainspotting in my youth. A train every minute would get old pretty quick. I wish that that mentality was present at shows as I would like to run layouts in general a little more pedestrian to replicate that sense of real life suspense. Would give time for people to look around the scenics too but hey we live in a world where everything must be now! That's all gone now with Real Time trains, but then there isn't the variety there was back before the 90s and without a WTT you could find yourself sat somewhere a very long time waiting for something that might not even run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 I did wonder if there was a reason. Plus you have to buy two and I bet they don't do dummies. It's claimed that dummy versions wouldn't be any cheaper as it's only the motor that would be not required and they are very cheap. However, there is also the gear train and pick-ups not required but no doubt different wheel-sets and possibly bogies to hold them would be necessary and full assembly would would be different and still required. One of the new (not yet available) class 20s will be the competition prize in the new N Gauge Journal so watch out for that and have a bash at winning it. G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 (edited) Actually Ian, I always found the waiting part of the excitement when out trainspotting in my youth. A train every minute would get old pretty quick. I wish that that mentality was present at shows as I would like to run layouts in general a little more pedestrian to replicate that sense of real life suspense. Would give time for people to look around the scenics too but hey we live in a world where everything must be now! As they say - it's grim up north. Waiting on Todmordon Station at 6am in February bagging those elusive 40's and 25's was "character building" to say the least for us 14yr olds (there was only so much machine "Dairy Crunch" you could take) And the supply of ready made materials for building shelters from the elements on the WCML embankments eventually became exhausted and hard to source..... Sadly missed. Ian Edited August 15, 2017 by Crisis Rail 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 It's claimed that dummy versions wouldn't be any cheaper as it's only the motor that would be not required and they are very cheap. However, there is also the gear train and pick-ups not required but no doubt different wheel-sets and possibly bogies to hold them would be necessary and full assembly would would be different and still required. One of the new (not yet available) class 20s will be the competition prize in the new N Gauge Journal so watch out for that and have a bash at winning it. G But if they set out from day 1 to make the dummy like an item of hauled stock instead of the powered one without a motor in then it would be much cheaper. The same body but with a different chassis more akin to a coach. I may have a go at winning one! As they say - it's grim up north. Waiting on Todmordon Station at 6am in February bagging those elusive 40's and 25's was "character building" to say the least for us 14yr olds (there was only so much machine "Dairy Crunch" you could take) And the supply of ready made materials for building shelters from the elements on the WCML embankments eventually became exhausted and hard to source..... Sadly missed. Ian Indeed. Alas the railway world isn't what it used to be! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Waiting on Todmordon Station at 6am in February bagging those elusive 40's and 25's was "character building" to say the least for us 14yr olds (there was only so much machine "Dairy Crunch" you could take) My last memories of Dairy Crunch was hurling over a stonewall at Woodhead in the summer of 76 having eaten one too many at Doncaster earlier in the day and succumbing to the heat stroke. Not one has passed my lips since and up till then they were standard trainspotting consumption. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 (edited) Haha Dairy crunch were awesome. I haven't had one of those in years. Machine Boril for 12p a cup were also one of my mainstays. Edited August 16, 2017 by RBE 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 My last memories of Dairy Crunch was hurling over a stonewall at Woodhead in the summer of 76 having eaten one too many at Doncaster earlier in the day and succumbing to the heat stroke. Not one has passed my lips since and up till then they were standard trainspotting consumption. '76 was a bit warm even up here. We managed to "offload" from the machine at Edinburgh Waverley well into double figures if you had the right technique. Apologies Cav - back on track. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMinion Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Sorry if I have missed this but what is N2? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 It's N gauge that is handbuilt using 2mm components with the below track standards at turnout crossings to give better running and a finer scale appearance. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMinion Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 So it's 2mm finescale then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 No 2mm finescale uses a change in gauge and even tighter flangeways which require all stock to have a change of wheelsets. This way you get the same look (flangeways aren't quite as fine but still finer than standard N) but I am able to run stock on standard (modern RP25 wheels) straight out of the box which saves money on wheelsets and allows visiting stock to run. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 A little more progress. Now trying to juggle scenics, fiddle yard construction and stock preperation. Start of the Shobnall Road bridge. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
87023Velocity Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Stunning Cav, its certainly looking the part. Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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