RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted September 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2016 Good to have you back Marcus and don't worry think all the mojos went on holiday together!! Looking forward to more soon Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Mojo returned last night, and I laid and wired track on my Cranford shed board. Delayed when I ran out of copperclad for the edges of the shed road. C&L order is on it's way though and it gave me an opportunity to order an inspection kit too! Pictures at some point. I also explored my new loft last week, has definite potential for about 8 m of running, down the centre with room for return via an enourmous fiddle yard so I'm thinking about adding Godmanchester to Buckden to allow some double track roundy roundy Marcus. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted October 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2016 Sounds interesting Marcus looking forward to the photos. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 Been quietly and slowly making some progress on my shed scene. Few pics below. The board has a guagemaster transformer built in with a kettle lead and mains switch. Then a Model W handheld controller on a DIN plug with 5 section switches. All the track (C&L plain) is in and I've used plenty of copper clad as there's a lot of joins across the boards. Marcus. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted December 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2016 Looking good Marcus glad to see you back at it Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 After a year in storage I retrieved and erected Buckden over the weekend on some Railway Modeller May 2017 inspired legs. It's in the spare room at the moment whilst I convert the loft to a dream railway space: I gave it a bit of a clean, wired up the spaghetti and put back on everything that was mobile, and took a few snaps: I've also been doing some work on my Cranford Shed board. Base coat, some landscaping and a couple of structures are coming together. I now just need to source some etched 4x4 pane industrial windows before I crack on with the "Shed" bit. I want to get some grass down on this board as I find that greenery really makes a layout look like a landscape, and am toying between static grass (perhaps the new Peco applicator) or hanging basket liner. Marcus. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold fishytrains Posted May 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2017 Looking pretty good despite the long storage. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Looking pretty good despite the long storage. Mike Thanks Mike. It was well crated and looked after by my mother whilst we were between train-appropriate housing Marcus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 I know! Me too - it's really sad. It's also sad seeing so much of what was left of this line being bulldozed - I've seen three station buildings go in my lifetime. Marcus. The current A14 "improvement" works will not help. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 The current A14 "improvement" works will not help. Chris Yeah tell me about it! At the moment there's a huge construction encampment right next to the track bed on Brampton Rd and there is activity on the Buckden Station site. Marcus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted May 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2017 Looks like the Lunar landscape at present. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted May 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Good to see you back Marcus, Looking forwards to further progress and greenery. Cheers, Mark Edited May 18, 2017 by 46444 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_anorak59 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Only just found this thread - please excuse a latecomer. I only live 'down the road' from Buckden, and I have to say you have captured the feel of the place to a tee! I remember the old station building well (but long closed when I came to know it) - unfortunately, no photos. I agree with the earlier comment that the whole area has taken on the appearance of a lunar landscape recently too... Not Buckden, but close - have you seen this website?: http://huntingdon.ccan.co.uk/content/category/categories/transport/rail Some unusual shots of the line around the ECML, Huntingdon and Godmanchester including demolition trains - may be of interest? If you've seen it before, apologies - and I'm looking forward to your next developments and watching with interest! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted July 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2017 Thanks for that link Billy. I lived in Brampton during the 50s (my parents ran The Dragoon) and I learnt to swim in the river near the weir just along from the Brampton bridge. This has brought back many fond memories. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Only just found this thread - please excuse a latecomer. I only live 'down the road' from Buckden, and I have to say you have captured the feel of the place to a tee! I remember the old station building well (but long closed when I came to know it) - unfortunately, no photos. I agree with the earlier comment that the whole area has taken on the appearance of a lunar landscape recently too... Not Buckden, but close - have you seen this website?: http://huntingdon.ccan.co.uk/content/category/categories/transport/rail Some unusual shots of the line around the ECML, Huntingdon and Godmanchester including demolition trains - may be of interest? If you've seen it before, apologies - and I'm looking forward to your next developments and watching with interest! Thanks Billy - I had not seen a lot of those photos! Marcus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 (also apologies for delayed response - I have been at sea: https://icylab.wordpress.com/ ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 (edited) I was at mum's last weekend and walked from Godmanchester to Buckden along the Ouse to see what was happening with the new A14 works (a big bridge!) and found this bridge abuttment and some more bits of track bed you can get onto: In other news my attic is being boarded out and electrics added in 9 days... Marcus. Edited October 11, 2017 by Ivatt46403 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 (edited) I've been very quiet on here but modelling has been going on! Especially in the last few weeks when I've been working on Cranford Shed: Marcus Edited April 23, 2022 by Ivatt46403 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 And just to show an overview, I wanted to experiment with a proscenium arch to frame the layout, and a plain backdrop, I think it's worked out reasonable well, but I need to colour the arch (dark?) and I think block of the fiddlestick and sector plate. I also want to add a lighting strip to the arch, but haven't found anything suitable yet. Marcus. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight-Freight Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Really interesting reading through this. I've lived near Huntingdon for the last 13 years so not long enough to have known any of the old lines but I can picture where they would have been based on the landmarks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 50 minutes ago, Midnight-Freight said: Really interesting reading through this. I've lived near Huntingdon for the last 13 years so not long enough to have known any of the old lines but I can picture where they would have been based on the landmarks. The best place to start is the Middleton Press "Branch Lines around Huntingdon: Kettering to Cambridge" which is what started it for me (and is my mother's oddly enough). 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) A *cough* rival publication I know, but Cranford Shed appears in this month's Railway Modeller: Available now at all good newsagents! Marcus. Edited April 23, 2022 by Ivatt46403 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobbler Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) Enjoyed the Cranford article, my Wife’s father was born in a Quarry cottage at Cranford, his Dad drove the quarry machines, his uncle the locos ! Cranford number 2 was his favourite loco, we took him to see it in steam at Foxfield nice little layout Richard Edited March 12, 2020 by cobbler 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Thanks Richard! He would have likely known my family then - Doug Jones was my great Uncle and he drove Cranford no. 2 (and lost several fingers to it). I still have cousins who live on Top Dysons. Marcus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Excellent article on a quite superb layout. Another for the less really is more category. Congratulations. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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