Iron Horse Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Love it Mike How high are the station name signs off of the floor on the lampposts please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted March 20, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Iron Horse said: Love it Mike How high are the station name signs off of the floor on the lampposts please? 8ft 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2019 Why don’t you add some barriers like Ian has on Tidworth to the front to keep fingers away from the lamps? They are fast to pop on and if you paint them to match the front they don’t distract attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted March 21, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2019 15 hours ago, PaulRhB said: Why don’t you add some barriers like Ian has on Tidworth to the front to keep fingers away from the lamps? They are fast to pop on and if you paint them to match the front they don’t distract attention. I have thought about it Paul, and I've also had some of the pull out type, crowd control barriers on my radar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2019 They tend to be rather expensive and heavy to carry, hasn’t your van suffered enough 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted March 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, PaulRhB said: Why don’t you add some barriers like Ian has on Tidworth to the front to keep fingers away from the lamps? They are fast to pop on and if you paint them to match the front they don’t distract attention. Agree with PaulRHB it doesn't need to be over-engineered. Not seen the Tidworth example he quotes but the flexible dowel arms attached with door stop springs and then a rope run parallel with the board front works well. Takes up almost no space in the van, cheap to do, and they fit in minutes. Also as the arms are springy there is (a) minimal safety issue and (b) that they are flexible reduces wobbling of the actual layout you get from anything fixed and rigid. Edited March 21, 2019 by john new Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin Streeting Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 21 hours ago, scoobyra said: love the tramac patch and kerb... needs a green BT box in the grass verge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted March 21, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2019 1 hour ago, calvin Streeting said: love the tramac patch and kerb... needs a green BT box in the grass verge There's no BT boxes in the car park at Castle Cary - they're out on the road Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin Streeting Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, scoobyra said: There's no BT boxes in the car park at Castle Cary ooo real world model ... my bad.. just looked like a BT road bodge... but still fantastic model Edited March 21, 2019 by calvin Streeting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 New train for you to model after today. How about the Royal Train it came to Castle Cary today bringing Her Majesty for a visit. Something a little different. Keith 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted April 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 28/03/2019 at 19:29, KeithHC said: New train for you to model after today. How about the Royal Train it came to Castle Cary today bringing Her Majesty for a visit. Something a little different. Keith I'm already half way through the Royal Train Keith. I did ask the station guys if she was coming in on the Royal Train but they didn't know. Gutted I missed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2019 1 hour ago, scoobyra said: I'm already half way through the Royal Train Keith. I did ask the station guys if she was coming in on the Royal Train but they didn't know. Gutted I missed it. They won't, the schedule is closely guarded until the last minute, disciplinary offence to reveal it due to security anyway 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, scoobyra said: I'm already half way through the Royal Train Keith. I did ask the station guys if she was coming in on the Royal Train but they didn't know. Gutted I missed it. The train from what I can gather left from Euston the night before. Keith Edited April 3, 2019 by AY Mod Security sensitive info removed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Revolution Mike B Posted April 23, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2019 Apologies for the lack of updates lately, but quite frankly, there's not been any work done at all on the layout since the last one! I have however, finally, after seven attempts, finished off Sir Kenneth Grange This is probably the hardest bit of modelling I've ever done, even though most people would find it a piece of cake. I couldn't get the paint right and no matter what I did, it still looked garbage. It's not perfect by any means but it looks ok from a distance when it's whizzing around so I'm happy to let it loose on the layout. And here it is again waiting to leave Oak Road - Paul RHB kindly photoshopped a background in for me and it makes such a difference... I've not heard from Steve Flint yet (but I've not chased him either) so I'll be making the preparations for the Swansea show in September in the very near future. I've got a load of people to add to the station area and some more cars for various locations. A new backscene board is underway and I've planned the cottages ready to be laser cut by Justin (I just don't have the time to make them from scratch), and then it's trees, trees, and more trees! There's also a possibility that we could be heading to Trainwest next year which will give those of you in the West Country another chance to see the layout, but this time in a finished state! 32 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted April 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2019 Funny you should mention TrainWest Mike - I was only asking Geoff about Oak Road's attendance the other day! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) May be by then you could include the following: https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/uk/single-view/view/co-operative-proposes-wessex-open-access-train-service.html Keith Edited April 24, 2019 by KeithHC Typo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted April 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 23/04/2019 at 16:18, scoobyra said: This is probably the hardest bit of modelling I've ever done, even though most people would find it a piece of cake. I couldn't get the paint right and no matter what I did, it still looked garbage. It's not perfect by any means but it looks ok from a distance when it's whizzing around so I'm happy to let it loose on the layout. And here it is again waiting to leave Oak Road - Paul RHB kindly photoshopped a background in for me and it makes such a difference... Now if you can just repaint the next coach into blue and grey, and maybe the following seven .. oh and the other power car, it will be a good Livery on the best train yet!! Great work on the repaint tho, I personally cannot see any problems or queries with it? The whole layout is looking superb as ever. Great modelling. Rich 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted April 25, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2019 17 hours ago, MarshLane said: Now if you can just repaint the next coach into blue and grey, and maybe the following seven .. oh and the other power car, it will be a good Livery on the best train yet!! Great work on the repaint tho, I personally cannot see any problems or queries with it? The whole layout is looking superb as ever. Great modelling. Rich It's funny Rich, the livery really suits the power car and makes it stand out in model form, even more so than the Swallow / Exec versions. Personally, I just don't have the budget, or the space to go down the 70's / 80's route but with the help of my friends, we can do a pretty good late 80's early 90's effort - something I'd like to do for half a day, possibly at Trainwest 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 43002 looking very smart Mike, my finger's hovering over the 'Buy' button for a Dapol set to respray as that and 185. Glad to hear the layout is coming to Trainwest 2020, I'll have my fingers crossed to be there. Work got in the way of this year's show sadly. A workmate mentioned to me about this great layout he'd seen on Facebook, he got his phone out to show me and lo and behold it was Oak Road! Definitely captures the scene very well Jo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted April 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 26, 2019 19 hours ago, scoobyra said: It's funny Rich, the livery really suits the power car and makes it stand out in model form, even more so than the Swallow / Exec versions. Personally, I just don't have the budget, or the space to go down the 70's / 80's route but with the help of my friends, we can do a pretty good late 80's early 90's effort - something I'd like to do for half a day, possibly at Trainwest If you did want to do a day in 80's mode, I'd be over the moon to help you out with stock (fairly rigidly 86 & 87 - no triple grey!) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Melangoose Posted May 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2019 Last GWR HST through Oak Road 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted May 30, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2019 (edited) Apologies for the lack of updates again.....I had a little accident in my car resulting in a dose of whiplash that's getting possessively worse by the day! So. before the drama kicked off, I decided I'd replicate the 50 Tour...literately! So both of my 50s are heading for the mini Arlington and having a nice new paint job - some of the paint is still wet in this picture.... I also bought this.... ....and did this.... ....which in turn lead to...... ...and finally this..... They're not perfect but they look way better than the Hornby ones. I may also have them for sale soon! So on to the coaches, and after Dave at Wicor Models supplied me a Railroad BSK for the cost of a Bacon Roll and a Cop of Tea, I turned it in to the Generator Coach..... I'll do my usual Bachmann Commonwealth bogie conversion later. Here's coaches B (the one Ian was in) and A (the one myself, Rhys and Stu were in) - luckily, we were right behind the locos for the thrash from Penzance back to Exeter.... So that leaves me with the layout. Unfortunately, I've had to vacate the workshop as it's been let to a customer, meaning the layout is now stored in the office, and with my neck and shoulders wishing to cause the rest of my body as much hassle as possible, I won't be doing anything else to it anytime soon, even if I do get the use of another workshop as I'm signed off work! Before I took it down though, I did manage this.... A big thank you must go to Eurocell of Fareham for supplying the UPVc fascia board. I wanted something durable and lightweight, and this fits the bill perfectly. Justin made me up some gussets for the supports and he's also supplied me 80 smaller ones to strengthen up the legs! If it looks like the fascia is rising up in the middle, that's because I've set the angle of the middle support at 92 degrees - this will compensate for hanging Tim's Nameplate from it and levelling it back out. Right, that's about it for now...hopefully it won't be too long before I'm on the mend and back at it for the Swansea show where we'll have a new crew member as Graham has joined the team to help cover for Dave. Edited May 30, 2019 by scoobyra 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Revolution Mike B Posted June 12, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) Tried do do a bit more on the layout but it just kills my neck, shoulders and back after 30 min or so.... Hopefully once the physio kicks in I can sort the backscenes out! Similar situation with this.... ..one of S-Kits' JYA wagons for my Whatley train. The ends weren't quite right so I've corrected them. I've not added any of the fittings yet and there's a bit of filler needed here and there, but I'm quite pleased with how easily they go together. Meanwhile, it's back to these....... Edited June 12, 2019 by scoobyra 5 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempfix Rich Papper Posted July 5, 2019 Tempfix Share Posted July 5, 2019 (edited) Hi Mike. This just pinged into my inbox. Not sure if you have this one - 43041 Meningitis Trust - on offer at Rails. Rich https://railsofsheffield.com/products/35930/Hornby-r3685-oo-gauge-gwr-class-43-hst-power-cars-pack-43041-meningitis-trust-support-for-life-and-43005 Edited July 5, 2019 by Rich Papper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted July 8, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2019 On 05/07/2019 at 18:45, Rich Papper said: Hi Mike. This just pinged into my inbox. Not sure if you have this one - 43041 Meningitis Trust - on offer at Rails. Rich https://railsofsheffield.com/products/35930/Hornby-r3685-oo-gauge-gwr-class-43-hst-power-cars-pack-43041-meningitis-trust-support-for-life-and-43005 I've been offered one by Hornby (amazing gesture) but I'd already made it from 43188 a day beofre they released the official model! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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