RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted December 23, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2018 Moi, cynical...jams is! Jealous would probably be a better word as I attempt to expand my 15 roads to squeeze another couple of trains in! I think you will need that loft extension! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Hmm, I sense a bit on cynicism creeping in here! But yes, I certainly have room for more than one train in my fiddle yards (well 74 in fact) - so I suppose you are right! (However, I certainly don't have 74 spam cans - that would be quite excessive! Tony Happy Christmas Tony. Can't see how 74 Bullied pacifics is excessive!!!! C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted December 24, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2018 Well certainly the Southern Railway had a few more than that! Happy Christmas to you too! Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted December 24, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) As a final pre-Christmas update, here is where I have got to with the quarry building: seen above from the railway bridge on the Old Churminster road, and below from the headshunt to Churminster Goods Yard: I have made a clumsy attempt at blocking out some of the background intrusions that add nothing to each picture! A couple of the quarry's narrow gauge shunters (of indeterminate origin) have crept into the pictures. May I wish everyone who follows or visits this thread a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year! Tony Edited November 6, 2022 by Tony Teague 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Tony Teague Posted December 30, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) This feels like the right time to undertake a 'Review of the Year', although I didn't do one last year - so here goes. I started the Churminster & Stowe Magna thread in October 2016 and during the last three months of that year there were just 42 posts, whilst there were 80 during the whole of 2017 and that has grown significantly to 304 during 2018 - which is gratifying because they are not all mine! The thread has also now been viewed 27,000 times which in my mind, makes it worth doing. At the start of 2018 we had just completed a photo-review of some of the more unusual coaching stock, I had built and installed the 'Brewery Tap' P.H. and Churminster Goods Shed, whilst Geoff Taylor's magnificent 'Wadleys Brewery' had recently been settled into the industrial scene around it. At that point Jack P proposed an "A-Z review of Southern Locos" - a challenge that I picked up and ran with for the several following months! When we started the "A-Z" I had thought that there were just 9 locos missing from my collection but irritatingly 11 more were added during the run through - albeit they were fairly obscure types - so I started to regret having taken on Jack P's challenge! Nevertheless, during the year, five of the 20 missing locos have been delivered - DLT's almost - scratch - build of the Ex-LSWR K10, Chris Phillip's builds of EKR No.4 and DS74, my own efforts with the Shapeways E6-X designed by Javier L, and Andy (thegreenhowards) stirling efforts with the L12 kit of parts designed by Arun Sharma - which has reduced the total missing to its current level of 15, but better still - solutions have now been identified for all of these 15 missing locos! DS1169 shunts fellow departmental loco DS74 within Churminster Shed At the same time the Z class was rebuilt and there were a couple of other additions to the fleet, including Hattons excellent model of the P class - with fairly brutal weathering by myself: Whilst all of this was going on, I had embarked on a rebuild of Churminster Shed, based around the original Metcalfe Models shell, but completely re-clad, re-glazed and significatly weathered. With more recent scenic touches to the yard, the whole area around Churminster Station now feels more complete. On the infrastructure side, with the help of Giles Walburn of Elite Baseboards, a number of roads within the top fiddle yard have been split, increasing storage in that area by 6 trains and 8 light engines. The operating schedule that I have been slowly building is already complex, so this should ensure that it becomes almost completely unmanageable! After attending two excellent weathering courses at Missenden Abbey - each superbly led by Mick Bonwick, I started, during the year, to make noticeable, if not significant, in-roads into the back-log of weathering needed to the operational fleet. A number of locos have been completed, plus the short milk train, two pull-push sets, the Kent coalfileds train and an Ocean liner set - although the last of these is awaiting coupling changes before it goes back into service: On the scenic front, my other half completed the gardens for a pair of semi's opposite Churminster Parish Church, whilst with the help of Mike Gascoigne I have all but completed the area around Churminster Quarry. So all in all, a very successful year with significant progress on many fronts! Thanks to all of those whose help I have relied upon. I will cover what is planned for 2019 in my next post, but in the meantime, a Happy & Prosperous New Year to all who follow this thread! Tony Edited November 6, 2022 by Tony Teague 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Fabulous work, Tony. I hope 2019 brings you much joy from your very fine model, the list of locos is completed and you can iron out any and all problems. Cheers and thanks for all the inspiration, John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 1, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2019 Fabulous work, Tony. I hope 2019 brings you much joy from your very fine model, the list of locos is completed and you can iron out any and all problems. Cheers and thanks for all the inspiration, John. Thanks John, and a great 2019 to you and yours! I personally doubt that all of the missing locos will be completed this year - perhaps by end 2020? - but who knows; I shall certainly be putting some effort behind it! Best wishes Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack P Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 At that point Jack P proposed an "A-Z review of Southern Locos" - a challenge that I picked up and ran with for the several following months! When we started the "A-Z" I had thought that there were just 9 locos missing from my collection but irritatingly 11 more were added during the run through - albeit they were fairly obscure types - so I started to regret having taken on Jack P's challenge! My apologies! How many have you added to the collection since then though? We also are much richer for you having shared your collection with us! Also the "A-Z Review of Southern Locos" sounds like a book I would be seriously interested in purchasing.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 2, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2019 My apologies! How many have you added to the collection since then though? We also are much richer for you having shared your collection with us! Also the "A-Z Review of Southern Locos" sounds like a book I would be seriously interested in purchasing.. Thanks Jack No need to apologise, I enjoyed it - just trying to think of what to tackle for 2019! As above, reduced the 'missing' by 5 and also added the Hattons P and Bachmann H2 that I can think of, so a bit more modest than perhaps previously. No chance of a book from me I'm afraid - too busy modelling. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Thanks Jack No need to apologise, I enjoyed it - just trying to think of what to tackle for 2019! Tony The logical choice would be a list of your coaches/coaching stock, both existing and required! Then the wagons (trucks, opens, vans, etc.) in the following year(s)! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 2, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2019 The logical choice would be a list of your coaches/coaching stock, both existing and required! Then the wagons (trucks, opens, vans, etc.) in the following year(s)! Thanks Jeff, but I don't think I am crazy enough to take that on! I did cover some of the less 'usual' coaching stock back in 2017, and to be honest I don't really have a wants list for either coaches or wagons, but that is not to say that I won't acquire any more - if you follow me.... What I do have is a number of coach and wagon kits awaiting building and I'll certainly show these as I get to them - plus I will also be working through the stock to get trains weathered - so another good angle would be to cover each train as it goes through the weathering process. Yet another option would be to cover the operating schedule through a complete cycle - but I haven't yet finished it and it is over 150 movements..... Not sure I'm any clearer ! Tony 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack P Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 The logical choice would be a list of your coaches/coaching stock, both existing and required! Perhaps it would be more tempting if it was just your existing coaching stock..? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 6, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) So, having completed the Review of 2018, I thought that I might set out the priorities for 2019 - as much to clarify my own thinking as anything. For 2018 the main effort was around getting the Churminster area scenically 'finished' or at least, largely completed, and I think it has now reached that stage. In the last few days I have been weathering the Barkers Engineering building that stands in a rather prominent position on the hill overlooking Wadleys Brewery; until now it rather stood out as it was the only unweathered building in that area: I built it some years ago from a Walthers kit, and it now blends in a bit better with its surroundings, although I might need to attend to the boundary wall in front of it: Overall I am now pretty happy with the industrial scene around Churminster: So returning to 2019, scenic attention is going to have to switch back to Stowe Magna and the area around it: The half relief buildings at the rear were completed more than 10 years ago and honestly aren't up to the standard that I am now trying to achieve: nevertheless replacing them is not my priority, however, neither the station nor the loco shed were ever finished; in particular the station canopy needs attention: whilst the loco shed lacks a roof which was never re-attached following "bum damage" (see much earlier!): If all of that gets done then we might possibly move to the far end of the layout, where the cross-country branch from Stowe Magna crosses a deep valley on a viaduct; some work has already been completed here, but there is a lot more to be done for it to be scenically complete: Operationally, the colour light signals that cover the main running lines are all installed and work well for trains running through on the up and down main lines, however, there is some work to be done on interlocking, especially around the points at either end of Stowe Magna station: At the same time, I have completed a specification for semaphore signals to the two non-3rd rail branches that run from Churminster Junction and Stowe Magna Junctions respectively and I am hopeful that construction & installation of these might commence during 2019. Whilst on the subject of equipment & controls, the main control console has developed over the last three years with considerable help from Elite Baseboards and the intention was always for this to have an aluminium top, however the guys from Elite advised me not to go for this immediately but to use a paper template, since their experience showed that I "might change my mind". Of course I denied this, but as we are now on version 22 of the panel design, perhaps they had a point! Nevertheless, things are now stabilizing, and so I hopeful that we might get around to commissioning the new panel top in 2019! Installing it will be a big job!! There are of course loco and stock priorities for 2019, but perhaps I will cover these in a future update! Happy New year! Tony Edited November 6, 2022 by Tony Teague 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 6, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Thanks - I think I have the central station block the wrong way round, but I don't intend to change it! I weathered one side of the building badly but doing it all uniformly (& better) is on the roundtuit list. Although I agree that this station is a reasonable model of the prototype, I'd have to say that Churminster (based on Honiton / Axminster) is a lot better! Best wishes Tony Edited November 6, 2022 by Tony Teague 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 All coming together superbly, especially that control panel - did you have to go on a course to understand how to use it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted January 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2019 Looking superb Tony! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 7, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2019 All coming together superbly, especially that control panel - did you have to go on a course to understand how to use it? Well it makes perfect sense to me - but I may be alone! The large banks of red & black buttons simply control entry & exit to the (large number of) fiddle yard roads - so you just press one red button to select which train you want out, another to select where it is going when it gets back to the fiddle yard and then the related black button to despatch it. Simple really! (Courses are available for visiting operators!) Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Makes my control panel look a bit tame.... But I do have a large light switch for the pelmet lighting.....!?! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 7, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) Strange loco spotted on Churminster Shed! There have been reports of an unusual looking loco visiting Churminster Shed over the Christmas period but it seems that nobody has managed to get a good picture of it; just a blurred shot of the front here: A second shot seems to show just part the back of the tender: The local rumour mill is now running riot with suggestions as to what it might be! Obviously we will report more just as soon as we can! Tony Edited November 6, 2022 by Tony Teague 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 7, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2019 Makes my control panel look a bit tame.... 369.JPG But I do have a large light switch for the pelmet lighting.....!?! Looks very modern and a bit sophisticated for me! (But rather better finished than mine at present!) Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted January 8, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2019 There have been reports of an unusual looking loco visiting Churminster Shed over the Christmas period but it seems that nobody has managed to get a good picture of it; just a blurred shot of the front here: You little tease, you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 8, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) And I thought I was introducing a bit of drama and tension! Tony Edited November 6, 2022 by Tony Teague 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 11, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) I finally managed to get ex-LSWR L12 No.427 finished today: Andy Sparkes completed most of the body build, which is sitting on a Hornby T9 chassis: What took me so long was to work out how to fit in a credible cab floor & interior - the loco has a wide body but because I model in OO, the gap between the driving wheels is really narrow; in the end I did the obvious thing and completed the destruction of the T9 donor by extracting the insides of the cab and fitting them to the L12 - with the aid of some filler! I have made a mark in Andy's paintwork when fitting the external pipework but I expect to be able to deal with this when I weather the loco very shortly. The prototype was not especially rare - there were 20 in the class, of what is really just a large-boilered T9 - but it seems pretty unlikely that a RTR model or even a kit will ever be forthcoming, so I am especially grateful to Arun Sharma who designed & 3D printed the body, before casting the boiler parts and etching the frames and cab. The tender is the standard Hornby product. Tony Edited November 6, 2022 by Tony Teague 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arun Sharma Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I agree Tony, it has come out rather well. Just as well as I've just started work on the C3! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 11, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11, 2019 I agree Tony, it has come out rather well. Just as well as I've just started work on the C3! Excellent news! (See you at CMRA). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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