1977joey Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Hi Everyone, I have got round to constructing my signals. These are completely none working. I purchased CR signals for the heads & framework & really pleased with how they look...maybe one day I'll have the bottle to create working signals ha! Here are some pictures of the signals & also my scratch built signal gantry for the north end of the station... The signals controlling moves from the south end of Platforms 6 & 7, all are fitted with a fake route indicator The gantry controlling moves from the north end of the station, platforms 3 & 4, & also the single signal controlling moves north bound out of Platform 7 Framed by the gantry is a Class 31 on a parcels service bound for Manchester More updates to come... Cheers for now guys & Merry Christmas to you all Mark 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Hi mark, The signals really enhance the station, they look excellent! Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Hi Everyone, As I've been on earlies this week & now on rest days, I've had the chance to populate the station & run some trains. Still running slowly along Platform 7 until I attach the clear plasticard sides which I'll be doing next. I have lamp posts on order too from P&D Marsh for the street in front of the station & also for the holding sidings next to the station. The area behind Shrewford No1 signal box & where the Abbey stands needs major attention next. in this area I'm thinking of making a representation of a football ground (like the real Shrewsbury's old Gay Meadow) so watch this space... 47535 approaches Shrewford with a service from London Paddington (With modellers licence I've extended the old Paddy-Wolves service) past No1 signal box, & the area behind which is full of modelling debris The train is routed into Platform 3 instead of 4 this evening due to a Sprinter 150114 which was undergoing fitters attention on a delayed service to Chester A look along the populated Platforms..another 150, 150128 has arrived at platform 7 & terminated from Chester, looks like this may turn around & go back to Chester if 150114 can't be fixed over on platform 4 150114 is now declared a failure so all passengers change & board 150128 at platform 7b for Chester, the service is now 20 minutes late Cheers for now Mark Edited January 10, 2019 by 1977joey 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hi Everyone, My first time posting on here since it's all changed. Just an update on Shrewford. I've been adding lamposts to 'Railway Street' & also the carriage sidings. I'm planning on creating a representation of a football ground behind No 1 signal box once I get the materials together. First up is a picture of Railway Street. I'm yet to add the phone boxes next to the Taxi rank & also road markings. An overall look down on the station showing the in progress layout.. Now the carriage/DMU sidings which now have lamposts fitted from P&D marsh Seen is a 4 car Class 150/1 Sprinter which is being cleaned & watered ready to form a Pwllheli service A Class 47 is on the Loco siding receiving some fitters attention A look at the station showing tucked away on platform 5 a Network SouthEast DMU on loan to Tyseley forming a stopper to Wolverhampton Cheers for now, Mark 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 Also a couple of shots from yesterdays InterCity 125 service from Swansea to York (With modellers licence i've pinched it from running via Birmingham & instead via the Marches route) Cheers, Mark 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprintex Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) All looking excellent, except for one thing - are those belisha beacons OO rather than N because they look WAY overscale? Nice HST! Paul Edited February 22, 2019 by Sprintex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Sprintex said: All looking excellent, except for one thing - are those belisha beacons OO rather than N because they look WAY overscale? Nice HST! Paul Cheers Paul, Ive thought that myself to be honest. The belisha beacons were actually scratch built off a previous layout... but I will look at getting a more to scale representation. Cheers, Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimly Feendish Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Really capturing the atmosphere of Shrewsbury. Very nice! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 9 hours ago, Grimly Feendish said: Really capturing the atmosphere of Shrewsbury. Very nice! Thanks Grimly, just what I wanted to do was create the atmosphere I remember from the late 80's Cheers Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I always enjoy reading your updates, keep up the hard work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 On 23/02/2019 at 23:40, Melangoose said: I always enjoy reading your updates, keep up the hard work. Many thanks Mealangoose Hi Everyone, well just a short update. With most the station & Railway street pretty much complete, only requiring one or two small details & finishing touches, attention is now turned to the south end of the layout which needs a fair bit of work. The embankment on which the 'Abbey' stands is in dire need of detailing & also the large area behind Shrewford no1 box needed filling with something. This I've decided on a football ground which will be a loose representation of the old Gay Meadow what used to be at Shrewsbury. I've started constructing the east stand using thick white card... This picture showing the scene so far.... so lots to do to with this end of the layout over the coming couple of weeks. Cheers, Mark 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Hi Everyone, Work on the south end of the layout is continuing apace. The football ground is coming on well, I have completed the east stand & thought I'd post a couple of pictures of it's current state. This is during construction. To give the impression of seats & isles, I just painted the card & marked it out with black fineliner...this won't be as noticable once the roof is on & the building is complete The rear of the stand showing the entrance area. The east stand with it's canopy attached..the other stands are yet to be completed Meanwhile, over at the station... 47403 'The Geordie' is ticking over on the loco stabling point waiting to take over a parcels train from Manchester to Bristol A 4 car Class 101 ticks over on Platform 5 with an all stops via Hereford to Cardiff Central A 150 Sprinter is out of service at platform 3 but will form an Aberystwyth service a little later Cheers for now, Mark 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Hi Everyone, Well construction of the football ground is almost complete. To create the actual pitch, I copied, pasted & printed onto card a football pitch layout & i'm pleased with the results. Just to get the area properly tied in now with the car park areas to be sorted & all the area next to the track needing fencing, bushes & vegetation. Once this area is done, I'm going to concentrate on the hill on which the 'Shrewford Abbey' sits which is in urgent need of attention. A Cardiff Central to Bangor (Gwynedd) service is routed into Platform 4 & passes the in progress Shrewford Town football ground Cheers for now, Mark Edited March 27, 2019 by 1977joey 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Finally a shot of Scotrail's 47710 'Sir Walter Scott' which has paid a visit to Crewe works & pressed into service on todays 1521 InterCity service to London Euston which it will take as far as Wolverhampton where electric traction will take over Cheers, Mark Edited March 27, 2019 by 1977joey 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 you have done some excellent work there Mark.. looking forward to more updates, with photo's of course! Cheers Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) On 07/04/2019 at 16:03, scruff said: you have done some excellent work there Mark.. looking forward to more updates, with photo's of course! Cheers Mark Thanks Mark , Well I had another running session last thursday when really I should be completing the football ground But hey ho! lol! 47535 'University Of Leicester' has bought in the empty stock into Platform 7 to form the 1721 InterCity to London Euston In bay Platform 6 can be seen a brand new Sprinter Class 150/2 on the 1705 stopper to Newport (Gwent) While behind it a Class 150/1 is on the 1725 all stops to Wolverhampton which follows after the InterCity. A Class 33 has arrived at Platform 4 with the 1719 Provincial Express to Manchester Piccadilly (Ex Cardiff) Cheers for now, Mark Edited April 15, 2019 by 1977joey 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Just stumbled accross this cracking layout Mark. Consider it followed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Keep up the good work looking good enjoy your running sessions. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 18/04/2019 at 17:07, DavidMcKenzie said: Just stumbled accross this cracking layout Mark. Consider it followed. Many thanks David, glad you like it On 18/04/2019 at 17:46, lmsforever said: Keep up the good work looking good enjoy your running sessions. Thanks Imsforever, Plenty more to come, especially with summer saturday loco haulage coming up 80's style Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) Hi Everyone, Well been a while since I updated my thread, so I thought it was about time. The football ground has since been completed, though this does need the area around it detailing & I also need to finish detailing the river area of the layout... Also had a few running sessions as it's been too hot to do anything else, that's as long as I can stand the room even with the fan on lol! The next series of pictures shows the delayed 1019 chester to Wolverhampton DMU approaching Platform 7 while in Platform 6 the 1050 Shrewford to Aberystwyth waits, formed of 37429 & 5 Mark 1's, during July & August this service is loco hauled instead of a crowded 2 car Sprinter! A Class 25 is on the centre road with some empty OBA wagons bound for Bescot Edited July 28, 2019 by 1977joey 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 I had got more pictures to post, tho I keep getting a warning saying I'm only allowed 10MB, I thought that was per post so tried again here on a new one....but never mind... thought the older version of RMweb was easier to use Cheers Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MrSimon Posted July 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2019 I though it was per post - I've had to split updates across posts before and it's been fine (I upload the pics first though so I don't loose any writing if I have refresh it/start again) Great update though, can't wait for the rest! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 3 hours ago, MrSimon said: I though it was per post - I've had to split updates across posts before and it's been fine (I upload the pics first though so I don't loose any writing if I have refresh it/start again) Great update though, can't wait for the rest! Cheers Simon, hope your well? I'll have another go in the week as I'm on a break this weekend.. All the best, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) Ah there we go, it's now let me post the last 3 pictures on my laptop, the 101 DMU departs for Wolverhampton & the 37 departs for Aberystwyth.... Edited July 28, 2019 by 1977joey 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977joey Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Hi Everyone, After a bit of an absence and a very difficult year, I honestly haven't done anything to the layout since my last post. However after seeing posts on various sites of the repainted HST marking the end of operations on LNER, it's inspired me to give my trains a run this morning, aswell as my HST. So...The 1121 InterCity to London Euston waits at Platform 4 hauled by a banger blue 47, A 3 car hybrid 150 Sprinter has not long arrived at Platform 5 with a local from Wolverhampton, & the 1115 Liverpool to Plymouth HST arrives at Platform 7 (this was a diversion service via Salop in real life but I've pinched it with modellers licence as a timetabled train as an excuse to run a HST ) I'd also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy & Prosperous 2020 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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