RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2020 11 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: I see what you're getting at, but this is the kind of thing that I just couldn't contemplate! It would just worry away at me. No, sorry, just can't get my mind round that one! I know that Chris Lammacraft only put valve gear on one side of one of his 45XXs for use on his EM gauge layout 'Ashburton' many years ago, on the premise that the loco would only ever be seen on one side, but that kind of bothered me as well! Did you also not say earlier that the locos would always work the same orientation up the branch (boiler first) ? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Stubby47 said: Did you also not say earlier that the locos would always work the same orientation up the branch (boiler first) ? That's quite enough of that, thank you. No one likes a clever dick! 1 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2020 Stick an LT logo on it then !! 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Stubby47 said: Stick an LT logo on it then !! That one got sent to Hattons a couple of years ago! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted May 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2020 7418 is nearly ready for the body to be weathered. Axle nut covers still to be fitted: 36 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AdeMoore Posted May 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2020 Like the dogfish there too, presumably Cambrian? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted May 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2020 I do wish you would cover your nuts. Al. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted May 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, Alister_G said: I do wish you would cover your nuts. Al. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2020 1 hour ago, AdeMoore said: Like the dogfish there too, presumably Cambrian? Actually they are factory-weathered Heljan models! They were delivered by postie this morning, after I ordered them yesterday just before tea time, amazing service from Kernow Model Rail Centre. They are to be converted to P4. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Alister_G said: I do wish you would cover your nuts. Al. All in good time, chaps! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 14 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: All in good time, chaps! 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted June 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 I have now finished 7418 and she is seen here arriving at Bethesda Sidings with a short goods working: The loco stabled on the stop blocks in the yard: A worm's eye view: I've also been getting a couple of RTR locos ready for use on the layout. This really only involves running in, replacing the couplings and weathering. Both of these are light railway locos, although the Sentinel would only really have been used in the military depot at Llanddewi, at the end of the Vale of Radnor Light Railway. Sentinel 'Llanddewi No. 2' arrives at Bethesda with a short working for transfer to British Railways: Stabled at the stop blocks: Also completed is the Peckett 'Brynllefrith', named after one of the villages served by the Vale of Radnor Light Railway: Here's a short sequence, showing the Peckett arriving in the yard and 7418 departing - 32 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Superb work once again ! G 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryD1471 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 I'm attracted to this layout for a number of reasons. 1 Superb workmanship. 2 My wife comes from Presteigne. 3 As a regular traveller along the A44 east of Rhayader, I have long felt that there ought to have been a railway through that terrain, so your "might have been " scheme really chimes with me. Keep up the good work! Terry 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted August 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2020 'Bethesda Sidings' isn't a large layout and as such, doesn't really require much in the way of goods stock for normal exhibition operation (thinking ahead in an optimistic fashion!). I have selected a few wagons from my existing OO stock (which would otherwise now only see use on 'Bleakhouse Road') and gathered them together in a new stock box for 'Bethesda Sidings', based around the inevitable shoe box: There's a bit of space left on the upper level for further stock additions: 34 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2020 Nice to see a Mobil tank wagon, will you be getting the newly released Oxford Rail version which I believe is a smaller type. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, gwrrob said: Nice to see a Mobil tank wagon, will you be getting the newly released Oxford Rail version which I believe is a smaller type. Wasn't aware of this item but I will certainly consider it, thanks for the tip. Edited August 19, 2020 by Captain Kernow 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2020 Looks a decent enough model Tim, photo courtesy of @31A on the relevant thread. Sat next to the larger Bachmann model we have. 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 21, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2020 Thanks Robin, I agree. I'll have a look at one next time I'm in a proper model shop! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted August 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 A couple of panniers in repose, waiting for another one: The new arrival: 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Can one assume that the "Silver Streak" in the above delectable scene is now running in a suitable manner ? 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted October 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2020 Time passes slowly: 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted October 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2020 Three panniers: Three 16XX panniers. This is a deceptive photo, however, because only the middle one is in OO gauge, the other two are P4 and are precariously balanced! All three were built from the Cotswold (Sutherland) whitemetal kit. On the left is 1608, which is owned by Re6/6 but was with me for work on the chassis until recently. The body was picked up by John secondhand and was built by Malcolm Mitchell, with a chassis commissioned by John, using modified Alan Gibson 64XX milled sideframes (same wheelbase). In the middle is my 1628, which I built this year and is shown on my workbench thread. It's still waiting to be weathered. On the right is my 1650, which was a commission for me a few years ago, also featuring the same Alan Gibson side frames etc. This latter loco is the one that was running-in on my circuit of P4 'set track' on my dining room floor. It will also need a little weathering in due course. 1608 (and 1650) will run on John's Parkend Marsh Sidings layout in due course. 1650 will also run on 'Callow Lane' and (eventually) on my yet-to-be-built Forest of Dean cameo layout. 22 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2020 Forest of Dean Cameo layout...........mmmmmm 3 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, NHY 581 said: Forest of Dean Cameo layout...........mmmmmm Well, it's kind of in existence already. It's certainly been 'in the planning' for a very long time. It's going to be a take on Travellers Rest, which was the first block post immediately north of Parkend, only 1/4 of a mile in fact. It formed one end of the yard which is perhaps more properly known as Coleford Junction. There was also a colliery branch from Travellers Rest (name taken from adjacent pub) up to Parkend Royal Colliery, which closed far too early in my opinion. It won't be very big, max 5' long. The baseboard framework and all the pointwork were build several years ago, when I had a temporary loss of mojo for Callow Lane. It's not going to happen immediately, though, because I am still going to finish Callow Lane first! Edited October 16, 2020 by Captain Kernow Macaroons 7 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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