RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted January 26, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Re6/6 said: It is understood that one of these could well be making an appearance. Nothing has happened yet. Nothing has been done. It's still not too late to step away from the credit card. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Edwardian said: I thought "you could hawk that installation to the Tate Modern for a few tens of thousand" That's art, Darling. Abstract but still art. Edited January 26, 2020 by NHY 581 4 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted January 28, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2020 Been fitting the fascia to the layout. The fascia is a superb bit of precision laser cutting by Tim Horn, to whom I am very grateful: 27 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Captain, you have your pride and joy balanced on a cardboard box 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted January 28, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, woodenhead said: Captain, you have your pride and joy balanced on a cardboard box Well, it's a remarkably stable cardboard box and very heavy too, sitting on top of a small filing cabinet. If Mr Regularity should read this post, he will at least know that I still have the lathe that he sold me several years ago, even if I haven't been brave enough to use it yet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Captain Kernow said: Been fitting the fascia to the layout. The fascia is a superb bit of precision laser cutting by Tim Horn, to whom I am very grateful: I'm very taken with the hooks to the bottom right from which to hang one's bag of pasties from. Rob. 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted January 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: I'm very taken with the hooks to the bottom right from which to hang one's bag of pasties from. Rob. On current form I expect its actually a mounting point for a heated holding tray (pasty version) 1 1 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2020 On 29/12/2019 at 15:37, gwrrob said: I was thinking more about the steps please. Step fetish that man. 1 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2020 17 hours ago, 2ManySpams said: Step fetish that man. Absolutely, always had a soft spot for Faye. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted February 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 Having fitted the fascia properly a couple of weeks ago, I've now got round to fitting the lighting. This consists of a single strip of 12v LEDs, mounted along the length of a layout an a piece of batten glued to the inside of the top of the fascia at about 45 degrees. The LEDs are variable temperature, meaning I can switch it from a cold white to a very warm white, or somewhere in between. I can also vary the brightness. I rather like the colder white light in these test views, which seem to be somehow appropriate for an overcast day on the Welsh borders: 36 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2020 Very nicely presented Sir. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted February 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2020 Having finalised the wiring for the layout lighting, the fascia was properly re-attached this afternoon and the control panel put on: 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted February 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2020 With the track having had a clean, a bit more testing was done. One of the regular pannier tanks on the goods services from Leominster: In the mid-1960s, British Railways trialled a D95XX 0-6-0 on the branch and tested clearances etc.: 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Good Captain, you are a bad influence, this is such a stunningly picturesque Layout, and yet so simple. I tried that format with Privett Green, but it was not satisfying to me, but I can't stop looking at this. I always get carried away and want a fleet of BIG Locos, and Wagons etc and then it all goes wrong. Yourself and Rob / NHY***? (Who seems to have defected to the West) seem to make simple, an Art form and gives so much pleasure to me at least. 1 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2020 Is that black pannier the same one as this Tim ? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted February 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Is that black pannier the same one as this Tim ? Hi Robin, No, it's a different pannier, but the one you have pictured on Bleakhouse Road will also see service on Bethesda Sidings. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted February 10, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2020 How do I justify the appearance of industrial and light railway locos in a B.R. goods yard? Well, apart from 'Rule 1', the Vale of Radnor Light Railway (a member of the Association of Independent Light Railways) is given running powers from the junction at Capel Bethesda, into the goods yard, for the exchange of traffic between the light railway and the B.R. system. Normally based in Somerset on the South Polden Light Railway (another member of the Association), this small Black Hawthorn 0-4-0ST was loaned to the VoRLR for a few weeks to cover an unexpected shortage of motive power and is seen here in the B.R. yard at Bethesda Sidings: 25 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted February 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Captain Kernow said: Well, apart from 'Rule 1', the Vale of Radnor Light Railway (a member of the Association of Independent Light Railways) is given running powers from the junction at Capel Bethesda, into the goods yard, for the exchange of traffic between the light railway and the B.R. system. Normally based in Somerset on the South Polden Light Railway (another member of the Association), this small Black Hawthorn 0-4-0ST was loaned to the VoRLR for a few weeks to cover an unexpected shortage of motive power and is seen here in the B.R. yard at Bethesda Sidings: As has been said previously, "of course it was"! 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted February 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2020 The Black Hawthorn as it arrived in the yard: 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2020 Cropped your photo to get rid of some unwanted clutter. 4 1 1 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 26/01/2020 at 13:27, Stubby47 said: I have a similar challenge, justifying one west of the Tamar. There were plans for such usage - but they never came to fruition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Captain Kernow said: The Black Hawthorn as it arrived in the yard: Reminds me of Ivor the engine! I assume that's Jones The Steam on the footplate. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 40 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said: Reminds me of Ivor the engine! I assume that's Jones The Steam on the footplate. Ivor was a more unassuming locomotive, he wasn't one to go around flashing his pistons to all and sundry. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2020 Funny, I thought of Lord Belborough at Chigley. Time flies by when I'm the driver of a train, and I ride on the footplate there and back again.... 5 3 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted February 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 Ex-LNER J72 'Jennifer' is one of the regular Vale of Radnor Light Railway locos and is seen here at Bethesda Sidings. Originally a Mainline loco, the old split chassis stopped working many years ago and the loco languished in a box, waiting a purpose. More recently, a Perseverance chassis has been built for her, with my usual Mashima motor and High Level gearbox combination. 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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