Seven Mills Sidings, from TOPS to the POD, Page 169 and Bench Road, Stabling and Fuelling Point from Page 245

[Andrew P]

3 hours ago, Mulgabill said:

 

DON'T PANIC that its only 10days, it's good news really. Bet your glad to have it sorted.

 

Recon you've time for one last layout in TOPS.

 

All the best with it

 

TONY

O.K. Tony, I'll build ONE MORE Layout, and you can come and help Dee with the final packing etc, haha.

 

Keep well and safe.

Edited May 4, 2020 by Andrew P

[Andrew P]

3 hours ago, Alister_G said:

That's great Andy, so glad you've got it all settled now.

 

Not great to see you leaving Derbyshire, but all the best mate.

 

Al.

Thanks Al, I will miss the Dales, and all my mates around this kneck of the woods.

 

Keep well and safe.

[Andrew P]

2 hours ago, Ray H said:

All the best for the move Andy.

 

Will SMS be up and running by 16th or do you reckon it'll make it on the afternoon of the 15th?

 

I wish, it will be a few Months, by the time I've fitted out the Garage into a room etc. but hopefully I'll have it up and running by Christmas, just ain't sayin which year.

 

Keep well and Safe.

[Andrew P]

37 minutes ago, Barnaby said:

Fantastic your heading down towards me...…………………… and going straight past down to Mr Klein's neck of the woods.

Have a smooth move Andy.

 

 

Best

Yes Barnaby, Not to far from Chris, so I do hope to meet him once Shows start to open again.

 

Keep well and safe mate.

[Andrew P]

24 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

Hope the move goes well Andy. You've chosen an "interesting" time to do it. Not sure where you're moving to, but say goodbye to Swad for me.

Coming down to HAUNT you lot Peter, haha.

 

I'm moving to Cowplain, / Waterlooville, so hope to meet you at some Shows once they start again.

 

In the meantime, keep well and safe.

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Oh dear, that's a bit too close for comfort...........

 

Stay safe.

[Deano747]

Good luck, Andy. Hope the move goes as smoothly as possible.

 

Regards, Deano.

[pwr]

Great news Andy. Looking forward to updates.

 

I did like Porth merryn - something about the placement of the buildings made it look much bigger than it was.

 

Paul R 

[Andrew P]

3 hours ago, Deano747 said:

Good luck, Andy. Hope the move goes as smoothly as possible.

 

Regards, Deano.

Cheers Deano, Does any House move go smoothly? haha. Well at least some of the worst bits are done now.

The removers are coming around next Monday or Tuesday to do the Glass / China / Paints packing etc and we will store the boxes in the Conservatory until Thursday for loading along with the Shed stuff.

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, pwr said:

Great news Andy. Looking forward to updates.

 

I did like Porth merryn - something about the placement of the buildings made it look much bigger than it was.

 

Paul R 

Thanks Paul, I feel it was the fact that Railway didn't take centre stage, as the main focus of attention was always on the Harbour and Buildings around it.

 

Cheers.

[John Tomlinson]

10 hours ago, Andrew P said:

I'm pleased to announce that at last we have a date.

 

We complete on Friday 15th, and are moving out from here on the Thursday, (14th) so will be without the internet for a few days from then.

Good luck with your move.

 

Never an easy thing, particularly when you have treasures such as model trains to look after and keep safe!

 

John.

Edited May 4, 2020 by John Tomlinson
typo

[Andrew P]

2 hours ago, John Tomlinson said:

Good luck with your move.

 

Never an easy thing, particularly when you have treasures such as model trains to look after and keep safe!

 

John.

Thanks John, Yes expensive Locos, the Layout and now 3 x Bass Guitars and a Stratocaster and Amp for the Removals Guys to look after as well.

 

Thanks again and Keep safe and well.

[Donington Road]

I hope the move all goes well Andy.  You have waited so long that it must have caused you a few sleepless nights.  Maybe now it will be the start of a more normal way of life, which so far has alluded us in this dreadful year.

[shedman]

Glad the uncertainty is past for you Andy, and you can look to the future.  Hope all goes well and you settle in quickly. Keep us up to date on the progress of your new railway room. All the very best to you both. Trevor

[KNP]

22 hours ago, Andrew P said:

I'm pleased to announce that at last we have a date.

 

We complete on Friday 15th, and are moving out from here on the Thursday, (14th) so will be without the internet for a few days from then.

 

Great news.

Now you can start in earnest planning the next layout......

[Andrew P]

8 hours ago, Donington Road said:

I hope the move all goes well Andy.  You have waited so long that it must have caused you a few sleepless nights.  Maybe now it will be the start of a more normal way of life, which so far has alluded us in this dreadful year.

Thanks Mick, I think most people can write 2020 off as far as a normal year is concerned, as long as we keep breathing, that's the most important thing, and work on getting as normal as possible until this Virus is contained enough to socialise a bit again.

 

You and your family keep well and safe mate.

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, shedman said:

Glad the uncertainty is past for you Andy, and you can look to the future.  Hope all goes well and you settle in quickly. Keep us up to date on the progress of your new railway room. All the very best to you both. Trevor

Hi Trevor, And thanks, I hope to get started within a Month or so, and will be posting daily or at least fairly regular updates of the conversion progress on here.

At least everything is contained in one thread now, unlike a few Months ago when I had 3 threads running at the same time.

I will just be concentrating on SMS and still have a couple more OO Gauge K3 and 2 Diesel  Sound Locos and some Wagons to put onto E-Bay when I can find them again.

 

Cheers again and keep well and safe.

Edited May 5, 2020 by Andrew P

[Andrew P]

51 minutes ago, KNP said:

 

Great news.

Now you can start in earnest planning the next layout......

Hi Kevin, Thanks and yes, I have the room / Garage planned out, and also what I eventually want to do with SMS.

But the original plan of having my Step Son, Grandson (a Builder) and Son in Law all around to help, cannot now happen for a while.

The two big jobs will be the laying of the new flooring using 4 x 8ft x 4ft x3/4 inch Chipboard over a 2 inch thick Polystyrene  base, as I will really struggle to lift the Chipboard on my own. And also cutting a hole in the wall for the door from the Hall, as my record on demolition is as good as the Late Great Fed Dibner.

I will be posting progress on here, if I can get out from under the rubble.

[Andrew P]

For todays first Blast from the Past, I will skip Willsbridge, and briefly show some pics of Beale Street with the Minerva Peckett and Ixion Hudswell Clarke, two superb Locos but the Layout never really jelled with my thinking.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 5, 2020 by Andrew P

[Andrew P]

Now in a second Blast from the Past today I'm also going to skip Bristol Victoria, as that was another unmitigated disaster, and move on to 2017 and Kings Moreton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Andrew P]

And now some 1960's Western Region action on Kings Moreton.

 

[Andrew P]

And now for some 1970's / 80's action.

 

 

 

[alant]

21 hours ago, Andrew P said:

O.K. Tony, I'll build ONE MORE Layout, and you can come and help Dee with the final packing etc, haha.

 

Keep well and safe.

Hi Andy,

You could build a micro, I am sure it would be finished by the end of the day!

Good luck with the move.

Alan.

 

[tender]

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

 

The two big jobs will be the laying of the new flooring using 4 x 8ft x 4ft x3/4 inch Chipboard over a 2 inch thick Polystyrene  base, as I will really struggle to lift the Chipboard on my own.

 

Hi Andy, good luck with the move, hope it all goes smoothly for you.

Regarding the chipboard floor, have you considered using attic flooring, they're smaller sheets, lighter, more manoeuvrable and interlock together (T&G). Just a thought.

 

Ray.

 

[pwr]

Love the picture of the baron Bodgit! Did you use forced perspective on that element of the layout Andy. Looks very convincing.

 

Paul R