Baggies1961 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Unfortunately throwing it down in East Yorkshire. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Taddeo Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Ade, It looks like the Malmesbury Branch line will live once again soon! Love the paint job thus far! Starting to look like a station! Dan T. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted January 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 A big day. Ran my first loco! Joined up the three base boards. Just had a put a bit of cork under one leg to get it all level. Also started to lay more track. Only ran on DC up and down about 9 foot of track but it has been a momentous day! Cheers, Ade, 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Did Lez cut any ribbon or open any Champers Ade? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted January 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2020 We will have a proper opening do in the future! Lez wants to do a little opening party. Cheers, Ade. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Adrian Stevenson Posted January 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2020 Another step forwards this afternoon. Borrowed my friend's jig saw and cut out the slot for the inspection pit. Of course it had to hit one of the braces for the board... The pit now been glued and pinned into place. The engine shed forms a datum point for some of the other features on the model. The shed will be 42cm long. With this now fixed, the Dapol starting signal is now fitted into place in the prototypical "wrong" place next to the loop line. Not wired in yet of course. The loading bay siding has also now been cut to the correct length, again using the engine shed as the datum point. (Not shown in the pic) Just one quick snap to show, I then got to run a few more loco's up and down Cheers, Ade. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I hope you have a good day at Bristol tomorrow Ade. Don't spend tooooooooooooooooooooooooo much, haha. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted January 26, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) Hi Andy, back home from the show. Met up with George and Ian. No breakfasts available But it is one of my favourite shows being exclusively O gauge. I came home with a cut price Dapol Sentinel at £120. So very pleased with that. As I mentioned many pages back now, I intend to respray it to represent the loco which ran on trial on the Malmesbury line in late 1927. Cheers, Ade. Edited January 26, 2020 by Adrian Stevenson missing word 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2020 13 minutes ago, Adrian Stevenson said: Hi Andy, back home from the show. Met up with George and Ian. No breakfasts available But it is one of my favourite shows being exclusively O gauge. I came home with a cut price Dapol Sentinel at £120. So very pleased with that. As I mentioned many pages back now, I intend to respray it to represent the loco which ran on trial the Malmesbury line in late 1927. Cheers, Ade. No breakfasts available! That’s just wrong on so many levels 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Great show, great venue, catering not the strong point, however... 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Great show, great venue, catering not the strong point, however... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Hi Ade, How can anyone have a day out at a Show without a Breakfast? haha 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike Bellamy Posted January 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Adrian Stevenson said: cut price Dapol Sentinel at £120. So very pleased with that. Sounds like bargain of the day - hope they have the same at Kettering ! Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted January 26, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2020 Hi Mike, it was an "NQP". The guard irons had come off and been glued back on. You cannot see it. And certainly not once weathered. They had a few in different liveries and all sold very quickly first thing this morning. Bought some GWR green paint at the show in readiness for the respray. Cheers, Ade. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Well done with the Sentinel, I met up with a couple of guys from my old club and one of them was in the market for a Sentinel but they had all gone by the time he got to the stand. Look forward to seeing the layout come on, it must be great to be progressing it after all the hard work on the building. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeT Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Quote Hello Ade, Nice to have a nice long chat about your plans for the future on Malmesbury, couldn't believe there was no breakfast especially after getting there early to get one, as Andy says a good show starts with a good breakfast ... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Taddeo Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Ade, Soon there'd be revenue service running on the Malmesbury branch again! Love to see those progress pictures, please keep those pictures rolling! How do you like the Dapol Senteinel? Have you had the chance to test run it on the branch? Dan T. Edited January 29, 2020 by Dan Taddeo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted January 29, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2020 Hi Dan, yes I have ran it up and down, it runs nice and slow even on DC. I currently have it in front of me, in bits, in preparation for the respray. Cheers, Ade. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Adrian Stevenson said: Hi Dan, yes I have ran it up and down, it runs nice and slow even on DC. I currently have it in front of me, in bits, in preparation for the respray. Cheers, Ade. You dropped it? haha.. Seriously glad she's a good runner, and I'm looking forward to some BEFORE and AFTER pics please. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted January 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2020 Hi Andy, I have been making some progress. The buffer beams have now had two coats of red paint, real coal load fitted and the boards on top of the water tank have been weathered. Just need to pick up some Maskol before I can spray the body. On the layout, I have now fitted the two sets of points leading to the goods shed and loading bay. So I am now on board no 3. Nothing will be done this weekend as I am working both days at a big militaria show. Cheers, Ade. 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2020 The militaria fair at the weekend went well and I raised funds from sales of kit to fund a new 58xx. Managed to do a little bit of track laying tonight and got the goods shed line laid down to the end of baseboard 3. Cheers, Ade. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggies1961 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Hi Ade, Any photos to view progress? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hi Julian, I will try and take some. Hopefully more progress will be made this weekend. Cheers, Ade. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2020 Today's update. Here is the loading bay which I laid the other day. The big news is all the track is now laid! The cork underlay has also been trimmed to size. I have spent the whole day on the layout. I will be adding some more pics tomorrow. Tested the track and all runs smooth, but only DC at present. Cheers Ade. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted February 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2020 Hope everyone has survived the storm ok? We have had it bad here. I was on the cabin roof at 8.30am this morning as a few roof titles were starting to flap around. Luckily I had some mastic still in stock. My next door but one neighbour lost all the ridge titles to his house, which then smashed in next doors car and motorbike. Thankfully no one was hurt. This afternoon I have done some more work on the layout and taken some photos to share with some goods stock in place. This first shot shows all three baseboards now with the track in place. This copies the prototype track layout but was obvious concessions to space and not having handbuilt points. Overall I am pleased with the results. 15 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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