Nick Gough Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Very effective! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted June 18, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2021 Hi Guys, not much to report this week but the wheels on the loco coal wagon have now been cleaned off. Yesterday, I took delivery of three Gresley Teak carriages. Despite been well packed, two arrived with broken running boards. So they are being replaced by Hattons. I suspect these suffered rough handling during inspection? This weekend we are away again in the van. We are parked up at a great little pub next door to the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway. We have tickets booked for tomorrow. Cheers, Ade. 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Have a good weekend. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted June 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19, 2021 Thanks Nick. Sitting outside having breakfast as the weather (at the moment) is fine but overcast. Got first class tickets booked for the 1.30pm train. Looking forward to seeing some of the pre grouping rolling stock they have. Cheers, Ade. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggies1961 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Hope the weather holds out for you Ade. Its been a tad inclement in East Yorkshire these last few days. Regards Julian. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Seeing the first photograph of LNER stuff on GWR metals I was about to comment about having too many beers then I saw the next couple ! Enjoy your travels. G 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted June 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19, 2021 Had a brilliant day on the E&BA railway. Will start a new thread in the Preservation forum. Weather was very nice. Back now at the pub with a pint in hand. Cheers, Ade. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Adrian Stevenson Posted June 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2021 Ran a few good trains tonight. 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Looks a busy old place Ade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 All looking very nice Ade. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hordern Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 18/06/2021 at 23:10, Adrian Stevenson said: Hi Guys, not much to report this week but the wheels on the loco coal wagon have now been cleaned off. Yesterday, I took delivery of three Gresley Teak carriages. Despite been well packed, two arrived with broken running boards. So they are being replaced by Hattons. I suspect these suffered rough handling during inspection? This weekend we are away again in the van. We are parked up at a great little pub next door to the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway. We have tickets booked for tomorrow. Cheers, Ade. Know it quite well Ade, and a couple of our club members volunteer at Embsay 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted July 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2021 Thought that I would post an update. Today the replacements for the two defective Gresley Teak carriages arrived. Thankfully this time all in one piece. How the heck they couple together though is another matter. Talk about fiddly….. Non modelling wise, Lez and I have taken the plunge and bought a couple of electric bikes. Nothing as flash as Graeham’s but they fold up and will fit in the van. So the last two nights have been spent building them up. Also been fitting CCTV at my Dad’s last weekend. This will give me peace of mind that I can check he is ok around the clock. He is 87 now and a bit doddery on this feet. Caught him Gardening tonight despite him saying no more after a fall a few weeks ago. So hopefully this weekend I will be able to relax and do a bit more on the layout. Cheers, Ade. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted July 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2021 Lez had taken a couple of snaps of the bikes. I have a cunning plan of where we can ride too first as the Battlefield Line is not too far away and 6989 Wightwick Hall is in steam this weekend. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) Yes they are fun and do take the stress out of a trip. Here's mine it's a CUBE Acid. I've been very taken with Grahame's and am on the point of ordering one. Edited July 1, 2021 by Barnaby 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 I can see why you've gone Electric Ade, a push bike around Derbyshire hills is a definite no no, in my humble opinion mate. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted July 3, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 3, 2021 Today’s proposed bike ride did not happen due to lousy weather being forecast. So we have postponed it to another weekend. So instead I had a run out to a local model shop in Ilkeston which I had not been to before. Lez went to the garden centre instead to get Patch a cat nip plant. I came home with another six trees for the layout which I have been planted while we are having a thunderstorm tonight. Lots more trees needed as said before, but it is starting to fill a bit now opposite the station platform. It did not take him long to get stuck into the cat nip! Cheers, Ade. 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 More trees required as you say, but it is looking better already with the ones you have planted so far. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted July 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2021 Been running the new Teaks and also had a play around with the camera. 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Very atmospheric! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeT Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Those pictures with the steam look almost real Ade, great stuff... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 01/07/2021 at 23:03, Barnaby said: Yes they are fun and do take the stress out of a trip. Here's mine it's a CUBE Acid. I've been very taken with Grahame's and am on the point of ordering one. We went for the Boardman e- bike and are very pleased with them Paul R 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 I wonder why the photographed it with the tyre valves at the top of the wheels, and the Chris’ name, upside-down, at the bottom… 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Simond said: I wonder why the photographed it with the tyre valves at the top of the wheels, and the Chris’ name, upside-down, at the bottom… Its obvious, he must have been an Ozzy. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 GModelscnics do a nice range of trees at very competitive prices, mainly spruce but they do also do deciduous as well. There’s also MBR who’s trees are more expensive but the quality is superb 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted July 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2021 Came across a 3D printed Gresley corridor end cover the other night on E Bay. It was designed to fit an Ian Kirk kit but a quick measure up confirmed it would fit the Hattons Brake Composite. It arrived today. It consists of two parts. A quick fettle up with a file of the blanking plate to ensure a friction fit into the corridor and it was then glued to the end cover. So the whole assembly can be clipped on or off as desired. A nice detail and a great price at £3.25 including postage. Will prime it up tomorrow. One question? Would the LNER lettering be picked out in white? Just need an LNER pattern tail lamp now to complete the carriage. Cheers, Ade. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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