RMweb Gold Popular Post Regularity Posted March 9, 2019 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) After a period on display and then in store at the Bishop’s Castle Railway Society Museum (now sadly defunct, but some items are at the House on Crutches MuseumBCRS Collection) Barry Norman’s S Scale model of Lydham Heath made a few forays onto the exhibition circuit last year, but it’s long term future was in doubt. Happily, I was able to secure that and it is now in my possession. There is a little bit of attention needed: the wheels need cleaning, and the reason for the six-wheel coach derailing on the reverse curve to Bishop’s Castle has been identified but not yet corrected, but otherwise the layout is good and ready to go, and available for exhibitions around the country. It already has two bookings subject to final confirmation in the diary for 2019, with a third possibility in that year. I don’t foresee myself doing more than about 4 exhibitions per year, but interested Exhibition Managers can contact me via PM. There are a number of updates to the layout, which was started in the late 1980s, which I intend to make. These are to reflect changes in technology over 30 years, plus experience operating the layout. This thread will document these developments, with this post serving as a reference point. In no particular order, these will be: 1) Getting the ex-LSWR 6-wheel coach to go round bends - problem identified 2) LED lighting and pelmet cover - delivery of bits and pieces has occurred, not planned to happen until Match 3) Changes to the fiddle yard to encourage enforce more prototypical operation - work has started! 4) New control technology - new controller (Modelex) ordered arrived. Contemplating DCC. 5) New couplings - hooks in place, need to add links and remove AJs on existing stock. 6) Back-scene - see more recent posts! 7) Extra stock - done, and also some more in progress 8) Bring the layout into a mid 1930s setting - going for mid 1920s now, which it already was! 9) Static grass - later, dear. 10) Legs that don’t sway when an ant passes wind - Done Edited March 10, 2020 by Regularity Updated 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37038 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I managed to miss this layout at Warley (quite) a few years ago - glad that there is still a chance to see this masterpiece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martync Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I would very much like to see this almost legendary layout at some point in the future. I have a soft spot for S scale for some reason...…. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Well done, I'm glad this fine piece of work has a future. I hope to see it sometime, I just missed it, it vanished from the museum in Bishop's Castle just before we moved to this area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted March 17, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) I don’t intend to do a lot of shows each year (3-4): not sure I can afford the time and energy, which is a shame as they are enjoyable. So far, there are provisional bookings for the following: Doncaster, February 8-9, 2020; (confirmed) Biggleswade, February 2020; (confirmed) Portsmouth (South Hants), November, 2022 I will announce confirmations and other invites as they happen. Edited August 11, 2021 by Regularity Confirmations added, Covid cancellations removed. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Any photos? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted April 24, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2019 No. It is boxed up and in store in my garage, pending a house move. There are plenty on the web: clink on the links in the first post, and you will be taken to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted May 5, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2019 As an update, changing personal circumstances mean modelling has been on hold this year, with no idea yet when they will resume. However, the issue with the six-wheel coach has been identified: no side-play on the centre axle, so it runs wonderfully well on straight track, but does a very good example of demonstrating Newton’s laws of motion when it encounters a curve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flubrush Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) You will be wanting a Cleminson etch, no doubt. :-) Jim. Edited May 6, 2019 by flubrush 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Regularity Posted June 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2019 (edited) I am pleased to say that Lydham Heath will be appearing at the Festival of British Railway Modelling on 8-9 February at Doncaster Racecourse. The attached photos were taken last year by Geoff Forster (aka, Sparky) of Llangunllo and Penhydd fame, and are reproduced with his permission. Edited June 4, 2019 by Regularity Correction to auto”correct”. 25 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 26, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 26, 2019 New date added; Bishop’s Castle, March 21, 2020. Well, I couldn’t not go to the first Bishop’s Castle Model Railway Exhibition in over 30 years, could I? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 26/08/2019 at 09:11, Regularity said: New date added; Bishop’s Castle, March 21, 2020. Well, I couldn’t not go to the first Bishop’s Castle Model Railway Exhibition in over 30 years, could I? Good news, I will, I hope, get there and be glad to see Lydham Heath in the metaphorical flesh for the first time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosedale Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Barry's scenic and grass work has stood the test of time according to those photos. Unless it has faded since, I'm not sure it will need extensive 'static grassing'? Its great that you have taken on this seminal layout and that it will be back on display in shows around the country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 9, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2019 Just a few patches here and there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted January 7, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) The following show dates are coming up: Doncaster, February 8-9, 2020; Biggleswade, 15 February 2020; and Bishop’s Castle, March 21, 2020. At the moment, Lydham Heath is set up in the garage for pre-exhibition testing, and a small number of photos without stock are shown. I have done nothing at all to the layout: this is simply how it looked when unpacked after 14 months in storage! Edited January 21, 2020 by Regularity Typo 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Looks as good as it did at Welshpool in 2018, where it also performed superbly. So pleased that you are taking it on the road again, good luck with the forthcoming shows. Geoff 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted January 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2020 Thanks, Geoff. I am hoping not to have too many experiences like this: 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Regularity Posted January 21, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 I am working on a backscene. It makes quite a difference, even when it is nothing but bare wood. 19 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted February 2, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2020 More in-progress shots. Camera phone photo with just a single incandescent light source, but you get the idea, hopefully! 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Those blue remembered hills set the layout off a treat, a huge improvement. Geoff 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted February 2, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, sparky said: Those blue remembered hills The question is, are you quoting Housman, or Rice quoting Housman? Edited February 3, 2020 by Regularity Spelling! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 11 hours ago, Regularity said: The question is, are you quoting Houseman, or Rice quoting Houseman? A little bit of both, that should keep the fans of both gents happy :-) Geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 It was Mr Rice quoting Housman in one of his layout design books that led me to first read 'A Shropshire lad'. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted February 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, pete_mcfarlane said: It was Mr Rice quoting Housman in one of his layout design books that led me to first read 'A Shropshire lad'. Ditto. We can add that to the list of benefits from our wide-ranging hobby! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted February 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) Also on-going is transverse triangulation to the legs, to stop the wobble. This shot is “work in progress” (and hence untidy!) as not all of the leg pairs are done, but as well as the triangulation, there is a cross-beam which is a couple of inches shorter than the layout at this point, fitted with height-adjustable feet at each end. The strange red markings on the wood are from an incident involving my left thumb and a double-pointed saw, which is why I stopped working on the layout: silly injury means it is time to stop, before making a serious injury! Edit: I hasten to add that the bottle was opened (and the contents consumed) after and not before the incident with the saw. Edited February 3, 2020 by Regularity Addendum 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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