Tom F Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Aire Head said: I'd assume your planning that outgoing wagons would be collected on the way back? Essentially yes, although the exceptions with Ffarquhar is the stone and ale traffic. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritishGypsum4 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 12 hours ago, Corbs said: Does it depend upon the orientation of the sidings at the station? e.g. If they are facing, then having them at the back makes sense, but if the sidings were trailing, then the front could make it easier to split from the train and shunt back into the yard. Dependant also on the trackplan and your station limits for shunting too. If possible you'd want to move the least number of wagons into the siding. Main thing being visually sighting the shunter/guard during this period of work. Harder to see when moving a whole rake of wagons. Driver's would soon get an idea of siding lengths etc with experience but nothing really compares than to be able to visually see hand or lamp signals clearly 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 I'll be setting up a thread for this little side project in due course.... 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Tom F said: I'll be setting up a thread for this little side project in due course.... Cora! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Tom F said: I'll be setting up a thread for this little side project in due course.... Hmm, was this in a book with some very windy weather? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NeilHB Posted February 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Tom F said: I'll be setting up a thread for this little side project in due course.... Looks good Tom - looking forward to following the progress with the side project. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 Ready for weathering! 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted February 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2020 Nice! Which kit did you use? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Corbs said: Nice! Which kit did you use? Thanks Corbs! It's the Roger Stenning kit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 With my projects venturing into Narrow Gauge, and the Ffarquhar layout essentially on hold (there is little I can do until peco release the medium points) I've set up a thread for the various projects in the Kitbuilding/scratchbuilding area which can be found HERE. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumata Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 That reminds me, since you already had a Duck, Oliver and BoCo prepared for the Tidmouth layout before it became Ffarquhar. Will you be utilising those three in any capacity? Awdry himself used Duck as a spare/'guest' engine on his own Ffarquhar, and it happened at least once in the books. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Kumata said: That reminds me, since you already had a Duck, Oliver and BoCo prepared for the Tidmouth layout before it became Ffarquhar. Will you be utilising those three in any capacity? Awdry himself used Duck as a spare/'guest' engine on his own Ffarquhar, and it happened at least once in the books. Duck yes, the other two possibly not that much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Just a quick thanks to @Phil Parker for the reference to my modelling, in his Thomas, Awdry and the Railway Series article in this months BRM. A very good article! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I've been going through this again- the whole thread makes for a fascinating read. What struck me this time was how so many of the illustrations were based on existing Triang models! I'd not really appreciated that before, but I suppose it's logical for the illustrators to have something to hand which could be posed and moved to get the right angles. At the risk of thread-drift, something similar is visible in the animated (and wonderful, horrible, haunting) part-animated, part-3D modelled "When the Wind Blows" from the 1980's. There's a scene when The Bomb drops, and amidst all the destruction a train is seen being blown off a viaduct... it kept bothering me why it looked familiar, and after re-watching tonight (following reading this thread) I'm now pretty sure it's because the loco is a Hornby class 37- in the special features on the DVD you can see a whole load of model cars on the animators desk, so it would make sense if they used a readily-available model off the shelf to draw from. Thread drift over- really looking forward to seeing how this layout progresses (I'm a narrow gauge enthusiast too, so equally excited to see the new developments). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted July 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2020 More to come in due course hopefully..... 21 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Yay! Ffarquhuar is back! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, RedGemAlchemist said: Yay! Ffarquhuar is back! Don't get too excited, there wont by any track laying until peco release their 'Bullhead' medium radius points, which will most likely be next year. However, stock and buildings will be appearing over the next few months.....some sooner rather than later.....and yes, that is Ffarquhar box in situ. Edited July 22, 2020 by Hawin Dooiey 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NeilHB Posted July 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2020 Glad to see an update on Ffarquhar Tom. No.6 does look good shuffling wagons around! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 10 hours ago, NeilHB said: Glad to see an update on Ffarquhar Tom. No.6 does look good shuffling wagons around! Cheers Neil. The decision to not go DCC has also spurred me on. Adding a decoder to Percy was going to be hard work due to the lack of space. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted July 23, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2020 Another engine in steam.... 18 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold A Murphy Posted July 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2020 Great stuff Tom, so good to see this part of the island's railways back. How's Thomas coming along? Alastair 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, A Murphy said: Great stuff Tom, so good to see this part of the island's railways back. How's Thomas coming along? Alastair Indeed. And what about Daisy? (Would ask about Mavis as well but I think I may have asked about her before and I forgot when in the story timeline Tom is modelling.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold A Murphy Posted July 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) I only asked about Thomas because just at the point at which Tom split the two threads, Thomas was looking very promising....... Regards, Alastair Edited July 23, 2020 by A Murphy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, A Murphy said: I only asked about Thomas because just at the point at which Tom split the two threads, Thomas was looking very promising....... Regards, Alastair I'm going to start cleaning up the body work, plus adding the buffers, lamp irons and handrails this weekend in preparation for the first coat of primer this weekend. Actually I need to add the brake gear too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Work underway.... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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