Big And Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Hi All, At the club we have been discussing how to detail the milk dock unloading siding and we are looking for photos for inspiration. We have the below sketch idea. The layout is set between retaining walls as Robs casting post above shows so with the milk siding being at the front of the layout it is partly obscured from the public view so we were thinking to have steel framework with the wagon loading connections that pipe the milk upwards towards road level. If anyone has photos for inspiration they could post that would be great. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post woko Posted August 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2022 Monday night at the club gave us a photo opportunity, to photograph Andy's cracking kit built GNR C12 on the layout and four of the Howldens I have 3d printed up for the layout, only another three to build!! Thanks kevin some great shots of the layout, still lots to do, but nice to see a bit of progress. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted August 23, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2022 Great to see the Howldens Rob. We must find a way to get more depth of field to do them justice. I suspect that means a better camera and/or more light. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted May 2, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 2, 2023 Long time no post on here! Progress slowed last year while our club OO ‘Oakbourne’ took priority because of a couple of exhibition bookings. But we’ve been cracking on this year. The station throat is now all ballasted and we have painted the bare wood in between the tracks. We are close to having all the retaining walls cast, so will be getting them onto the layout soon and the milk dock is taking shape. More progress to report soon I hope. 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted May 4, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) No sooner had I written this than I opened my Gauge O Guild Gazette and see that my article on Smithfield has made it into this issue (May 2023). So if you’re a member of the Gauge O Guild, you can read more about the layout…and if not why not take out the free one month trial membership?! Andy Edited May 4, 2023 by thegreenhowards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted May 4, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 4, 2023 4 hours ago, thegreenhowards said: No sooner had I written this than I opened my Gauge O Guild Gazette and see that my article on Smithfield has made it into this issue (May 2023). So if you’re a member of the Gauge O Guild, you can read more about the layout…and if not why not take out the free one month trial membership?! Andy And a very good read it is too. Kept me in my chair for a good while yesterday - including a bit of day-dreaming as Mother would have said. Well done. Regards Chris H 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted May 15, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 15, 2023 Rob brought his 3D printed signal box along tonight. I think it really looks the biz and neatly covers up the gem levers which we use to control points and signals. It’s still missing a roof which will come when he’s fixed the right printer for it. The rest of us are petrified to touch it as those handrails look very delicate! 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted May 22, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 22, 2023 We were graced by a visit by William Ascough of Ace Prodcts tonight and he brought a couple of his locos to run - a GNR K3 and a Southern K. Here is the K3 posed with my GNR liveried C12. And here is the K class. Rob has made a roof for his signal box and detailed the interior. Here is my attempt at an arty shot from inside. Andy 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woko Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 And some additional cracking photos by Kevin Martin of the dry run interior of the signal box! I now have tidy up the paintwork inside, add a token machine, and a chap operating it all, and finish painting the exterior and newly printed roof! Interior detail not quite finished, some more painting and glazing to add! Thanks Kev great pics. 9 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woko Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 And quick update on the progress of the Brighton Signal Box and an additional little Platelayers hut or shed to accompany it on the layout! Guttering still to be applied and printed along with some additional weathering on the roof for the signal box, whilst the Hut needs a bit more clean up on the roof tile edges and some window and door frames and guttering to finish along with finished painting. I would quite like to add some more internal pieces to signal box including a clock and token machine. Perhaps in the hut some tools and a stove and seat 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted June 9, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9, 2023 Looking great…although shame about the red woodwork! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted July 31, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2023 We have now started gluing in the retaining wall sections along the bare plywood cutting sides. I think it’s a massive transformation. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woko Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Some progress on the LBSCR side of things I managed to sneak a quick photo of my WIP LBSC Billinton umber painted coaches at last nights Club session. Only another 4 to go! 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woko Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Great day at the club today we got to test the layout in full at a local hall, that Peter and Andy kindly sorted out, and check how the stock runs, and fit in a cheeky bit of scenery work as well! We still have a great deal to do before we exhibit, but it was a very encouraging day to see the progress we have all been making on the layout together, along with getting the chance to run the LBSC Billinton's finally! Seen below being pulled by Peter's cracking littler Dapol Terrier 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted October 28, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2023 Rob’s 6-wheelers inevitably stole the show. I grabbed a few photos and a lot of video which will need editing. Here are a selection of photos…more to follow. Rob’s J69 on Howldens My A5 on the Howldens My C12 at the buffer stops on parcels stock. C12 departing on Howldens with the A5 alongside on the Quad Arts. And finally the A5 with LMS vans behind. Andy 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 I visited on Thursday evening. It would appear the LBSCR used their quarter share of the East London line, and a fair chunk of their capital, to build a terminus to the north east of the City of London. Actually not too much capital as that bit of London was already a slum in the nineteenth century. However, to offset their costs, they sold running rights to the GER and GNR (freight and passenger) and the LTSR (freight only?). The LTSR rights were acquired by the MR as a consequence of the 1912 purchase. The team have built a superb layout, which is just about the correct size for an effective exhibition layout. They probably need to develop the fiddle yard. The clubroom fiddle yard is, I'm told, constrained by the available space so they might need a separate yard for exhibition purposes. Bill 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted October 28, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2023 (edited) Thanks Bill, we’ll have to commission you to write our backstory sheet! My version goes like this: “I like LNER and other club member like Southern/ LBSCR.” I’d like to be more sophisticated but we’d have to re-write a lot of history! It was good to see you. Operations got steadily better as the two days went by. We were quite good by Friday evening with young Alex on the fiddle yard. andy Edited October 28, 2023 by thegreenhowards 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted November 4, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 4, 2023 I’m pleased to say that Smithfield is featured in the Gauge O Guild virtual show today. Entry is free. Just click on this link and scroll down for Smithfield. https://www.gaugeoguild.com/guildevents/doku.php?id=virtual2023:layouts Andy 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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