RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 19, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2014 Hope you have found all the 'bits' ready for your journey to Barnstaple next week! Most bits found, some still AWOL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2014 Just a word of caution - if you find yourself at the exhibition in Bude, you've driven too far! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 19, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2014 Just a word of caution - if you find yourself at the exhibition in Bude, you've driven too far! Our autopilot may lead us to Wadebridge or Truro, who knows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2014 Just a word of caution - if you find yourself at the exhibition in Bude,.... You've boarded the wrong portion of the ACE... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 19, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2014 You've boarded the wrong portion of the ACE... Could be tricky - Padstow, Bude, Ilfracombe, Plymouth. Choices, choices. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2014 Most bits found, some still AWOL. Old Gringo? Last seen staggering out of a pub in deepest Yorkshire... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 20, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2014 Old Gringo? Last seen staggering out of a pub in deepest Yorkshire... Could be serious if he was staggering east from a pub in Robin Hoods Bay......... Would be even more serious if he was anywhere in Hull................................... P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 20, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2014 With the help of Mike, my father-in-law, Treneglos was erected today in sections in the Train Room. Now, the room is a smidge over 17' long which seems massive until you try and put up a 34' long layout! Thankfully the layout is wired so that each board has a lead back to the control panel which means that the boards don't physically have to be attached to each other to test things like point motors. They do however have to be attached if you want to test board joints and run some stock... First up was the Okehampton fiddleyard and the adjacent two scenic boards - that combination takes up 15' alone. Whilst they were attached trains were run over every road and each end of the turntable fiddle. All happy after a little cleaning of the brass tube and rod that aligns the track and provides power. Smashing. Next the Okehampton fiddleyard was taken down and shoved out of the way enabling another two scenic boards to be put up. This gave me a clear run over the marsh, under the station road bridge (must find the bus), through the station, past the goods yard and over the viaduct before a stopping sharply to avoid hitting the wall! Again all fine and the little dip before the viaduct doesn't appear to have got any bigger. The layout has been vacuumed, the streams polished and various green bits touched up. Having been working on my 7mm layout recently, which has 980mm deep boards, the 500mm ones on TG don't half look narrow! With these four boards up it has been possible to start test running locos up and down through the loop. Fairly mixed results at this stage. Two years of locos not being used hasn't been kind and it's the Bachmann Std 4MT tanks and Maunsell Ns that appear to be sulking the most. Looks like I'll be stripping them down tonight for a good clean. Hornby Spams are, and have always been, a mixed bunch. The early releases have the loco pick up issues and the later ones don't seem as well put together. Most have annoying squeaks from the tender pickups. Grrr! The next phase will be to put up the Padstow fiddle and two adjacent scenic boards. On a plus note for Stu, the WR Prairie runs fine (just got to find the box). On a minus note for Old Gringo the Standard 3MT tank runs fine too. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Shame I am not in the UK to come and see this. SWMBO likes coming to the UK over Christmas, which is not a good time for shows. I do like to see southern based layouts even if out of period for my own modelling. One year I am going to make a trip so I can get to Telford or Reading O gauge shows. All the best with the exhibition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 20, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2014 A few photos from this afternoon... Four boards from the Padstow end and then the Okehampton end (cutting board missing). T9 running in the yard with the yardmaster scrutinising operations. Looks like I'm in trouble... Slight issue with the stock gauge... ...and we also had 'help' from my son too: 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 20, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2014 OG's looking well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 20, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2014 OG's looking well... No comment but 'Grandad' Mike may have a word to say ;-p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 20, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2014 The lads saying 'Run a Grange or something similar or the layout gets soaked !' 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 20, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2014 The lads saying 'Run a Grange or something similar or the layout gets soaked !' Strangely he wasn't Rob! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 20, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2014 The Okehampton fiddle... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 20, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2014 Shame I am not in the UK to come and see this. SWMBO likes coming to the UK over Christmas, which is not a good time for shows. I do like to see southern based layouts even if out of period for my own modelling. One year I am going to make a trip so I can get to Telford or Reading O gauge shows. All the best with the exhibition. Peter, if you do intend making Telford show this year be sure to let me know - I'm aiming to get there too. Would be good to meet up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeHemmings Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 (edited) I think Stubby needs a visit to the optician, and yes I am looking good. Edited July 20, 2014 by MikeHemmings 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Peter, if you do intend making Telford show this year be sure to let me know - I'm aiming to get there too. Would be good to meet up. I am afraid it will not be this year. We are planning a trip to Europe this Christmas. So thats this years trip fixed. SWMBO wants to drive up the east coast of America the next vacation, so it is looking like a couple of years hence at least. As you say would be nice to meet some of the bods behind all these great models on here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 21, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2014 The 'lad' is thinking.......'I wonder if those streams would look better with a bit of liquid?' He is also confused about the Okehampton Fiddle. He thought that was a folk dance used in fertility rituals. Quack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 A class 37 would look perfect on there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 21, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2014 This would look perfect too..... DCC and sound as well. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 21, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2014 This would look perfect too.....Topiery.jpg P Don't you mean privet? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 21, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2014 This would look perfect too.....Topiery.jpg DCC and sound as well. P Yeah - but it wasn't built at Eastleigh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 21, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2014 Yeah - but it wasn't built at Eastleigh! ' Grown in the UK'?? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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