lmsforever Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 When I saw the head on photo of the HST departing I honestly thought it was real thing the colour of the surrounds the look of the unit all contributed. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted April 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13, 2021 It would be interesting to slip a few pics of your layout into a book of prototype photos of Edinburgh and see if anyone spots they are of a model. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley47708 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 21 hours ago, Bogie said: I agree. The sense of realism is the most outstanding feature. I visited the area once back in 1997. I only took a single photo (as these were the days of loading film in a camera) and it was only when I got back to Australia and had the film developed that I realised I had not included any trains! Your layout more than makes up. You can't fool me, that's not real, that's Davids layout when he has taken his stock of to clean the wheels! 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted April 15, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2021 Hi folks, A rake that hasn't had much of a run-out for a while is WW's breakdown train. It was seen yesterday passing through Princes St Gardens on a rare outing behind Eastfield-based 37191. By the time it returned some hours later, I had started to wander up the hill to the Old Town, but was lucky enough to get a shot of it. Here are a few shots of it as it passed through... Cheers for now, Dave 45 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Module00 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 just one word : Awesome ! 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Had good catch up here great modelling as always 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted September 7, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) Hi folks, Well, I see my last update was back in April, so I guess it's more than about time I posted another one. Life has been busy as usual these past few months and my older daughter is about to head off to uni this weekend, so that's going to be a big change for the WW clan. I have managed to keep fairly busy on the modelling front though too, with a number of projects being kept on the go through five minutes here and five minutes there, which I find is a good way of keeping my mojo up. Anyway, without further ado, here are some of the projects I've been working on. First up is the addition of a second Mk 3 TF to each of my three HST sets, one blue-grey, one original InterCity and one InterCity Swallow. This wasn't as easy as I had expected, as each rake had been completely resprayed and they each had their own subtleties as regards the colours I used for the seats and so on. Anyway, I eventually managed to produce three TFs which matched their respective rakes and I now have three 2+7 HST rakes, which look more typical of the East Coast formations of the time. Here is one of the new TFs, showing off its new interior lights. I actually think it's better with the interior lights off during daytime running, as the lights are too bright otherwise. They come into their own during night running sessions though. I have also weathered a couple of Traffic Services Ltd polybulks. I was very pleased with the way these came out. Here are a few shots of them... Here are some other shots of some of the other wagons in my Speedlink rakes... First up is a suitably weathered Cavelex BBA. This is a lovely wagon which runs beautifully thanks to its weight. It would look even better with a nice steel load. Next is a humble and well-used OBA in Railfreight livery with a timber load... And another china clay bogie wagon, with extra weathering... As my rakes tend to run in fixed formations, I have also been fitting tail lights and end buffer detail to all my rakes, particularly the freight stock. Here is a shot of a china clay slurry wagon bringing up the rear of a Speedlink service... In other news, I have rearranged the use of one of the fiddle yards to maximise the length of my longer freight rakes, particularly the MGR rake and the bogie oil tanks. These are now able to run at their full length - 23 x HAAs and 10 x TEAs respectively, which makes for some nice-looking trains. If I eventually decide to replace the HAA rake with either Accurascale or Cavelex's versions, it's going to be expensive! I've put a lot of time and effort into weathering my HAA rake and making loads, so I'm going to take my time deciding what to do about that. Finally for now, a few random shots taken during a running session... An HST arrives from Aberdeen bound for KX... A rarity in Edinburgh, as 56013 does the honours on an MGR service to Cockenzie Power Station, routed via Waverley. Two shiny HAAs recently outshopped in the new Coal Sector livery lead the rake. 37418 trundles through the station with a Speedlink service... ...with the newly weathered polybulks in the formation... Another couple of projects I've been working are two Class 60s. These were bought in the liveries I wanted (Coal and Petroleum sectors), but Hornby has done such a botched job on them that in the end I decided a complete respray was necessary. These are now nearing completion. I find it very frustrating that, as an amateur, I can get the colours right, so why can't Hornby? Even the yellows that Hornby used for the ends of the two locos were completely different, so I even had to respray those. Anyway, rant over. I now have a couple of very smart looking 60s, Coal sector 60078 Stac Pollaidh (a favourite mountain of mine) and Petroleum sector 60065 Kinder Low. Here is 60078 on a proving run (after fitting with a Legobiffoman sound chip) before its recent light weathering and naming... Some minor layout maintenance has also been going on with a reversing module having to be replaced on one of the fiddle yards. I have also bought a booster module for my ECoS system, so that I can run two trains at once with the coach lights on. The ECoS system as bought only seems to be up to powering one lit train at a time. Well, I guess that's it for now. I hope it won't be another five months before my next update! Cheers for now, Dave Edited September 7, 2021 by Waverley West 39 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) That is lovely work Dave, particularly the weathering on the wagons. Your mention of Stac Pollaidh struck a chord with me because it is a particular favourite of my wife and only yesterday I hang an enormous picture of it on our wall! See attached. I have not taken the protective film off it yet because I still have to paint the ceiling. Your mention of 56's at Waverley stirred a long distant memory. In 1976 I travelled through to Waverley from Falkirk in the hope of seeing 56001, then brand new, which was rumoured to be visiting. The loco was conducting trials on the ECML following delivery from Romania. I think it did visit but I missed it! Cheers David Edited September 7, 2021 by David Bell 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Waverley West said: First up is the addition of a second Mk 3 FO to each of my three HST sets, one blue-grey, one original InterCity and one InterCity Swallow. This wasn't as easy as I had expected, as each rake had been completely resprayed and they each had their own subtleties as regards the colours I used for the seats and so on. Anyway, I eventually managed to produce three FOs which matched their respective rakes and I now have three 2+7 HST rakes, which look more typical of the East Coast formations of the time. Here is one of the new FOs, showing off its new interior lights. I actually think it's better with the interior lights off during daytime running, as the lights are too bright otherwise. They come into their own during night running sessions though The IC Swallow looks ace mate, that TF is absolutely First Class! (See what I did there? ) Look forward to some nighttime lighting shots to really show off the interior lights. 2 hours ago, Waverley West said: ...with the newly weathered polybulks in the formation... They look very much the part as well, those sort of blended chalky grey patches really give the feel of a revenue earning vehicle in use so to speak. It's nice to see an update from you again, always a delight to see more of the fantastic Waverley West. 2 hours ago, Waverley West said: Well, I guess that's it for now. I hope it won't be another five months before my next update! It's the quality of posts not quantity that counts 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Good to see you back Dave and to see what you’ve been up to. Some lovely weathering in that lot - I need to pluck up the courage.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted September 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2021 Superb weathering, Dave, something I never mastered 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted October 18, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2021 (edited) Hi folks, Well, six weeks since my last update, so not as bad as last time. I've been pretty busy on the traction front recently. You wait ages for new locos on WW and then no fewer than five come along at once. The new additions cover the full timespan of Waverley West, including a centre headcode 40, two Railfreight 20s and two sector 60s. Anyway, without further ado, here are the new releases from the Waverley West Works: First up are two Railfreight-liveried 20s, based on Bachmann's new release. Although Bachmann's chosen 20227 was a Haymarket loco and therefore perfect for WW, I thought the choice a bit strange, as I was unable to find any other Railfreight 20 which was fitted with a hi-intensity headlight while in BR service, which led to a renumbering headache. I wanted a pair of the locos, so in the end I opted for 20132, which was fitted with a headlight sometime after privatisation as far as I can tell from my research. I found it a bit surprising that no other Railfreight 20 was fitted with a high-intensity light, given that twenty class 20s were painted in this livery and presumably lived on longer as a result. Anyway, 20132 is always the train loco in my pairing, so you don't really see the headlight. So, rule 1 applies and I've let myself off the hook. Here are some photos of the pair, which are currently powering one of WW's Speedlink rakes, passing through Princes St Gardens and on through Waverley... I opted for a "workaday" appearance for this pair. Not particularly clean, not particularly dirty. The next new arrival is Petroleum-liveried 60065 Kinder Low. This ended up being a complete respray due to Hornby's complete hash of a paint job on the original loco (60062 Samuel Johnson). Despite their almost exclusive use on freight, 60s always seemed to be pretty clean, so that is how I've portrayed this one. The loco is currently being used on my rake of TEAs, one of the longest rakes on the layout (10 bogies), which it pulls with ease (after the usual major modifications to the Hornby close-coupling mechanism anyway). The fourth new loco is Coal sector 60078 Stac Pollaidh, which will mainly be used on one of the layout's coal rakes. This was also a complete respray for the same reasons as above. Here it is pootling about the station light engine... The fifth and final arrival for now is Banger Blue 40159, which will replace split headcode 40142, which will be sold. My memories of 40s, especially those in Scotland, don't really include the split headcode version, so I had been waiting for the centre headcode version from Bachmann. Again, this one is fairly clean, although the roof is dirty... Well, I seem to have reached my 10 Mb limit for this post, so I'll sign off from this one. More to follow though! I've been having a bit of a clear-out of my loco projects, as looking at my stock boxes, it was clear many projects were never going to see the light of day for various reasons (lack of time, cost of fitting sound chips, obsolescence, etc. etc.). So, I decided to sell off quite a few locos and use the proceeds to fund sound chips for locos which had been sitting in their boxes for too long. So far, this approach has been paying dividends, with the above locos now making it to the layout at last and a few other locos also on the bench, including two Coal sector 26s, Large Logo 37417 and (please don't tell anyone) an InterCity 90 and DVT combination. The latter are not a sign that electrification of WW has been authorised (extremely unlikely), just that I happen to like them! They will be used on both drags and as an electric without any OHLE when no one's watching. Rule 1 again. Hope to be back soon with those other photos. Cheers for now. Happy modelling! Dave Edited October 18, 2021 by Waverley West 41 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted October 18, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2021 A few more piccies of 40159... Finally, to finish off for now, here are a few other piccies of the depot taken during a recent running session. Hope to be back soon with some pics of the pair of Coal sector 26s, as they are nearing completion now. Cheers for now, Dave 45 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Lovely pictures Dave, The head on shot of the 40 and the nightime shed shot are particularly effective Cheers David 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Waverley West said: Hi folks, Well, six weeks since my last update, so not as bad as last time. I've been pretty busy on the traction front recently. You wait ages for new locos on WW and then no fewer than five come along at once. The new additions cover the full timespan of Waverley West, including a centre headcode 40, two Railfreight 20s and two sector 60s. Anyway, without further ado, here are the new releases from the Waverley West Works: First up are two Railfreight-liveried 20s, based on Bachmann's new release. Although Bachmann's chosen 20227 was a Haymarket loco and therefore perfect for WW, I thought the choice a bit strange, as I was unable to find any other Railfreight 20 which was fitted with a hi-intensity headlight while in BR service, which led to a renumbering headache. I wanted a pair of the locos, so in the end I opted for 20132, which was fitted with a headlight sometime after privatisation as far as I can tell from my research. I found it a bit surprising that no other Railfreight 20 was fitted with a high-intensity light, given that twenty class 20s were painted in this livery and presumably lived on longer as a result. Anyway, 20132 is always the train loco in my pairing, so you don't really see the headlight. So, rule 1 applies and I've let myself off the hook. Here are some photos of the pair, which are currently powering one of WW's Speedlink rakes, passing through Princes St Gardens and on through Waverley... I opted for a "workaday" appearance for this pair. Not particularly clean, not particularly dirty. The next new arrival is Petroleum-liveried 60065 Kinder Low. This ended up being a complete respray due to Hornby's complete hash of a paint job on the original loco (60062 Samuel Johnson). Despite their almost exclusive use on freight, 60s always seemed to be pretty clean, so that is how I've portrayed this one. The loco is currently being used on my rake of TEAs, one of the longest rakes on the layout (10 bogies), which it pulls with ease (after the usual major modifications to the Hornby close-coupling mechanism anyway). The fourth new loco is Coal sector 60078 Stac Pollaidh, which will mainly be used on one of the layout's coal rakes. This was also a complete respray for the same reasons as above. Here it is pootling about the station light engine... The fifth and final arrival for now is Banger Blue 40159, which will replace split headcode 40142, which will be sold. My memories of 40s, especially those in Scotland, don't really include the split headcode version, so I had been waiting for the centre headcode version from Bachmann. Again, this one is fairly clean, although the roof is dirty... Well, I seem to have reached my 10 Mb limit for this post, so I'll sign off from this one. More to follow though! I've been having a bit of a clear-out of my loco projects, as looking at my stock boxes, it was clear many projects were never going to see the light of day for various reasons (lack of time, cost of fitting sound chips, obsolescence, etc. etc.). So, I decided to sell off quite a few locos and use the proceeds to fund sound chips for locos which had been sitting in their boxes for too long. So far, this approach has been paying dividends, with the above locos now making it to the layout at last and a few other locos also on the bench, including two Coal sector 26s, Large Logo 37417 and (please don't tell anyone) an InterCity 90 and DVT combination. The latter are not a sign that electrification of WW has been authorised (extremely unlikely), just that I happen to like them! They will be used on both drags and as an electric without any OHLE when no one's watching. Rule 1 again. Hope to be back soon with those other photos. Cheers for now. Happy modelling! Dave 20s look great, and love the 40. One small criticism - that Whistler is far too clean! Seriously though, nice to see an update from you and look forward to your developments. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Another set of superb photo's and some great modelling 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted October 19, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2021 13 hours ago, hexagon789 said: One small criticism - that Whistler is far too clean! Hee hee, I know what you're saying. It was tempting to go to town on it. 40159's condition was actually modelled based on a really good photo of it at Eastfield in 1980 in the book "Looking back at Class 40s". Dirty roof, fairly clean sides. It is probably actually a bit dirtier than it looks in the photos, as it has had a dirty wash down the sides. It's always easier to add more weathering than to remove it though, so it may yet go back to the works. As and when Bachmann release a standard disc headcode version, I may well go to town on one of those. On a previous 40 (now sold), I had a nice oil stain down the side, which I thought looked really good. It actually covered up a glue mark on the body side, but over time I forgot about that bit. Funny how it was incredibly annoying at the time I got glue on the loco, but over time I really grew to like that stain! Perhaps I should do one on 40159 too. Cheers Dave 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 6 hours ago, Waverley West said: Hee hee, I know what you're saying. It was tempting to go to town on it. 40159's condition was actually modelled based on a really good photo of it at Eastfield in 1980 in the book "Looking back at Class 40s". Dirty roof, fairly clean sides. It is probably actually a bit dirtier than it looks in the photos, as it has had a dirty wash down the sides. It's always easier to add more weathering than to remove it though, so it may yet go back to the works. As and when Bachmann release a standard disc headcode version, I may well go to town on one of those. On a previous 40 (now sold), I had a nice oil stain down the side, which I thought looked really good. It actually covered up a glue mark on the body side, but over time I forgot about that bit. Funny how it was incredibly annoying at the time I got glue on the loco, but over time I really grew to like that stain! Perhaps I should do one on 40159 too. Cheers Dave It is a lovely loco, so I can definitely appreciate the whole "seems a shame to spoil her". I think I remember your other 40 with the stain, would certainly be interesting to see similar treatment on another loco and I like the wee story behind it. Ben 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I've always suspected that the MU jumper-cable sockets at the sides of the bogies on Bachmann's 40s were a bit overscale - rather visible from the end-on view. Published pics also suggest that several of the original ScR allocation lost their MU jumpers at some stage, but I don't know if that included 40159 as at your time-period. Alasdair 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, AJCT said: I've always suspected that the MU jumper-cable sockets at the sides of the bogies on Bachmann's 40s were a bit overscale - rather visible from the end-on view. Published pics also suggest that several of the original ScR allocation lost their MU jumpers at some stage, but I don't know if that included 40159 as at your time-period. Alasdair I understood they all did? (That is Haymarket specifically went about removing them from its own allocation.) EDIT: In fact, pondering more on the matter - didn't they also perform a modification to the sandboxes as well? Edited October 19, 2021 by hexagon789 More information 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) On 19/10/2021 at 18:47, AJCT said: I've always suspected that the MU jumper-cable sockets at the sides of the bogies on Bachmann's 40s were a bit overscale - rather visible from the end-on view. Published pics also suggest that several of the original ScR allocation lost their MU jumpers at some stage, but I don't know if that included 40159 as at your time-period. Alasdair Hi Alasdair, Now that you point it out, yes, 40159 had had its MU jumpers removed by the time of the main photo I used when weathering the loco (1980). I have seen a photo of them fitted to the loco while it had domino headcodes though, so I think I'll leave them in place, mainly because they add a bit of colour and interest to the bogie frames. Cheers Dave Edited October 22, 2021 by Waverley West 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted October 30, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2021 Hi folks, Just thought I'd post some piccies of the latest releases from the Waverley West Works - Coal sector 26002 and 26008, which seem to go everywhere together, currently hauling the layout's MGR HAA rake.. 26002 was chosen as it has round buffers and is otherwise identical to the original Heljan donor loco 26008 as far as I can see. 26008 was kept un-renumbered. They have both been weathered to a work-stained, but not too dirty state, which 26s in this livery often seemed to be in. So, without further ado, here are some shots of the pair on the MGR rake passing through Princes Street Gardens and then Waverley... Currently on the workbench are Large Logo 37417, which is awaiting final buffer beam detailing, and an InterCity Swallow DVT. Hope to be back soon with another update. Happy Modelling! Dave 45 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, Waverley West said: Hi folks, Just thought I'd post some piccies of the latest releases from the Waverley West Works - Coal sector 26002 and 26008, which seem to go everywhere together, currently hauling the layout's MGR HAA rake.. 26002 was chosen as it has round buffers and is otherwise identical to the original Heljan donor loco 26008 as far as I can see. 26008 was kept un-renumbered. They have both been weathered to a work-stained, but not too dirty state, which 26s in this livery often seemed to be in. So, without further ado, here are some shots of the pair on the MGR rake passing through Princes Street Gardens and then Waverley... Currently on the workbench are Large Logo 37417, which is awaiting final buffer beam detailing, and an InterCity Swallow DVT. Hope to be back soon with another update. Happy Modelling! Dave A lovely set of photos, those 26s look so good together. I see that poor woman is still running for her train! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted October 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 31, 2021 Great set of photos. Lovely job on the 26’s. They were getting awfully close to the hst in the platform. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 18 hours ago, Waverley West said: Hi folks, Just thought I'd post some piccies of the latest releases from the Waverley West Works - Coal sector 26002 and 26008, which seem to go everywhere together, currently hauling the layout's MGR HAA rake.. was this because 008 wasn’t slow speed fitted? Believe only 001-007 were so fitted so maybe pairing 008 with 002 gave ability to still slow speed at Cockenzie? nice job - I like the subtleties of the weathering which really brings out the detail. M 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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