RMweb Gold DaveF Posted February 5, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2015 While I was taking the wagon photos in the above post I also took a few of the layout, partly to see what needs tidying up in the next week or so. Please forgive the odd tatty poster and the cobweb. First we have the branch goods caught during a pause between shunting moves. 1528 The next one is of the platform with passengers. Waiting for the train Again, passengers. I don't know the source of the figures in these photos, they were from Dad's layout. Saying goodbye Lastly for now a wagon taken while the goods train shunts. Some passengers have arrived early for the next train. I must get the platform brickwork weathered. Prince of Wales wagon The photos were taken very simply. I used a Canon Ixus 85, which has a flat base. I just rest it on the baseboard or something suitable, hold it firmly in place and gently press the shutter release. Focus is set to close up (tulip). Flash is turned off. For these sort of photos it is quicker than getting out the tripod and SLR (which was set up in the kitchen for some flower photos when I took these). David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Another gem I'd missed, please keep up the pictures and updates. I have a soft spot for 1528 as it was briefly loaned to Cadbury's, mine's a bit less colourful! - Unusual to see pre-grouping layouts so much these days, more's the pity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted February 5, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2015 Another gem I'd missed, please keep up the pictures and updates. I have a soft spot for 1528 as it was briefly loaned to Cadbury's, mine's a bit less colourful! _MG_5322.jpg - Unusual to see pre-grouping layouts so much these days, more's the pity. When Dad asked me to paint the loco for him he asked for the crimson with large numbers livery. At the time I wasn't entirely convinced but R J Essery's book Midland Locos Vol 3 (Wild Swan) says that is how the first five were painted when new. To be honest I like them just as much in the black livery, like yours. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted February 5, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2015 Very nice. You should be able to balance the workings by adjusting the ratio of the destination cards slightly less of the Oxton cards should do it. I think the embracing couple may be from 0men figures. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted February 23, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2015 The Midland Railway long lowsided wagon is now finished. The letters could be bigger, but I hadn't got any exactly the right size and looking at photos there appears to have been some variation and size and position in the early years of the twentieth century. The wagon has brakes on one side only as was common practice at the time. I've now started on the next wagon kit. This is a Salt wagon, from POWSIDES which uses the Slaters salt wagon kit. It comes pre lettered. So far I have matt varnished the sides to protect the lettering against handling. I used a very old tin of Humbrol matt varnish which has a tiny amount of brown added to it, it just tones down the starkness of white letters, but doesn't show up on a digital image! The next job is to fit the buffers while I can still get at the inside of the ends. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 27, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2015 During the last couple of weeks I've been building a new salt van, lettered for "L A Simpson & Co. Ltd." who were based in Nottingham and Middlewich. The wagon is a kit from POWSIDES, who paint and preletter the Slaters salt wagon kit. It was built as per the instructions. However I did give the pre lettered sides a coat of matt varnish before I started building it to protect the lettering. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted May 3, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2015 A second POWSIDES/Slaters pre lettered wagon has just been completed, this time in the colours of the Cliffe Hill Granite Quarry Company, of Markfield near Leicester. As the layout is set around 1910 the wagon has been built with brakes on one side only as was still allowed then. As usual the Slaters assembly instructions were followed, after first painting the sides with matt varnish to protect the POWSIDES applied lettering during construction. As usual I've also added a very simple hook and loop coupling, as stock is never turned on the layout. The coupling links still await blackening. The interior has been given a coat of a pale khaki colour for now to represent stone dust, as usual with Slater's wagons there is no interior planking. I haven't scribed any planks as in due course the wagon will run with a load. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted October 6, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2015 Today a new loco arrived on the railway, a Dapol Terrier, Thames. I've no idea what an LB&SCR loco would be doing on a Midland branch line in Nottinghamshire, but it does look nice and runs well. Perhaps the Midland are looking for something a bit smaller than their 0-4-4Ts and 0-6-0Ts for branch line work and have asked to try one. Coal, crew and lamps have not yet been added. Thames Thames David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted October 6, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2015 Thames has now backed onto its first train but has not yet coupled up. The crew have gone for a cup of tea and will couple up and put the lamp on later. We'll forget that the Midland used vacuum brakes for now. I do know that the Midland 3F in the second photo would not have been painted in the passenger livery with large numbers but it looks nice. In my alternative version of history those used on passenger trains were painted like that. Thames on train 2 Thames on train 4 I'm not sure how the photographer got this view from above, perhaps someone had a hot air balloon? David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danemouth Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 David, Always remember Rule 1 applies. Loco looks really smart. Regards, Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted January 17, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2018 I was reminded today that I haven't posted anything in this thread for well over two years - I thought it was only a few months ago. So what has happened in the last two years? Some new rolling stock has appeared, along with locos, scenery has been altered - and still needs a lot more work. Above all though I've spent a lot of time running trains, usually to a timetable (not to real times, just as a sequence). I find that running trains is one of the most enjoyable parts of railway modelling, along with making things. The photo below shows a couple of recent acquisitions. Those who have read the thread will know that this is meant to be a pre-grouping layout, so why two relatively "modern" items? It's quite simple, the Parkside horsebox kit was a gift. It was more difficult than I expected to put together and is certainly not built perfectly. It does run well and looks fine when I am running the layout. The Ixion Fowler is simply a loco I've always liked and decided to buy one. I was fortunate to find a second hand one at a good price. Most of my stock is still pre-grouping and will remain so, but Rule 1 is used from time to time. Hopefully I'll now remember to update the thread regularly. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted February 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2019 In the past year not much has changed at Oxton, trains come and go, the same passengers use the station each day and the same type of traffic uses the goods yard. A few new wagons have arrived : Just don't ask what a Great Northern Railway 50ton bogie brick wagon would be doing on a Midland branch line in Nottinghamshire. So life in this rural backwater of Nottinghamshire continues just as it has since the railway arrived. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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