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One advantage of a layout with fiddleyards at either end is we had a nice play with Millway Docks thanks to Kevin :) 

 

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I might have corrupted him into another couple of locos too ;) 

Cheers Kevin :) 

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Many thanks for bringing in your industrial loco collection yesterday Paul I am very envious, I think the Dapol B4 and the little Andrew Barclay “Katy” were my favourites, Hmm I wonder if sound can be fitted to them? I will give Richard a ring. Here are a couple of pictures of USA tank loco 30067 hard at work.

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Your docks look "just right" and I am very impressed by your ships. The size of your docks also make the visiting boat trains very believable; as a matter of interest, how many coaches can fit on your quay?

 

I am also very jealous of your Stodder & Pitt level luffing dockside crane - I still don't understand why a generic kit for one of these has still not been produced by anyone! 

 

Your fleet of diesel dock shunters looks just right, too (I have also acquired such locos as dock shunters). Likewise the class 07. Do you have any plans to have a go at improving the Triang dock shunter? (I thought it was the law that every dock layout had to have one, plus an Airfix/Dapol "dockyard crane"?!)

 

The fleet of visiting small steam locos looked just as at home, and shows that a layout can ring the changes with appropriate stock and motor vehicles.

 

I look forward to seeing further updates on this layout!

 

Steve S

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Hi Steveydee many thanks for your kind comments, in truth Millway Dock is less than 8ft long (scenic section) so long boat trains are not possible, so I just concentrate on the luggage vans imagining that the passengers are dealt with somewhere else within Leaford Port, here are a couple of pictures of the vans used.

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When I heard that Dapol announced that their forthcoming B4’s were to be fitted with “firebox glow” I very sceptical, having the memories of a Triang/Hornby M7 fitted with the same, I shouldn’t have worried the end result cheered me up considerably.

 

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See you soon.

Kevin

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Happy New Year, Kevin! I hope your house move went okay?

 

If you have the chance, could you answer something that has puzzled me for a while about Millway Dock? When you first built "Molly", in your photos she appeared at different points along the dock front, always sat in water, but your photos of the supply barge clearly show that the "water" extends only a short way either side of the ship.

 

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Zooming in on the panoramic view also shows that the "water" doesn't extend all along the dock

 

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In your more recent photograph showing Millway Dock at an exhibition, the water does now extend the full length.

 

My query relates to the earlier photos - was Molly and her "water" on some kind of sliding rail to allow her to be repositioned along the dock edge? (I can't imagine you risking such a model balanced precariously for photos!) Any explanation would be really helpful as I consider how to move a train ferry!

 

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Happy New Year to you Steve, unfortunately we are still waiting to move - I am sure we could have built a new house in the time it has taken for all of the soliciters etc to sort things out, so far approx 4-5 months.

 

Anyway to attempt to answer your questions the pictures you have shown are actually of my  former layout Leaford (now sold) and the ships were mounted on a piece of 6mm Ply cut to the appriate size and mounted along slots cut in the mooring posts on the face of the dock, and some 1"X 1" softwood screwed onto the rear of the middle baseboard as shown housing what became Leaford Jct in the panoramic view. (you can just see these slotted mooring posts in some of the above pictures when zoomed in) the purpose being to be able to slide the ships back and forth between the 2 baseboards in order to gain access for cleaning track and other maintenance.

 

The mooring posts mounted on the dockface were positioned a max  of 8" apart and it was surprising how stable the whole arrangement was, and no ships were harmed by this method of construction.

 

About 90% of the dockside buildings the ships and crane were not sold with Leaford and were subsequently mounted on some purpose made baseboards which has now become Millway Dock.

 

Many thanks for your interest and I wish you the very best of luck with moving your Ferry, I will look forward to seeing your efforts in the future, I hope that I can be of further assistance.

 

Kevin.

 

Leaford itself is being rebuilt and made much larger and is now known as Leighford

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Hi Kevin

 

Thanks for the information - I can now see the slots on looking closely at the panoramic photo! Ingenious! I've saved photos of your Millway Docks in my "inspiration" folder, as at some point I will plan to build something of similar length and you have captured the look of a larger dock. I think the panoramic photo has perhaps stretched "Molly" to look even longer than she does in reality though!

 

Sorry to hear you are still waiting on your house move. If it is any consolation, I am nearly two years waiting for a court order made against my ex-wife for my share of the family home, after being presented with dodgy papers I was advised not to sign and now having signed corrected papers waiting for my payment to release them to her and finalise the transfer into her name. (The most annoying thing was that I settled quickly (and for less than I could have argued for) after the judge specifically ordered we got it settled that day because it had already dragged on too long! What he might think of my wife ignoring his ruling nearly two years later...)

 

Slightly off topic, but it does also seem to me that the amount of paper-shuffling required only seems to be to the financial benefit of solicitors at the end of the day!

 

Steve S

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Many thanks for your kind comments Steve, and I do agree with your words, and I do sympathise with your situation, I just hope both of our circumstances change for the better soon.

On the subject of Molly J she measures 1m in length and 150mm across the beam it is a r/c model by Deansmarine  and it is known as the MV Timrex, I have modified her to be more scale like and to be able to fit the Langley RB 22 midships to be between the holds, I would like to add more detail to her in the future, hopefully. KevinBA3ED59A-85CC-4324-BC2D-C41F73D34DE9.jpeg.8c441ff44761f73c3445f2f4b09ea9a0.jpeg

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Well it finally happened, we have moved!!!! And Millway Dock has a new home, generally known as “the SHED” which roughly translates to Second Home which Ends in Divorce. I have to say this would not have been possible if it had not been for Ian (Temeraire) and Paul (PaulRHB) who kindly erected, insulated, lined and painted this 6mx3m building, and all of the time having me getting in their way and generally being a PITA, this is one of these occasions when the words thank you are simply not enough.F94941C3-3029-4D11-9C78-873EAF867B9A.jpeg.1c6d6d64283fce037da7e7456a1b26f9.jpeg

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3 hours ago, Hampshire Hog said:

Well it finally happened, we have moved!!!! And Millway Dock has a new home, generally known as “the SHED” which roughly translates to Second Home which Ends in Divorce. I have to say this would not have been possible if it had not been for Ian (Temeraire) and Paul (PaulRHB) who kindly erected, insulated, lined and painted this 6mx3m building, and all of the time having me getting in their way and generally being a PITA, this is one of these occasions when the words thank you are simply not enough.F94941C3-3029-4D11-9C78-873EAF867B9A.jpeg.1c6d6d64283fce037da7e7456a1b26f9.jpeg

Basically the ''A'' Team on the job then.:good:

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That's an impressively well finished shed. I would be interested how you find the heat variations and the effect on the layout. I've always resisted considering a shed for the layout because of concerns it might always be too hot or too cold.

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3 hours ago, pauln said:

That's an impressively well finished shed. I would be interested how you find the heat variations and the effect on the layout. I've always resisted considering a shed for the layout because of concerns it might always be too hot or too cold.

Mine sat on a 2 inch polystyrene floor, celotex insulated walls, double glazed and a flat ceiling with loft insulation and was perfect all year round. This looks like a good sturdy build and finish.

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4 hours ago, pauln said:

That's an impressively well finished shed. I would be interested how you find the heat variations and the effect on the layout. I've always resisted considering a shed for the layout because of concerns it might always be too hot or too cold.

My fathers shed was always a problem with track buckling until we insulated the walls and roof and skinned it with ply. Then there was no more track buckling and although it’s totally unheated five minutes gets the heat to comfortable levels. The only thing to watch in an unheated shed is ballasting as it can stay wet a long time, days in fact, and we once got mould! After that was treated we only ballasted in warm weather so it dried overnight ok. 
If you have windows you definitely need blinds to keep the sun out when you’re not in there and security. 
Apart from that a shed is great and even better if it’s a posh one like Ian or Kevin’s ;) 

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