sb67 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Thanks Chaz, really hope I can get there, I've been looking forward to seeing the layout. Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaingoat Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Just a final, timely reminder... Dock Green will be at Railex 2018 this coming weekend at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury. (HP21 9PP). http://www.railex.org.uk Have a look at the list of layouts, it looks like being a very good show and worth a trip to see. If you do go, seek us out and say hello. Chaz Hi Chaz Minerva will be there as well, so if you want a sound fitted GW pannier to help out, just come to stand 43 and we will be more than happy to oblige........... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I can think of few things Chaz would like more on DG... Simon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Really enjoyed seeing Dock Green at Railex, well done on such a fine layout, looks even better in the flesh. Hope all went well and you enjoyed yourselves. steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 Really enjoyed seeing Dock Green at Railex, well done on such a fine layout, looks even better in the flesh. Hope all went well and you enjoyed yourselves. steve. We certainly did Steve, great show. Thanks for those kind comments. More later - it's very late and I'm off to bed as it has been a very long day - van returned to hirers just after 10pm. Chaz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) I took a few photos at Railex in Aylesbury which I will post later. One of my operating team, Roy, had to pull out at a week's notice as his wife was in hospital, in intensive care. He was very disappointed but naturally had to be at home. This meant that I had to hire a van at very short notice (Roy was to have hired the van) but had to settle for a smaller van, two feet shorter than the LWB transit we usually use. I was reasonably confident that the stuff would fit in with careful loading and it did - but only just! Although there looks to be spare space it's a question of what can be safely perched on top of other stuff so that nothing topples over as the van is driven round a bend. You can see from these two photos that it does all fit but it takes longer and has to be done very carefully - so future trips will be with the LWB van, it's all so much easier. As Sue and I were having to load the van alone I hired a sack barrow with the van but this proved to be a mixed blessing. The worst damage the layout has ever suffered (the "Dixon" road bridge broke away on one side) occurred when the sack barrow thumped down over the front doorstep. Fortunately when the layout was erected the bridge was undamaged, but we had to be very careful at the end of the show how we carried the baseboard to avoid further damage. The fixing on the operators' side of the bridge will require replacement - fortunately an easy job. Chaz Edited June 10, 2018 by chaz 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 (edited) A couple of weeks ago I posted that I would put up some snaps taken at Aylesbury. I have just got back from a week in Norfolk so here we go.... You will have to forgive the backgrounds. I could spend ages with Photoshop but life is too short. I won't bother with captions for most of these pictures but if you want any details just ask. I will post them in batches of four... ...so that's your lot until tomorrow. Chaz Edited June 10, 2018 by chaz 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Thank you Chaz, always a pleasure to see your layout. Grahame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 Thank you Chaz, always a pleasure to see your layout. Grahame Thanks Grahame. I have said it before - Dock Green is quite a small layout and it becomes progressively more difficult to find new angles for photos. While people still like 'em I will continue posting 'em. Chaz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I still like 'em Chaz! Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Keep 'em coming Chaz, I'll never tire of them. Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 Keep 'em coming Chaz, I'll never tire of them. Steve. OK, lads, a few more tomorrow! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 OK, lads, a few more tomorrow! YEY ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Four more snaps from Railex in Aylesbury. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) Another four snaps from the Aylesbury show. I tried to get a bit of variety into what I shot but they do inevitably repeat many similar shots already posted. Regular followers might wonder at the absence of any of the J6 - it is still very tight and until it can be loosened up with an effective running-in regime it will not feature. Dock Green is not going out again until the winter and I do hope to get it sorted before then! More tomorrow. Chaz Edited June 12, 2018 by chaz 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 They all look a bit different to me Chaz - especially the first and last pics - and I especially like that last one! Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Golly - page 200! That first photo is of the Ixion Hudswell Clarke "Christine" from a different viewpoint. Worth a second look? Chaz Edited June 13, 2018 by chaz 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeg Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Well done Chaz, Inspirational layout. I am thinking I might expand my little O gauge layout from 8' to 12' (x1 1/2'- 450mm wide) Mark in Oz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 Well done Chaz, Inspirational layout. I am thinking I might expand my little O gauge layout from 8' to 12' (x1 1/2'- 450mm wide) Mark in Oz Thanks Mark. As you probably know Dock Green is 16' x 2' (with a 3' board added for cassette work) and is very tight for space. It all depends on what you try to do with it as to whether the space works or not. More is often (but not always!) better. Chaz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 What paint did you use on the wooden wagons they are really good? Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 What paint did you use on the wooden wagons they are really good? Marc Various colours of Humbrol enamels, mostly greys and buffs with No. 110 "natural wood" as the base colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 A view down the old access stairs to the yard, no longer used but still there. A view from half way down those stairs. The hut and the grounded van - the van is an old GER 10 tonner. The prototypes never survived the grouping to run in LNER days but the odd body might have been found lurking in a backwater like Dock Green yard. Chaz 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Is scratch built? Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Is scratch built? Marc No Marc, it's a resin body which at one time had white-metal parts for the running and brake gear etc. I removed all that when I discovered just how ancient and therefore how much of an anachronism the van would be on a fifties BR layout. I'm not sure of the brand but I do know that the kit maker did a GWR and an LNWR open, both with tarpaulins moulded on the one piece bodies. I'm sure someone on the forum will know. Chaz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 It could have been a meteor kit. We were asked if our GER van was theirs by a few people. So it could be one of theirs. Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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