RMweb Gold JCL Posted November 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2019 Now that's dedication Jon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Jon4470 said: Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get to Spalding this weekend. I would have liked to have seen the layout again. To console myself though, I did spend a good few hours re-reading this thread from the beginning! (So I was there in spirit at least) Jon Sorry you couldn't make it to Spalding, Jon, I hope your wife recovers well. The NER tender kit will be in the post to you tomorrow. I would have liked to have got some more pictures of Grantham at Spalding, but there really was no time. Regards, Tony. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon4470 Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 31 minutes ago, Tony Wright said: Sorry you couldn't make it to Spalding, Jon, I hope your wife recovers well. The NER tender kit will be in the post to you tomorrow. I would have liked to have got some more pictures of Grantham at Spalding, but there really was no time. Regards, Tony. Tony, Thank you , my wife has made good progress and is well on the way to complete recovery. I posted the cheque for the tender today (somehow that sounded better than. “ the cheque is in the post”!) Jon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon4470 Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 1 hour ago, JCL said: Now that's dedication Jon Dedication....maybe, inspiration definitely! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted November 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2019 7 hours ago, jwealleans said: the lighting at the back of the layout was terrible Oh I don't know, those chandeliers look quite tasteful (if you like that sort of thing). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted November 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2019 Not fit for purpose for lighting up the area including the fiddle yard. Baz 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted November 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Barry O said: Not fit for purpose for lighting up the area including the fiddle yard. Baz It's called mood lighting. It puts the fiddle yard operators in a bl00dy bad mood. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted November 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Barry O said: Not fit for purpose for lighting up the area including the fiddle yard. Baz Should have worn a white shirt Barry, instead of Black it would have reflected more light 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Despite the stygian gloom and the random appearance of bursts of electricity we didn't have a bad weekend round the back. What made me feel old was asking Jamie to couple up a 3 link wagon, watching him struggle a little, thinking 'it's not just me, then'..... then realising he'd done it in the semi-darkness without using the light on the coupler. 5 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 You think you have problems Jonathon,I struggle with 7 mm ones. Tried to say hello on Sunday morning but you were busy helping 3279 repair the entrance to the North end fiddle yard and then you disappeared . I was not going to mention Middlesborough FC, I promise. Spoke to Boss man Graham and knocked 3 wagons of the track in the fiddle yard, offered to put them back on,until he mentioned 3 link couplings and left him to sort out my mess. Regards,Derek. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Morning Derek, I did catch a glimpse of you, but I urgently needed to speak to a man about a dog. When I came back you'd moved on (or round). Sorting out other people's mess must have been Graeme's morning - it was me who demolished his screen round the loco store just as you arrived. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I obviously don't need to go to that revoltingly over-advertised high street shoptician, since (despite being forty-seventeen) I managed, with difficulty, complaint and outright profanity at times, to couple up 3-links in the abysmal lighting conditions. 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, gr.king said: I obviously don't need to go to that revoltingly over-advertised high street shoptician, since (despite being forty-seventeen) I managed, with difficulty, complaint and outright profanity at times, to couple up 3-links in the abysmal lighting conditions. Hands like a surgeon (often covered in blood) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Quote with difficulty, complaint and outright profanity Is there any other way? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieR4489 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 6 hours ago, jwealleans said: What made me feel old was asking Jamie to couple up a 3 link wagon, watching him struggle a little, thinking 'it's not just me, then'..... then realising he'd done it in the semi-darkness without using the light on the coupler. It’s only cos I was too thick to realise that there was a torch until after I’d coupled it up. 1 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) Mrs. W, who provided tea, cake and occasional assistance all weekend, has passed me some more pictures she took on Sunday morning. Shedmaster Baz and I surveying things before the Great Unwashed were admitted. Sensibly, rather than believing the previous operator's notes, he's checking what's in each shed. Round the back, visibly after kick off and Red Leader is homing in on the source of the electrical gremlin. We must be at or in the run up to Move 9 3/4 here as the Stirling Single is absent from the Nottingham yard. The Ambergate trip working (4 wagons) is ready to go alongside the much larger coal and Iron Ore empty workings. In the main yard the Mallard Test train is ready and the set which forms the Junior Scotsman has been reversed and is awaiting a run to Glasgow (I think). Edit - that' nonsense, it's an Up train. It must be Glasgow - KX. Examination is becoming more intense. From here you can see 6246 on the coal empties with 2393, 2437 and 3416 awaiting their turn. Teak Set 5 is in it's starting formation (note the RF and BFK at the rear, that's the giveaway, which means the 13:40 KX - York and Ripon. Next to it the Scotch Goods, the handover road and then Set 4, which has clearly been to Scarborough and is now ready to go to Newcastle. View from opposite my station. 6246 is a weathered Bachmann O4 and mine. 2437 is Roy's work, Heljan I believe, and 3416 behind is mine, bought built and refurbished. I bought it from Neil Ripley, but I don't know whether he built it. The magnificent 2393 is Mr. King's work. Edited November 7, 2019 by jwealleans 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted November 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2019 4 hours ago, jwealleans said: Mrs. W, who provided tea, cake and occasional assistance all weekend, has passed me some more pictures she took on Sunday morning. Shedmaster Baz and I surveying things before the Great Unwashed were admitted. Sensibly, rather than believing the previous operator's notes, he's checking what's in each shed. Round the back, visibly after kick off and Red Leader is homing in on the source of the electrical gremlin. We must be at or in the run up to Move 9 3/4 here as the Stirling Single is absent from the Nottingham yard. The Ambergate trip working (4 wagons) is ready to go alongside the much larger coal and Iron Ore empty workings. In the main yard the Mallard Test train is ready and the set which forms the Junior Scotsman has been reversed and is awaiting a run to Glasgow (I think). Edit - that' nonsense, it's an Up train. It must be Glasgow - KX. Examination is becoming more intense. From here you can see 6246 on the coal empties with 2393, 2437 and 3416 awaiting their turn. Teak Set 5 is in it's starting formation (note the RF and BFK at the rear, that's the giveaway, which means the 13:40 KX - York and Ripon. Next to it the Scotch Goods, the handover road and then Set 4, which has clearly been to Scarborough and is now ready to go to Newcastle. View from opposite my station. 6246 is a weathered Bachmann O4 and mine. 2437 is Roy's work, Heljan I believe, and 3416 behind is mine, bought built and refurbished. I bought it from Neil Ripley, but I don't know whether he built it. The magnificent 2393 is Mr. King's work. Hi Jonathan I left at closing time on Saturday and had been distracting the shed master, I have a little question. Wasn't the previous shed master who's notes Baz is checking the same guy who I was talking to. He talked like Baz, had a distinctive mustache like Baz and answered to the name of Baz. So he is checking what mistakes he had done the day before? Sounds a wise move. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted November 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2019 overnight the elves and pixies played with the layout.. I was never sure on Saturday what was where.. that i show I found out there were no Atlantics on shed, or D2s or D3s...... baz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dominion Posted November 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2019 When I was a kid my layout had a hill and tunnel in one corner right up against the walls with a turnout hidden under it. You could only reach that corner by climbing partially up on to the base board as I had added a plank across the front to get another loop in. Overnight the "elves and pixies" (my Dad) would sometimes derail something under the hill but the board wasn't strong enough for him to retrieve it. So checking in that hidden space would have been good procedure for me to follow too ! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 12 hours ago, Barry O said: I found out there were no Atlantics on shed, or D2s or D3s...... I case of 'the right number of locomotives, but not necessarily of the right classification'. I usually do a 'loco audit' before start of play on a Sunday - after three or more goes round the schedule, the situation 'drifts' despite all loco 'ins and outs' being planned to create a balance. So part of shedmaster's duties is to look ahead to see what he has available for future workings .. then shout to 'control' to arrange an out-of-course working to redress the balance. Much like the real railway, in fact ... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LNER4479 Posted December 27, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) Well, what is the festive season for if it's not for catching up with some modelling ... Remember this? No - not the (gorgeous) loco but the stock hanging on the drawbar. Despite appearances, they are far from finished, most glaringly missing all their under gubbins details. So I've been making an effort in advance of our next outing, to Southampton. Frank (Davies)'s etches certainly bristle with detail and here are the various bits n pieces for the queen post assemblies ... and subsequently installed in position on the underframe. Individual turnbuckles require soldering up, then one on the end of a length of n/s rod, thread through queen posts, solder other end on before centralising position and fixing in place Bent to a suitable angle, a further piece of n/s is bent to shape and placed in position with the right angle end pushed through a strategic hole in the underframe to secure. You have to be careful applying heat to the turnbuckle end in case the carefully soldered up turnbuckle comes apart again .... (don't ask me how I know this). Ah, that's looking a bit better. A bewildering array of further bits n pieces to add yet ... but I do quite like the fiddly detail. Just need to decide QUITE how far to take it in terms of what will actually be seen as the vehicles trundle in and out of the station. Edited December 27, 2019 by LNER4479 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2019 8 hours ago, LNER4479 said: Just need to decide QUITE how far to take it in terms of what will actually be seen as the vehicles trundle in and out of the station. Follow David Jenkinson's rule (I think it was his) - if you can only see it when the coach is derailed and on its side, then leave it off. 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 8 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Follow David Jenkinson's rule (I think it was his) - if you can only see it when the coach is derailed and on its side, then leave it off. Yes, indeed. To be honest, if I hadn't have pointed it out, how many would have spotted that there wasn't any underframe equipment AT ALL in the picture above? Meaning that, if I'd left it as it was or if I fit every single last item, very few would notice the difference. In which case, it's down to the personal satisfaction of the builder ... pitched against all the other things that need doing! For me, it has to pass the 'square on, 3 feet away' rule (a side elevation if you like). So turnbuckle truss rods, V-hangers / brake cylinders and gas cylinders ... with perhaps a suggestion of brake rigging pointing towards the bogies. That'll do me. And I quite enjoy doing it anyway. 6 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcock29 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Great stuff Graham! I've just started building an articulated triplet from three of Dan's D&S Howlden 6 wheelers (BT, C and T). Not sure how much undergear I'll put on but I do have a set of Frank Davies extras etches for Howldens. I then have a couple of twins to do, including a pair of Frank's Dia 146s into a twin and a basic pair of Dan's thirds. Then my ultimate will be the Louth Quad from Nick Easton's etches but all those will have to wait another year or so due to other priorities. Must go out to the shed to continue the project now. Happy New Year to all Andrew 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 28/12/2019 at 01:07, St Enodoc said: Follow David Jenkinson's rule (I think it was his) - if you can only see it when the coach is derailed and on its side, then leave it off. It was David Jenkinson, John, He once said to me that if the only way you can see the detail on a carriage underframe is if that carriage has derailed, tumbled down an embankment and landed upside down in a cess, then don't build a layout where this happens! Another of his wise sayings was (on building a model) 'Get as many pictures of the prototype as you can showing it from 'normal' viewing angles - ends, sides, three quarter, that sort of thing, as if one were an observer - and anything you can see clearly in the pictures, put on to the model. Anything you can't see, even though you might know it's there, don't bother modelling'. There was no greater coach-builder. Regards, Tony. 7 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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