bigwordsmith Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Looking really good David! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 2 hours ago, bigwordsmith said: Looking really good David! Hi Peter Thank you for your kind comment, very nice to hear from you it’s had been sometime since we last spoke on RMWeb. I hope all is well with you and how is your new model railway Layout progressing? Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Hi David all still in boxes I’m afraid! Focus has been on the new house and garden! I am going to have to slim it down hugely, so I’ll be selling a load of coaches, trucks, track and other un-needed stock. Probably not going to get much progress this side of Christmas! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Hi Peter Sorry to hear that you have had to put your project on hold and to scale it down. I will be in Exactly the same position in about four years time. With Haymarket The Layout is built on Nine 600mm my wide boards and what is shown on my blog is the middle four boards. Thats all I have room for at the moment, but they do include all the main buildings and structures required with the exception of about Five Small outbuildings. The remaining boards are mainly sidings to the West and East of the shed. thats why I have made sure the boards can all be dismantled for removal at some time in the future. When we move I am hoping to have the space in a garden for a purpose built outbuilding similar to what Tony Wright has done with Little Bytham, then hopefully I can complete the remainder of the layout. It’s very nice to hear from you once again. Regards David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) I've just moved in the last six months - it's very disruptive. Lost my previous space for a railway. I do now have a space for a railway in the attic. A very large space- finding time to do it is hard as the proverbial "dust settles". Edited July 18, 2019 by davidw 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, davidw said: I've just moved in the last six months - it's very disruptive. Lost my previous space for a railway. I do now have a space for a railway in the attic. A very large space- finding time to do it is hard as the proverbial "dust settles". Hi David I am doing all I can in advance of any future move. all the baseboards and support framework are individual linked together with metal straps and 8mm thick plywood strips running along the baseboard edges holding them all in place. With adjustable feet to each upright on the main timber framework. each baseboard will be individually wired and all linked with a main buss bar. The whole structure is rock solid and level. well that’s the theory anyway but they did all come apart and go back together nicely last week, so I am hopeful. Regards David Edited July 18, 2019 by landscapes Additional Information 16 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Your carpentry is much more impressive than mine David! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, bigwordsmith said: Your carpentry is much more impressive than mine David! Hi Peter Thank you for the complement, but in the early part of my working career I obtained my City & Guilds In carpentry, who remembers City & Guilds I don’t know if you can still obtain them any more it was nearly fifty years ago. I should have cut out half housing joints were the cross rails meet the support legs but opted for the easy option of just screwing them together without glue for now as I said they will all have to be dismantled sometime in the future. Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 Hi In between modelling and trying to stay cool I am looking for new photographic angles for when the layout is more advanced in the landscaping side of the layout. I enclose a few more photos, this represents Haymarket in around early 1962 when the Deltic's arrived, not quite sure when the yellow nose panel was introduced but I am sure I have seen photos dating around 1962. Regards David 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, landscapes said: Hi In between modelling and trying to stay cool I am looking for new photographic angles for when the layout is more advanced in the landscaping side of the layout. I enclose a few more photos, this represents Haymarket in around early 1962 when the Deltic's arrived, not quite sure when the yellow nose panel was introduced but I am sure I have seen photos dating around 1962. Regards David That A2/3 looks the business 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 (edited) Hi A3 60097 Humorist takes its turn on the turntable, this was a RTR Hornby A3 it's original identity I have long forgotten. Changed to Haymarket's Humorist using brass etched smoke deflectors made by Jackson Evans which although similar to the Peppercorn A1's were unique to 60097 as was this locomotive to the entire A3 class. Some refer to this locomotive as a bit of an ugly Duckling but I kind of like it and certainly prefer these smoke deflectors to the German style which were fitted to many of the class in their latter years Regards David Edited August 2, 2019 by landscapes additional info 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 52 minutes ago, landscapes said: Hi A3 60097 Humorist takes its turn on the turntable, this was a RTR Hornby A3 it's original identity I have long forgotten. Changed to Haymarket's Humorist using brass etched smoke deflectors made by Jackson Evans which although similar to the Peppercorn A1's were unique to 60097 as was this locomotive to the entire A3 class. Some refer to this locomotive as a bit of an ugly Duckling but I kind of like it and certainly prefer these smoke deflectors to the German style which were fitted to many of the class in their latter years Regards David 60049 Galtee More? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 I read somewhere the hover named 'Humorist' must have done so with an unexpected sense of irony, as it was this poor loco's fate to be the test bed of all kinds of innovations, good and bad through both HNG and Peppercorn's lives. That said, I quite like the Peppercorn-style deflectors. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 1 hour ago, davidw said: 60049 Galtee More? Hi David Yes you a correct I now remember I bought the loco in a Talisman set, still have the coaches. A3 60049 had the correct tender and boiler for the time I am modelling. I believe it was fitted with a 107 boiler in the early 1960’s David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Oh talisman set was Sandwich. Do you have spare tender? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 54 minutes ago, davidw said: Oh talisman set was Sandwich. Do you have spare tender? Hi David You are right again, it was 60039 Sandwich and this was the first Humorist conversion I did then realised it had the wrong boiler for the period I was modelling so I changed 60049 Galtee More instead, sorry its a memory thing as you get older. Also I accidentally damaged the locomotive body of my original Humorist conversion another reason for changing it, also I did a tender swop with Tom Foster as well a few years ago. As far as I know I do not have a spare tender complete but I do have two tender chassis they both look identical but one is from a Hornby A4 and the other from a Hornby A3 both loco drive models china made. Photo enclosed. Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 3 hours ago, landscapes said: Hi David You are right again, it was 60039 Sandwich and this was the first Humorist conversion I did then realised it had the wrong boiler for the period I was modelling so I changed 60049 Galtee More instead, sorry its a memory thing as you get older. Also I accidentally damaged the locomotive body of my original Humorist conversion another reason for changing it, also I did a tender swop with Tom Foster as well a few years ago. As far as I know I do not have a spare tender complete but I do have two tender chassis they both look identical but one is from a Hornby A4 and the other from a Hornby A3 both loco drive models china made. Photo enclosed. Regards David I've a few chassis. They do occasionally come on ebay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 This might be of interest, maybe something in the background? If you don't already have a saved ebay search for Haymarket it might be worth considering - new pictures turn up fairly regularly: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/362707252151?ul_noapp=true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 18 hours ago, 26power said: This might be of interest, maybe something in the background? If you don't already have a saved ebay search for Haymarket it might be worth considering - new pictures turn up fairly regularly: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/362707252151?ul_noapp=true Hi Many thanks every photo helps build up a picture of the MPD's surroundings. Thats a nice photo with details of the West Yard. Regards David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 Good Afternoon A photo of A4 60027 Merlin with The Talisman Headboard and A4 60012 Commonwealth of Australia with the Elizabethan Headboard, while A2/3 60511 Airborne has just come on shed. Regards David 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Good Morning I enclose a photo showing a little more progress made on Haymarket 64B. What I am trying to achieve is the view a railway enthusiast might have witnessed walking up the main MPD access road which was off of Russell Road Haymarket. I appreciate my view is rather cleaner than the real thing but there will be plenty of weathering to be applied later on as the project progresses. I have no real details or photographs of what this view would have looked like in the late 1950's, I can only go by what information I have plus some OS maps and some old aerial photos I have found. Having never visit the depot myself. Regards David 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Its coming together really well David - keep it up! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, bigwordsmith said: Its coming together really well David - keep it up! Hi Peter Thank you thats very kind, believe it or not I am really pleased with my attempted fence in the foreground. Its made up from using cut down wooden coffee stirrers and normal match sticks as posts all painted and weathered with powders. When I first fitted the fence it just didn't look right more like a garden fence so I just removed the odd plank here and there and bingo I got the look I wanted a neglected old broken fence that trainspotters could look through to get numbers of passing locomotives without trespassing onto the MPD. Just hope I can be as successful with the rest of the layout. Regards David Edited September 23, 2019 by landscapes spelling mistake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Good Evening This is a photo of the only member of the A1Class I have, it started of as Bachmann 60158 Aberdonian which I purchased many years ago and changed its identity to No 60161 North British a long time resident of Haymarket MPD. I keep meaning to purchase some addition members of the class but just haven't got round to it as they only now seem available from Ebay. Regards David 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, landscapes said: I keep meaning to purchase some addition members of the class but just haven't got round to it as they only now seem available from Ebay. Have you tried Hatton's ? https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklist/Preowned.aspx Enjoying following your progress with this. Never got to visit 64B in steam days, though - it was green diesels by the time I first got there. Alasdair 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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