RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 23, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2012 I have been out in the man shed and poor old Hanging Hill is not looking its best but I thought I would share these with you. The car is one of BernardTMD's kits, a Hillman Hunter in need of a paint. Locos, the Type 4 is a Triang 37 made longer, the Type 3 also Triang with the heavy mould lines reduced and on a Lima chassis and the Type 2 scratch built. Cor this should have been in MRJ with all these wonkie lights:-) It does show what a poor state I have let it get into without any invites to shows. The big Barclay is scratch built. One of three tower lights, there are only two on the layout, the other one mangaed to get broken in their box. They are scracthbuilt ER tower lights, notice they tapper. They are made from plastic microstrip with LEDs on top. Should I feel inclined I may do a drawing and get them etched. I could not do something about Hanging Hill without including the crane. And its train. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 23, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2012 Round two The easiest conversion I have ever done, a locomotive to a steam heating carriage warming unit. This Type 4 is now about 27 years old. I scratchbuilt her when I could no longer buy Joueff 40s. The BTHs are pre Heljan, I have been enjoying running D8216 for over 30 years now. I wonder if I will get that many years out of my Heljan model (I am now 55 years young) I do buy and run new RTR locos. I am still unsure about the nose on DP2 , well this isn't a review topic and I did buy it. Work going on inside the shed. I found that the locos that ended up in the back of the shed did not get moved or they got stuck. So for the rear of the shed I converted a few spare bodies with opening hatches and panels. To these I added fitters, so when people look inside it appears like there is something going on. Another Type 4, this time a Lima with modified windscreens and a slight rounding of the nose edges. The things next to her are sand hoppers a common feature on ER sheds and a few NER sheds but not other regions. The Bachmann hopper is of an earlier LNER design and was seen on diesel depots as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 23, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2012 There is more Two scratchbuilt shunters, a Hunslet 0-4-0 tram and a LNER 350hp. Some of my tank wagons, the nearest is a Triang model on a parkside underframe with a few bits added. as is the thrid one, except this is on a Cambrian wooden underframe. The other two are scracthbuilt on Parkside frames. I thought six tank wagons would be enough, I now have over 50 with many variations. The water tower, again a product of my work bench. D7026, you may ask why I have got a Hymek on a ER depot, well D7026 was the first loco I recorded in my 1966 Ian Allan Diesel Locomotive book and Traction magaine had a photo of it at Stratford Depot. It had worked a cross London freight and developed a fault that was put right at Stratford. So I just had to have it. A general shot of my small depot layout. One of my silly repaints, a Type 5 D9838 on the headshunt waiting to back down to the storage roads. A depot layout is not complete without its night time photo, sorry guys no locos looking like they should be with the girls of 93 Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery. I am an old fashioned DC geezer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted September 24, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2012 Dear old 'Anging 'Ill... I've missed the old girl, nice to see the photos Clive, sort those lights out though mate! Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Clive, I've got a photo of a Hymek at Shenfield of all places. Therefore anything is possible. How long is it since you went to the shed??? All the best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwales Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Hi Clive Nice to see HH again, it must be several years since I had a go on it at an exhibition, can't even remember where it was either. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Hi Clive just found this and it has given me ideas for my Fiddlers Yard that I am working on (still in the planning stage and had a great chat with Paul Lunn yesterday at Barrow Hill) more pics please really good and I wish I had seen it on the exhibition curcuit, all the best Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 24, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2012 Hi Clive Nice to see HH again, it must be several years since I had a go on it at an exhibition, can't even remember where it was either. Ian Hi Ian Trainwest Chippenham, where the Hymek flew off the end of the layout. I was so pleased with myself I had managed to get a Triang 31 through a Peco double slip without stalling, I had not noticed the isolating switch for the headshunt was still on until crash......and lots of laughter Oliver was top operator that day. Clive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 24, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2012 Clive, I've got a photo of a Hymek at Shenfield of all places. Therefore anything is possible. How long is it since you went to the shed??? All the best, Pete. Hi Pete If had wheels it would be possible for anything to roll anywhere. It was just fitting that my first "trainspot" had been repaired at Stratford. As for going in the man shed, I do quite frequently but I must say the Mo Jo for working on the layout is not as it was. The buildings have been packed away since 2009, only came out recently when Hanging Hill had an open day for my local club members. I find the trouble with my layout unless I am using it regularly, it does tend to become a storage table with a test track on it. Clive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 24, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2012 Hi Clive just found this and it has given me ideas for my Fiddlers Yard that I am working on (still in the planning stage and had a great chat with Paul Lunn yesterday at Barrow Hill) more pics please really good and I wish I had seen it on the exhibition curcuit, all the best Andy. Hi Andy Cheers for the positive comments. What I need to do is take my camera out to the man shed so I can take more photos as I do things. As for Hanging Hill not being on the circuit, it seems when I have a layout published in a magazine nobody wants to invite me My last depot layout Pig Lane was published in the then Model Rail supplement in Rail .....no more shows. Hanging Hill was in BRM, it done one show after its appearance which it was all ready booked for. It did get an invite, problem was all the main crew including me were at a wedding. And what was worse I couldn't send it out with the back up crew as it was two of them who were getting married, Mr and Mrs Dagworth One that wasn't posted last night. The two D84XXs are plastic card, the oldest D8407 dates from when I built D8216 so is 30 years old. The other one is a mere youngster at about 18 years old. How many more years are we going to wait for the Heljan model Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushVeteran Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hi Andy Cheers for the positive comments. What I need to do is take my camera out to the man shed so I can take more photos as I do things. As for Hanging Hill not being on the circuit, it seems when I have a layout published in a magazine nobody wants to invite me My last depot layout Pig Lane was published in the then Model Rail supplement in Rail .....no more shows. Hanging Hill was in BRM, it done one show after its appearance which it was all ready booked for. It did get an invite, problem was all the main crew including me were at a wedding. And what was worse I couldn't send it out with the back up crew as it was two of them who were getting married, Mr and Mrs Dagworth One that wasn't posted last night. How many more years are we going to wait for the Heljan model Not much longer Clive, I reckon early 2013....it was only announced last November!It will be worth the wait I'm sure! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 14, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2012 Anything is indeed possible, when as an apprentice I spent some months at Lincoln DMU depot, some staff members there talked of the occasion c 1969 when one turned up after working an excursion to Spalding for the Flower Parade, as did Hastingd DEMUs on a couple of occasions during the 1970s. Hi David It was worth cycling over to Sandy on Spalding Flower day, just to cop the Hastings Unit coming through. The racket a 12 car set made nearly equalled the volume of a Deltic passing by. The BRCW Bo-Bos coming through on similar SR to Spalding services were always ones I had seen at Luton on Dunstable to Cliffe cement workings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 14, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2012 Not much longer Clive, I reckon early 2013....it was only announced last November! It will be worth the wait I'm sure! They, I have eyes on both variations of yellow panels, will be a welcomed addition to Hanging Hill's allocation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Clive That's a good layout. As an exhibition organiser myself, I'd be interested in having a layout like that to my own show, were it not that Essex is really too far from Reading to be viable. Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 14, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2012 Clive That's a good layout. As an exhibition organiser myself, I'd be interested in having a layout like that to my own show, were it not that Essex is really too far from Reading to be viable. Richard Thank you Richard, Reading?? A130, A120, M11, M25, and M4 that is OK. Better get on with repairing the broken bits. Clive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted October 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hi Clive, Photos of Hanging Hill.... This was at DEMU Showcase 2006.... The sun was a pain in the room the layout was in. In one of the shots the light went so poor that as I took the shot - the flash went off! Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 14, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2012 I have been out in the man shed to photo a train of tank wagons as requested by Phil http://www.rmweb.co...._25#entry812207 Most are scratchbuilt with some conversions. Please excuse exhibition damage to some of them. All are due in for repair before I go to another show. L to R anchor mounted 14 ton, RCH 1907 10 ton steel underframe, saddle mount and RCH 1911 14 ton steel underframe (Triang tank on Parkside chassis) RCH 1907 10 ton wood underframe, cradle mount, 1902 10 ton wood underframe and RCH 1911 14 ton steel underframe (Triang tank on Parkside chassis) Another 14 ton anchor mounted tank and a 20 ton anchor mounted tank on 12 ft 6 in chassis (a H0 tank on a Parkside chassis) 20 ton anchor mount on a 10 ft chassis, RCH 1911 14 ton wood underframe and RCH 1911 14 ton steel underframe (Triang tank on Parkside chassis) RCH 1907 10 ton anchor mounted tank (should be covered in rivets but I not that skilled), RCH 1911 12 ton steel underframe, saddle mounted (Hornby Thomas clockwork tank, Parkside chassis) and RCH 1911 14 ton steel underframe (Triang tank on Parkside chassis) RCH 1927 14 ton wood underframe (Triang tank, Cambrian chassis) and RCH 1911 14 ton wood underframe (Triang tank, Cambrian chassis) Mixing these wagons with the Peco, Mainline and Bachmann 14 tonners and the Airfix/Dapol/ Hornby 20 ton wagons makes a typical 1950s early 1960s Shell BP train where no two wagons were the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 14, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2012 As soon as the tank train departed than the workshops decided they would shunt all the Baby Deltics under construction. For a long time I have had a mix of scratchbuilt and cut and shut Baby Deltics, well I thought I will make all 10 from plastic card. I am also upgrading the ones I have already made, notice my eldest has white areas on it where bits have been removed. I bet there are some saying "Why not buy some Heljan locos?" I have one that means I have 17 Baby Deltics, yes 17. The other 6 are my old cut and shuts. Not sure what to do with them when I have finished the scratchbuilt ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 14, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hi Clive, Photos of Hanging Hill.... This was at DEMU Showcase 2006.... The sun was a pain in the room the layout was in. In one of the shots the light went so poor that as I took the shot - the flash went off! Thanks Cheers Phil I have never seen these, wow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted October 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hi Clive, Photos of Hanging Hill.... This was at DEMU Showcase 2006.... The sun was a pain in the room the layout was in. In one of the shots the light went so poor that as I took the shot - the flash went off! Thanks Oh my, photos of me and Mrs D amongst those, that was the day before we took over the layout with DCC and blue diesels Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 14, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2012 Oh my, photos of me and Mrs D amongst those, that was the day before we took over the layout with DCC and blue diesels Andi What a mistake to make Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted October 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2012 Oh my, photos of me and Mrs D amongst those, that was the day before we took over the layout with DCC and blue diesels Andi Hi Andi, I know......... DCC next day was fun - if unpredictable! BR Blue was good though Made a change from Clive's green (or white) things.... Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 15, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2012 Thanks again David, It is a case of looking at the photographs but not the subject matter. There is a wealth of information in railway photos that many modellers miss. Most of the items on the platfoms can be seen next to Deltics inside Finsbury Park shed when looking at a photo. As for people going about their daily business, I always try to pose them in pairs or a small group and have them looking as if they are discussing some important aspect of work but never in idle chit-chat. It gives the impression they are busy without being in a action pose. People standing talking as a train moves pass appears better on any layout than the chap running to catch the train but remains motionless as the train zooms past. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 24, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 24, 2013 Hanging Hill has been formally retired from public exhibitions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Hi Clive, now that I've found Hanging Hill I'll have a proper read through later, you seem to like your Green Diesels mate. Bodge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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