Blvrace Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Very nice job liking the depot signs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Looks good Simon, you could always move the box up a bit until you build the relay room. How's the hinges coming on??? I would Ian but I've added barriers the other side of the box. I'll be doing the hinges over the next month when I've decided how I can improve the fiddle yard, I want to make it longer and more flowing than it is at present. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wummyock Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Great looking layout Bescot Beast, Ive gone through he thread but cant recall a trackplan, is there one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Great looking layout Bescot Beast, Ive gone through he thread but cant recall a trackplan, is there one? Thanks for the kind comments wummy, I've never uploaded a detailed track plan so that will give me something to do for tomorrow before work. Simon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Liking this a lot, love the 85 and the 50 on the high level, you can just see the picture evolving with the whole layout, the different levels really work on this one. Well done, will be following with interest. Jinty ;-) PS: I've just acquired the very same Oxford Scania tractor unit myself, nice little model :senile: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 Evening Jinty, The 85 is a favorite of mine and will in the near future have some AC stablemates to rub shoulders with, I've got a Heljan class 86 over at Lees locos that will return as 86504 Halleys Comet in un-branded Triple Grey livery. On my workbench I've got a Lilliput Class 81 body on a Bachmann Class 85 chassis, plus a Lima class 87 which I one day hope to re-motor and detail. During the course of this afternoon i've been browsing Hattons and Kernows website where I've just spotted that Bachmann are releasing a Low-relief LMR style PSB (looks very much like Walsall PSB) which has now got me thinking of scrapping the ex-GW box and replacing it with the PSB, just need to find a suitable location for said building. Anyway thanks for the feedback. Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) Liking this a lot, love the 85 and the 50 on the high level, you can just see the picture evolving with the whole layout, the different levels really work on this one. Well done, will be following with interest. Jinty ;-) PS: I've just acquired the very same Oxford Scania tractor unit myself, nice little model :senile: Got that carried away babbling about leccies that I forgot to agree that the Scanias a craking model, I just wish we had a few more lorries from the early to late eighties period. Edited August 2, 2014 by bescotbeast Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) Well after a friend at work had a clear out I've got a new addition to the shunting fleet available for Pendeford Sidings 97800 (08600) Ivor, just need to hard wire a chip into it over the coming weeks. 97800 by bescotbeast, on Flickr Edited August 7, 2014 by bescotbeast 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Rather nice 08 shunter you own 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blvrace Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) As above top livery shunter Edited August 7, 2014 by Blvrace 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 As above top liverys hunter Looks realy smart in that livery ive also got my eye on the DB red livery on 08 shunter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Well after a friend at work had a clear out I've got a new addition tot he shunting fleet available for Pendeford Sidings 97800 (08600) Ivor, just need to hard wire a chip into over the coming weeks. 97800 by bescotbeast, on Flickr Very nice 08 there, it'll look even better with a good old weathering . I fitted the Express Models lighting kit to mine, with a 4-function decoder. A pretty major operation as you have to cut a chunk out of the chassis at the front for the LED's. But quite manageable if you take your time. Jinty ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 Thanks for the comments chaps, i'm really pleased with her as well. Very nice 08 there, it'll look even better with a good old weathering .I fitted the Express Models lighting kit to mine, with a 4-function decoder. A pretty major operation as you have to cut a chunk out of the chassis at the front for the LED's. But quite manageable if you take your time. Jinty ;-) Have you got some pics on your thread of the work involved Jinty? I would like to tackle it but I'm always worried about ruining a perfectly good model in the process. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Nice 08 Simon, I remember seeing that, did the loco ever get up Bescot way? I know New Street had a couple of repainted 08s. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Nice 08 Simon, I remember seeing that, did the loco ever get up Bescot way? I know New Street had a couple of repainted 08s. Cheers Peter. In reality 97800/08600 stayed down south but i'm working on the basis she came North for some work at Crewe and has been "borrowed" by the Bescot TCS. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 In reality 97800/08600 stayed down south but i'm working on the basis she came North for some work at Crewe and has been "borrowed" by the Bescot TCS. Fair enough, I know when I worked at Eastleigh up the yard we used to borrow the odd shunter. Cheers Peter. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Thanks for the comments chaps, i'm really pleased with her as well. Have you got some pics on your thread of the work involved Jinty? I would like to tackle it but I'm always worried about ruining a perfectly good model in the process. Simon I posted the answer on my thread as I was getting the link off there. That'll teach me to try and be clever a 11;30hrs!!!! lol I've got to take my 08 apart again for the weathering process, as soon as I've completed the 37 on the bench at the moment, I'll strip the 08 and send you a couple of pictures of the chassis modification. JInty ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 I posted the answer on my thread as I was getting the link off there. That'll teach me to try and be clever a 11;30hrs!!!! lol I've got to take my 08 apart again for the weathering process, as soon as I've completed the 37 on the bench at the moment, I'll strip the 08 and send you a couple of pictures of the chassis modification. JInty ;-) Excellent with some pictures too hand I should be able to achieve what you've done and it'll be great to have working lights on it. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 After having Ian and Gary round the other week, a few issues that led too poor running were highlighted with the fiddle yard section and the steeper of the two gradients .So I've started to try and improve these problematic areas. First job to be tackled was to slew the down line and move the down points closer to the window to lengthen the two down loops, secondly the dead end Down road has been removed to help differentiate between the fiddle yard and the running lines. fiddle yard alterations by bescotbeast, on Flickr 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 As requested but admittedly a little late, I've created a track plan for the whole layout Pendeford track diagram by bescotbeast, on Flickr 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Well thought out trackplan that, lots of operational interest and shunting Should look superb with the OHE in place as well. Jinty ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Cheers Jinty, i tried to fit as much as I could in to my space without committing the classic mistake of making it look over crowded. It's payday tomorrow so I'll be able to restock up on a few items and finish off the alterations I've got planned. On the stock front I bought a Class 37/9 body shell on the classifieds which will be mounted on a 21 pin chassis I bought on Ebay last night to become 37905. I've got my eye on a Heljan DPU in Royal Mail red livery and my 08 in Railfreight Grey and Heljan 86/5 should be coming home soon from Lees Locos . Simon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Looking good liking the track plan great use of the space David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Cheers Jinty, i tried to fit as much as I could in to my space without committing the classic mistake of making it look over crowded. It's payday tomorrow so I'll be able to restock up on a few items and finish off the alterations I've got planned. On the stock front I bought a Class 37/9 body shell on the classifieds which will be mounted on a 21 pin chassis I bought on Ebay last night to become 37905. I've got my eye on a Heljan DPU in Royal Mail red livery and my 08 in Railfreight Grey and Heljan 86/5 should be coming home soon from Lees Locos . Simon Should be quite full with that little lot!!!!! I'm going to do a Slug, 37902, it'll just be a bit further down the line as there is so much before it!!!!! Jinty ;-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Should be quite full with that little lot!!!!! I'm going to do a Slug, 37902, it'll just be a bit further down the line as there is so much before it!!!!! Jinty ;-) Stop buying locos (only kidding I'm just as bad ) I need to finish adding the signals, finish adding the MAS troughing , adjust the gradient on the trap door end bank and repaint my concrete area in light of my new found info (courtesy of yourself and Wrexbury) so lots to do. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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