Chris Turnbull Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Yes, it is still in action. I did have it running only the other day just to check it out. Chris Turnbull 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-b Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Good to hear. You still got all the stock too? What DMUs do you have? Matt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Yes, I still have all the stock for this layout. A class 150/2 in Anglia livery, two class 153s one in "one" livery, the other in Anglia, two 170/2s one in "one" livery, the other in NXEA/Greater Anglia livery, and a class 156 which is unpainted and needs a bit of work to finish the underframe detail. Chris Turnbull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 If you want to see this layout "in the flesh" I will be at the G0G Summer Show next year. http://www.gauge0guild.com/events/guild_shows.aspx?id=7 Chris Turnbull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chris Turnbull Posted September 3, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) I took a few photos of Cromer at the Guildex show this last weekend so I thought it would be nice to post them here for you all to enjoy. Chris Turnbull Edited August 8, 2022 by Chris Turnbull 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 What a great layout 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted September 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 3, 2019 That giant operator in the red shirt appears to be stood in Morrisons loading bay.. Oh ... It's a model.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted September 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2019 Good to see you are still out and about with the layout. Looks like you have built more stock. Regards Don 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEOEng03 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) Great layout. Certainly inspirational and makes me want to model O gauge, though not sure I've the skills for kit building DMUs like you have. But the appearance of 66s next year at a reasonable price has me really on the edge I've tracked down the article from BRM, but cannot find the Model Rail 2000 article you did on building the kits. Can anyone help. I'm really keen on seeing what you need to do with these kits. Is there any thoughts for exhibitions when things get to normal again with the layout. For now, I'll salivate at your layout some more Update - Just found a YouTube video of layout on tour. Love it... Cheers Edited September 12, 2021 by GEOEng03 Video found Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) Thank you for your kind comments. I attach the Model Rail article which I hope you find interesting, unfortunately only scanned in black and white, not colour. I would point out that the stock is all scratchbuilt, not built from kits. I have received several invitations for next year, Kettering (G0G show), Crewe (MI0G show) and Manchester. None in the south west, however. Obviously it all depends on how Covid 19 goes in the following months. Chris Turnbull Page 1.pdf Page 2.pdf Page 3.pdf Edited August 8, 2022 by Chris Turnbull 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEOEng03 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) Hi Chris, Many thanks for sharing the scans. Really appreciate you taking the time to share these with me. Very informative and what can i say, WOW! I am in awe of your ability with scratch building the DMU's and the effort you went to, to make them as realistic as you have done. I can imagine it took you many months to get these to where they are and a lot of patience. I really look forward to seeing in the flesh and getting inspiration. It was good to see the 170 appear after reading that, that was your next project at the time. How did you find painting at that scale, You say that transfers were replaced by hand painting, but the 150 has some detailed patterns that I would struggle with! I have been looking at the Peter Clark kits as a way in for the none RTR, but even those seem a bit daunting. But i can see how much more satisfaction you get from such kits. We recently relocated back north for work and to be closer to family after the arrival of our first born, temporarily in Lancashire, but moving over to West Yorkshire later this year, so i will definitely be attending one of those shows (Covid-19 permitting) to see them firsthand. Cheers Chris Bryn Edited September 13, 2021 by GEOEng03 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 All the units are spray painted, either with cans or with a Badger airbrush. The technique is the same as in other scales, just a bigger area! Start with a white primer base and work to the dark side. The Anglia spruce green is available from Phoenix Precision Paints after I obtained the colour spec. from Anglia. The 170s were more difficult as the body colour changed spec. over time and I ended up choosing the nearest match from a range of car spray paints. I always spend a lot of time and effort getting the roofs right, both in detail and colour. This involves much standing about on footbridges waiting for the right unit to appear. Needless to say I only do this on warm summer days! I have never found a grey that quite matches modern roofs so the various greys on each unit were hand mixed until I had something I was pleased with. The 156 was the easiest if the lot - white primer from Halfords although. with hindsight, I should have used a satin white. Like the drawings, transfers were not commercially available when I started and that may still be the case. Some companies are a bit touchy about their commercial logos and guard them jealously. I hand-painted the Anglia logo on the first rendition of the 150 using Anglia letterheading as a guide. At the time the prototype units had not been painted so I based the livery on their coach livery. Shortly afterwards the prototype 150s were painted but in a different style to the coaches. I repainted mine and replaced the hand-painted Anglia logos with transfers kindly supplied by a friend. Peter Clark produces some excellent kits. I have never made any as they have always appeared after my scratchbuilt efforts but if I were starting today I would probably go down that route. Am I now tempted to build a 755 Flirt? I have thought about it but it is a big undertaking which could take several years to come to fruition. Anyway, Peter might produce a kit! Chris Turnbull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 Cromer will be at the Gauge 0 Guild's Kettering show on Saturday 5th March. Please do say hello if you are going. Chris Turnbull 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted February 27, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2022 Bit too far from here for me. It would be good to see you and the layout again. Have a good show. Don 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 My colleague, Geoffrey Howe, and I have decided that the time has come to retire Cromer from the exhibition circuit. We are not getting any younger which our first exhibition after the Covid hiatus has brought home to us. The MI0G show at Crewe will be our last and it would be nice to see as many of you as possible. I intend to put Cromer up for sale - layout, stock. the lot - so if anyone has any spare cash and feels like taking it on then please make yourself known, either in person at the show or you can PM me and I will provide details. Chris Turnbull 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted March 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2022 I fully understand ceasing to exhibit and sell cromer will there be a new project? Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted March 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2022 Quite understandable. I had been dithering about whether to go to MIOG or Macclesfield, decided Macclesfield, now dithering again. Decisions, decisions! Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 9 hours ago, Donw said: I fully understand ceasing to exhibit and sell cromer will there be a new project? No, nothing planned at the moment in gauge 0. I still have quite a bit of gauge one stuff and will be concentrating on that. Chris Turnbull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 21 hours ago, 5BarVT said: Quite understandable. I had been dithering about whether to go to MIOG or Macclesfield, decided Macclesfield, now dithering again. Decisions, decisions! Paul. Make a weekend of it! One Saturday one Sunday! @Chris TurnbullI will be having a good look at your 156's if I get chance as I've one of Peter Clarks to build eventually! Now had they been orange & black I'd have been ripping your hands off for them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted March 11, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2022 2 hours ago, D6775 said: Make a weekend of it! One Saturday one Sunday! Unfortunately I have other commitments on a Sunday - even more important than Railway Modelling! Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 11/03/2022 at 21:56, 5BarVT said: Unfortunately I have other commitments on a Sunday - even more important than Railway Modelling! Paul. That's fair enough. Macc is not too far away, you've got 7 hours to do both. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted March 14, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2022 You’ve got me thinking now! About 1hr on the train plus 15mins (ish) walk at each end so 2hr at Crewe then 3hr at Macc. Hmm! Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 Although retired from the exhibition circuit Cromer is enjoying a new lease of life training what I hope will be the next generation of model railway enthusiasts. This is my youngest grandson who has taken quite a liking to the layout. Chris Turnbull 6 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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