Reinder Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 It's a lovely layout you are building. I especially like the attention to rebuild it as accurate as possible. And maby the most important thing i haven copied your trackplan into my attic and i reshaped it towards my n scale and dimensions of the room. Its a really nice station to build. Maby you can make some overvie shots from a bit further away so we can see the big picture 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 Thanks for your kind comments, Reindeer - I've never spoken to a reindeer before.............. Is English your second language - only joking! I'll do some general view shots for you later, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinder Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Aberbrothock said: Thanks for your kind comments, Reindeer - I've never spoken to a reindeer before.............. Is English your second language - only joking! I'll do some general view shots for you later, Well my Name is Reinder. With 1 E but i have suffererd enough jokes about a Reindeer that i already have big Horns up my head haha But i am not from the UK, I live across the sea in the lowlands. Just really fond of Scotland and your trackplan works really well here. And Probably just 1 of the few dutch people that build a Uk Themed layout Edited July 13, 2020 by Reinder 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 Thanks for your kind comments, Reindeer - I've never spoken to a reindeer before.............. Is English your second language - only joking! I'll do some general view shots for you later, Sorry for misreading your name - too impetuous by half! Glad you like Scotland - there's a lot to like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 Sorry for misreading your name - too impetuous by half! Glad you like Scotland - there's a lot to like. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Especially for Reinder, but for general consumption as well - some pics around the layout yesterday. Group 1: A warts and all shot of one half of the layout - you can see why my wife is always nagging me to tidy up beneath the baseboards. The loft access is on the LHS via an old but very good Slingsby ladder. The central loop line needs landscaping! Looking down on the main booking office and Keptie Street bridge. My version of the loco sheds with the former NBR North goods yard on the left - someone must have been cleaning out the ashpit - it looks too clean... A rural view of the Forfar loop line as it crosses Brothock Water. 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Group 2: Queen Street and Victoria Street at their junction with Colvill Place which bridges the southbound main line. A trespassing shot looking along the southbound platform, (platform 2 as was, now platform 1). Newly "armed" bracket signal on the southbound line from Montrose with St Vigeans Junction signal box in the far distance down the hill. More than enough for just now - must get out into the sunshine, and the garden............. 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinder Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Thank you for the pictures. I especially like the second picture in the first group because i am working atm on that same spot. Lots of wiring and drilling atm. Enjoy the garden Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 A - nother birthday took me to local model shop in Kirkcaldy to come away with a second Ivatt class 2 loco to match my other one acquired some years ago. They now nicely reproduce the "Arbroath Twins," 46463 and 46464, which alternated serving goods traffic to Arbroath. Some reasonably quick work with craft knife and methfix transfers renumbered the "donor" loco 46460, as 46464. Also pictured is a nice BR standard unfitted livery brake van, bought at the same time. Some weathering to do, but the "twins" will serve the layout very well. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted July 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2020 I take it that's Scoonie Hobbies? It's nice it's still there, I see it often in passing but the last time I was in there was when it was still on the corner of Junction Rd. at the traffic lights! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 On 25/07/2020 at 18:48, keefer said: I take it that's Scoonie Hobbies? It's nice it's still there, I see it often in passing but the last time I was in there was when it was still on the corner of Junction Rd. at the traffic lights! A - nother birthday took me to local model shop in Kirkcaldy to come away with a second Ivatt class 2 loco to match my other one acquired some years ago. They now nicely reproduce the "Arbroath Twins," 46463 and 46464, which alternated serving goods traffic to Arbroath. Some reasonably quick work with craft knife and methfix transfers renumbered the "donor" loco 46460, as 46464. Also pictured is a nice BR standard unfitted livery brake van, bought at the same time. Some weathering to do, but the "twins" will serve the layout very well. You're correct - it is Scoonie Hobbies which is pretty low on stock at the moment, but the banter with the friendly staff makes it very worthwhile to visit. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 You're correct - it is Scoonie Hobbies which is pretty low on stock at the moment, but the banter with the friendly staff makes it very worthwhile to visit. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 21/07/2020 at 22:13, Aberbrothock said: A - nother birthday took me to local model shop in Kirkcaldy to come away with a second Ivatt class 2 loco to match my other one acquired some years ago. They now nicely reproduce the "Arbroath Twins," 46463 and 46464, which alternated serving goods traffic to Arbroath. Some reasonably quick work with craft knife and methfix transfers renumbered the "donor" loco 46460, as 46464. Also pictured is a nice BR standard unfitted livery brake van, bought at the same time. Some weathering to do, but the "twins" will serve the layout very well. I think one of those locos is at Bridge of Dun being overhauled with a view to it running up at Aviemore, not been to have a look, but was surprised to hear the tale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 1 hour ago, tigerburnie said: I think one of those locos is at Bridge of Dun being overhauled with a view to it running up at Aviemore, not been to have a look, but was surprised to hear the tale. Correct - 46464 is going (back), to Aviemore where it ran for a while quite few years ago before somebody lit a fire without checking that was water in the boiler, which not surprisingly caused some damage, taking it out of service. It was moved down to Bridge of Dun for general restoration, but lack of resources meant pretty slow progress. There is now and agreement with the Strathspey to take it back and complete the job. Details on the Strathspey website. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 I was “inspired” by a pic of a (real) EE Type 4 at Arbroath the other day, and went for a few diesel shots on the line today. 4 diesels beside the old NBR North yard pictured over the “shed that never was,” with some of the rolling Angus hills and Arbroath mills in the background. The Type 2 has disappeared northwards and the fitted freight behind the Type 4 rattles and sways to a stop at the Up gantry - methinks the driver has overshot slightly……... Meanwhile the Type 2 splutters northwards along the “re-opened” Forfar line, (which neatly takes it to the North Storage Lines). Tomorrow’s heavy rain clouds are massing above….. All in all, quite a fun running session. Kind regards Ken M 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Johnson Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Ken, just a general question. Would the ballast in steam days have been darker, greyer, blacker on main running linesthan it is today, which seems a more brake dust colour? Les Hope you’re all well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Thanks Les All well here - about to go away for a couple of days with the caravan now that it's permitted again......... I tend to go with natural, fairly grey granite chip ballast, except for the sidings and yards which are done in a pretty grotty earth covering. I get annoyed when I see goods yards with immaculate stone ballast which the old companies would never have spent money on - particularly the NBR! A lot of the ballast in this area is now more reddish stone than granite, as well as you say, stained with brake dust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 Don't know about others, but I'm finding it hard to get the mojo going re adding to the layout as we're in such a no-man's-land just now, but I did get a supply of trees from far-off China the other day, and set them up to see the effect - quite good, I think.......My wife thinks they're all too much the same height, so a bit of adjustment required, then. (Just following orders!) I've also made up a Parkside LMS brake van which I'll pose somewhere on the layout once it has been numbered. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 And some more plantings this afternoon.......... Everything looks more natural, I think. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Aberbrothock said: Don't know about others, but I'm finding it hard to get the mojo going re adding to the layout.... I agree, I've basically been observing lockdown since March bar Medical trips and a couple of drinks in a local. Your latest photo's are showing everything's really starting to come together, well done. My family had a funeral in Inverkeilor a couple of weeks ago, which obviously with me living in west Cornwall, it had it's limitations for me to attend as head of family, but that stonework on the Imperial Hotel etc., really caught my imagination as a reminder of the area. Thank you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 The line played host to a brake van tour today. I have quite a collection of various vans with origins varying from LMS, LNER and BR, so it seemed like a good idea to recreate the specials that ran on goods lines in the 50/60's, so my special ran into the Inverbrothock Goods Yard - pics follow. The stock was hauled by a venerable CR 0-6-0, and she of the shunting done by a much more modern 04 diesel. (Two sets of pics to cope with the 10mb max file size). 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26power Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 22 hours ago, Aberbrothock said: The line played host to a brake van tour today. I have quite a collection of various vans with origins varying from LMS, LNER and BR, so it seemed like a good idea to recreate the specials that ran on goods lines in the 50/60's, so my special ran into the Inverbrothock Goods Yard - pics follow. The stock was hauled by a venerable CR 0-6-0, and she of the shunting done by a much more modern 04 diesel. (Two sets of pics to cope with the 10mb max file size). Nice idea to have a brake van tour! With regard to image size restrictions, Faststone Photo Resizer is free and I find it easy to use. Might be worth considering? No connection, just a satisfied user. Link: https://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 Hi 26 Power I used to copy pics into a lower quality format which saved a lot of space - I may do so again, or follow your suggestion. I don't recall seeing many brake van trips depicted. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 Lighting up time - some more lights added at the Guthrie Port bridge, and elsewhere.......... North Box. Keptie Street. Yes, the nights are drawing in. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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