JZ Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Not really an update. Popped up to Reading Beer Festival yesterday, had some good ales, but none really outstanding. With several hundred available trying them all isn't really an option Stayed in Reading overnight, and then straight up to the Bristol show at Thornbury. Bumped into Al Reynolds(Barry Ten) and had a natter. It was nice to see his Paynestown layout there in new hands. Picked up some bits and bobs, including a Bachmann Collectors Club S&DJR P.O wagons. No, I'm not back dating, but my Golden Arrow 7F will be re-liveried to LMS for a 'heritage' train of Somerset Coalfield wagons. I wish I never got rid of those 30-40 Cambrian ones I had. But I suppose I they did fetch some very good money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Right. Still no work on the layout. It seems that if there is a God, he doesn't like me. Every day off I have at the moment it rains. I could go and do work on the layout, but I know if I do start work on the next section, I will want to finish it. So I've promised myself, no work on the layout until the decking is finished. But instead of sitting on my arse backside and twiddling my thumbs, I've been building a couple of wagons, a bit of weathering/detailing of loco's and getting started on my Comet/Bachmann Bulleid conversions. At least I don't get wet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Well May has come and nearly gone. Should get the decking finished this weekend. It's taken longer than expected, but early May saw rain on my rest days and shine on my work days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) Funny enough, I've been building decking rather than modelling. However, I'm sure the brownie points thus earned will come in useful.... Rob Edited May 28, 2015 by nhy581 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Ordered the main timber yesterday, only to find they can't deliver until Monday. Oh well, it's pi55ing down here at the moment, so wouldn't have got much done today. All the supports are in, so pretty much lots of screwing to do. In the meantime, my Realtrack 143 is sitting opposite me at my neighbour where it was left by the postie yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 143 619 makes it's début on Gurney Slade. Like the 150 seen earlier, this is a model of a unit I have worked many times in the past, but fortunately no longer. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Three more rest days should see the decking finished. Shan't be this weekend though, Le Mans beckons, even if I'm only watching it on Eurosport. Well stocked with delicacies from that part of France and will be shutting myself off from the outside world around lunchtime on Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 After a few fine weather days that coincided with my rest days, the decking has been finished. Normal service should soon be resumed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 New toy arrived yesterday. A Salisbury Black Motor. OK, not a type seen on the S&D, but a loco I've always had a soft spot for. And being a Salisbury loco it would, most likely, have found it's way to Templecombe. And if it went there, it could find itself replacing a failed 3F. Anyhow. A few days off next week will see resumption of work on Gurney Slade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 Still not done any modelling, mostly been doing video requests for fellow modellers at work. Now, one of the things I like about the S&D is the rich variety of rolling stock that was seen and that presents a problem with storage. While I've never kept wagons in their boxes, they've been stored in divided trays or boxes from ticket stock from work, coaches have always been stored in their original boxes. Doing these videos it became a pain the the backside getting them out and putting away, so I borrowed an idea from many others on RMweb and started using box files. Lined with Depron foam left over from underlay and with blocks of foam to cushion the ends. Each box holds 5 coaches, so two files for the standard 10 coach set, or 2 and 3 car local. Tesco seems to be the cheapest, but they only have two on display at a time in my local one, so 8 weeks until I get enough, but not too taxing putting them together. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Annual leave next week and nowhere to go, so a return to scenery building. In the meantime, I picked up this beauty today. Another of my favourite loco's and one which I am sure would have worked well over the S&D. My thoughts on this model are in the 3MT thread in the Bachmann section. Also collected another couple of Porthole Staniers to finish my Pines Express roster. Hopefully Hornby's latest loco-drive 2P will be here soon to complete my compliment of S&D locos, although there may be room for a re-chassied Bachmann Ivatt 2MT tank as and when. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi Jules, Hopefully we'll see some nice scenic next week then, good stuff. I like your Stock Boxes, I will need to look out for those, as I need some Coach and Wagon Boxes. When I was exhibiting I used some old photographic Slide Boxes, divided into 5 it would take five long Locos. or with one the other way, 5 medium and one short. I do like the 3MT, there a nice size Loco, I'm looking forward to the re release of the 2MT very soon. All the best and enjoy the scenics next week. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Not quite a resumption of work, that'll be tomorrow. I don't have a workbench thread, so tend to air this aspect on here. Now what some of you may have gathered from my previous layouts, Somercombe and Tolmouth, is as well as Southern and S&D, I have a liking for the Western Region's hydraulics and for that reason, I have a fleet of 9. Three of these are Heljan Westerns and while a few things have been said about the inaccuracies on them, they are head and shoulders above the previous offerings from Hornby and Lima and I personally don't think they are that bad to get rid of them and replace with Dapol's offering. One thing that has been a bugbear is the wheels. I bought all of mine fairly early and they had the old 'dirt magnet' wheels. These were replaced with new ones when they became available, but Heljan have never made the new style wheels available as spares. As far as I am concerned, the wheels are one of the most defining features of these loco's, plain discs just don't do it. So, after weighing up the options, I purchased a conversion set of Alan Gibson wheels. Aaaaaaagghh. They have 8 holes. What to do? send them back and order Ultrascales? Mmm, twice the price and a 6 month waiting list. I could have been struck by lightning by then. So, calmed down, I fill the surplus holes and do you know what? They look OK. Not quite the correct profile, but by the time they get weathered, I think they will be just fine. So, what do you think? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 All the point motors are now wired up and more importantly, they all work. One minor problem with a soldered joint on one and it just had to be the most difficult one to get at, but one twisted neck later, problem solved. Fascia boards will be installed tomorrow and I can then go to town on the rest of the scenery. Gave the Western a run today. Had to tweak the pick-ups somewhat, but it runs OK. A few more days of running and I'll decide on getting more Gibsons or get Ultrascales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) So, back to work in Miller's Vale. Kingspan™ fixed down ready for a liberal covering of PVA. Just noticed that the first few pictures were take before I'd finished Kingspanning. Edited July 22, 2015 by JZ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Work continues in Miller's vale. Must get some E-Z water for the brook, but nowhere locally has any in stock. Fairly happy with the result here. The tree is yet to be anchored and the one on the other bank will be much closer to the water's edge. This will also help disguise the fact that the brook disappears into nothing. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) A few more of progress in Miller's Vale. 76053 hauls vans towards Green Park. And later returns on a semi-fast to Bournemouth. A two rail fence, as at Midford, will go along the viaduct parapet. Also there is a bit more work required behind the viaduct. A long look across the Vale from the back of the station. At the moment I am concentrating on getting the landscape structure down and any buildings placed, detailing it with fences, trees and hedges can be done later. Though a little may be added for photo opportunities. Edited July 26, 2015 by JZ 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 A few more of progress in Miller's Vale. 20150726_153059_resized.jpg 76053 hauls vans towards Green Park. 20150726_152620_resized.jpg And later returns on a semi-fast to Bournemouth. A two rail fence, as at Midford, will go along the viaduct parapet. Also there is a bit more work required behind the viaduct. MV1.jpg A long look across the Vale from the back of the station. At the moment I am concentrating on getting the landscape structure down and any buildings placed, detailing it with fences, trees and hedges can be done later. Though a little may be added for photo opportunities. Hi That's looking really good.....Fantastic progress Cheers Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) Bit more work done today. Tidied up behind the viaduct. This area was always going to be difficult, blending the brook and a viaduct into an essentially flat backscene. The view through here will be disguised by a couple of strategically placed trees. Fitted the stanchions and rails to the parapet. Miscalculation here. I though I was OK for stanchions, but ended up one short. Oh well, I'm in Gloucester tomorrow, so a trip to Antics is in order. And now the arty-farty bit. That join between the viaduct and the Will's sheet, looks far worse in photo's than it actually is, so disguised it with some ivy. Edited July 28, 2015 by JZ 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Just a quickie to show work continues. Now working on the area behind the photo. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) Work and a few jobs around the house have put the kibosh modelling this week. But I did manage a DCC sound test. First test Schools, with Hornby sound. Second, with Autumn sound,though I do think it sounds more like winter And finally with summer sounds. Edited August 15, 2015 by JZ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Work has continued. Most updates on this have been put on a Facebook group these days as I find I get more feedback there than I do here, but that's probably down to the fact that I don't discuss which biscuits I had with this morning's coffee. But hey, ho. So, here are a few of the progress in the corner forming the lower end scenic break. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 I still continue to potter. Made up some road signs. Dart Castings posts and printed the wording on white transfer paper. You may think that the bubblecar driver forgot to put on his hand brake, but the truth is it is supporting the post while the glue sets. Scout camp. The hedgerow around it is made from rubberised horse hair with WS flock. Tents are vacuum formed and were picked up on eBay. Entrance to Emborough Colliery. Slightly restricted heightwise, so will have a NOT TO PASS board restricting BR loco's. By the way, chocolate chip HobNobs with this mornings cuppa. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snofi Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 That bubble car driver gets everywhere - usually all over my layout ;-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 It is all coming along nicely, by the way what biscuits did you have at coffee time this morning? cheers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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