mikeyk Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Sorry to interrupt, chaps - just to say shwmae! shwmae! (from the west!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic_monkey09 Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 hey fella's , just found this thread and thought i should drop a line seeing as im from Caerphilly and a huge railway and modelling enthusiast whats everyones modelling era then ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 whats everyones modelling era then ? Summer o' '71. Rockers mourned the loss of Jim Morrison, Clockwork Orange was in the cinema and I was -17 years old! Pix Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacer lover Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 hey my modelling ear is from the late 90s until now but between me and dad we going stock from the the big 4 onwards so can run any thing we like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted April 21, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2010 Bit of everything for Barry Ten. GWR from pre-grouping to post-ww2; BR from just after nationalisation up to sectorisation and privatisation. S&D, pre and post-nationalisation. Southern. Some LMS, and a mere soupcon of LNER. And US, and French... err...basically anything that goes along on rails is fine by me and probably worth modelling! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic_monkey09 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Bit of everything for Barry Ten. GWR from pre-grouping to post-ww2; BR from just after nationalisation up to sectorisation and privatisation. S&D, pre and post-nationalisation. Southern. Some LMS, and a mere soupcon of LNER. And US, and French... err...basically anything that goes along on rails is fine by me and probably worth modelling! woah barry that sounds like quite a collection u got there mines post-privatisation B) usually i'd say 1995 onwards but my more recently purchased stock are current i.e 2009/10 For example a dynamic lines HST and XC turbostar my inspiration for buying these was no doubt standing at Cardiff Central and watching them every weekend B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacer lover Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 hey magic monkey cardiff center is a great place to watch trains and get inspiration think that where may love pacers come from going from there up and downs the valleys now also got arrvia 150 n 57 too lol:) most of freight is of the types you pass though south wales too i.e steel,coal etc have temped to get a fgw hst and XC 1700 too any one up for a 175 model too? lol rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic_monkey09 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 hey magic monkey cardiff center is a great place to watch trains and get inspiration think that where may love pacers come from going from there up and downs the valleys now also got arrvia 150 n 57 too lol:) most of freight is of the types you pass though south wales too i.e steel,coal etc have temped to get a fgw hst and XC 1700 too any one up for a 175 model too? lol rob FGW HST is a great model and worth the money. XC 170 is good but becomes costly if u use DCC, mine cost me over 250 quid for the loco itself equipped with a sound chip plus the price of fitment so not cheap. But of course u dont have to have sound on it. I too have the Arriva 150. Admittedly not really a fan of the things in real life but seeing as i ride on them nearly everyday it was a must have for my welsh layout. Not got around to weathering it as yet though. Would really love a FGW local lines livery 158 in 3-car formation but sadly Bachmann have not made one yet. I must admit i'm a big 158 fan B) i would like to model the top'n'tailed 67's that run from cardiff-paington but just as i go to buy one Hornby discontinue the EWS one typical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacer lover Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 hey all is anyone going to the bristol model railway exhibition ? i going on the saturday morning it would be nice to meet some of u rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyk Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 hey all is anyone going to the bristol model railway exhibition ? i going on the saturday morning it would be nice to meet some of u Hi Rob There's about 7 or 8 of us coming up from Pembrokeshire on Saturday morning, looking to get there around 10.30/11.00 I think there is only myself and one other that are on RMWeb, but we are all quite 'normal'. :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacer lover Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 hey mikeyk thanks for replying sorry i couldnt reply n meet u as forgot to check on here before going .d'oh . it was a ok show this year and i pick up a few bit ( more of them on my layout pages ) what did u guys think of it ? rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyk Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Hi Rob No problem! Personally I didn't think it was as good as last year and I do think it has gone down a bit in recent years, especially as regards catering and trade stands. Not sure what the rest thought of it to be honest, think we were all a bit too tired to discuss that much on the way back actually! I dare say it will be discussed at the next club meeting on Thursday. I did get a few bargains, but I didn't really go for anything in particular, really just wanted to see some good layouts, but only saw three I really was taken with. I doubt very much if I will go again unless there is a decent line-up of layouts of interest to me. That's not to say the layouts on show were poor, they weren't, just that most were not of interest to me personally. Thought the Berrybridge layout was excellent, shows what can be done in a small space using off the shelf stuff and a bit of imagination, also found the guy demonstrating building cottages in Gauge 1 very friendly and happy to show exactly how he did things. Not my scale, but some excellent techniques and results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Another evening get together is provisionally planned for the Cardiff area 'WAGGERS' this coming Thursday, 27th. May at 'The Plough' Merthyr Road, Whitchurch starting between 7.30 - 8.00pm. . All are welcome, the more the merrier. . Anyone who hasn't joined us before, and is interested, drop me a PM . Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martinapsid Posted August 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2011 hello just found you welcome from gods own town TENBY 30 years playing trains back up loft here we go again new layout based around steel works/wagon repair works i like wagons sad but true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 Hi Martin, are you still living in Tenby? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne 37901 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 hello just found you welcome from gods own town TENBY 30 years playing trains back up loft here we go again new layout based around steel works/wagon repair works i like wagons sad but true Nothing wrong with liking wagons Martin (having a main interest in freight rolling stock myself). Look forward to seeing some of you layout on here hopefully. Based around a steelworks you say?... Interesting, it seems to be a popular growing subject. I know two friends of mine both fellow modellers and RM webbers who are building steelworks based layouts as well as myself. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martinapsid Posted August 17, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2011 Hi Martin, are you still living in Tenby? hi all just out side tenby( saundersfoot) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Not far from me in St.Davids. Potential meet up coming on me thinks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martinapsid Posted August 18, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2011 COULD WELL BE!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Lets get Telford out of the way which will allow all the purchases to be smuggled in and sort of distributed around the railway room as if they have been there for ages and we can then move towards a get together. Either you come norff or I go souff. Gosh, south of the river, down Tenby way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 Hi Martin, How is life south of the river. Telford has come and gone so may be we should think about a meet up soon. Track laying for the new O gauge St. Davids is moving forward with all the points in place and motors fitted with 75% wired up and tested. Also got some track powered up and occupancy detectors & track circuiting wired in so able to test things against the track plan in RR&Co along with some route settings. So things are coming on but got a few weekends away now but should be back far west 23rd September. Keep in touch. TTG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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