sir douglas Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 weve already got the Brack aerial photo, that was how we first thought that there might be a pit but we're still unsure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 (edited) Friday was solely taken by patching in a new end for one of the lighting pelmets, i just need to do it again on another and they are all done Edited April 2, 2022 by sir douglas 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) The woodwork on the lighting is done now and i'm refitting the hooks starting with the posts which some have their hooks in slightly different positions for no reason so im going through sorting them out On friday Colm did 2 more chicken wire and Last night with Mark started following on that with the plaster bandage Edited April 2, 2022 by sir douglas 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 gonna wait until all the photos are back that should be back so i know where to start from reuploading the rest, so for now ive only fixed this page Last night with help of my dad I got 3 of the 6 posts fitted, here are psots 2 & 3 with pelmet, the posts were vertically checked with a weighted line before marking and drilling for the hooks. Behind this, Dad has also done some base coat painting ont eh bridge end board 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 Painting over the modifactions, except for the right hand one which still needs a repair that i forgot about. More plastering done last Friday by Colm and Mark which was painted Monday by my Dad 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little John Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 My first wagon for the project . Plastic kit by Parkside 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted May 7, 2022 Author Share Posted May 7, 2022 overdue update, All the lighting is sorted for now; all the board hooks were fitted and it can be put up except for the Fiddleyard end beause the FY doesnt exist yet, the bulbs and wiring were put back in and it all works and the posts were painted and varnished. The only thing now to finish it will be a suitable dark green top coat on the pelmets that looks like NB loco green The lighting parts stacked away for now, there is an extra post and pelmet behind ont he floor which are now spare For the embankments weve gone with Colms method of hanging basket liner as a base layer which will have grass scatter over the top Last week ive bought some lengths of aluminium angle for the cassettes and made a short piece which will fis down to the Fiddleyard board, with that the boards themselves could now be made, the parts have been cut and are now being planed 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little John Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 A couple more wagons . The four planker is from Parkside . The coal wagon is an Oldbury kit with the original price tag of £12 on the box . I've tried to introduce a little bit of detail on it by adding chains and links 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) I forgot to update for a month and then i didnt have a camera for a month Colm got the last of the basket liner on building up the fiddleyard boards The other one with a cut out to extend the river past the bridge Top coat of paint to the lighting pelmets which ive tried to get as close as ic an to NB loco green, the finsih of it looks a bit weird in this photo because it was just done and still yet. underneath that are the finsihed and painted boards, which are connected by hinges with removable pins The cassttes dad (Little John) is working on. The far right is the master which will fix down to the board up against the bridge,the other 2 are custom lengths for the locos and the left is for wagons Edited July 15, 2022 by sir douglas 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 now ive run out of woodwork, ive moved onto point rodding, Colm is covering over the new bit of embankment on the fiddleyard and Mark says that the water tower is nearly finished the etched cransk and whitemetal stools are SME, the face lock is a basic scratch built 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 there are occasions when old photos of our club room turn up and members reminice abotu past friends and last layouts, so on friday i took this one to come back to one day in the future My dad (Littlejohn) and Colm (25A) discussing something, the Prime Cereal chaps were there too but declined to be on camera, another member is sat in the background having a break while wiring his N gauge layout on its side, ITs normally quiet like this on Fridays 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little John Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 I'll continue the theme of pics of the people involved . Here's one of Sir Douglas , and he appears to have forgotten what he's going to do next 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 we were originally planning on having Eyemouth at out show in October but now with various personal matters with team members and other priorities, we have tonight decided to leave it for next year. The layout with be fully running for this October but there is so much to do to make it presentable at about 75% done, we would rather not rush it and instead have another year to get it at least 95% Tonight i did a bit more rodding until i again came to something i forgot about and didnt bring the necassary tools and materials, Mark brought in his stock to check they fit Dad's cassettes and how smoothley they roll in and out of the fiddle yard 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) still doing the rodding, but didnt get anything done for 2 weeks while preparing for the show, but when i come back to the layout last week i find that someone has sprayed part our track grey after Colm has already sprayed it all brown, we are definitely not happy continuing the run, compensator fitted halfway along to the loop points going over the second board join, the last bit to the points just off to the right last Friday i found some track damage, this coukld been done by us while moving the boards about Edited October 23, 2022 by sir douglas 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little John Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 At last all seven boards are together 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 fiddleyard wiring done the switch is just an on-off to cut power tot he fiddleyard and is set in to not get knocked 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted November 19, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2022 I was wondering what the bit of 'grass' in the fiddleyard was then I scrolled back up to the previous post and realised it's seen beneath the bridge (A1107 now?), is there going to be a curved bit of backscene in the fiddleyard? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 Yes 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) Been making good progress with the water tower. The tank it self is constructed of scrap brass which was left over after building a couple of NBR bogie coaches, along with some brass wire soldered on and then filed flat for the beading. The basic structure of the brick base is made from laminates of slaters plasticard with the outer layer being embossed brick. With the basic structure complete its now on to detail both the base and the tank. Back to modelling now after a long break resulting form the house move and grandparent duty. Edited November 20, 2022 by Shez 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 finally able to take a photo of the layout with the water tower when Mark brought it in last night 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 Last Friday, the rodding was painted in an enamel brown as a base since i dont have an enamel dark mucky brown but i can go over it now in acrylic, that took a lot quicker than expected so made a start on the walls. for quite some time we were looking around for some embossed stone sheet that looked right for this, we finally found some from Hobby Holidays. On Monday i was going to continue the rod painting but Colm had been in earlier in the day to do some more ballasting and so the rodding was covered in wet pva, so instead went back to the walling 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Got some more work done on the water tank over the last few days as some appropriate bits and pieces appeared from the scrapbox. Firstly I built the water gauge from some pieces of scrap etch and wire from a loco I am building. As I couldn't get a close look on a photo I used a picture of a similar tower elsewhere on the NBR system. I then cut some plasticard to represent the planked over roof of the tank having soldered some bits of etch inside as a support. The scrap box also produced a couple of etched window frames which will be a good fit once I add some sills to the brickwork. I have just blue tacked these on for the picture. Next job is to add the pipe work, both for filling locos and the feeder pipe which was boxed in on the left side of the tank. I cant help feeling there should be a ladder somewhere, but I cant see any evidence of one on any of the photographs. Hope the rest of the team are happy with it so far. I have also started a Class C tender loco. This is a Holmes rebuild of a Drummond 0 6 0 with the curved cab roof. (Later J32) Although the is no direct evidence these worked on the branch I thought It would be a good loco to work a none fitted pick up goods in between the fitted mixed trains. They are very similar to the J31s that are known to have worked the branch. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 ive got a photo of something with a curved roof on the viaduct though i dont know much about nbr locos 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Looking at the picture I would say a class E. Later J31. Originally a Wheatley design, rebuilt by Holmes. The giveaway is that they retained the slab sided Wheatley tender with no coal rails as in picture. Quite a few had Westinghouse so they could run mixed. Berwick shed had no 195 so it could well be that loco. Almost identical to a class C In appearance excelpt the C had a Drummond tender. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 Colm is making good progress with the ballasting, i was making progress with the stone work but it has gone wrong, the stone work was started several weeks ago and was fine all this time but in this pat few days has wrinkled up in some places and shrunk leaving gaps inbetween the sheets, it is especially bad on the siding retaining wall 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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