Johndc120 Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 Yes it’s done well to defeat gravity has that one!! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 Well we pack Shwt into the car last night ready to set up this evening. It’s a tight squeeze to get it all in one but it does fit!!! this is just a local 1 day show in Barry in South Wales but it’s nice to have the layout out again 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 And that’s it, all set up and ready for the morning!! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted November 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2022 Is that a young helper? Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 49 minutes ago, 5BarVT said: Is that a young helper? Paul. I don’t know about helper!! But yes this is my little lad! See how long he lasts before we have to go and entertain him somewhere 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 Sorry Guys forgot to take any photos at the show! Too busy which is always a good thing! please to report that after the shake down of the past few weeks the layout ran much better than at Doncaster. Much less issues with the couplings. Still some more things to iron out but generally much much better showing!! febex next in Alton! Should be on for a good outing there! Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and thank you for the lovely comments 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 Eddington adventures, we had a lovely weekend at the Eddington show (SDJR trust), nice to be next to Rob (NHY 581) with his beautiful layout sheep dip. we were running a layout called Quarry Lane which is a modern image EM gauge layout which did okay, no major issues with it and kept people entertained. one difficulty we had was trying to load the cassettes all the time, trying to put the stock into the cassettes and then railing them is not always easy as you can’t see the wheels. Also the stock doesn’t bump down the track on the sleepers if it’s off. so this ended up being designed during the show on paper and drawn up in CAD then on Sunday night. it’s a railing ramp which slots into the end of the cassettes so you can just run them in instead of placing stock in, hopefully this should make life easier the design needs the corners filed off to get it to fit into the cassette further but already it works really well 13 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 A week and a half away from febex, organising the troops and prepping the layout is well underway. Look forward to seeing you there 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 An interesting evening of Show prep, first challenge was to produce a demo piece for our static grass work. this is a step by step guide building up the layers which we can just quickly show people the following shots are each step in turn plain baseboard a base layer of paint to hide the baseboard 2mm fibres as a ground cover 4mm fibres to pick out longer grass areas 6-12mm fibres for long grass and bushes Foliage added to the long fibres The next job was cleaning stock and sorting a few jobs. This included adding some braking to the sls coach rake (they run too freely for kadees) my class 73 couldn’t pull itself let alone anything else so it’s been stripped down, cleaned oiled and now with a lot of lead (a very lot!!!) inside to help with traction finally a swap out of the chip in the Jinty, I’ve never been happy with it’s running performance so a bit of open heart surgery later and the lokpilot chip is no more and now replaced with a TCS M1 decoder with a stay alive 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Johndc120 Posted January 30, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2023 Less than a week to go before febex. All is quiet on Shwt, all prep completed and ready for trains to commence Photo by Andy York 27 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 The cars are packed, everything on the list found and ready to go for the journey tomorrow. The stress of getting everything ready to go is over, now we can relax and enjoy the weekend 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2023 Bit worried that important stuff hasn't been checked off the list... Mugs. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Johndc120 Posted February 6, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2023 Well we had a brilliant weekend with Shwt at Alton (febex) layout ran well, lots of nice comments from people, a few invites, a very nice curry and few pints of beer. What more could you want?!? 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted February 7, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2023 First time I had seen Shwt for real, and I was most impressed. We too had a good weekend and enjoyed the curry. I believe Shwt will be at the Taunton SWAG do in April? Cheers, Dave. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 13 hours ago, DLT said: First time I had seen Shwt for real, and I was most impressed. We too had a good weekend and enjoyed the curry. I believe Shwt will be at the Taunton SWAG do in April? Cheers, Dave. Thanks Dave, it was lovely to see Bridport again, it’s a while since seeing it last at warley and it left an impression then. I love the concept of the L shaped layout and it runs so well John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 A couple of beautiful photos taken of Shwt by fellow modellers at the show taken by Richard Street taken by Rod Mackay 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted February 8, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2023 Great to finally see the layout and talk with you guys. Cracking modelling! Thanks for letting me have a look behind the scenes. Look forward to see it again at SWAG and Uckfield! Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Johndc120 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2023 A new(ish) loco for Shwt, This Heljan Class 17 is not at all new as I picked this one up second hand even before we finished the layout. Unfortunately it was an early model which were known for running issues. This one was certainly one of those and despite having a decent chip fitted I couldn’t get it run properly so it went in the too difficult pile! however the time has come to felon at it, this included the purchasing of a new 5 pole motor which is much less notchy than the original, the biggest job in replacing that was the removal of the flywheels and fitting them onto the new motor shafts the other job was to completely strip both gear trains removing all of the horrible grease and replace it with a thinner lubricant. Taking great care the gearboxes were reassembled ensuring they ran freely and didn’t cause any resistance. I am glad to say that it’s been a successful job and it now runs really smoothly at very slow speeds and hopefully will be a firm favourite on the layout as it has a lot of character 18 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 Well just a few days to SWAG, we’ll be getting ready and packed tomorrow. it’s always great to see what other people see in the layout so if you take any nice pictures, please feel free to post them here. This one was by Richard street in Alton febex 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 Shwt has seen the light of day again last night, we spent half hour digging it out of stores. for anyone who doesn’t know what’s involved in exhibiting, this is most of the stuff which is needed to Exhibit Shwt, what is not included is a laptop and router, the stock and tools. All these will go in the night before 10 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted April 26, 2023 Author Share Posted April 26, 2023 some lovely shots of Shwt and the other fantastic layouts at SWAG on Sunday, thank you Callum for producing this these are a couple of my own shots taken when I could 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 Our next outing!! Looking forward to it although we’d better get the layout out and give it a test! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted September 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2023 23 minutes ago, Johndc120 said: Our next outing!! Looking forward to it although we’d better get the layout out and give it a test! See you there ! Rob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndc120 Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 19 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: See you there ! Rob Should be a good weekend! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted September 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2023 Indeed it should. I'm taking my time trundling over so an earlyish start on the Friday..........coming back will be a different kettle of fish !! Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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