westerner Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 I was feeling pretty good when I had erected the end board --------------------------------until I realised that two of the spacers that need to be below baseboard height were sitting proud, thus stopping the sector plate from swinging. the very reason they were put in was to allow the sector plate to swing. I think I have worked out a way of solving the problem without having to to take the whole thing down. I'll report if I was successful tomorrow. 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidmouth Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 9681 at the Dean Forest Railway by Martin Creese, on Flickr although a little off topic and as an avid reader of the thread and an admirer of the creation, Monday found me deep in the forest hunting a pannier on ballast empties for Whitecliff quarry . Just before the sun set this is what I found 15 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 A lovely phot o. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 Problem solved with the purchase of a multitool. and with sector plate at full swing 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 On 09/11/2023 at 22:40, sidmouth said: 9681 at the Dean Forest Railway by Martin Creese, on Flickr For one horrid moment, I thought Alan had started tinkering with Photoshop for his layout pictures.... 🙄 🤦♂️ 🤣🤣🤣 A wonderful reminder though that we must be grateful for the existence of the DFR. 👍👍 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted November 12, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2023 Sky now painted in my normal way some light blue patches painted and then the whole marerial sprayed with a combination of grey and white acrylic primer until I was happy. next job paint in the distant landscape. 17 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 A shot I took some 15 years ago on the FDR of 9681 at Norchard 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted November 13, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2023 backscene painted I'll looka at it again tomorrow layed some hanging basket liner to see how it might all work. I think when it's all done it'll be OK 17 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Neat solution Alan. As you say this should look good when. done Paul 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 A bit more one, nothing has been stuck down, still playing with ideas, eg the open fields on the backscen my be given an other wash of green to slightly adrken it. The sides offf the sector plate have been cut down but not comletely removed, and a private road put in. But as I said it could change. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggies1961 Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Hi Alan, You may have this shot but it’s a superb one nevertheless, worth repeating anyway. Regards Julian. 14 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 Thanks Julian. An evocative shot, and it is sort of what I'm after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted November 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Baggies1961 said: Hi Alan, You may have this shot but it’s a superb one nevertheless, worth repeating anyway. Regards Julian. particularly appropriate given there isn't an obvious way through the painted backscene in that photo. Joking aside, having the road cross both tracks in your fiddle yard and curve away to the left beyond could be effective. The gates on the far line could form the buffer stop implying the line continues offscene. Adds a bit of modelling challenge anyway! Edited November 20, 2023 by Hal Nail 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Baggies1961 said: Hi Alan, You may have this shot but it’s a superb one nevertheless, worth repeating anyway. Regards Julian. I don't think I've seen that photo before. What's the location? I'm guessing near the house that was (still is?) near Soudley tunnel? Maybe taken from the house itself? Sorry for all the Q's, but it's so evocative of the Forest railways, without almost any railway infrastructure in the photo at all..!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2023 Correct, old boy, Soudley Crossing. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 13 minutes ago, Northroader said: Correct, old boy, Soudley Crossing. Woohoo!! 🥳 top of the Class!! Do I get a gold star? 🤩😁 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2023 Class Swot… 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, Northroader said: Class Swot… Brilliant post..!! 🤣🤣🤣👍 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 11 hours ago, Baggies1961 said: Hi Alan, You may have this shot but it’s a superb one nevertheless, worth repeating anyway. Regards Julian. Sorry to intrude, but the pic is at the opposite end of the tunnel. A notable oddity, is that the distant signals were generally "off", as both refered to the 2 Soudley crossings, which were normally closed to road traffic. as illustrated here on Helstonish. TONY 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 On 20/11/2023 at 18:26, Mulgabill said: Sorry to intrude, but the pic is at the opposite end of the tunnel. A notable oddity, is that the distant signals were generally "off", as both refered to the 2 Soudley crossings, which were normally closed to road traffic. as illustrated here on Helstonish. TONY I wonder how many models there are of that cottage? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 On 20/11/2023 at 06:40, Baggies1961 said: Hi Alan, You may have this shot but it’s a superb one nevertheless, worth repeating anyway. Regards Julian. Great photo. Thanks for sharing. It has come up at just the right time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted November 23, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2023 1 hour ago, wiggoforgold said: I wonder how many models there are of that cottage? 42? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 2 hours ago, wiggoforgold said: I wonder how many models there are of that cottage? It's a design that appears in a number of locations, there's at least one on the Shipston on Stour branch. I quite fancied building one myself but thought that the PS&NWR / G&KER design was more appropriate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 Ah Soudley. Posts for the lineside fencing cut and painted And part of the jig on which they will be strung 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 This part I will be watching with interest, I've got about three hundred to string up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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