Peasevern Yard - 7mm BR Blue shunting layout

[37114]

The rather large task of weathering the Presflos is taking up most of my modelling time at the moment, a task that has grown since Friday as I now have 8 of them to as I decided to purchase another one. My original plan was to have 7 ECT ones + my 1 kit built wagon to make up 2 rakes of 4 wagons but the level of detail on the ECT ones and colour variations meant my kit built one stood out like a sore thumb so that one has gone to pastures new. So far I have got as far as weathering all the underframes and giving the bodies a wash of dirt before building up the cement dirt, the new wagon is a bit behind as I need to do the transfers.

 

With the kitchen table clear I decided to do some more table top planning for the extension to work out vagueley where everything will go. My much laboured Leyland National will appear on the far end and the plan is to have the track infilled in the concrete base as per the real Avon Street sidings.

The white box represents the building behind the sidings which for my purposes will have a small platform for bagged cement so I can run my van train.

The cans represent a silo which will be home to a blue circle cement tanker. I have seen pictures of a tractor used to shunt wagons so my model will also appear in the scene

[bazjones1711]

Took this photo of the Rugby Cement terminal at Stapleford and Sandiacre many years ago , it may give you insperation for a terminal on your layout , plus a drawing from an old Airfix magazine . 

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3 minutes ago, bazjones1711 said:

Took this photo of the Rugby Cement terminal at Stapleford and Sandiacre many years ago , it may give you insperation for a terminal on your layout , plus a drawing from an old Airfix magazine . 

Thanks for sharing, some great shots and the drawings help get a sense of scale.

[37114]

The Presflo weathering is now mostly finished, I can't  wait to try them out on the layout 

 

[Nick G]

1 hour ago, 37114 said:

The Presflo weathering is now mostly finished, I can't  wait to try them out on the layout 

 

 

 

Very nice, what did you use for the cement effect?

[37114]

54 minutes ago, Nick G said:

 

Very nice, what did you use for the cement effect?

Thanks, I just used the "snow" in the Tamiya Weathering powders set B.

[37114]

Peasevern Yard appears in the July edition of BRM, I had my copy waiting for me on arrival back home after a trip up to Glasgow. I especially like how the BRM team have done the side by side comparison of Kevin Redwood's photo of the crashed Mercedes and the model. A good issue and also nice to see Kannotburn which is a layout I worked on for a bit post the BMRG buying it from Trevor Hale.

[37114]

Only 8 days until show number 2, Larkrail in the 23rd July. I haven't actually ran the Presflos before tonight so took the opportunity to set the layout up and Dave popped round to kindly clean the track.

 

The 8 Presflos only just fit on the layout when placed end to end

 

In operation I run them in 2 rakes of 4

 

The other wagon never to run on the layout before today is this Dapol brakevan. I had been following @Nick G modifications to the same van which included painting the ends of the veranda grey as per the prototype. I also corrected the rain strips.

 

[37114]

Some more photos;

03121 on the Presflos 

 

 

08950 had a run as well 

 

[Nick G]

Layout and the new stock look great, like the brake van.

[sb67]

Nice to see some more photo's Rob, those presflos look very nice. Seeing all 8 shows how compact the layout really is yet in the other photo's it looks a lot bigger! 

[37114]

6 hours ago, Nick G said:

Layout and the new stock look great, like the brake van.

Thanks Nick, I need to replace the rather feeble Lamp irons which have all fallen off, seems to be a common issue as Dave had the same on his...

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5 hours ago, sb67 said:

Nice to see some more photo's Rob, those presflos look very nice. Seeing all 8 shows how compact the layout really is yet in the other photo's it looks a lot bigger! 

Thanks Steve, Yep it is definitely one of the smaller O gauge layouts around! I can't fit all 8 plus a loco in the fiddle yard though.

[Clive martin]

The layout is looking superb Rob ,looks like your national is complete, i have been following the build of your national on flickr+ all your superb layout building, truly stunning model makeing!

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1 hour ago, Clive martin said:

The layout is looking superb Rob ,looks like your national is complete, i have been following the build of your national on flickr+ all your superb layout building, truly stunning model makeing!

Thanks Clive, v kind of you. Yes the National is complete, I just need to sell Parsons Vale to give me the space in the garage to crack on with the extension to the layout now.

[brossard]

On 15/07/2022 at 07:21, 37114 said:

Thanks Nick, I need to replace the rather feeble Lamp irons which have all fallen off, seems to be a common issue as Dave had the same on his...

 

The Slaters LWB tail lamp brackets are much more robust.  #7161.  I don't see side lamp brackets though.

 

John

 

 

[37114]

6 hours ago, brossard said:

 

The Slaters LWB tail lamp brackets are much more robust.  #7161.  I don't see side lamp brackets though.

 

John

 

 

Thanks John, will have a look but may end up making my own.

[brossard]

7 hours ago, 37114 said:

Thanks John, will have a look but may end up making my own.

 

Great idea!  Let us know how you get on.  The trick is getting the brackets to stay on.  Slaters have spigots that make a very secure bond.

 

John

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The layout is in the car ready for it's second outing at Larkrail. I intend to fit wheels to the main layout board to help moving it around as it is a bit of squeeze getting me and it through a standard door side by side. It also prompted some thinking about the extension and how it will fit in the car as currently things are a bit tight;

I recently replaced my car, being lucky enough to find a 2021 2.0L diesel Mondeo with only 9k miles on the clock and it is a lovely car to drive that does 55mpg still with plenty of poke. I use my car for work and do about 12k miles on business per annum so getting a van is not really practical for 3 to 4 exhibitions per year. The Mondeo is probably one of the largest estate cars (as opposed to SUVs) around and this is my 6th in a row but it is no longer in production as the world goes towards electric so this will be my last although all being well it last me around 5 to 6 years. The current thinking is the new board will be a bit lower in height so the fiddle yard (on the left, stowed on it's side in the above photo) will sit on top of the new board and then the legs will go on top of the current layout board.

 

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All set up ready for the start of the show!

 

[Nick G]

Have a good show.

[brossard]

Yes indeed, do have a good show.  I do like the look of your layout.

 

I took mine to a local show a few weeks ago.  More a proof of concept but everything went fine and the layout performed very well.  Hauling boards about is hard work and everyone in the team is over 60.

 

John

[Gilbert]

3 minutes ago, brossard said:

Yes indeed, do have a good show.  I do like the look of your layout.

John

So did others..

[37114]

2 hours ago, Gilbert said:

So did others..

Thanks Chris, it was a good show, very busy in the morning.

 

Another shot from today of 37029 which got a couple of runs

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[37114]

Taking advantage of Copenhagen Airport WiFi for an hour earlier, I have re uploaded some of the missing pictures from the server transfer, they are mostly page 11 onwards, there are still a few gaps of photos that aren't on my phone that I need to get off my home PC.