MrWolf Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 3 hours ago, JustinDean said: Dry stone wall continues to be worked on, planking has had a wash of grey and a few other bits attended to. Nice to finally get some time back on this! Vegetation around the base of the engine house is now starting to creep in. I’m making my second visit to Belper Model Railway Club this evening. Through Facebook I found out they’re about to embark on a 7mm scale model of Middleton Top! Jay Jolly damn good show old man. 😎 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted February 7 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7 3 hours ago, Middlepeak said: Jay, Keep me posted on the Belper developments, and if there's any help I can give both you and them, please PM me. G Thanks Geraint! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 20/01/2024 at 16:08, JustinDean said: The raised siding on the right was used for a water carrying tender, sited to replenish loco’s on this stretch of the line. There's some great pictures on Flickr of it in use. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike Bellamy Posted February 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8 Jay - sorry to read about the unwanted visitor at the studio last week . . . . . . . . . . . Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted February 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8 Just read the article, Jay. Not good. Rob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post JustinDean Posted February 8 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 8 Yea the studio was burgled by an opportunist at 1.30am last Friday. Getting a call to drive down to Derby at 3am isn’t great! We got him on CCTV, circulated a photo on social media and got him ID’d within a couple of hours. Police picked him up and on Saturday he was charged with 6 burglaries. Fortunately he didn’t cause any damage and was only interested in the top shelf spirits in the bar which he stuffed down his trousers! Jay 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post JustinDean Posted February 8 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: There's some great pictures on Flickr of it in use. I must be heading to about 3000 photos in my archive of the C&HPR but I rarely post any here, so thanks for that. There’s an abundance of sources online for images and I may have exhausted them now. I know Derbyshire county council have quite a collection that @Middlepeakhas been exploring- we should probably consolidate collections at some point Geraint. Longcliffe is most likely going to be the subject for a 7mm scale ‘micro’ layout once Middleton Top is completed satisfactorily and this ramp/siding would make an interesting scenic break with a tender perched on it. Here’s a little look at Longcliffe then: Zoe on the Cromford & High Peak Facebook group has made a number of these modified OS maps. An earlier photo of the elevated siding: Before J94’s and also before the NLR tanks, LNWR Choppers were used. This photo also shows the early layout of the wharf with yard crane and corrugated shed. A set of photos from a similar position showing the overall site, until we reach…. ….the end! Siding serving the loading dock, which is still there and can be seen in my contemporary photos on the previous page. Looking back towards Parsley Hay Early photo of the station house A couple of very nice colour photos Jay 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlepeak Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Blimey! Is anything 'micro' in 7mm scale? The first of the pics from @montyburns56 is one of the ones that I've been thinking of replicating as a small 4mm diorama, so I can see the attraction in it. By the way, I've seen the photo of the Crewe Goods tender loco attributed elsewhere to Hurdlow, rather than Longcliffe, but again it's a great shot. As to comparing photo collections - by all means! I'm steadily going through mine and recording them all in an index prior to getting them into albums. Feels like a lifetime's work, and I haven't got to 3000 yet, but then again I haven't started on my books! G 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted February 9 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9 10 minutes ago, Middlepeak said: Blimey! Is anything 'micro' in 7mm scale? The first of the pics from @montyburns56 is one of the ones that I've been thinking of replicating as a small 4mm diorama, so I can see the attraction in it. By the way, I've seen the photo of the Crewe Goods tender loco attributed elsewhere to Hurdlow, rather than Longcliffe, but again it's a great shot. As to comparing photo collections - by all means! I'm steadily going through mine and recording them all in an index prior to getting them into albums. Feels like a lifetime's work, and I haven't got to 3000 yet, but then again I haven't started on my books! G Now you’ve mentioned it the slope of the ramp is in the opposite direction. It hadn’t occurred to me that other elevated sidings existed having only seen the Longcliffe one. Jay 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted February 9 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9 Apparently 6’x2’ is a micro layout in 7mm scale. The idea is to use the cottage as the left hand view blocker and the raised end of the elevated siding to disguise the exit on the right. The bit inbetween will be squashed up a bit from the prototype! Jay 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) That Crewe Goods photo appears in one of the Foxline Publications - Whaley Bridge to Friden I think. Give me a moment and I’ll check - for once I’m near my reference library! EDIT: As I thought, it features in ‘Scenes from the Past: 37 (part one) Railways of the High Peak Whaley Bridge to Friden’ by N Jones and JM Bentley. The caption gives c.1890 as the date, but Dowlow as the location, clarifying it as “…at the top of the Hurdlow deviation…” Edited February 9 by Tortuga More info 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlepeak Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 10 minutes ago, JustinDean said: Apparently 6’x2’ is a micro layout in 7mm scale. The idea is to use the cottage as the left hand view blocker and the raised end of the elevated siding to disguise the exit on the right. The bit inbetween will be squashed up a bit from the prototype! Jay Good luck with that one mate! G 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted February 9 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9 2 minutes ago, Middlepeak said: Good luck with that one mate! G To be honest G I reckon the moment I see how long points are in 7mm the penny will drop that it’s probably not achievable. At this time i’m not getting too deep into planning another layout with the SWAG deadline rapidly appearing on the horizon. Seeing the Belper clubs to scale plan for a 7mm version of Middleton Top was a real eye opener. It’s massive! Jay 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 17 minutes ago, JustinDean said: Apparently 6’x2’ is a micro layout in 7mm scale. Ah I can claim the extended Whaley Shunt (7’x1’6”) as a micro then - just need to persuade people it’s 7mm but they’re standing further away! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post JustinDean Posted February 22 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 22 Only two months now until Middleton Top’s first public outing at SWAG. I’ve been busy building dry stone walls, stone by stone, which takes quite some time. I’m not going to bore anyone with photos of this process! I’ve also added some weeds at the back of the buffer stop and planted out some of the cottage garden. These make for far more interesting photos! Jay 22 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted February 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22 Looking great Jay. Looking forward to seeing this at SWAG. 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Very nice @JustinDean. Sadly won't be able to attend SWAG. Too far away 😔 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted March 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3 (edited) I’m trying get my head around this auction ending today. Why on earth would folk be bidding so much on this? It doesn’t even work properly! Edited March 3 by JustinDean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 …and you have to reattach that step. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted March 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3 ….and it has the wrong wheels on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted March 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3 27 minutes ago, JustinDean said: I’m trying get my head around this auction ending today. Why on earth would folk be bidding so much on this? It doesn’t even work properly! Bonkers. In reality, it's probably worth around £150 in it's present condition. But ultimately, it's worth what someone will pay on the day.....in this case, rather a lot. However, that seller is worth following. Rob 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted March 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3 14 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Bonkers. In reality, it's probably worth around £150 in it's present condition. But ultimately, it's worth what someone will pay on the day.....in this case, rather a lot. However, that seller is worth following. Rob Someone was happy to pay £280 for that. Mind blown. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 There has been quite a discussion on Tony Wright's thread about how much secondhand kits are worth, especially when a rtr model becomes available. I suppose this one is worth more because there is no rtr model and it is built even if it doesn't work properly? Perhaps this belongs on the Ebay madness thread! Martyn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 30 minutes ago, Fair Oak Junction said: Is it "madness" though? Ultimately as long as the buyer is happy with their purchase, why do we care? 🤔 Because it sets a high bar for the value of a built, albeit non-working and partially incorrect model? I can’t help thinking that someone out there might think “If that’s worth £280, then a similar one with a working motor has to be worth a bit more, right? What about one that’s not so well constructed, but of a bigger prototype? That’s got to be worth even more?” 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted March 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3 You just beat me to posting the same answer Nik. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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