RMweb Gold 97406 Posted March 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2023 The original perspex cover from the old section of layout has been joined by 2 new covers to help keep the cats out of the catenary. I'm currently thinking of a new extension out at an angle from the diesel depot end, but there will be no OHLE on that bit, so I may just modify one of the covers so it sits over the access to the new section. It won't be for a while as I would like to return to tinkering with locos and other rolling stock for a bit. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted March 12, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2023 Three Peaks. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted March 18, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2023 With the bulk of the work on the new section done, I am turning my attention towards the little finishing touches that help set the scene. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted March 22, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) This week I 'ave mostly been putting Laserglaze in my Bachmann 37. Just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Managed to lose a lamp bracket, so made a new one out of some flattened fuse wire. One of the jumper sockets came off the circuit board in the nose ends and needed to be resoldered (twice). I found a broken wire to one of the bogie pickups which got repaired, then much swearing whilst I fitted it back together - twice! The Laserglaze went in easily though! It is now idling on the layout looking superb. The jumper socket that came out - JP2 Edited March 22, 2023 by 97406 6 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted March 23, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2023 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted March 24, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2023 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted March 26, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) I dropped by the Macclesfield show for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon and got my first ever look at Mostyn. What a splendid layout, and set in one of my favourite parts of the world too! My oldest model, the eponymous 97406 (40135) was originally created from the Lima model based on Barrowmore's approach. Here's one of theirs. Edited March 26, 2023 by 97406 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2023 The ViTrains 47 scrubs up quite well 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2023 The latest addition to the fleet and named after my place of birth. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 2, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2023 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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woodenhead Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Question, does the Hornby class 87 headlight switch off automatically when the loco is not in motion? I was observing class 87s at Carlisle in 1987 on YouTube last night and saw that the headlights went off (the side lamp remained illuminated) on all stopping classs 87s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 2, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2023 6 minutes ago, woodenhead said: Question, does the Hornby class 87 headlight switch off automatically when the loco is not in motion? I was observing class 87s at Carlisle in 1987 on YouTube last night and saw that the headlights went off (the side lamp remained illuminated) on all stopping classs 87s. Oh goodness, no, alas, this is Hornby we are talking about after all! The marker lights come on with the same brightness as the headlights on the standard model, stay on and they are bluish white LEDs. There is an artistic pause in the lights swapping over when you change direction, but that's it. It's still a very solid model, very precisely moulded, mind! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted April 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2023 Nice pictures @97406 of the Hornby class 87. This layout of yours is excellent. I have just ordered a Heljan Class 86 E3114 with small yellow warning panels.👍 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 3, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2023 7 hours ago, Kevin Johnson said: Nice pictures @97406 of the Hornby class 87. This layout of yours is excellent. I have just ordered a Heljan Class 86 E3114 with small yellow warning panels.👍 Thank you. I’ve got one of those. I like the blue bufferbeams on it. I had the one without the yellow panels too, but it ended up as 86005 in banger blue. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 26, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2023 One little thing that I didn't notice until too late was the thickness of the styrene sheet that fixes the OHLE droppers to the gantries. I have found a solution, to add pieces of the same 40 thou styrene in between the droppers so it forms a continuous strip across the portal and paint it grey to match the gantries. Here's one of the prototypes with an unaltered gantry behind. It deceives the eye in the right sort of way. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 28, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2023 Another acquisition this month is a bit of GWR150 action... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 28, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2023 (edited) An English Electric panorama. Edited April 29, 2023 by 97406 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted April 30, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2023 I've been meaning to do a shot of all the 40s for a while. I've uploaded this to Flickr and you can click on the image and click again to zoom in. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted May 11, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2023 A bargain bucket Bachmann 37 waiting for a Red Stripe Railfreight companion. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted May 12, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2023 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted June 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2023 Whistlers while you work. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted June 16, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2023 Some more preorders from Accurascale just in. Great stuff! 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted June 16, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) And now to compare windscreens. There are subtle differences but both the Bachmann and Accurascale look the part. Note the Bachmann example on the left has been Laserglazed to remove the prismatic factory glazing, which is where it sits at a disadvantage, price notwithstanding. Just need the same loving attention being lavished on a Class 40 now. Edited June 16, 2023 by 97406 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted June 16, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2023 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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