RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 27, 2015 Happy birthday John - welcome to the ranks of those getting back some of what we spent years paying for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted September 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2015 It's all gone very quiet on here... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 It's all gone very quiet on here... He’s in the Saloon with Jack Elam et al. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Where are the latest pictures ?????????????? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeHemmings Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Maybe the camera crew are having trouble with the local residents for laying rails on there land. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gringo Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Aha, let me see, I nearly forgot a weekly report should be every seven of our Earth days and the first report was on a Wednesday! Anyway, perhaps a weekly report was over-ambitious, especially after the activities of last week. As many people know, I'm a volunteer at Kidderminster Railway Museum in the photograph and archive section, however, four of the last seven days were spent helping with the Big Bank Holiday Sale, of books, prints, pictures and models. (http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/101956-kidderminster-railway-museum-bank-holiday-weekend-sale/&do=findComment&comment=1980409). All the proceeds of the sale are going towards the new building appeal. And another day was lost meeting up with my brother, Nigel, to collect the last pieces of steelwork towards the lighting and pelmet supports. I will post a picture of this after it's all had a coat of paint and had all the end caps fitted. But that left two days to make a bit more progress finishing off the two additional base-boards and the two fiddle-yard boards and their folding legs. Here's a photo of the four boards, almost ready to use. and a photo of one of the depot boards with the addition of the bus wire and the point decoder and wiring. All that's left to do before testing a locomotive across the three depot boards is to add the control wires to all the Tortoise motors. During the next week, I'll be back down at the Museum for a couple of days (tomorrow and Sunday), as the sale is being extended over this coming weekend. And I'm helping Geoff with New Haden Colliery on Friday, so it will be Saturday before I can erect all the steelwork for the first time and check it out against the footprint of the layout. I'm looking forward to a dry day, as I need the drive-way to test the structure on. More news in a week's time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Modelling Yucca plants http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/23604Hope it helps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Potentially useful back-scenes http://somewhere-southwest.de/index.php?id=landscape Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gringo Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 A day late with this week's report, after another eight days have rolled rapidly by - and I note that even Queen Elizabeth's reign has been measured in days too! After a couple of days at the Museum and one spent helping Geoff with New Haden Colliery (which will be at ExpoEM North this coming weekend), I'm afraid only a little more was done towards my own layout. As planned, I set out the steelwork on the drive to measure up and then made the pelmets to hang on it. Besides giving them a quick coat of paint that was it, and no photographs were taken, as it's all just more boring woodwork, finished in matt white one side and dark grey the other! And I took a day's holiday on Tuesday! My old pal, Frank, organised a trip way out west (well North Wales, actually) for a lot of his old steam-days pals. Starting out of Chester at 09:23, the Jollyboys tour headed west. At Llandudno Junction, we changed trains for a run up the Conwy Valley to Blaenau Ffestiniog, where we hopped across the platform into a reserved coach on the Fffestiniog Railway heading for Portmadoc, behind a double-Fairlie locomotive. At Portmadoc, we crossed the platform to climb into the Pullman observation car (Glaslyn) right behind the bunker of one of the Welsh Highland Railway's Beyer Peacock built, Garratts for the ride up the Glaslyn pass, over the summit in full view of Snowdon and then down through Tryfan and Dinas to Carnarfon. Arrival at Carnarfon was in good time for afternoon tea, then a walk along the track bed of the old railway towards Bangor, which brought us to the pier, ready to board the vintage excursion ship, 'Balmoral'. Just over a couple of hours later, having cruised through the Menai Strait beneath Stephenson's and Telford's historic bridges, past Puffin Island and around Great Orme in the setting sun, we returned to Llandudno for the train journey back to Chester. A super day out and all of it under a virtually cloudless sky! More news next week, after the weekend at ExpoEM (http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/101919-expoem-north-2015/&do=findComment&comment=1979422) All the best, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted September 11, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2015 What a fantastic trip - always wanted to do the rail circuit, but the boat trip is a magical addition.I"ve sailed through the straits, dinghy raced off Port Dinorwic, and got married in Menai Bridge - so very envious ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Beats modelling and he considers himself royalty.... Ha ha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I know you aren't anywhere near the Fascia/ Name board stage, but this site may be worth bookmarking for when you are http://www.rattlesnakejacks.com/fontpage.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2015 It's Wednesday, so we must be due for the weekly update. Possibly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted November 16, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2015 Whilst John is working tirelessly on the layout day and night... his little team of HO workers are also ready to start. that's if the parrot doesn't get them. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Whilst John is working tirelessly on the layout day and night... his little team of HO workers are also ready to start. that's if the parrot doesn't get them. Andy Day and night? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted November 16, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2015 As we've not seen many more photos, are we going to have an unveiling at Warley with trumpeters and drum rolls? Or is that just bacon rolls? And trumpet "noises" from some of the operating team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted November 16, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2015 As we've not seen many more photos, are we going to have an unveiling at Warley with trumpeters and drum rolls? Or is that just bacon rolls? And trumpet "noises" from some of the operating team? ...plus bells and whistles?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted November 16, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2015 Whilst John is working tirelessly on the layout day and night... his little team of HO workers are also ready to start. that's if the parrot doesn't get them. Andy No, no, no Andy, you're not allowed to tell folk what you've done. You need to remove that photo immediately. Tut tut. ;-p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted November 16, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2015 I have more to show........ Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I have more to show........ Andy not on here you don't Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted November 16, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2015 not on here you don't I've reported him to the mods... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Looking forward to seeing the fruits of Old Gringo's work... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeHemmings Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Looks like some of us will have to wait until someone post's pic,s from Warley. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 It would be good to have a photographic update John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted November 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2015 Whilst John is working tirelessly on the layout day and night... his little team of HO workers are also ready to start. that's if the parrot doesn't get them. Andy Some of these little folk are back in the works following a prototype review. I always new that these were British outline Edwardian figures and that flat caps were more sort of 1920's Chrysler building than New Mexico but there are other short comings to fix: So more brimmed hats.. That's a tough one, not sure how to fix that yet Dungeries.. Hadn't appreciated just how common they were. Easy to fix on some of those braced chaps Denim. Same as above, easy to fix Ethnicity... How did I miss this? The 100% Caucasian turn out is just wrong for New Mexico workers in the early part of the last century. again, a easy fix. Will correct them and repost. I will post some pictures of the corrections as well as a new Santa Fe sectional house I have offered to make for the layout.. 5 days, let's see how far I get. You will probably have to put up with my few photos, john is now sleeping in the garage under the layout to maximise his modelling time. There are those who think he always did! Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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