Ralph Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 thougth he might be doing something else & just pretending to see what could be salvage from the skip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shreives Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Another fine job with the electrics there graham. I will have to get round before the weekend and get to grips with it all Stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Hello all, Spent most of today packing the layout up for its next exhibition tomorrow at Bexhill, tidied up some scenery and cleaned all the track then to top it off spent my friday evening ironing the cloth that hangs around the layout, oh to live the high life. Hard to believe how much stuff i have to cart around for a small N gauge layout. Cheers Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Hello all, A nice exhibition at Bexhill yesterday and the layout performed reasonably well, traffic made us a little latter than i would have liked which didn't leave much time to set up but everything was ready by 10 (opening time). A couple of minor problems popped up, one was the automated fiddle yard loops, they were working fine then all of a sudden a point started playing up and was making two tracks live at once, I'm sure its a simple fault which shouldn't be to hard to repair. The second problem was with loco's, to be specific Dapol 67's, I've got four motored versions two of which went pop early on in there life and are awaiting repair, then yesterday for no apparent reason the other two just gave up the ghost, I'm really not sure what has happened and a little disappointed but hopefully they are fixable. Heres a couple of pics from the day. And a video. Cheers Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Like the new photo's & video, sorry to read all 4 67's failed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MrSimon Posted August 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hi Graham, Love the video! Hope the other electrical work to the sidings made operating easier! Thats a pain with the 67s, and 4 out of 4 is rubbish! I always seem to have locos break down on me at the start of exhibitions, just when there's no time to fix them. Hope you get them sorted! Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hi Simon, The automated loops really helped, (when they were working ok) just frees up an operator to talk to people or have a wander around, plus with all the points now motorised in the add on fiddle yard operating was a lot easier. The 67's have annoyed me, I don't want to knock Dapol as i have some lovely loco's that they've produced but i seem to be jinxed with a 67, It started with an EWS one, as it was running in it got very hot then slowed to a crawl and has been the same ever since, ordered the Modelbahn Union one at TINGS last year and when it turned up all was fine then for no reason at all stopped dead, puff of smoke from the body and dead ever since, then to top it off two more shorted the track at the weekend and have stopped working! Think i might stick to dummy ones in future. One other thing that happened at the weekend which was mildly amusing was that we had a ceiling height mirror along the wall behind the layout, people thought that the layout continued in a U shape and a few poor soles nearly walked into the mirrored glass, i shouldn't laugh but it did tickle me not noticing there own reflection. Cheers Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MrSimon Posted August 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2013 Haha brilliant - I think that would have kept me entertained all day! Good that they were concentrating on your model so hard they didn't notice themselves - good idea for seeing into the fiddleyard though! I had a 153 short on the track at Cotgrave, it was completely dead and then started working again a few weeks later - very weird. Are you going to get the 67s repaired? Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Yeah i will get them fixed, the jubilee one has been booked to go to DCC supplies for a while but i haven't got round to posting it yet. I haven't tried the two that played up at the show yet so might have a look at the weekend. Good that they were concentrating on your model so hard they didn't notice themselves - good idea for seeing into the fiddleyard though! It was the same at Tonbridge, people are always more interested in the fiddle yard. Cheers Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted August 17, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2013 just been reading through the feed. youve got a brilliant layout there. looking forward to seeing it some time. whens your next exhibition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Hi Phil, Thanks for the Likes, the next outing for the layout is the Ukfield show at the end of Oct, 19th and 20th i think. Cheers Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted August 17, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2013 Hi Phil, Thanks for the Likes, the next outing for the layout is the Ukfield show at the end of Oct, 19th and 20th i think. Cheers Graham. hi thanks for the reply graham. unfortunately the uckfield weekend i'm help exhibit Warren Lane at peterborough. is it at any others exhibitons? phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Hi Phil, The next one after that is Orpington MRC show at Pratts bottom on the 11th and 12th of January 2014. Cheers Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted August 17, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2013 thanks for that. have put it in my diary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 Hello all, Its been a while since i've done anything on the layout but its off to the Uckfield exhibition in less than a fortnight so its time to make some small repairs and just check all is working ok. Toady saw the postman deliver a few new additions to the fleet in the shape of this Thanks to a fellow RMwebber and my good lady buying me an early birthday present i'm now the proud owner of a CJM 59 in Hanson livery, It really is an excellent loco and looks fantastic, all i need to do now is source some suitable aggregate wagons. I also recieved another Large logo 47, i purchased one at the start of the year which was to become an West Coast engine but i really quite like the large logo livery so will keep one and re-number it to 47847 whilst the other will be sent off to Mercig studios to become 47787 in WCRC colours. Cheers Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted October 9, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2013 59 looks brilliant - just needs a rake of JHA hoppers. Need to get bmthtrains David on the job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Nice one Graham,I saw the 59 on the classifieds and thought it looked nice. can't think of a better layout for it to have gone too... 47's look good too. Cheers Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 Cheers Gents, I had considered 3D printing for the JHA wagons but also need specific bogies to, i shall investigate. Thanks Scott, very pleased with the 59, the large logo livery really suits the 47 and i could quite happily build an 80's layout just to accommodate them. Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkie Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Looks stuning fella, Look forward in seeing the finished loco's from mercig. I have a few of their class 60's and the detail is stunning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 Hi Porkie, Yeah i'm looking forward to the 47 being done, I've got a fair few locos/rolling stock from Mercig and Ian's work is superb. Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 nice 59, rarely seen in the deep south west, nice duo of 47's too.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted October 9, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2013 I had considered 3D printing for the JHA wagons but also need specific bogies to, i shall investigate. Mmm, someone's done some very detailed OO gauge ones, doubt they'd scale down well. It'll look great on the layout regardless! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 Evening all, I've been doing a couple hours on the layout for the last few nights in preparation for the weekends exhibition, mainly track cleaning and loco servicing but the main job was to remove a troublesome set of points that were causing havoc with the automated loops, wasn't the easiest of jobs to do and space was a little tight but now all is fixed with the new point and re laid track on the two inner loops. Every night has seen at least three hours running/testing and so far so good. I've also added another two Dapol 86's and a Farish 66 to the loco roster, In the last few months i've lost two 86's, one just stopped with a puff of smoke and the other ( a dummy ) has decided to short the track for an unknown reason? when i saw some online for £50.00 i snapped them up, one will donate its chassis to the NSE body and the other will stay in EWS. Cheers Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack00 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Hi Graham looking good. Funny you say about the 86 stopping with a puff of smoke...my Dapol 153 did exactly the same and never worked since. And kept shorting its self out. Anyway...the 59 looks really nice as do the largo logo 47's Look forward to some more videos of the layout in action. Jack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren chpamn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 hi graham was great to see the layout in the flesh today at the show ,thanks for letting me take some pictures of the back of the layout too i do hope we can get your layout to the crawley show soon regards daz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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