RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted October 2, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hi Mike. I'm spending very little time on RMweb at the moment and it seems like weeks since I've looked on here. Wow. The photos in post 1367 are really good and I hope you're having a great time playing with the layout, in addition to the serious stuff. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) Congrats on the Heinz Page :no: :no: 57 . Edited October 2, 2014 by Andrew P 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Congrats on the Heinz Page :no: :no: 57 . Hi Andy, How strange! The old Heinz 57' motto is seldom used nowadays but when I was in Halifax at the weekend the pub attached to the Premier Inn serving breakfast stated you could have as much as you liked from the breakfast AND continental menus, well not being greedy I asked for 3 Sausage, 3 Bacon and 57 Beans! I did get a laugh as the lady was of a certain age to understand. I got more of a laugh when my mate couldn't get the toaster to work and she said: "It only gets turned on if you fiddle with it" My reply was " Funny the same thing happens to me!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Hi Mike, have you made a start on the Signal Box yet, or are you still playing Trains on that wonderful Layout of yours? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Hi all, Busy week doing things that in the main can't easily be seen so here is a gallery of shots taken with more BORROWED stock.... A 2-car Class 108 in a really sensible livery for a train (NOT!) stops for the ever hopeful passenger who had the stamina to climb the 1:5 hill! The following service has a Class 128 attached to the rear. I knew it couldn't last long, the 1:100 incline has had its toll on the 3rd northbound diagram for the Class 108 which has had Class 40, 40012 summoned from Carlisle to assist. Busy day for the Class 40's as 40141 heads south with a Glasgow-Nottingham express and passes the stricken recovery operation Class 40, 40141 heads or the depths of Widdale Tunnel. More to follow... Edited October 5, 2014 by mike61680 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Continued.... Class 40 40141 thunders over Widdale Beck into Widdale Tunnel Its Class 40 heaven on the S&C as yet another Class 40, 40012 'AUREOL' follows with a Carlisle-Leeds Semi-Fast. The failed DMU has a doppleganger! And in best Monty Python style.....Now for something completely different!!! We have been transported back to pre 1948 and to the days of the old LMS with yet another load of BORROWED stock! Just some gallery shots of a 3F and 4F with a Midland Compound trundling along through Dent... Now an answer to the borrowed' stock. A few of my mates don't as yet have a layout to run things on or they are end-to-end so its mainly to run the loco's in for them but it helps me to test various types as well! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Last lot for today showing at least some of the progress made on the scenics, you could also see some of it on the above posts with the LMS stock if you spotted it! General views showing the shrubs and stunted trees and bushes which now populate the east side of the Fell. I have also been ballasting the remaining plain track leaving the points and slips until I am totally happy with them - which i am not as yet! Oops! Edit to add: I have also fully covered the east Fell with a blend of Static grass - how could I forget that! Dipstick! Edited October 5, 2014 by mike61680 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Wonderful Mike, really nice pics of some cracking stock, love the grass and walling, and the moody through the bridge shot, that's nice. Please keep the pics coming mate, just lovely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Agree with Andy, Mike, wonderful is the word! Jealous of the stock and amazed by the greenery - even kept Andy happy for now HaHaHa! Thanks also for your post on the other thread (Bitton) about Saltcoats, remember it well along with most of the Ayrshire 'resorts' which I visited with dad! Kind regards, Jock. Edited October 5, 2014 by Jock67B 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberdare Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hi Mike It's been a while since my last visit and it is good to see the landscape coming together, my favourite bit of any layout if I'm honest. The static grass and shrubs have now started to add a bit of depth and I look forward to seeing it grow over the next few hours days Jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 It's all looking very good, much like the area! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PeterBB Posted October 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hi Mike, Thought I'd like to see Andy's comment and found some great pictures of an oft mentioned layout's progress. Especially pleased and encouraged to see the wire fencing and the propped-up walls - I had made up something similar to the former and thanks to your pictures will now be more willing to employ them. Cheers, PeterBB 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hi all, Thanks for the continued encouraging comments, much appreciated. At the present moment there are a stack of weights on the track awaiting the drying out of the ballast so I doubt there will be many pics until the weekend. It looks like the weather is changing and very soon the dining room table will be commandeered in preference to heating the whole den for a few hours work in the evening. The first task will be the completion of the main station building. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hi Mike, I'm quite happy to wait for more pics if there going to be of the same quality as the last lot, well done mate. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hi all, Not quite cold enough yet to migrate to the comfort of the dining room table so I have started doing a bit on the 'Bothy'. The windows and doors arrived from York Modelmaking together with the signalbox kit so I have fitted those to the ready prepared Perspex structure shell and applied some scrap 0.040" packers in readiness for the Wills Dressed Stone covering. The really annoying thing is I will not be able to see any of these lovely details on the Main Station Building, the Signalbox or the Bothy as they all have the frontage facing away. I did consider facing the whole thing the opposite way but that meant working on it over the high side of the Fell so that thought was consigned to the bin! Pics will follow possibly tomorrow. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) Hi all, Not quite cold enough yet to migrate to the comfort of the dining room table so I have started doing a bit on the 'Bothy'. The windows and doors arrived from York Modelmaking together with the signalbox kit so I have fitted those to the ready prepared Perspex structure shell and applied some scrap 0.040" packers in readiness for the Wills Dressed Stone covering. The really annoying thing is I will not be able to see any of these lovely details on the Main Station Building, the Signalbox or the Bothy as they all have the frontage facing away. I did consider facing the whole thing the opposite way but that meant working on it over the high side of the Fell so that thought was consigned to the bin! Pics will follow possibly tomorrow. Sounds like you need a big mirror along the back wall, or put windows in the back of the shed so you can look in from outside, (that last bit was a JOKE by the way, in case anyone thinks I've lost the plot completely). Mike can we have some step by step pics of you covering the plastic shell as I'm intrigued by this method. Edited October 7, 2014 by Andrew P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Sounds like you need a big mirror along the back wall, or put windows in the back of the shed so you can look in from outside, (that last bit was a JOKE by the way, in case anyone thinks I've lost the plot completely). Mike can we have some step by step pics of you covering the plastic shell as I'm intrigued by this method. Hi Andy, More pics! Why am I not surprised........... All in hand dear boy! Glad you were joking about the windows as by the time I got around the street to look through from the neighbouring property the train would have undoubtedly passed by! I know because I always missed the real things in my spotting days! Talking of which have you seen the photo topic by RMweb '4630'? Some good old BR Blue stuff, worth a look. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Hi Andy, More pics! Why am I not surprised........... All in hand dear boy! Glad you were joking about the windows as by the time I got around the street to look through from the neighbouring property the train would have undoubtedly passed by! I know because I always missed the real things in my spotting days! Talking of which have you seen the photo topic by RMweb '4630'? Some good old BR Blue stuff, worth a look. Not seen that Mike, where do I find it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Not seen that Mike, where do I find it? Hi Andy, I found it at bottom of your 'Bitton' pages where it shows items "ALSO TAGGED WITH.......etc.!" I'm sure if you just type 4630 into the search it will come up mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hi Andy, I found it at bottom of your 'Bitton' pages where it shows items "ALSO TAGGED WITH.......etc.!" I'm sure if you just type 4630 into the search it will come up mate. Thanks Mike, found it last night, enjoyed it and posted on it with credits to you for directing me. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Hi Mike Very interesting to see your MR signal box kit.The detail looks fantastic. I've no experience with laser cut models so I'll be very interested to see how it all fits together. Love the Class 40s and the failed 108 in post 1405.... didn,t realise you were serious about running blue things... Cheers Alan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 a large backscene of the wind swept moorland covering the wall would really give another edge of atmosephere to this already magnificent layout, and you could bring your reference photos onto the front of the layout, but i digress. well done on the layout mike. Regards, Sam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted October 10, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 10, 2014 a large backscene of the wind swept moorland covering the wall would really give another edge of atmosephere to this already magnificent layout, and you could bring your reference photos onto the front of the layout, but i digress. It would look very atmospheric, although it already does. I think it's the snow fences and Coal Road bridge that really give the feel of the place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 it was a thought on an optional extra, but completely agree with you and il leave it there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Hi Mike Very interesting to see your MR signal box kit.The detail looks fantastic. I've no experience with laser cut models so I'll be very interested to see how it all fits together. Love the Class 40s and the failed 108 in post 1405.... didn,t realise you were serious about running blue things... Cheers Alan Hi Alan, So will I! Seriously it seems to be in a layer form so the shell looks quite simple (say's he) it will be the finer points that will take the kit to a new dimension for me. I am not averse to the Blue Period on BR, well I did work on the things! and at a push, a large push! I would run the Sectorisation era, but as for Privatisation I could not possibly put it in written form! Oh and even LMS is a bit of arm twisting! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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