10800 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Looking forward to seeing it immensely - along with many others I'm sure. Hope your dad doesn't overcommit - better to have fewer upgrades and additions that allow you to rest a bit and enjoy the exhibition than to have more but leaving you totally exhausted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpster Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 I couldn't agree more, Rod. But try telling that to my old man! "I just need another 12 hoppers so I can run the schedule properly..." - need, not want! Arp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Can't wait to see this layout in the flesh. Right up my street!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpster Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Those of you who are Scalefour Society members will have received the exhibition guide for Scaleforum 2013 through the post over the weekend. Blackgill has the honour of having been given pride of place on the front cover and they've done a really good job with it! I'm told that a PDF version of the guide will be available on the Scalefour Society website soon too. The excitement (and trepidation) is building now! Arp 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flymo748 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I'm told that a PDF version of the guide will be available on the Scalefour Society website soon too. The excitement (and trepidation) is building now! It's available now :-) Free to download for both members and non-members of the Scalefour Society. http://www.scalefour.org/shows/scaleforumguide2013.pdf I hope to see many RMWebbers at Scaleforum at the end of September. Do come over and say hello on the Society Stand. Cheers Paul Willis Scalefour Society Marketing Manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class O Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Good to meet your dad again after a long time, at Blyth show the other week, I have been looking at the photos Blackgill on here, It is superb...Give him my best wishes, and you keep the pictures coming....Owen Lancaster.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 []Thanks to latest "MRJ", I have just discovered this thread, Wonderfull. Re earlier posts, I should think Eddie's insperation for the station building came from Staddlethorpe Junction, Hull Selby Line, and now called Gylberdyke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 (edited) I should think Eddie's insperation for the station building came from Staddlethorpe Junction, Hull Selby Line, and now called Gylberdyke. . Dunno about that... Beamish Station: Consett-Tyne Dock Line (Stanhope and Tyne Railway). From an old postcard. Most stations between Leadgate and Pelaw were of a similar style. Porcy Edited September 8, 2013 by Porcy Mane 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Similar basic design, and in the current "MRJ" article, Hessle Station a few miles east of Gylberdyke is mentioned, Hessle certainly not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpster Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Hello all, Glad you enjoyed the MRJ article! As mentioned somewhere in there, the station on Blackgill is based on Shield Row (or West Stanley, as it was also called) on the Annfield Plain Deviation. But most of the stations on the line were of a similar design. All the best, Arp p.s. I think the little wooden waiting shelter was based on the one at Hessle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpster Posted September 28, 2013 Author Share Posted September 28, 2013 Well, Blackgill made it to Aylesbury in one piece and so did its operators. After a night exploring the local cultural highlights we're now all looking forward to a restorative full English and then we'll be off to spend the day playing trains. If you're attending Scaleforum this weekend, please come and say hello! I'll post some photos this evening. Arp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92220 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Arp, Long time lurker and admirer of Blackgill here. Gutted that I have to work all weekend and can't get to Aylesbury to see it. Best of luck - I'm sure it will be superb! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class O Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Well, Blackgill made it to Aylesbury in one piece and so did its operators. After a night exploring the local cultural highlights we're now all looking forward to a restorative full English and then we'll be off to spend the day playing trains. If you're attending Scaleforum this weekend, please come and say hello! I'll post some photos this evening. Arp Good luck, I will look forward to seeing them......Owen Lancaster.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted September 28, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2013 Blackgill looked very nice in the MRJ, and I'm looking forward to the next installment. Will there be a trackplan? Many thanks, Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonkeyVong Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Saw 'Blackgill' at Scaleforum today and was very impressed!! Can anyone tell me where the Grey Ferguson tractor on the layout came from? Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) This one? I'd guess Springside unless (highly unlikely) it's a reworked Oxford Diecast. Edited October 17, 2018 by jwealleans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonkeyVong Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Thats the one!!! Great little model. Hope I can get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpster Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Well, that was the Scaleforum that was! Thank you to all that came to see it and chat to us. I hope you enjoyed seeing Blackgill in the flesh. The layout survived the 250-mile journey reasonably well, thankfully. The scenic section worked pretty seamlessly (barring a bit of a dropped rail joint on one of the board transitions, but as many of you watching will have noticed, we really struggled with derailments at one fiddle yard exit and a bizarre electrical problem at the other that meant we had to haul trains unceremoniously off the scenic section by hand some of the time! These kinds of problems are typical though, as we'd spent months ironing out all of the niggles in the safety of the loft only to find that in a strange environment and a different climate, things didn't behave as planned. I hope we had enough success in keeping things running that people were entertained and enjoyed their time at the layout. The schedule was admittedly a little bit slower than hoped at times. I had a lot of fun shunting though, which seemed to work reasonably seamlessly! It was the first time that some of the operators had really run it in anger, so there was a bit of a steep learning curve and a bit of swearing and self-flagellation required at times! I hope we managed to chat to everyone who wanted to chat in between keeping the show on the road. I'm sorry I wasn't able to answer your tractor question at the time, Vonkey, but I am sure that Jonathan is correct. I can double check though. It originally came from Reivers Road, the layout that Doug Carr, one of the operators this weekend, built ten years or so ago. As for the MRJ article, I did send a track plan to the editor and there is a lot of text about construction of the layout, operation, buildings, points and signals etc that wasn't used in the first part, so hopefully there'll be a Part 2 appearing soon! There are some great photos of the weekend over on the Scaleforum 2013 thread in the Exhibitions section (including some really excellent ones of Blackgill) if anyone would like to have a look at them. All the best, Arp 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 A really excellent layout which was a delight to see at Scaleforum. A brief video: Some photos: 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin parks Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Gosh, amazing. Absolutely amazing! The layout looks superb and the photography is of excellent quality - especially as this was presumably done under exhibition conditions. Now where did I put that S4 Society application form?! Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted October 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 1, 2013 Great photos and video, thanks very much, Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) I was disappointed not to make it to Scaleforum this year but will certainly look forward to seeing Blackgill at Railex NE next year. As someone who lives just 5 minutes away from the 'real' location of the model, it captures the feel of the area perfectly... John Edited October 1, 2013 by johndon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Blackgill will be making a return vist to Stoke Mandeville Stadium on May 24-25 May see http://www.railex.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 1, 2013 I just love that level crossing shot....... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Quiet time at Blackgill shed. All the locos are in good fettle and out at work. Not a spare... or under repair to be seen. Porcy 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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