Marcus 37 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Hi Simon Its a great experience doing an exercise with the fire brigade. I did two when I was a manager with Chiltern. One with Oxford Fire Service at Fenny Compton and another in Small Haeth sidings with West Midlands. The first was a reconstructed collision between two passenger trains and the second was a collision with a road vehicle carrying dangerous goods. Very Educational to say the least watching them in action. Cheers Marcus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shed Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Great looking layout. Do you know roughly how many and of what type of wagons you have? How many freight trains can you run at the same time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Mark has come down to visit, so with his help on the driving side I've knocked up two videos and 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan product fan Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 two excellent videos pal enjoyed lots of verity and movements Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 two excellent videos pal enjoyed lots of verity and movements Slowly trying to make them more varied and interesting and it does help when I have a friend to help drive the trains. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Great videos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 Well with another day at home I spent some time filming some more trains running around the layout and knocked up another video. This one has a definite "80s" feel too it, thanks to some great titles created for me by WombatofLudham. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 Great looking layout. Do you know roughly how many and of what type of wagons you have? How many freight trains can you run at the same time? I'd say I have about 50 wagons, I've never counted them to be honest. I can safely run 2 trains on the main whilst just about managing to keep an eye on a shunt in the yard. Thanks for taking a look at my thread. Simon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 When Mark arrived on Friday, he had a consignment of stock trays built for me by Barnes Snr. These fit into my pine draws with two trays per draw. I now at long last have somewhere safe to store my wagons rather than rolling about in old cardboard fruit boxes. stock trays by Simon Barnes, on Flickr Something else i'm undertaking is a refurbishment program of my growing collection of Hornby MGR wagons. They have the old Hornby coupler cut off and a Parkside NEM coupler pocket glued on, a Bachmann cranked NEM coupper is then fitted along with some new wheels (again from Bahmann). The pivoting axles are glued, then they are primed with Halfords grey primer, the under-frame is Halfords Satin black, the hopper is Vauxhall Star Silver 2, the hopper frame is Vauxhall Flame red and then the details are picked out with Humbrol enamel's, White, Trainer Yellow and a Red (I forget which one), Transfers are then added from Fox. refurbished HAA wagon by Simon Barnes, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 A new arrival at Pendeford sidings is 45012 Wyvern 2 45012 Wyvern 2 by Simon Barnes, on Flickr 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thames 611 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Hello, As always, great pictures and vids. Thanks for sharing them. Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 Hello, As always, great pictures and vids. Thanks for sharing them. Dave. Thanks for the comments and likes Dave. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan product fan Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 A new arrival at Pendeford sidings is 45012 Wyvern 2 45012 Wyvern 2 by Simon Barnes, on Flickr nice peak and a tinsley named one aswell like it . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 Had sometime with the layout this afternoon, so I've created another "Pendeford Yard Today". 45012 makes a rare appearance on a parcels train. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 More nice videos here Simon.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 More nice videos here Simon.. Cheers Neil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan product fan Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Another great video mate nice one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Great video. Love the opening and the 80s music Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Great video liking the 56 on mgrs haas looking a bit too clean for my tastes David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Great video. Love the opening and the 80s music Yes agreed the opening sequence was great, and I liked the 31 on the VGA's. Nice Peak too, I'd of thought something a bit more upmarket than a couple of parcels vans though!!! Very nice though all the same Jinty 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Great video. Love the opening and the 80s music Thanks, that is the look that WombatofLudham and myself wanted to go for. Great video liking the 56 on mgrs haas looking a bit too clean for my tastes David Agreed David, they seriously need weathering, one approach I'm looking into is weathering powders Yes agreed the opening sequence was great, and I liked the 31 on the VGA's. Nice Peak too, I'd of thought something a bit more upmarket than a couple of parcels vans though!!! Very nice though all the same Jinty Thanks for stopping by Jinty old fruit, it's 1988 so the Peaks were utilised on very lowly jobs as the class was being run down,the last survivors were withdrawn in August 88. I am looking at expanding the Parcels train, it's just finding stock at the right price Cheers Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tove Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 (edited) I`m a bit late in finding this,but you`ve got a cracking set up there Simon. I`m still reading through the post`s,but i do like your back story and the way you`ve fitted the layout into the West Mid`s..... Excellent, Brian. Edited October 17, 2016 by Tove Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 I`m a bit late in finding this,but you`ve got a cracking set up there Simon. I`m still reading through the post`s,but i do your back story and the way you`ve fitted the layout into the West Mid`s..... Excellent, Brian. Thanks for taking a look and leaving a comment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartynJPearson Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Looks fantastic! Can I ask which wheels you used to replace the old ones on the MGR wagons? I have a collection of old Hornby MGRs (they must be old, the code is only 3 digits!) that derail on a whim, and after some much appreciated advice at the Peterborough show got a Back to Back gauge which showed the original moulded wheels were nowhere near where they should be. So, methinks a wheel upgrade would be a good idea! Thanks, Martyn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Looks fantastic! Can I ask which wheels you used to replace the old ones on the MGR wagons? I have a collection of old Hornby MGRs (they must be old, the code is only 3 digits!) that derail on a whim, and after some much appreciated advice at the Peterborough show got a Back to Back gauge which showed the original moulded wheels were nowhere near where they should be. So, methinks a wheel upgrade would be a good idea! Thanks, Martyn Martyn thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment, the wheels are these http://www.hattons.co.uk/6985/Bachmann_Branchline_36_017_14_1mm_Metal_disc_brake_wagon_wheels_on_10_metal_axles_Pack_of_20/StockDetail.aspx and along with glueing the pivoting axles have improved the running no end (if you watched the video then you'll have seen them in action) Regards Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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