David Todd Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 I finally, got a modelling Monday night mode going, with Lofty. Short, but fitted various item's to the 71, then fitted it's sound decoder. P1144633 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1144637 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1144640 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1144641 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1144645 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1144649 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Yeah! Nice pictures. How does it perform? Regards J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 P1144685 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1144679 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1144632 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 What happened to the front finial on the Box? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 What happened to the front finial on the Box? Agree... So; Is this a pic of Freeb's model after a Jobsworth's reading of the lekky meter in the corner? ---or of yer actual Reality? dh 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Agree... So; Is this a pic of Freeb's model after a Jobsworth's reading of the lekky meter in the corner? ---or of yer actual Reality? dh There today on Google - which is dated Aug 2016. Finial 3 by Julian Redfern, on Flickr At the time of the Folkstone show 18 months ago - still there. Finial 1 by Julian Redfern, on Flickr Same date, different view - still there Finial 2 by Julian Redfern, on Flickr Finial conclusion - probably Meter Reader - 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 DJMs 71 blue arrived 8 days ago, switched the layout over to Dc from Dcc, This is the Hattons version. DJMs 71 Green, arrived last Thursday,yet to be taken out of the box, may get a run tonight. Please note, for nearly a year,interest in model railways has waned it may,come back. P1266035 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1266043 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjf4375 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Looking great as usual David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Hi David, I hope the interest returns, photo's like this are superb and i look forward to more. Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david51 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 It's very sad to see two members con grading that their interest has waned. Is it because large projects can become depressing in that they always seem a long way from completion. (I know that a model railway is never finished). Many years ago I started to build a large model railway based on the line from Plymouth to Okehampton. I never finished it and other things intervened . Since then I have tended to build smaller layouts which I am forever modifying but it keeps my interest fresh plus I just like 'playing trains'. David keep going . Your model is brilliant . I travel the Dover Folkestone line regularly and tomorrow as I change trains at Dover Priory I shall look at your photos and marvel at how well you have reproduced that section of line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Hi dt, That is an impressive looking model, even in the Flickr full photgraph size, nice and crisp moulding. Those flags and handrails look great, did they come ready applied, or is that more of your handywork? Regards J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Hi dt, That is an impressive looking model, even in the Flickr full photgraph size, nice and crisp moulding. Those flags and handrails look great, did they come ready applied, or is that more of your handywork? Regards J http://www.hattons.co.uk/206915/DJ_Models_Dave_Jones_OO71_004HAT_Class_71_E5013_in_BR_Blue_with_full_Golden_Arrow_headboards_arrows_and_flags_pre/StockDetail.aspx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 http://www.hattons.co.uk/206915/DJ_Models_Dave_Jones_OO71_004HAT_Class_71_E5013_in_BR_Blue_with_full_Golden_Arrow_headboards_arrows_and_flags_pre/StockDetail.aspx That is very impressive, given the normal plastic bag of Bits. J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Thank God Rome wasn't built in a day. All the best projects come and go, IMHO that length of cliff is one of the best bits of dramatic modelling on this site. Nevertheless we'd like you to get out more and continue living - maybe come back to it all in those dark days of November thru Feb. We are all missing recent additions to your photo diary of walks around the cliff tops. dh PS Looked out for you at Railex NE this week-end (in truth a more modest show than 18 months ago) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thank God Rome wasn't built in a day. All the best projects come and go, IMHO that length of cliff is one of the best bits of dramatic modelling on this site. Nevertheless we'd like you to get out more and continue living - maybe come back to it all in those dark days of November thru Feb. We are all missing recent additions to your photo diary of walks around the cliff tops. dh PS Looked out for you at Railex NE this week-end (in truth a more modest show than 18 months ago) Dover Sharks are quite common in this area of Kent. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 DJMs Class 71. Golden Arrow. Green. Hattons version. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 The following photos are copyright and Curtesty of Paul Sampson,who owns them. Taken sometime ago, in Dover Marine station, transiting the Warren,light engine and Canterbury. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew F Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Hard to believe those pictures were taken not so long ago and sad how much has gone now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Hard to believe those pictures were taken not so long ago and sad how much has gone now. But, Folkestone Harbour station,has been undergoing a rebuild/refurb. but no trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2017 (edited) Family car touring/camping holiday sur le continent in 1966, when I was 14, had us guest house overnighting in Dover for an early ferry, and a very young Johnster spent a pleasant enough summer evening on Dover Priory train watching. A fascinating place with a lot of passing action in a small area confined by the geography, which I suppose sums Dover up in general, but it was a fun evening with plenty to see. Thank you for reviving some nice memories. The railway highlights of the month long holiday included a 231P in perfect external condition at Calais, a Crocodile at Martigny in the Rhone Valley pacing the car with a long old freight for the Simplon Tunnel (even mother was quite excited by this), and the Orient Express, all white roofs, at Trieste. Follow that up with endless freights passing the camp site at Innsbruck, and with an afternoon on the Kriegslok station pilot at Bonn while the 'rents 'did' Bach's house and the driver had spotted my interest, and the following evening on the end of the platform at Cologne watching the electrics whizzing in and out (German drivers are all psychos), and it was a pretty good trip railway wise! Edited August 3, 2017 by The Johnster 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Yeah! Nice pictures. How does it perform? Regards J Great ! First time i have ran it, with one of these fitted. P1277077 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 I thank you for your posts and credits. As I have said previously,I will be using two footbridges on the Shakespeare Beach section. Here is the new one, about to be painted this coming week. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Hard to believe those pictures were taken not so long ago and sad how much has gone now. At least two people who post on RMWeb worked at the offices behind the telephone box in the photo of the electric at Dover Western Docks. The station retains a solitary track, kept in the event of plans to run the Orient Express from there came to fruition. I watched the contractors lay several layers of heavy-duty plastic sheet over it, and then backfilled with hardcore to platform level. The plans came to nothing when Sea Containers (owners of Orient Express) found how much it would cost to re-instate a main-line connection. Folkestone Harbour is indeed being done up, as part of the De Haan plan to gentrify the area. No chance of reinstating the railway, I fear, so perhaps Shepway Council ought to bite the bullet and use the formation to widen Tram Road. They've returned that to two-way traffic, without restricting parking that limits sightlines for and of traffic leaving the side roads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 A few different focus photos,before bridge painting starts. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Bridge looks brilliant David. Is that going to be hand brushed or airbrushed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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