RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted January 16, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2023 7 minutes ago, lyneux said: Hi Andy, Am I right in thinking you have tinkered with the street plan a bit to the south end of the layout around Warwick Road? The Radnor Arms looks like it's swapped sides of the street? I think I can see what you have done. Is it because the tracks curve round to the fiddle yard? If so, I am assuming that the police car is exiting Warwick Road and heading up Holland Road? Guy Hi Guy, yes I’ve had to shuffle things around a bit. The Radnor Arms as you spotted should be the other side of the road. The garage at the south end of the station has moved across the bridge. ……..and yes the Police car is doing exactly that. Pretty well everything that’s moved is due to the curve into the fiddle yard. The layout is one 4ft x 2ft baseboard smaller than originally planned. I had to compromise slightly on the room size when the extension was built. This didn’t leave me enough room to put a work desk in. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted January 17, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2023 Today I just managed to get the remaining two walls cut out. Back to work tomorrow……well I say work……. Mrs G and I are out out tonight, for a meal…..meeting Brighton MRC stalwart and ground zero….he’s member 001….Keith Carter. I’ve known Keith since I was 15 nearly 20, 30, 40, 48 years ago! 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2023 9 hours ago, acg5324 said: Today I just managed to get the remaining two walls cut out. Back to work tomorrow……well I say work……. Mrs G and I are out out tonight, for a meal…..meeting Brighton MRC stalwart and ground zero….he’s member 001….Keith Carter. I’ve known Keith since I was 15 nearly 20, 30, 40, 48 years ago! Give KRC my regards! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted January 20, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2023 A bit more progress of St Mary Abbots Court. Couple of walls now have their main blocks of colour, down pipes etc fitted. Some windows added too. Once the shop windows are in I can start to fit the walls to the carcass and then add all the dormers to the roof prior to tiling it. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted January 20, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2023 Nice home cooked Jambalaya for tea tonight accompanied by this rather nice bottle of St Austell Black IPA from my advent calendar stash…….followed by a feisty Sussex brew from the not long for this world Darkstar brewery…..bring on the weekend. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted January 21, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2023 All the main blocks of colour have now been added, two walls have their windows. I’ve only enough for another two walls so I’ve ordered some more. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted January 23, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2023 Charity Quiz night at our local Indian restaurant tonight…..hopefully we can break our trend of three consecutive second place. St Mary Abbots Court is coming along nicely, three walls attached and the shops done bar signage, dormers being added too. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted January 23, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2023 ….and in it’s final location. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted January 24, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) Second again last night……having a round of Celebrity Tattoos wasn’t going to end well for us! ………£1000 raised on the night for Cancer research. I’m not going to get much work done today as I’m at a delayed Christmas dinner in York for former colleagues from the BRBS ( British Rail Business Systems, CRS ( seat reservations) team. This was my first management post on BR. Edited January 24, 2023 by acg5324 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted January 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2023 2 hours ago, acg5324 said: Second again last night……having a round of Celebrity Tattoos wasn’t going to end well for us! ………£1000 raised on the night for Cancer research. Just be glad you didn't have to get the tattoo done on yourself! Well done on the money raised. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted January 30, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 30, 2023 A nice weekend in London to celebrate my sisters 60th birthday…..seemed rude not to do some of the new transport infrastructure….so ……Abbey Wood to Acton Mainline and back to Tottenham Court Rd on Crossrail then TCR to Battersea Power station on the Northern line extension. I should get some more done on St Mary Abbots Court tomorrow, my extra windows have arrived. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post acg5324 Posted January 31, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2023 I didn’t get as much done as I’d hoped but all the walls are now attached and the odd gap covered by a drain pipe and a bit of 1/4 round strip. Some errors with the corner moulding needs correcting. Shop and building signage added. Still need to add the street name signs. The rest of the dormers and the roof should get done on Friday. 23 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 3, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2023 Mixed progress today…..lots of chimneys fitted and more dormers fitted to St Mary Abbots Court, which has also had the errors with the plasterwork corrected and a bit of filler used to hide some joints. A start has also been made on the garden to the second of the Faller kits…..well the paths at least! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 4, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2023 Well the gardens got their first coat of flock / static grass today. The last of the dormers and their roofs were also added to St Mary Abbots Court and I’ve made a start tiling the roof. First time I’ve used these, self adhesive roof tiles from York Modelmaking. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 4, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) Next week I hope to make a start on the carcass for the building that goes at the other end of layout at Addison Gardens. The previous one I had started was a bit too big. Edited February 4, 2023 by acg5324 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McRuss Posted February 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2023 Hello Andy, nice pictures. May I ask from where you get your models of the tractor-trailer unites seen in the last photos?. I'm looking for some lorries for my N gauge layout. I have lorry models from Osborns, Oxford, BT Models, and N tastic Models. May I also ask you what you have used for the cobblestones shown in the last pictures? Markus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 5, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, McRuss said: Hello Andy, nice pictures. May I ask from where you get your models of the tractor-trailer unites seen in the last photos?. I'm looking for some lorries for my N gauge layout. I have lorry models from Osborns, Oxford, BT Models, and N tastic Models. May I also ask you what you have used for the cobblestones shown in the last pictures? Markus The artics are a bit of a mish mash……The Gibb’s of Fraserburgh is a Tomytec truck modified to look more like a British make. Custom decals for the trailer. A couple of other trailers are also Tomytec with custom decals. The Edwin Shirley Trucking artic is a 3D printed Scania cab from Shapeways mounted on a Tomytec chassis. The step trailer is scratchbuilt. There are a couple of eight wheelers which have a White metal Leyland Ergo cab from PG Models (think they have stopped making them) mounted on the Oxford Octopus chassis. There are other vehicles from ODC, Osbournes, N Tastic and RedAndy. The cobble stones are a mix of Metcalfe and some rubber embossed ones from Chooch Enterprises. Edited February 5, 2023 by acg5324 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McRuss Posted February 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2023 Hello Andy, thank you for your reply. Markus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 9, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2023 Well….best laid plans etc….. the cold I had during our weekend in London turned into flu last weekend followed by a nasty chest infection. Still haven’t seen a doctor but have seen one of the practice nurses and subsequently spoken to a doctor. The drugs are working so I’ve managed to crawl to a table and do a bit of modelling. Three bits of roofing to St Mary Abbots Court are now tiled. I’d be pushed off the roof if I was a real tiler, bit from three foot away it won’t look to bad. Having to cut around all the dormers is a real pita! But I was expecting use the tiles to hide any gaps and they are certainly doing that. Enough of my moaning here’s some pictures….now where have I left my medicine! 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 9, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2023 Mmmm those close ups do show a few bits that need repainting and one of the joints needs more sanding down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted February 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2023 6 hours ago, acg5324 said: Mmmm those close ups do show a few bits that need repainting and one of the joints needs more sanding down. Looks OK from a distance, and close-ups are always cruel in 'N'... One thing that I noticed was the estate agent signage, I bought my first house through Connell's in the mid 80's and it didn't look quite as I remember it. I found an image online https://st-neots.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/fishers-ironmongers-connells-estate-agents-and-fishers-yard-entrance-market-square-1980 which seems to point to the "s" coming later when they dropped "Estate Agents" from the signs. Minor detail really, and could be classed as rivet counting.... Hope you get over the flu, I feel like I've hardly had a non-sniffling or coughing week since early last autumn, certainly not fit enough to donate blood.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2023 7 hours ago, acg5324 said: Well….best laid plans etc….. the cold I had during our weekend in London turned into flu last weekend followed by a nasty chest infection. Still haven’t seen a doctor but have seen one of the practice nurses and subsequently spoken to a doctor. The drugs are working so I’ve managed to crawl to a table and do a bit of modelling. Three bits of roofing to St Mary Abbots Court are now tiled. I’d be pushed off the roof if I was a real tiler, bit from three foot away it won’t look to bad. Having to cut around all the dormers is a real pita! But I was expecting use the tiles to hide any gaps and they are certainly doing that. Enough of my moaning here’s some pictures….now where have I left my medicine! Any reason you didn't finish and paint the dormers before tiling? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 10, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2023 9 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Any reason you didn't finish and paint the dormers before tiling? They are painted apart from the roofs. Which will get done once the tiles are finished. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 10, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2023 10 hours ago, Davexoc said: Looks OK from a distance, and close-ups are always cruel in 'N'... One thing that I noticed was the estate agent signage, I bought my first house through Connell's in the mid 80's and it didn't look quite as I remember it. I found an image online https://st-neots.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/fishers-ironmongers-connells-estate-agents-and-fishers-yard-entrance-market-square-1980 which seems to point to the "s" coming later when they dropped "Estate Agents" from the signs. Minor detail really, and could be classed as rivet counting.... Hope you get over the flu, I feel like I've hardly had a non-sniffling or coughing week since early last autumn, certainly not fit enough to donate blood.... Great find with the picture, didn’t find anything 1980ish when I did a search. I don’t think the signage should be too difficult to change. Thank you I’m slowly feeling better. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 14, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2023 St Mary Abbots Court is finally finished bar chimney pots, which I’ll add when there’s less risk of me knocking the bl**dy things off. Signage for the estate agents has been changed as Davexoc kindly found some contemporary to the 1980s. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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