RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted February 6, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) The acid test for all my rolling stock formations is whether they'll fit into the siding on the oval layout (the curved sections left off for convenience) Re-numbered and weathered Bachmann Fairburn 2-6-4T 42086 heads an ex-LMS non-corridor formation. 42086 was recorded on a Wrexham-New Brighton Bank Holiday service in April 1966; I would have been less than a year old then living in New Brighton. Its earlier career was based on the Southern Region; in its late crest condition it was allocated to Stewarts Lane, 17 Nov 1956-22 March 1958, then Bricklayers Arms, 22 March 1958-5 December 1959 (the SLS allocation data differs). In my fictitious universe I'll pretend it worked a Maidstone East-St Albans City via Farringdon service. The Southern Region would have used these locos to ensure these services kept time among an intensive electric service. http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=426403037&loco=42086 Edited February 6, 2020 by gc4946 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted February 9, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Eastern Region all-crimson Mk1 suburban set bought, here shown after repairs and tension-lock coupler swaps, behind Fairburn 42086. This set will form an imaginary Clapham Junction-Hatfield service via the Widened Lines; the Fairburn is swapped for an N2 at Farringdon and vice versa. Edited February 9, 2020 by gc4946 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted February 9, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2020 Bought Bachmann's D11/1 62667 Somme yesterday from Doncaster show. I've given it a quick test, ran OK, but will need more thorough running in. Incidentally etched replacements are provided to fit over the model's printed-on nameplate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted February 14, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2020 I'm considering acquiring a Hornby 2-HAL or their recently released 2-HIL EMU. They were numbered in the 26xx series, which happens to be the date (26th) in the month of my birthday. Because of the imminent arrival of Hornby's Stephenson's Rocket train pack (R3810) which I've preordered, any such purchase will be deferred till next month at the earliest. Surprisingly, Hornby has yet to produce a Southern Rly EMU in malachite or early crest BR green, maybe it's not a popular choice because BR early crest locos don't sell well. I could buy a 2-HAL with first class stripes and yellow warning panels but don't know how easily the yellow comes off without undertaking a complete repaint in all over Southern Region green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted March 1, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2020 On 09/02/2020 at 19:29, gc4946 said: Bought Bachmann's D11/1 62667 Somme yesterday from Doncaster show. I've given it a quick test, ran OK, but will need more thorough running in. Incidentally etched replacements are provided to fit over the model's printed-on nameplate. This loco needed running-in on the layout's oval which resulted in much smoother running. I'm waiting for the warranty to expire next year before renumbering and renaming as 62665 Mons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted March 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2020 I'm assembling parts to build a station with multi-storey car park over part of the platforms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted March 29, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2020 I've postponed the concept of a car park over a station. Instead I've come up with the idea of an urban terminus which has seen better days. Its name hasn't been decided yet. In the late 1960s/early 70s BR demolished most of the station building and its imposing side walls except to retain one bricked-up end wall where the main station building stood and one section of each of the side walls in order to allow passengers to enter from the side entrances. Otherwise the terminus is unstaffed. It's used up many of my styrene offcuts and some parts in stock especially the stairs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted March 30, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2020 I've gone through my spares box and identified long-stored items that'll be incorporated in this module. My last visit to a model railway exhibition was at Keighley on 14th March and I stopped ordering any model railway items online a fortnight ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted April 4, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2020 After gauging tests, I had to cut back both overhanging platform edges by 3mm. All is now in order and here are two generations of Met-Cam DMUs in the terminus. The platforms are long enough to hold 2-car 155/156/158/170/171s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted April 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2020 Today I began painting the baseboard, platform and weathering the walls. Additional parts have been prepared for fitting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted April 11, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 11, 2020 Much progress has happened since my last update: - rail sides darkened and hydraulic buffers (Triang) fitted; - platform and stairs fitted; - remaining retaining walls painted and attached to board. I didn't like the weathered, bricked up end wall so gave it coats of duck egg and black. The next phase will fit remaining platform fencing and gates, extra stair rails, railside fences and general scenic landscaping. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted April 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13, 2020 Completed basic scenic work including erection of Faller barbed wire fencing (used up all my remaining stuff) and wooden fencing fashioned from Ratio fencing (much of it used up in the process) with planked 20 thou styrene sheet. Next stage is to prepare platform fittings and signs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted November 14, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) Things have been quiet for some time but I realised there was no space at home to store all my efforts. Several modules are now scrapped, but I salvaged many parts, sorted and bagged up for future reuse. A two track terminus in BR 1980s era seeing better days last worked on during April last year in the first UK lockdown (never finished) "Westgrove Stadium" Network SouthEast through station (never finished) "Brassey Engineering/MJG Engineering" (never finished) "Old Oak and Brent" Silverlink, circa 2000 (complete, but board was of non-standard size) "Priory Ground" LMS, ex-LNWR (complete, but board was of non-standard size) All modules standardised at no longer than 715 mm and of the same style baseboard. Edited November 14, 2021 by gc4946 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 2, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 2, 2022 Recently I bought a secondhand Hornby R2931 London Midland class 153 unit. It wasn't clear from the eBay description that it was sound fitted (it just mentioned DCC) I was pleasantly surprised when tested so it's reignited my interest in sound-fitted locos. My last purchase of sound fitted chips was in 2010 due to the expense, but today I ordered a bargain Hornby TTS A3 decoder to fit into my LNER D49 (Railroad chassis, Margate body) because they were 3-cylindered to see how the TTS decoder stacks up against the Loksound version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 6, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2022 While Hornby's TTS sound chips are affordable in today's economic situation, they don't cover all my wants, so need to rely on the likes of Howes, Olivia's and Digitrains to acquire key sounds. I'm only intending to sound equip a small proportion of my collection, with preference given to DCC ready stock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 8, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) A spare Hornby TTS class 37 chip was identified and ordered to fit into one of my 37s (Lima body, Hornby chassis) which will arrive soon. The TTS A3 chip was installed in my D49. However when inserted correctly with the "1" pin lined up in the corresponding pin on the DCC socket, it caused a short but worked OK when fitted the other way round. It means the loco runs backwards when it should go forwards, but I'll tweak CV29 to rectify that issue. Edited May 8, 2022 by gc4946 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 12, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2022 After an abortive attempt, I resumed construction of football terracing using a pair of Subbuteo terraces which approximate to OO scale, for 1970s-80s era. I'm also working on a smaller version for the interwar 1919-39 period. Even though I have no room for more modules, nevertheless I'm modelling part of a football stadium as it could have looked both in the interwar 1919-39 period and the 1970s-80s. It means a lot of styrene offcuts from abandoned projects are used up in the process. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 16, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 16, 2022 Made more progress on the Subbuteo-based stand. I bought more acrylic paint to mix up enough to paint this stand in various shades of concrete! However I'll need to clean up joints and bases before painting. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 19, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2022 My Hornby TTS 37 chip is now on its way from Olivias Trains. The reason for the flurry of work in building all these football stands, and their location, will become clear soon. Some years ago I built two modules describing the evolution of a fictitious athletics club. Now I'm doing the same for football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 20, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2022 Three models of older football stands for an un-named club under construction. All being scratchbuilt from styrene offcuts and reused sections. From left to right: Wooden framed stand (roof yet to be constructed) VIP stand (roof yet to be constructed) Open concrete terracing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 20, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) Tonight I rigged up a Hornby TTS class 37 chip in my modified Lima body/Hornby Railroad chassis of 37 111 Glengarnock. Here also is my recently TTS sound-fitted LNER D49 2753 Cheshire (Margate body, Railroad chassis) My small collection of Scottish allocated stock will be sound fitted. Edited May 20, 2022 by gc4946 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 22, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 22, 2022 I'm naming the football club Glenford Celtic, its team colours are green and white. On aother note I noticed Astrobase are offering a cloth printed as a combined 8-lane athletics track with or without football pitch in the centre, for those playing with Subbuteo. However its dimensions are 220 x 160 cm, much bigger than many of my layout efforts! https://www.astrobase.eu/product/athletics-track-and-pioneers-pitch/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 22, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 22, 2022 Glensley (note revised name) Celtic was established as a football club by ex-North British Railway employees somewhere in the Central Belt of Scotland. Unlike its English Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's Newton Heath team, it remained as a non-league Scottish outfit, but still supported by the NBR, later LNER. It lost its "sponsorship" by the railway on nationalisation. I realised three years ago I attended a Farsley Celtic (Leeds) home match so I decided to change the name from "Glensford" to "Glensley". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 25, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2022 Progress made on interwar era structures. (Top from left to right) both non-VIP stands in wood and concrete, enclosed VIP stand (Bottom from left to right) turnstiles and toilet block. A set of signs is being produced. The wooden framed stand had to be painted before the roof was made, otherwise it would have been difficult to gain access to paint the interior. Glensley Celtic FC in the 1920s and 30s, despite support from the LNER, never had a huge pot of money to spend on infrastructure, so the ground features a mixture of building styles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 26, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2022 Tonight I made progress on the toilet block, it's now incorporated into the football club's boundary wall. I also cut the wooden stand's roof to size. This week a Hornby TTS J36 sound chip arrived in the post to fit in my LNER loco version. I bought an example when it was first announced to encourage Hornby to produce a "Glen" class (which they haven't done yet). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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