well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[MrWolf]

That's the big advantage that I have in sharing the hobby room with my other half.

It never gets that cluttered. Not because she imposes any rules, just that I would feel guilty! 😉

[NHY 581]

Afternoon all. 

 

This is the current state of play of the Room of Doom.....well, half of it anyway....

 

 

Rob. 

[MrWolf]

That actually looks very organised, without having been prettied up for the camera, like some celebs home in a Sunday supplement.

[figworthy]

4 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Afternoon all. 

 

This is the current state of play of the Room of Doom.....well, half of it anyway....

 

 

Rob. 

 

I like the magazine holder.

 

Adrian

[NickBrad]

On 26/08/2022 at 16:34, NHY 581 said:

Well............

 

Looks like the 7mm project now has some real focus thanks to Rapido. 

 

In the meantime, , the 4mm W&U has had a shot in the arm with their announcement of the 04 and the pre-grouping W&U train packs..........oh and the tramway coaches in non-Titfield guise.......

 

Things are looking distinctly jolly damn bloody well up. 

 

 

Rob. 

I hadn't realised they were doing the damn coaches in non-titfield guise, I have 2 of those on order ready for my W&U layout. Oh well, serves me right for not looking around before parting with a deposit.

[New Haven Neil]

1 hour ago, figworthy said:

 

I like the magazine holder.

 

Adrian

Ah, but is that a two, three or four bolt chair?

[NHY 581]

17 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Ah, but is that a two, three or four bolt chair?

 

Evening Neil,

 

'Tis a three bolt S&DJR chair, dated 1898. 

 

Rob. 

[New Haven Neil]

Just now, NHY 581 said:

 

Evening Neil,

 

'Tis a three bolt S&DJR chair, dated 1898. 

 

Rob. 

 

Oooh S&D, excellent!  Much approval.

 

PS - are you going to have alternative BR era for the Sheepey layout? I have an H that's never even been out of the box.....

[NHY 581]

1 minute ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

PS - are you going to have alternative BR era for the Sheepey layout? I have an H that's never even been out of the box.....

 

 

Lambsdown will be SE&CR only, Neil. The station building etc will be in pre-grouping colours..........probably SER, once I work out what they are. Failing that, I may well work on the basis that this is an independent light railway, taken over a couple of years prior to WW1. So that sets the tone for the Full Monty SE&CR livery. 

 

For the post WW1 timetable, the station etc was never repainted from the light railway colours as any thoughts of same were interrupted by the conflict. 

 

Keep it simple I say. 

 

Rob

[Moxy]

40 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Lambsdown will be SE&CR only, Neil. The station building etc will be in pre-grouping colours..........probably SER, once I work out what they are. Failing that, I may well work on the basis that this is an independent light railway, taken over a couple of years prior to WW1. So that sets the tone for the Full Monty SE&CR livery. 

 

 This site is very useful for station colours

 

https://www.stationcolours.info/

 

SER / LC&DR / SE&CR is about half way down this page https://www.stationcolours.info/southern-railway/

 

Hope this helps

 

Moxy

[mullie]

In BR days, repainting of stations could be slow, in East Anglia many stations remained in LNER colours well into the 1950s, even with BR signage. I seem to remember Tolllesbury was in pre 1936 colours in very early BR days.

 

Martyn

[NHY 581]

Morning all. 

 

Like many of us, I am truly saddened to read this morning of the passing of Iain Rice. Few modellers truly stand tall in this hobby of ours but Iain will be remembered as one of the greats. 

Though I only really met him at shows, I felt that I knew him through his many articles and books. His wonderfully relaxed and entertaing prose has shaped my approach to this hobby, especially when I returned to layout building in 2014....after a long hiatus from active modelling. 

 

His 'Cameo' concept immediately struck home and his ideas on layout design, operation and presention really appealed and continue to do so. 

His books on the subject are treasured residents of the collection and my copy of "Creating Cameo Layouts" is now so well thumbed that I have recently obtained a back up copy. 

Inspired by this book, the 2018 Cameo competition led to the creation of some fine layouts. Bethesda Sidings, Hembourne and Old Parrock to name three personal favourites. 

 

It is a sad day but Iain leaves a wonderful legacy to the world of railway modelling and to the builders and exhibitors of small layouts in general. Perhaps others would have come along. Who knows ? But Iain did and he did it very well indeed. 

 

I am proud to say that Sheep Lane, Mutton, Bleat Wharf,  Sheep Dip and now Ewe are Cameo layouts in the Rice tradition. Each of them provide what I hope is a gradual improvement on the last and demonstrate the Cameo philosophy.  Before starting on a new project, Iain's books are once again brought out and gone through as there is always something to stimulate thought. 

 

God bless you Iain and thank you. 

 

Rob. 

 

Edited October 9, 2022 by NHY 581

[Gedward]

I wish I had the opportunity to meet him. But as you say, we all have met him through his wealth of knowledge in his books. My first proper layout was back in 1993. It would not have gotten off the ground if not for his books. As there was no online forums back then.

 

RIP Iain.

 

 

[keefr2]

That's very sad news, his East Anglian layouts (and those he did with Bob Barlow) were some of my all time favourite railway models, and the MRJ's with them in constantly live near the top of the pile....

 

RIP Iain

 

Keith

[Donw]

I met Ian at many shows over the years, always very interesting to listen to and the articles books etc have been read and reread. His sketches to go with the articles in particular were very inspiring either informative on how to do something or  great depictions of how a layout could be done.

 

Don

[Corbs]

Rob it was super to see you at the Portishead WC&P show - unfortunately I didn't get the chance to say hi to Ewe as didn't want to butt in mid conversation ;) 

[03060]

16 minutes ago, Corbs said:

 

That shot gives a lovely impression of space ... which in reality, I presume, there isn't that much of. Great shot.

 

Regards,

Ian.

[NHY 581]

10 hours ago, Corbs said:

Rob it was super to see you at the Portishead WC&P show - unfortunately I didn't get the chance to say hi to Ewe as didn't want to butt in mid conversation ;) 

 

 

Great photo, Corbs. Thanks for posting and my grovelling apologies for not catching up with you. 

 

It was a bit of a chatty day out !!

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

10 hours ago, 03060 said:

That shot gives a lovely impression of space ... which in reality, I presume, there isn't that much of. Great shot.

 

Regards,

Ian.

 

 

Hi Ian, 

 

Your assessment regarding space is somewhat accurate....

 

I blame the bloke who plonked a tree in the front...........oh, hang on.....

[St Enodoc]

4 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

It was a bit of a chatty day out !!

Situation normal, then.

[The Stationmaster]

Catching up a bit one of my favourite memories of Iain Rice was at an Expo EM (I presume it was) in the great Western Hotel at paddington.  He hada. P4 layout there and during a shunting movement one of his engines developed a severe wobble.  On removal from the track the plastic  in a driving wheel could be clearly seen to have partially disintegrated.  Quick as a flash he was off across the room to a then well known purveyor of the more unusual driving wheels and back he came with a replacement.

 

Now bear in mind that this was P4 - the old wheel centre was pulled off the axle end and the new wheel was pressed into place with the quartering done by eye and it was then given a gentle tap with a hammer to set in firmly in place without doing anything else to check that it was to gauge - that too appeared to be done by eye.  Wheel duly firmly in position and the coupling rod was attached and the engine was placed on the layout and immediately run through the most complex arrangement of points and reverse curves to make sure it was running properly - which it was.  

 

Until that da I'd thought P4 was some sort of ultrap-recise gauge involving all sorts of care  and measuring and gauges and stuff in order to male it workable - Ricey clearly didn't subscribe to that mantra.  And that aside he was a nice bloke and always ready for a chat at shows and I was bvery sorry to learn of his later health troubles but he didn';t let them get in his way for as long as he could.

[mullie]

I would never have started building track without his book, a great modeller and writer. My modelling owes a lot to him.

 

Martyn

[Not Jeremy]

I hope to, I have been going through some material this morning.

 

It has made me feel sad though, to think that he has really gone, his influence was and will remain huge I think.

 

His sketches are lovely, Iain was such a creative and imaginative force and I am quietly remembering the times I spent with him, our conversations and the things that he said.

 

Here he is, setting up "Trerice" at Larkrail in 2016. Sadly, Tony Barnes of the Westinghouse MRC (pictured behind Iain) has also just died at way too young an age.

 

 

Mind you, Lexie did not like our cats one little bit...

 

Simon

[Not Jeremy]

Thanks Tim, although I don't want to overdo the "Lloyd George knew my father" thing, I knew Iain a very little and quite late, but it was a memorable and fun friendship nonetheless.

 

There are many others who knew Iain far better than I for who this news is much more difficult. And other friends of his who gave him a huge amount of support through his recent difficulties, to whom I take off my hat.

 

I guess, for me, its looking at emails and thoughts that didn't get followed up at the time and now of course they can't.

 

Mind you, he was good at getting distracted and blown off course, probably why we rubbed along OK...

[Flying Fox 34F]

I was going to write this in the Obituaries section, but I decided it was better here, (My apologies to Sheep Bloke!)

I met Iain Rice only once at Stoke Manderville in 2019.  It is the only time I’ve visited the event, mainly because of the Cameo Competition.  Iain was there with Longwood Edge, which was a pleasure to observe considering his Parkinson’s.  The layout and the finalists certainly made you think.
Looking around this site and other sites you realise the impact Iain Rice had on the Model Railway World!  His memory lives on in every layout constructed based on his inspiration, plans and books.  In fact he will be with us every time someone builds something based on one of his ideas.

Long may we remember him.

 

Paul