Andy Keane

Of course the real issue with TNA is you cannot really tell from catalogue entries wether the actual material will be of interest. For example they say they hold the signalling and telegraph records for Helston. But as to what these records contain I have no idea. Might they be the signalbox registers for example? Ditto the working timetables. I will have to go and look someday.

I have a set of those and had not thought to look - duh! I will see what is there.

Do you recall the catalogue reference for the diagram? I have been looking through it but I cannot see any obvious diagrams, but maybe that is not how the catalogue refers to them? The closest I can find is “Diagrams of Carriages Nos.25761A-140265” but I have no idea what that might contain.

Forgive my ignorance but where can one get sight of these sorts of tables? Might they exist for services along branch lines like Helston in the Edwardian period?

I have also been working on the colour of the macadam roadway and the asphalt / cinder footpaths up to the station. Its hard to judge the colour and I would appreciate comments on how it currently looks. Here is the station forecourt: And this is the bottom of station road: They are in fact the same colour and this just shows how lighting and photography impact on what a photo seems to show. I am happy with the slightly rough texture and once the base colour is finished I plan to add some weathering / dirt / cart tracks to make it less bland. I will also touch up the kerb stones and add some gutter dirt.

So after some foam, epoxy, filler, glass fibre and water based resin I now have added a bulge to accommodate the little coal staithe.

What a wonderful set of images. A better world.

And indeed there are some YouTube videos mentioned above where these noises are present though not so obvious as on the model.

Yes I did know that - but the real issue is the change to the air brake systems on almost all preserved locos I guess.

I am now laying down all the ground cover and so was looking again at the pictures showing the carriage shed. Paying more attention this time I see one of them shows a small bunker or staithe just to the right of the carriage shed entrance with what look likes coal or rocks in a black and white photo. Perhaps this is the remnants of a small coaling facility for the steam railmotors. Anyway I thought yes lets add that while I am about things and then I find my embankment is too narrow just where it needs to go! The photos show all I can do with the current embankment and its way to close to the track. So back to foam and hill building to add enough of a bulge there to get the darn thing in. Such is the life of a modeller.

That's a lovely model Neal. I suppose they ran into Henley back in the day?

Having watched the WSR Mogul trundle through Blue Anchor last week it certainly does not click - but then no doubt it has a more modern brake system. I wonder how the Dapol team sourced their recording for this.

Not if you have a wife who is into horse racing though.

Here are the Helston photos:

Thanks - and sorry for not noticing earlier. Hopefully @Coach bogie can post a response there!