kirtleypete Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 My brewery is going to be working overtime!!Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2015 I've been going thro' "painting locos without much paint" for a couple of months and recently saw your intention to run a new single driver on Saltdean. My reaction ....??? ...Enquiry... WOW!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Yes, it's two thirds finished and coming on nicely. That's why the layout hasn't progressed lately, I've been busy building engines for it. Peter 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 I've got the new single 'Dieppe' far enough along now to post a couple of pictures...there's still some detailing to be finished off. She's built from a kit by Mike Waldron of EB Models, blown up from 4mm scale. Peter 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Wow! Is it an etched kit? K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Yes, it comes as etchings only as it's the 4mm kit blown up. The dome is from an LNW Coal tank, the safety valve is Midland....you get the picture! Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 And, a very pretty picture it is too! K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 I've added some more stock which is an excuse for posting more pictures. The third brake and composite coaches are built from Roxey kits. The gong on the tender of Dieppe was the business end of Craven's communication cord; by my period it was on the way out but it's too nice not to model. The gong is a bit big but it will do until I find something better. I'd forgotten about painting the coupling rods red! I need another half dozen coaches before York show; fortunately they don't take long to build. I've bought a second Terrier which I've renamed Southdown - I've since found that she was shedded at Battersea but never mind, I like the name. Peter 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted November 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 8, 2015 Lovely engines Peter. The whole thing is coming on great. I see you used it for an advert in the Gazette. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Oh dear. Is buying extra Terriers addictive? The entire fleet for the railway I'm planning to model arrived on Friday (all two of them), but as the Robertsbridge & Pevensey Railway would have taken the Kent & East Sussex into Brighton territory, the temptation for a Brighton one to appear, on hire or some sort of through working, may rear its ugly head if you keep posting pictures of yours! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Sorry! No I'm not...if I gave in to temptation I don't see why you shouldn't as well! I did have an excuse, the yellow ones are getting scarce and if I'd waited until the new year I might have found I'd left it too late. I've used Saltdean for my last two ads Don, and no doubt for the next one as well with a different picture. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Should anyone wish to join a Terrier Addicts Self Help Group, I'm thinking of starting one,mas part of the recovery process from over-dosing on coarse-scale ones. K 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 It must be the only class that you can paint in SECR, LBSCR and LSWR livery and run them at the same time!Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) You need to remove the Westinghouse pump, as 734 was converted to vacuum brakes before entering service, and those coal rails look a bit too solid! At least it's got the right brake pipes, unlike my Dapol Bodiams! Edited November 9, 2015 by BG John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 BGJ That all sounds suspiciously like fine-scale talk to me. Perhaps I shouldn't have included that photo in this very fine thread. K 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Everyone is welcome, and we all know Terriers should be in packs, don't we! Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) I've had second thoughts about the large goods shed as originally planned, so here's a new track plan.... Now there's a small loco shed in place of the goods shed, so I can swap loco's around and it will reduce the pressure for storing them in the fiddle yard. The excuse is that a loco was needed on site to work the early morning train to Brighton! It also gives me an excuse to have a couple of Stephenson Clarke PO coal wagons as they had to contract to supply LBSC sheds with coal. The station still needs a goods shed, of course, so I've made one of the small wooden ones that were used all over the system.... It proved to be too small, of course, and was replaced by a large brick built shed in 1890, but as that is two years in the future it needn't concern us! The offset fiddle yard on the plan is a useful dodge that allows more roads to line up with the entry onto the layout. I've also extended the brewery siding so that trains can run directly into there. The Ixion Hudswell Clarke loco's were introuced in 1988 so a brand new one might well find itself in the livery of Saltdean brewery. Finally, in case you're wondering how it is that a seven mile long branch line just outside Brighton is worked by such a variety of loco's, it's simple....they used it for running in turns from Brighton works! Peter Edited November 19, 2015 by kirtleypete 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snofi Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 a very elegant revised plan! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I'm interested to see what you do to the Hudswell Clarke to backdate it. I only need to take mine back to early 1900s condition, but if you produce something more interesting, mine could become an old one, rather than being brand new! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Here's what they were advertising in 1889. K 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 Great stuff....that one bottom right looks like the Ixion loco, just the job, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) And, if you follow this link, and look for the loco 'Bromborough', you get a photo with fairly good detail of the cab of an 1889 HC. Have a look at the loco 'Ariadne' too, not an HC; much more interesting! http://www.brocross.com/poynton/book/book9.htm [thanks for alerting me to the omitted link, ian] K Edited November 20, 2015 by Nearholmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ianmaccormac Posted November 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2015 I like the revision and the real period feel you are getting on the layout Peter. Really great to see early LB&SCR on here. Would putting the line through the engine shed to the fiddle yard also give more flexibility? I saw Ian White did this for East Grinstead. Cheers Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) It would! Well done, I never gave it a thought. This is the best arrangement..... However, if the brewery siding is moved nearer to the main line the movement of the traverser is reduced making all the roads accessible. If the loco shed doors are modelled closed, saving me the trouble of making a full interior, the shed can be used for storing loco's from the fiddle yard without anyone being any the wiser....I suppose I could make them hinged so they can be open or closed. Finally, the traverser needs to be extended to 5' long, so that a train comes in, the loco is uncoupled and a new loco drops onto the stock from the loco shed or the brewery ready to take it out. In that way no loco's need picking up, and the stock stays coupled up which with three links is a very good thing. As soon as a train goes out, the loco that is released goes into the shed ready to take out the next arrival. Here's the new plan.... The curves on the brewery siding look better too. It's a good thing I haven't built these two boards yet, isn't it!Peter Edited November 20, 2015 by kirtleypete 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ianmaccormac Posted November 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2015 As you say, that increases the options a great deal. Nice one! I hope the Terriers get sorted out. I couldn't believe what I read on that forum about what had happened. Cheers Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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