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Clive Mortimore last won the day on January 21 2020
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Sheffield Exchange, Toy trains, music and fun!
Clive Mortimore replied to Clive Mortimore's topic in Layout topics
More lovely girls -
Sheffield Exchange, Toy trains, music and fun!
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Lovely little girl. -
Have you had time to sleep, eat, go to the bog etc?
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Hi Darius I have one, and I am sure by the end of this week it won't be any different to how it is now. Here it is coupled with my "I started so I might finish" conversion from a Hornby 110. I also have a Craftsman etched overlay somewhere. Living in Lincolnshire you can't have too many Derby Long Underframe units. I look forward to seeing your model progress.
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I am sure it must be my eyesight but the new bogie designs appear to suffer the same as the old ones. Have a butchers at the brake and wheel interface.
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Sheffield Exchange, Toy trains, music and fun!
Clive Mortimore replied to Clive Mortimore's topic in Layout topics
Then the news that Fred , our model railway club chair was found dead by his son. He was mainly N gauge modeller but dabbled in other scales. Ex RAF armourer who had so many tales from his service in Northern Ireland, Aden, Hong Kong and the Falklands he could hold court all night. RIP Fred. -
Sheffield Exchange, Toy trains, music and fun!
Clive Mortimore replied to Clive Mortimore's topic in Layout topics
What a great day today started out to be new songs from Los Bitchos and The Warning -
Sheffield Exchange, Toy trains, music and fun!
Clive Mortimore replied to Clive Mortimore's topic in Layout topics
Now stop it, you are making me consider what I have done. -
MTK BR Ultrasonic Test DMU
Clive Mortimore replied to Darius43's topic in Kitbuilding & Scratchbuilding
Darius, please slow down, I am getting puffed out just keeping up with what you are modelling, let along doing any modelling myself. -
Sheffield Exchange, Toy trains, music and fun!
Clive Mortimore replied to Clive Mortimore's topic in Layout topics
That was an early consideration but having a few push along tender powered engines that idea couldn't be fully applied. There is always the best idea, just like no crews in the diesels ................................ignore? -
Sheffield Exchange, Toy trains, music and fun!
Clive Mortimore replied to Clive Mortimore's topic in Layout topics
This morning I was cutting up a LNER 4,200 gallon tender to make a 3,500 gallon one and I had a thought. At a model terminus station the arriving loco will have at least a part empty tender or bunker if not a nearly empty one. Once the train it has pulled in disappears and it is free to go to the loco shed. After the raking out the ash it is refilled with water and coal. So a loco departing with a train should have a full tender or bunker. On a model railway the tender is either full or half full all the time. So a loco arriving without burning any coal looks daft. Equally a loco departing with an express with a half empty tender ain't that realistic. Just something to ponder. At least with DMUs you can't see if they have been refueled but the tail lamps either end and a driver in every cab do look a tad silly. Why didn't I model a through station? -
I have cured the problem of people leaning on my layouts. Table top height, just right for kids to view without them trying to pull themselves up to see and too low for those who are older to lean on. Plus I get to sit down to operate not stand all day. Sadly at the last show I took a layout to I still had to say "Excuse me" no reaction, "Excuse me" no reaction, "Excuse me" no reaction, "EXCUSE ME" wow he looked my direction..."I have enough problems with children picking things up". With that he put the bus back on the bridge (where all busses should be) but no apology. And that was with this as my side kick to scare bad people. Dagworth considering a new home, a LNER concrete fogman's hut on the site of Five Mile House station. http://disused-stations.org.uk/f/five_mile_house/index.shtml
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Heath Town and other signalling diversions
Clive Mortimore replied to 5BarVT's topic in Layout topics
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DEMU Showcase Sutton Coldfield June 15/16 2024
Clive Mortimore replied to newbryford's topic in Exhibitions
DEMU Showcase 2024 will be at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall on June 15/16th. Layouts Alderford......................................WCML 1985-1990, 00 Gauge Blueball Summit.........................1970s West Country, N Gauge Deadmans Lane..........................Derby RTC, 00 Gauge Farbine Road W.R.D.....................Wagon Repair Depot West Midlands, 00 Gauge Fenwick TMD...............................TMD and Engineers Yard, 00 Gauge Gordon's Lane...............................Southern Region Main Line, 00 Gauge Knype Bridge................................Parcels depot. 70's early 80's, 0 Gauge Oldshaw..........................................WR Branch,EM Gauge Ravenscroft....................................1988 Steel Distribution Terminal, P4 Gauge Templegate Wagon Works..........Wagon Works, 0 Gauge Trodinnick Dries.............................China Clay Dries. 1960-1970, 00 Gauge Waddon Marsh...........................South London Branch, 00 Gauge Wormhill.....................................Peak Forest 1997, N Gauge Confirmed trade stands Accurascale Bachmann B&H Enterprises Booklaw/Santona Publishing Cambrian Cavalex Coastal DCC. C Rail DC Kits Kernow Model Rail Centre Rainbow Railways RCTS Realtrack Models Replica Railways Revolution Trains Road Transport Images S Kits Shawplan / Extreme Etchings Squires Tools TTC Diecast West Hill Wagon Works Opening Times Saturday 15th June 2024 10.00 - 17.00 Sunday 16th June 2024 10.00 - 16.00 Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Upper Clifton Rd, Sutton Coldfield, B73 6DA Tickets Adults £12 DEMU members / children (U16) £8 Families (2 adults and unlimited children) £28 Transport The town hall is less than 5 minute walk from Sutton Coldfield Railway Station. Nearest car park is opposite in Anchorage Road. There are others around the station only a few minutes walk.