hornbyhall

some pics of my whole layoutsorry the pics are not great as they were taken on a mobile phone

Started work on theTMD new signs. New signs on the TMD you can get them form eagle 1 model rail signs jmupton2000@yahoo.co.uk or eBay you can have any name on them you wish 

Right guys ive got bit of track that has come away from the lugs that it sits in its about 5 mil in lenth could i get away with glueing it back to the sleepers i know it would be better to replace the bit of track its with the weather its in a tunnel looking for a quick fix anyone have any ideas. thanks hornbyhall so guys ive glued the rail back down on to the sleepers it seems to have worked ill look at it in a day or so see how it drys seems like the lugs had broke of for some reason. 

sound mate hope you enjoy yourself

well done for geting club junior modeller    

hi johan its coming a long well you done anymore work on your layout mate

ah banks road is looking great bud keepup yhe good work

a think iam going to do my tracks with railmatch 1406 sleeper grime what do you think johan do you yhink it will look ok mate

johan keep up the good modeling mate

looking real good now mate i like the look of your hill its starting to come together now mate i am starting to get more done on my layout now thats its a bit warmer i dont get much done in the winter as its so cold in my loft have you seen game of thrones its like the frozen north up here. 

Last night I added some static grass to the hill wish really looks good the camera dident show it

 

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I still need I do a layer of plaster at the bottom to represent chalk wich I'll hopefully do today

 

Thanks for looking

 

Joahn

nice work tho

De-icer train is "Scratch built" johan

great work bud keep it up

great stuff

 nice work bud its coming along well 

hi johan how did you come up with the name rose regis for your layout

It's a bit too uniformly green, like a Dubai golf course. Try mixing in some yellower bits...

yes i second that feeling under the weather today

Some grass I have put down but not glued so can you comment what you think

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Thoughts please

 

 

Johan

i like your grass its comeing along well keep it up

Could anyone tell me good ways of applying statick grass (as in to spray with just water or 50/50 water pva mix etc) and wether to do it strait to the bord to do it on cork or anything else

 

Thanks as always

 

 

Johan

hi johan i just put pva onto the baseborad then then just sprinkle grass  on to the glue from a applacator works well for me hope this helps you

I am not too well informed in the world of RTR locos these days except that the quality seems to be continually rising with every new introduction. Can anyone more knowlegable in these things than I give me a steer on the situation with the GWR 'Hall' class locos from Hornby and Bachmann?

 

I am looking to get an un-modified (i.e early) Hall class loco for conversion to P4. Recent work with the 'Grange' and the 28xx has shown it is relatively simple now to add dummy frames in black plasticard to the existing chassis and swap the wheel sets for scale ones. However I am encountering a bewildering arrray of 'Halls' from various periods both prototypical and manufacture, and I am not sure which is generally considered to be the better model.

 

There seems to be plenty of Bachmann Modified Halls about, but few un-modified, and I don't know what names and numbers the models of unmodified engines were issued under, similarly, the most recent Hornby 'Hall' seems to be part of their 'Railroad' range which I thought was a lesser detailed, more robust range than their standard models? Has Hornby issued a 'Hall' recently which is to the same standard as their 'Grange'? and is the Hornby specimen better mechanically than the Bachmann?

 

Any guidance gratefully received!

 

Confused of Cornwall!

 

Steve

i would stick Bachmann or Hornby mainstream the railroad range are crap devoid of detail and cheep parts i bought a class 55 deltic in the railroad range put it on the layout and it just stoped i took it to my freind who fixs locos it needed a new motor they are designed for people on a budget. dont know if that helps the mainstream stuff is the best. it seems to be ever since all the work went over to china they dont make much at margate any more.

Nice job there Mate. It's Good to see a young bloke getting on and having a go and even scratch building a fuel point and some fences.

I shall keep an eye on your progress.

Nice job there Mate. It's Good to see a young bloke getting on and having a go and even scratch building a fuel point and some fences.

I shall keep an eye on your progress.

i will second that its nice to see that young person has the intrest not many young people are into model railways

i will be back on tommorow Johan

The layout looks a lot smaller with the backbord in place and the scenic bord in the middle. If you know the Hornby magisine October 2015 issue it came with a bus depot and I'm thinking to building that to go in the middle to.

 

Johan

yes that would go well with what you already have there 

david

I'm thinking of moving the re-fuleing point to where the goods shed is to make it more of a stablerling yard

 

Sorry for the spelling

 

 

Johan

i would leave your fueling  point where it is it looks ok as you have limited space. your trains can come out of the engine shed down that little bit of track and get fuel.

As for ideas of what else you could do i am putting a link on for the pics of my layout

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/103659-a-few-more-pics-of-wickstone-junction/

Also have a look at other peoples as most of them are very good, i got ideas by looking at the sorts of things they have done. 

I like that you have used straws for lights but just one tiny suggestion for them you might think about painting them all grey as they will look more realistic.

The ballasting you have done is okay but try to keep it off the top and the inside of the rail clear or you may find that your trains will derail.