tractionman

Gaugemaster have a sale on, eg https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/news/article/view/id/1399/

more at https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/news/archive/

1 hour ago, Metr0Land said:

I've just had an online survey to fill in for MoY 2023 with all the usual sections.  Under retailer of the year there's no option to choose Derails (my #1 choice) and only an option to say 'o preference' - no chance to nominate someone they hadn't thought of.

Yes I wanted @Derails Models too, my first choice ideally, but went for TMC instead as they are listed and always great customer service and prices.

wow these look fantastic :-) thanks for the pics!

Pleased to see these, for me the red livery looks the best, though the front end of the loco looks very low for those with bumps in their track!

cheers,

Keith

Some bargains to be had at the Hobby Shop at Faversham, such as Hornby LNWR six-wheeler for half price:

https://hobb-e-mail.com/Hornby-r40122-lnwr-3rd-class-brake-coach-7463---half-price-45632-p.asp

lots of others too including LSWR liveried coaches...

link for sale page is -- https://hobb-e-mail.com/model-railways-975-c.asp

cheers,

Keith

On 0 in a limited space, I spotted in this month's Railway Modeller (page 626) a photo of a layout called 'Whaplode', featured originally in RM March 2021, apparently...

So being a hoarder I dug out my copy from March '21 to take a closer look, especially at the track plan, it's 7' by 2' and a yard type set-up with a sector plate at one end, looks good (LNER 1930s). 

But then in the same issue, the next article really caught my eye, 'The Findhorn Railway', an 0 gauge terminus in an L-shape, 11' x 9' 6", and it's got me thinking, inspired by @Nearholmersuggestion (qv) of having a multi-level 'shelf' for the 0 gauge layout, that something like this might work for me, at one of end of the loft, where an L-shape could fit above my 00 roundy-roundy... hmm, food for thought :-) 

19 minutes ago, DevilsAdvocate said:

 

The Johnsters lengthy reply on page 1 sticks in my mind

This is the price you pay for not thinking through thoroughly what you want, and not planning correctly 

Also, not being satisfied with what you’ve got

He’s bang on and gets great satisfaction with his own layout 

This is how it should be and good luck to you mate

 

seconded, I admire @The Johnsterphilosophy to sticking to one location, one period, one theme, I am too much of a butterfly/magpie and too easily distracted...

2 minutes ago, brossard said:

DCB is quite right.  If you want to move your 00 stock it will have to be priced accordingly.  People aren't going to pay retail for second hand, so, in my case, the starting point was roughly 50%.  As you say, any money made on the sale is money in the bank.

 

John

I was reckoning about 30% of the original price paid, but I have yet to bite the bullet!

4 minutes ago, DCB said:

 

If you do change scale then expect to make a severe loss on the value of your collection. 

 

True, but if I do sell then it's cash in the bank, and besides what's been spent is spent. If I do look to downsize the 00 stock I'll probably do it in stages, the SR stuff I have is in fact already boxed up, in a kind of 'purgatory', while I mull this over some more, what I really do not want to do is sell the 00 stuff now, and then, say in ten years time, think 'why on earth did I do that' as I really now want to build that 1930s Southern layout, 1950s South Wales colliery layout, the 1920s LNER branchline etc etc! I am sure I am not alone in being troubled by this same quandary.

Thanks @brossard (John) for your reply and thoughts, I have the Dapol LMS Jinty and Sentinel, which would be my motive power 'pool', and the Minerva Peckett and Victory locos would be welcome additions (if/when future finances permit) for a small layout that combines some industrial / freight ops. I like the look of your layout a lot, and what especially appeals is how with 0 the track just looks so right, especially something quite minimal. With 00 I am tempted to cram too much in! 

cheers,

Keith

20 hours ago, DevilsAdvocate said:

 

I have modelled 00 gauge for the last 30 years, but I fancy a change. I have always fancied going up to 0 scale 

 

reading this thread with interest as I have the same dilemma, so much so it's meant I have effectively parked my 00 layout plans I had for the converted loft (21' x 8') til I am sure what to do...

part of my problem is my accumulation of 00 stock has spiralled over the past decade or so, and I have lost my focus on era etc, so the attraction of 0 for me is that it gives me a smaller, narrower focus (ie 1930s LMS), and Dapol RTR has helped provide some limited motive power, and a few wagons... but my nagging question is, will this be enough to satisfy my modelling/running desires!

the space I have available would make for a great roundy-roundy 00 layout, seeing the trains rolling through a landscape, which is what I had envisaged, but equally I can, in my mind's eye, see a nice 0 goods yard/terminus layout, with tank locos pottering about with some wagons... cue more procrastination :-(

so I am watching this discussion with interest :-)

35 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said:

Other. I've bought too much stuff already.  

yep I can relate to that, and @The Johnsterphilosophy is a good one to have, I'm trying to keep to specific interests, and this month my last forty quid I have left unspent before pay day has just gone on the LMS inspection saloon on offer at @Derails Modelsand too good to resist, I've been eyeing one up for a while and so splashed the cash 👍

30 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

a proper Garratt?

yes please:

https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/beyer-peacock-company-works-no-6841-william-francis-0-4-00-4-0t/

:-)

Nice to see folks' pictures and cycling activities 👍 my summer plans so have have been thwarted a bit, firstly a July trip over to England/Wales with my son for a bit of off-road stuff was cut short by my Dad's unexpected hospitalisation, and then secondly the long-awaited family hols to Mallorca (qv) was too hot for being out on a bike! (I really should do some modelling...)

This past week I cycle commuted to work, it's only 16 miles each way but the route is half on a fairly rough coastal path, invariably busy with joggers (with earphones in) and dog walkers (and unleashed dogs), so progress is slow by necessity, and then the other half is through Belfast Harbour Estate sharing the road with trucks and cars, dead flat and a bit boring, usually with a full on headwind--I'm not selling it am I?! Still I did it, both ways, and felt better for it:

Now I am road testing a short loop for a local cycle campaign group, so see if the ride will work for us to advertise and promote to get more folks here out on their bikes:

But, first, a second coffee...

price advertised at £123.20:

https://www.hattons.co.uk/directory/versiondetails/5723/rapido_trains_uk_oo_0_4_0t_class_y7_ner

looks good :-)

https://www.hattons.co.uk/directory/vehicledetails/1488316/4wdm_ruston_48ds_shunter

here's the Heljan inf

https://www.hattons.co.uk/directory/versiondetails/6003/heljan_o_4wdm_ruston_48ds_shunter

9 hours ago, Nickey Line said:

 

Spring is the best time to visit Mallorca, not too hot, masses of wild flowers, and nightingales singing everywhere.

 

I used to take my students to Mallorca every Easter on geography field trips, a much more manageable time of the year for being outdoors, though the weather could be quite variable depending on how early or late Easter fell each year. It's a wonderful island with amazing landscapes, but yes probably a return trip is needed for more cycling at a cooler time of year! :-)

Has the latest rubbish weather put us off, or are we getting on with some (indoor?) modelling ;-)

Well, last week saw me doing a bit of biking in Mallorca, but dare I say it was too hot! Yes 45.5C on one day. Too much for going out on the trails so we pootled around Alcudia and Pollensa very early in the morning, seeing the sunrise:

And now back to a wet and windy and cool Norn Iron, bit of a contrast--what would be good is something in between...

Anyone else out and about?

it's caused quite a stir here in the north, especially Portadown--Derry, which would really open up the north-west, I saw somewhere potentially 2050 completion, I might even live long enough to see it :-) just

40 minutes ago, AY Mod said:

 

Such things, as with exchange sidings opens up the question whether a colliery scene is served directly by the big railway or whether it's an internal network.

 

I'm lucky in that context with the whole of Cannock's pits to look at for scenarios with the blue and black lines forming interlinked facilities.

 

 

 

what a great map, is it publicly available somewhere?

cheers,

Keith 

inf popped into my email inbox today from Hattons, an update?

"Rapido have shown initial render images for their newly tooled 'Y7' in OO gauge. A range of NER, LNER, BR and NCB variations are due in 2024. Pricing is unconfirmed, wishlist your model now and we will notify you when pre-orders open."

this is the link

https://www.hattons.co.uk/directory/versiondetails/5723/rapido_trains_uk_oo_0_4_0t_class_y7_ner#models

On 22/06/2023 at 21:33, Treinenliefde said:

Looks like a good book indeed! Thank you! Yeah small layouts are really nice for industrial loco's, I only have about 8 foot by 2 foot in space available right now so my first layout won't be big even if I want it to. 😄 A model of Framlingham for example is still in the back of my head as a future project. 

just spotted this on Facebook too:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/163976490369879/permalink/5811246838976121/

On 17/06/2023 at 23:23, Treinenliefde said:

Indeed East Anglia never really had a lot in terms of industrial railways, although looking at this thread it does appear that there were quite a few places where industrials ran. Quite annoying, I really like East Anglia in BR days with the old GER stock combined with modern BR locomotives, but I also like industrial railways. I do remember seeing a picture in a book of a BR locomotive shunting grain vans to a brewery in the region however which looked rather interesting, maybe that place had it's own locomotive? Although a Victory would be too large for a brewery anyway, something of this size only seems to fit in at a colliery, steelworks or a dockside. Docks would be rather fun to build, but I don't really have the space to build a convincing dockside layout.

 

 

Hi and welcome!

On industrial railways in East Anglia I recommend this book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Industrial-Locomotives-Railways-Eastern-England/dp/1445667908

Which has lots of inspiration :-)

Good luck with your layout, I used a 4x1 foot piece of chipboard to create a small layout to just kickstart my modelling and hone/test skills, which works for industrial locos and stock.

all the best,

Keith 

29 minutes ago, Legend said:

This gives me the opportunity to get 2 , so looks like I’ll be making my first EFE purchase 

same here, and a pair is a likely Christmas present for me if the timing works out :-)

A lovely evening yesterday out along the Mawddach estuary