Benjamin Brady

I have to say I would really like to see the pre mallard set with an refurbished 91. I ordered the current GNER set as it was originally advertised as pre mallard. I was not really happy with the way Hornby changed their mind and after speaking with Hornby was informed it was down to the name chosen for the 91. Still not great from a customer perspective but what we expect with Hornby, the GNER set does look good but not as neat as the pre mallard.

EMR Turbo next Steve ;)

Another photo from Folkestone, a visitor who we have seen at a few shows asked if they could run their 444 on the layout and we were happy to oblige.

Morning Dave, The penguins went down surprisingly well at the show and plenty of people were taking photos of them. I'll hopefully upload some more photos this week with the ones I took with the proper camera. Cheers Ben

Good Morning, We are all set for day 2 at Folkestone now. The layout is behaving itself in its normal fashion. A MK3 off the Wrexham and Shropshire set does not want to run along with a container. Another enjoyable show and a chance to get the layout out. A few more figures have been added and the road has been closed due to an escape of penguin's.

I am rather hoping it is being worked on in the dark and we shall end up with an outstanding model like the 158. One of these 3 month announcements and it shall appear, although some more 158 liveries would be nice also.

Good Evening, A project I've had to do for a long time now. Since the first run of Bachmann Class 90s in fact. I have always wanted to have a go at 90027 and this afternoon I've finally managed to get around to it. This shall be used on the sleeper at Folkestone show this coming weekend.

We are all set up at Redditch now. Stock is all on but not tested so we shall be there early in the morning to do that. There were a few issues with the joints but that's been rectified so hopefully there won't be to many running issues. We are running a 2010ish theme, west coast mainline we is the normal now. Maybe some east coast stock shall get a run again one day.

Morning, There is nothing more than can be done now. Like always time ran out on a few projects but we are all ready for the show and shall leave this afternoon ready for setting up just after five. We are looking forward to the weekend away.

There has been a fair bit of work going on over the past few weeks on Weaver Hill. I shall try and take a photo of some of the alterations today. The signal box that was only in place for a few shows has been removed and a crossing keepers cottage placed in its location instead. The idea being before the line was Quadrupled by the LNWR a level crossing was used vice the over bridge added at the turn of the 20th Century. Also still on stock some late night renumber last night was also taking place

I don't mod n gauge but just to have a 377 I can see myself adding a SE one to the cabinet. It worked with Revolutions Class 92 and it gets run on the club layout now and again so why not the same with the 377. However if it did turn up in 00 I'd willingly go bankrupt 🤣

Excellent video and thank you for sharing

A few finishing touches required but it is getting there now.

Is this your personal layout or shall we be seeing it pop up at any shows. As posted on the Immingham area group a really well present layout.

This is great, A simple and effective layout and the weathering of the stock is spot on

Thanks for the reply. A little bit of cutting required then.

Really good job, excellent, I do not have the 3d prints but have been working on a conversion. This is really well done though, what did you use for your glazing? Cheers

Only issue I've seen now is the yellow is looking a little wonky to the non driving end. I shall carry on working on it this evening.

Good Morning, There has been some movement on stock for Weaver Hill. The main project has been a collaboration and should be running on Making Tracks 2 at Chester very shortly. It is slightly delayed due to life getting in the way but I feel it is now at a stage which is acceptable for an update on here. The ends and doors have been filled using 3d printed part from Phil Moreton, who is excellent with CAD and has made modelling so much easier. The only other project which is waiting in the wings is to sort all the board joints out to improve running. Like anything there is always something we can be chipping away at. Stock is high on the list at the moment. We want to try and ensure most of the stock running at Redditch at least has a driver in it.

Evening Seen the layout for the first time , well impressed . Rich

Evening As with other comments , a very enjoyable show , all good layouts . But .............. For me "Oak road "a very good layout , even down to the Graffiti on the MOD train , for me the top marks . well worth the wait to see it other than on " You Tube " Thanks to everyone

Good Morning, A few photos from the open day yesterday.