Richard Jones

Hi, here's my KESR Ford set, built many years ago from the Taugem kit and still awaiting painting! I also have a set of Shefflex parts from Worsley Works that i have started on....

Here are my 2 x E1s and a D1, currently on the work bench......

Hi Martin, I'll check up on mine (it's sitting on the side in utility room, quietly waiting for it's next task!) I'll draw up a circuit diagram for you. Best wishes, stay safe Richard

Just a thought - having gone to the trouble of putting a piece of double sided pcb material in there, did you not consider making it "structural" and "splitting" the frames, then you wouldn't have needed to bother with the pickups?

Hi, The best printed sources are D L Bradley, Locomotives of the LBSCR, part 2 (RCTS) and J H Russel, Pictorial Record of Southern locomotives (OPC) - this has weight diagrams for all SR locos and drawings for some. There are a couple of Locomotive Illustrated that have photos of E1s ( I can check which editions if you are interested) I would not be surprised if there are works drawings in the collection at NRM, but as I'm building kits, haven't bothered with that source. The Brighton Circle is a mine of information, and they have a Facebook page that gives their details or see http://www.lbscr.org/History/Circle/index.html certainly worth looking at the "modellers digest" (download link on the circle's website) I also have an SE Finecast E1 and D1 which are both almost complete (photo attached) Hope that helps Richard

Hi, I've got two of these plus a C2 next on my list to build once I've finished a batch of 2 x E1 and a D1 all from Albion kits.... An observation - the tender on your kit looks to be different around the footplate level from the one in mine - I must have a look and check.......

Hello David, your photo is really helpful - I had been trying to use "straight" wires - the two right angles (in the horizontal plane) is a great idea as it should prevent the wires from opposite ends "colliding" which is one of the difficulties I was experiencing. and many thanks for the link to the article, Tony W Now to persuade the management that this (initial) 12 week isolation period is intended for railway modelling, not dusting! best wishes Richard

Hi, Exquisite modelling yet again. It is my intention to use AJ couplings and have previously bent up the hooks, but it looks as those the design has been improved upon - can you share anything on the way you attach the wires to the vehicles? - I think I saw something, elsewhere on pivoting the wires in a vertical plane, rather than relying on the flexibility of a long wire, anchored near the opposite end of the vehicle. Many thanks Richard

Hi Tony, Sorry, not a first... Burgundy wrote an extensive thread (Mr Craven's engines - LBSCR 1870s) when he built his loco from the same kit, and I used his experience when building this one for a gentleman who lives in Midhurst and has a layout of the same name based pre 1880 (ie before the new station built for the Chichester to Midhurst line) - see The LBSCR Modellers' Digest no. 6, 7 and 10 Burgundy's model is beautifully finished in Stroudley's Improved Engine Green, however "Chichester" is trying to capture J C Craven's livery - although I put the base coat on, my painting skills are far behind Mr Haynes'. The loco is a bit of a cheat, as 172 "Chichester" was not a Dieppe class loco, but the model is intended to capture the essence of that loco without having to scratch build something. The challenge with this type of loco in 4mm scale is getting enough adhesion so that it can haul itself, and a train, along! Best wishes Richard

It wasn't me - I've retired! Oddly, about 20 years ago I was interviewed for a transfer to HMRI (as it was then) and would have moved had it not been for a clerical error within HSE... on the positive side, staying with HM NII did enable me to retire 2 years early and RI suffered somewhat following the Kings X fire being split off from HSE....

Looks good to me - would a bit of trompe l'oeil effect make it even better? Cheers Richard

Very nice... Sorry if it's an obvious question, but did you emboss all the brickwork? I presume that is the only way to get the arched brickwork over the windows? (I'm thinking ahead of how to tackle my signal box when I get a round tuit!) Best wishes Richard

Hi, I promised myself I wasn't going to buy a machine until I had some cutting files ready, but..... seeing the way the £ is moving against other currencies and as Silhouette machines are made in the US, I decided they weren't going to get any cheaper so have bought a Curio.... I'll let you know how I get on.... cheers Richard

"These rodding stools are hand-cut in purest platinum by a zen hermit hiding in a cave in the Himalayas* and cost an appropriate amount." I prefer to get mine made from unobtainium as it has a better half life

Hi Andrew, One question already answered - I was going to ask if the stonework was "pre embossed" or whether you had scribbed it on - either by hand or possibly with a digital cutter - did you use a digital cutter to cut the individual sides, ends windows and doors out? (If so which one have you invested in?) All very impressive - keep inspiring me, I will get around to my layout one day!

Any thoughts as to the 8.5" x 6" Curio cutting mat is too restrictive compared to the 12" x 12" on the cameo? - I'm mainly working in 4mm scale, but might occasionally want to tackle a 7mm wagon or 4 wheel coach...

Oo-er, Just when I think of trying a new technique (digital cutting) it turns out that it's now old hat and things have moved on to 3D printing!

Whoops, Freudian slip! Thanks

Hmm.... Looking at the promotional video, the Circut machines look a bit more sophisticated, than the silhouette, (facility to rotate the cutter/embossing tools), and possibly slightly more robust? Any different software requirements with the Circut? Has anyone been able to do a direct comparison between the two, particularly as there isn't a great disparity in price? Cheers Richard

Hi, Just been looking on the internet and find the Curio at £210 and the Cameo 3 at £318 - any thoughts as to whether the Cameo is "worth" the extra £118? - does it have more features or is more amenable to our sort of uses? cheers Richard

Hi, I'm working on a layout based closely on Singleton, West Sussex (ex LBSCR) which will be set as SR circa 1930. I may well use the originally proposed name for the station, West Dean, to account for a few historical inaccuracy - like retaining the turntable and running larger locos than were permitted! There is a thread on Templot at: http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_topic.php?id=1010&forum_id=12 and the current "state of play" is in an article in the latest copy of The Brighton Circle's Modeller Digest (8) which can be accessed at: http://www.lbscr.org/Models/Digest/index.html best wishes Richard

Aha! Found it - on the "new" SREmG@groups.io in the "files" section under R-T-R, HornbyMaunsells.pdf (https://groups.io/g/SREmG/files/RTRLists) cheers Richard

Many thanks Robert & Ian J - that is, indeed, an excellent spreadsheet, which I downloaded many years ago - what I was looking for was a list of the numbers carried by the Hornby models, if there was such a thing - if not I probably have almost enough information now to generate one! cheers Richard

Thanks Ian, That sums up where I had got to on the Firsts, I just wondered if the missing "F" might be one of set 470! I must have a look to see if any of the high window variants are suitable for central section, but have a feeling that what I need aren't available in SR olive..... cheers Richard

Hi John, many thanks - just had a search on www.semgonline.com but couldn't find the list - can you be more specific where to find it? cheers Richard