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    The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

    in Layout topics

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    That is exactly what I'm doing at the moment. I have a number of deadlines though P4 jubilee competition entry form has to be submitted in August but then I have 2 years to build it. In the meantime I have a number of layouts that are already built that will be going to shows. What it's going to be is still up for grabs but there needs to have potential for a few jokes in it.

    Marc

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    expoEM Spring 2024

    in Exhibitions

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    It was my first time there as a trader. It was a brilliant show. From a business perspective lost of people came talked to us about the kits and the automatic couplings and then decided to try some. And as a modeller to see the layouts and demos has given me ideas on where my next micro layout is going to go.

    We will be back next year.

    Marc

    Pre-Grouping Railways 

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    New kits from Pre-Grouping Railways

    in Smaller Suppliers

    Posted

    More wagons have been retooled so they are available in 4mm and 7mm as complete kits and most are available in 2mm; TT; 3mm; HO; S; G1; G2 and G3 as wagon bodies.

    LYR/LMS 3plk
    FR/LMS/BR 3plk
    TVR/GWR/BR 3plk
    Cambrian/GWR 4plk
    Cambrian Lime (Dead buffered)
    Barry/GWR/BR 1plk
    GER/LNER 5plk (wooden underframe)
    GER/LD&ECR/GER/LNER/BR 5plk (Steel underframe)
    GER/LNER 3plk fixed side
    GER/LD&ECR/GCR/LNER/BR van
    GER/LNER/BR vent van unfitted
    GER/LNER/BR vent van fitted
    M&GNR Goods Brake van
    Barry/GWR 5plk
    FR/LMS/BR 5plk
    NER//LNER/BR 8ton 4plk
    NER/LNER/BR 10ton 4plk
    PTR/GWR/BR 2plk
    NBR/LNER/BR 4plk fixed side
    NBR/LNER/BR 4plk Drop-side
    NBR/LNER/BR 4plk centre door

    The following are should be available in 4mm by the end of the year.
    E&WYUR/LD&ECR/GCR/LNER/BR 5plk
    FR/LMS/BR 20t ore hopper
    GWR van
    GER/LNER/BR 7plk
    Barry/TVR/GWR/BR 5plk
    LSWR/SR/BR 4plk
    NER/LNER/BR F4 Vent van
    HR/LMS/BR 7plk loco coal
    CR/LMS 8t coal
    NER/LNER/BR/PO P4 hopper
    NER/LNER/BR/PO P5 hopper
    NER/LNER/BR/PO R3 coke hopper
    NER/LNER/PO R5 coke hopper
    GNR/LNER/BR cattle van
    GNoSR/LNER/BR goods brake van
    SDJR/LMS/BR 20t goods brake van
    GER/LNER/BR large cattle van
    LSWR/SR/BR refrigerator van
    GWR/BR Mica B
    GWR/BR Y2 Fruit
    NER/LNER Small gunpowder van
    LNWR/LMS Small gunpowder van
    FR/LMS Small gunpowder van
    LYR/LMS/BR 7plk loco coal
    LYR/LMS 7plk mineral
    SECR/LBSCR/GNR/LNER/SR/BR/PO 7plk
    GWR/BR iron mink
    GWR/BR iron mink (Fitted)
    GER/LNER/BR/PO gunpowder van
    SECR/SR/BR/PO gunpowder van
    FR/LMS/BR 6wheel plate wagon
    CR/LMS/BR 6wheel plate wagon
    GNR/LNER/BR goods brake van
    NBR/LNER/BR cattle van
    NBR/LNER van
    LNWR/LMS/BR 4plk
    Cambrian/GWR/BR gunpowder van
    LSWR/SR/BR vent van
    LBSCR ballast brake van.

    See the website pregroupingrailways.com for prices and other details. Please note when the system says "On back order" this just means I'm manufacturing to order.

    Marc Dobson
    Pre-Grouping Railways

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    Powsides

    in Smaller Suppliers

    Posted

    I've been waiting for an order since October. I have contacted them twice now and got the same answer on both occasions. Very sorry the delay it was caused by illness and we are trying to clear the backlog.

    Marc

    Fowey Station Goods Yard

    in UK Prototype Questions

    Posted

    ECC, formed in 1919, has two different liveries for there wagons a grey for clay and a dark red oxide for coal. Clay wagons were not pooled but the coal ones were. Also there was a merger with another large firm in the early 30's. So this shot must date from about 1920 to 1931. My money would be on earlier than later looking at the weathering.

    The random shapes and sizes of the wagons is due to their origins. In 1919 Martin Bros, West of England china clay and North Cornwall China Clay merged. In addition to this between 1920 and 1929 ECC bought out another 12 smaller companies most of which would have had their own wagons.

    In 1931 there was another big merger to form English Clays Lovering Pochin. These wagons had ECLP on them.

    Marc

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    Llareggub Wharf

    in Narrow Gauge Modelling

    Posted · Edited by MarcD
    Typo

    The name for those who are not ofay with the work of Dylan Thomas is the name of the town in his play for voices "Under Milk Wood" and the joke can be found by reading it backwards.

     

    The story so far.

    About 2 years ago I started building a 0-16.5 shunting puzzle layout based on Wharf station at Tywyn on the Talyllyn. 

    I build all the wagons form my own kits. So far so good I hear people say. Base board built, the track went down, wagon turntables printed. All was going well until I turned to locos. This was when things started to unravel very quickly. I bought a peco Talyllyn and a Branch line chassis to go with it. I started to build it against a drawing as well as the instructions only to find that the loco was 16mm longer than it should have been and it had a footplate where there shouldn't have been. At that point the project was put on ice and stacked at the back of the workshop. 

    Scroll forward 18 month and Bachmann announced they are going to produce NG7 quarry locos and they should be available by the end of this summer. So the project is back on.

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