Max Legroom

Looking down on the station from the main road.

I've still got quite a bit of detailing to carry out but you can just see where I have left some of the supporting girders open to the left of the station above the down line. I was a bit worried this would look a bit contrived but I think it's OK and adds a bit of atmosphere.

This reminds me of a Monty Wells article in RM back in the early eighties showing the changes required to convert the Lima class 117 to a 122.

Hi Mark

I’ve added a few small details but nothing else. However, I am mulling over a few ideas as I’ve got nearly five feet of space for an extension. Most of my efforts are going into Jamaica Road at the moment.

Best wishes

Max

I thought I could do with a suitable time machine to transport me back to the late 70s/early 80s. In Back to the Future style a car should do but which one? After a bit of thought it just had to be a mark 1 Golf GTI complete with go-faster stripes and, no doubt, tartan seats. That number plate might raise a few eyebrows in 1976!

A Fort William bound freight passes the newly installed station steps.

The structure is embossed plastic sheet laminated to 4mm foam core board. The steps are from a Dapol footbridge which, by coincidence, was exactly the right width and saved a lot of time. A spare door from the Peco station gives access to an imagined storage room underneath.

I ‘m sure I read somewhere that the bogie mounted buffers were vulnerable to rough shunts which could push the bogies off their mountings.

I took the sleeper to from London to Fort William at Easter three years ago. Sunrise over Gare Loch was fabulous as was the rest of the trip! Recommended! (Though it was in a lovely, if careworn, mark III.)

I managed a quick trip in the time machine back to the late 1970s. Making sense of freight workings in those pre-internet days could be a challenge. Today I spotted a couple of Haymarket's class 20s heading east off the freight line with an unfitted coal train. Where did they originate? No idea, but they made a nice sight running through the bi-directional down platform before crossing over to the up line beyond the station. A class 08 was idling nearby but that was it for today.

Here are the pics.

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Slow but steady progress.

08883 is tripping a ferry van through Jamaica Road station in the early eighties. Some local authority housing has appeared (Bachmann) and a garage block (plastic sheet).

I need to get on and install the colour-light signals. Also, the passengers are getting fed up abseiling down to the platform!

I quite like the BP version but is that ‘green’ accurate? Reminds me of the Oxford BP Janus. Also, I think it had an engine change so I wonder if the bodywork was altered.

4 hours ago, Pyewipe Jct said:

As DOCJACOB said, I believe it was bought by the city council when it was withdrawn & 'plinthed' to represent the end of an era for Lincoln's railways (station pilots/shunter allocation, not sure which).

Here it is towards the end of its working life (1987/1988) sat in its usual home in what used to be Platform 3...
 

 

 

Love the bent handrail and tail lamp on running board. My Bachmann 08 has both!

Can’t beat a bit of Rod the Mod on a Saturday night!

On 29/03/2021 at 00:19, TRAILRAGE said:

Couple more.

 

Bachmann 08762 repainted and renumbered as 08561 with EWS red panel and branding. 

 

 

Hornby 31174 with the factory weathering partially removed. No longer looks like someone has wiped a melted Chocolate bar down the side.

 

Cheers Trailrage

That’s a big improvement on the Hornby weathering. Did you use thinners to remove the factory weathering?

Hi Rob. Those scrapyard workers could be Rovers fans discussing the latest defeat. Some things never change! Cracking photos as always.

I’ve only just spotted this thread and had a quick look at your online magazine. I was a big fan of Carl Arendt and his original website and I’m thrilled that you have produced something in the same spirit. It’s made my day!
All the best

Max

Wow! Some seriously good modelling.

Alan, did you scan the real Banksy?

31 minutes ago, rob D2 said:

Yes. Class47.co.U.K. Will list all the individual details for you 

Thanks Rob.

I’ll pay it a visit and do some research.

Max

I’m considering 47012 with a view to renumbering as a ScR 47/0, ideally an Eastfield machine, but I have to admit that my knowledge of 47s is limited. I think the Brush built locos are 47001-16, 96-191 and 212-261 so this has thrown up 47120, 141 and 149 as possibilities. Is there anything else I need to consider, e.g. boiler panels on the roof?

Looking forward to a unnamed banger blue version. The sort that made us groan when it came into view back in the day.

Slow but steady progress on the scenics/detailing side.

The second pic shows the site of the former signalbox and the replacement ground-frame. Dummy point rodding still to be added. Vegetation is a mix of Martin Welberg, Woodland and Geoscenics.

Just found this thread. Superb modelling!

Thanks Steve. I have been meaning to give the layout a proper fiddle yard as the current one was just made from odd bits of wood I had to hand at the time. An extension to incorporate the loop is also on the cards.

Cheers

Max

Looks like another excellent mag. Packed full of ideas and inspiration.

These look like stunning models. The future looks bleak for my Bachmann 37s!