Jintyman

"Needs to be full of Ladies things." (In my best David Walliams voice!) Cracking job Brian, can you leave the roof as a removable element please as I'll want to put lighting in it? Jinty

The platforms will be underway as soon as I've finished the rodding. The waiting room looks fantastic Brian. Excellent work again, and it's embarrassing having someone else bring your thread up from the depths because you haven't done much on it yourself!!!! Jinty

If you park on the top bit it is about a half mile flat walk to the viaduct Andy. Jinty

The LNWR reached Corwen from Rhyl, via Denbigh and Ruthin. It was a very picturesque route that unfortunately has long gone. I used to play in the old goods yard in Denbigh after it was closed, but there was still lots of railway bits and pieces knocking around. With the correct permits it could Andy Your plan positions the station on the Bala Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog line, albeit after closure and terminating before Bala Town Station. A very interesting line indeed and prior to closure another picturesque line with a perilous hillside ledge that was traversed alongside the valley before Trawsfynnyd. I had the pleasure of walking along the old rail bed last year, and there is still plenty to be seen, especially the beautiful viaduct and the drop on one side to the valley below. I must go up there for a walk again soon. Jinty

Hope the dog is better soon, not nice to see pets poorly. I am using 3mm ply for my platform edging which will be covered on the visible side by Slaters random stone. I intend to make a proper framework before I place my platform surface onto it. Not sure yet what to use for the surface, but I'm leaning towards either thin ply or thick plastikard. I had my framework laser cut at 30mm high x 2' lengths to take into account the 4mm cork between the baseboard and the track. This was cut by Phil at Intentio for me and was very reasonable cost wise. It may be worth contacting him and asking the question Andy. Jinty

A Stationmaster? You need a station for one of those, and you haven't even got any platforms to stand on, let alone a station!!! Jinty

Hope everyone is having a Happy Easter? Towyn has erupted, there are people everywhere Got into work this morning to find 5 vans had been delivered last night, so been running around like a headless chicken organising valeting, plates, other bits and pieces and photographing them all and listing them. And all this whilst dodging the happy tourists, without a care in the world, and no sense of direction!!!! Three down, two to go! David

Done with a hot air gun that is for shrinking heat shrink, which is part of my soldering station. Then some judicious rusting of both that and the broken door banger. Jinty

I think Eileens Emporium do the Bill Bedford etched W irons. Jinty

Hi dpgibbons, I can confirm that I've used both Butanone (branded) from C&L and I've also used MEK (from Ebay) on my plastic chairs to ply sleepers and it is a solid joint. Jinty

It's a Dapol 7mm 5-plank wagon Jinty

Hi Chris, The Ivatt 2-6-2t runs very well actually, there is some side play in the chassis but only really on the middle and rear drivers, obviously the front is quite rigid to clear the slide bars. I think it would benefit from a little bit of compensation on the middle axle, maybe similar to Jazz's spring steel pushing down on the bearing in an elongated slot type of affair. Jinty

A battered 5-plank....................................................... Jinty

Thanks for all the kind comments. Sorry about the gratuitous photos but we had some nice sunshine this morning, so I thought it would be rude not to.................................... And the little wagon................................. Jinty

The Ivatt is a DJH factory kit built loco. Jinty

The Ivatt Class 2, 2-6-2t has visited me from West Kirby Town to have a couple of bits done to it. Firstly it was fitted out with a Zimo MX645R and a twin speaker system, replacing the ESU that was fitted prior. Secondly I have made up a mounting bracket, as near to the real thing as I could, so that the 'Welsh Dragon' headboard could be fitted when required. This was made up from brass section, soldered together and filed to shape in certain areas such as the extra lamp irons on the ends of the frame. All painted black and fitted. Once that was all done, I've attacked the loco with the weathering bits and bobs and tried to have some restraint in showing her as a cared for, but in service, preserved locomotive. This aspect was more difficult to do than heavily weathering a loco in my opinion, severe restraint had to be called for. The sides of the tanks and the boiler sides are finished with a satin sheen to show a cared for loco, other places such as the top of the firebox was given a gentle dusting of powders and sealed in place with a sealing medium. A gentle airbrushing of road dirt was applied around the chassis and wheel areas, and some slight rusting shown in applicable areas. Oil stains and wet areas were highlighted as was the edge of the steps and footplate where engine men would tread. Here are a few pictures: The next little item on my WB is this Dapol 5 plank wagon that I've been experimenting with in some different techniques. I've created some damage to the angle iron either side of the door on one side and represented one of the door guards broken off. I used my small hot air gun off my soldering station to create the bent angle iron, and then rusted it accordingly. Again, some pictures: More very soon Jinty

Can't find them!!!! Jinty

Let me tell you that it has!!! In fact, so embarrassed I was at the other side, I tidied that up as well!!! Jinty

I'm sure a man of your calibre will find it a doddle!!!! They are a rather nice van. Jinty

Lovely pictures. The trackwork was drawn up on Templot, it's a free software download from Martin Wynne and you can tailor the track to suit the situation. The sleepers are ply and chairs are plastic, glued with MEK, there is Butanone, but MEK is the same compound and considerably cheaper. The rail is held in place with the gauges and a weight. The glue has set in about a couple of minutes, and nothing has moved on mine and it's been built about 2 years now. In fact I'd fitted one chair the wrong way around and I had a hell of a job removing it!!! There is lots of help on the Handbuilt Track & Templot section of this forum. Jinty

Ahhh, silly me, I'd put me glasses on upside down as I'd been reading Holmes Road.................................... Jinty

Morning Andy, Looking at your latest plan, I see that you have a 2' fiddle yard. This is a bit restrictive for passenger stock, but you could run just a single B'set coach which I think may fit. This isn't totally prototypical as the single coaches were composite brakes such as the E147, but I'm sure with a bit of licence you could get away with it. Not sure if you could get a coupling on the inner end of one of the B'set coaches though. I too was taken aback at Coachman's decision, but after our natter yesterday I understand perfectly why. Jinty

Welcome to 7mm, the best scale in my opinion. I moved up about 2 years ago and I'm building my long term stay at home layout Talyllyn Junction West. The trackwork is all 31.5 (O-MF) which reduces any wheel drop in the crossing vee and has 1.5mm flange gaps, unlike the standard OF (Finescale) which employs 1.75.. flangeway gaps. The track gauge of 31.5 is suitable for all wheels that are to OF standards so RTR and kit built items should have no trouble in running over them. I have had the odd RTR item that has not complied, in particular a Heljan GUV and a Class 37 that had to have their B2B's reset correctly, and then they traverse the pointwork without problem. I also have a Tower Brass E147 coach that has very deep flanged wheels which is currently having replacement bogies built for it. As I've mentioned, all my pointwork is handbuilt to 31.5mm and I've used Intentio real ply laser cut sleepers with C&L bullhead rail and C&L 2-bolt chairs. In the pictures below you can see the main feature of Talyllyn which is a double junction with a built in single slip and a three way turnout. The turnouts are approximately 2'6" long and the complex is a total of 5' in length, not including the facing crossover beyond it. That crossover is also circa 5' in length and on a sweeping curve. I too detest sharp curves and wanted as much of a transition as possible. I can thoroughly recommend the Minerva Pannier tanks (I have a number of them) and also the Dapol Jinty and 08. As for rolling stock, there are quite a few good suppliers of RTR such as Dapol, Minerva and Heljan, all of which are good. I have a couple of the Lionheart/Dapol B'set coach sets and numerous wagon kits as well. Please enjoy your trip into 7mm, I must say I'm looking forward as your OO layout was stunning to look through. Jinty

I've had a couple off Ebay recently, one to power my Megapoints board and the other to power tyhe signal LED's. I've3 also just ordered a 6A one to power my control panel which will include switching my Cobalt IP's. Jinty

Looking good Andy and you seem to be really enjoying your 7mm fix. Apart from your 08 needing a blow over, you need some figures in your locos (I know I do too). Have you seen the wonderful range that Modelu do in 7mm? They do lamps and all sorts of bits and bobs that are 3D printed, and for £5 each for figures in 7mm they are excellent value. https://www.modelu3d.co.uk/ And if you don't want to paint them, get Claudia to paint them for you at only £6 per figure, I've got a dozen or so with her at the moment. https://www.cice.space/?lightbox=dataItem-ivqrldvt A small layout demands detail, just as much as mine needs platforms!!!!! Jinty