Ian R. Weeks

Oh ,excellent news. Had been planning a plockton style scratchbuild. With regards to the 4mm engine shed, I am awaitng replacement windows from York model making. I have also been in contact with Barnabas with regard to milling a slot in underneath of louvre roof and then chain drilling out louvres. All this to allow lighting. Still to pluck up courage and perseverence as will be a labourious chain drilling job! I have also wondered whether design could be adapted to come as seperate hollow printing to facilitate this but I know little of 3d printing limitations. Can I also echo your sentiments and thank Barnabas, Ben Alder &Iain for their much appreciated efforts. Regards Ian

Thanks for that. It was initially meant to refer to the actuating apparatus i.e. the wheel at waist height, rod to roof and actuating lever to "down rod and valve in tank. I can guess at linkage and will probably do just that if I cant see a good image to copy. However your post got me thinkibg and there are 2 holes 1/8 diameter in the side ealls of the kit which puzzled me. I Am I ight in believing these are for inlet water from perhaps a dam in a glen and outlet water to a stand alone water column. Would love to see more images if not too much trouble. Thanks again Ian

Thanks, I had seen those, but thanks all the same. I am still trying to remember where I saw the resin water with seagull. Hopefully I shall awake in the wee sma' hours with it in my mind. Regards Ian

Indeed it is becoming addictive . I have started the popup water tank. However I have been diverted down two alleys. One, as it will have to tone in with my resin engine shed, is to learn to match the colours to the embossed paper and pluck up courage to mix the shades and paint the shed. All witb no artistic talent whatsoever! Two, is to detail the water tank. To that end , does anyone know of detailed drawings of the outlet arrangement. My searches have revealed a little esp one of the mechanism on amn Australian one . Basically, a large plug on the end of the rod going into the floor of the tank. I have also looked at the exellent model by Mr Tatlow but cannot make out the part going down to the floor of the tank. I have decided to lower the ply roof by a few mm to perhaps allow for resin water. Somewhere I seem to remember a model water tank with a seagull on it. Can not think where. Any pointers as to info would be welcome. Oh and smaller engine shed cameo is grand. Thanks in anticipation Ian

Final attempt at posting the engine shed pictures

Thank you very much for your prompt reply and sorry for my delay in acknowledging it. I had not thought of layering the embossed paper over the already textured resin. That gives me another option . Especially if I paint a section and then need to acknowledge my skills aren't good enough! Also would be easier to match to my planned building of the grand little popup water tank ,using the paper. I am attaching photos of the resin engine shed. This is my first resin kit and I am absolutely astounded at the quality, just the windows a bit ragged. I also know now why our American collegues use laser cut kits so widely. The popup designs may not be quite as fine as the Peco H.R. signal cabin but having done some planning can be made first class. Straight out of the box as good as the Triang water tower I got for my birthday c 1965. I thought that was the bees knees. Once again thanks for the advice and for the entertainment and knowlege you have given over the years. Ian

Dear All, Having followed this thread, when asked what I wanted for my birthday , I requested the resin engine shed kit. I am mightly impressed and now recuperating from knee surgery , hope to make a start. This will be my first resin kit and will challenge my painting skills. The only aspect of the kit which is less than great are the windows. The resin is rough and will need some fettling. I wondered if I make a mess of this whether the York model making replacement windows for the laser cut version could be used as a replacement. Also I should like to paint it to match the colours of the embossed paper alluded to earlier in the thread. As I have little painting skills, has anyone done this and if so could you let me know which proprietary colours match. Thank you in anticipation. Ian

Thanks again chaps. jim ,that plan certainly looks grand. David, both isolating switches functional and everything seems as per plan. However ,following instructions from the in house 'Dr Beeching' boards taken down and back in workshop till boxing day and the kids [in their 30's ]want to play. I had hoped to solve problem before then as daughter in law is a Rolls Royce aircraft electrical systems designer! Still may get some free time on Sunday. I attach a scan of plan and phamphlet cover. I have marked the dead section. Thanks again Ian Hornby Dublo Plan.pdf

Dear All , Thank you very much for your swift and informative replies. I have been over it with a multi meter and can detect no shorts . The plan is not the the one to which Il Griffone posted a link . The plan I am using is plan number eight in booklet ' Hornby Dublo Rail Layouts' priced 3d and marked 16/355/100. I shall try and scan and post tomorrow. I have used the isolating manual and non isolating electric points as indicated. I did use some non isolating manual points but have rectified this. I will have another trip over with a multi meter this weekend. Thanks again Ian

Some years ago I was captivated watching a Hornby dublo 3 rail layout amid the finescale beauties at a show. It brought back memories of playing trains when holidaying at my uncles. That Christmas when the children asked what I wanted , I requested HD bits and pieces. This has solved the Christmas present problem and given much fun. I have now put it on a baseboard and copyed the last plan in the HD plans leaflet. However despite checking and rechecking every piece of track/joint / switch/ isolating rail/ isolating insert. I still have a dead section of track and I cannot solve this. The section lies between the crossovers to the inner circuit and the station on the opposite side of the circuit ( looking at the plan with the station at the top of the page. What am I missing/ being thick headed. Is there perchance a mistake in the original plan? I wonderif any of you more knowledgeable fellows who know this plan could advise? Thank you in anticipation Ian

I wonder if some of the more knowledgeable members on the site could help me . I have recently found some old Airfix LMS non corridor 57 ft coaches in the attic and this along with chancing upon some posts reguarding upgrading these and discussions upon there use on my home turf around Kilmarnock, has led to me commencing a wonderful Palatine etched underframe. Here is the rub .It can be built as rivetted or welded and I don't know which would be appropriate for Ayrshire '62.Perhaps a bit esoteric but might as well try and get it right. Also there was a link in one of the threads to some wonderful colour pictures of Ardrossan Kilmarnock trains with mixed LMS/LNER non corridor stock on Flickr but my bookmark no longer works.Any pointers to these would be welcome. Thanks in anticipation Ian

I wonder if some of the more knowledgeable members on the site could help me . I have recently found some old Airfix LMS non corridor 57 ft coaches in the attic and this along with chancing upon some posts reguarding upgrading these and discussions upon there use on my home turf around Kilmarnock, has led to me commencing a wonderful Palatine etched underframe. Here is the rub .It can be built as rivetted or welded and I don't know which would be appropriate for Ayrshire '62.Perhaps a bit esoteric but might as well try and get it right. Also there was a link in one of the threads to some wonderful colour pictures of Ardrossan Kilmarnock trains with mixed LMS/LNER non corridor stock on Flickr but my bookmark no longer works.Any pointers to these would be welcome. Thanks in anticipation Ian

Dear All, I wonder if some of you more knowledgeable people could add flesh to the bones of a childhood memory .In 1965 we were staying in Dreghorn Ayrshire and I have vague momories as a eight year old of watching trains flash by. The strongest memory is of a powerful black 2-6-0 at the head of a long train of bright red combine harvesters. I believe these were from Massey Fergusson at crosshouse.However I fear I have perhaps added several memories together?. Was the Massey factory rail served? What would the wagons have been carrying the red machines? All these questions are in the hope of creating this in model form. Also I seem to remember playing with my pals in old coaches parked at dreghorn,could this be right? Thanks in anticipation, Ian

Oh what an unexpected flashback.During the summer break from university in 1976 and 1977 I worked in the parks department at Irvine and was a grave digger at Knadgerhill and satellite cemeteries.Oh what fond memories of summer skiving behind the headstones.