Richard Pike

There you go

Thats a coincidence, I am just finishing the same loco in GWR green.

Hi John, Thank you for your comments. For the Royal Scotsman, I used BR Maroon and Halfords Primer grey for the roof. The Bachmann 66 hand rails on the cab front come off, I use a scalpel in between the hand rail and the cab front and just apply gentle pressure around the fixing points and usually they will ease out, I do drill the holes out, I think 0.6mm, otherwise you cannot get them back in after painting. Cantrail lining....I have tried several methods but the one I use now most of the time is as you suggested, spray on a orange band , then mask with Jammydog 0.5mm tape.

I suspect it is dirt but almost looks like they are Black

Hi Guys, Can anyone help with a livery question, Class 86 in BR Blue, where the body side grills painted Black or do they simply look Black with airflow dirt ?.

Yes please Jamie, feel free to post them on the thread if you wish.

Yes, that was instrumental in my decision, again I have the BR drawings for the depot building, it will be interesting to see how close the Heljan model is to the prototype, but it certainly looks to be in the right direction.

Hi, After modelling 4mm current day I have crossed over to 7mm and suddenly got the urge to model BR Blue. As a young boy in the late 1970's I have vivid memories of cycling alternate Saturdays between Westhouse's and Shirebrook depot's. I remember on one visit the depot foreman giving me and my mate a demonstration of the TOPS computer system and coming home with reams and reams of print out's of just about every loco I needed to cop. That got me drifting off into thinking of modelling Shirebrook, after an hour on Google Earth I calculated the depot could be modelled within a 500m window, that equates to around 11.6 m. The layout is intended to be an exhibition layout, providing someone would like to see it, but also I intend to use it at home and my layout space is just over 12m, so looked as though it was do able. I researched many maps and photographs and came up with a track plan scaled very close to the prototype and then just happened to come across a BR Engineering Track plan for the site, after consultation with some very helpful guy's on the Templot sub forum, this information was given to Stephen Freeman of Borg Rail who has produced me a wonderful Templot track plan for the layout based on the Engineering prototype. At home the layout is going to be around 9.5m scenic section and a round round fiddle yard, in exhibition mode, initially anyway, it will be around 12m scenic with a small fiddle yard either end. The end to end idea is to simplify the logistics of exhibition transport and not having an army of helpers, need to make it practical as possible. Very early days yet, but I have 60% of the boards at home and some track on order, so hope to make progress quickly. Here is a screen shot of Stephen's work, showing the track plan overlaid on the BR drawing.

Any updates Guy's ?, superb modelling.

Congratulations on the purchase of your new printing machine Steve. I think you are about to revolutionise the model rail decal industry with some of the products you will be able to offer.

Today completed a Tower Models O gauge Class 20, the customer wanted it painting as per D8000, the first of the class delivered to British railways in 1957.

Brian at Shawplan has produced the superb little Etch, it just involves cutting the end of the passenger compartment off and sliding in between the roof and sole bar which remain unaltered. The bogies then need changing to B4's and a window on the left side of the coach needs blanking off and a half window adding. I have just completed a rake of 5 for a customer comprising of 1x MK3, 3 x Mk1 Pullmans and the Observation car.

66749 heading 0Z32 convoy comprising of 37905, 56006 and 31271, being moved from Leicester to the Wensleydale Diesel Gala, seen passing through Chesterfield today.

Seen this evening at South Muskham, 1Z84, Royal Scotsman Cambridge - Scarborough with 66743 leading and 66746 on the rear.

Thanks Simon, I for one would love to come and see the layout and I am sure there would be many other RM Webber's who would also like the opportunity.

Hi Simon, Enjoyed reading your article in this months BRM, Thanks for sharing so many tips and techniques.

Apologies for the picture quality, but this is the only one I can find in my own collection, note the bars are internally mounted. However in this picture they are externally mounted. DRS MK2 window bars

Hi Phil, You mention the door windows, just in case you are not aware, I think nearly all the DRS mk 2's have now been fitted with window bars on the door windows.

Working ok for me.

Royal Scotsman, correct. I have an Etch for the observation car veranda.

Interesting new project, can anyone guess what it is ?

Caught at a Signal check at Sutton Parkway this morning , 67022 on a route leaner 0Z42 Toton - Doncaster Belmont.

Seen early this morning at Sutton Forest, 66147 heading 6T30 Toton - Warsop Junction engineering train.

Out in revenue service since Monday, got chance to catch Evening Star this afternoon working 6E84 Middleton Towers - Monk Bretton sand train, seen on Gamston Bank.

Thanks, Brian Hanson at Shawplan.