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  1. Tim Hall

    1990s Loftshire

    By Tim Hall,

    A few snaps of locos running on Loftshire, now that the 1990s have arrived. As I decided not to depict post privatisation liveries and rolling stock, this is about as modern as it gets.






  2. Tim Hall

    2016, a few changes

    By Tim Hall,

    Late in 2016, after a long period of playing trains, but not doing much with the layout, I decided to remove the little used "freight loop" and with it the diamond crossings and three way points that caused more derailments than I was happy with. By asking handyman Mark (whilst visiting to do some work in the kitchen) to put a larger fillet in one corner of the fiddle yard, a siding could be extended, and brought all the way round the layout to become the 4th circuit.
    This gave the opportunity for another platform, which soon became an island platform (mainly from spare piece of timber just the right depth.) and finished in the same style as the others. Because of a lack of space it's very narrow, and slightly shorter than the others (approx. 6 Mk1s, whereas the other 3 are 7 Mk1s). A shortened Airfix/ Dapol footbridge provides access to it, and a lengthened Airfix/ Dapol footbridge spans the four track mainline elsewhere.
     
    I also moved the steam shed a bit, to utilise a redundant area and create a larger area for a village.

  3. Tim Hall
    Having relaid and remodelled some of the track at the end of 2016, I left it a few months to see if I was happy with it all.
    Eventually, this autumn, I decided crack on with bits of scenery (see photos) and some ballasting (50/50 water/ pva, a few drops of washing up liquid and some black poster paint to weather it a bit). The shed areas had black poster paint added later to try to reproduce the grime of such areas.
    There is still a lot to do, but I'm pleased with the progress so far.

  4. Tim Hall

    2021 in Loftshire

    By Tim Hall,


    Photos
    I've been very tardy with my blog this year, but there has been some activity in the attic. The scenery is pretty much finished, just got to finalise the station and platform signs, can't quite find anything convincing. Added some LED light strips as well, very pleased with them.
    So here's a few snaps and a link to a YouTube film:
     
     





  7. Tim Hall

    A few cameos

    By Tim Hall,

    Bought a few odds and ends recently, and have had fun putting them into the landscape, oh and another Class 47 arrived. I've also fitted passengers and crew to my 4-TC, but they don't show up too well in photos.





     


  11. Tim Hall

    Brown Boveri 18000

    By Tim Hall,

    An opportunist purchase from Hattons. Silver Fox body on what sounds like a newish Hornby 5 pole motor.  Very smooth, quiet and romped effortlessly on 8Mk1s. I had bought an unfinished one with a Lima chassis a few months ago, but will now sell it on eBay, as this one is better than I could achieve.
     
    Although it has transfers for the numbers and I had bought etched ones for the unfinished one, I think I'll leave it as it is, and sell the etched numbers on, as the transfers are neatly done and slightly smaller than the etches.


  12. Tim Hall

    Cruel close ups

    By Tim Hall,

    https://www.facebook.com/tim.hall.146/videos/1472078786229698/?t=10
     
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1472080349562875&set=pcb.1592464890866521&type=3&theater&ifg=1
  20. Tim Hall

    Introduction

    By Tim Hall,

    We had the attic converted to a room about 4 years ago, to bedroom standards if we ever need to sell.
    Velux windows, laminate floor, radiator, fire door, loads of storage space, under the eaves. Our friendly local handyman, Mark Webber built the baseboards in two days, for the price of a couple of medium sized locos, as I had bought the baseboard material (9mm marine ply) and had it cut to size by the builders before the attic was finished (too big to come up the twisty narrow staircase once finished).
    The tops of the baseboards are 39 inches off the floor (ideal height for me to work at, and allowed four existing bookcases to slot underneath.) The 2x1 frames are only attached to the room by screws into the skirting board.
    The main baseboards are 15ft6 x 11ft6, with a large hole in the middle, and a 3ft x 2ft bit in the corner by the door.
     
    I have a reasonably large collection of mainly RTR 00 stuff from pre grouping to late 1990s sector liveried diesels, and wanted a fairly bland generic canvas to run them on in terms of location. The time period is broadly current, suggesting "heritage" status, though four continuous ovals rather contradicts that. I tend to run one era/ region for a few months then pack it all away and move on. I rarely mix wildly conflicting eras/ regions, except if testing new stock.
    As I mainly want to "lineside" through trains, and find much of the DCC sound unappealing, DC is fine, powered these days, by a Gaugemaster Q.
     
    The four photos below date from almost exactly four years ago, just after the boards were built.
     
    I plan to bring this up to date quite quickly.
  24. Tim Hall

    Kinky

    By Tim Hall,

    There's been an annoying kink in the track since I laid it about 4 years ago, but recently a track gang got onto the job.....





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