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Inspirational layout. Always liked it and was invited to have a little go at operating a loco at a show a few years back.

Hi all,

I need suggestions which single core wire I need on my points for soldering the little pieces from rail to rail for better DCC operation please?

YouTube mentions using some of the spare length attached to the frog but I've cocked up and now I've none spare to use.

cheers and Happy Easter

Tony

50 minutes ago, Jeff Smith said:

How many boards?  To make the boards deeper you could add new sides from say 6" x 1/4" ply.  This would protect the tortoises and add rigidity.  You could even profile the top edges above the boards.

Four boards, total 18ft. Great idea. My only concern is that I've bought metal trestle tables to sit boards on which are wider than the 2ft width and so sides would perhaps buckle eventually. I suppose I could brace those with 2 x 1 underneath. Should work, yeah?

Hi all, 

Need some advice please. I'm about to start an exhibition layout using baseboards I already built for a layout which never materialised. Seems a shame to waste them.

I'd like to use slow action Tortoise points but the framework on these boards is only 2 x 1 timber and I think the Tortoise motors will be in danger of getting damaged in transit. I was originally considering Peco points but must admit I do prefer slow action ones without the 'clunk' of solenoid ones.

I imagine a lot of the older exhibition layouts have solenoid motors and it is too much of a faff to change them.

Any thoughts will be most welcome.

Hi all, I need some recommendations please. I'm about to start on a portable layout using 2ft x 4ft baseboards and wanted to support it with adjustable metal trestles. I've looked at a couple online but they seem too wide and will stick out under the boards. Ideally I'd like something that's near 2ft wide - any suggestions will be most helpful. Thanks

Looking really good. 

Glenuig is without doubt my favourite of all the Scottish-themed layouts I've seen over the last few years. It is perfect in every way and an inspiration. Well done.

I saw it 'in the flesh' at one of the DEMU shows and it lived up to expectations.

Very, very nice modelling. I miss the parcels trains on today's network so it is nice to look back and remember them. A fine layout and proof that size isn't everything!! 

47363 Billingham Enterprise at Colton Junction near York (late 80s).

http://www.railscenetoday.com

Here's a couple of pics I took in the late eighties.

see my Flickr pics

https://www.flickr.com/photos/95338591@N02/

my website is http://www.railscenetoday.com

1st Pic - 50027 approaches Basingstoke with the 11:10 Waterloo to Exeter service on 26th July 1988.

2nd Pic - Class 50002 & 47123 at Dawlish on a Burngullow to Dover Polybulk heavy freight on 2nd July 1987.

56112 departs Healey Mills Yard with an MGR working on the 8th June 1988.

Super power with 37506 & 37509 hauling the Corby to Lackenby steel coil empties passing Bolton Percy, York, on 23rd August 1988.

Flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/95338591@N02/

website: http://www.railscenetoday.com

I only went a couple of times in the late eighties but it was a cracking place to watch and enjoy freight trains. Here are a couple of pics. See my Flickr pics here https://www.flickr.com/photos/95338591@N02/

It's always a pleasure to run my sound-fitted locos on this DCC layout on Ebor Club Nights.

I too am a great follower of your videos so it is good to see your efforts on RMWeb. I never really liked the idea of a motorway on Everard Junction so I'm pleased it has been replaced by a canal. Cracking layout and very inspirational.

This layout certainly ticks all the right boxes for me and apart from it being a tremendous layout, the guy who I assume owns Portchullin comes across as a genuinely nice bloke with time to speak to people - other exhibitors should take note!!!

Yes, I've no connection with Coastal DCC but I purchased some DCC items for one of our club layouts at the Ebor Group of Railway Modellers, York, and was well impressed with the service.

My interest in railways began in the late 1970s as a young lad so for me it was always BR Blue, diesels / AC Electrics etc.

I'm not fussed about steam engines at all although I appreciate the romance and nostalgia associated with these machines.

I know very little about classes/types of steam engine - However, I know what an A4 is . . .  it's a sheet of paper, right?

Only kidding all you steamers out there!

Very nice looking layout you have there fella

It's looking great, so glad you've decided to crack on with it. Two fingers to the idiots!!!

To see locos against the walling and backdrop of Princes' Street Gardens was also a wonderful sight back in the 80s and you've captured the image perfectly. Superb.

Tony H

Hi Terry,

The world is full of idiots and they only win if we let them. Pick yourself up, dust yourself down and when you're ready, go for it again. This is your passion and your daughter would have wanted you to carry on and enjoy your hobby so when you feel the time is right try again. Apart from trains, playing guitar is also a hobby for me and is a big part of my life so when I'm down I strum a few chords or play a song or two and the world seems a better place. Works for me so railway modelling may work for you.

Very nice layout, enjoyed reading through and seeing pics.