Mike

Work is a foot, well a fall-plate and air tank plumbing which is a best guess. Bell wire and head light wiring still to do but my Grandads shed is just a little on the cold side.

Work is a foot, well a fall-plate and air tank plumbing which is a best guess. Bell wire and head light wiring still to do but my Grandads shed is just a little on the cold side. photos in previous post

Started mucking about with the loco and tender. New pilot beam on loco, air tank with associated pipe work, electrical conduit and rear lamp on tender plus brake wheel. Chains to be fitted to bogies and a lot of cleaning up to do. Loco needs additional pipe work to air tank, electrical cable to generator and bell wire.

Started mucking about with the loco and tender. New pilot beam on loco, air tank with associated pipe work, electrical conduit and rear lamp on tender plus brake wheel. Chains to be fitted to bogies and a lot of cleaning up to do. Loco needs additional pipe work to air tank, electrical cable to generator and bell wire.

The C16 tender has lost its Colorado & Southern and as soon as the detailing parts arrive will be well and truly tweaked. The loco will have a new pilot beam and the boiler mounted air compressor will have the cable and pipe work fitted. I will then need to make up a fall plate twixt loco and tender.

Yet another bit of history tweaking. Cancelled Australian export order from Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co a re-gauged narrow gauge coach for the HLVR. Photo taken as it arrived and before the Loco and coach have been through the Hookton workshops. For that read Grandads Shed where things are made and mended - eventually.

Yet another bit of history tweaking. Cancelled Australian export order from Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co a re-gauged narrow gauge coach for the HLVR. Photo taken as it arrived and before the Loco and coach have been through the Hookton workshops. For that read Grandads Shed where things are made and mended - eventually.

In the history of Hookton there is mention of the salt pits. If you are producing salt you need to transport the product and what better way then by rail. Having been unable to purchase a couple of Peco wagon kits I acquired a couple of very basic 3d printed opens Brake gear was added to one side ( not enough in the scrap box to to both sides) the end altered and PlastiCard roofs added. Here is the first one underway with still a lot of work to do, but you get the idea.

In the history of Hookton there is mention of the salt pits. If you are producing salt you need to transport the product and what better way then by rail. Having been unable to purchase a couple of Peco wagon kits I acquired a couple of very basic 3d printed opens Brake gear was added to one side ( not enough in the scrap box to to both sides) the end altered and PlastiCard roofs added. Here is the first one underway with still a lot of work to do, but you get the idea.

Newly acquired Mogul straight out of the box and one half of the Railbus WIP

Newly acquired Mogul straight out of the box and one half of the Railbus WIP

Having just acquired an almost brand new Bachmann 0n30 mogul, I needed to find an excuse to run it on Hookton. Now you have probably noticed how I tweak history, so here goes. The loco was purchased from the Sandy River and Rangeley Rail Road, shipped to Southampton, then by Rail to The Dorset Iron Foundry in Poole. where the loco was re-gauged from 2ft to 2ft 3". The loco was then transferred by rail to Parkbourne St. Giles to access the HLVR metals. Fortunately there are no tunnels or cuttings and what earthworks there are, are fairly generous, the only real problem was the bridge over the Lipp which needed strengthening. Now I need to tweak the model, the tender is rather plain and needs modifying, a new drawbar twixt loco and tender plus a fall-plate and some cosmetic work to improve the overall look.

Having just acquired an almost brand new Bachmann 0n30 mogul, I needed to find an excuse to run it on Hookton. Now you have probably noticed how I tweak history, so here goes. The loco was purchased from the Sandy River and Rangeley Rail Road, shipped to Southampton, then by Rail to The Dorset Iron Foundry in Poole. where loco was re-gauged from 2ft to 2ft 3". The loco was then transferred by rail to Parkbourne St. Giles to access the HLVR metals. Fortunately there are no tunnels or cuttings and what earthworks there are, are fairly generous, the only real problem was the bridge over the Lipp which needed strengthening. Now I need to tweak the model, the tender is rather plain and needs modifying, a new drawbar twixt loco and tender plus a fall-plate and some cosmetic work to improve the overall look.

Thought I'd change from DC to DCC. Who was it who said it was only two wires?

Thought I'd change from DC to DCC. Who was it who said it was only two wires?

Thought I'd change from DC to DCC. Who was it who said it was only two wires?

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Long time no post on this forum as I have been playing around with 0.16.5mm narrow gauge so posting elsewhere. The layout a simple inglenook is Hookton and the Lipp Vale the names Hookton and Lipp are from Bernard Cornwell's book Harlequin who has kindly given me permission to use them. Photo of the harbour and village copyright of Nevard Media and Model Rail. Just one of a recent photo shoot. Not for sharing or copying. Here's to a better 2022 Happy Xmas.

Photo of the harbour and village copyright of Nevard Media and Model Rail. Just one of a recent photo shoot. Not for sharing or copying.

Photo of the harbour and village copyright of Nevard Media and Model Rail. Just one of a recent photo shoot. Not for sharing.

Outstanding

Hookton, yawn, yet again. Peco crane with jib reduced by scale 11 ft and Dick Potts working on the drawings for a replacement bilge pump casing.

Hookton, yawn, yet again. Peco crane with jib reduced by scale 11 ft and Dick Potts working on the drawings for a replacement bilge pump casing.

Phase 1 almost complete if a layout is ever complete, now on to phase 2. First job will be to separate the thread just for Hookton and then on to phase 2. This will be the Lipp stream with bridge and the station area moving on to phase 3 Parkbourne Saint Giles. Will my opus Gargantua ever be finished who knows, but at least it will keep me off the streets albeit stony broke.

Phase 1 almost complete if a layout is ever complete, now on to phase 2. First job will be to separate the thread just for Hookton and then on to phase 2. This will be the Lipp stream with bridge and the station area moving on to phase 3 Parkbourne Saint Giles. Will my opus Gargantua ever be finished who knows, but at least it will keep me off the streets albeit stony broke.