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Barry O and myself have been braving the chilly weather in the club room this afternoon. Barry has made some more videos to post here and I took the camera down to take a few piccies which can be seen below.... There would have been more but neglected to bring the other memory card. Doh!

If the buffers were sprung I would certainly giving a go!

I have purchased a rake of 16 to use as the full train on our club layout Chapel-en-le-Frith. The couplings we use are DG's (Available from Wizard Models). Rather than fit all 16 with DG's I opted to do two rakes of 8 with a DG at each end and Smiths Instanters in between. As you say the chassis is plastic and does allow simple modification to allow the fitting of the coupling hooks, although I went the whole hog and sprung them as well. I suspect the spring will never come into play given the mass involved. I have included a couple of pictures below Regards Andy

The Noch product Barry O mentions is 95800. Also the 3d printed load bases can be seen here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/81633-chapel-en-le-frith/?p=3218011 Andy

Here are a few pictures of some of this years attending layouts. First up is Headingley, an N Gauge model by Ian Morris Next we have Hills of the North - The Spirit of Shap by LNER4479 of this parish (Pictures used by kind permission of Chris Nervard and Tony Wright) An finally, Ken Nelson's 4mm model of Cliff Common (The junction for the Derwent Valley Light Railway to York) on the Selby to Market Weighton line. The layout also features a model of Skipwith station on the DVLR. Pictures with the kind permission of Jonathan Stockwell)

Next time we have a full running session we plan to take a a few more piccies with a proper camera and lighting

Another view from last night at the club rooms We have a southbound 8F with ICI Hopper empties on the left and an empty mineral coming down the 1 in 90 grade on the right behind another 8F Andy

I had a neighbour many years ago who worked in city house. IIRC he was something to do with the Highways dept Andy

I’m sure you can sort thar for him Baz

Mike, You will be please to know that Rossi's U1 has been seen and has been round Chapel under its own power to surprise of its owner

My Brother has recently completed a number of 3D printed N gauge loco's from the Atso-Cad range. Below are a few photos of the completed models with a brief description. First up is the L1 which uses a Farish Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 chassis as the power train. The using his own 3D printer a chassis extension was produced for the rear bogie section, and a scratch built bogie manufactured. Lined using Fox transfers Next up is a Patriot which as suggested on the Shapeways site uses a Farish Jubilee chassis and a Union Mills tender as power. Coal rails were added from another Farish loco (4F I think). Painted and lined using Fox transfers again. And finally, a K3 which uses the Farish N Class 2-6-0 as a chassis. Currently in production also is a C12. When I have pictures I will post a few here. These 3D priced locos are great way having a model of something a little unusual. Keep up the good work Regards Andy

Is that from the left or right?

For those of you of a nervous disposition when it comes to layout wiring, look away now! This weekend has seen the fitting of point motors, micro switches, section wiring and route indicator switching associated with the recent kick back siding installation. The up side is complete and working, the down side is complete except for the final connections to the section switches, point studs and route LEDs. The wiring to the panels is complete to the panel as there was sufficient spars ways in the existing trunk cables I will finish off the final panel connections on Wednesday Andy

As promised here are couple of shots of the yard lamps painted and installed on CELF Apologises for the blurriness, The camera in the phone does not have a good depth of field Andy

Work is progressing on CELF and we are slowly adding more and more details to the layout. One item we are adding is a set of yard lamps that run along the back edge of the goods yard. We suspect that these lamps were installed during the mid 50's to assist in the storage and operation of the tunnel maintenance train. Dove Holes Tunnel was re-lined in this period and pictures in JM Bentley's excellent Over the Peak Pt1 show the maintenance train parked in the rear siding. When comparing photos of the same areas over the years, the lamps don't seem to appear in shots until about the time these works were in progress. The yard lamps are a wooden telegraph type pole with a round lighting cowl mounted on a bracket arm, the light projection being straight down. Having looked at what may be available ready made, I could't find anything suitable. So I set about building them from scratch. Below is an insight to how they have been manufactured First thing to do was to turn the cowls out of 8mm brass bar on the lathe. The hole is 3mm for accepting a 3mm white LED After cutting the brass tube that will act as the pole, to length, I soldered a little collar at the base of the post to act as a stop when its planted on the layout. A hole was drilled in the tube side wall for the insulated connection wire to the LED. A chisel point was filed on the top of the post and weather shield soldered to the top of the post The LED was prepared for attachment to the post by bending the legs and trimming them to length. A length of enamelled copper wire was soldered to top leg of the LED This wire was then threaded through the hole and out of the bottom of the post. The other leg of the LED is soldered to the post to represent the bracket secured to the post The cowl is then superglued to the LED (after a quick test) and a couple of small lengths of 1mm wire added to represent the insulators for the power cable connections to the adjacent columns The basic yard lamp is now complete and just requires painting Other variation to the basic yard lamp include one lamp with a control box fixed to the column and a lamps with a guy wire to keep the end pole upright. Pictures to follow once painted and installed Andy

Can I ask about the 1 in 40 gradient, are you going for a true 1 in 40, level or a compromise?

Thanks for the lovely comments, glad you enjoyed reading through its development. The ballast we used was from a company from Tremendous (www.treemendus-scenics.co.uk). The track is C&L laid on cork, so we did cut shoulders to help with the shape of the track bed. The ballast itself was laid using the time honored spoon, paintbrush and finger tamper method. The grains of ballast probably lent itself to a little variations as the grain size did vary. it was necessary to stir the pot of ballast every now and again to keep the mixture random. Regards Andy

Another productive morning at the clubroom working on Chapel. This time its the down side fiddle yard kick backs

Now that the collection of ICI Hoppers is growing, its time to turn to how we run full trains. Filling the entire hopper with a limestone substitute would result in a very heavy wagon. Next best thing to build a platform in the hopper and put a covering of limestone substitute. So turning to the 3D printer and a couple of prototypes we end up with A closer look at the 3D print I will add a couple more pictures when I have applied the limestone simulate Another 15 to go

Exactly. Careful marking out of all rail ends as refitting guide and a willing assistant with another pair of hands

Pleasant morning spent working on CelF today before the sun came round and ups the ambient temperature. The objective of laying the UP fiddle kickback siding point work has been achieved. In this weather it doesn't take long for evo-stik to go off! Down kickback sidings to go Andy

Construction of my Judith Edge Fowler 2-6-2t is now in full swing Having opted for a rivet covered 40061 with Pull push Gear (See http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/20479-Bachmann-class-40-to-be-re-tooled/?p=206519) I have just spent a couple of evenings with my trusty Midland riveting tool Pleased with the result, although I'm not sure about the top row of rivets as the are appear half in the etched rebate for the beading around the top of the tank Overall, very pleased with the kit. Andy

For anyone interested in building the 4mm version of the 3P 2-6-2t, the castings and fittings are readily available out there. During my trip to York show last weekend, I managed to find all the parts I need. I have listed the parts required below: - Alan Gibson 4862 5ft2.5" 16 spoke Driving wheels 4839 3ft3.5" 10 Spoke bogie wheels 4M673 Vacuum Brake Ejector 4M831 Cylinder Drain cocks (These are actually meant for an original Patriot 4-6-0 according to the AG catalogue) 4M613 Dome 4M605 Safety valves on a round base. (I will keep the base but replace the ross pops as they look a little small) 247 Developments SD2 Smokebox door CH7 Fowler Tall chimney (for locos with originals cylinders) BH2 Small Belpaire Backhead Markits M4WhistLMf - Fowler Midland whistle M4SftyV1 - 1 pair tall Ross Pop tall safety valves M4WaL4.6 Silvertown Lubricator (x2) Of course I'm sure there're other manufacturers out there who may also produce the same parts, but these are just the ones that I found at York Andy