paulprice

Andy, which show is this? what date is it on (quick insert a plug for it here)

Looking forward very much to exhibiting... The victoria bridge blog has been quiet of late but I have been preparing more additions so I can run a mini branch line gala.... Stretching reality a little there will be a dean goods visiting from Swindon for the day. With the floorplan still to be confirmed, is there any chance of victoria bridge being next to foster street- as I am very keen to have a closer look!

Will

You can have a closer look at Foster Street, but try not to point out the many, many faults, I may even have the Ivatt Class 4 running by then? Flying Pigs might actually Fly

Hi Paul, nice to hear you had a good show. I hope those nose-diving locos survived?

 

The photos really show off the layout well, I think. The detailing is nicely balanced, not too many distracting cameos, but just enough to make the layout come alive. The cattle being herded up the street, the truck being weighed, for example. 

 

I especially like the train coming around the curve in the cutting, I wouldn't mind spending a sunny day there!

The nose diving loco's must be bomb proof as they escaped with no damage, a couple of the wagon fleet lost their couplings but, it gives me a chance to improve them, and as you can tell my stock needs improvement.

I have a few more figures to add to the layout, when I get round to finishing them, but I'm planning to have a week away from modelling then, I really want to get the goods yard operation improved before the Weston show in about a month.

I have the feeling if I don't Andy might ration the supply of bacon sarnies......if that happens it could get messy, and I don't mean sauce drips down the front of the crews shirts.......

Looking good.

Andy

Thanks, I have even managed to increase the "Crimson" content in the fleet, along with a couple of grubby freight loco's but nobody noticed

Have you increased the bacon and brown sauce order for the Weston show, as when my horde arrive, sorry "professional operating team" its the only thing we can use to subdue them

Glad the show went well:-)

It was good, it was amazing how quickly time passed, but when we all got back home on Sunday evening I think the exhaustion hit us all like a hammer,........not long before the next outing at the Weston show that is if Andy still wants us???

At least when we will be all together at the Warrington Exhibition our villages can relax knowing where we all are

Will there be brown sauce ????

Its a mixture of gold old paintbrush, and some Fox transferes

Andy

Cheer up, just think of these little annoyances (if It was me I would be going ballistic lol) as opportunities to try something else. As for letting people operate layouts at the show, perhaps I could get more visitors to operate my layout, as last year the visitors were better than my so called "operating crew".

Andy

Long time no hear, the question is can you ever have too many of one particular type of locomotive? I mean I just cant run the layout with Jubilee's can I???

Even as a massive steam fan, these look brilliant,

I think a little weathering may be applied, plus it might help to hide a few areas that I'm not happy with...

looking good to me, now fancy weathering all my stock???,,,,,,,

looking great to me, fancy weathering the remainder of my N gauge rolling stock?

Wow looking brilliant, you should start building N gauge locomotives for me

Hi Paul, I like the idea of the office under the bridge but i should imagine the light bulb consumption is pretty high in that shady position! The stores manager would probably moan about his bill for the bulbs!!!

As for the green facia board, got to be maroon ( or close to it ), can`t have a GWR grass coloured one in LMS country!!!

Always a good read.

Jim.

You might be right about the green facia, but I'm almost ashamed to admit it but I quite like it. Like most things on the layout though it could change....

Hi Paul, nice ways to conceal the joins, very creative. That black stuff seems to work well. Here in Denmark we only have some watery light stuff - probably the best bile in the world.

 

The overbridge works very well I think, I like those taxis parked outside. More subtle than the usual bus.

Mikkel, I feel sorry for people who have to drink that horrible watery light stuff, give me a gallon on the black stuff anytime.

You and I will have to set up a supply network to get the stuff over to you.

I have a couple of busses too, I was thinking of using them as well, but I am just waiting for the paint to dry.....

Do you think the domestic overlord has his own secret GWR layout stashed away that only comes out when no ones looking??

no but I do, but please don't tell anyone I have a reputation to maintain

Is it me or is everyone else seeing those elephants!!??!!

 

That green is a bit controversial...!

Jez - What Elephants?????

As for the green paint, I blame the Domestic Overlord because he chose it So as usual I'm innocent

Coming along nicely Paul. I like your canal feature and the impression of distance your backscene gives you.

Best of luck at the exhibition.

 

Jim.

Jim

thanks but there are still a couple of areas on the backscene I need to improve

Looking good. Sounds like you will be busy with Warrington and then Weston. Which magazine are you going to feature in?

Thanks Andy,

I will have to run extensive tests to see if the Bacon sandwiches at the Warrington exhibition are as good as the ones at Weston last year.

Milkkel

The advantage of short trains I suppose is that you can have even MORE of them. I think the recent bang on the head I suffered might have been more serious than I thought, as I have even been thinking about building a GWR branch terminus.

dont worry my next layout plan has lots and lots of terraces, so you will get lots of practice

Job

As ever excellent just excellent, I know who to ask now to build the terraces on my next layout.

Well in that case, I may be persuaded to see what I can build, I wonder it its possible to RC it? As for that Grimes pest, I worry when he is quiet it means he is up to something.....