bazjones1711

Depending on the type of cradles you require  , a BBA with 6 cradles that were used to carry both slab and coil would require these cradles 

http://www.stensonmodels.co.uk/product/cradles-small-cc15d/

There were 33 BBA with this type of cradle

Or if doing a BWA with 5 cradles you would need these 

http://www.stensonmodels.co.uk/product/cradles-large-cc14d/

There were 13 BWA  wagons

If you are doing a BLA you need these

https://www.hamodels.net/set-of-coil-cradles-for-bca/bla.html

Although Cavalex models will be releasing  these soon 

Alternatively  you could use some cradles off the Bachmann  baa wagon , hope this helps

You can use some elastic strip the stuff covered in nylon , easiest way to remove the nylon  is  with some sandpaper gently rubbed over the outside then you will have individual  strands of elastic inside  , hope that makes sense . Look in your wife's sewing basket !

As our crossley scrap layout  was built for our modelling enjoyment,  but it also falls into the category of being exhibited  for the enjoyment  of the paying public at shows , the techneques  used in the scenery and of the likes of the scrap bales etc... or how to paint convincing concrete are often asked about and expained by us , or sometimes i will do a demonstration showing the public how to do it or the can try for themselves thus learning new skills . Whilst I could blow my own trumpet and glorify my own efforts , I don't , people will comment and like for what they see . Nearly all the shows we have done so far (about 6 - 7 ) we do not get paid for fuel , food etc.. so without the likes of our efforts there would not be an exhibition for the public to see , a lot of time goes into preparation days before , plus doing a two day show is tiring . Without shows to go to the layout would sit on its trestles covered in a cloth gathering dust ! 

As mentioned in the above posts , making a layout different  to stand out  will get you noticed with more booking likely to come your way . With the first showing of our Crossley scrap layout  at the small cardiff show two years ago,  we had further invites , a recommendation to Hornby  magazine for a photo session with an article published this year and a invite the Great Electric show this October followed by Railex Taunton ! So far we have had invites from every show in the last two years of exhibiting. 

On our layouts  , we used some thin ply as an edge  , about 10 mm higher than the baseboard , this protects the scenery  and looks neater 

hello all ,hope someone out there can help us please , my son having bought a Bachmann class 47 , now wants to put a Hornby tts sound chip in , so having purchased   a sound chip which is 8 pin this now needed a 21 pin to 8 pin adapter , so then sent off for one of these , all we had to do was plug the 8 pin into the adapter and plug the 21 pin onto the loco pcb board , that is all fine , tested the loco out and all works fine , now to the problem  , when the body is put back on the top of the tts 8 pin is to high so the body will not go back on , ok its only a few mm but enough , so what are the options , would buying this type of 21 pin socket then soldering the 8 wires from the tts decoder to pins 1 to 8 marked up work  , i live in hope

regards Baz

Thank you for posting the link , only found out about it tonight ... need to fully finish it off one day mind you .... enjoy

Llanwern tippler

Pic from an old wagon book 

probably the easiest option to build rakes of the BSC ore wagons is to have a two pack of outers and a five pack of inners , makes sense to me , that way there is no duplication of having too many outers in a rake  ... just a thought

Ah my prediction from June 5th has seemed to come true , wonder how i knew they may possibly do these ? next JSA in blue and silver followed by a Sheerness JXA ?

Word on the street is now 24th June ! 

My Crystal ball predicts a PTA ore / stone wagon in all the various liverys plus a Sheerness steel jxa , just saying ....

Josh and myself should be there not sure which layout yet , either Crossley scrap , Shepcote  Lane  or poss Penny Lane depot !

Thank you for the invite , always a pleasure to come to the show , will have to bring something else next year !

Regards Baz

910265 was the wagon pictured above described as ghost black livery a one off livery   , with 910333 in sector  livery with yellow ends again a one off livery

Few pics from today's testing of Shepcote lane ready for Saturday show , all seems to be working ok , just need to find some extension cables

10 hours ago, daveyb said:

That Facebook link doesn't work, is there an alternative link? Looks interesting...

Will see if i can get the video off my son who took the footage soon and repost , a few more pics in the meantime 

https://www.facebook.com/joshua.lovell.31/videos/2205577206227709/?t=4

Video of the tippler working