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Double headed class 26 made it to Tyne yard also on steel trains of slab , there is a pic in an old Rail Express

kibri scrap handler on our crossley scrap layout , had some weathering done tonight

Kibri Lieherr scrap handler on our Crossley Scrap layout , this has had some weathering done tonight

Our Crossley scrapyard layout will be appearing at the Pontypridd show 21st April 2018 and at the Barry and Penarth 40th the anniversary show 14th/15th July 2018 ,see you all there ..

Looking forward to the show , see you in two weeks time , always a good and friendly show at Pontypridd , until then ..

We will also be at the Barry and Penarth 40 the anniversary show with Crossley scrapyard on July 14th / July 15th at St Cyres school. Sully road. Penarth cf64 2xp.

Pontypridd show April 21st 2018 , we shall be in attendance with our layout Crossley scrapyard

Crossley scrap

Ps all due to the efforts of the Rolley brothers and lord and butler for putting on the show who have done an excellent job for the past 3 years

I write this from my hospital bed ! Everyone else sleeping, no time for that still on iv drips , tooth out just the infection to go away . Regards baz

Are we more interested in the making than the "playing"? The answer to the question is a resounding yes for me, the enjoyment / hobby is in the building , weathering , research ect... When the layouts are at home they have never been used but I am always trying to improve my standards and level of detail ...as for Crossley scrapyard it has only been to one show this year , it has had three invites and is due to be published in Hornby magazine soon

Hello huw Crossley scrapyard is due to appear at the Pontypridd show 21st April and at the Barry and Penarth anniversary show 14 th and 15 the July 2018.

Shepcote Lane tippler sidings layout

A few more

This is our Crossley scrapyard layout only 4ft long , but does it have soul ? I'll let others decide

The Thunderbirds' radio code "F-A-B", meaning "message received and understood", didn't stand for anything, it was just supposed to sound "hip". In fact, when asked what it stood for, Gerry Anderson once replied, with some bemusement, "Fab," as though it were obvious.

Conversion kits for ready to run wagons. CC1: Hornby freightliner detailing kit, sufficient parts for a 5 wagon set. This is not the Mendip kit, includes air brake fittings handbrake wheels, twistlocks, etc. Requires 20 axles of Jackson 9mm diameter wheels to complete. ( Pack WP1) Price - £20.75 This is a s kits detail kit , may be of use to you

The barrels are made from the two nylon rollers found in an old music cassette tape , the chain is handmade from the inner copper cable from TV coax cable

Handmade oil drums , these are made from old cassette tapes , inside there are two nylon rollers , these are glued together , a disc of plasticard is super glued on and sanded to shape , again rust weathered , the fuel stains are by AK interactive Also a better picture of the chain

Some rusty ships anchor chain, handmade from the inner core of some old coax TV cable , wound a long length around a small flat file , cut down the length of the windings , then linked them together, painted with various shades of rust paints , and some real rust powder brushed on , also you can use the thinner fine copper outer core of the coax .... Scrunch it into a ball shape and you can use it to clean your soldering iron !

Class 27 at Tinsley depot. Picture taken on south bound return from grand Scottish tour ,

I was a member , done many of their trips , the chairman was a Simon Guppy , I have somewhere 1 or 2 tatty trip report brochures , remember doing IIRC a 4/5 day grand tour of Scotland and north east , highlight was drinking too much at on overnight stay ( possibly in Darlington) and being very ill the next day . In the trip report it stated people who had cleared a class of loco , my name was mentioned as Barrie who cleared his stomach, other names I seem to remember were John Virgin who had one false arm , Jeff Trebey , Andy Down ( Cardiff), Ian Hall ( Bristol) , Mike Edge (Caerphilly) , Royston IIRC from Westbury I will see what else I can find / remember !

Terry the T*^t was actually a good shop once you took Terry out of the equation; he was a miserable sod who seemed constantly resentful that he was not becoming a millionaire off our backs. But one could get most things there, and he stocked Smith's scale couplings, the only place in Cardiff at the time that did. I used to buy my Smith's couplings there , but when I bought a couple of packets from there many years ago , Terry wasn't there, but he had someone else minding the shop , I gave the said stand in shopkeeper iirc probably a £10 note for my goods , the bloke put them in a bag , and handed me probably something like £17 in change , I left the shop rather quick !