danstercivicman

Well after a lengthy gap the loft has become suitable for use.

unfortunately my cardboard canopy roof has warped badly  

No progress on the Class 126 due to life getting in the way! 

Wow!!!!!!! 

Stunning! 

On 13/02/2021 at 13:10, BurscoughCurves said:

Hi Mark,

 

Sorry, I missed your comment somehow. Thanks very much I’m glad you like it.

 

Unfortunately the layouts days are numbered as the room needs to be repurposed (due to the arrival of a small human). So I am trying to get as much running in as possible before the line closure notices go up. I’ll be keeping the stock and buildings for future layouts however.

 

All the best,

Pete 

Good news

Big loss for Railways big gain for you!

Hmm... maybe a shed or garage location for the layout?  

Its one one of the best on RMWEB 

Very tasty! 

Nice

On 13/01/2021 at 13:42, Legend said:

Yes it’s in a Bradford Barton book “Diesels on the Scottish Region” D5316 April 1962 , but I don’t think it was that rare . There’s another pic elsewhere in book . Also a class 40 on the Queen of Scots , leaving from what I know of as platform 2 , and another of a 40 on the QoS through Polmont 

 

Incidentally , maybe of help, I understand that Silver Fox are bringing out kits , and later perhaps,  finished models of Edinburgh to Glasgow Swindon sets . I was in touch with them before Christmas , when over on the Stranraer Harbour thread , the gent there had got a 126 kit from them . 

I have indeed- a very nice kit!  I have Replica coach bodies to use and absolutely no spare time atm to actually build it!  

Worth contacting Silver Fox and Replica if you need parts etc  

Wow this looks great  

As a previous minories modeller great to see! 

This looks great! 

3 hours ago, Pacific231G said:

Interesting to know why they went down that road then changed their mind. The railway seems to have been persuaded to go to Portpatrick and maybe would have, if left to its own devices,  focussed on Stranraer earlier. There must have been a balance between the relative qualities  of the two harbours and the voyage time. I think the work the Admiralty was supposed to be doing on the harbour was partly to extend the piers and so make it more of a bad weather port. At some point they clearly changed their mind but left the railway holding the baby.

 

Sounds like some fun to be had with the WTT to see what can and can't be diverted to make Stranraer more interesting. Could the Town station be closed to passengers but still used operationally?  I was at College in Plymouth for a couple of years from 1967 and though the Millbay terminus had closed for passengers in 1941 it was still intact and the line to it was was being quite heavily used to handle ECS from North Road and rather less heavily for goods traffic in and out of Millbay Docks.

Yes, from the reading I’ve done on Port Patrick the PPR intended to use it and lots of plans were made, the Admiralty pulled out and the CR preferred Stranraer... it was therefore not a success in part due to a number of ships running aground and problems with weather related/sea related dangers! 

Yes I could definitely move services to Stranraer Harbour and have Stranraer Town just being used as the run round and goods yard.  It would certainly make operations easier but displease some local passengers I expect  

It wasn’t a good Harbour.  Ships couldn’t leave during bad weather (common) therefore Stranraer became the main Harbour and Cairnryan was developed as a the secondary/emergency docks for WW2... it wasn’t needed and after WW2 was used for dumping ammunition into the sea (via small boats) then scrapping navy ships!

I could happily divert trains to the Harbour but the Town station served as the run round for backing empty coaches into the coaching sidings   

Happy Christmas everyone.  

Does anyone know how easy the ratio LMS signals are to build and get working?  

I was was looking at the Dapol motorised ones but they seem very rare and expensive!

Has anyone built the ratio ones and got them working easily? 

Best

dan 

The bits you need are:

paint

glue

decals

bogies

power unit of choice (I’m using Replica dpc but you can use Hornby power bogies) 

coach bodies (I’ve gone Replica- you can use others) 

corridor gangways

coupling things

interior bits

wheel things

lid vent things for the coach roofs 

the bits I don’t have:

skill

patience   

1 hour ago, Legend said:

Thankyou  for the information on this . I contacted Silver Fox and I’ve now got one on order . Chris explained that they have conversion kit for the Corridor Composite, that I’m interested in , but that they also have buffet version from original E&G sets I think .  They have the conversion kits for 2021 but hope to offer completed models in 2022 which is great news ( if I mess up my current build!) 

 

one question. What’s actually in the conversion kit? 

Resin ends

side overlays

underneath technical bits

glazing bits

exhaust bits 

There are other bits but I don’t know what they am

59 minutes ago, turtlebah said:

Warehouse bridge now has it's first lick of paint - a base coat of engineers blue.  Next up is the light stone mortar wash before some more general weathering will be applied (soot marks, water marks etc).

 

Abergavenny Castle is leaving platform 1 light engine after bringing in a semi fast service from Oxford.  The collet 0-6-0 is on station pilot duty today.

 

 

Great stuff  

8 hours ago, Legend said:

Wow . Never realised they made one . Did you get it direct from Silver Fox?  I’ve previously trawled their website and found no mention of it . 
 

Just bought a periodical  Heavy Freight Diesel and Electric, there is a picture of a Class 45 D65 Grenadier Guardsman on a vehicle train for Northern Ireland . I never realised Peaks made it to Stranraer . The picture is at Pinmore . Is that the line in from Girvan rather than the Port route? 

Yes pinmore is the Ayr route so that is prob after the closure of the Port Road.  That route had higher weight tolerances I think so 7MT’s ran over it.  

8 hours ago, Legend said:

I’ll give them a call after Christmas , assuming open in Pandemic . I’m going down the Trix route but the ends would be very handy . Yes like you I’ve never done anything more than paint a train before . So this big learning curve for me 

Yes it’s quite scary having to build the kit!  

Like you painting is all I’ve really done- the Clan kit was almost fully complete.

Trains are abit more fiddly than tanks!!! 

10 minutes ago, Legend said:

Wow . Never realised they made one . Did you get it direct from Silver Fox? 

Yup.  I Just need to build it now!!!  My wife’s getting me the dremel type thing for Christmas and I’ve got the Replica DPC and three Replica coach bodies to cut into.  The kit has resin ends and overlays.  

I will then run it on Replica modified mk.1 bogies and next year or 2022 I’ll need to build a further three car set (unpowered)..

I build a lot of resin tanks and some planes but the building of a train is something I’ve never attempted.  Unlike a tank you can just cover mistakes up with dirt/battle damage...

I may be very naughty and switch some of the Town services to the Harbour... naughty and unprototypical but... more interesting!!! 

I’ve now fitted most of my coaching stock with gangway connectors  

The Class 126 stands ready in platform 2 to depart with the 13:30...

Hmm must build it!!

Looks good- a very important type and glad to see it made in OO  

This layout looks great! 

On 09/12/2020 at 20:09, 26power said:

At least you din't use "rooves"!

 

Black doesn't seem appropriate, better with various shades of grey.  Same  for goods vans.  I think you can get tins/jars of "roof grey" but that is maybe for new or overhauled stock. 

 

Maybe best looking at colour albums or on Flickr.  Some examples I have saved on the latter (coincidental that some are Port Road!):

Newton Stewart

 

Crossmichael (there is also a shot of this train approaching, if anyone interested in the self weighing tender!)

 

Kirkcudbright branch

 

A few more goods orientated ones:

Kyle of Lochalsh

 

Elliot junction.

 

Hope this helps gets you started down this particular rabbit hole!

 

I like the Post Office van on the platform pic- is that a Comer type van? 

The Station guttering needs addressing along with a small canopy over the loading bay.  This I think would have been for a horse cab to fit into maybe?

I haven’t followed the Station building plans very well   

Saturday afternoon July 25th 1964 

The 13:30 Glasgow Boat Train rattled away in Platform 2.  This will be the Class 126 when I build it!!!  For now a Class 110 has to do

The 13:40 Newcastle (via Carlisle) sits in Platform 3.  73079 is in charge and it’s Gresley stock to the fore behind a horsebox with a prize racehorse inside  

It will arrive in Newcastle at 18:37.

A B1 will take over at Carlisle...

Meanwhile goods and parcels are busy being sorted for the sailings!