danstercivicman

On 28/09/2020 at 18:21, David Bell said:

I could not resist laying out some stock. Here we have a Class 21 with a couple of vans. The class 26 on a parcels train. Some local workings in the middle and an express at platform 2. I have just noticed I have a mk2 fk next to an ex LMS Porthole, somewhat unlikely! I need a couple more Mk 1 coaches and this rake will form the North Britain. I think tomorrow I will lay out the blue grey stock and see how that looks!

Did the station have transversers at the platform ends? 

This is amazing!

I had been looking at Queen St before. 

Amazing work  

I know it’s not minories but would Glasgow Queen Street be of any use? 

I hope this helps:

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/132504414009271109/

3 hours ago, turtlebah said:

Finally got round to playing trains after a big tidy up.  It’s helped me find my modelling mojo again and after months of inactivity I’ve started to crack on with the retaining walls and station canopy (post this video).

 

As you’ll see on the video, although I’ve got the basic MDF shells for the warehouse above the bridge, I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to finish the design.  Any photos of GWR warehouses or Birmingham area warehouses would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

Have a look at Birmingham New Street pre rebuild.  It has just the warehouse over rail-bridge you need! 

2 hours ago, turtlebah said:

Hi Dan, the retaining walls are laser cut from 2mm MDF by the lovely folks at York Model Making.  I sent them a scale drawing of what I was after and they turned up on the post 2 weeks later.

 

I thought getting them laser cut in MDF would be much sharper than me whittling away at some plasticard.

Thank you!  I’ll look them up

5 hours ago, 26power said:

As said, a slippery slope although quite a few of the Parkside range are also now available RTR.

 

I don’t recall seeing pictures of fish trains or vans at Stranraer and I don’t think it has a history of being a fishing port, although I have’t researched it.  However, it is your layout!  I wonder if Portpatrick might have been more for fishing, I  think it still has a bit today?  If you are imagining the line from there to Stranraer still being open for your layout then perhaps an option would be to have a fish van or two from there being brought down to your harbour station to be added to a passenger train, rather than having a specific fish train?  These presumably only really ran from major fishing ports.
 

Regardless of above ramblings, another Parkside one to maybe consider for such a train is the LMS 6T fish van: https://peco-uk.com/products/lms-6ton-fish-wagon?_pos=79&_sid=1fd6e7c0f&_ss=r
Although this is for a slightly earlier era in fish movement I think - before white painted vans.

 

Or there is the Five79 range ( was Chivers Finelines).  There is a topic on this forum for it.  The LMS 6 wheel fish van, when it is available again might be of interest, see: https://five79.co.uk/4mm-Standard-Gauge-Kits/.

 

More generally,  there is the Cambrian range, see: https://www.cambrianmodelrail.co.uk. Plenty to choose from and some of the more recent ones have one piece underframes or bogies which should make getting a running vehicle easier.

 

Another specifically relevant one for your trains and layout might be the LMS cattle van from Parkside: https://peco-uk.com/products/lms-cattle-wagon?_pos=55&_sid=1fd6e7c0f&_ss=r. Ben Alder on here had posts about building them and altering them to represent different builds.

 

Hope this helps!  Happy kit building.

Aha!  A light bulb idea that   

Yes my layout features the ‘Rule One’ Port Patrick local...  therefore that’s a really good suggestion!!

Yes I doubt there would have ever been a dedicated train but bolting some fish vans onto the larger trains makes sense! 

Brilliant suggestions I’ll take a look! 

Best

dan  

6 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Very droll.

Indeed

The only other choices were:

5MT on Class A/XP head-codes...

A half finished Clan on C head-codes.

A Jubilee 45596 (prob never seen at Stranraer) on C head-codes..

I’m somewhat doubtful whether there was fish traffic from this side of Stranraer but it adds variety!

I got the St Austell to Penzance book- interesting alternative use for cattle wagons hauling perishable vegetable traffic!  It could provide me with an alternative load idea!

The half finished Insulated Meat Container is being tested...

The Crab has arrived for the fish train...

I do quite like the station lights.

A busy Stranraer! 

The Caley ‘Pug’ has come to assist the Hunslet with shunting duties as the fish train awaits a Crab to take it To Carlisle.  

Nice new layout idea! 

6 minutes ago, lezz01 said:

Are they the big red one and the bigger green one??

Regards Lez.

James is Red.  Henry Green.

Rails has the solution:

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/35624/Bachmann-35-283z-oo-gauge-mcintosh-812-class-0-6-0-steam-locomotive-in-br-black-late-crest-no-57566

Now this isn’t technically required for Stranraer but my daughter loves horses so a horse box was required...

Does anyone know whether there is a Donald/Douglas type loco in OO that would suit?  My son loves Donald and Douglas!!

I’ve been trying to improve my grass. 

6 hours ago, Ben Alder said:

Be careful, these things are addictive.....

 

I can see why...

If you think of any Scottish Region essential kits let me know!  I like your recent J36 snow plow btw! 

7 hours ago, lezz01 said:

Nice they look good so far.

Regards Lez.

Thank you  

Thank you.  I do like the Parklife kits! 

They seem to fit fit together well.  Thankfully there are a lot of pics on the inter web to help with where the bits go.  I will have to add NEM couplings. 

I’m building my first kit wagons...

Parklife kits...

PC-64 Beetle

PC-09A 10t insulated van 

Well I seem to be having E=2mC or whatever it is!

I fix one area and another problem arises...

The battery powered LED lights have a lovely warm soft glow whereas the usb side has a harsher tone despite being warm white?

The platform canopies look awful and I should have paid more attention to building these...

Anyway the Bachmann Compound runs great  and the 2P that a legend of railroad modelling fettled also runs like a dream!

This all makes me certain Penzance will be the next location to model as there is only one canopy and it’s set really far back!!!!!

Very nice  

A really rather splendid idea that!  

Station lighting...

I should have added these along time ago...

The other side will have battery powered led lights and then I’ll fit the roof.  

On 10/07/2020 at 10:08, George Hudson said:

This must stop!!   It’s incredible!  Tremendous modelling!  Your layout is an inspiration  

Keep up the amazing work  

37 minutes ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said:

 

Under Stranraer? 

 

Then all you will need is a helix to connect the two layouts and you have a model of almost the full length of British railways!

The 'Rule One'  Stranraer to Penzance! 

The holiday special Dumfries to Newquay!  

Now.... there was a Glasgow-Penzance service I think?  

That would have been a epic journey!