shaunthesheep277

Been awhile since I posted on here so here goes

Entering the Yard is heading to Warley Model railway show this weekend (25th & 26th November 2023)

If you want to see the layout I'm stand D20, don't be shy say Hi, I don't bit lol

If I'm honest I'm a little nervous n excited, Hoping all will go well

Tomorrow Entering the Yard will be attending Carlton Model Railway Show in Howden for the weekend

Come pay us a visit if you fancy it and I'll see you there

Oh god it's been a while since I posted here but here goes

This year Entering the Yard will be attending Model Railway Show Howden Saturday/Sunday 25th-26th March 2023,Howden school DN14 7AL

And a jewel in the crown for me Warley Model Railway Show Saturday/Sunday 25th-26th November 2023 NEC Birmingham B40 1NT

I post more regularly on my Facebook page if you want to look me up

I would like to say a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year from Entering the Yard

Let's hope 2022 will be the best year yet

So with a little luck the layout will be attending Scarborough soon the details are below

Scarborough Model Railway Show

Newby & Scalby Community Hall

Scalby Road

Scarborough

YO13 0RA

Saturday 7th August 2021

10am to 5pm

Hi Terry been a while since I posted here

You'll be glad to hear your class 70 and MPV are still running well on my layout though it is not the original one, we've moved several times and even had to leave an entire layout once. Hope you'll get back into the hobby again

Regards Shaun

I haven't posted Here for a while but to be honest with the current pandemic situation there is really nothing to report of progress on the layout

Having said that there is debate of weather the small show at Scarborough will go ahead in August though I'm thinking it may not

I do post on the Facebook page now and again so if any updates I will post on there

Hopefully we can all get back to some form of normality soon

Merry Christmas from us at Entering the Yard

Next year with any luck we can all get back to normal but with York already cancelled it may be a While before normal comes into effect

Shows wise not a clue theres been no contact and with some shows already cancelled I'm looking at Bridlington for 2021 for the first show 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Thomas The Tank Engine

DCC Sound & Smoke Fitted

Part 2 Assembly & Testing

So After my laptop has charged up again

Once the generator was dry the main bodywork was placed back onto the main chassis and I may say a touch of paint goes a long way to looking bit more like Thomas

Wiring is something I'm not a fan but I'll give it a go, first thing was to cut the pin connector off for soldering straight to the major components

I had to google which wires went to which, I did have a sheet somewhere but lost it

Strange thing is someone has wired the generator to the lights but after reading the instructions the Brown wire and the blue wire is the correct way after tweaking with the Cv'S (still haven't got that right yet)

Once everything was wired I tested to make sure everything was workinng

Putting back together was tricky though, where the wires are connected to the motor were just touching the top of the boiler casing so a bit of persuasion was needed for it to clip back together

The cab clips in too so slipping it back into the main casing was easy

One thing I did forget was I wanted to add kadee couplers to Thomas so he had to come apart again for them to  work... make a note plan a project properly before starting or make a list in the correct order

Overall a process I did enjoy doing I do think plenty of people had tried so it's nothing new but will add something new to the layout

I did the loco Percy too now that was a lot harder than I thought I'll add the video of that here too for a look

Thomas The Tank Engine

DCC Sound & Smoke Fitted

Part 1 disassemble and making it fit

I got the decoder, sugarcube speaker and the 22 smoke generator of Youchoos

The sounds is that of a Jinty after a bit of research that is closest to the type of engine that Thomas is

After taking him apart I decided I wanted to fit a crew in his cab so having the decoder in there wasn't an option

Looing closer there is plenty of room in his coal box so I drilled a hole were the firebox is so to feed the wires through (the crew can cover them away)

position of the sugarcube was next, just in front of the motor again with plenty of room and just far away from the smoke generator not to damage it

I drilled a 4.5mm hole... Nope tell a lie I drilled a 2.0mm hole first as a pilot hole then drilled the 4.5mm hole

The 22 smoke generator replaces the chimley and is glued with a 2 part apoxiy

The bodywork does come off in one go but looking closely I noticed the boiler and cab can come off seperate so to wire him together was going to be a little easier as once tested i can just pop it back on

the boiler does slot in behind the chimley but not too close to the generator to melt it

The bodywork is all held together with tabs so do becareful not to snap then prising apart

I will add more detail in part 2 of the write up and hopefullly the test video

On another note only 10 megabytes for pictures I'm going to have to split the project into two parts and for some reason I can't upload a video

Wow I haven't posted here in a while

So 2020 with COVID-19 happened all the shows for the layout were cancelled, hope your all staying safe

I have been posting on my Facebook page since then and one project I've been working on is a DCC sound & smoke fitted Thomas the Tank Engine

Unfortunately I have just tried to write up on this on my laptop and it basically won't let me so I'm writing this on my mobile

I'll try again tomorrow

I can post one picture here which is good

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Entering the yard

Shows for next year are as follows

21st-22nd     March Howden MRS

16th-17th      May Immingham MRS

23rd-24th      May Bridlington MRS

1st August      Scarborough MRS

and finally still on for 2021 Warley MRE 27th 28th November

I would like to also put it is a messy job so do it somewhere with space which I haven't and also not to build the layout using an old shelf 20mm thick

Oh well never mind lol

I've decided this weekend to rip the track up as with Caistorail out the way the next show is March (I think) one thing I noticed was how bumpy it was and the eletromagnets was 100% working with the kadee couplings so with this all in mind I thought to do it in one go

I've also got a new back scene but I'll do that once it's all running as that comes off (as least it used to)

Entering the Yard will be attending the Caistorail Model Railway Show this weekend

I've added pictures of the details and a map location if you fancy to pop and have a look 

I'm doing this on my mobile so if your reading this post means it's worked (yeah) and I'll post again tomorrow 

Another week another van

This is my 2nd attempt as the 1st was a failure

Some micro leds or smd as there called used at the rear of the flatbed took ages to stick

at some point these will have to be test fitted on the layout in there respected places but plenty more to do

The best thing about making these is I can mix and match them on the layout and make the scene look different with minimum effot other than the locos coming in to complete there

Also few more pics here

I've had a class 08 redone with sound and lights as I didn't do it very well myself so I sent it to Richard of Roads & Rails

Here it is in the background of the new van with it's transfers applied

Both need weathering and renumbering now

Two more pictures of the underneath of the vans to show you the connections

Sorry for not posting in a while progress has been pushing forward

I've started on redoing the vehicles on the layout with new connections and better wired so more reliable

pictures of the old van and new van side by side

plus old van is technically flying were as the new van is lower down

Today I paid a visit to Scunthorpe Model railway show held by the Scunthorpe Modern Image Railway Group

Some very good layouts today Knew most of the exhibitors there too

Some shots of todays show

Well it's been a while but to be honest not much had happened on the layout

I've been busy on my home layout really I must have shares in a well known DIY store lol

Anyway Tomorrow I'll pay a visit to Howden Model railway show at the weekend and see all tha layouts on show and try not to buy anything from the traders, details in picture provided
I will also pay a visit to Jason of Custom Layout Signs who provided me with my layout sign for Entering the Yard which is awesome
If you would like one he is on Facebook search for Custom Layout Signs and send him a message.
He has provided one of the very signs for a layout there too

Saturday saw an excellent collection of Cake Boxes - thanks to all who brought them along. I'll sort out the photos and video next week so we can do more on the BRM Express newsletter at the end of the month. 

 

Sunday, I filled the space with my own projects, including some Cake Box models. 

 

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It was a pleasure brining my cakebox and meeting others that built them too

I think the show for me was the best one I'd been to for a while, I think it's beacause there was a variety of layouts n traders but the use of space as well because the walkways were wide enough to walk down and there were still 4 to 5 people deep at some layouts yet you could still get to see

only bad thing was the big dint in my wallet which I wasn't planning on lol

Shaun

Congratulations well deserved winner Kevin

I've sent my email Phil

looking forward to seeing other cakeboxs there aswell

Entering the Yard to do list

. Lower the legs by 2 inches or less (Some of the kiddies couldn't see)

. Rebuild a new digger (Cause the other one blew)

. Add a new pin connection for vehicles (I have a few more for different places in mind for this one)

. Add weight to rolling stock as some of them wasn't decoupling at times

. New project Wickhams Trolly to add sound to (I remember Hornby magazine did an article on this so I'll try my hand at that)

. Clean clean clean (The track was filthy by the end of the weekend and I don't want to even look at all the loco wheels)

Plenty to keep myself busy over Christmas