Pelham Street

I was originally thinking about cutting lengths of brass rod, the width of a chair with rail cutting snips, and soldering to the rail web where a chair would appear. As the ballast covers every thing else the lack of the rest of the chair won't show. However, it's cutting multiple length all the same size that stopped me before. Any ideas if this will work?

Hi guys, I am constructing track in O gauge by soldering rail to copperclad sleepers. All very old had now days. however I am ballasting alnost to the top of the rail web as I am modelling pre-1900 period. Does anyone make whitemetal chaie tops that can be glued or soldered to represent the very tops of the chairs that poked above the gravel ballast used then?

Hi Guys. I am in need of some 7mm hexagonal gas lamps to be suspended from a station overall roof. The would be quite large and came down to a point at the base. I don't know of any firms that make these. Can anyone help?

Thanks for the prompt reply. Yes the Maunsell Q 0-6-0. I thought the dimensions were close to a Fowler 4F. A friend has Russell,s SR loco book with sort of Weight diagrams in it. The tender looks close too.

I have aquired an old 7mm Lima 4F 0-6-0 and wondered if a Southern Q 0-606 can be made from it. Has any one tried this little operation?

Well that's a suprise, no relies! Don't worry, Waterloo was a law unto itself in the Victorian period. My traffic requirements are much less. The LSWR terminus at Plymouth Friary had a footbridge in a similar position and no repeaters, so I will adopt this as the basis for not modelling them. Will try to ask something a little less weird in future!

On the LSWR it would appear that some of the early Adams engines of the late 1870s were much heavier that the Civil Engineer allowed. The 46 class 4-4-0t had the weight diagram @doctored@ so it read less than the loco's actual weight!.

Hi guys, I have another weird question on signalling. My new layout is set in 1885 and is of the proposed LSWR terminus at South Kensington. At Waterloo old station, pre. 1900. there were signal repeaters halfway down the main platforms 1 to 4. Like at Waterloo I have a footbridge halfway down the platform. The LSWR split it's fixed carriage rakes on suburban trains for off peak services. These short sets would, on the model have the footbridge in front of the engine, obscuring the platform starters. I may want to hold two short trains in one platform. Question 1 The platform starter has the distant mounted on it. Would both arms be duplicated on the repeating signal? Question 2 At Waterloo, with its original low roof, these were suspender from the beams. My model has a much higher roof and would require the signals to be platform mounted. Presumably these would need some form or gate and railings to keep the public off them? I think i have seen something like this on a GWR station, Would iron railings and a gate look right? Am about to sort out some track work over the weekend!

Oh dear, this isn't getting me far! If the layout goes to shows, then my name will appear in the brochure. The same applies if it appears in the modelling press. I suppose that if both are done then I needn't worry about the web? However it seems more personal, and immediate. The layout is intended to go to shows though.

I am currently starting a new layout, and inspired by blogs such as Blue lightening,s Oakhill layout I was thinking of doing the same. Probably the usual thing, showing progress on the project My only problem, being new to all this computer stuff, is it safe. Surely in putting up a blog I would be letting people know what I have, as well as who I am. Would this invalidate any insurance ?

The Victorian cab trade got through a huge amount of horses. Their working comditions were pityful How were horses transported to london at the time/ Horse boxes would appear to have been reserved for the better equine types. I have seen photo's of military horses in cattle trucks, (officers chargers went in the horse boxes.) Were ordinary horses carried in cattle trucks too. Horses were nervous, so were the trucks sheeted? As I am modelling South Kensington, were there any horse sales in that area? A lot of horses were imported from Ireland, but i an not sureif cab hacks were frome so far away. Any thoughts? ( As you may guess I often put up weird questions like this!

Gary, Is it true that the SECR have bought out Oakhill station, as the Brighton could only provide terriers for the train services?

I have an unmade Acorn kits 24'0" full brake van. Although the kit is for a four wheeled coach, i was told that some were converted to six wheelers. Does anyone have any information on this?

I am building a low relief station building in mount board, glued to a wood framed ply backscene. It will be the rear wall to a station with an overall roof, like the LSWR Bournemouth Central. The mopdel is in o gauge. I represents a building 450'0" long and 60'0" high. (10'0" long in o gauge0 I intend to cover the basic card structure in South East Finecast's English bond sheets and add plasticard detailing. What type of glue would readers suggest to stick this down with? The brick card is vacuum formed so may cause problems with some glues. I am making thebasic structure in mountboard to save on costs, as this is a rather large building.

I am about to build some o gauge wood post signals. For strength I intend to file a taper on square section brass, in order to get the post the right size. I would like to light them. I was thinking about using square section tube. but it may be too thin to hold a taper. If it is made in solid square section, how can I wire it up?