cobbler

Very interesting project, looks very good

Richard

Yes, Cripple Sidings will be there

Richard

Really enjoyed layout article and photos in latest Rail Express

Richard

Layout and scenery looking good, the flats are great

Mind out for the flat residence moaning about the train noises and smelly diesel fumes !

We used to get phoned up nearly every night from an old biddy from local flats complaining about the Yard at Northampton !

Richard

My subscription copy came today

Enjoyed the article, thought the pictures were very good

Richard

Have a great weekend George

Be careful with John, remember he gets silly if he has to much chocolate, you know what he is like, find him sitting under the layout with chocolate all around his mush !

Don't give him any orange smarties !!

Richard

John was in issue 217, centre page pin up, they used a class 37 to preserve his modesty, very tasteful I thought

George turned them down

John used to get me copies from his "Europe" trips, Smiffs in Northampton stopped selling it, have every issue

RC

Stupid reply to quote button !!

RC

Hello

 

Or whose bum to bite but we're working on it.

 

John likes talcum powder, one of his many needs when out on tour, does that count ?

 

RC

 

Cheers

 

George

I have this on subscription, didn't know it was programmed to be published yet

RC

There is also Bum Biters Monthly but we don't know when they plan to do the article......

Great little shop, called in on holiday, came away with Oxford Diecast vehicles and tins of paint.

Lots of "Modelling" bits and pieces

Richard

Looks really good

Richard

Northampton CMD had piles of concrete sleepers 5 or 6 wide, up to 8 high divided with sleeper batterns. Concrete sleepers turned upside down were used a roadways between the Sidings. Stacks of old and new wooden sleepers and point timbers. Skips, cable drums, concrete troughing, old oil drums, grounded van bodies, stacks of new rail, point work and block joints, piles of scrap rail, chairs, etc.

Railway vans and trucks, few private cars

Will check my photos for more ideas

Richard

Northampton CMD had piles of concrete sleepers 5 or 6 wide, up to 8 high divided with sleeper batterns. Concrete sleepers turned upside down were used a roadways between the Sidings. Stacks of old and new wooden sleepers and point timbers. Skips, cable drums, concrete troughing, old oil drums, grounded van bodies, stacks of new rail, point work and block joints, piles of scrap rail, chairs, etc.

Railway vans and trucks, few private cars

Will check my photos for more ideas

Richard

Layout and new boards looking good, tractor is great

Cheers

Richard

As always, looking good, enjoying the detailing bits !

I modelled pipe loads using plastic drinking straws, sprayed Matt black with a balsa wood frame, wagon loads in a Rudd and ex OAA

Richard

Coming on Carl, detailing bits and wagons look good

Richard

Can you buy N Gauge water

RC

The Tope and Clam rake are very impressive

Great pictures

Richard

Project Mercury was a Telecoms company, they used the railway cable troughing system and lineside to lay their cables.

Wagons were painted a sky blue livery.

Carried mostly cable troughing

Richard

Happy Birthday !!

Be careful with the chopper, the blades are razor sharp

Richard

I had to have a double take, must be the white paint

Anyway, looking good Steve

Richard

Well done Carl

Looking good

Steves pep talk brushed off on me as well, been doing stuff every night, just finished a Sat Link repainted OBA

Well done

Richard

Cripple Sidings was featured in Rail Express last year. Will be at DEMU show at Burton in June.

Richard

I have built a small wagon repair depot based on the one in Northampton Yard in the 1980,s

Wooden sleeper work surface, grounded van bodies, mish mash of huts and sheds, wagon bits and wheels everywhere etc

It was featured in Rail Express last year,

Journey down memory lane for me as I visited the yard taking photos, it's all gone now.

Have also built a small 4ft shunting layout, again based on Northampton memories, a small fan of Sidings used by the Signal Engineet for loading materials,

Very much enjoy both layouts, enjoyed the research and building

Richard