Team Traction

Thanks all for your help. Ive looked on Road Transport images, to no avail, Do any of you know any other suppliers that may sell these parts? Many thanks for the help identifying them. I wouldnt know where to start with scratchbuilding them so I'd prefer to find parts.

Evening all, In my continued saga of trying to modify a BR MK1 to a preserved example: Namely RBR E1969 on the North Norfolk Railway, Ive decided to start attacking the under frame, to convert the supplied Bachmann one. However, I've stumbled a little, I need help identifying these 2 parts on the underframe, what are they, and more importantly where can I get castings for these parts? Regards, Brad.

Ive already attempted window infilling on a Lima Mk1 RBR and I really wasn't happy. I followed YouTube tutorials and other guides, to no avail. if you could name these coach rebuilders id love to get in touch with them. Brad.

Good Evening. Im writing today to ask if any of you know somebody (individual or company)who could undertake a slight modification and repaint of a Bachmann MK1 RU to a RBR. I can give more details if required, The main job would just be the infilling of windows on the Kitchen side and the filling of two windows and subsequently re-cutting one new one on the Corridor side. this is because I'm replicating a particular preserved MK1, E1969 on the North Norfolk Railway. other than that, all that i would require is a repaint from BR Maroon to BR Crimson / Cream, with the Number E1969 Applied, and finally just a very subtle weathering matching the prototype. Some photos: What needs to be done corridor side: 2 Windows infilled and a small window recut in the middle what needs to be done Kitchen side: several windows infilled and one door infilled im very grateful if anyone can point me in the direction of people who can do this work, as I've tried myself but I'm not happy with my attempt. Regards, Brad.

Wow... long time coming eh? Firmest I'd like to apologise for the lack of updates, I feel quite guilty about it. The resin being is that nothing new could happen to my layout until I got my sub terrain, and it's taken until august to get it.. nevertheless I've got it now and I've been working flat out on the scenery ever since. I also got chance to modify the track plan one more time, and I'm happy with this final layout. Ive decided to make this railway on a GWR/SR joint route so i can run a variety of stock, including my fave, a Q1 locomotive. So about the scenery, I've been able to have a slight extension to my layout which has allowed for a runway on my layout. I've started the ballasting and the grasss, I've placed hedges, trees and buildings, it's all coming together. I'd say my layouts a 1/4 done now, which is brilliant. Please leave some comments or constructive criticism below, I'd love to hear it. Cheers, Brad

normally I post these updates monthly, but I've been avoiding writing about this for ages. Oh well, here goes... 3 months in and im already talking about the end? its a long story.. at the end of February the offer was given to me to relocate my layout to a new place with more room, better lighting, better equipment and more working time, who wouldn't refuse? so the day of the move came, I dismantled my layout the best way I could. now the trouble is, I had never designed this layout to be able to be moved, it was always meant as a permanent fixture... so I load it into the van, and half way through the journey we heard massive CRACK and our worse fears had been realised... the board Split. luckily everything from my old layout was salvageable, but the boards and grass wasn't... to top it all off Im browsing the internet one evening and pull up an old raiway map and to my horror the place I named my whole layout after would have been on an SR route so now im back to a new bare board, and a layout with no name. but I took this as a chance to redesign the layout, a second chance if you will, and have upgraded the track to have 4 sidings instead of 2, and also have a run around loop for my trains. I have upgraded the infrastructure of the layout and will definitely make sure it is transportable this time!! I have definitely learned from this, but there can only be good times ahead: my Sub terrain for my layout should be arriving soon, I've just had my birthday so my layout has had a cash injection I have started a number of mini projects one of which I will show you shortly the layout is now securely in its new home so there's a lot of benefits to that! for now, I just have to stay motivated and keep on chuffing! Brad. as always, please comment down below, im happy to answer any questions and im in desperate need of some constructive criticism!

Thanks Al, I love nice feedback... yes that is a bleinhim, all built myself from airfix kits. I currently have 2 spitfires, a Bolton Paul defiant, a hurricane and a bleinhim. The lights are not permentant, but little twist candlelight that I just stick to the roofs of the buildings with some good old blue tack, as I couldn't be asked to wire them up, and I want all buildings removable for the sake of transit. Theres been some big changes with the layout of late, I might post an update... its not pretty to say the least... can you think of any constructive criticism that I can keep in mind? Cheers, Brad.

at long last here are some photos of my layout, taken on the 4/1/17. sorry for the blurriness in some of the photos, my camera does not like to autofocus. the pictures are on Imigur as the files are to large for RMweb as always, please leave your comments about the layout down below, i try to answer them all! http://badboib1203.imgur.com/all/ (please ignore the silly username, I made this account ages ago and will change it)

Little update al, I've taken the photos, but Both my PC and laptop are out of action for the while, as something went wrong with the extension cord connecting them all together. I'm currently on my iPad, but unfortunately you can't plug a USB into one!! Seems like everything's against me at the moment. I will try and take my camera with me into school tommorow, but it's a pain in the ass to do it at school, as RMweb is blocked! The cheek of it. So I'm also going to have to download them to my school computer, then email them to my apple account, and hopefully be able to put the photos strait from the emails to the website. Hopefully. All going well, they should be up by Tuesday night. Notice I said .... should... I'm having to juggle this, my GCSE maths test on Tuesday, which is the difference between me sitting higher or lower paper, and a lot of other stuff. Phew. Busy. Hope this answers anyone's queries Brad.

Yeh, as my layout is set in 1940, I cannot have the Hawksworth Autocoach, and the Hornby/Dapol/Airfix one hasn't been avalible fro quite some time... I'm trying not to delve into the secondhand market if possible, as I've had bad experiences with it. Cheers for replying, I'd thought I'd be the only one to like this idea Brad.

I know it might be a bit to ask Dave, as you already have quite the backlog, but could you possibly do a new GWR Autocoach. Not to the hawksworth design like Bachmann, but the earlier version of the Autocoach (sorry I'm not sure of the name), To the same design as the old Hornby one but to the same standard as the Hawksworth Bachmann one. It would compliment your recently released 14xx, (BTW I have one on order but it would go with the GWR liveried 14/48/58xx's, where as you can leave the Bachmann ones for your BR- liveried 14xx's. I have suggestions for 2 possible liverys, but you would be sure to find more GWR chocolate & cream GWR Wartime plain chocolate (it was a real livery, and it would compliment your wartime black 48xx superbly) Thanks for reading, Brad

thanks Al, its always nice to hear comments like yours. im hoping to squezze in time (between GCSE Revison) on saturday for a photoshoot. cheers, Brad.

Hello one and all, today is my first Update blog, where i know i promised photos, but they are not ready at this time. for now, i will share an insight into my goods waybill system. So sit back, relax and enjoy. as always ant feeback or comments are greatly appreciated, as i try to respond to as many as possible. So, waybills. the reason why ive chosen to introduce a waybill system is as described earlier, my layout is a 7x2ft end to end, and i chose waybillas as i would like to add operational interest to my layout, and make my railway feel like its a part of the real world. My layout, like ive mentioned before is set in a fictonal part of Devon, and i have studied the real railway netork around where my layout would fit in the real world. i have estabished that trains coming from or going to the east would go to stations such as Poole, Brighton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, London and more. these lines going to the east would carry a lot of war supplies to the naval harbours, and likley also have a flurrying fish trade. to the west you could get to places such as Yeovil, bath, Bristol and Swindon. I've taken all of these lines into account, and around these, I've designed my waybills. so take this waybill, for example. this is for War supply wagons. this can incorporate Warwells, Warflats, or general goods vans carrying war supply's like ammo, bombs etc. the first row shows where the goods is going to and where it has come from. line 2 can also show a final destination for the cargo if it is different to the first stop. eg. if empty Warmwell come from London that need to go to Bristol, but they need to stop at Warmwell to pick up their load. on the waybill it would read to; Warmwell, from; London, destination; Bristol. line 3 shows the goods carried by the wagon, so in our example it would read "Tanks." the customer, is a purely cosmetic category, but it adds a touch of realism to the waybill. the next row, "Empty" is a simple tick or cross saying whether the wagon is loaded on this trip. the next two, wagon return and return empty, are simple yes or no questions asking if, once the wagon has arrived in the goods yard, will it return to its original destination, and will it return empty. the row after is the category of wagon this is, and on this example its war supply wagons. the colour on this section depicts the colour of dice I would use to select traffic, but that part of the system I'm still working on. below that it shows the wagon type, so in my worked example it would say 50t Warwell. the final line is any other notes that you need to add. these cards are printed and then laminated, so they can be wrote on with whiteboard pens and rubbed off with each goods working. thanks for taking the time to read this waybill system is WIP And is not fully complete. as always, any feedback or suggestions are greatly appreciated. I'm planning another February update later in the month, so keep a look out! Cheers, Brad.

I know RAF Warmwell was a real place, as I spent a few days researching the site. I finely decided I don't want to limit myself to modelling a real site, so I haven't, I've just used the name. I have been thinking though, I might use the spitfire registrations that were assigned to RAF Warmwell... PR __ (Eg. PR O,PR E,PR D) Thanks for commenting, Brad.

wow Northroader, that sounds so cool! ill have to take that into account when I decide on my Running timetable. thanks for commenting, Brad

that sounds brill, I don't actually live too far from there! on my model the single track branch runs along the perimeter thanks for commenting, Brad

Good evening, Hello, My Name is Brad, I'm 14 and my first ever layout Is Called RAF Warmwell. The layout is set In 1941 in the heart of WW2 In Devon.(By the way, google RAF Warmwell, its a real place, but I'm not basing it off it, I just like the name ) I was originally going to model a heritage railway yet I didn't want to fall into the stereotype of "Your a young modeller, so you are doing a heritage railway" so I combined my love of trains, and WW2 planes and somehow managed t fit it all on a 7ft x 2ft OO Gauge layout. I will provide some photos, but I need to tidy it up first, so for now I will describe it. from east to west you have my bedroom wall, from which I have a bridge and a ramp providing a scenic break to a non existent fiddle yard. the bridge has a road going over a single railway, yet the bridge is double track. I did this on purpose so I could fit some 009 Track adjacent to the OO line. heading over, we have the main RAF Base, which takes up a majority of my layout. there is no runway, that would be off to the south, yet this is jut the plane stabling point, big enough for 4 spitfires and a bleinhim (Which im now building) and a small concrete strip playing host to the control tower, and the supplies & vehicles. just north of this strip, is a 2 track sidings and goods yard, which plays host to both OO and 009 track. north of that is the single platform station, only big enough to accommodate an auto coach + 48x. heading west, we have the only Road n the layout, with two level crossings, one 009 to the south and one OO to the north. at the far end of the layout, we have a church, yard and station halt in the foreground, and behind the line we have a small hill with house on top. the track is Hornby+ Peco, with insulfrog points, DC control. if you have an questions, please comment and ill be happy to answer. Happy new year!

Hey, First Post For Me, but I hope I have some useful info for you! I know That at least one 48xx (14xx) was repainted into GWR wartime black No. 4807 I have no photos, but how I know is DJ Models is peroducing a 48xx in That livery! I'm definenly getting one for myself as I'm modelling a GWR Branchline in 1941! Perfect. Also, idk if it helps but I also know at least one Autocoach was repainted in plain GWR Chocolate for WW2. Cannot remember the number, but one is selling on eBay for £60! Myself, I'm going to have one, but instead going to modify an existing airfix Vehicle Thanks for reading, Brad.