john flann

John Hamptons coal siding at Hintock.

Andy R, Very impressive and a comprehensive introduction to what has the makings of an excellent and well thought out layout. In other words get the basics right and everything else will follow. I look forward to reading more installments of your build with a great deal of pleasure. Kind regards,

Maybe you prefer your Prairies in colour?

Outshopped, resplendent and elegant. Seen at Hintock, 1936

John, indeed the railway Parcels traffic warranted large depots and I don't think many appreciate how extensive it was. Nor what comprised a "parcel". You've also done your homework regarding the railway horse. However you are" misinformed" regarding the stables at Hintock; they are still very much in use as this image shows and with Nell patiently waiting outside after enjoying her oats. Pardon me posting on your thread. PS, if you wished to build any stables resembling those at Hintock I do have a series of images demonstrating their construction.

The Goods Shed at Hintock in 1935.

The road crane is kit bashed, the chassis is from Athearn, the crane from a (Rocco?) military vehicle and the decals are Microscale.

James and Harold Pearce. Coal Merchants. Hintock. Dorset.

John, I've just had a closer look at the two latter images in your post #177 and, two items look familiar. Thank you.

The JFRR Work Train behind the loco in post #2686. The crane, crane tender and work caboose are all kit bashed, re-painted and with new decals. Jake is explaining to Hank that it won't be long before he can get his truck away. Meantime they exchange fishing stories. As my Emoticon "Thanks" button has ceased to appear, I shall say thanks for your "Likes" here.

Shunting Hintock Dairies

"Cheating". I've never been accused of that before. (I accept you put the word in quotes so I think it was meant tongue in cheek.) But more to the point "how realistic is your model railway?" For the record the JFRR is, or was, a fictional short line in Montana. See GMR 2000. The question remains do you think it or not?

Sitting in the yard at Providence on an Engineers work train is a GP35. To the Athearn loco I added crew, sunshades and plows and that I repainted and re-lettered for the JFRR, behind it is a caboose similarly painted and lettered.

John, I was warned, but them I'm always curious and interested in what you get up to!

John, I didn't find it amusing-more confusing. But then I'm not into DCC and all that. I leave that to you and others so inclined. But I did note you managed to get an 0-4-2 running and doing its job, No doubt you know your way around all those different wires and electrical gear. Me, I'll stick to two wires-one red, one white.

A quiet interlude, all is serene at Hintock on a beautiful English summer's day.

"digging a trench", John was an interesting comment as it is just what I did when wiring up the alterations to Hintock. It worked out very well and so easy compared to work upside down or gain access underneath. It to made me wonder why we put our wiring under the board when with some forethought for cable runs it could all be done above board.

As I recall when operating Berrow with Mac Pyrke, trains came into Berrow from the 'real world' and returned, and there was the service between East Brent and Berrow. This I think, whilst part of his sequence of operations was separate from the other traffic. It's a long while now since the 1970's when I did this. Maybe someone has an early RM when Berrow was first featured and I'm sure Mac would have then spelled out his operating methods.

Adrian, if you double track the curve you could use it to pass trains? (on Edit) why do you need a fiddle yard? I thought the service at Westerham amounted to nothing more than the push/pull passenger and a pick up goods? I don't understand Andy P's reference to Berrow, as I recall it Mac had a fiddle yard.

Something one doesn't often see modeled, John, and so ably done. they certainly add to the 'feel' of the shed.

I have cut a tunnel through a wall for my American HO layout "Clark Fork'' when in Montana, As luck would have it I soon hit a 2"x4 wall stud. Disappointing and damned hard tunneling thereafter. Having learned my lesson I've carefully avoided those problems when extending "Hintock".

Jules, happy to see this is coming back to life.

Say what you will Nick, I'm not convinced. It still looks too heavily leafed for me. Just try letting a little daylight through. It would make a world of difference-and realism.

Nick, with your customary exquisite craftmanship it seems a shame to clothe your elm trees in so much foliage. Maybe a little less would be more appropriate? It's a long time since I saw an English elm, and even then they were a declining species but from a quick google foliage doesn't appear quite as heavy as you have. Edit: The American elms too in my garden have a more 'open' appearance. i can see quite a lot of light through them. Just a thought. Should you still incline to the heavy foliage perhaps a simpler form would suffice to give the general shape. On Hintock that's what I do. And it looks Okay-to me, at least.

This may have been dealt with already but I'm new to things LMS (for Hintock) and having got a 1F , one, what is the best way to remove the insignia and two, was 40,000 added to the number on nationalization? Thanks in advance.