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Plumtree works is at its first show ! This weekend Plumtree works will be appearing at the railriders show , at crewe heritage center. Open to members and non members of Rail Riders. I hope you'll come and enjoy what will hopefully be a good day out Plumtree works will be running current era stock with appearances from heritage Appleby frodingham railway tours 😉 A few new things have been added to the layout including lights. Which will appeared here after the show in photo form of course !

could you post a pic ?

Now there's a question ! How easy is it to fit a different, smaller motor ? Chris bought one and it has a bit if a duff motor, wasn't sure about the best way to go about replacing it. Like for like is easy , but if there's another motor that only takes a little work? Please tell me more sir ;)

quick question, does anyone know of a replacement motor for the barclays ?

The bo bo is delayed but im assured its on track, we have been involved with the design and livery work, and have been listened to on our input, of course something could always go wrong , but we have tried to keep them on the right path

i have the blue edition and nthe lighting was corrected for this version

sounds like monty python that ... "We apologise for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible have been sacked. - We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked. -The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked. The credits have been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute. "

paypal does allow it but it takes a certain amount of setting up which i can only assume hattons haven't bothered with

At least we can still get away with public riding in brake vans !

That we do although they never work the blast furnaces as they don't fit ! Lol

they are ment to be adding some others including rothervale no8

any news on the plates yet, feels like weve been waiting for some time since LRS said they were to be produced

A Barclay with a tender isn't really unusual , see below https://www.flickr.com/photos/12a_kingmoor_klickr/6675479855

anyone else notice that the new 14" blue unbranded edition has a different cab, regarding windows at least. a shame its the only one

thankyou, seems we use caustic soda for ammonia removal Edit just placed my order for 70700, the listing stated hopeful release of Q2 2023, yet the email i just received stated January 2024 ?

a quick run through of my model - MR-405B Heljan Ruston 165DE PWM Diesel - 97 652 - BR Yellow running performance - seems alright, tiniest of wobbles , especially compared to some of the videos Bodywork - Daylight ! ok maybe not that bad but i could definetly see a gap between the body and the chassis and the running board, and the running board slighly warped. i took the advice , removed the body using the 2 nose cone screws (no glue present), trimmed back the plastic on the running board and refitted, after a day of being sat on the layout in the sun, the running board and bonnets now seem to fit better and the running board has straightened out, Modifications - mine was becoming and industrial and i wanted to add some paintwork, and remove some components and decals. the horn removed fairly easily when the body was off. took a little prising but it came Decals, Jesus, i, not sure how they are applied, but yellow paint started to come away before the decals, i had to scrape them with a scalpel in the end, and then with a cut cocktail stick and thinners to get them off . without lifting to much paint, some paint added to the steps and bobs-your-uncle, shes complete. happy with her yellow sisters

And stanchion complete ! Used a few photos for the colouring and a wash to give it a dirty feel.

Double barrel post ! First of all , 2 new locos have joined the fleet. 2 more janus in the British still 85-87 all yellow liveries , including very short lived logo 15 with the short lived scunthorpe works logo And next , some honest to God scratch building using styrene. I've built a gantry for holding the conveyor and walkway to hide the fiddle yard. I've not been happy with this area for some time. I feel this very much improves it. Just need to add some crossmembers , a concrete base . And paint !

Look forward to it. I understand their have been discussions for a uk customer for the center cab too

any news on how the models are comming along at the moment and how long we are away from them ? You say that, there is a centre cab variant ! so wouldn't be wrong lol

They are ment to be doing some special plates for the victory, namely the rothervale plate. But still not heard anything.

any news on plates from light railway stores ?

Very much English. The design is owned by the steelworks its self (was) and built for them by hunslet. Hence only the 11 for the site exist. They were designed as heavyweight locos to work with the torpedos and delivered just before as part of the Anchor project. The steelworks has always favoured center cabs due to the visibility and safety

I'd have a double check but I understand it's 10×20mm with 1mm shaft.

Steelworks layouts are fairly heavily modelled , much like my own. Surprisingly many don't seem to be on rm web but are well represented on Facebook under various groups. Myself and the AFR-S (Scunthorpe steelworks railtours )have been working with KR models on both the torpedo and the hunslet locomotive models. You can check out more of my own layout searching for Plumtree works, i have the components to build a blast furnace section of a layout just not the space atm.