Tricky

Beautiful Dave. I built one of the Broughams too. It went together very well and now sits atop an open carriage wagon. Best wishes for the wedding.

Richard

Great, Dave. Looks like you had a lot of fun. Very sadly, Cardiff is a bit too far for me! Sherton Abbas looks stunning though, I would love to see it in the flesh one day. I imagine the running quality is faultless, along with everything else. Apart from the loco on the naughty step that is...!

Best, Richard

Love it, as always beautifully executed and observed. I would love to see this layout in the flesh one day. When are you coming to Kent??!!

Beautiful as ever, Dave. I can now breath out having been holding my breath since April...

Ah yes... to clarify, the tube will be cut into sections the width of the hinge knuckle. The photo shows the prongs fitted to a length of tube for convenience of soldering. Once chopped up, the individual prongs of the knuckles will be glued into the holes in the solebar. The pin of each hinge will be formed by two short pieces of rod bent at right angles; one end locating in the knuckle, the other into a hole in the face of the solebar, as per the prototype. Not a fiddle at all...!!

Looking forward to watching this develop

Good to hear from you Wenlock. I've missed your blog updates as yours were the main ones I would draw inspiration from when I was a 'lurker'. Hope Sherton Abbas is still progressing...

Hi Gary, post 155 of Midland in London refers, but briefly entails drawing in Autocad or similar, printing with a laser printer back to front and transferring onto the surface (in this case plasticard) by wetting with nail varnish remover and pressing down hard. Loads of fun and very versatile. I have been replacing most of the previously hand-written signs on Monk's Gate with this method, and am considering having a go at builder's plates, water tank capacity plate and a smokebox number plate for the half-cab. Wagon number plates are also a distinct possibility but I'm getting a bit carried away and off-topic...!

Thanks for the encouragement Mikkel, although I haven't done it yet...!

That's alright- not much to hijack yet...!

'The shop'....? How intriguing...do tell...

Simply stunning as always.

Hi Dave, waiting in eager expectation for your next entry...it's like waiting for MRJ...! The suspense.

In the meantime, I wonder if I might trouble you to ask a question about where your figures come from? I have come across Andrew Stadden but wonder if there are others you use, typically of workmen, yard hands, idle boys, mangy dogs, that sort of thing.

Many thanks, Richard

That's very helpful, thank you. For info I started a thread yesterday over in the 7mm forum entitled 'Midland in London', more overall pics to follow today, it's not as advanced as Sherton Abbas!!

Cheers, Richard

First ever post in here so here goes! I've lurked on this blog for a while and am mightily impressed with the quality of modelling on Sherton Abbas. It has been an inspiration to me. What has really prompted this post is to enquire as to what is required to convert ordinary 2 rail to dcc? Please excuse my ignorance or maybe point me to an idiots guide on rmweb...? I love the sound of the 517 and think it would work well on my cameo layout of the Midland in London c1907.

Cheers, Richard