Cliff Williams

This is the Howes LMS 10001 on an XL V4 chip

I hope you enjoy the new journey Woodyfox, the last two DMU masterpieces you made are now on shed, albeit a bit lost on the Western region, but rule 1 does apply. I will get a photo of all of your old DMUs together soon!

As it is the Railex 2021 virtual show http://railex.org.uk/virtualrailex/doku.php here is a flashback to the last Railex where we had Newhurst in operation, with some footage from the event. You can also find Newhurst on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/newhurst

The 108 is looking good, you know who to call when you get bored of it! Here is the 101 in action on the ECML

Banger blue on shed.

Chris I think the maths is not quite right there, 150 units at the crowdfunder price is not £600,000 - one too many zeros there in your guesstimate. Still a big figure there though. I didn’t go for a crowdfunded one as he seemed to have difficulties with his Chinese suppliers, then his UK suppliers, so he couldn’t have had a supply chain in place for the class 22 when he started the crowdfunding.

We debuted Newhurst with DCC sound in O Gauge at Railex 2019, here is a video from day two at the show.

Here is the latest website for Newhurst O Gauge which will be at the show, currently undergoing conversion to DCC sound.

It was our first foray down to see this show and it was most enjoyable and our group admired many lovely layouts. There was a pre-arranged motive for the long haul which was the hand over of Newhurst, which is now in Scotland. Lots of plans for the future for it, including DCC sound with synchronised chuff n puff along with five or six coach length trains.

FIA trains did an LMS 10000/1 project in brass in the Far East, I wonder if this is the design work being called upon?

The black marks on the ends come off with a cotton bud and white spirit in a second.

While I was thinking of Arley I decided to create a shunting area away from the station, giving the best of both worlds - prototypical simple station allowing a pick up goods to shunt the odd wagon into the bay after having left a bigger yard. This might be worthy of consideration.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with CarrOg Larry! It is all about the mass with O for me, it is a good size and aim for less is more to get the best out of it.

This was done on the Golden Age Models locos too, the theory being it makes a whistle noise when being run on straight DC. Maybe they have two different files, one written for DC and one for DCC?

Larry - not surprised you have done this. Our two projects are remarkably similar, we have both chosen a branchline setting, I have chosen Arley in O gauge, but think of it slightly differently - it is a series of dioramas interlinked. Arley station - Diesel shed, shunting area with goods shed, Victoria Bridge and a steam shed with turntable, not shown on the control panel, so lots to keep you happy depending on whether you want to run trains, shunt or move locos around. If you can drop a camera down on the track and it looks like Carrog from that view then it is a complete success, then by turning the camera round you get a completely different view. Here is some video from 1960s weekend at Carrog. And some links to pics https://flic.kr/p/WNABKn https://flic.kr/p/WMHvTz https://flic.kr/p/WVVNgs https://flic.kr/p/WVVdGd https://flic.kr/p/VHhsw9

Let's see them in O gauge Phil! A pity I no longer do OO otherwise it would have been a few 24/1s here.

Here is a pic of my modified JLTRT 24/1 as 24 125 including flush glazing, the next loco is almost complete, 26 035

The APT-E looks great, those who get it will be delighted. it reminds me of the quality of the Bachmann Blue Pullman, how things have changed in OO in recent years

Hi Vin Yes I have the lights set up as daytime running lights on F0, then other function keys for cab lights, night time running lights, brake lights and engine bay lights. Brian I have not fitted the numbers on the loco yet, Severn mill plates are on their way. How are the sector transfers in the box? Worthy of use or best trashing them? BW Cliff

Just finished a DCC sound installation on the Heljan Class 60, with mods and enhancements as I went along. I have added cab lights, re-wired all the lighting directly to the chip, installed my exclusive CJW speakers and spent some time on the DCC set up. Next up will be the Severn Mill plates and then some weathering.

Here is the link to the PDF file for the Heljan O Gauge Class 60 DCC wiring instructions http://Heljan.dk/images/pdf/Heljan%20vejledninger/How%20to%20install%20a%20DCC%20decoder%20in%20the%200%20gauge%20Class%2060.pdf

Message from my friends at Howes - they are contacting Heljan to ensure the Class 60 PDF file goes up on the Heljan website tomorrow. Hope this helps!

Nice one 5904 I hoped you would find the post I mentioned. Show them your hand painted York crests!

To give JeffP some encouragement here are a couple I made a few years ago.

There appears to be an interesting trend developing. People who I have spoken to have indicated they would have multiple 37/4s Units for 37/4 range from 3 per person to 12. That's about 40 between a handful of Gents.