JamesGWR101

1 hour ago, larryblag said:

Saw the prototype today. 

 

 

Is that the DVT he worked on?

He looks well pleased with it. Good job making it! 

On 01/05/2019 at 15:06, marc smith said:

Good to hear you've taken the DCC plunge John. Hope you get on well with it
I must say, it was DCC and in particular DCC sound that got me back into modelling

DCC sound is brilliant. it just sounds so realistic and the amount of sounds you can get on just one loco is amazing. My first encounter with DCC sound was my Granddad's Class 101 DMU he's got. Since then, the DCC sound collection increased to a BR Blue Class 40 40159 and GWR Castle 4-6-0 5029 Nunney Castle. 

I've been watching your progress on the layout and so far, it looks really good. I like what you've done for the backscene. (York is a brilliant place to go. especially for train related stuff.)

Sorry I haven't updated my progress in a while. I've been very busy with other stuff happening so I probably won't get back to this for a while...

This is looking brilliant! I bet the person you made it for will be thankful!

13 hours ago, Darlington South Junction said:

the initial plan was a 100% accurate representation of the station, however I encountered problems with the distance between the 2 through platforms. Its not as much based on Darlington anymore, however there is a bit of resemblance.  

What was the problem with it? 

8 hours ago, kevo said:

Hi james that's what i am hoping. I did save all the buildings, and i have a sheet of MDF to start again. The problem was that the original box file bases was not level and the tracks to the traverser would not sit level no matter what i did.

At least we know what the problem was that's why I use Sundeala board and wood for my layouts.

Here's a thought: If you redo the layout but this time do it on on sundeala board and wood, you won't have that problem again and it'll be more sturdy.

On 27/04/2019 at 19:12, ianmacc said:

I’ve been to Bridlington more times than I can count but to my shame I’ve never visited it even though I’ve walked past it. Mainly because I go on Sundays when it’s shut.

 

It’s a sad state of affairs when the first thing I think when I see a shop in this thread is ‘oh no is another shop closing’.

Croppers is the only model shop in Bridlington and if it closed I would be distraught as it is a really good shop.

It looked really good. Shame it's going to be scrapped. Do you think it could be salvageable?

I've been looking at boxfile layouts and some of them are good. I think I will change the trackplan a bit on the shoebox layout in working on.

And here are pictures of Albert Hall.

17 hours ago, Hilux5972 said:

Albert hall is 4983. Looking good so far. 

Yes I know it is. I've just realised my mistake I've put 4984 instead of 4983. Thanks for reminding me! 

Cheers, James. 

19 hours ago, luke the train spotter said:

For layout inspiration I find looking at Chris nevards layouts very inspiring. He’s got a lot of albums on Flickr which can make interesting browsing if you have some spare time. 

Ok thanks luke. I might have a look at it sometime this week. 

Cheers, James

With the trackplan sorted, it's time to get down to business. 

Firstly, I need to decide on a era, and what the layout is going to look like.

I've got some work to do on it. I've been trying to find a B12 Smokebox door when I went to the York show on the 21st April and I couldn't find any. 

Here is some pics of both locomotives. 

First up up is the B12:

Last year I brought two locomotive body shells. This inspired me to build two new locomotives from scratch. I'd buy the parts needed for them and then run them once they are complete. 

The loco shells are:

GWR Hall 4-6-0 4984 Albert Hall

LNER B12 4-6-0

When I got them both, they just looked awful so when I got home I got out the black paint and repainted them both.

After they had dried, I assessed the situation and made a list of what they needed.

Hall

New cab

Buffers

Nameplates

Numberplates

Chassis

Tender

Driver and fireman

Lamps

Lamp irons

Headboard?

a repaint

B12

Smokebox door

Waterslide transfers

chassis

tender 

Driver and Fireman

lamps

lamp irons

I'd love to see this layout come together! Will it be 100% accurate to the real Darlington?

The NYMR has had lots of visitors to the line. Steam and diesel:

Flying Scotsman

City of Wells

Tornado (more than once!)

Royal Scot

45212

1501

Ballymoss (Royal Scots Grey)

7714

GWR 2800 2-8-0

92 Squadron

Charybdis

I've been multitasking while working on my OO gauge shoebox layout. I've given it a thought and wondered if I should have visiting locos on the layout as well. 

I'm not quite sure about the colour. Doesn't look right...

I managed to cut some out (with difficulty), but the results are good. 

You may have noticed there aren't as many. Some ripped when I was transferring them to the other side.

Had a bit of difficulty. They kept coming of the card (the shiny side) so I've stuck them onto the other side and hopefully they won't come off.

The locomotive headboards have dried now so I'm going to start carefully cutting them out.