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Statfold Model Railway Show April 13th/14th
Joe182 replied to Adrian Stevenson's topic in Exhibitions
We've got two 7mm layouts attending this year. 'Fenn Street Yard' makes it's second exhibition and 'End of the Estate' makes its exhibition debut. Always enjoy this exhibition and after taking 'Mortimer Street' last year, we were delighted to attend again! -
We had a great time exhibiting ‘Mortimer Street Depot’ at Statfold this weekend. It’s been a great weekend away, well organised and Joey and Tony (the organisers) couldn’t do any more to help and assist. We all enjoyed chatting to people, especially when it was three people deep at a point on Saturday morning!
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Hi Ade, Thank you for the pictures of the layout too. Do you mind if I use them on the gauge O Guild forum and on our information sheet? It was a good weekend, with the layout operating very well. The only issues we had was a couple of Heljan diesels stripping some gears and the hotel was 0.1miles from Wetherspoons, meaning a number of beers were sunk especially on the Friday! The layout has been stacked in the garage awaiting its next adventure, giving me some space to finish building the 7 1/4inch Scamp. Plans for the next layout have been drawn up on Sunday afternoon at the exhibition…
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Last few jobs have been ticked off before this weekend's exhibition. I think we're the only O gauge layout there, so the pressures on! The sky paper have been applied, a few of the faulty switches changed on the signals and a couple of small electrical gremlins have been sorted. The finished backscene has dramatically improved that end of the layout. Hopefully, a trouble free weekend of running!
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Really looking forward to this exhibition. We went last year as punters, but taking our layout Mortimer Street Depot - which I think is the only O gauge layout at the show. Come and say hello if you are attending - we don't bite!
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The joys of having a two year old meant that I had a couple of hours in the garage this afternoon while she was napping! Turned on the electrics today - one ground position light signal had only a single white (no red or second white) and another was missing a red light. Further investigation found two loose wires which were subsequently replaced, giving a very dim white light. Strangely, when pushing the switch inwards, the light became brighter - so possibly a couple of new switches need to be inserted. A couple of streetlights also weren’t working, but fault traced and sorted with all now working. Hopefully more progress tomorrow with the sky paper being applied and a little bit of black paint applied in various places. Hopefully, get a moving engine too! I also took delivery of a double slip, ready for the next project (after finishing a 7 1/4” Scamp loco!)
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Finally got the layout up in the garage today, and work started getting it ready for Statfold exhibition next month. The first job is to get the back scene around the pub and cottages started. These cover the sector plate and until now we’re just covered by the buildings. A bit of bodging got the ply up and a method of securing them. We had to be careful as the street lamp wires run underneath the road, so we had to be precise with the location of screws!! As the layout has evolved over a vast period of time, not everything has been planned out. However, once the sky wallpaper has been applied, it should look a lot better. Next job whilst the wallpaper is being applied is to test everything and make sure all the signals, lights and track works!
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Mortimer Street Depot was built by my Dad and I over the past several years. The origins of the layout are hotly debated between my Dad and I - I think it was his idea, and he thinks it was mine! The layout has an elaborate back story... 'Mortimer Street depot was a steam shed near a major junction station in a busy city serving many routes. As often happens, a new wagon maintenance shed was built and then the depot was closed, deemed to be uneconomic. Shortly after closure of Mortimer Street depot, serious faults were found in the viaducts leading into and out of the principal station. These routes had to be closed whilst urgent repairs were carried out, which blocked entry to the new main depot (itself an updated steam shed). This identified a need for a stabling and light servicing area for locomotives that could no longer use the closed main depot. The solution was to re-open Mortimer Street Depot on a temporary basis as a stabling and running light maintenance area. Fuelling facilities were provided to be used if necessary and the wagon repair shop adapted for light maintenance on locomotives. The main shed building had already been partly demolished at the far end, so no locomotives were permitted to enter the shed. Crew facilities are at a minimum, but the movement of engines is mainly handled by local crews. Due to the importance of the main station with passenger and freight trains from all over the country and the vast nature of the diversions, a wide variety of different types of locomotives may be seen.' A small layout (7ft by 3ft 4inches - it was the size of ply leftover from Dad's main layout) with one point (again, left over from Dad's main layout). Buildings were scratch built by Dad and rolling stock is a mixture of RTR Dapol/Heljan and kit built locos. Its been to a couple of exhibitions in 2022 including Bawdeswell, Bury St Edmunds and the Seven Valley Railways O gauge show. The diary for 2023 was sparse until a late booking for Statfold Barn's exhibition at the beginning of April has kick started a few outstanding jobs including finishing the back scene and other small improvements.
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Finally got the layout up in the garage today, and work started getting it ready for Statfold exhibition next month. The first job is to get the back scene around the pub and cottages started. These cover the sector plate and until now we’re just covered by the buildings. A bit of bodging got the ply up and a method of securing them. We had to be careful as the street lamp wires run underneath the road, so we had to be precise with the location of screws!! As the layout has evolved over a vast period of time, not everything has been planned out. However, once the sky wallpaper has been applied, it should look a lot better. Next job whilst the wallpaper is being applied is to test everything and make sure all the signals, lights and track works!
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Mortimer Street Depot was built by my Dad and I over the past several years. The origins of the layout are hotly debated between my Dad and I - I think it was his idea, and he thinks it was mine! The layout has an elaborate back story... 'Mortimer Street depot was a steam shed near a major junction station in a busy city serving many routes. As often happens, a new wagon maintenance shed was built and then the depot was closed, deemed to be uneconomic. Shortly after closure of Mortimer Street depot, serious faults were found in the viaducts leading into and out of the principal station. These routes had to be closed whilst urgent repairs were carried out, which blocked entry to the new main depot (itself an updated steam shed). This identified a need for a stabling and light servicing area for locomotives that could no longer use the closed main depot. The solution was to re-open Mortimer Street Depot on a temporary basis as a stabling and running light maintenance area. Fuelling facilities were provided to be used if necessary and the wagon repair shop adapted for light maintenance on locomotives. The main shed building had already been partly demolished at the far end, so no locomotives were permitted to enter the shed. Crew facilities are at a minimum, but the movement of engines is mainly handled by local crews. Due to the importance of the main station with passenger and freight trains from all over the country and the vast nature of the diversions, a wide variety of different types of locomotives may be seen.' A small layout (7ft by 3ft 4inches - it was the size of ply leftover from Dad's main layout) with one point (again, left over from Dad's main layout). Buildings were scratch built by Dad and rolling stock is a mixture of RTR Dapol/Heljan and kit built locos. Its been to a couple of exhibitions in 2022 including Bawdeswell, Bury St Edmunds and the Seven Valley Railways O gauge show. The diary for 2023 was sparse until a late booking for Statfold Barn's exhibition at the beginning of April has kick started a few outstanding jobs including finishing the back scene and other small improvements. Layout is based in Attleborough, Norfolk and requires 2-3 operators. Willing to travel. Mortimer Street Depot.pdf
