Great Eastern Lady

Hello everyone I have been doing some more work on the station building as I’d like to get it almost finished before I start on baseboard 1 again. The entrance canopy has been built which I got from Lcut and has been fitted, the roof is finished except for the guttering’s and the extension building has been completed with advertising signs and fire buckets. I have some LNER signs on order which should be with me soon and then they’ll be attached I’ve got a bit of light bleed coming from the roof which I’ve left detachable so I can replace LED’s should I need to All in all I am pretty happy with how it is turning out Jayne

Hello everyone I’ve done a bit more work on the station building. The entrance canopy has been built which I got from Lcut and has been fitted, the roof is finished except for the guttering’s and the extension building has been completed with advertising signs and fire buckets. I have some LNER signs on order which should be with me soon and then they’ll be attached I’ve got a bit of light bleed coming from the roof which I’ve left detachable so I can replace LED’s should I need to All in all I am pretty happy with how it has turned out , and having now done a scratch build and found how hard it is and also how satisfying it is watching it come together, my admiration for those who do it a lot more than me and certainly a lot better has really grown Jayne

What a wonderful superbly detailed layout, full of Great Western atmosphere, and so much reminds me of my visit to the South Devon Railway many years ago

@Dunsignalling It wasn’t so long ago almost everything was either GWR or LMS , and Southern and LNER were the poor relations with very few models coming out Even now if you do a google search for GER , it comes up with ‘ are you sure you don’t mean GWR

Hello everyone and a belated happy new year Well it’s been quite a few months since I last posted anything and after a few dormant months I finally got going again on the station building The roof is almost finished bar the guttering and entrance canopy and the extension building is 3/4 finished . Once the building is finished I’ll start on the platform canopy , which I’ve already got the pieces from Lcut

Hello everyone and a belated happy new year Well it’s been quite a few months since I last posted anything and after a few dormant months I finally got going again on the station building The roof is almost finished bar the guttering and entrance canopy and the extension building is 3/4 finished I’m quite pleased with how it’s turning out , although it’s no where near the standards of some on here, but I’m getting there

A Y14 in GER blue with either teak or Crimson red six wheelers and I would have bitten theirs hands off

I found the 16xx ,looks like they’re doing the 15xx as well , just glad I didn’t mention them lol

As much as I admire the new 2021 range of steam locomotives, they’re all big main line engines, there is nothing small or medium I know I’ve mentioned F5, F6 and E4s a few times , mainly because they’re what I’m after, but they are also small , likewise with J17, J69 . Now I’m no expert on locomotive classes but I’m sure there are many that modellers would like to see like 16xx , the three cylinder Stainiers they used on the LTSR and many more I’m not having a go at Hornby , just an opinion

I recognise that place and the carriage , volunteered there for long enough , but that was a long time ago lol I’m looking at the hattons ones at the moment tough choice

Now I’m in a dilemma, do I A , pre-order Hornby in LNER teak , or B , pre-order hattons in LNER brown

@Edwardian I’ll have a look on the GER society website , they’re pretty good at information like that

@PhilJ W Funny you should say that I was just looking at Hattons range , and as you mentioned they are doing GER , but it looks like the earlier livery , I was after the later Crimson livery @Edwardian It’s close , but knowing the crest is wrong would really bug me

I am Defo going to order up a set in LNER teak and with the interior lights . Shame they didn’t do some in late GER livery , maybe next year

I remember back in the late 80s early 90s I had a Hornby cl58 , can’t remember the livery and I also had an AC electric , once again I cannot quite remember whether it was a cl86 or 87 , but it was in a set and it came with working over head wires which from memory were hugely over scale Back to present day and I’d still like an F5 or F6

Hornby have produced a few J15’s in LNER liveries and in BR , but not in GER blue , now that would look amazing I still would like either an F5 or F6

For me personally i would like to see Holden T26/E4 , 2-4-0 Holden G69/F6 , 2-4-2T Holden S56/J69 , 0-6-0T GER corridor bogie carriages in Crimson Others that i would love to see , although they would not be for me as i'm not modelling them are Urie G16 , 4-8-0T Urie H16 , 4-6-2T Maunsell W Class , 2-6-4T And LNER J94

My first train set was a Triang , had a red clockwork loco that didn’t really resemble anything , three wagons and a circle of track . I remember setting up around the Christmas tree, made a little tunnel out of boxes and I loved it . I would just sit there for hours just watching go around and then putting the key in rewinding it and off we’d go again

Those pumps do spit , and trying to get to the fireman’s water valve for the injectors without burning your hand is great fun (not)

Try cleaning or chucking out a fire on a Terrier , a 57xx is so spacious

@sidmouth Yes I have found that out about the warping, just don’t look too close when it’s finished lol

Thank you @jazzer , I’m really pleased with how it is turning out , a lot better than I’d thought . I’ve still got quite a bit to do before the building is finished and then I can start on the canopies

Hello everyone I have been quite busy with the station building over the last few weeks , the Station Masters office is finished and I have just a few finishing touches to do to the parcels office and refreshments room and the lights are working lovely. I know they look a bit bright , I do have a dimmer switch just haven’t wired it yet . Quite chuffed it’s all coming together Jayne

Hello everyone it has been a few months since my last post , and now I have been able to get the electrical connections I needed from Modelit work has started on the station building again The station Masters office is now finished , just got to add the man himself and the general waiting room/refreshments room is almost finished . I think I might have made the refreshments counter a bit too long , still a bit late now as I’ve glued it down. Anyone got any ideas how I can furnish the counter With may be tea urn and plates etc Oh and the lights work I have attached a few photos

Only got my B12 a couple of weeks ago and had it running up and down a bit , looks really good .