John Besley

How about milk churns being picked up from local farms... ?

Just reading through this awesome topic / layout currently on page 85... noticed none of your locos have pop pipes hanging out over the handrails to keep the footplate dust down.... try a bit of fuse wire painted black...

Dont think the fireman has closed the smokebox door properly...

Just found this layout - lovely stuff

The package arrived from Gaugemaster and with an alteration to the chimney by reducing it in height then by turning up a ferrule to slip inside close to the chimney cap I could slip the Smoke generator inside, extended the cable in matching multi strand intruder cable, wired up through a choc block and tested it. The only issue I have is the generator quietly bubbles away but could be ignored as I also want to add background sound. I have also discovered that a bottle of coal scented smoke oil is available As you can see the next task is to convert all the parts (around 50 of them) into the finished item I might have to fit a mini extractor fan behind the pelmet as it's quite smoky in the corner I am also planning on making a low relief factory building to hide the corner...

Typo...

One day someone will wish they'd kept that Ruby in dry storage...

Is there a layout topic on this excellent SR line...

Assembled the motor 'generator ' and built a support frame for this, to enhance it further found a female conduit coupling in my works van in the 'get me out of jail box' this has a nice moulded shape that neatly slides over the motor, built up an electrical cabinet around a Lego Duplo block and made a unistrut support frame - this will hold a bunch of dummy 'SWA' cables. Finished off the gauge frame and pressure gauge along with building up the injector steam valve and clack ( not going to bother making the injector body as this is out of sight) built up the water tank and 4" mains feed. Decided to put all of this together on its base to see what it looks like and what is glaringly missing... Currently waiting for my cranked locking handle castings for the smokebox door along with a parcel for the next feature to be added...

Nice what scale...

Second man got his feet up?

Looks remarkably like a van...

Had bit of a think and drew up an idea for the rain cover... then sat the steam plant on its allotted space to get the general idea... not too sure now about the cover as it could end up as big as the block lean to next to it.... keeping an open mind on this one, might make up a rough shelter to keep the rain off as after all this is Devon where it rains six days out of seven and on the seventh it pours

Sorted out the regulator and mount on top of the firebox along with the main steam pipe, worked out the best location for the whistle mount. Next off to finish the blackhead and fittings - gauge glass, feed to the injectors and clack valves

Built up one of our cylinder detail kits and added cylinder drain cocks, turned up a set of safety valves.... then found a couple of photos of the best of whistles from a Bulleid Pacific so had to make one.... Next try to work out where the regulator will fit along with pipework to the steam chest and puzzle out how to fit the whistle as forgot the steam pipe will possibly be in the way

That's an interesting idea.... will follow up on my own once I've cleared my backlog...

I have been pondering a skip for some time... currently have numerous kits I have brought to try to evaluate how to build one or six... may be as a resign kit but still pondering.... be interested to see how you over come this... as guide I have a Binnie 16mm kit, a GN 15 3D printed one but still need something in between for size... the 16mm is a tad to big but could work it's the chassis that presents the problem.. Am currently developing my own coupling system based around the traditional Hornby hook and chopper coupling theme this will be a brass casting....

Progress thus far

Collection of parts started

I am currently working on a stationary boiler utilizing a 55mm drain pipe, Wilesco engine bed from a scraped traction engine, my own brass castings etc, this will have a motor drive to turn the engine over and a light in the firebox...

No problem, I may be ploughing a lone furrow but it's the end result that's works... By coincidence my very first layout build was a traction engine workshop in 4mm and used more or less the same track formation and in fact all of my layouts have been called Exhill since 1974 through a 4mm loco yard Exhill MPD to a 15 year gap then 16mm again Exhill and now back to a workshop yard in 7/8ths.... all of these had the same type of track formation somewhere...

When did the loco shed get taken over by Sidmouth Engineering?... one of my friends from Ottery St Mary worked there after he left school in 1974

Does anyone have any drawings of the SR Concrete lampposts they could scan in please

Reminds me of the covers of the old Model Railway Constructor from the late 60's when I was in primary school

Can someone help me, I am considering RC control .... where does one go for this, currently my locos (00) are all non DCC, is there a system that will run through bluetooth?