Andy Keane

Here are the Helston photos:

Thanks - and sorry for not noticing earlier. Hopefully @Coach bogie can post a response there!

Very nice indeed. Could you post a list of all the extra bits and bobs you needed alongside the etch and where they came from please?

I think I will get one of the Zimo Dumbo 8 ohm speakers and use that on my Manor, which has the accurascale sound project so getting the best of both worlds. It should allow the smoke box speaker to be used alongside the dumbo.

Is this a YouChoos set of recordings you are using?

Interesting. I think Phil @Harlequin left his connected and got to 4 ohms in total. I wonder if having both is worthwhile. I assume the inbuilt decoder is happy at 4 ohms but I guess it invalidates the warranty.

As has been mentioned earlier on this thread I am assuming Helston did not have a metalled station road in my time period and so am planning an old fashioned macadam finish that will be slightly rough and a very pale fawn in colour as still seen on some farm roads around the country and particularly in the US. The same will be true for Godolphin road which was the road into Helston from the station area. Both roads had pavements and those I am planning to be a very pale grey asphalt, except right next to the station which was paved in stone. But I am now pondering the road into the goods yard and the yard itself. I don't think a goods yard would ever have had a rolled macadam surface, so I am planning a pale ash / cinder finish for the yard, made dirty where coal is handled etc. This will be a very light grey. So were to make the change. Perhaps macadam up to the goods yard gates and then ash / cinder beyond. Or maybe the macadam would have gone a bit further up the road into the yard. Any thoughts much appreciated.

Neal have you wired this in series or parallel with the smokebox speaker? I am wondering about the total impedance the sound chip is driving. Andy

If you get stuck I will cut a bit of mine off my stock and stick it in an envelope!

The today in Romsey. Not GWR but at least a shade of green:

A related question. When a long retaining wall ends and the wire fence starts would a straining post be used or would the wires be attached to the wall in some fashion? I guess its not obvious how to make such attachments and allow for the wire tensioning bolt fittings so maybe a post was used, even though a substantial structure belonging to the railway was present? I guess the same question applied to bridge parapets. Andy

Now modelling that would be a real subtlety!

A nice visit to the WSR with a mogul and Witherslack Hall running. And having never been there before I thought Blue Anchor station was lovely: But Watchet was nice too:

Indeed - this seems like a great plan. Andy

I was thinking of printing the whole set of bolections as a single strip to go in after painting?