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Well thankyou 'Lord Swadlincote of Derbyshire '

with soggy chips

Hi Andy You'll have to have words with Edward William Watkin about that he is a man with great ambitions and is very much the driving force behind many railway enterprises in the area. I have heard that he has plans to develop his companies into a new railway company which he intends to call 'The Great Central ' It might even get him a knight-hood

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But Larry you've gone Large

Come on Andy that's enough soaking up all the praise ........ how long has that shed had bare boards.... time to get things done ..........

with great force

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The PW gangs had a very heavy drinking session in the Chumley ~Arms once the foreman had let them off site , he has a reputation as a hard task master and following earlier drunken behaviour he was under pressure from his lords and masters to get the job completed as soon as possible What the men don't know is that their next job is over the Shropshire border and there's no public houses for miles .....and the work is for the military so there will be no slacking tolerated

Some people are just so impatience ......... just because your at a loose end with no Layout ..... As it happens I finished the track work today so there...... been a slow old process as mentioned before have tried a few things that are new to me. This was mainly building point work in situ to suit the location and I have found that there's of lot of 'thinking' ahead needed perhaps not one of my best skills to be honest but think I've managed to do a fairly convincing job ..... I have also glued the track down rather than pinning which has been my normal method in the past. I've read of so many people fixing track in this way and was very impressed in the results that 'Coachman' has achieved on his Oswestry layout so thought I'd give it a go. Having tried it I like it ..... With the C&L track pinning sure would have been a no no.... and I have found that the final lining up as very straight forward . I have used PVA wood glue which takes a will to set leaving plenty of time for adjustments using the mirror method as described in an earlier post. Just couple of shots showing views of track layout from both ends of the layout. Still got a couple of tie bars to install on some of the point work and also got to lay the track over the coal drops which need to be built first..... To be honest I'm not sure whether there were any coal drops around the Cheshire area but I know that when I have seen them on layouts it has always been a feature that I have fancied modelling. Many of the ones that I have seen have usually involved a raised siding involving a ramp which I felt I did not have the room accommodate so I have opted for the type that uses the lay of the land to effect the drop. With this I mind I started work on this part of the layout last thing today ..... Firstly I marked out the area of track bed that requires cutting out I then cut out the marked area And also the front of the layout needed reshaping and the final bit of wood work that enclosed the area of the coal cells. Well, that's the progress to date on the layout I will update once more work as be completed .......... That good enough progress Andy

Get one in Andy they are brilliant models ....... you got the money after the Sale of Pencarne ....JUST DO IT NOW

Like others I have to admire your determination Jeff ..that's one BIG decision you've made and I wish you all the best ....your a brave man .. Have you considered the sheep though ....there's a big difference between 00 and EM sheep and I have not seen any guidelines about re-hoofing to the new gauge .....but it's the paper work that your going to encounter as under European Common Agricultural Policy each and every animal is going to have to be re-registered in the new gauge so that you qualify for the European yearly payment .....and that's going to make re-wheeling all the locomotives look like child' s play

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Well done Andy on the sale Didn't think it would take look to sell I hope whoever has bought it knows how lucky they are..

fall about laughing

Those are my feelings at present and I believe the Commet chassis is fairly straight forward . Will have a look at the model when it arrives

washed his little......

Having followed this interesting thread I'm still not certain that I'm going to rush to purchase this new addition until I have seen one for real and assessed the running quality. I have three Hornby models which are awaiting comet chassis builds so that I can convert them to DCC with sound. I'm looking to do one in WD livery as found on the Shropshire & Montgomery Railway during the military control late 50's the 1960 with the possible addition of Pannier tanks for extra water capacity in the second model (I certainly don't want to risk a new model for this attempt) And the third model will be in BR black for use on my proposed Wrexham Central layout. With all the comments regarding firebox and general finish etc I dug out on of the Hornby models to compare with current Oxford pictures. I have added these photographs to see what others feel

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Aall being well you should get some good shots Good Luck

Havin a fag

Of a well

Before their feet

Tell you what the chairs in the photograph look very similar to the ones on the new Peco track .!!!