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Best of luck with that class"66" I look forward to seeing some photos. Just another bump for the Warminster show tomorrow at the Warminster Leisure and Sports Centre, Woodcock Rd, Warminster, Wilts, set the satnav to BA12 9DQ Opening time is 10am and is then open to 5pm. See you there. Kevin.

Yes it has passed the assessment stage and looks and sounds superb, I wish I could say that I built it from scratch but as Pitbull says it is from Brittania Pacific range either ready to run or I beleive as a kit, this one did indeed come from the same person, and he has certainly made a good job of it. Regards. Kevin.

Thanks guys, A Tamper arrives at Leaford ready for engineering work over the weekend in the Warminster area. Hopefully see you there. Kevin.

Look forward to meeting you if you can make it. Regards, Kevin.

Cheers Scott, It is a shame we will not see you at Warminster, hopefully you can make Brockenhurst Show at the end of May. Best regards, Kevin

Hi and a belated happy new year to all, straight to the point next Saturday 16th Feb you can see some of the Exford Park thread fleet of locos belonging to Temeraire and also the layout featured in this thread Leaford its first outing in a year and also its first outing since a few changes have been made. Class 50 50035 Ark Royal arrives with an NSE Inspection Saloon. 08419 heads onto the new branch with a short train. So dont forget next saturday the 16th Feb at the Leisure and Sports Centre, Woodcock Rd, Warminster, Wilts, set the satnav to BA12 9DQ Opening time is 10am and is then open to 5pm hardly enough time to see 35 Exhibits and Trade stands. Look forward to seeing you all then, please drop by and say hello. Kevin.

Shed Asked? Kevin, Can I ask how you couple your wagons please? Cheers ess1uk replied I may be wrong, but they look like tension lock couplers that I can see on some of the photos In truth many different couplings are used, including tension lock - what used to be mainline and the more modern offerings from Bachmann and Hornby, Kadees are useful for certain types of rolling stock, to be honest non-standard coupling heights and couplings are the biggest cause of derailments encountered and is is well worth spending extra time fiffing and faffing to get them right. thanks guys. Kevin. By the way shed congratulations

Hello Pete, I assume your loco is a fitted with Hornbys own soundchip therefore the speed should be the same as below as I am sure it will be fitted with an ESU chip but I do not know if the sound will be, unfortunately I do not know if you are able to turn the fan noise off perhaps a reblow would be in order. I have been faffing around with a Howes ESU V4 for a friends Hornby Class 31 and these are the ideal settings for me on Leaford, Start speed 001, Max speed 240, Mid speed 90, Acc rate 075, Dec rate 025 if it is not fast enough just increase the max speed and mid speed by the same amount, if too fast decrease the same. Always take note of the original settings so you can return to them if things do not go as planned, if you use the programme track the Powercab will tell you the CV numbers as you go before you change them, Another thing you can do with the ESU V4 is to programme cv 54 to 0 and then enter - hold onto the loco and then press 1 - the loco takes off momentarily but is then a lot smoother and possibly slower after but this is a good place to start experimenting with your speed cv's. I hope that all of this helps, let us know how you get on. Kevin.

Hello Pete, Yes we had a fantastic time thanks, the only things is those grass skirts dont half itch I am sure that you will be pleased with your Powercab welcome to the world of DCC, If I can assist in anyway with setup of chips or anything else then please ask, yes the black box is indeed a base reflex speaker, a great improvement on the one that comes standard with the ESU soundchips, unfortunately their size precludes fitting in some locos due to lack of space but similar smaller types are available though. Cheerio for now Kevin.

Aloha, It may have been bloody cold to people who live there, but to us it was paradise compared to England in November. Thanks Pete, ref the Limby 31:-- I fitted the original Lima side raves of the Lima plastic chassis to the sides of the Hornby cast chassis (as seen in above photos) with a bit of fettling so that the lugs in the Lima body locate as they did previously. You will need to file and fettle the cast Hornby chassis ends to be a nice fit to the Lima body. I fitted the lights myself by drilling the apropriate size holes (I found it is best to drill the just fractionaly undersize and then open the out with a round needle file to get a tight fit) in the correct places in the Lima bodyshell and then fitting the DCC Concepts LEDS pictured below:-- 1.6mm Mini Microdot Red LED for the tail lights Daylight 2mm Tower for the Headlight Red/White 3 lead 2mm Tower for the headcode marker lights. (you only need to connect the white side of the LED) I use 3 strips of copper clad sleeper cut to suitable lenths and glued to the inside of the body to act as distribution boards one White, one Yellow, and one Blue as supplied from the DCC chip function wires, do not forget fit the resistors to the leds or you will have a few fried. The finished model with tail lights showing. ...and with head and marker lights showing. As can be seen it is to my normal "bodge it as I go along" method of doing things, but at least there is no brick moulded plasticard with this one. to APT7 thankyou for your kind comments and yes the NSE 47 is the Modelzone Ltd edition one. to Richard60098 I cannot recall seeing warflats carrying light field guns either in a picture or for real, but I suppose they could be carried as long as they were in guage, I am sure someone far more informed than us could tell us differently. and finally to Temeraire my thanks for keeping things running whilst I was away. See you soon. Kevin

Hi Pete, many thanks for posting your photos, your 33 looks great particularly looking at home with the EPB, did the 3rd rail ever reach North Wales lol, its also good to see that you have all arrived home safely, as for the NSE 47 it is more likely to be sold to make way for the new Bachmann NSE class 47/7 rather than be weathered, but if the new buyer wou like it to be done then it could be. I thoroughly enjoyed your visit along with everyone else, it is a shame that you are so far away, but you never know I might be knocking on your door one day I promise to let you know first though. Best regards. Kevin.

The Cil Engineer's "Salmon" as loaded to Ian B spec, many thanks Ian, I have also taken the oportunity to load an extra cople of panels. See you soon. Kevin.

Many thanks for that Ian I shall be changing mine as soon as I have a minute or two, look out for a photo. Wagons on Leaford, A Cambrian BDA loaded with Evergreen Plastic Strip coupled to a Lima ? Cheerio for now. Kevin.

Ian B said, "Wagons are looking good mate! If you're interested I could post a diagram showing where the straps should be on the Salmon- got a copy of the loading manual round here somewhere! Ian B" Yes I am interested that would be great, thank you Ian. Beresford Junction said, Looking good, in fact I was eyeing up the wagon with the concrete pipes on the other day on the shelf thinking how good it looked, and how I might treat myself to some to use. Phil Yes the pipes are good all they need is painting with concrete (I just use cement powder mixed with water and pva to form a slurry) and then each one glued onto a pallet. Another Cambrian OBA this time loaded with a Cararama Land Rover. See you soon. Kevin.

Some more wagons used on Leaford. Cambrian Kits YCV Turbot. Cambrian Kits OBA in Civil Engineer's guise as a ZAA BASS. Loaded with Modelscene Concrete Pipes. Cambrian again a YMA Salmon loaded with Peco Track. All of the kit build stuff on Leaford runs on Romford 12mm wheels and shouldered 2.0 mm pin-point bearings Cheerio for now. Kevin.

What a day!! It was nice to have a chat with everyone, it was incredible having P.C.M there in the room with us rather than the other side of the world, it was good to meet Peter, equally it was good to meet old friends again it was just like being at an exhibition, my scincere thanks to you all. I was disapointed that I could not continue on to Exford but I am certainly looking forward to our meet on the 26th, in the meantime here is a picture of another Exford taken a long time ago. My best regards. Kevin.

Unfortunatelythe new siding is the only bit finished enough to take any photos, and I am not even sure that is final yet! To be honest I am struggling to get it how I want it, I am now on my 3rd try at getting it right. An FY Class 59 eases its train into the yard at Leaford, the wagons are scratch built and belong to Nigel Crow, thanks Nige. See you soon. Kevin.

My pleasure, to be honest the Parkside Kits go together nicely and I think they are good value as they contain wheels and bearings (or they did, I have not bought any for a while) it is certainly worth a go just take your time and follow the instructions. Some more wagons used on Leaford. A Cambrian SPA fitted with an Appleby hood recoded SEA. An Appleby PXA, It is a great shame that the Appleby range (full kits) are no longer available they were really good although some of their prototypes have now been manufactured by the ready to run boys i.e. Nuclear Flask wagon and Cargowagon Flat, as far as I know some cast bogies and transfers can still be obtained. And finally another Cambrian SPA in its civil engineer variant coded as a ZAA and named Pike. (dont tell him your name?) Regards. Kevin

The wagons used on Leaford are from a variety of resources i.e. ready to run, kit built, kit bashed, and modified ready to run. The VEAs are Parkside Dundas Kits. Along with the 21 Tonne hoppers and these Clams and Grampus. These BBA's and BAA's are Cambrian Kits More pictures to follow, you can see these wagons and others as well as the layout at the Warminster Exhibition on the 16th Feb 2013. See you soon. Kevin.

Shed said, "My favourite layout on RMweb" My thanks to you for that shed, here is a another picture featuring some new stock to Leaford, I hope you like it. Class 59 arrives at Leaford with a Foster Yeoman stone working, the 59 will run around before heading back to Eastleigh and eventually on to the Mendips. Cheerio for now. Kevin.

As Phil mentioned above, "what's the current state of play with the extension, or has that been removed?" The answer to that is yes, but has been replaced - the first photo below. Nigels 4CIG arrives at Leaford. See you soon. Kevin.

Just spotted this post, came upon these two pictured below as part of a heritage tourist hop on/hop of service in Hobart, Tasmania. They went as good as they looked too! My bestest regards. Kevin.

Hi Phil, the extension has not really worked out, so the layout will be back as it was although the scenic's will be different. Railfreight Distributions 47 114 hurries a northbound freight through Leaford, including a repaired Car-tic 4 for return to Oxford. 47475 said, "Great to see this layout again. I hope to see more photos posted regularly again". and 7APT7 said, "I agree, love to see more photos again..." Here is another shot of 47 114 (must put detail on the buffer beam) this model started of as Bachmann class 57 I did the oposite of the prototype and turned it into a 47. See you soon, Kevin.

Another pickie, Shunter 08653 trips a Ludgershall bound MOD freight from Leaford to Eastleigh. I hope you like it. Best regards, Kevin.

Yes fitted with a Howes sound chip, Bachmanns 0865 shows of its weathered paintwork. also through wired to brake van to aid pickup. See you soon Kevin