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Hi Thank you for your comment, yes I completely missed that one. The coach in the background was placed there for photographic purposes only as There is no break at the end of the layout. Well spotted. Regards David

Hi Another passing photograph today with Thompson A2/3 No 60511 Airborne passing the MPD going south on a Fish Train about to pass a Class D11/2 on a local train. Regards David

Haymarket based V1 Class No 67610 passes the Motive power Depot with ECS while A3 60093 Coronach waits in the spur ready to leave for Waverley Station. Haymarket is a MPD layout but I have a few coaches so I thought I would put them on the layout just for some added detail. Regards David

Hi Tonight we have a couple of Gresley A3's on Shed, 60101 Cicero is a home based locomotive and 60093 Coronach is visiting from Carlisle Canal MPD. No smoke. Regard's David

Hi Eric Great variety of locomotives, wonderful models and guess what in my trainspotting days every one of them would have been a cop. Regards David

Plus a smokey version of the same photo, I just have to put one in now and again. David

Today A4 60017 Silver Fox has been turned on the turntable and is now making it's way to Waverley Station in the opposite direction via the main running lines for some reason to head south and home to Kings Cross. Looking at the the previous photo I noticed that the cylinder drain cock pipes were pointing upwards at an angle so I have now removed and repositioned them plus a bit of weathering, I'm more happy with them now. Regards David

Hi Gilbert I do like that second photo going under the bridge, especially with the platform and wagon in the foreground. Is that a new view you have photographed? Regards David

Hi Peter Thank you, The loco used was one of the new Hornby A2/3’s 60523 Sun Castle, I already had a rimless chimney I had removed previously from a Hornby A2/2. The existing double chimneys of most of the Hornby Pacific’s come off very easy. I also repainted their entire loco body and tender sides using a Brunswick Green diluted wash and relined both loco and tender using Fox Transferes. Without going over the livery debate on the new Hornby Thompson’s again, we really should not have to do this type of alteration on a model costing close to £200.00. Thanks for your reply. Regards David

A different view looking at the Water tank and coaling tower at Haymarket from the opposite direction. This view is rather difficult to obtain as I am relying on natural daylight from the window rather than the LED lights I have ceiling mounted above the layout. Anyway I thought I would post it all the same with A4 60017 Silver Fox in view, a Hornby RTR. Regards David

Double headed locomotives leaving Haymarket MPD for Edinburgh Waverley station was not uncommon sometimes I have read three locomotives could be seen leaving the MPD all coupled together then uncouple for the respective trains at Waverley station. Here we see A4 60009 Union of South Africa coupled to A2/3 60519 Honeyway running past the shed at Haymarket each will take south bound expresses from Waverley. While in the shed loop waiting to leave is A3 60093 Coronach coupled to A2 60529 Pearl Diver. Coronach will work back to Carlisle while Pearl Diver will take a train North. three models are Hornby RTR weathered and added detailing while the fourth is a Bachmann RTR A2. I think the repainted green livery to the A2/3 matches in quite well with the other models. Regards David

Hi Gilbert I have found that loading an image on my thread has changed. Up until recently I could load as many photos I wanted irrespective of the file size. But the last few times I have loaded images the combined file size again irrespective of how many images you attach is back to a maximum 10MB. Im not sure why maybe possibly linked to the problems RMWeb encountered earlier in the year. Regards David

Hi manna I agree absolutely nothing wrong with plastic bodies, just not sure on card and wood. 😆 Regards David

Thank you Tony For you kind comments, if only. I’m absolutely fine working with plastics, card and wood but when it comes to soldering and metal work I’m like a ploughman at a knitting convention. I just cannot seem to get my head around it and the thought of making up valve gear just gives me the shivers. For now I’m happy just admiring the work you do. Regards David

Two new photos today The first photo is a passing view of what I would hope Haymarket MPD might look like from a passing train looking back across the turntable. The second photo is A2/3 60519 Honeyway standing below the large water tank that supplied the whole MPD. This structure was one I scratch built from archive photos and information kindly sent to me from other RMweb members. The large coaling tower is a standard Bachmann version which I have altered and added additional detailing to resemble the one at Haymarket as close as I could get without actually scratch building it. Regards David

Hi David I do think Peter has got it spot on for and Ex Works paint look. Having said that I did exactly what you have said in toning down the model as I wanted an Ex works but having been used by applying light weathering. This I achieved by spraying the locomotive from distance just a dusting using a Rail Match Roof Dirt spray can. Photo enclosed, hope Tony does not mind me posting. Regards David

Hi You have produced an absolutely superb job looks great and as you say a great improvement over the abomination that Hornby has produced. I did exactly the same with my model and like you used all Fox products. I renamed and numbered mine to 60519 Honeyway, the only Scottish based A2/3. Regards David

A few more photo of Pacific's taken around the MPD at Haymarket. Spot the difference in locomotive cleaning between York MPD and Haymarket MPD Regards David

Hi Following on from my last photo, the same shot again this time with locomotives on shed. Regards David

Hi Gilbert Very nice photo and excellent work by Tim. David

Hi Its been a few weeks now since my last post, so rather than show more locomotive photos I thought I would show some detailing to the actual layout itself. The photo enclosed shows the inspection pits located outside the eastern elevation of the main shed building and these continue right through the shed building itself on all eight roads, although there was a break in the inspection pit on road No7. Originally the external pits were about 50mm longer than sown on the enclosed photo but they extended over a baseboard joint which made it very difficult to construct and look right so I reduce them to stop just short of the baseboard edge. I did consider buying ready made inspection pits but due to the cost as I would have required about 32 in total and at around £10 per pit I decided to scratch build them instead. They were formed by cutting a grove in the 8mm thick plywood baseboard top then lining both sides and the pit floor in black Plasticard which was painted and weathered. Regards David

Good morning Gilbert A nice clean Thompson Pacific, must be Ex Works? David

Hi Gilbert Its still a stunning model, I did not know accurascale supplied a Deltic, certainly one to consider as like you I am modelling 1957/58 but will make an exception to have a Deltic of that quality and I believe Deltic’s were at Haymarket in 1961/62 period. Regards David

Hi Gilbert Very nice model, is it a Bachmann Deltic? Regards David