Pete Harvey

Ken That looks great are you going to use an etching primer for the resin and the brass and did you remember to wash the resin in soapy water before you fitted it? Pete

Mark It's looking very good. What are you going to use to build the rest of the platform? Pete

Carl the model is great but can I ask Why build it? Pete

Tamiya only produce two 1:48th scale model vehicles and sadly they are both of the American army Hummvee you could just get away with using them as our troops do use them in Iraq and Afghanistan but the question is would you want too? Pete

Looking good have you decided what you are going to cover the roof with? Pete

Its starting to take shape nicely Mark keep the pictures coming. Pete

Has anyone fitted a decoder as the picture in the Hornby Mag does not show where the decoder goes? Pete

Stu What a nice layout you have, simple design well thought out I love the way that you have used the plaster as chalk saved your self a lot of work there. Very nice :icon_clap: :icon_clap: :icon_clap: :icon_thumbsup2: Pete

Looking Good Alex that will be quite a space to cover should be good when its done. Pete

Dave What happens at the back of the station and the end of the yard section have you any pictures of that area? The article is great and shows your layout off to a tee :icon_clap::icon_clap::icon_thumbsup2: Pete

well it looks good Jon you need to fit some of Brian's name plates to it. Happy New Year too. Pete

Doh!!! Easily done I'm sure that it wont happen again. Model strip paste on the inside should get that off as long as it is not aerosol primer? Pete

Looks great Jon its coming on isn't it? Pete

I must say the louvres look good I hope they worked as we hoped? The hole wagon looks great :icon_thumbsup2::icon_clap::icon_clap: Pete

Probably a British design team would still be thinking about the basic estetics rather than the functionality of how well it will do the job its intended for and they would want a lot more money for doing it. Pete

Defiantly a "Frightliner" they are ugly but so was the 58, 59 & 66 until we got used to them. I like the idea of calling them "Robins" as the name of the Tamworth Built Super Car does suite them. Pete

A great Layout great detail and great building construction, but OMG I have just realized its DC operated what a complicated system to run such a large layout with. Pete

Carl your skills would put some model boat builders to shame very very nice indeed. Pete

Click on the attached image link then press control and hold down, then with the wheel on your mouse rotate it to zoom in or out so that you can see the image then use the next button that appears to view the pictures. I hope this helps? Pete

Jazz Do you use Etching Primer or basic Car Primer? Pete

James I have not thought of theme for the layout yet, I'm just going to see how it develops. Pete

This year in between running PH Designs, building models for people and keeping my work shop tidy, I have managed to find time to use up most of the wood left over from Dudley Road & Peters Street. What could I do so yet again a small very portable layout, I must admit that another reason is to have a platform to display some of my products and to demonstrate how they can be used in conjunction with other manufactures products, in the end I'm a modeller and I enjoy the construction of a layout. Well here are some pictures to show what I'm building. As you can see from these pictures I have altered the Peco point work slightly, I have done this so that I can get more track on the opposite end of the base board it has given me about 50mm more track on the sidings. All of the rail joints are soldered and I have used Exacto Scale Brass Cast fishplates soldered on place on the sides of the rails over the joints. The hard standing is made from four 2mm sheets of plasticard some Peco Concrete Sleeper rail fixings and some Code 75 rail. The back wall was constructed from some of the 2mm plasticard, some brick pattern plasticard and what was left from the wills bridge sections that I used on Dudley Road. Well that is about as far as I have gotten at the moment I will post more pictures as as when I have time to make some more progress. Pete