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The pub roof now haas a covering of slates. In the past I used to mark out the roof and cut the slates from strips of writing paper, but my hand/eye coordination isn’t up to that now so I looked around for an easier method. The first picture shows what I do. I stick a piece of graph paper to the roof, which gives me accurately spaced vertical and horizontal lines. The slates are laser cut from Scale Model Scenery, which give me accurately cut slate strips. These are glued to the roof with pva using the lines on the graph paper as guides. The second picture shows the finished roof. Finally, a couple of pictures of the current state of play, with a 57xx working in the yard

How did that work? Did the trains simply run through to Cambridge via St Ives? The photos I found were dated 1968 which I thought was a mistake, but a partial reopening could explain that

I’ve seen them Stuart and I know the number of the one going north, but I’ve just found a photo of the southbound train at Wimblington and am trying to work out the number. Interestingly there is a blue/grey coach.in the train. I hadn’t realised that this livery had made it on to the loop line.

The last southbound passenger train on the March-Camrige loop carried headcode 5L53 . The engine was a Brush type 2 (class 31) Does anyone know the loco number please? Thanks Alex

I think so Tim. I've got one, but I haven't used it yet. It's a post retirement project. A friend has done some great work in "n" gauge using laser cutting to create the backing for Scalescenes models.

More on the pub. The initial coat of white has been toned down with washes and powders. The main windows were laser cut for me by a friend. A few of the windows still need glazing. i reworked the false roof as I didn’t like the appearance of the riff above the ends, and rebuilt it so that the false roof is between the ends. I think that will work better when the tiles are done.

No. Just no.

Did someone mention an E4?

Thanks Ade. The position of the building is inspired by photos of the pub, with the building at right angles to the pub. The orientation divides the area into two, with an area outside the pub and another by the shed. The area modelled is just a corner - think it may have been an old stonemasons yard, now used for the maintenance of lorries.

A start has been made on the lorry garage next to the pub. The stone shed was inspired by photographs of the area. The model is a pretty solid styrene sheet structure. I needed to make sue I could easily access the tracks behind, so this is deflected in the final height of the building.

I’ve used Gaugemaster controllers for about the last 30 years. About a year ago I thought there must be something more modern to operate modern motors, so I did a little research online. The result? Gaugemaster.

I’ve still got a few etches. I used this one because it was a suitable size.

The end one in the main building is Howard Scenics, the upstairs windows in the right hand extension are York modelmaking. The others are Wills. The remaining ones will be scratchbuilt.

Detail painting on the pub. I tried diluted oils on the stone lean to, but I think I’ll go back to acrylics. I’ve made a start on the landform. There will be a stone lean to building next to the pub, part of a garage for lorries.

Basic building work on the pub is finished and the building has been given a coat of white acrylic spray. Next stage is detail painting. Lights have been installed in the downstairs rooms using more of the LEDs I used in the signal box. Dropping the voltage to the LEDs from 4.5v to 3.0v gives a yellower glow, which is more the effect I am after.

1623 delivering ballast wagons to Whitehill Quarry, Lydbrook Dean in October 1962.

Is there an app which having deleted the pannier, substitutes it with a J15, or better still an E4? Just introducing a bush really doesn’t cut it 😊

An electrical problem developed at Edington which was traced to a rail gap closing due to expansion. Problem solved with a few strokes of a razor saw. Test running in progress with the class 14 and a train of Dogfish hoppers.

More pictures from the Edington show.

Sorry you won’t be able to make it Tim. The 517 belongs to my co-operator.

First day of Edington show done. Layout behav d faultlessly for the first 3 hours, then developed a sudden electrical fault which took about 2 hours to partially trace after which we were able to resume with a partially limited service. Met lots of people and took some photographs

Lydbrook Dean is now packed away ready for next weekend. Here are a few pictures taken round the station yard:

Confession time I think. There are actually 3 layouts. Yelverton, which is in BRM and currently packed up for storage. Lydbrook Dean, currently being worked on and the main layout, Diddington/Upwell Drove. Diddington is a permanent layout, Upwell Drove can be exhibited on it's own. I retire in August 2024, and the plan is to refurbish and update Diddington, incorporating the lessons I have learned with Yelverton and Lydbrook Dean. I am also planning for the future, and when we downsize, I want Diddington to come with us.

Sorry chaps, I was working from memory and find I hadn't bookmarked it either!