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Hello all, Another little video, 66047 with HOAs Graham

Hello all, Decided it was time to test some stock, really pleased with the RevolutioN Eco-frets, might have to get some more! 66209 on a short intermodal. Graham

Hello all, Nice little delivery arrived today in the form of triple ecofrets, Mike and Ben have surpassed themselves yet again, absolutely fantastic wagon from Revolution! Also been playing with trees, I bought some cheap ones from China purely to bulk up the ones at the back, i have a fair amount of 3D model ones which are excellent but don’t fancy them getting lost in the distance, well not for what they cost! like I expected there nothing special, I dipped them in a watered down PVA mix then sprinkled various woodland scenic scatters over them to tone them down a little, I then went further by gluing in some foliage to change the size and bulk them up, a few had the scissor treatment as well. left to right, first one is the original, middle ones with just a dusting of scatter, and the third ones with additional foliage. As they’ll be in the shadows I think they’ll work quite well. cheers Graham

Good morning, The honest answer is I have no idea, I purchased the DBSO from an ebay seller who I have bought several items from, I have no connection other than a very satisfied customer. here’s the link https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-FARISH-MK2-DRS-COMPASS-DBSO-9705-WITH-CREW-VERY-NICE-MODEL-DCC-READY-/184808843972?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 cheers Graham

Hello all, little absence from the layout as I’ve been working away, today however I got a tad impatient and made a start on some scenery, the usual cardboard form work then covered in plaster cloth, even threw some scatter down to see how it looks. Cheers Graham

Hello all, 3 and a half years on and progress is as speedy as always! work has been taking place and will be uploaded soon. unfortunately my dad prefers to run the the trains, ( which it’s all about isn’t it! ). and so we present 92158 which has been purchased by the OBB plus a BR brake van to operate iron ore trains to the Erzberg! more to follow soon. Graham

Excellent progress David, very much looking forward to this evolving. Graham

cheers Phil, All scalescenes work thankfully, I was a bit apprehensive about using printed stuff but after seeing what can be done on the Chandwell layout I’m well pleased. Graham

Couple of hours work and she’s just about done. A few small finishing touches to do and a bit of weathering then it’ll be installed, all in all rather pleased with how it’s come out. Graham

Hello all, First try at a scalescenes kit, I’ve never used printed scenery/buildings before but after seeing the excellent results on Chandwell I thought I’d have a little dabble, granted it’s only a tunnel mouth, and so far this is just a test build to get a feel for how they go together. I’ve made a few mistakes but we’re getting there, fairly happy of what I need to do so I’ll start on the proper one soon. cheers Graham

Technically I have four on the go, two N gauge ones, 2018 ish WCML and a1980s Southern era, one 00 1990s NSE 3rd rail and then an ho french steam depot. keeps the interest alive. Graham

Hi Andrew, take a look at Steve farmers lymebrook yard, it’s N gauge but I think very doable in 00 gauge. Graham

Bonjour brother.. Any progress with the scenics Stu?? Or YouTube videos?? G

Hello all, Thought I’d test the new wires before I continue. cheers Graham

Great news as always with RevolutioN, bad news for the bank account. The mesh sides on the super tench are gonna be a challenge in N! I’ll definitely be in for some.

Hello all, few snaps you may like, I’m playing around with eazi line on the OHLE, pleased so far. Graham

Being in a productive mood I’m trying out some easi line to see how it looks / performs. So far so good. Graham

Hello all, Dodgy point has been removed and replaced. Attention has turned to getting the four track section glued into place, I’ve done three out of the four and also started mocking up the tunnels at one end, I’ll be using scalescenes and I wasn’t sure about size so I’ve increased it slightly to see what looks right with catenery. Also added a cant to all the curves, rather than use slithers of card or plastic, this time I’ve used sliced sections of bluetac, it’s worked quite well as you can adjust the levels much easier before glueing into place. cheers Graham

New point ordered, shuttle section is working fine now, slight issue with the weight of the non motored pacer, soon rectified with some liquid lead. Graham

Hello all, Two steps forward and three back! One side of the layout will depict a four track mainline, two lines of the circuit and the inner two will be a long loop with a shuttle unit to have a unit or loco trundling up and down. I want to keep it as simple as possible, the shuttle unit is installed but I need the points to change so the loco/unit runs right road, I’ve done sprung points before in N so no big deal. Well it wasn’t a big deal till I started fiddling! I managed to snap the blades of the curved point which has ruined it, I’ve dug out a spare medium one which will do temporarily till I decide how I’m going to repair it permanently. cheers Graham

Excellent video Ian, I love the cant on the curve, really good with the expresses. keep up the good work.

Hello all, A bit of history to start. Stanley bridge mk1 was started in 2017, a three track mainline with a fiddle yard beneath and the layout crossing diagonally, WCML with a diverging branch. Due to personal circumstances changing it’s in long term storage and probably will be there a while. Jump forward 4 years, I have a new home, boxes and boxes of both N gauge and 00 stock, track, scenery etc which hasn’t really seen the light of day for quite some time. I recently built a small n gauge layout using odds and sods which whilst enjoyable was purely to get my mojo going and get some trains running! I’ve also thinned out some stock, you never really realise what you have till it’s in boxes, ( lots of boxes!! ). So…… Stanley Bridge mk2. I like the name, it has family ties. So why not? New home is getting renovated, and one dark evening a few weeks ago I may of had one to many light ales….. looked at an eggshell door that I had removed and thought… I know, I’ll build two loops of track just to let the trains stretch there legs! Out came the tools and some track and within a few hours I had trains running, I then started adding a few things, bay platform, short branch, 4 track mainline on opposite side of station, my usual method of seeing what looks right as I went along. At the moment it’s nice just to watch the trains go by, the layout will have no fiddle yard as such and will be scenic throughout, although both sides will be separated by trees etc to create two scenes. Hopefully there will be regular updates. Not the greatest of pictures, but gives an overall view of whats going on. cheers Graham.

Not read it cover to cover but what I have has been very good, the biggest thing for me is it’s in A4 format, so much better to hold, read and good size pictures too. whenever I read the n gauge journal I felt like I was browsing through ikea instructions. ( nothing wrong with content just size of magazine) Thankyou for the work you’ve put in Graeme, hopefully not a one off. cheers Graham

The ballast makes such a difference, fantastic!