Phil Traxson

Quick pic of "Redutex" cobbles, just be careful not to stretch them as you lay them or the joints may show over time. The walls that are here are "Redutex" too.

The Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 in "O" would be ever so nice. In Brewery livery. "Marston,Thomson & Evershed" , "Truman, Hanbury &Buxton" or "Ind Coope"

Festiniog Railway Track and Platform Dimensions (2020_06_30 12_40_46 UTC).docx Just so that it is all in the same area this link (if I've managed to do it correctly) is to my record of modern Ffestiniog track dimensions measured in 2018.

To carry on with the trestle styles, which was not the OP's question. This is the simple, adjustable style that I've used for nearly 20 years. Economical on timber too. As usual clicking on the picture will take you to my Flickr albums with more detailed pictures and descriptions of these in use. These are short ones for raising the layout height on a table, but the same design is used for normal height layout trestles too. The blocks on the top rail are for board location.

Do you mean a bit like this Ray Clicking on the picture will take you to the Flickr album with extended captions and a couple more photos.

Couldn't have done it without the sound base layout that Vaughan built and sold to me. It would be very difficult to operate without DCC too, which was also installed by Vaughan. Having no run round facility involves using two loco's just to transfer from one siding to the other without trapping the loco, it would need a dozens of small sections and switches to do it with analogue control.

A mucky wash has now been applied to the ground and ballast to tone them down a little. after all it is supposed to be an industrial environment. The same treatment has been started on the buildings, most of the low relief back ones have been done but not the ones at the ends yet. The moving sector plate has been found to be a little too short,as it will only take one wagon with the longest loco's. It is proving possible to add four inches to it without lengthening the base board it is mounted on, fortunate really as the total fiddle areas are as long as the scenic area already. I also have a plan to motorize it's movement to save walking up and down the layout, as it is operated from the front when exhibited. Knowing my snail like progress I have decided to construct every thing to do the alterations BEFORE I rip out the present arrangement, just in case it is not completed before it is exhibited at Borth y Gest in August, or indeed Bala in September! In all probability it will still be manually operated at both of these even if the lengthening is complete, although all the parts are in hand or on order for the mechanisation, mostly Meccano parts and old fashioned push button and micro switches.

These pictures from the Mid Hants railway last year were taken particularly to illustrate just how uneven real sheet metal on loco's really is. Those rivets along the tank sides aren't exactly in line either!

I've not been on RMweb for some considerable time, so found it quite interesting that you and I are going down similar paths. In more ways than one too, subject matter and motive power and mine is also almost an Inglenook ,by default rather than design. Mine is 7mm , a dairy, but is 0-16.5 and one of the loco's is a modified dock shunter. So, a photo for you to mull over. Clicking on it should take you to my Flickr site and click on the Album "The Creamery" if you're interested.

Progress still being made,slowly! A new longer fiddle stick/yard has been produced for the left hand end. As this end has two exit lines which differ in height by 10 mm the fiddle is longer than I would really like as the rear road has to have a down grade to the sector plate. If I had used points it would have made it longer than the layout! It was exhibition tested at the Trent Valley 7mm narrow gauge "do" in Mickleover and certainly added to operating interest. Excuse the poor start and end to the video, operating and picture taking really needs 3 hands!!

Just as on almost every motor cycle!!?

Wales Porthmadog "Spooners Bar on" the Festiniog station. Ales but not the large range they used to have. reasonable food too "The Australia" Couple of hundred yards over the river from Spooners. Brewey tap for Purple Moose brewery does food too. "The Station" Entrance on Porthmadog standard gauge station, opposite end of town to the other two In all of these expect to hear Welsh being spoken, you're in Wales, the folks are Welsh and it really is their natural language in this area, they're not doing it to be arkward!!

I achieved this effect by using "Slaters" dressed stone walling embossed plastic sheet as the ground surface for my quayside layout. It has the similar size variation and almost flush infill. How successful this has been I will leave viewers to judge. This is 7mm/1 ft narrow gauge.(0-16.5). I seem to think (looking back about 15 years) that the walling is for 4 mm scale walls so maybe use 2 m scale for 4mm setts.

That combo would probably put you below the tens at the strip.

Try looking for "N" gauge wagon chassis.