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I feel your pain with that - it's a location I've yet to 'nail' 6B33 in the sun. Got it in various dull and semi sun coniditons there. Yesterday we drove to find the sun, forecast said Didcot cloud, Reading sun. So Lower Basildon and Pangbourne it was. Here's 60074 running a bit early passing Pangbourne with 6B33 Theale - Robeston. It was nice to see 60074 out and about again jo

Hello Stu, I'm looking forward to seeing your FGW stuff - I know it's been on the go a while. Which reminds me I must finish the 150, its currently only decalled on one side... Hi Joseph, I agree it's far from perfect for the time being, but I've been weighing up options. Now cheaper devices are available, I may well give static grass a go like Pete suggested, or maybe some of the "Kermit Dandruff" used on the other bushes on the layout I like it! Cheers Jon, coming from you that's quite a compliment! As you've shown, natural light helps! As for the Loadhaul comment.... hahaha don't worry, it'll be large logo! Loadhaul's for 60s Hi Ben, Here's a photo of the real thing - dividing bars and all http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/5759380103/ The one piece glazing was thrown in to get it finished for its first exhibition, and was something I was planning to return to, but had forgotten until now! Of course - it's nowt more than a couple of jars of Railmatch enamel! Previously I'd only used Frame Dirt and Sleeper Grime, whichever came to hand, but the 153, 60054 and the mk3s use brake dirt too for the first time. Step by step that applies to the 153 and mk3s, once the chassis is separate from the body: - Pick out the details in correct colours (orange wheelslip kit, yellow springs, rusty exhaust etc) - Brush on a relatively thick coat of Sleeper Grime, let it dry for 10 mins or so - Take a soft brush, about 8-10mm dia dipped in white spirit. Wipe most off on a piece of Kitchen Roll, then use it damp to remove most of the paint. On the 153 this left it in recesses etc, and on the mk3s it gave a streaking effect down the skirting, around panel joins etc. - Brake dust was airbrushed over the bogies, ends of the underframe for that thrown up by wheels, and plows - A light - medium coating of Sleeper Grime was then airbushed to blend it all together. On the 153 a very wet brush of white spirits was used to remove the excess from the solebar, steps and plows, leaving a brown residue in the corners HTH jo

So the photo of a confused cat was the result of a quick photoshoot in Sunday's sunny weather. Here's a few of the kind of thing I was aiming for, trying out some new angles. Some work, some don't. I'm not really sure what 60054 is doing on Laira, though... A 153 goes into the shed for maintenance Various stock stabled outside the depot Some overviews 153 comes off the depot, followed by the 60 08947 waits to drag a power car out for refueling 43136 is the power car in question, having undergone bogie maintenance And finally an SPA was left here last weekend after some engineering work Any thoughts on what works and what doesn't please guys? Thanks! jo

These switches would be much easier if I had thumbs... jo

Hello Mick, Nice work! You're tempting me to crack out some Farish mk1s, lots of plastic and the yellow paint! I've a few yellow things planned, please keep tempting me! Looking forward to the next update jo

Dave, If you go down the road a hired in Riviera 47, don't forget the smoke machine.... 47848 complete with smoke billowing from the underframe, leads 47839 through Culham on hire to Colas working 6Z48 Burton - Dollands Moor. The train was held at Didcot whilst the fire service saw to 47848 10/9/09 Taken from http://joalder.smugmug.com/Trains/Class-By-Class/Class-47/19680346_wJhKGn#!i=1646546334&k=7QPFvzb Great to see the layout progressing too! jo

Hi Ian, A great looking layout, lots of nice details and plenty of interesting rolling stock. Top stuff! The Theale - Robeston (T,Th,S) loads to 24, and watching Dave's video of the Lindsey, that had 24 tanks on too HTH jo

It's 60039 John, being used as a shunter at Eastleigh. Here's some recent 60 action from me 60071 at Gatcombe near Lydney working 6B13 Robeston - Westerleigh 27/1/12 60091 on 6B33 Theale - Margam between Coalpit Heath and Winterbourne, Bristol 28/1/12 60091 rolling through Westerleigh village with 6B13 from Robeston 2/2/12 60071 passing Acton Turville on 6B33 Theale - Robeston, luckily running about 15 min early 2/2/12 jo

That's huge mate! Really shows the advantages of N! Nice work with the doors

Yeah it was so tempting to leave with more than I did lol! I know what you mean about the O scale stuff I'll do a proper workbench thread on the 50 once work commences, but yeah, the surgery will be rather, erm, involved! The steps aren't a problem, they're a separate moulding so just ping them off, then fill the holes. Making replacements to the 50 style could be, erm, interesting! jo

Oh I don't know...Loadhaul on a 60 looks like it was designed around the loco's shape jo

Cheers, foamboard is definitely advantagious in terms of transportation, just be careful every time you throw a point that the layout doesn't slide away! jo

Cheers Lee, yeah the Farish 60's a good model. Hopefully the next layout will let me showcase my Brush fleet rather more jo

So...it was mentioned before, and I said no. But I was in East Somerset Models yesterday, and saw a Farish bodyshell for sale. I spent the rest of the day thinking how best to achieve what I want...that is, a class 50! The body will be given a nose job and detailed. The bogies are from the new model 37, at this point its sat on a pair from what will be DRS 37038. I plan to get hold of a spare pair, and the black rings that the bogies clip into. This will be used with a spare motor and a home made chassis. These bogies are a world away from those used on the Farish 50 (and old style 37) chassis, so it's worth the effort to use them Now, paint wise, LoadHaul is oh so very very tempting, but I think more than likely I'll be doing Defiance in Large Logo with a grey roof, as it was for most of the era of the layout More soon, including a car park update jo

I've lowered one of mine Jack, and thats on N wheelsets. Can bring it when I see you next if you like

Looks ace mate, better than the texted piccy! Can't wait to see it in the flesh hauling some stock. The plows have come out nicely too, not bad for an experiment lol!

6B49 runs from Llanwern to Swindon Stores, which is just next to the Kemble Line, not at South Marston. I believe it supplies BMW (Mini) with steel. 6B50 is the return, and can depart anywhere between 13.30 and 17.30 depending on the load jo

Whilst it looks like there is some material missing to allow bogie clearance, don't forget when viewed head on, the bufferbeam is angled in towards the bottom, as is the part of the solebar where the lower step is mounted. This means when view 3/4 angle, the lower step looks further forward than the upper one, as per this photo jo

Yep the different greys are being done. One of the Bachmann guys pointed this out to me on the Farish sample at the N gauge show jo

Took a trip to South Wales on Friday (9/12), here's the day's tug action 60071 passes East Usk Yard in Newport with 6B13 Robeston - Westerleigh 60054 rolls past Undy with 6V05 Round Oak - Margam Taken from http://joalder.smugmug.com/Trains/Days-Out-2011/2011-12-9-South-Wales-Newport/20510159_hRVr5T#1624327304_WFZdWVq jo

Oooh now this is getting confusing! Whilst researching 37038 in DRS condition, I was told it was a speedo. This loco doesn't have a standard speedo on the no.2 bogie, so this figured. However, 37610 has both this device on the no.1 bogie, and a standard speedo on the no.2 bogie. Hmmmmm Assuming they are both speedos, I wonder if 610 had a bogie swap at one end, and one of the speedos is fitted but not wired up? jo

Got a feeling it's the speedo drive Trev, those with it seem to be lacking the standard 37 dangly cable type jo

Thanks for the comments guys, here's the latest little project, started Sunday and did some more before work this morning. Well, yesterday morning now I guess. Anyway, the folk at Embankment Road have somewhere to park now. The pic shows marking out, the bushes are Noch strips, like green stick on moustaches, stuck down with superglue. Here's the current progress, the tarmac texture was Games Workshop acrylic, Fortress Grey with Chaos Black washes to darken the shade. Various lighter and darker washes were added to give variety in texture, including the sweep of cars coming into the spaces. The brick pattern (read paved) plasticard was cut earlier, and will be painted before fixing down I've also added some plastic dummy lights to the layout, a pack of Faller street lights of varying styles. Double headed around the fuel point, with downlighters elsewhere, will photograph when I get chance More soon jo