Russ (mines a pint)

Looks good! Plans for station building have been on the forum before: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_09_2013/post-16796-0-31802300-1379097874.jpeg

Aye, and if you did that on your layout some one would say it was shoddy modelling

Another vote for VW type diesels here regularly getting 60+ mpg on a run (1.6tdi Octavia Estate) without really trying, car is full of all sorts of tools/parts and generally brim the tank as we live in a rural area with no 24 hr fuel (been caught out before ) - this has been remapped/egr removed and as Horsetan said you do get a reasonable increase in town economy but not much better on the run in fact I once got 70mpg on a run from Greenock to Campbeltown before the remap - thats all on A roads if you are on the motorway and sitting at 80 (oops I mean 70 ) you re down to high 50's mpg My motorbike is supposed to be good for 200 mile range but I can never get more than 170 but I dont care

I dont know if you can use anything from this? Glasgow from Cathkin Braes taken last year (about this time of year) You maybe able to cut out the foreground and use the back ground for a distant skyline, my skills are not great at photo editing but maybe someone else could help? I may still have a higher-res version You are welcome to use the pic if you wish - or if indeed it is of any use at all - if not just bin it

Fantastic prototype and looking good so far, inset track is not for the fainthearted, I would suggest operating the points from underneath and removing as much (moving parts) from outside the running rails as possible: - you can then infill right up to the running rails and the sleepers either side of the tiebar, raise those sleepers slightly with plasticard then put a plasticard cover over the top, so you can't see the tiebar? does that make sense, I can try do a diagram if not?

Hugely inspirational prototype and remember your plans from 2010, I hope you are able to bring this to fruition, and will watch with interest !

Taken the plunge and got one of these boxes and at 'track down' stage - It'll take a while til it looks anything like as good as yours

Dont think I would have gone that far - it does look good though and looks pretty convincing rather than a afterthought. Gives you a new perspective for getting road vehicles in photography too - all good!

- seen the added planking to allow road vehicles to platform- good thinking

http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/really-useful-clear-wrapping-paper-box-22-litres/571746-1000

Like this, looks convincing - and excellent use of the box which will also protect when not in use, alot to be said for being self- contained I think. out of interest the van in the arch? have you cut it to make fit? - everybody has different priorities regarding realism - as to where the goods go & come from etc. - an attractive scenic diorama you undoubtedly have, according to how you fixed the loading platform down you could either move it to the other side of the front-most siding ( which would allow lorries to back up) - or provide a new platform there and leave the present one looking a but shabby but empty, however if it doesnt bother you just leave it as it is, certainly seen less plausable situations on some exhibition layouts... will have to look out for one of those boxes? - where did you get it ?

Name from this interesting looking chapel - its like the station buildings only bigger and more ornate, surely the same architect? - Yardro is a small village slightly away from the line of the New Radnor branch http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4492953 Looks like a candidate for the wills limewashed sheets!

AUGUST 2018 You can read the text below but try look at posts dated 2018 the below aint gonna happen- well it might but different The rules for me are now Rule 1 Relaxation (and time available) Rule 1 Run what you like - amongst the amendments to the 2nd rule 1 are that I must be happy with what I'm running together even if time/depot allocations may have proved otherwise Rule 1 Track not EM or handmade points too much time involved - there will be a fourth rule 1 about coupling systems but I haven't worked out what it is yet? Enjoy your hobby - and the bits of the hobby you enjoy most we are all different - - - _________________________________________ 2016 My long -running West Riding woolen area layout is still in the pipeline - it even has timber for the boards now, entrusted to a friend with a circular saw so the boards should be good when he gets a round tuit! Whats going together here is my last bits of previous timber being hopefully made into something, I have much less space these days so trackplan is based on the excellent Llanastr layout (seehttp://www.llanastr.webs.com/) approx 3ft x 1ft with cassette fiddlesticks - track a mix of copperclad points and C&L trackbase for plain track... Era will be just after the WW2 and pre nationalisation - a new one for me, and largely to prevent over-indulgence in diesel hydraulics - will try to just stick with the pannier and maybe a small prairie! Its nearly ten yrs since Deadwater Burn was started and over 6 since it was passed on - so hopefully this is the year of complete or at least in progress model!! It will have buildings based on the New Radnor branch - station building and goods shed - plus probably a few of the outbuildings, the station building is a work in progress and features in the picture - with the plan I was able to easily build up a 'scale thickness' to the walls, the windows still aint as pretty as etched ones but cut from plasticard this time I am alot happier than the ones on the Deadwater building which were a course of constant annoyance for me .... these whilst not perfect are an improvement! UPDATE: The station build has had a few more tweaks, the cornerstones have worked pretty well at the right hand end but the left hand end were not that great so stripped them off and redone, if anything made the building look distorted and it IS actually pretty square - they are done with really thin plasticard which is only slightly proud of the rest of the stonework, hides joins well. -- Plans are easily available feautured in last months Railway Modeller (Stanner station) also there is quite alot of material on the web - PMPs blog https://albionyard.wordpress.com/2011/1 ... finescale/ and Geoff of Penhydd/ Llangullno http://radnorailways.blogspot.co.uk/ are well worth a read.

Oh I see.... well as long as you have found them now

This is an item that is running at the moment (plasticard?) can you get there off that? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Plasticard-Seconds-30-Off-10-Assorted-Sheets-White-Matt-Finish-Size-A4-Mixed-/291564561101?hash=item43e29a22cd:g:gcAAAOSwHjNV91sg -or I think that makes it item number : 291564561101 ?? you could try search that? HTH

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/stationroadbaseboards/

Just seen the Ebay version of this : not sure about baseboard kit prices as not compared them, what I did notice are very good prices on bulk plasticard...

Just to confirm my order placed Fri arrived on Mon in perfect condition - very pleased - will try leave feedback on the page and will def. use again !

Lovely layout and loco's Andrew was looking at that on your webpage ... #959 at Queensbury lower link in case anyone interested... my #987 version has arrived now so will see how layout/finances going before either cancelling or not... seen as lots of pics now up I'll leave it in the box till somewhere to run/store etc. The 5 thou patches look great Tim I think they will be essential! - thanks for the all the helpful transfer references too... Wikepedia has picture of a non patched in immediate nationalisation livery - its just looking to start like its needed patching - Lner lettering visible underneath. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Doncaster_Works_geograph-2377759-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg/1024px-Doncaster_Works_geograph-2377759-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P1b5a-W2dbE/TlYUlkojuBI/AAAAAAAACew/ivvvLtr-2qY/s1600/Queensbury2.jpg

Similar to what I read - outright power is only one side of the coin , maximum traction depends also on outright power vs. mass . these locos were relative to class 4 whereas many 0-6-0 tanks or tenders were in the Class 3 specification, they were well able to handle freights and ECS shunting that smaller locos might not.

-beware tank welds & patches - I was thinking this was an end of life type thing but here is an early BR https://www.flickr.com/photos/64518788@N05/8417794390 and a later one: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3819/10571106203_49c8569de8_b.jpg I've got these too or 68978 to choose from to renumber mine - cant find any pics of 68978... I think the J50 is just like the class 26 diesel ... by later life every one has indivdual traits