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March 7

Got the wood edge around the back of the last two boards last night, filled with snow this morning and now getting it covered with paper, got on to the Darlington & Stockton times now (struggling to get used to them being that way round...)

March 6

12 hours ago, dseagull said:

Hope you cut the coupon for the free rolls out first!

Unfortunately it was only valid last Friday and Saturday, will be driving passed a cooplands today... Will be calling at Bothams on our way through Whitby anyway and they're much better...

March 6

According to my phone this was 3 years ago today.

March 5

Looks spot on, properly swept out.

March 5

Would have been open spoke (split) when built, May have got plain spoked in later years.

March 5

The front of the layout is now fully covered.

And for the next section along the back, I've acquired a copy of the Darlington & Stockton Times...

March 4

4 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

It's this sort of attention to detail that gives a layout a strong sense of place.

Not sure what paper they would get in Bilsdale, Evening Gazette from the Boro every night but either Darlington & Stockton Times or Malton Gazette & Herald...

March 4

More land forming.

Hammers are very good at holding it down while the glue dries.

Run out of Whitby Gazette so moved on the the old East Cleveland free paper that stopped printing 18 months ago.

And finally last night, the bit behind the station building.

February 28

14 hours ago, arran said:

One Hrs less sleep at the Pudsey Hilton "Oh well"

I will have to remind Mr Petty of this on the day

Regards Arran

Open a wallet, that'll wake him up...

February 27

So now I know it all runs something like right I can get back to progressing with the pretty bits, more snow added! Along the front and behind the station building.

February 25

1 hour ago, Fishplate said:

Congratulations Paul. Its nice when the first train runs.

(Spotted the Whitby Gaz btw)

Last one I bought, May 2021, not enough to finish the layout, going to have to buy another sometime...

February 25

The first train ran the whole length of the layout from fiddleyard to fiddleyard and back this morning with no great issues, I need to install small bolts to locate the turntables but otherwise all went well.

February 24

Second fiddleyard is now wired, nothing has run on it yet but I've had the meter across it and it buzzed when it should, spun it round and plugged it in the other side and it's correctly reversed. It might not be the prettiest wiring but it works! It will be altered eventually when the fourth track is added.

February 24

And it's all up, had a shuffle round and turned the boards through 90° so I can get both fiddleyards up. Now to wire that second fiddleyard...

February 24

15 hours ago, KNP said:

What airfield??

Just open the layout room door, is the landing light on?

February 21

And then there were three. This time I'm going to run the wires across the middle, there's no need to take them to the ends as long as the red at one side connects to the black at the other.

February 16

Got the first end of the first track down on the second fiddleyard tonight along with the short link track.

February 15

1 hour ago, Graham T said:

Can I ask how you drilled your level crossing gates for the horizontal brass rods? There might be a very simple answer but I couldn't figure it out! Lovely modelling by the way 🙂

I drilled through the end vertical posts but the inner and diagonals are fabricated around the wires out of plastic strip.

February 14

The second fiddleyard is now underway.

February 14

21 hours ago, Limpley Stoker said:

That’s looking really convincing. ,

I wonder if your completed weedkiller train will be available for hire , I would be interested if it could spray a pesticide to keep my woodlice under control !

Secret is to start training them young...

February 12

Another little job done, the stop blocks are stuck down and a bit of ballast thrown about.

February 12

A little alteration to the fiddleyard, I've added a strip of plywood between it and board one, it's sort of L shaped to provide a slot for the backscene to ho in to. Tonight I've fitted a slightly longer piece of track in the gap.

February 11

So, back to the carriages, there's now a respectable set of four. Two, a D18 3 compartment van third and a D14 8 compartment ordinary third that were finished a few years ago. Next is the D5 lavatory composite that is externally finished, needs glazing and seats, last is a D77 5 compartment van third, built many years ago and finished in late LNER condition with electric lights and middle lower steps removed, lamp tops have been added but the steps still need to be added but it has been repainted, lettered and lined. Please don't look too closely at the lining, I'm getting better at it!

February 10

Still slowly plodding along with carriages, more of that later but we've just been to get some eggs from a local farm and they're slowly refurbishing the building, they also sell potatoes and a barrow has appeared to put them on, a North Eastern platform barrow.

February 8

1 hour ago, Compound2632 said:

Here's a little taster for my talk "What Wagons When and Where?" at the Midland Railway Society's open meeting in Kettering on 17 February:

I suppose Hull accounts for the North Eastern, and I suppose one has to conclude that the Great Western was carrying a lot of timber in ordinary open wagons:

From 'Trade and Commerce of the NER District 1912'. In 1912 500,000 tons imported through Hartlepool although 2/3 of that was pit props or as they called it 'mining timer'. No amount for the Humber but it was valued at £2.1M. Other ports handling a lot less.

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