Ian Holmes

Looking excellent Luke. As has already been mentioned. It's difficult to believe this is the same layout as before.

Ian

So nice to see this gem of a layout again. There's readers of a certain micro model railway layout magazine that would love to see this layout featured in its pages one year.

Ian

Nicely done! A lovely micro layout

Ian

29 minutes ago, Pacific231G said:

Hi Ian

Even though I was an occasional contributtor to Carl's site,  I'm afraid I knew nothing of MMR Dispatch. I do now though so will enjoy it. 

 

I hope you like it. As a contributor to Carls site. You’d be welcome as a contributor to The Dispatch. (As would all micro layout builders hereabouts)

Ian

17 minutes ago, Pacific231G said:

 

The layout would have belonged well on the late Carl Arendt's site and such micro-layouts are a delightful aspect of the hobby- about as far as you can get from proto rivet counting but just as valid.

 

The layout was featured in issue 6 (Autumn 2022) of the Micro Model Railway Dispatch. I hope you knew that already. If not, I'm doing a terrible job of advertising my micro layout e-zine.  

https://micromodelrailwaydispatch.com

Ian

Wow! You’re totally changing the character of the layout. Excellent! Looking forward to seeing the progress 

ian

This is looking very interesting indeed. I’m looking forward to seeing more.

Looking good. 

Enjoying catching up on this thread. I'm always looking at O gauge layouts for inspiration after the Guild virtual show. 

Nice work.

Ian

11 minutes ago, Moxy said:

Never used the Arnold chassis, but I have used one of these Halling drives

 

https://shop.ferro-train.com/HallingShop/Article/ANT-VAR-H0M

 

I know they run smoothly.

 

Hope this helps

Good to know. Thanks. 

Searching around for a suitable chassis to put under a Wisbech and Upwell tram loco, I found this. Would it make a good donor unit or is there anything better. As a tram loco with skirts it will make little difference to me if the donor chassis has 4 or 6 wheels. https://www.reynaulds.com/products/Arnold/HN9054.aspx

Great work. Very impressive

Ian

Great micro layout. I’ve enjoyed watching the progress as you build it.

Ian

A blog post in which I dig up the old East Lincolnshire light railway. For consideration as a subject for my TT:120 layout https://tttalkabout.blogspot.com/2022/11/east-lincolnshire-light-railway.html

4 minutes ago, Keith Addenbrooke said:

 

Hi Ian, how about a Bemo H0m RhB (or FO) Te 2/2 ? (I’m assuming money / availability are no object, and I don’t know how easy they are to dissassemble).  Just a thought, Keith.

That kind of money might be an object 😄

Ian

Further to this post. I’m thinking that it’s going to be a while before any locomotives I’m interested in will be released. So I might just set to and build myself a G15/Y6 tram loco, that way, wheels could be hidden under skirts hiding a multitude of sins. I’d probably finish that first. What would be a good motor unit to sit under that? Something from Halling perhaps? Or is there an RTR loco out there?

Some more blog ramblings about my proposed layout. Looking to the future https://tttalkabout.blogspot.com/2022/11/looking-to-past-planning-for-future.html

On 12/10/2022 at 14:12, Bungus the Fogeyman said:

Andrew

 

Not a lot in the baseboard construction. 2x1 softwood timber frame with 6mm ply on top. Basically, a bit of string and a pencil to get the radius of the sector plate, cut the curved edge, then attach the sector plate with a screw at the pivot point. Lay the track onto the sector plate ,then attach the casement and its 'stop' (or whatever the stubby bit is called!). You can then line up each track to its respective 'stop' and stick it down. To be honest, its harder to describe than actually do! Hopefully the picture will help.......

On another note Templegates 2022 tour continues in St Neots this Saturday, at the Phoenix centre. My star operator the glamourous Cathy and the equally glamourous Ellie (the border collie) will be putting in an appearance in the afternoon, along with my mum!!

 

Disgusting of Market Harborough

OK. That’s a ruddy brilliant idea. Using the window casement to operate the sector plate.

Ian

On 24/09/2022 at 10:24, Howl03 said:

 

Hi Ian,

 Thank you, would definitely be interested in sharing them with the readers of Micro Model Railway’s Dispatch. Will drop you an Email sometime next week.

Regards Paul.

 

Paul did you ever send me an email?

Just checking

Ian

11 hours ago, Jeff Smith said:

Does anyone know of an on-line retailer offering the Peco TT track in North America?

So far I’ve found one. Central Hobbies in Canada. They list it on their website. https://www.central-hobbies.com/products/tt.html

Ian

@D9020 Nimbus I’ve been looking through my Railway Modellers too, to see if I could find what you were referring to. The nearest I’ve found is Lindale by David Spooner from December 1981. As to why that trackplan is referred to as so, is testament to Roy C Link’s original scheme. It really tapped into a need amongst modellers for something small and interesting to operate. The visuals were what clinched it, I think. Certainly speaking personally. It really did show that there was potential in a small space. As for the name, well the hobby of railway modelling is all about compromise. Roys article and plan was the first to pull it all together under a snappy title and a whole concept. Much like Iain Rice’s “cameo layouts” perhaps.

I expanded on my nostalgic thoughts in a blog post https://tttalkabout.blogspot.com/2022/10/everything-old-is-new-again.html

1 hour ago, MartinRS said:

Thanks for the post. I must have a look at Micro Model Railway Dispatch.

Yes, you must… 😉😂

ian

Just for fun, I’ve been going back through the old Railway Modeller archive to the times when TT-3 was brand new. 
Yes I know there’s the scale discrepancy between TT-3 and TT:120. But it’s so much fun to read these articles, and there’s still much good reference material out there. Pieces from hobby legends like  Doris Stokes and Edward Beal. People were as excited about TT-3 then as we are about TT:120 now. 
Everything old is new again…

5 hours ago, Lacathedrale said:

Thank you for the RM reference - I've got the app on my tablet and being able to flip to it to get some context is wonderful, thank you.

 

Has the Art of Compromise been built? I ask because with such a short loop it seems a tough prospect to operate! Maybe a good candidate for Heathcote Electronics automatic train shuttles? 

 

I've put it into 5' x 1' below which allows two coaches in the loop:

 

 

I guess the issue is that for a runaround to occur on-layout it's going to eat up almost all of the linear space, so one needs to either be at peace with that, or accept the need for a 'hidden' runaround at one end or another.

Thanks for drawing this out. Food for thought.

ian