Phil Bullock

A point I had considered myself Roy. If anyone needs assistance and you are within reach of Gloucestershire drop me a PM

Whilst you are correct in that if you haven’t got the loco on the move before you engage drivelock it won’t move as you increase the throttle the same applies to a moving loco . This means you can use it for mega thrash when starting a heavy train …. Like a pair restarting a 1000 ton oil train from Abbotswood up to Norton Junction at little more than a crawl…. Speed stays constant but thrash through the roof!

Yes it was when the NBL type 2s finished At Gloucester. But I guess that’s for another thread ….

Wasn’t it Spring 71 when the few remaining FOD trips transferred from Gloucester to STJ?

Plastic sections too….

Domestic turmoil today due to arrival of new grandson in Cardiff …. Our trip to NEC tomorrow is safe but unfortunate effect is the catering department has been otherwise occupied! Hence no millionaire’s shortbread …. Sorry @Phil Parker @McC and most of all @Enterprisingwestern

Certainly don’t want rain or water ! I did have a gazebo but it turned out to be better for Californian summers than Gloucestershire ones!!!

Thanks Clive . Well we did use Norton village hall in the early 70s!

To go with those figures on the Rapido thread?

Better than Abbott’s wouldn’t I guess! Suspect that is how is was named… but not sure of the Abbey … Pershore the nearest I guess

What a wonderful choice Accurascale! I predicted this to friends as it’s a loco with a massive amount of detail variations which fits the AS modus operandi perfectly. Not our prime modelling period but cannot see how we won’t end up with a few…. How about 8718 the last ex GW loco to appear at Worcester and the last surviving small cab 57xx in BR ownership … 1966. Also an SVR regular. Millionaires shortbread all round…. Bye Bye Bacchy 57 xx

So update on progress…. All scenic boards now ballasted and embankments grassed. Now on to adding fencing and starting on trees. Suffered a disaster when the wind blew board 3 over on to its scenic face …. The risk of working outside. That’s Norton Junction …. The signal box took a bit of a hit … although repairable … but the 3 signals on that board were wrecked. Oh well … had to build some new ones any way this winter as based on the diagram in the post above am adding splitting distants in the up direction and also relocating Abbotswoods down advanced starter and Pirton Sidings distant to the other side of the road bridge. Viv Moss has also kindly supplied a photo showing Abbotswoods up starter was on a bracket and there’s was no distant for Spetchley. Also started work on home made trees … and Cousin Brian is looking at the Norton war memorial for me to see what might be possible with laser cutting. John Peck at Precision Labels is working on 3D printed telegraph poles too … some need 12 and 14 cross arms! Plenty to do before the Redditch show in March then….

D6325 and D6342 were both from store at Worcester and as the other Class 22s from Worcester are in that line up it makes total sense for those two to be there too. Very sad!

I think you won’t regret it!!!

4 of us meeting in Churchdown and then heading up to Worcestershire Parkway to get the train on Saturday. As you say has to be better than driving … as long as the 10.14 isn’t just a 2 car unit!

I use an impact driver …. Admittedly for bolts …. For assembly and breakdown of Abbotswood and Norton Junctions . Set up = 116 bolts to undo (6mm with captive nuts) and 40 to do up. Decent nuts and bolts are key (not from B&Q) and have to endure torque isn’t set too high when tightening. Had a few seizures initially which meant hacking off bolt head with grinding disc in dremmel but now everything has been undone and tightened a few times no such issues. A squirt of wd40 on all the bolts before setup helps too….

Well at least it isnt at 2.30 ….

Lucky I have a dentist appointment on 29th… 😀

See you there! Travelling up by train from with @Downendian @Pierre Le Brun and Digby. Can’t wait to hear and see the new Accurascale announcement. Ha ha the filter keeps deleting the code for our boarding station! Worcestershire Parkway …. W O P

Great news are you there Saturday?

Nothing about a dreamy Caramel then?

The burning question is how many slices of millionaires shortbread are needed on the stand at Warley!

The tiniest amount of gel superglue… applied with a pin …. On the edge of the grille recess. Just make sure they are on the right way around … rivets on the frame on the outside

Ah where was that then?

And it’s why ECoS now chucks out 7 amps…