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Thank you to everyone involved, we had a great time, so many beautiful layouts, delicious food and such a friendly atmosphere.

I'm safest with one that bounces

The Corris Railway's Show at Machynlleth was 24th August 2008

Good evening all, I see a flurry of activity on October 27th and 29th. As an avid Larkrail attendee I have to ask; Is this still a goer ( plagues notwithstanding)?

Just found this, what a great sound file, actively driving the loco creates a stunningly realistic soundscape!

Hello CME, Thank you for replying. Kind regards

Excuse me if I've missed this already. Does anyone have a wiring diagram? I have 2 loose wires in the body of my 4-light Early crest version. One looks like it should be soldered to the front lighting pcb and the other likewise to the rear lighting pcb. Thanks in advance

Just an update with photo, I've added Peco Point blades soldered to the closure rails, a joggle in the straight stock rail and a set in the curved stock rail. On my next point I'll feel happy file up my own vee and blades. Only the tie bars to go.

Very nearly finished I've been adding detail to give some points of interest

Found it! Thanks @F-UnitMad

Hi, Many of you will have seen this on Minerva's website, for those who haven't, there is news; https://www.minervamodelrailways.co.uk/news/class-14-prototype/ An engineering prototype has been received and project is probably running 3 months late due to Covid 19, hardly surprising. The photos are lush.

I've been making this in 2 parts, mainly to keep the backscene clean and it certainly made ballasting easier.

Hello John, Thanks for commenting. Thought I'd try all Peco parts (cheap, easily available) wish they did 1.5mm Check rail chairs. The Vee is standard Peco which went together spot-on at 1:6, the wing rails must be 1:8+ though, as I had to increase the bend to fit the Templot template (thanks Martin). I've been happy with C+L chairs/solvent/wood timbering in 4mm before, this time I ended up using araldite on all the chairs. I should have made longer Check rails, but they seem to do the job. The next one will be better.

I'm happy to declare the point good-as finished, there is another chair that didn't adhere, so it will be out with the araldite again. I tried Carrs Butanone and PlastiWeld without success, it softened the Peco sleepers but I think the Peco chairs must be a nylon material as they don't seem to dissolve at all, leaving a smooth rectangular mark in the surface of the sleeper. Anyway, it works and will have a sector plate instead of blades.

I've been working on a nano layout and I'm pleased with recent progress. Following the early structural bit I've now had a few pleasant evenings doing the creative textures bit, the Woodland Scenics plaster rock worked especially well.

Hi John, Thanks for your note, wise words, I had a go at that. Thankfully Shocvan chassis runs thru the straight road without a twitch.

I haven't posted for a while as I got distracted by 2 quick projects, a nano layout so that I can listen to locos and display wagons above my workbench and a my first O gauge point.

I'm pleased with the rolling underframe with all the sprung bits working as they should. I started adding detail parts, then figured that I should prime the basic underframe.

Hi John, Thanks that's great, I shall try later today.

Thanks John, Can you cast any light on how the bracket is formed please, bends, double thicknesses, I think it should look like a z that has been opened out TIA

Hi John, Thanks I'm making progress, first guide soldered up with tiny nippets of solder, have you done an axlebox bracket, I can't visualise it yet TIA

Hello John, Thank you for your comment, I read your 'layout with as yet no name (2)' blog and I can appreciate the effort you've put into the creamery (milk tanks are great rolling stock) I read Paul Lunn's book on building micro layouts and hope to have a cardboad scenery mock up ready for appraisal soon. All comments gratefully received.

Next learning point; I folded and soldered the tabs on the W-irons for the self-tappers (I guess they screw into the floor) , then realised how good the moulded pips on the inside of the solebars are for locating the w-irons. so the first 2 have been glued on. The Ambis brake lever guides are coming together slowly and the vac pipes are looking good (Slaters vac pipe springs stretched and slid over round black braided elastic)

Inspired by the exceptional artistry of Geoff (Sparky) of Llangunllo EM and now Bleddfa Road in O gauge I am dabbling in 'O' to see how I like it. At Cardiff Small Model Railway show I saw a very neat shunting layout with a sector plate as the lower leg of a 'Y' shape to create an O gauge micro. I have space for a 7ft run and printed a 'Y' track plan with AnyRail to create a half-size mock up with a Goods store to judge the composition and the width. The next stage is to mock up some landforms and a plate girder bridge to run upper right/lower left over the joint in the 'Y'.

I got fed up searching for tools so I made this;