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Good work Beast nice photos. Why have they suddenly required another loco up there? I am surprised that they haven't moved another 59 up there.

Thanks Peter. You are not wrong, I certainly do need more locos but that will have to wait a while yet. I meant to get out my three choppers on Sunday whilst the layout was outside but forgot. Thought you might appreciate it, will try and take some another time. Thanks Chris, there is definitely more space in there than inside Grimley shed! Yes it certainly does allow for a lot of detail, I just hope I can do it justice! Hi Jon, how looks can be deceptive! To be honest I have always been a bit mad…… Yes I had planned to have a couple of those towers as they do really look good, just what is required. Not sure if I need four or five out the front? I am not sure that my modelling is up to exhibition standard, perhaps acceptable for the back garden! Hi Mudmagnet, you are right most modellers are mad and I am sure that there are far worse cases than me! Thanks, it is now at a stage where there is something to see, for a good few weeks despite hours of work I couldn’t see much progress. But now it is starting to take shape and you get an idea of how it will look. Glad that you like it. I have been thinking about the cladding and need to investigate if it is possible to get bigger sheets of plasticard than A4 as I do need quite a few!

Fantastic work Sir!

It certainly did turn out rather well! Love the photo of 43064, great weathering down the side! They did look good in that livery, takes me back…… Agree with Peter the 26s look great, always did love that class. Whether it was due to them being so far away and hard for me to see I am not sure. Would love a couple of those especially in Railfreight but they don’t fit in with either of my layouts! In the latest Traction magazine there is a photo of a BR Blue 26 looking very work stained, faded and weathered. Made me want too buy a Heljan one….. Keep the photos coming I am a big fan of the Scottish 47s……superb layout!

Very nice layout Red Fox, some great scenic work. The tunnel area looks really good, is the brick building your Signal box? Looks excellent, a real modern feeling. Like the track too, have got some SMP Bullhead and Fastrack concrete sleeper myself and very pleased with it. The Faller footbridge looks really good, keep up the good work.

Yellowvanman, it is starting to come together now and feel that there is now something to show for it. It will look much better once the inspection pits are in place. Thanks Pete, yes the concrete floor will be raised up to the same height as the top of the rail just like the inside of Grimley shed. The shed building will then sit on top of the floor. Thanks Scott. It was nice to get it set up outside of the garage, the next step will be to put the other board next to it. In the end I only got eight locos out as I was worried that there might be a rain shower! Thanks Danny, I have often thought that!

Great work on the maintenance shed, the photo of the 25 just popping its front out looks really good.

The peeling paint on the front of 526 looks really good and the fuelling points are spot on. The photo of the HST power car reminds me of Railwatch!

This afternoon the weather finally brightened up allowing me to set up Boxenby outside for a few photos. You can see that there are some gaps at the front of the shed roof, I ran out of wood! Hopefully I can pick up some more on Tuesday and get the last few pieces added. Here it is with some track put down, it does look a little strange inside as there should be inspection pits and not sleepers but you get the idea! Now with a few locos on shed: Locos inside: Looking from the rear of roads 1 to 4 to the front of the shed: Looking from roads 1 to 15: And from road 15 to 1: Now I just need to get it covered!

Hi Mark, I too have spent some time researching the different track options and although I would love to model in P4, as mentioned before my skills and knowledge don’t really allow that! Also time for modelling is already limited so not sure that I could find the extra hours needed to make the track myself, but may be one day in the future. Your new project sounds interesting! James, you are right the track is very nice and once ballasted and weathered will look more than acceptable to me. It was your comparison photos which helped make up my mind so thanks! Thanks for the info Dave, I am not an expert on track so it is nice to know that this is acceptable. At the end of the day we have to make compromises at times and I feel that this allows me to have some track that not only looks good in appearance but also allows me to not have to re-wheel all my stock.

Yesterday I picked up some concrete sleeper track from Exactoscale and have to say that I am very impressed and very pleased with it. Tested it out by sitting a couple of locos on it and have to say that the track does look very good. Here are a few photos taken earlier: More wood work was carried out this morning with the last pieces of wood added. Hopefully photos of some locos on shed tomorrow, weather permitting!

Hi Lewis, a good idea for a future project, many years in the future me thinks! Wouldn’t mind a model of 45112 to have running with my present day fleet. To start off with I will be modelling EWS/DB over the past few years due to the majority of my stock being for this period, but my plan is to model it set between 1988 and 1992. Hi BigT, in a word No! I used to have a lot of Lima, Mainline and Hornby stock which would have been perfect but when the newer improved higher spec models came out I started getting rid of them. All they were doing was sitting in their boxes so didn’t see the point of keeping them. Had about 35 Grids with the majority being Large Logo, Railfreight, Red-stripe Railfreight and Triple Grey, just the job for Boxenby. Now all I have is three Bachmann choppers, not much to fill it up with! The doors will have to be kept shut so that you can’t see that the shed is empty! The Grimley deficit will be reaching levels similar to the UKs in order to get enough stock to fill the inside and stabling sidings! Last night I took a couple of photos: This taken from the rear looking in towards the front: Just noticed a kink in one of the battens! Will try and take some photos of a few locos sitting inside the shed if the weather permits over the weekend.

Hi Peter, I keep seeing your 45 and it really makes me want to get one! Rest assured there will be a few Peaks residing inside Boxenby shed! As I just mentioned once painted the inside roof should look quite good. It is funny that you should mention the car bonnet as Grimley Senior suggested a while ago having it on hinges in order to show the inside and allow access. My plan is to have locating lugs at each corner to make it easier to put it in place after removal. I will have to wait and see as my plan is to have the girder supports for the roof as a separate frame made out of brass sections. But like everything until you are at that stage when ready to start work I will just think about it and come up with ideas. Quite a few hours were spent on both Saturday and Sunday gluing and pinning the different sections in place. I am relieved to have got this finished as I have wanted to get this done for a few weeks. Apart from one piece of wood which I hope to fit either tonight or tomorrow the roof supports are finished, this has been a long job! This now means that the main frame or shed structure, what ever you want to call it is now finished and very sturdy. Will add some photos later. I have not decided whether to make a start on covering the building in plasticard or to make a start on cutting out the channels for the inspection pits. One thing I would like to do is to lay out some track with a few locos and see how it looks. If the weather is sunny and dry at the weekend I may try and do it.

Hi Mark, you don’t need to apologise I should be saying sorry for not having made more progress and it being a boring thread! To be honest I had hoped to have done more work on it by now but this has not been possible, not sure how long it will take but the lighter evenings will allow me to do some work when I get home. Alright, I have to come clean it is N gauge! I am sure there must be another large depot some where, surely I can’t be the only nutter to build something of this size?!! Yes they are very good photos, I have always wanted to model a loco up on jacks so hopefully this will allow that to happen. But probably a 56 raised up. I am very pleased with the SMP track and hopefully will be in possession of some Exactoscale concrete sleeper track. On Sunday I was looking through the shed from rear to front and have to say I am very pleased with it so far although it is difficult to imagine looking at wood! But once covered in plasticard and painted and weathered it should hopefully look good. Thanks again for the comments.

Many thanks for the info Flood, very helpful. Well it really is coming on now and looks superb, a really detailed layout. More photos please! The DBSO looks good sitting there, I never did get used to seeing them in Anglia livery. ScotRail suited them best.

Hi Mark, looking good. I just love your viaduct, it was made for a Scottish LL 37/4! The DB Tractor looks a nice model, I didn’t order one of those due to funds being allocated to my new project but quite fancy one after seeing it on Rannoch Moor. It will look good passing over the viaduct on a charter!

Superb work Sir, your shed looks excellent, certainly does capture a 1980s carriage shed! Look forward to seeing photos of it in position. Hope you don’t mind me asking but where did you get the extractors for the roof from? They do look good.

Thanks for the photos Peter, 535 looks right at home at Llanbourne especially on the fuelling point. Can just imagine it idling away! Will have to get one of those at some point as it does look rather nice. I bet there were quite a few bashers on board for the 37 working and probably a few disappointed Crompton fans too!

Look forward to seeing the photos of your LL 47 later in the week.

Nice photo Beast, good to see a 60 on a different working!

Excellent layout, the Bute tunnel area looks superb especially the point work. Look forward to seeing the steel works.

Have to say Kevin that I am loving the UKF Fertiliser wagons, just how I remember them! The UKF fertiliser working used to be my local freight trip with 31s, 37s and 47s on it. After school on a Monday we used to go down and see what was working it. Now that was a long time ago…..Towards the end it used to consist of ten to twelve OCAs. Great weathering!

Thanks Lewis, yes it is going to take quite a few hours to finish, I am trying nit to think about it either! One day……. Not much progress has been made on the shed building over the past few weeks due to being busy with other things, which has allowed me to work on the track plan. This has now been finished: Yesterday I managed to spend a couple of hours working on the shed, making a start on assembling the roof supports. The main cross pieces were glued and pinned in position and hopefully later this week the long sections which run from front to rear can also be glued. This will be a job well done as once the main structure is assembled my plan is to cut out the channels ready for the inspection pits. Looking forward to the clocks going forward as the lighter evenings will allow work to be done when I get in from work! This is a quick photo taken to show how the roof will look from the inside:

Thanks for the advice Bloodnok, once I am ready to put the roof on I will look into the options. As mentioned before I have been thinking about the removable roof for a while but until I am ready to actually fit it, it is difficult to see what the possibilities are and how it can be achieved. You and LNERandBR are correct you just know that something will stop and need a push! Sods law Cromptonnut! I have been quite busy with other things over the past couple of weeks and so there has been very little progress made on the shed although a lot of time has been spent on research for other areas of the layout. In particular I have started looking into track and preparing a final plan, as it should not be too long before we are reading to start laying the first sections. After reading through numerous threads on here, visiting different sites on the internet and talking to Mr. Nevard, I have decided on the track for Boxenby. 00 gauge SMP Bullhead flextrack, Exactoscale concrete sleeper and Peco code 75 points are to be used. Last week after talking to Martin Wynne and Gordon S, who were very helpful, I have started on a track plan using XTrKCad. A good few hours were spent getting used to the program and then a track plan was produced although it does need amending. Yesterday I spent some time coming up with a final plan in Illustrator which will help me produce a track plan in XTrakCad. Well hopefully! On Saturday a box of track arrived from SMP and I have to say that I am very impressed. I am not an expert on track but it certainly looks good to me. Yesterday I put a loco on it to get an idea of how it will look:

Superb layout, great work and excellent detail. Love the shed and fuelling points, I agree with PCM look forward to seeing photos of your stock on the layout. The photo of the LL 47 reminds me of visits to Bounds Green depot when the long range fuel tank 47s were there moving the sleepers and other coaching stock around. Always did like the Eastfield ones, 47665 with the large Scottie dog was one of my favourites of that batch.