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Hi, I won't be with Hinton at Watford, due to exhibiting Hythe at Risex, so I hope it goes well! Simon P.S. I'll try to remember that Stanier coach!

Hi, Thanks! The engine shed is a Wills Cratfsman kit, ref. CK12 Simon

Hi Guys, Having, for many months, complaining about the running qualities of my Bachmann BR Blue Class 08 (it was very poor, but we tried everything!), we have brought a new one! It is a Hornby model, in Cotswold rail No. 08847, which we picked up for 45 pounds. It liked this model because of two reasons: 1.) It had the high level air pipes, which are suitable for a 3rd rail fitted layout 2.) The Cotswold Rail means that I can say it's on hire to which ever company I chose Here's a couple of pictures of it on Bigporth: It will make it's exhibition debt at the Newbury Show this weekend, if your there, come and say hello! Remember I'll also be attending Ris-ex on the 21st February and Churchrail on the 6th March! Comments welcome Simon

Hi Matt, Only just caught up with this! It was good fine, it was good to see a 'H' back at Hythe! Perhaps one day the Southeast Steam Railway should visit the Bluebell Railway! I've got to reply top Dan about a trip to the Wenchford Railway! Simon

Hi Guys, Last night was the last night that Hythe Parkway will be up at the Clubrooms before Newbury. So, after hearing that my good friend Matt Wickes (Bluebell Model Railway on here) was coming, we decided to hold a joint Southeast Steam Railway & Bluebell Railway Gala at Hythe Parkway! Matt brought along his 'H' Class 0-4-4T Tank and his E4 0-6-2T which can be see on his Horstead Keynes layout thread here: http://www.rmweb.co....oo/page__st__50 Another visitor was a Regional Railways Class 150/2 'Super Sprinter' brought by High Wycombe & District Model Railway Society member Ron North Here are a couple of Pics: A Southern Loco Line up at Hythe Shed, from Left to Right: Bluebell Railway 'H' 0-4-4T No. 307 (by Matt Wickes), SESR T9 4-4-0 No. 30825, Bluebell Railway 'E4' 0-6-2T No. B473 'Birch Grove' (by Matt Wickes) and SESR Battle of Britain 4-6-2 No. 34062 '17 Squadron': SESR 2-BIL 2011 Stands at Platform 3 having arrived from Bigporth: SESR Class 108 gets ready to leave from Platform 1 with a service for Dungeness! SESR Class 108 Stands at Platform 1 while a Class 150/2 'Super Sprinter' (owned by Ron North) stands at Platform 2: Right Matt has now added a video of the 'H' and 'E4' on Hythe to Youtube, here: Comments Welcome Simon

Hi Matt, I thought your pictures were good! Thanks, I've sorted out the problems, so hopefully it should work (touch wood!)! Simon

Hi, Once again, we have been up to the club just to fix a problem to the bay platform, by taking a slitting disc to it! I was going to complete some filming I started on Wednesday, but we forgot the controller! . I will get it done, so watch this space! In the mean time here are a few pictures I took instead: Back when Class 60's were still going strong, EWS No. 60014 'Alexander Fleming' runs into Hythe Parkway to run round it's cement train from Hythe Cement Works EWS Class 60 No. 60014 'Alexander Fleming' runs along Platform 2: EWS Class 37 No. 37411 brings a Ballast train from a engineering possession up the line into Hythe Parkway to run round: 37411 has now uncoupled from it's ballast train and has drawn forward to the blocks so that it can run round: 37411 comes out of the headshunt and runs round it's train: EWS Class 66 No. 66135 waits to depart from Platform 2 at Hythe Parkway: EWS Class 66 No. 66135 idles in Platform 2 at Hythe Parkway with a short MoD train: Virgin Class 57/3 No. 57307 stands at Hythe Parkway with a mail train to Willesden: 57307 waits to depart from Platform 2: Remember Hythe Parkway will be at The Newbury show, which is only 2 weeks away! Comments Welcome! Simon

Hi Matt, The new arrivals are looking good! I particually like the H Simon

Hi Mark, Yes, we look forward to coming to Churchrail! We'll welcome any loco you wish to run! Simon

Hi Jamie, Thanks! Here's another one for you: Simon

Hi, I went up to the club last night and took a few more pictures: T9 4-4-0 No. 30285 and BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92220 'Evening Star' wait for their next duties 'on shed' at Hythe Parkway: DB Schenker Tamper, on trail from Germany, waits for weekend engineering work at the tiny fueling point at Hythe Parkway: Workmen cause traffic problems on Station road: Virgin Cross Country Class 220 'Voyager' No. 220035 'Grampian Voyager' gets ready to depart from Platform 2 with a service to Glasgow Central: Virgin Cross Country Class 220 'Voyager' No. 220035 'Grampain Voyager' stands 'on the blocks' after arriving at Platform 2 with a service from Birmingham New Street: T9 4-4-0 No. 30285 comes off shed for another trip down the Dungeness branch: The Voyager departs for Glasgow Central: Comments welcome Simon

Hi, They are looking very good, may have to get a couple for Hythe! Simon

Hi, Taken using the aid of the Network Rail Helicopter! : Simon

Hi Guys, Well, the photoshoot is now over, it all went very well and the pictures look great. As mentioned earlier, I also took a few photos, before and and after the photographer Here's my effects: Southern's Hertiage 4-CEP No. 7105 stands at Platform 2 with a service to London Victoria while Southeastern 'Networker' No. 466023 waits at Platform one with a service to Ashford: Southern's Hertiage 4-CEP stands 'on the blocks' at Hythe Parkway, after arriving with a service from London Victoria, standing in for a failed 'Electrostar': Old and New at Hythe Parkway: Station Pilot, BR Blue Class 08 No. 08762, shunts a Steel wagon, containing new boiler tubes, into the workshop: BR Battle of Britain 4-6-2 No. 34062 '17 Squadron' awaits to take the next Southeast Steam Railway service to Bigporth, while A4 4-6-2 No. 4468 'Mallard' waits to go into the workshop for fitment of a new drivers side lamp iron: A Class 158, waiting to be repainted in South West Trains livery, stands at Platform after arriving with a service from Weymouth Class 66 No. 66135, on hire to Freightliner, waits to leave from Hythe Parkway, having run round, with a intermodel train to Southampton Maritime: Southern's Hertiage 4-CEP No. 7105 and the Southeast Steam Railway's 2-BIL stand 'on the blocks' at Hythe Parkway: A Class 166, waiting to be painted in to First Great Western livery, stands next to a Class 170, also waiting to be repainted, but into South West Trains livery: Comments Welcome! Simon

Hi Guys, Been up to the clubroom today to do some last minute pre photoshoot preparations. We've now finished 9 of the cassettes, which will be enough for tomorrows photoshoot. Plus, I've taken the new 4-CEP up, which looks right at home in the platforms of Hythe. The photographer, Ray Lightfoot, will be arriving at 10:00 tomorrow, so I'll have to be up early! I'll also be taking photos of the layout (not to magazine standards I must admit!) to add to my collection and I'll post them tomorrow night! Simon

Hi Guys, Well last night we went up to the clubrooms to just finish putting Hythe up, almost. I say almost because we haven't put up the town scene board, due to us forgetting the little board that attaches it to the platform board!!! . We are going up early on wednesday so we can get it up before the AGM starts (as well as playing trains!). We had a couple of problems, 3 points won't work (but surprising the one that was giving us problems worked perfectly! ), but managed to get two of them working though 'wiggling'! One is still causing problems though. As well as this we had one of the scenic boards not working at all. We fixed this by switching a switch, this produced movement but still caused a short, we tracked it down to one point. After starring at it for a couple of minutes and doing nothing, it cleared it self up (weird in it? or perhaps we scared it into working! ). Finally our final problem the lights on the platform board had stopped working. We realised that a couple of wires had been pulled loose, so a couple of minutes with a screwdriver on my back, fixed that problem! Today after going to school, we managed to cut, drill and countersink all but one (we ran out!) the aluminimum sides for our cassettes. We haven't been able to put them together because we left the screw driver and bits up at the club! More on Thursday! Simon

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Hi, Where have you been Matt?! It's the AGM on Wednesday on Wednesday anyway so you have to come anyway! Simon

Hi Guys, We took Hythe up to the High Wycombe & District Model Railway society clubrooms yesterday. The two main senic boards are up, along with one of the fiddle yard boards. The secound fiddle yard board is up there, but isn't erected (because I forget the bolts! ). The Town scene board will be taken up tonight and put up along with the other fiddle yard board! Simon

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Hi, Here's a couple more from me: Simon

Hi, The kit is very easy to build with clear instructions, the only thing to look out for is the roof. My roof didn't actually fit the profile of the ends and so needs filling! Simon

Hi, Well if it's of the quality that we have seen on other Scenecraft products I think it's quite a reasonable price It'll look impresive on any layout! Simon

Hi Guys, Here's the picture of the Horse box as promised. These were taken before primer was sprayed. The red masking tape is protecting the glazing (hopefully!): Now the roof is masked off, so I need to get some GWR Chocolate colour and some transers now! Comments welcome Simon