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    Coombe Barton

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    I would say that would need a few more than that. Otherwise you are going to be very limited on your shunting moves, I would add one to the entrance to the goods shed, one in the goodshed headshunt, another one along the platform for goods shunting work and one in each of the headshunts, platform and the opposite side so as to gain the very most from your shunting.

    Regards,

     

    Nick

     

     

    Brinkly

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    Now this is good news Nick, it has been a long time coming but I am sure it will be worth it wink.gif

     

    Hi Geoff,

     

    Yeah it has been long coming! But I felt the time was right, new year and a new project.

     

    I see you plan to use the Exactoscale track components but wondered if you had considered the new Timber Tracks system from C & L Finescale ?

     

    Thats a good point Geoff! I had forgotten that, I'll look into that this afternoon!

     

    I agree with Nick (Buffalo) for being in favour of more Western branches, you can't have too many;)

    The era you have in mind is very flexible and you will be able to use a vast selection of stock all of which will add to your enjoyment. With Hornby planning Hawkesworth coaches perhaps you could adjust the timescale slightly, just imagine one or two through coaches coupled up to the branch train.

     

    West is best as they say Geoff! Well with the period I like the GWR and BR WR, so thought that this era I can mix and match so to speak and perhaps develop a 1945-1950 period and a 1954-1960 period. As during the late 1950s the 14xx locos and the older autocoaches were replaced with 64xx and Hawksworth carriages. Most of the goods stock can be used within any period, with more of the pre-grouped stock being removed for the later period. But to start with I will concentrate on the earlier period, as a 64xx is not as readily available as a 14xx!

     

    Kind regards,

     

    Nick

    Brinkly

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    Hi Nick,

     

    To be honest I'm aiming for the late 1940s early 1950s as the main operating time, but I will still have a large number of locos and stock in GWR livery. But the buildings will all be in the old GWR colours, rather than the BR WR chocolate and cream, so it is quite flexible! If however a selection of GWR 4-4-0 locos went into production, similar to the City of Truro model then a 30s sequence might arrive!

     

    Kind regards,

     

    Nick

    The Fatadder

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    Well it isn't ready yet, but to get the whole thing to DRAG meetings we need a trailer as John can only get one set of curved boards and all the straights in his Jeep and rather than investing in a second trailer the money will be used to get TT2 finished.

     

    The plan had been to purchase a second larger trailer, although I always felt that this was a bit of a case of false economy as purchasing a second trailer would be damned expensive and with a small amount of modification the current trailer could be made to fit TT2. And to be honest we could transport TT1 in one car with the seats down if we wanted to bring it to DRAG meetings and store the layout in someone??

    The Fatadder

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    Hi Rich

     

    Your in the east mids now aren't you? You could always bring it over to our test track for a stern test. (Our test track looks to be about as bad as the old Drag one was.

     

    Cheers

     

    Jim

     

    That takes some beating Jim! In all fairness to TT1 over the past 6 years it has been put up and down well over 130 odd times and stored in a trailer! Talk of its final demise was being discussed last Monday, sad times!

     

    Regards Nick

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