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Agree, a friend has a 14xx and is most disappointed that it won't work.

Nice job, Road Transport Images do the boxer/Terrier cab, it is one of their better cabs as well.

When I worked for one of the major transport co... Sorry logistics solution specialists I did a project on bridge bashing and how we could reduce the instances of Bridge bashing. A number of measures I put in place are still used today and focused around visual reminders to cut down on what I would call the "wasn't thinking" accidents. What it didn't stop was the drivers who short of having a barrier put in front of them were determined to get under the bridge come what may. Training has a big impact, bashes were proportionally higher with temporary drivers who didn't receive the full training that our own drivers did. Not sure why calling companies road hauliers, logistics providers or pallet chauffeurs will make though? The bottom line is we want our consumer goods as cheap as possible and the industry has priced itself to the bone, cutting investment in the very things that make a difference - People. We all pay the price in the end...

Yes it does, with plenty of room to spare, currently it has a Land Rover in it and the layout.

Brave man, I remember being at this stage and thinking "Wow, there is no way back now!" Worth it in the end:

No surprise re converting it to twin tank, I doubt Colas have much use for steam heat. I wonder if the boiler will be coming out as well?

yes, the one in 2020! There is still loads to do and I am not rushing it, also the garage is a sawdust free zone so all the woodwork for the fiddle yard won't happen until January at the earliest.

My main focus on the layout of late has been the rather monsterous foot bridge which spans the fiddle yard end of the layout and thus is 18inches long . In reality the real bridge spanned the main, relief lines as well as the carriage sidings so my model is considerably shorter. The main part of the model is a mix of Wills vari girder (2.25 packs!) supplemented with various plastic sections to strengthen it. As in reality, the girder was joined in sections of the 4, the join being hidden behind diagonal supports (more on these later)The deck will be added later after spraying: The bridge is supported by various X frame girders, luckily there is a great photo of one of the supports in the Bristol Rail website (http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/File:Malago_Vale_Carriage_Sidings9.jpg) so these have been scratchbuilt from various plastic sections. The photo below shows the bridge prior to adding the diagonal strips which keep the main girders in the upright position To paint the bridge by hand would be many hours work so it has been sprayed in Halfords grey primer. This will be weathered in due course.

My approach was to find a house with 3 bedrooms when we needed 4. We then did a house extension designed by my dad and I. The garage is rather large but was sold to my wife on the basis that the bedroom above is the master bedroom, meaning our daughter could have our old room. The upside is the garage is now my man cave full of old land rover and layout. I think the trick is to ensure you understand your wife's wants and then weave them in to a win-win situation...

Looks a great layout, anymore shows in the pipeline?

47830 springs to mind.

37412 was later named after the unfortunate driver involved. There was an incident many years later involving a railtour hauled by 37675 headed for St Blazey which was stopped and the loco changed so it didn't go to the depot

We were 15mins late leaving Paddington due to train fault then running well below line speed between Reading and Didcot. Train was 30mins down at Chippenham.

If nothing else, the roof fans are worth replacing, not sure if Shawplan EE range will fit. As above boiler ports are a minefield. I would also replace the hand rails with0.45mm wire. Good luck with the project, I resprayed a GBL 47 and used it as part if a 3D backscene on Peafore yard, some pics in the layout thread, link in my signature.

Was there any update on the POT post office coach please? I was hoping it maybe out by Christmas but Hattons still have an undecorated sample as the pics on their website. Ta

See post 113 in the below link http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/1730-pallet-lane-1977-br-blue-urban-branch-line/page-5 Some more photos of other mods: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/63169-Bachmann-class-37-improvements/

Welcome to the forum. Re the welded roof's, they were from 37096 onwards. Class 37's are a minefield for details to be honest. Off the top of my head other watch out's for split box machines are: - D6700 - 6705 (37119, 37001 - 37005) and D6769 to D6795 (37069 to 37095) had extra cantrail dividing bars, the first 6 were to a slightly different design - 37073, 37074 and 37091 were converted to centre boxes in the lat 60's/early 70's after accidents -37006, 019, 065, 075, 100 and 112 had the headcode boxes replaced with marker lights at one end, all to varying designs. - 37072 had a centre headcode box and cab mounted horns at one end after an accident. Re the Bachmann 37, you can do loads to them, I have spent more on mine in detailing bits than they originally cost: - PHD steps for the bogies - Not convinced on the merits of this to be honest, especially as my locos get a battering in the stock boxes and the steps are fragile. - Raising the bogie side frames, makes a big difference and worth the effort - Laserglaze and window surrounds- As above - Fan Grilles - Worth the effort and my number one change - Remove the raised lip around the front of the headcode box face, it is too prominent - Recess the corners of the underframe tanks, open out the gap between them and build the brackets that hold the tans in place. Good luck with your projects..

Timely post. Message at Paddington on all the station signs for the 18:00 BTM train "Due to a printer fault there are no seat reservations in this train" must be an HST I think to myself as I walk over the bridge. On arrival at Platform 1 I am presented with 2 x 800s! There are no seat reservations on the train but that is immaterial as for the fourth time (of 4) on these things, there is a technical fault and so passengers for Didcot, Reading and Swindon have bailed for a Swansea service so I am surrounded by empty seats in Coach G...

Went to my local model shop and bought a load of bits for the layout, afternoon with friends and then put the pistons back in the Land Rover engine. Did some work on the layout last night, then made up 3ft of Wills vari girder this morning (2 full packs!). Watches the GP today then took kids to their swimming lesson. I have never been fussed about Warley so had forgotten it was this weekend...

Having had an enjoyable spending spree in the Gas Cupboard first thing, I did a bit more work on the layout today, first off at the footbridge end. As in reality the ground steepens near the footbridge and there was a low stone wall that started near the bridge. The stone is offcuts were left over from Peafore Yard although for some reason I never finished painting them, with final variations in stone colour to follow: One of the things that has had me scratching my head since the initial sketching of the layout started was what to do with the control panel. I was really keen to keep the control panel on the main board as the electrics are slightly more involved than with Peafore Yard so I didn't want to have a huge wiring loom between the fiddle yard and main layout. The problem with this approach was where to locate the panel itself as there was limited space on the fiddle yard edge of the layout. The picture Hillside Depot linked to on Post 39 shows a number of buildings near the footbridge which gave me the idea of locating the control panel as the front of the layout and hiding it inside a building. This requires a bit of work to the baseboard top to ensure I had sufficient space for the whole panel: All of the mod roc is now covered in plaster, if the weather is good tomorrow I will take the layout outside and sand it up to remove the rough edges.

I was thinking along the same lines and had the same concerns around the lumps in the PVA, I was hoping to get a natural coloured dark sand as the real houses were a darker brown colour but weren't painted so have a subtle blend of colours. I have some building sand in the shed which is a closer colour match than the Hamster sand so may experiment with that. I wish...The progress will slow shortly, I need to divert back onto the Land Rover but more pertinently a number of the potential buildings for the layout have been confiscated my good lady and kids to be given to me on the 25th December.

One of the things I have been mulling over of late is some replacement of the locos I have available to use on PVCS. Potentially the 2 class 03's which were essential for Peafore Yard aren't really required as they were confined primarily to Temple Meads to Avon Street, while the class 24 is also not really appropriate. Potential replacements are: Class 31/4 As a rule I don't like 2 locos the same and love a bit of a challenge so an obvious candidate is 31401, with it's missing radiator grilles and it's front end with only 2 steps: https://www.flickr.com/photos/86055018@N03/22539915852/ Class 33 No potential candidate indentified Class 50 To save a repaint I would like to model one of the ones with the arrows under the cabside, 50031 is prime candidate due to it's ropey condition: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nodding_pig/9920446063/in/photolist-g7CSZv

A little bit more progress tonight, the insulation is in on the back embankment and I have made the extended base from some photo mounting board for the Dapol semi's. As per my earlier post, the real houses were built on a steeply sloping hill towards the railway line, with a number having basements. The one house I have built will be at the road bridge end as one back door will be at ground level, the other is a scale 3ft in the air: So I could get on with finishing up the last bits of Mod roc I had in stock, I cut the bases for all the other houses. A trip to the Gas Cupboard (my local model shop) is planned for the weekend to restock and finish of the embankments. The real houses have a very course pebble dash, something I have never modelled before. I am going to experiment with some very fine Hamster sand/dust to see if it is a suitable scale.

Thanks Martyn. Re the slip, it wasn't too bad, I had chopped 4 sleepers worth of length off each end of the slip to minimise the amount of "wrong" sleeper track which probably made it a little more tricky, but then did as Peco suggested and used standard code 75 rail joiners (insulated in this case) to join the 2 types together. In many respect it was easier than using the bull head rail joiners as I did elsewhere which, although a lovely piece of work, are tiny and a tight fit.

CMN did a model I have at least 2 sat less than 6ft away from me although not in this livery. Should still be on ebay and an easy respray?