Edmund Kinder

Yes, that's correct. I tried to imagine what the architect who had designed Hellifield would have done at a smaller site. The width and height are as Hellifield, and I've made the length shorter.

Widnes to Long Meg anhydrite empties pass northbound through Grisedale station in 1963. The anhydrite wagon kits are from etched brass kits made by RMWeb user MacGeordie, the 8F is a Hornby model that is to have a Brassmasters detailing kit applied, and then be suitably weathered. I just have to finish the station building and scratchbuild a canopy to finish the layout.

Lovely work there Clem. I've also very nearly finished a Connoisseur Models 4mm BR Brake Van that I purchased nearly two decades ago. It all went together very well, and I had to exercise extreme care not to put too much solder on the iron tip when soldering on the strapping and other fine detail. There was an interesting article on building the kit by Steve Banks in BRM February 2002, and I also fashioned and put in plasticard inlays for the ends as he'd done. Regards Edmund

If you try hard to ignore the Bachmann coupling on the front of the Fairburn tank, this is a picture from my layout "Grisedale"

Long Meg Sidings 2002

Appleby North 2002

Hello Fred From the information I have, the only Portal coach that made it into blue/grey was the Brake Second Corridor, Diagram 2126. I understand that these Blue/Grey variants managed to survive until the early 70's

Not my photographs, and these may have appeared elsewhere. Clapham, Bentham and Arkholme signalboxes situated between Settle Junction and Carnforth

Not my photograph, and I'm not sure where I got it. Giggleswick Signalbox in the late 60's.

Hellifield South Junction 1990/91

Horton Box out of use 1990/91, not long before the fire that destroyed it.

Settle Station signalbox 1990/91 out of use, and before preservation.

River scene at Grisedale, using the "Gordon Gravett" method of creating ripples using Tamiya X22 lacquer.

A London Road Models 50' turntable. It took at lot of adjustment but I got there in the end. Also a scratch built garage (well, modified some plans from an old Railway Modeller).

Hello Tony Yes, they're all operational with servo motors and operated from an MSE leverframe with electrical switches at the back. Some examples below of the cantilever signal under construction, an Alan Gibson Junction Signal, and a reduced height Post (for sighting purposes) with the servo arrangement underneath. Edmund

I had a real push last year to build working Alan Gibson and MSE signals for my layout. Some of the examples shown below. I'd been sitting on most of these unmade kits for 15 years.

Hi Craig Thanks for the feedback. As you can see, the hill area is a made up of a lattice of insulation board, and the bits in between are filled with polystyrene. On top of this is modroc bandage painted brown and then Woodland scenics scatter on the part with the sheep and barn. The area around the tunnel mouth is carpet felt dyed with Railmatch Doncaster Green. The tunnel mouth made from Wills sheets was fixed on to the 9mm ply that carries the trackbed. The first picture below shows a very early stage of construction before the tunnel mouth was made and the former's for the scenery were made. I'd take the 9mm ply over the whole board linked to this one and then I reduced the trackbed area to a length that was about an inch wider each site of the track. This was what I fixed the tunnel mouth onto. the first picture below is taken from a very early stage in construction and shows what I did with the ply base. The next 2 pictures below are from different stages of construction. Hope this is of use. Any other questions, let me know. Best Wishes Edmund

Congratulations Tony on reaching page 1000. I've been following this very informative thread for some time now and really enjoy reading it regularly. There's been some magnificent contributions/discussions from yourself and many writers. This is a picture of my 4mm offering "Grisedale". I do build etched brass coaches (mostly Comet), but I must admit the locomotive and leading Mk1 you see on this picture are both RTR with a few tweaks by me along with the weathering I carried out. The rest is scratch built though; drystone walls are scribed DAS clay, barn & tunnel mouth built from Wills plasticard, long grass from carpet felt dyed with Doncaster Green (a Barry Norman method). Normally my layout is set firmly in 1963, but to appear in a modelling section of a magazine 2 years ago, the author requested I wind it forwards to 1967 for his readership. Best Wishes Edmund

An example of a lightly weathered "Peak" on my layout. I attempted to keep the weathering to a minimum as the locomotive is supposed to be only 6 months to a year old in the period in which the layout is normally based. The weathering was applied with an Iwata airbrush using the methods shown by Tim Shackleton in his first "Right Track" weathering DVD

Jeff If you're interested, on my layout, I scratch built one of the Midland signal boxes and mated one-and-a-half Ratio kits together for the other. For the windows, I used the Churchward Models etched brass examples as I felt the Ratio glazing bars were too thick. This, I think makes a huge difference. The scratch built example(well had a Ratio roof): The kitbashed example (I also added windows to the rear). Under construction and then finished: Best wishes Edmund

Hi Jeff With regard to the windows, this is a picture of the Bill Bedford etched brass versions (as mentioned by Rowsley17D) in my own MR goods shed I scratch-built a few years ago, based on drawings from Lazonby. Kirkby Stephen goods shed is the longer 5-wagon variant (as you've modelled), and had different windows to the others on the Settle Carlisle so these etches may not be suitable. Anyway, I've been following your post, and I think your modelling is superb. It really does convey a sense of place and atmosphere. Best wishes Edmund

Hi Jeff Whilst looking amongst my various scans, I found this colour picture of Mallerstang in 1967 that may help you to determine the contrast between ballast at the site you're modelling. With my own S & C based layout, I used much too dark ballast to begin with and have tried in vain to weather it to make things lighter. On reflection, I should have started with a much lighter base shade and then darkened patches. Best wishes Edmund

Hi Mike You may have seen this clip on YouTube already. If not, it's interesting for your forthcoming purchase as it shows Stanier Mogul 42959 on a southbound local at Hellifield in 1965. I'm guessing it's probably come off the Morecambe branch at Settle Junction, but I stand to be corrected of course. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KnXaPN1Jl0&index=1&list=LLY0ySSU7i5uhEa-J5uxIZvA The Mogul appears at 1:09 Best wishes Edmund

Hi Just to add a little more information on the diagram. I scanned it from a book called "Stations and Structures of the Settle Carlisle" by VR Anderson & G K Fox. On the page that has the diagram it reads "Signalling diagram based on information for 1973". So I'm guessing this was the diagram in its final form just before closure of Petterill Bridge Junction box. Best Wishes Edmund