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I've got a spare one you could have had. Scottish shortbread have a wide selection

I'd like to know that too. Why not use white faced hardboard instead of ply? You don't want to see brush marks

So will I and take great delight over doing so

Weight can be an issue. The only High Level chassis I have built (so far) was to go under an old Mainline Dean Goods body and tender in OO, I do have a 14xx to build so this thread is very useful. In the Dean Goods there is nowhere to add more weight. Mainline had already placed weight in the boiler and the motor and gearbox take up all the other potential space to add more. Consequently it will barely manage to pull two coaches or 4 wagons and a brake van unless they are very free running. Having said that the Oxford rail RTR version isn't much better in it's haulage capacity and I prefer to run my hybrid most of the time.

Now don't get carried away, he taught me all I know and I still know nowt!

Obviously in preparation for my visit

That suggests that the Chicken escape Committee has organised sorties before and may do so again. In which case you would be wise to keep the gate shut, unless of course or they adept at tunnelling. As you now have a lifting flap I assume that you don’t have ducks.

In the hope of being labelled an awkward questioner, does it hit the ceiling when you lift it up?

makes you wonder why Peco don’t do it.

David, I have a number of photos which may help. Can you PM me with an email address. Nick

Good to see some old school scenic foundations

Noooooo! They wouldn’t do that

..... and if you hadn't I probably wouldn't have come across your thread. An interesting project in an area that I'm quite familiar with living only 20miles or so away. I'm looking forward to seeing this develop. Any chance that you might consider modelling the branch later in the build? P.S. It was a very pleasant surprise to see some photos and comments of Much Murkle earlier on here. Much appreciated.

Terrific result for the NHS Charities, well done to everyone involved, organisers, participants, traders et al. I didn't get to see much of the weekend activities as the wife had other plans for my time but from what little I did manage to read it, primarily the demonstrators stands it was very well received. There were some geat prizes donated and congratulations to the raffle winners.

The early and later Bachmann versions have different screw positions for mounting the body to the chassis. I suspect that the Mainline fixing points may be different again or possibly the same as the earlier Bachmann version. It might be worth checking with Chris at High Level to ask if the chassis kit relies on these fixing points and if so which version.

Thanks for mentioning that Tony, anything that helps keep Pendon on people's radar whilst we go through this lockdown and encourages Friends membership or even the possibility of volunteering in the future can only be a good thing at this time.

Staying with the Dartmoor scene, we follow the journey of 2-6-0 Abadare 2616 after it leaves the main line storage sidings with an up mixed goods. Here we see it entering the sea wall section at Pendon. This photo clearly shows the super elevated trackwork. Further along the sea wall 2616 is about to pass 4-6-0 King class 6013 "King Henry VIII" with the down Cornish Riviera Express. The crew of the KIng clearly take pride in the appearance of their loco compared to the Aberdare on more mundane duties. After leaving the seawall section the next sighting of 2616 is at Pen Tor Road station on the Dartmoor scene as it passes 4-6-0 Saint class 2921 "Saint Dunstan" on an down Parcels. It will shortly enter the tunnel and return back to the main line storage sidings. The mainline trains on the Dartmoor scene can only be seen by visitors on the sea wall section and the end of the Dartmoor scene which represents Pen Tor Road junction. For most of their journey around the circuit they run hidden from view at the rear of the Dartmoor scene. More details about the trains that run at Pendon and the Main Line, Dartmoor scene and Sea Wall can be found on the Museums website www.pendonmuseum.com and Friends Place

A number of new Friends of Pendon subscriptions have been received since I started this thread, so on behalf of Pendon Museum, if you were one of them, thank you for your support. Once you have had the opportunity to explore the benefits of Friends membership it would be really useful if you could provide some feedback by posting your thoughts here. Whilst positive comments will always be welcome we would also be interested to hear how, or where the Friends section of the Museums website (Friends Place) could be improved. Your feedback may also help to encourage others to consider becoming a Friend of Pendon. To enable accurate models to be made many of Pendon's buildings in the Vale scene have required extensive research to determine how they looked in the 1920's and 30's. One of the easier ones in this respect was the station building at Pendon Parva station which is modelled on nearby Culham Station. Whilst the Ticket Office is no longer in railway use this Grade II listed building has changed very little over the years as can be seen from this photographic comparison with the superb model built by Stephen Clinch.

The photos I am posting have been supplied by the museum. They have all been taken by either Andy York, Adrian Knowles or Paul leonard Unfortunately I have not been told who's are who's but credits must go to all of them and they remain copyright of Pendon Museum and the individuals. Two more photos of trains on the viaduct Prairie, B Set and Luggage Van on the up local service. A rare shot of the long coal train which used to run on Dartmoor before its move to the Vale scene. This was the train lots of visitors came away from Pendon remembering. Usual run with approximately 90 loaded coal wagons, the operator would stop the train along the front of the scene and demonstrate backing up to slacken the couplings before re-starting the heavy train by picking up one wagon at a time. A practice frowned upon by the authorities because of the danger of breaking couplings. The photo shows the wagons buffered up so must have been taken during one of these demonstrations.

See further discussion on Friends of Pendon on This thread

As a taster I will use this thread to post some photographs of Pendon scenes, some with a short explanation and others I'll let speak for themselves. Pendon's Dartmoor scene: The black and white photograph shows Walkham viaduct, the basis for Guy William's model shown with a Steam Railmotor crossing heading down the branch to Portkerrick.

Excellent and thank you. I understand a few others did so on Tuesday as well, perhaps as a result of this post. Once you've had a chance to explore the content perhaps you could give some feedback here. It would really help.

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak Pendon Museum has been closed since the middle of March for an indefinite period. I would like to remind everyone that the website and Facebook pages are still active and being regularly updated. If you are a Friend of Pendon the 'Friends Place' on the website is full of material to keep you motivated and inspired whilst confined to home. There are many hours of videos available ranging from Roye England's 1971 BBC televised programme "From dream to Reality", recent Friends events including Gordon Gravett's presentation of Arun Quay and special events such as "Diesels in the Vale". Friends Place also has a huge range of other interesting articles, archive material and every issue of the Pendon Papers. Enough to keep anyone busy and entertained. The screenshot below shows additional content to Friends Place in 2020 Pendon's Friends are extremely important to the survival of the museum. Pendon has no visitor income coming in at the time of year when visitor numbers are usually starting to rise, but like all institutions there are still bills to pay. Whether or not you have ever thought about it, now would be a great time to consider becoming a Friend of Pendon. As well as immediate access to Friends Place on the website, you also get free unlimited access to the Museum once it is open again, access to Friends events, discounts on workshops etc. and you would help ensure the survival of Pendon at this difficult time. You can find out more and sign up at www.pendonmuseum.com/friends-of-pendon/

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak Pendon Museum has been closed since the middle of March for an indefinite period. I would like to remind everyone that the website and Facebook pages are still active and being regularly updated. If you are a Friend of Pendon the 'Friends Place' on the website is full of material to keep you motivated and inspired whilst confined to home. There are many hours of videos available ranging from Roye England's 1971 BBC televised programme "From dream to Reality", recent Friends events including Gordon Gravett's presentation of Arun Quay and special events such as "Diesels in the Vale". Friends Place also has a huge range of other interesting articles, archive material and every issue of the Pendon Papers. Enough to keep anyone busy and entertained. The screenshot below shows additional content to Friends Place in 2020 Pendon's Friends are extremely important to the survival of the museum. Pendon has no visitor income coming in at the time of year when visitor numbers are usually starting to rise, but like all institutions there are still bills to pay. Whether or not you have ever thought about it, now would be a great time to consider becoming a Friend of Pendon. As well as immediate access to Friends Place on the website, you also get free unlimited access to the Museum once it is open again, access to Friends events, discounts on workshops etc. and you would help ensure the survival of Pendon at this difficult time. You can find out more and sign up at www.pendonmuseum.com/friends-of-pendon/

Once you get proficient with soldering wire you'll find other uses for it. I would go for the Antex Mick Bonwick recommended. They are not expensive and it will last you years.