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Hi Stoker Thanks very much for your very informative post above....Really useful information...... I was aware of the planked fencing as I visited Treviscoe back in 2011 & took several photo's..... On Penhallick Junction I built the perimeter fencing in the planked style but hadn't realised it was so commonly used so I shall build more for Hendra in due course....Also adjust the uniform though that may have to wait until after the Carn Brea show next month....... The screen blockers sound interesting & thanks for posting the build method very useful..... Thanks again for a very informative post.... Any more suggestions more than welcome.... Cheers Bill

Hi Jim As others have said thanks for the great photographic record of your daily work..... Some great photo's & interesting info.... But most of all thanks for your in depth replies to questions regarding your day to day work that give us an insight as to how the real railway works..... Thanks again for your time.... Really appreciated.... Bill

Hi Put in the road & car park using plaster filler....... Cleaned it up a bit & removed the masking tape.... Before giving it a coat of paint...... Hope to paint it this evening then let it dry out before fitting the line markings...... Then more grass etc & maybe look to fit some backscene pics if I've got time before the end of October deadline for the show at Carn Brea...... Cheers Bill Edit to remove unwanted markers for adding pics

Hi Rich Thanks for the above comment..... Yes the hand is much better now thanks......Not easy to grip scalpels but I'm managing....... Thanks for the detail on the VGA kits..... I noticed the underfame was shallower than the Bachmann one but put it down to jus being innacurate as the length is also different.... Not the best of pics but it was hand brush painted & lettered by me over 30 years ago.... It won't run on Hendra but is destined for use by my son on Penhallick Junction if he wants it......

Hi We moved down to Cornwall in late 1987 so it was over 30 years ago that I last went into his shop....... My memory of it is being quite small but crammed with goodies.... He seemed to have everything one could possibly want......& was always helpful to me a relative newbie at that time..... Quite often he would be chatting to one of his cronies........ I'd certainly heard of his lack of positivity & charm but he was always polite to me & seemed quite happy to take my money.... Sadly missed Cheers Bill

Hi Some excellent pictures that capture the scene & make it look very realistic..... Some lovely modelling....Well done...... Cheers Bill

Hi Well here's what I ended up with as the Linhay end backscene...... The wagon is a kit that I bought in the mid '80's from the late Pete Lindsay of Exeter Model Shop when it was in the arcade...... He had two & I bought them both...... There's no makers name on them but Taylor rings a bell...... They are actually quite a good representation considering their age I found them backalong on the top shelf of one of my sheds covered in grime & much the worse for wear...... I have sorted the other one out but I cut this one down , added sprung buffers lamp bracket replaced the steps & fitted screw couplings..... & glued it to the backscene board...... The building is not yet fixed down as I hope to tone down the weathering..... Also the static grass covered tape on the loading platform needs removing & I need to infill the blue area between the buildings with a picture of a clay related building or similar.... Back to work tomorrow so progress will slow down again....Not that it's been fast.... Cheers Bill

Hi Well todays spare time was spent on the linhay end of the layout...... I had in mind to have a large shed/building against the backscene with a door/opening rail served...... I've modelled the one at Par docks before....Which isn't rail accessed..... However when I did a scaled cardboard cutout it looked far too small...... So I made a cut out inspired by the Linhay at Marsh Mills ,a picture taken Maurice Dart in his book Cornish China Clay Trains page 11...... It's inspired by so not identical but I think it more gives an impression of the sheer size/bulk of China Clay buildings...... So that is what I've gone for & have now built it & started to clad it....... Hopefully I can do a bit more tomorrow as I think I'll be back to work next week & time will be at a premium...... Cheers For now Bill

Hi Well todays spare time was used to fit my couplings to the wagons...... Then a 'play'/test...... 08955 preparing to leave Hendra with a propelling move for Ponts Mill The Brake van is the Kernow limited edition StBlazey one & finally passing the slurry tanks on it's way..... They are really nice wagons.... A shame they don't have sprung buffers as I run buffer to buffer when propelling but hey ho...... Weathering in due course.... The testing did throw up a couple of issues.... Annoyingly one of my Cobalt point motors has started to click....... When first switched on it's fine..... Then it starts to go click click click on & on...... But only when one position...... On closer inspection it appears to be trying to change position & then springs back & keeps doing it until the point is changed..... & starts again when the point is changed back..... V annoying as I don't have the receipt for it...... The other problem is that I have probably a dry solder joint as I get a dead spot on one of my points at the blade end...... A job for tomorrow I think......

Hi I collected my '4 pack' last Friday & am very pleased with them....... Have spent today fitting my own brand couplings & had a play this evening...... They will need weathering but look superb..... Here they are posed on my incomplete layout Hendra with the Kernow limited edition StBlazey brake van prior to a propelling move to Ponts Mill...... The 08 is a resprayed Bachmann loco renumbered & detailed to represent 08955....A loco I took pictures of at StBlazey as well as at Exeter StDavids When I collected my wagons I was proudly shown a scratchbuilt version of the wagon built by a staff member..... It is an excellent representation really well modelled & was apparently used I was told to help persuade the Chris to go into production of these wagons...... I would agree that sprung buffers would be good as I propel buffer to buffer but I am very pleased with my purchase..... Cheers Bill

Hi Well the Kernow PRA wagons have arrived & very good they look too.... I had hoped to have a play with them but unfortunately other things took priority so hopefully I can put up a picture tomorrow..... Sadly I ff I saw them I don't remember it so weathering will be by looking at other peoples pictures....Probably Paul Bartlets on his Zenfolio site...... Made a start on fitting my couplings...... Cheers Bill

Hi Adrian Thankyou for the above comment......Really appreciate it........ AS regards how I did it is lots of practice on other projects that didn't turn out right but learning from my mistakes..... Perhaps it's just me but it's one of the parts of modelling that I most enjoy....... Fiddling about making details that no one except me sees...... But without them the scene/picture isn't right to my eyes...... Others will say this is wrong or that is wrong but I like to try to create a scene that looks right It's making/modelling fineky little items like this that I really enjoy....... Thanks again for the comment Cheers Bill

Hi Ray Thanks for the above comment....... I think in my case the mental block comes from sometimes having too many ideas & then overwhelming myself & then becoming indecisive....... Cheers Bill

Hi Stu Thanks for the comment....Greatly appreciated.... Yes it is a bit clean..... I've not quite decided how to weather it without overdoing it....... Mind you....China Clay is very white & clean looking!!!!!!!! Cheers Bill

Hi Well the rest of yesterday's & todays modelling time was spent on the refuelling shed....... The shed had been built as had the fuelling pump & table. The tool 'store' is a repainted Bachmann item & the oil drum is a repainted plastic drum from a stack that I bought. The pipes Diesel & water are multi core wire with the oil pump mechanism from the drum & water tap soldered up from scrap. The fire extinguishers are a tank made from plastic tube glued to various sizes of brass wire soldered together for the handles & spray pipe..... The fire extinguishers......They were then primed & painted..... The figure is a Bachmann one that I had already hacked his left hand or what it had been holding off so I made a tool box for him to pick up........ I was going to put another figure in the shed but I think that it might make it a bit crowded........ Just need to put a couple of bits of clutter on the table & fix some dummy lighting , a clock....... I'm pleased how it's turned out....... I started this several months ago & got 'modellers block ' on how to progress but it seems sorted....... Hopefully get a bit of time to do a bit more over the next day or two.... Cheers Bill

Hi Really enjoyed your trip down memory lane..... Thanks for sharing.... Hopefully you will find another pic or two hidden away...... Cheers Bill

Hi Well a bit of progress...... It's so frustrating that I'm home but not able to do as much as I'd like due to having to do everything one handed..... However I gave the end backscene boards a lick of paint & fitted them so I could fix in place the other bridge abutment & infiiled it & added ballast....... A view now no longer possible due to the backscene..... Not a very good pic as it was taken into the sunlight...... I also took the opportunity to fix the lighting rig bracket rescued from Penhallick Junction I have also been busy on the fuelling point shed which I shall post some pics later. The car park ( foreground ) & road need surfacing & then a decision on the backscene....Rural or a row of Clay workers cottages in half relief..... Time will tell..... Cheers for now Bill

Hi Stu It was great catch up with you again & had a couple of really nice chats..... It's a great shame you were having problems as the layout looked superb...... SWMBO was most impressed especially as she instantly recognised the main building having driven past it many times..... i took a few pics but the shadows cast by the shades caused a few problems so here are the best... Although not perfect the light effect is similar to how it looks just before a storm down here where the sky goes black but the sun shines brightly through the gaps in the heavy cloud & picks out small areas of brightness..... Any way keep up the good work...... The modelling is excellent & SWMBO & I both enjoyed Tinners Forge.... See you soon Cheers Bill

Hi Planted a few fence posts today & took a few pictures to show progress....... A few of the Linhay....... Not quite finished as the the platform end n0eeds the pink foam covering in & the slurry tanks need weathering & fixing in place Next a couple from the bufferstop end........ Excuse the 'backscene'.......the backscene boards are not fitted yet to mke working on the layout easier..... The portacabin , fuelling p oint & tank are not yet fixed as they require detailing/weathering....... but hopefully you get the idea....... Finally a pic of the ground frame....... I had considered a signal box but I have assumed the original station to have been on the other side of the bridge so any 'box would have been there with access to the Clay Works being by a ground frame in telephone contact with the station 'box , now the next box up the line...... I have bought the Ratio point rodding kit & intend to fit it to add more realistic detail....... It looks quite challenging !!!!!!!!!! Well that's all for this evening........Still getting the hang of posting on here but....... Hopefully get some more done tomorrow... Cheers Bill

Hi A long time since I last posted but life got in the way & last Monday ( the 19th ) I had an operation on my right hand....... Hopefully I can find a bit of time over the next few days to take a pic or two of the slow progress...... Unfortunately SWMBO isn't too well at the moment so still not much time to do a lot....... I have spent a bit of time 'track testing' & all seemed to run well but I've had to touch up the ballasting on three of the points so they'll need re-testing......... I've started the scenic work & built the partially demolished bridge fixing one of the abutments....... One problem is I keep changing my mind on the backscene......whether a row of houses or a rural scene.... As I say hopfully I shall have time for an update or two over the next few days... Cheers Bill

HI Time consuming maybe but the end result is superb...... Having previously seen your description of your method & tried it I would say it gives the best result...... But possibly not for a large layout as it would take forever which is why I've reverted to other methods..... Keep up the good work Enjoying your progress Cheers Bill

Hope you're well insured as I might even take you up on that.... Don't think I've driven a layout left handed before !!!!!!! See you on the weekend sometime Cheers Bill

Hi Stu Looking forward to seeing TF again over the weekend at Hayle. I shall be attending as a punter due to my hand op meaning I can't exhibit ....... Cheers Bill

Hi I've enjoyed following your progress so will miss Gurney Slade when it's gone....... Some excellent modelling producing a very nice layout...... I'm much like you.... Really enjoy the building of layouts & hardly operate them when satisfied all works as it should.... Just have fun adding bits & pieces to it..... Good luck with your new project.... Shall look in & see how you're getting on.... Cheers Bill

Hi Tony Good to see progress & glad you've got your traverser working.... It's looking good Cheers Bill