Colin parks

Hi truffy, Having messaged Howard, it sems that I did make a pattern for a compressor and sent it to him. The part was to be made in cast resin. Having been rather ill and on a lot of medication back then in 2014, some things have dropped out of memory. If Howard recommends the Replica moulding for the compressor unit, then that is the way to go. Replica have a good reputation for the quality of their parts. I am still modelling, though the RMweb topic on scratchbuilding building a Bulleid 2 EPB is lacking in activity, there is a topic here on building a new train set. Colin

Hi Chris, Rather than just clicking the like button dozens of times, I would like to say thanks for posting so many evocative images of third rail trains in the South-East. There are some really good reference pictures among them. All the best, Colin All the best.

Hi Ian, That is an epic piece of work on the 4 LAV! You have shown the Kirk 2BIL kit to be very versatile indeed. Any thoughts on glazing? There are an awful lot of windows in such a unit. All the best, Colin

Hi Jemery, That looks like an epic bit of Templotting. Just one question: how will trains cross over from the down to up lines (and vice versa) in the fiddle yard? Colin

Wow Dave, those photos very good indeed, with the train fortunately only partially obscuring the track work! Having studied these photos at length, there does not seem to be one single ballast granule out of place, which is a truly remarkable feat of skilI - and most probably endurance too. Colin

Thanks for posting the pictures Dave. Without your photos it would not have been possible, nor for that matter, would the SUB have been quite right without Howard's grab handles and scribing template. Howard's trackwork and signalling looks excellent. Colin

Hi Dave, Regretfully, I will not be attending due to ongoing health issues, which have restricted travel to some degree. I shall be carrying on with modelling as usual, with plenty being done on a P4 test track right. See the link here for what I am doing now. All the best, Colin

Thanks for the plug Howard. There will be far more than just the 4 SUB to look at on your layout. Meanwhile, this 2 EPB has not progressed any further due to time being devoted to getting the P4 test track operational. All the best, Colin

Having studied the pictures in post #117 for a long time, it could be said that adding trains would just mar the view of the track work.

There certainly is plenty of detail to inspire modellers of the third rail. Now, has anyone modelled a derailment I wonder?!

An extension of the Gwili Railway to Pencader might prove to be problematic woodenhead. A section of the trackbed on the Carmarthen side of Pencader tunnel runs through land recently aquired by the Hindu and Multi-Faith ashram at Skanda Vale, near Llanpumpsaint.

Superb photos wiggoforgold! (Especially like the effective modelling of the water.) Colin

Hi Adam, Great work on the signal box. All the best, Colin

Hi Hendie, That is very skillful use of a found material in making the bellows. I have made such things from black paper in the past, preferring to model just the vertical portion, with the top hidden under a (prototypical) cowl. Does your chosen muse have some kind of cover over the top of its bellows? All the best, Colin

All work recently has been concentrated on the Roxey trailing pick up bogie. It is now as finished as it will ever be: Some rivet detail has been added in the form of pieces of 0.4 mm Plastruct rod, flaoted into place with solvent on a very fine brush. The guard irons could, with hindsight, have been a little longer. Now work can commence on the underframes.