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If anyone saw Sidney Street around the shows in the mid 2000s, you may have caught a glimpse of BEL1 scuttling around and riding up and down in the wagon hoist. Ours was scratchbuilt using custom made etches on a spud, but I would urge caution when using the drawings, as we found, they don't quite scale right, and BEL1 was not as symmetrical as she looked. Of course there is now an almost RTR version available from ERTL (runs away to hide!!!)
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In the case of the Smithfields I am pretty certain that 97xx condensing panniers were always used, all provided by Southall. I've never seen any photos of non condensing BR panniers working over the inner circle. It is interesting that when LT were looking for replacement motive power they didn't even look at the condensing panniers, but opted for the 57xx instead. I believe this was due to the later full width cabs (8750s and production 97xx) would be way out of gauge between Finchley Road and Baker Street.
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Don't forget the last steam working from Moorgate to Neasden behind L94 on the 6th June 1971, and a photo has turned up on Flickr of L90 and L94 at Lillie Bridge depot dated 1st July 1971. Whether this is a dating error I don't know, but if it is not, then it would appear that the pair made a final trip from Neasden to Lillie Bridge sometime after the official 'end of steam'.
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What wonderful things our dear town has to be thankful for... Ancient Roman Capital, Beautiful Norman Castle, Magnificent Victorian Water Tower and birthplace of BD (and L49 for that matter!) I knew there was a reason this place was famous!!!
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You can always go for John Hampden one end, Sarah on the other and a rake of RT models brake vans between them. I think that was John Hampden's last run before being carted off to the museum! You could even go for a smoke unit in one of the brake vans to get the effect of the hotbox which brought a rather abrupt end to the tour...
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I tried starting again in N. It didn't save any space, I just realised how much more I could fit in!!!
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The simple answer would be that as a respected manufacturer I expect Heljan will have this covered. I agree with Brush Veteran, legal details have no place on this forum, and we have absolutely no entitlement to be privy to the details of a private licencing contract between Heljan (or anyone else) and TfL. I would suggest that we simply wait for the livery announcements from Heljan. Any licence details (for those who really want to know!) will need to be be published at that time.
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Event Name: Mile End Methodist MRC open afternoon Classification: Open Day Address: Mile End Methodist Church, Nayland Road, Colchester CO4 5ET Day 1: 30th December 2013 Opening times Day 1: 2:00-4:00ish Prices: free, although donations towards refreshments would be appreciated Disability access: Yes Car parking: No Organising body: Mile End Methodist Church MRC Organiser: Charlie Connor, Lay Pastor, Mile End Methodist Church.street-level-models@hotmail.co.uk Just realised this was in the wrong week on the calendar. Oops! Sorry all! At our Christmas club meeting last Thursday, we decided that a really good way to celebrate Christmas and New Year would be to hold an informal open afternoon/running session to give anyone who has a couple of hours free a chance to test run any new locos which may have arrived on a sleigh a few days previously! The aim is to have at least two out of our three exhibition layouts up and running (probably Shoreditch in N, and either Wotton in 00, or Rue Sidi Brahim in HO) in the downstairs room at the Chapel, which will allow visitors to run any 00 and N gauge stock that they may like to bring along. Shoreditch 2mm scale Rue Sidi brahim 3.5mm scale Wotton 4mm scale (although thanks to the tosspot who rear-ended my car my L49 won't be available for a while!) There is also a possibility that Sumatra Road will be on show as it will be en route from storage to it's new home, and may well call in for the afternoon! Finally, although not truly on display, visitors who can manage the stairs are invited to come and have a look around the clubroom, and see Mount Pleasant and South Bromley. It is not going to be a flashy affair, just an excuse for a few of us to get together, drink tea, and run some trains. All visitors will be made very welcome. Hope to see you there!
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I hate to say it, and it sounds like the workman blaming his tools, but the operating problems are mostly down to the motive power. Older Jouef locos (i.e. the ones which I can actually afford) simply don't run on code 75! I borrowed a more modern 141R last night, and she ran like a dream, but the 040D and 040TAs are just too chunky. I spent a couple of hours on the layout this morning, partly buoyed up by the success of the 141R last night, and found that there were a couple of dodgy connections, and one point which was playing up a little, all of which I managed to fix, and had a Hornby J52 rolling up and down both the high and low level lines at walking pace. I did manage to get some third rail down alongside the Metro lines this afternoon before picking the children up from school, so things are happening again. I'm also considering a lighting rig and proscenium arch along the front of the layout to disguise the fiddle-yard area a bit better from prying eyes.
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Some people will do anything to get pictures of Montrouge!
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Looking good. I have been tempted by the Bildeston plan in Iain Rice's book myself, especially as I now work in the next village along... I like the look of the goods shed, and the scalescenes brick looks the part too.
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Really impressive bit of baseboard construction. I'm looking forward to watching this one progress. I always think that it is good to decide on the final presentation before getting too much done on the trackwork or the scenery. One day I will actually listen to my own advice on that one!!!
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I thought it was about time I uploaded some progress shots of the layout. I'm still trying to sort out the operating problems, but in the meantime I have done a little bit of scenic work Here is the old goods office building, properly in situ on its cracked concrete base. The sign is copied from one near the entrance to La Villette Looking the other way, this is the view of the station from the crossing. I have just had some etches done to replace the silhouette cut canopy valance and balustrade. I'm not going to fit it until I know everything works properly though, otherwise if I need to lift track (which I'm trying to avoid) it will probably get damaged. Looking up from the bottom of the dive to Metro level towards the works I need to do something to disguise the fiddleyard. Essentially it is only a series of straight sidings which are linked using a loco-lift as a cassette It's daft the bits of a layout that I feel proudest of. This is the phone by the LM board at the fiddleyard end of the platform. I scratchbuilt it from odds and ends based on a photo of one near the platform end at Vaugirard. Finally, this has to be the least useful limit of shunt board ever... The track is impassible to within 15 feet of it! As always, there is loads more to do, and not a lot of time to do it. I'm applying for domestic planning permission to bring it home from the club (where it lives in the corridor to the kitchen at the moment!), but Susie is none to keen on my suggestion that it can live on the lowest of my new bookshelves behind the sofa in the living room... Can't think why?
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Met 1, Steam on the London Underground & related events
L49 replied to Paul.Uni's topic in London Underground
Finally got round to uploading the photos from the weekend. Nothing great, but better than I had managed earlier in the year. Unfortunately the only shot I got in daylight was blocked out by an S stock train, like this... By the time the next train got into Uxbridge, it was properly dark. L150 made a rather too cautious approach, and had to open up to get to the platform end, which I'm sure made the crew particularly popular... even by the time she left, the atmosphere was decidedly chewy! Got to Rayners Lane for the empties, and took this, just because I thought it displayed the true essence of Holden design. These were stations designed to be seen at night! Especially with a maroon 2 6 2 tank blasting through... One little bonus for the evening, following Ellie's customary desire to eat pizza at Russell Square, was that the Kingsway subway had it's lights left on. I banged a couple of shots off through the gate on our way back to Holborn All in all, not a bad afternoon...
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Met 1, Steam on the London Underground & related events
L49 replied to Paul.Uni's topic in London Underground
She certainly acquitted herself pretty well yesterday, although there was some accumulated late running. I didn't get into town until later in the afternoon, so most of my photos were taken at dusk or later, but I think I got a pretty impressive shot of L150 blasting through Rayners Lane on the evening empties to Ruislip. I think after steam on the Circle, Steam on the Met, and Steam on the Uxbridge branch I will be looking back on 2013 with a certain amount of fond nostalgia. I just hope that TfL see that it was a success, and plan some similar events in the future. -
Blimey, I wish I was as quick off the mark as that on CAD! She looks gorgeous. Have you thought about the chassis? Are you planning on having it etched, or cutting a proprietary one around?
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There were a set of 4mm scale drawings published in Model Railway News. I think it was the March 1969 issue. I know it has a very stylised illustration of a streamlined blue coronation on the cover. Have a look on Ebay, I picked up a copy quite cheaply. Charlie (Edit) I tell a lie, it is May 1968, here's a link to Ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MODEL-RAILWAY-NEWS-Magazines-1967-1968-1969-1-50-each-FREEPOST-on-5-Items-/231019330919?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&var=&hash=item35c9d33d67
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If you are happy to wait a while, and if you are going to eihter Shenfield or Peterborough later this year, come over and have a chat about it. I might be able to give some helpful hints. If there is space at Shenfield, I may have a demo table on the stage next to the SLM stall. I have some tube stock which I need to finish off for myself, and working at shows is a pretty good way to finish off all my odd jobs.
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Here Y'are, just for a laugh. this is a little project I have been playing with for a while. Ideal if you want a static loco at the back of the layout, or if I ever get the guts to try it, I might have a go at building a runner. This is a very early stage set build, and the smokebox door looks awful, there is another couple of layers to go on though, so it should improve matters!
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Okay, here are some progress shots, in no particular order. First up is a view along Hayfield Passage towards the Hayfield pub and Mile End baths Panning a little to the right, this is the new factory which backs onto the Lycett. The prototype was in this location, but was set at 90 degrees to the way it has been modelled, otherwise it wouldn't fit in. Moving round the layout a bit to the end of the platforms at Mile End Gate, this is the first of my 30' arches copied from the London and Blackwall details in Peter Kay's book. It's not too clear in the photos, but there are actually two different sections of arch in here, the section towards the far end representing a later widening with a different shape crown. (I've been looking at the L&B viaduct a bit too closely!) This still hasn't been bedded in properly which is why you can see white edges and jagged bits where the brickwork under the arch meets the face Dad probably won't thank me for posting this as it is still very unfinished, but this is the GER terminus at Mile End Gate with Dunstan Houses towering above the carriage siding behind the arrival side. The building is complete for the arrival side, but we are leaving it off until all the ballasting is done and sprayed to minimise any risk of damage to the building through handling. Moving right back to the other end, I don't think I have posted any photos since this bit of Mile End Road was finished. And finally, to prove my earlier point, this is the reason why the GWR is so popular. It's because their engines look so good in red!
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I would say the best thing about the GWR is that their locos look so fine in red, as evidenced by L150! The Bachmann version is currently winding Dad up by hiding away in the fiddleyard on Harford Street on a rake of down coal empties. I wonder whether he'll get round to removing it before my camera gets to her!?! We have made quite a bit or progress over the last few months, but I haven't been near the layout with the camera. I might see if I can sneak round later this afternoon and get some update shots
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I'm afraid the layout has been sat in disgrace at the back of the storeroom in the church since St Albans. Once we have finished our Met150 project in time for our open day later in the year, I will get it back out and see what I can do with it. I still think that scenically it is one of the best things I have done in a long time, especially in the space (I hope that doesn't sound too conceited!) But I've never been any good at making things work!
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The '67 DM looks really good in the photo. It is probably the most difficult kit in the range to build, and I would say that you have made a very good job of it, or was the problem at the trailing end (in the pipe)?. You've made the cab fit properly which is always my greatest headache (and that's from the designer!) I had to build one for a customer wilth full glazing and interior earlier this year. Cutting and rolling the acetate for those wrap around cab windows was a fun morning's work in itself!
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Precut is for wimps!
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They are all Street Level Models kits. This is the link to the page on the website http://cdcdesign.webplus.net/trains.html We do loads of different kits for trains, as well as trams, buildings, backscenes and other odds and ends.
