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Now you've got me thinking!!!

A note on the J50s. My first steamer was a Lima J50 split from a set at age 11. I have had a thing for the apple green ever since. The one in the pictures is to good to fiddle with, however plans are afoot to make 68359 in BR grimy black from an old Lima body and a Bachmann pannier chassis! then I can faithfully reproduce this mixed goods on its way to Bradford from Kieghley. Edit: Note the signals which are both mounted on their own tall post rather than a bracket and on the right again.

Thanks guys!! You are right about the posting, not because I need more ratings but the long posts take a huge chunk of time! Glad you liked the pictures. Will get some of Dunster when time permits. Have made an instrument shelf for Queensbury box this morning and did some butchery to the cabin end. More on that tomorrow as I'm gonna crash in front of the television to watch Downtonabbey after a long day helping prepare moms garden for the veg , then an early night. Squatch

I heard that!

The J50 is an old Eames kit sold to me by Chris at the Eugene show. It was made and painted by his dad who mounted it on an old Triang chassis. Once it warms up it is quite a good performer. I love the smell of those old mechanisms. Am glad I used live frog point work because it comes into its own with a find like this!! The push pull is a Kirk kit with lots of MJT parts and a rechargeable 9V battery which lights up the LED lighting strip. There is a tiny switch and a headphone jack socket for recharging!! The interior is detailed with passengers, mirrors and carriage prints.

Spent the morning messing about with my camera. Here are some pictures of the center board on Goathland, the scene has been set a little! Ivatt Tank 51273 J52 3980 returns an empty sealion bogie ballast wagon. The J50 late summer with austere coaching stock during double day light savings.1940s By the looks of it the Luftwaffe have hit poor Whitby. These old fellas seem more interested in the train! And these are for Jaz.

Mmmmmmm..... R o a s t .. c h i c k e nnnnnnnnnn...........[man drooling icon]

Nice Bongo!

Hi Jon. There is a small Bachmann train set controller under there. The lamps are 12V wired off of the speed regulator on the controller which makes them dimable! Set to a low setting prolongs the life of the tiny bulbs! The station lamps are 6V wired in series. The only thing to watch out for is to not overload the controller with too many lamps. ie; 20 bulbs at 0.25amps =4 amps! controller rated at 2.5 amps! Controller cost $5 at a flea market!

Local model railroad shop. I think. In Roseberg 150 miles north on I5! Try eBay US. The razor saw came from the local craft store and cost $2.50.

hi Jaz The platform edges are ratio! It was a bit risky putting up that fisheye close up of the station. The lamps are a bit bright ! One thing I should reveal is that I like my models to look like models. And try to create a picture with atmosphere more than anything else. that's why there are more pics of passengers waiting for trains and empty scenes than there are trains. My favorite train of the lot is the LNER twin set in the picture on the banner. Why I hear you ask. It has that austere look about it which you see in many wartime photos of kids being sent to the countryside for the duration! Pure atmosphere!!!!!!!

Hi Craig. Thanks for your kind comments. The music is what we sometimes blare out on a nice day with the windows open. It just seemed fitting to use as that's what was playing when we were working on the green houses and trees on the extension board! Watching the trains go by is my specialty, Can stack em in the fiddle yard and just watch them trundle past all evening some days. It's good to have a layout on which you can run just about anything, shunt realistically and just watch the trains stretch their legs.

Yes I purchased a cheapo tripod from Walmart to get better railway pictures. The camera is a Fuji point and shoot 10.0 mega pixel with 15xoptical zoom fancy lens job. Now I have the tripod I use the custom shooting mode more often than not. All pictures get opened with paint to crop and resize and we have Picasa for further tinkering! The custom shooting mode has a short delay!!

Thought I'd just throw up a couple of pics before hitting the sack. They're seconds I'm afraid things like funny angles and horrid back drops but they kind of give an insight into that little piece of Somerset in my attic. Toy trains in the roof space to be precise.

Sorry if I missed something (Following too many threads!) but why are you lifting the rails? My second point(no pun intended) regards facing points. I don't get what all the fuss is about not including facing points on layouts. After all they're just models , no ones going to die if a model comes off the rails. Both prototypes that you and I are building have facing points and no doubt the prototype had facing point locks to protect them. On Goathland there is a diamond reversing into the goods sidings from the down line but that's not because facing points were avoided it's because access was needed from the down line. Access from the up line would have been pointless!

For some reason the red levers look a little pink in this picture. All levers correspond to the list Andrew kindly posted. Except 38 which was a ground frame release for sidings not yet laid in my period so it has been left white. View from the front. Some very clear glazing will be needed. A cruel shot of Dapol signalman Eric Brook. More on Eric here The macro makes it look a little messy. But from a distance of say 2 foot the messy isn't discernible. It'll look cracking with the light on inside at dusk!!! Next time I'll but a kit for 20 quid and pay 9 quid postal and wait 3 weeks. Then curse while I melt it all or stick my fingers together and get lead poisoning in the process.

a. Agarve! Wasn't he that Argentine midfielder who made Gazza cry? b. Algarve....The beautiful sunny south western tip of Europe c. Agave nectar, is an alternative to sugar a bit lower on the glycemic index! d. Argav' lives in Bootle! Chance to double ya money! Do you wanna call a friend Are going to play it safe. or.....

Are that'll be the Algarve Al !! Love the icon. Remember the fast show. Mark Williams did that "You ain't seen me..... Right" shifty geezer sketch. Well one night I was on my way down the pub in Brighton with my mate Colin and we saw Mark walking in the other direction across the road. My friend shouts out OI! Mr. Weasley (Mark!) looks round, as you do. Then my mate Col says "You ain't seen me.........Right" How cools that!

Nice lime drops too! Love the way you have done the sand on that beach, just like the coast over here!

great beach scenes Jaz. Kal. When my 128 arrived there were loose bits, it's a gem and a very nice runner. Love your choise of livery!

Nice one Jaz! Fire away!

So are you still going to make the Goathland police house out of it? I don't think mine ever got made up into anything. All the contents was robbed for other projects!

Decaf coffee with a shot of scotch, drizzel of agave and wippy. Mrs. S. has mouse poo on hers. (chocolate sprinkles)

Just one more picture.