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On 29/12/2023 at 22:42, simon b said:

Looking good so far, are you going for 3 platform face's or something smaller?

Thanks. Going for the 3 platform faces as per the original plan

Dan

Rather than get involved Christmas decoration installation today I took the chance to do a little 'real life' track planning.

Rather than using commercial laser-cut baseboards that I'd used on my Swiss HOm 'Santa Maria' and HO Freemo modules I decided to revert back to good ol' 2x1 softwood with ply decks. 2 900mm x 450mm basic boards and a sector plate 

While I'd worked things through on AnyRail actually laying track out showed that the geometry on the PECO Bullhead Code 75 points in the software was a little out meaning thay the entry / exit road wasnt quite a so much of an angle.

“It’s a grey autumnal day. Probably not rain but grey and overcast none the less. The cold breeze whistles around the missing panels in the station canopy roof which adds to an air of neglect from the peeling paint and dirty windows of the station building. The headlines of the morning papers on the station newsagent stand talk of more industrial action. In the platform a work-weary DMU burbles and rattles in the platform waiting to depart while a Class 25 slowly pulls up to the pair of parcels vans loaded with orders despatched from the nearby Smallwoods mail order catalogue. ”

Rhodes Square is a small urban terminus in the NW of England set across the end of the 70’s into the first couple of the years of the 80’s. Passenger services handled by 1st Generation DMUs are the main traffic of various types but the nearby mail order warehouse provides parcels traffic powered by Class 25s or 40s. There are also a few sidings remaining to handle air-braked vans serving the local Metal Box factory and the occasional short engineers’ train. The track plan draws very heavily from Ian Futers’ ‘Victoria Park’ track plan for the station section. Track to be used is Peco Code 75 Bullhead with the 3 long radius points powered Czech made MTB point motors.

Overall size is 2700mm x 450mm

Seaboard Southern Railroad Show, Saturday Sept 16th 2023

The Seaboard Southern NMRA group are pleased to announce the return of their annual exhibition showcasing model railways from the Americas. Once again we will be hosted by our regular venue of The Charis Centre, Crawley, West Sussex.

Times: 10:00 – 16:00

Admission: £7 Adults, £6 NMRA members*, Accompanied U16s Free

Venue: The Charis Centre, West Green Drive, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 7EL

For those on foot / public transport the main entrance is West Green Drive, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 7EL. It is walkable from Crawley Station or via Metrobus (http://www.metrobus.co.uk/) Route 1 or 2 (Crawley Hospital stop) from Crawley Bus Station, opp. Southern Trains station. 

For those driving the car park is accessed via Town Barn Road (opp No. 38), Crawley, RH11 7ED

Hot food, snack and drinks will be available on site

Confirmed Layouts

Stevens Point Servicing Point - (Chris Prior) – HO Wisconsin Central loco servicing point in minimal space

Santa Barbara (Ian Lampkin) – An excellect representation of the Californa Coast Line in N scale with a choice of either modern Union Pacific or pre merger Southern Pacific.

Oak Creek Brewery - (Jean-Luc Pineau) - This On30 layout represents a small brewery, located somewhere in the north eastern part of the United States. Possibly the State of Maine.

Kitwood Junction (Simon Cox) – Kitwood Junction is a freelance O scale dual gauge layout set loosely in the Caribbean during the late forties. It is an interchange where standard and 2ft 6" narrow gauge (On30) meet, sharing the same freight facilities along with the occational passenger train.

Lynneton Yard (Mike Hughes) - HO shunting puzzle

Minocqua Falls (Bevis King) - Large O scale layout depicting an ex CNW branch in Wisconsin now under Soo ownership + Amtrak

Confirmed Traders

Kent Garden Railways – new and second-hand rolling stock and accessories

Anoraks Anonymous – Pre-loved railway equipment

Sunningwell Command Control – All your DCC needs

Plus Daughters – N scale specialist

JB Modelworld - stockboxes and modelling tools

Barry Clements (Baztrains) - 3D printed details & scenic accessories

Seaboard Southern Club Sales Stand

Contact: secretary@seaboard-southern.org.uk

Hope to see you there!!

Good to see them getting used rather than gathering dust 🙂

On 26/07/2023 at 08:38, CloggyDog said:

Many thanks to @warbonnetuk for the box of surplus Czech TT kits and bits he handed to me at LyddRail last weekend. 😁

 

I'll be making good use of pretty much all of it, indeed the 2 Detail wagon kits (Tams and Zav) are now being finished off ready for paint, the 830 shell has had the windows opened out and a start made on a chassis. The pair of 010 trailers will get added to tge (ever-growing) fleet of 810/010s!

 

I've also dusted off the resin Grumpy shell I got ages ago, as there are some bits in the box that will get that finished off too.

 

A useful resource for completing these older resin kits (and much more besides) can be found here: https://www.mojett.cz/aktualizace  (use a browser with auto translate, such as Chrome) 

 

Nové Město is next out at the Mid-Essex show in Shenfield on Sat 16 September and I've just accepted the invite to Model Rail Scotland in Glasgow for Feb 2024 ☺️

Hey, we run a couple pf my HO ones on Dobris wben I'm free. There are a bit basic so would be interesting to compare

For anyone whose interest has been piqued by Paul's pics Freemo South 2024 is booked for the weekend of March 9th and 10th 2024 (subject to confirmation from the venue)

Dan

On 13/03/2023 at 12:24, AlanRogers said:

Fantastic photos @PaulRhB thank you. Knowing @warbonnetuk and @roundhouse for some years, and been along to a couple of these meets, discussions are afoot! It's just possible that you might be getting another operator at future events. Not necessarily me I hasten to add though, if the planets align and his interest is confirmed, I suspect I'll be browbeaten into some woodbutchery at a future date as well.

A bit of HO you say. Ah go on, go on, go on, go on..........

😁

On 03/03/2023 at 15:27, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Hi Dan, 

 

In the spirit of resuscitation, are you able to replace the original images or add new ones to the thread. I remember looking on here and being impressed by the weathering you'd applied to your 810. 

 

I'm hoping to take delivery of a Roco M152 in late CSD livery over the weekend and will be looking to replicate a circa 1985-1989 condition. 

 

 

Rob. 

Hi Rob

I've added the photos I can find of the 810 project onto my Flikr account so they will be available to seen there.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/13460546@N02/albums/72157676737572463

Hope this helps and hopefully see you at Thornberry show

Dan

On 25/02/2023 at 11:14, John M Upton said:

Does anyone have a date for the 2023 Seaboard Southern show please?  Website only lists last years.

Sat 16th September 2023. Venue will once again be The Charis Centre, Crawley.

Currently getting the layouts and traders together so will be posting details in the next month or so

Cheers

Dan Spalding

Exhibition Manager

Not posted for a while as layout has been in storage with no shows on the horizon. However with Santa Maria heading to the Erith MRS show at Longfield Academy, Longfield, Kent the last week has seen a bout of activity.

First is the addition of 2 more sidings in the fiddle meaning most stock can stay on the rails. A defective point on scenic side had to be replaced after diagnostics failed to find a lack of current in one direction in the frog. A couple of extra bits of stock were commisioned inc RhB 222 to head the heritage 4 wheelers. Finally a few more trees were added

Santa Maria (RhB) loaded up to travel early tomorrow AM. Looking forward to a great show

Update 16/09/22: After consideration we will be continuing to hold our exhibition this coming Saturday 17th Sept. Also we regret to confirm that Plus Daughters will not now be able to attend due to illness.

Looking forward to having our show again after our enforced break!

And some video....

http://2022-04-23 14.38.40 by Dan Spalding, on Flickr

http://2022-04-23 14.55.04 by Dan Spalding, on Flickr

After Crewe I forgot to put any of my own photos / vids si heres a selection. Next show will be back down south at Erith (Longfield) at the end of Jan 2023.

Trader Update!!

I'm pleased to be able to add 2 additional traders to the show lineup. JB Modelworld is a show regular with thier range of stock boxes and foam insets as well as essential modelling tools. The other is a new trader to us in the guise of Barry Clements (Baztrains) who already well know for his 3D printed North American outline road trailers and specialist rolling stock sold via Shapeways. Barry will also have some smaller scenic details for sale e.g. USPS mailboxes and other street furntiture

Update 16/09/22: After consideration we will be continuing to hold our exhibition this coming Saturday 17th Sept. Also we regret to confirm that Plus Daughters will not now be able to attend due to illness

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Seaboard Southern Railroad Show, Saturday Sept 17th 2022

The Seaboard Southern NMRA group are pleased to announce the return of their annual exhibition showcasing model railways from the Americas. We are returning to our regular venue of The Charis Centre, Crawley, West Sussex.

Times: 10:00 – 16:00

Admission: £6 Adults, £5 NMRA members with valid membership cards, Accompanied U16s Free

Venue: The Charis Centre, West Green Drive, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 7EL

For those on foot / public transport the main entrance is West Green Drive, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 7EL. It is walkable from Crawley Station or via Metrobus (http://www.metrobus.co.uk/) Route 1 or 2 (Crawley Hospital stop) from Crawley Bus Station, opp. Southern Trains station. For those driving the car park is accessed via Town Barn Road (opp No. 38), Crawley, RH11 7ED

Hot food, snack and drinks will be available on site

Confirmed Layouts

Central Alonzo (Andrew Gautrey) – HO Cuban Interurban / sugar railway

Underpass (Rob Strachan) – HO Santa Fe switching in urban Los Angeles

Plant City (Andrew Browne) – HO CSX railroading in Florida

Missuola (Chris Prior) – Contemporary Upper Midwest in HO

Roundhouse (Ian Lampkin) – Inspired by the UP at Laramie (HO)

Black Sheep On30 Group – Modular 0n30 set up

Confirmed Traders

Kent Garden Railways – new and second-hand rolling stock and accessories

Anoraks Anonymous – Pre-loved railway equipment

Sunningwell Command Control – All your DCC needs

Plus Daughters – N scale specialist

Railroad Trading – Books, magazines and DVDs

Barry Clements (Baztrains) - 3D printed details and accessories

JB Modelworld - Stockboxes and modelling tools

Seaboard Southern Club Sales Stand

We hope to see you there!

Menzels Lokschuppen & Töff-Töff GmbH in Germany are MTB stockists. I sourced my MTB 810 and 010 trailer from them

Dan

For anyone interested on some more photos from the weekend I've uploaded them to Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/13460546@N02/albums/72177720297377885

Next year's event date has been provisionally set for 11th and 12th March 2023

Dan

Will be there doing a weathering demo

Dan

As a finale to this particular thread I finally got round to procuring a Zimo NEM651 function only decoder from Coastal DCC. After installation it seems that all it gives you is constant interior lighting and directional tail lights so a little disappointed that MTB havent been able to utilise the full funtionality of the decoder i.e. being able to turn the interior lights on and off. Curse you Roco for doing the modern and as built Czech paint schemes first!!!

1 hour ago, Nutbrook said:

Great pictures and nice smooth running on the vids

Would that be SRS AGM at Derby in April next year your looking at.

Thanks for the comment and yes, thats next April in Derby. Forgot to mention Santa Maria is also booked for Erith (Kent) MRS show at the end of Jan next year

Got round to uploading the videos I took at the Barrow show. Apologies for the autofocus going a bit wonky trying to film through the cat masts

Baby KroK

Ge 4/4 i on freight

Great weekend at Barrow show - Barrow club lads put on a great show and showed us the usual fabulous hospitality.

The layout was a little frustrating with a couple of point frogs going "dead", one loco's decoder refusing to talk to the command station and loco pans jumping off the cat wires where I hadn't had problems. But overall it was great to play trains for a couple of days. Just need to start working down new 'snag list' ahead of next years SRS AGM