Andrew P

Thanks for the step by step Nick, that's excellent mate, cheers.

Bodge

Jim I've just looked back through and re seen post #161 on Page 7, is that new shed from the Billy O range? as that's the ones I was looking at for my new pad if I don't keep the Pre Cast Concrete garage, (mine too has about a 4 to 5 inch drop in the back right hand corner).

Bodge

Andy, you never clog up KL and we're both suffering from the same spate of dribble, or even drivel at the moment!

 

I'll go and read your insightful writings in the Lounge!

 

Jeff

Yea that's what I meant.

I think?

Compared to the CDs, DVDs, books and other paraphernalia, the loco and wagon stock occupies a relatively small volume.

 

If you've got reliable locos that you enjoy running, why even consider selling them when you may end up with something totally inferior?

 

But then I guess we all do things in our own ways and that's part of the fun of the hobby!

 

Jeff

Morning Jeff, see reply in the Lounge to save clogging up KL with my spate of depression and dribbling's,   hahah

Cheers mate.

Bodge

Come on Richard, I know your keeping something back, all I can say is roll on Taunton, lets have some more pics SOON

Bodge

Hi Don, and yes George did enjoy building the Station and Signal Box. He has been on the Dog and Bone again this evening asking when WHEN  were going to do another joint project.

He made such a good job of it that he now has a lot to live up to.

Andy York did such a wonderful job with pics as well and that helped set the layout apart.

My pics that I took for the Railway Modeller article in October last year were good by my standards but with Andy's added smoke and background it just enhanced it that bit more.

Another Branch Terminus?

We will see.

Bodge

If I can sell all my stock before we move then that solves my problem.

Doesn't it?

Bodge

Ahh Jeff, you can never have ENOUGH fiddle yard space. Do away with the Fell and do a 24 road fiddle yard. hahhaha

Bodge

Hi Andy. I have just come upon your thread which is really excellent . Its funny, I'm a Derbyshire lad in Plymouth modelling LMS and you are Plymouth lad living in Derbyshire modelling GWR!

Hi Nick, I bet you don't know where the Trebudoc name comes from do you.

Well I was born in St Budeaux, Plymouth, and in doing some research I found out that the area was founded  by a French Monk and its original name was St Budoc (the name I gave to my first O Gauge Layout). It then went through many name changes to end up with St Budeaux.

As I had used St Budoc, and I still wanted a Devon / Cornish name, (I hadn't decided on the exact location of said Layout at that stage) I simply put a Tre at the front to form Trebudoc.

I may well sell all my Midland Stock do another West Country Layout one day as I love the little Prairies and Panniers.

Who knows! it may end up being TLGP, watch this space.

Bodge

Morning all, whilst most sane people are modelling today, Railways that is, (put your cloths back on Jeff) I have just collected a couple of boxes from storage around at my Son in Laws.

They are full of Wagons, carefully laid on layers of bubble wrap, there is about 70 in the box, mainly comprising of 10ft WB Vans and 16T Minerals to take up to the Club for our open weekend.

Now its when you start to to look at this amount, (only about 1/3 of my total Van / Wagon collection that I start to realise just how much storage space I will need on TLGP.

I broke it down the other day to work out just what I wanted, this is my list.

1, 16T Minerals, x 2, = empty up / loaded down, about 20+ on each.

2, Vans x 2, = about 15 to 18 each way.

3, Mixed Goods x 2, = a rake of about 10 to 15 each way for shunting.

4, Parcels x 2, = 6 to 10 each way.

5, Local passenger x 2, = Steam Hauled each way.

6, Local Passenger x 2, = DMU each way 2 car and 3 car.

7, Express Passenger x 2, = about 8 coaches min each way.

8, Possibly second Mixed Goods x 2, = 4 to 10 each way, again for shunting.

So at least a 16 road fiddle yard unless you want to keep lifting stock on and off the fiddle yard, coupling and un coupling in the fiddle yard, (I'm thinking 3 link here) and all that that entails including possible stock damage.

Its food for thought.

Bodge

So if I told you I've now got 42 stored away, how many fingers does that imply I have?!     

 

Jason - Patriot, Black 5 and 20 are boxed but accessible for running on Bacup.

 

As for the other 20 odd loco boxes..... they are in the bunker - somewhere!

 

Jeff

Sod the Locos Jeff, I was thinking of young Stanley's knife old Jeff's fingers.

Bodge

Need to do.......................a recount.......................on your

FINGERS......................hahhaha

Bodge :sarcastichand: :sarcastichand: :sarcastichand:

Really nice job Andy, more pics soon I hope.

Bodge

FOOTBALL?

Come on now Ian, get your priorities right, we NEED to see some track progress, hahha

Bodge

I didn't know whether to like, smile or cry when I looked at the pics above, progress is one thing and we all want some of it but Kent, Surrey,  Sussex has some stunning rolling hills and greenery, and then they dump a load of Tarmac on it.

We all use the Motorways but they do blight the landscape of this green and pleasant land.

Bodge

Thank goodness for MODEL RAILWAYS

Hi Rick, thanks for some wonderful pics and all the useful headcode information. :locomotive: :locomotive:

Cheers.

Andy

Hi Jim, waiting for more pics please mate.

Bodge

WOW Jim I've just noticed that this is my 8,000th post. :locomotive:

Our Agent advertises that he's open 7 days a week and till 8pm Mon to Fri.

You try getting hold of them, hahahah

Even during the day it goes to answerphone.

Bodge

Yes Jeff the boxes are PANTS, both Hornby and Bachmann ASSUME you will never need to put them back into the box once all the bits are added.

With B I had to cut away the clear plastic for the front steps and steam pipes, and the same with H  doing the same with the polystyrene.

Also with the early H ones with the plug in tender it needs UNPLUGGING to get it back in the box, and the wires are so fine and delicate anyway.

Also I'm told by Hornby that if you DON'T use the two metal brackets that some come with they will move about in the box and break the buffers, especially the Black 5.

Bodge,   Ain't it great to have a RANT on a Friday afternoon when you've heard NOTHING from the Estate Agents.

Wow, I just been pointed this way by Jason, (Sandside) and had a quick look through.

Now I 'm not into coach construction etc but I will be back later for a more in depth read.

The long shot looks superb. :locomotive:

Cheers,

Andy

I often wondered if the American system of mountains Floor to Celing  might work for the Fell

Bodge

One thing the pics do show is that with the Coopers Dale section, (the high level) its good to have a lot of scenics below track level to lose the railway through the hillside and not on top of it.

Bodge

I'm off to club in a mo to take some pics of what we've been up to getting the Layout ready for Easter. I'll post some pics in the Lounge later.

Bodge

Thanks Lets just say it was different, and I enjoyed it as a challenge.

Bodge

Who's a lucky Girlie then? very nice and I do like the mock up, it works well on QC by using the dock as the depot concrete base.

Bodge