SGJ

My class 89 project is a bit further in its painting stage

I have been saving my money and got the new 91 model from Hornby  

The ballasting is re done in a brown shade ( was grey ) which I like, It isn't stuck down yet but Its a bank holiday weekend so I might do that on Monday next week.

I also bought a Silverfox class 89 model 😀 ( can be seen on the platform )

The grey version ballast

The brown ballast

A bit more progress on Mulberry Junction

I have made a start on the overhead equipment, the first gantry for the station is done.

I have also done a video

I am enjoying looking at the layout, I am quite inspired by it

I have just finished weathering the track on Mulberry Junction, and added rust to the rail sides.

Also its the first video that I am talking on

https://youtu.be/Rc5AldIm91U

I have uploaded a "cab ride" of Mulberry Junction whilst the layout is clear of scenery and structures to hopefully compare in the future

Well the ballast went into the vacuum cleaner ( to be re used ), I have weathered the track and sprayed the bases of the fuel unloading area, and the fueling point too

I have also done a video on youtube

I have decided to re do the ballasting,  before it goes down again I am going to take a couple of inches away on the curve behind the depot, ( the track is close to a part of a frame for my roof ) to get continuity with the scenery a little better with the look of the layout overall hopefully.

A little more progress with ballasting.

Tomorrow hopefully will be the far curve behind the depot

I have just made a start on the station area`s ballasting

Its nearly time to start ballasting the layout, I have just had a little play before the stones go down

Mulberry Junction 13 February 2022 includes new APT 

The Hornby 7 car APT came yesterday, I unboxed it today and gave it a test run, I need to put decoders in the driving trailers, at the moment it just has one in the power car.

I`m not so keen on the pantograph.

The set on youtube, and photos bellow

Just added the extra two roads for Mulberry Junction bringing the fiddle yard from six lines to eight, four on the up, and four on the down.

I also used a shortened MGR rake to check if there would be derailments, If anything were to come off the rails it would be them old HAA`s

A video again with a pair of 20s, a 90, two 150`s and two 47s

The fiddle yard is getting bigger next weekend, currently its 6 roads, It will be 8 roads when I`m done, hopefully with point motors added to the far end ( it could even be done through the week depending on the daughters homework for the GCSE`s ).

Oh yes, the video...

I am thinking of scenery near the signal box, the idea is to have a embankment with trees on it so will be quite simple, the alternative is to have a set of low relief factory's, I am liking the greenery the most.

I have had a small operating session with some of my sprinters and a practice with a class 37 going onto the depot

The results are on youtube ( link bellow ).

https://youtu.be/RHPV7F97zYE

7 hours ago, Graham108 said:

If you don't mind me asking, what make are the storage tanks? Are they made up of two halves - I only have a small space to fit them and full size might be too big.

The tanks are a Piko kit, Its not two halves, its HO ( not OO) which is why they look smallish on the photos, some more photos of the kit are on my web site

http://www.mulberryjunction.co.uk/page10.html

There is a short version of the kit too.

The catalog number is "Piko PK61121" for the big version and " Piko PK61104 " for the short version

The prices are anywhere between £26 and £55

I have done a bit of a re jig on the depot area 

Progress is slow with the layout, I did a video recently though, At the moment I am spending time on days out mainly with my family and doing lots of D.I.Y with my MRS which is great, moving house the other year has brought us all closer as a family, we are close anyway but even more so now

I will be doing little bits with the layout over the winter, there is lots to do just in little bits and bats at the moment

Anyway the video

I have had a change for the depot area, but after a friend had mentioned I could do with a avoiding line around the washer so this isnt the final version just yet but its what it looks like so far, the depot building is now smaller.

Platforms are a little longer now and nearer to completion, the brick works been painted, the cement is still to be painted in-between the bricks, so still a bit to go.

The Weighbridge for the colliery is nearly there too, I will be weathering over next week or so.

6D99 Drax to Doncaster on Sunday mornings are 60 or 66 hauled these are taken around the Castleford area

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60076 Dunbar

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Simon