Lisa

I imagine that the weight of the legs, is very important, if they are having to be carried on an off public transport? Lisa

I went to college with a William Sticker's. When he saw sign's saying Bill Stickers will be prosecuted, he was not amused. Lisa

I would have taken the bridge road up and at the same time taken the other roads down. The total effect is the same, but the distance is harved. Lisa

Nice Looking! I see you like drinking Lucozade too. Lisa

Have you considered the use of a pocket, for the controller, which clips over the fiddleyard fascia? This would enable one handed controller use, and reduces or even eliminates the possibility of the controller ending up on the floor. Lisa

It's like squeezing 3 litres into a litre bottle!

I look forward to the next installment.

Hi Guernsey never had a real railway. BUT they use to have a tramway from St Peter Port to the Bridge in St Samson. Lisa Sent from my phone

Hi The railway runs on Sundays, in September from 10:00 until 16:00. The driver takes an hour off for lunch, from 12:00 until 13:00. LIsa

Hi The gauge is 12 inches. Lisa

Hi I am currently on holiday in Guernsey. On Monday, 26th August, bank holiday, I visited the only railway on the island. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/guernsey/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8849000/8849444.stm 2nd Picture posted from phone. Lisa

Hi I am currently on holiday in Guernsey. On Monday, bank holiday, I visited the only railway on the island. Lisa

Hi You can still see that station buildings at Cearwsw, used by the light railway trains, from the trains to and fro from Machynlleth. To get to the light railway station it was quite a walk from the main line one. The light railway seems to have be built for freight, passangers seem, very much, to have been an after thought. Lisa

Hi Do you realise that 10, 14 and 18 would probably been yellow disks. This would allow a train to shunt past them in the ON position, provided the points were set away from the main running lines.. Lisa

What scale are you working in? Lisa

I hav'nt yet decided how to hold the flap in it's working position. I think that I need to finalise the exact position of the station building before I can decide. Lisa

Hi The bottom sheets of ply has parts that have been removed on all baseboards, this is both to reduce weight and allow access for the wiring and electronics. Lisa

To look at all the posting in this blog, place the cursor over the name and right click the mouse. Hi I also getting on with the baseboard construction. I now added the flap, to carry the off scene track, to allow the passenger trains to fully enter the platform. The buffer stops are off scene. This has to be detachable or hinged to allow the layout to fit in it's carrying case. The photographs below show the flap folded up from the layout front. The flap in the up position also from the front and the the underside of the the flap in the up position. I need to adjust the height so that it is inline with the top surface of the main board. There is a small gap between the main baseboard and he flap, to allow for the thickness of the backscene card! Lisa

I'm happy with the results. I have learned much as a result. My advice to anyone else is have a go! Lisa

Hi My 1st attempt to paint a 2mm building. Before I applied any paint to the Smithy, I painted a sample piece. I been using acrylic paints. The roof is slightly shinny becuase the small quanity of white paint I used to paint the roof tiles, was not a flat white, ie it was gloss. I also had problems with splashing of roof colour onto the side wall. BUT since the paint used is acrylic it can be wiped off, and I can have another attempt. Lisa

The main reason for the fire hazard, from steam engines, was and still is, the small pieces of hot coal, which fly out of the chimney, when the engine is working hard. This is caused by the blast, derived from the exhaust steam, being converted into a partial vacuum inside the smoke box. Some of these hot coals are trapped by the smoke box. And hence it has to be cleared out by the fireperson on a regular basis.. Lisa

Hi Whilst travelling back home, from the 2FS Expo 2013 in Wallingford Oxon., I looked out of the train window, and what I saw started me thinking. Of course railways exist in a landscape, but many modellers build their models as if there are no significant vegetation between the boundary fence and the track. Pre 1985 that might have been more true, up to then the railway had kept their cutting and embankment etc. maintained as a grassy sward. This to prevent the exhaust from steam trains catching the vegetation fire. They cut the grass with scythes, grass cutting was one of the tasks carried out by permanent way staff. Post 1968 there were no steam trains, on the network, at least run by BR. There was a need to cut costs and so the vegetation management is let go. BR put a brave face on it, saying they were creating a liner nature reserve alongside their tracks. Then came the great storm of 1986, when many lines were blocked by fallen trees. As a result they changed track again, they started to clear fell areas which they considered to be vulnerable to tree fall. They went too far in the opposite direction, and they had embankment and cutting wall falls, blocking lines and costing millions of pounds. So now in the 2000's the situation has settled down, some areas are clear felled, but most of the track side estate is left to go wild. This can of course cause to farmers and householders as weeds from the railway know no boundaries. When you look over the railway boundary, or towards it, you will often be looking through a screen of trees, towards the trains. What are sometimes preferred to as a green corridor. Below is a map showing the locations at which the photographs were taken. There are of course examples on preserve railways, such as the Mid Hants in the Ropley area, where a long stretch has be restored to how it would have looked pre-grouping. Lisa

I'm planning on using acrylic paints to colour the stonework, doors and windows ect, so if I get it wrong, I can wipe the paint off with a damp rag, let it dry and try again! Lisa

Nice modelling! Lisa

I have never attempted to build a sissors crossing, I am filled with admiration of your skills and pluck in tacking this project. Lisa