Andrew P Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Hello again, Mr P Have found the "follow" button (doh!) so will watch this thread with interest. (My Dad was a keen O Gauge modeller, and all his locos and stock are stored upstairs for now). I was going to make a suggestion for your original plan (now long superseded) - could a "lift up and forward" mechanism similar to those installed in "TV coffee tables" (the kind that raise up to provide an appropriate height eating surface) be installed to bring the FY tracks behind the warehouse up and over to allow easy access without stretching? I am sure one if your many contributors could "imagineer" (to steal from Disney) such a contraption? A similar device was used to great effect a few years back for the professional touring version of "Grease" - the band played the overture "on stage" before being lifted up, forward and down into the "pit" *whilst still playing*, the entire band being set up on a hydraulically moved platform! Stunning to see, and the audience went wild! A vertical fiddle yard system has been developed/patented, but I've never seen what I've just attempted to describe. (Probably a good reason why, ha ha!) Steve S Thanks Steve, glad you've found us over on the Dark Side, My Fiddle Yard will comprise of a 3 Road Sector Plate, each 3ft long so holding up to 6 Locos. Well that's the plan so far. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 A nice line up of lawn mowers there Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 A nice line up of lawn mowers there Andy Thanks Andy, and mighty heavy, think I'll need to reinforce my Baseboards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffayolle Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Nice trackplan like David Barrow's dominos 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Nice trackplan like David Barrow's dominos Thanks Fabrice, the inspiration comes from Exeter St Davids, Depot, this is a sort of take on that but a mirror image. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 21, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2018 Thanks Fabrice, the inspiration comes from Exeter St Davids, Depot, this is a sort of take on that but a mirror image. He's used a mirror he brought from some fair ground bloke, only cos it made him look thin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 So, back in the real world, and I took the 20 up to the Club last night for a run on the 65 plus ft Dornoch Branch, under Anolouge power, and very nice it was too. I now need to get my noisey chips for the 08, 37, and two 20's ordered and some more speakers from David / Jintyman and have some fun fitting them. Also at Club last night I had a chat with my Chippy mate Mark who is doing the baseboards, and that may happen after the weekend now. Another delivery due today maybe? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 You'll need to extend SMS now with all them Clag boxes nice line up Andy. Best regards Craig. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 You'll need to extend SMS now with all them Clag boxes nice line up Andy. Best regards Craig. Just been looking at the Industrial Units out the back, none for sale or rent, hahhha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Would you believe it, I turn my back for an hour and look what arrives in the Yard. Also a small Mess Room for the Drivers to have a Brew, the bigger one is due out next year, so will need that as well. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 22, 2018 Hi Andy Looking at your new big boy toys they don't look quite right......I have big pot of green paint :sungum: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) Hi Andy Looking at your new big boy toys they don't look quite right......I have big pot of green paint :sungum: I'll tell you what mate, I've built a few Layouts over the years since 1977, from ''N'' to ''O'' from German, Swiss, Scottish, Cornish, Steam and Diesel, and many others in between. BUT, I have never had such a BIG BUZZ about building a Layout, I'm so excited that I just keep going out and looking at Scenic ideas already. More to come from todays order. Edited August 22, 2018 by Andrew P 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) Some bits on order, I needed something for the 08 to push and pull in, out, and about the Yard, I've been looking at these for about a week now, but finally decided that at the silly price, it had to be done, so the PAY button was pressed. Has anybody every seen these with Red Buffer Heads? No I thought not, need to do some work on these I recon. Edited August 22, 2018 by Andrew P 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) Having seen what Jinty's done with his, I need to do a lot of homework. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/115561-jintys-wb-for-7mm/page-34&do=findComment&comment=3273862 Edited August 22, 2018 by Andrew P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Having seen what Jinty's done with his, I need to do a lot of homework. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/115561-jintys-wb-for-7mm/page-34&do=findComment&comment=3273862 Thanks Andy That VAA that I've recently posted on my WB you are referring to, has yet to see an airbrush. Up to now it is all detail painting, masking, washes and filters. put on and wiped or brushed off!!! The airbrush is the last thing I use, if at all! Nice set of wagons Andy, I'm sure you will do them justice, and yes, get rid of those silly red buffer heads!!!! Jinty 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 So where does this pre-tops Rat come into it with all these 1980’s locos ? Does one want to have some negotiations at the Great Welsh meet up ? Best regards Craig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 So where does this pre-tops Rat come into it with all these 1980’s locos ? Does one want to have some negotiations at the Great Welsh meet up ? Best regards Craig The amount of TEXT I've received this evening for your good self, tells me that you want a swap, pre TOPS for TOPS, hahha, we need to talk cakes as bribery. haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted August 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2018 Nice stuff Andy: Seven Mills reminds me of my childhood, watching the diesels potter around Laira and North Road. Best wishes, Nick. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 The amount of TEXT I've received this evening for your good self, tells me that you want a swap, pre TOPS for TOPS, hahha, we need to talk cakes as bribery. haha Ha ha you Sir bend easier than a cheap £35 gazebo in a breezy Welsh wind .... eh Jints ? Best regards Craig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Nice stuff Andy: Seven Mills reminds me of my childhood, watching the diesels potter around Laira and North Road. Best wishes, Nick. Cheers Nick, I was visiting Laira Dawlish,and Brent in the last days of the Class 50's when we lived at Buckfastleigh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 So Andy, with the grovelling texts I have receive in the last hour I take it SMS is now firmly a TOPs layout ? 5202 with love her stable mate 5191 Best regards & cakes & pies Craig 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 So Andy, with the grovelling texts I have receive in the last hour I take it SMS is now firmly a TOPs layout ? 5202 with love her stable mate 5191 Best regards & cakes & pies Craig It's a long time till November, hahha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 It's a long time till November, hahha] It is, so don’t be pestering g me too much in between now & then, and remember to put that Rat in hibernation Best regards Craig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 The RAT will be exterminated tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) O.K. In case anyone was wondering what all the jibberish was about on the previous page. Basically I bought the NEW Rat from Craig last November, and David / Jintyman did the work on it. Now Craig wants it back, and has offered me another new one in exchange, that David will do the honours on, i.e. Sound, Ploughs Crew, Weathering etc, and I will do the swap over when I go to Wales in November. So to sum up, I will have an all TOPS Fleet, once I have re numbered the pre TOPS 08, and later the 33 once the work on that is completed. Edited August 22, 2018 by Andrew P 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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