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- Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:00 am
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
Just to draw a conclusion to the Marilli-ness in this thread, here's all five (post 1989) members of the band in loco form on Cadhay. These are all Hornby Railroad industrials. It appears there's a prog rock fan in Hornby's graphics department and he's been sneaking in prog related locos for years! ...
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:02 pm
- Forum: Couplings
- Topic: Electro magnets for AJs
- Replies: 65
- Views: 13359
Re: Electro magnets for AJs
The other bit of "blindingly obvious when you think about it" I'd add here is that if you're mixing magnet sources on the layout this can cause a problem if they have differing strengths. All my magnets on Cadhay are EM1s from Guaugemaster as mentioned by Gordon above. I've got pretty reli...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:46 pm
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
Agreed. They get better with age and are still original in almost everything they do. It's been a great ride for more years than I care to think about. Looking forward to another new album sometime next year, and the gigs with orchestral friends in the autumn, plus of course the weekend in April. Th...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:45 am
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
Paul All (alright both or 3 if you count the drummer change) incarnations of Marillion treated equally here! Straws, Anoraks, fishes, "aitch"es whatever...…. Although given the state of the country at present perhaps I should concentrate on Fugazi. I'm gutted I can't get to Cambridge for S...
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 6:14 am
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
Actually 2 of the albums I listened to whilst tiling where FEAR and Brave! Apt indeed.
- Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:07 pm
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
They may all involve anoraks?
There's actually a Marillion album called Anorak-no-phobia.
CDG
There's actually a Marillion album called Anorak-no-phobia.
CDG
- Mon Feb 04, 2019 12:15 pm
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
Busy preparing Cadhay for it's trip to Houten show in a couple of weeks. Tiling/slating roofs is a job I find a bit tedious. The roof on Factory B has been languishing in grey paint (thanks to Ray Nolton at Glasgow last year) for far too long so over the weekend I set to with a clutch of Marillion a...
- Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:31 am
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Hornby Drummond 700
- Replies: 8
- Views: 596
Re: Hornby Drummond 700
My mate Ian Terrell has done a Hornby 700 which has run a couple of times on Cadhay. It looks lovely but the comment was that he'd had to take "as much as I dared" from the back of the splashers to get the Gibson wheels to fit. Still it's run pretty well. As you might imagine we've also ha...
- Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:12 pm
- Forum: On My Workbench
- Topic: Stock for Cadhay
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5325
Re: Stock for Cadhay
No Tim, When the Sidmouth Junction fiddle yard got it's traverser it became 2" too long to fit diagonally in the lounge (even with the telly removed!). It now lives in my refurbed workshops at the end of the garden and if I take the SJ fiddle yard off I even have room to work in the workshop!!!...
- Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:27 pm
- Forum: On My Workbench
- Topic: Stock for Cadhay
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5325
Re: Stock for Cadhay
Latest additions to the Cadhay Roster, some even had their first pass of weathering!
All have had their AJs fitted fettled and checked, so can enter service this weekend.
Cheers
CDG
All have had their AJs fitted fettled and checked, so can enter service this weekend.
Cheers
CDG
- Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:49 am
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
Thanks for the comments folks. Steve - I agree entirely. I have my exhibition lights permanently set up above the layout (another advantage of LED strips) so all colour matching can be done in the knowledge that it will look right everywhere. Peter, the road surfaces are profiled in filler (Screwfix...
- Sun Sep 30, 2018 8:53 am
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
Pete, thanks for the comments. The grass on Cadhay is generally static grass of varying shades. Unlike a lot of advise, I start with brown painted landform, mainly just Burnt Umber acrylic with a few blended highlights of yellows/greys/etc. Then I tend to put over a base cover of (mainly) short fibr...
- Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:45 pm
- Forum: On My Workbench
- Topic: Stock for Cadhay
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5325
Re: Stock for Cadhay
So been a while since I posted on this one and a lot done since! I didn't want to jinx the performance of the wagons at Scaleforum and have hence deliberately not reported on what we did to them after Glasgow as per the discussions above, but I'm happy to say we were quite pleased with how they perf...
- Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:42 pm
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
Thanks Tim, sorry we didn't get too long to chat on Saturday.
CDG
CDG
- Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:30 pm
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
Just back this evening in Fife from Aylesbury, Scaleforum 2018. There should be some more photos coming but here's 3 that sum up my weekend: 18-9-1.jpg 18-9-2.jpg 18-9-3.jpg Thanks to everyone that took the time to speak with me and the crew. Really enjoyed the whole thing, and coming third behind 2...
- Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:39 am
- Forum: Track and Turnouts
- Topic: Model Facing Point Locks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1172
Re: Model Facing Point Locks
Here's what the Ambis FPL kit looks like made up:
- Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:08 pm
- Forum: East of Scotland
- Topic: June Meeting
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2381
June Meeting
Despite holidays (and a layout delivery to Norway!) impacting attendance, we still had a good turnout for today's meeting of the East Group. The morning comprised mutual modelling with members doing various modelling including kit building, tree making, Rolling stock building and loco work. The afte...
- Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:35 pm
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Finally Made A Start in P4!
- Replies: 207
- Views: 33945
Re: Finally Made A Start in P4!
Whilst most of my free modelling time since the Glasgow show has been spent on Cadhay's stock, I have managed to do a bit of scenic stuff on the layout, and after a conversation with Tim Lee at Railex I took a few "in progress" snaps of the climbing rose that has recently found it's way on...
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 1:56 pm
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Brettell Road
- Replies: 492
- Views: 78232
Re: Brettell Road
Ahh, the loco that started it all...….
Great stuff as ever Jim
Chris
Great stuff as ever Jim
Chris
- Thu May 31, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: East of Scotland
- Topic: Burntisland 1883 at Railex
- Replies: 0
- Views: 869
Burntisland 1883 at Railex
We had a good weekend making the long trip down to Railex with Burntisland. The newly painted Engine Works made it's debut, having been "in the white" at Southampton. It's the work of several members (taking a building each) and has involved a few group sessions to get it to this stage. He...
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:32 pm
- Forum: Starting in P4
- Topic: Making a Start - The Peak District Midland / Monsal Dale pre 1903
- Replies: 932
- Views: 86728
Re: Making a Start - The Peak District Midland / Monsal Dale pre 1903
HI Tim, I started with 0.4 nickel silver for my rodding but switched to 0.6 as I found the 0.4 was just a little too flimsy/bendy. The 0.6mm rodding has generally behaved well over the years, and my only issues have generally been the transfer of the radial movement through the baseboard. Any repair...
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:19 pm
- Forum: Starting in P4
- Topic: Making a Start - The Peak District Midland / Monsal Dale pre 1903
- Replies: 932
- Views: 86728
Re: Making a Start - The Peak District Midland / Monsal Dale pre 1903
As you might imagine, I'm all in favour of this sort of thing Tim - looking good. In my experience with similar on Cadhay the weak point there is the through the board movement, so your plan to keep everything above the board is, I would think, a good one. I also found in practice the Ambis stools I...
- Fri Apr 13, 2018 11:18 am
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scaleforum North 2018
- Replies: 54
- Views: 7439
Re: Scaleforum North 2018
Been there - had those worries and I would echo what Rob has said. The only additional bit I would add is try and make sure you get a few little breaks over the weekend. At Scaleforum in 2015 it was 1530 on the Saturday before I realised I'd not even stopped for a drink!!! Looks good and I'm also lo...
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:05 am
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Brettell Road
- Replies: 492
- Views: 78232
Re: Brettell Road
Or model the gates almost shut with the driver's mate just starting to open them, so the view assumes the building over the road is further away than it actually is.
Either way it's looking great to my eye.
Chris
Either way it's looking great to my eye.
Chris
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:00 am
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Tettenhall - A GWR Secondary Line in the West Midlands
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1470
Re: Tettenhall - A GWR Secondary Line in the West Midlands
Hi Andrew, Came across this old photo posted by Dave Clare on the "Wolverhampton in old Photos" facebook group: Tettenhall1.jpg The group quite often has railway related pics posted from the area. There was also a link to the Tettenhall Transport Heritage Centre. There are some internal an...