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Hi David,

Thanks for the kind comments! At the moment, John's done a wheel swap to get things moving for conversion.

Cheers,
Tim

Thanks Ian and Jim, It's a good looking layout I think, one building we've not discussed yet is the granary extension. I can't find a date (ground signals are still in place) as to when it was constructed, but it looks nice and would sit at the front left next to the original big building as seen ab...

Just to bring the layout page up to date, we got the boards ready for filming by Denis a few months ago for todays virtual show, I hope you all enjoyed it :D A few pics to complement the film by Denis Cheers, Tim North Elmham P4 4mm TJH01 Copyright Tim Horn 2020.jpg North Elmham P4 4mm looking towar...

Woodbridge AGM Copyright Tim Horn 2019.jpg Woodbridge AGM TJH02 Copyright Tim Horn 2019.jpg Woodbridge AGM TJH03 Copyright Tim Horn 2019.jpg North Elmham Crossing Gates Copyright Tim Horn 2019.jpg North Elmham Crossing Copyright Tim Horn 2019.jpg North Elmham River Wensum Copyright Tim Horn 2019.jp...

Six months has passed :shock: Just to bring this thread up to date, I had a major change around at the unit to locate my third machine. New Laser Copyright Tim Horn September 2019.jpg Which gave me the opportunity to do a bit of change upstairs, so we now have a permanent place to leave North Elmham...

:) I had a very busy work day on Thursday but Denis, John L and Tim D came over to lay the first part of the trackwork which Denis and Tim have been working on over the last few months. John C has been cracking on with wagons so it's good to see another bit of progress! North Elmham boards Tim D Joh...

We had a very productive meeting last Monday (29th April) with the result of two of the new baseboards being ready for tracklaying. North Elmham is beginning to take shape! North Elmham boards TJH02 29th April 2019 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg North Elmham boards 29th April 2019 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg

We had a good Glasgow show, layout performed well. Only downside being my van is still stuck up in Glasgow with a broken fuel pump awaiting fixing. Glasgow Show TJH01 February 2018 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg Glasgow Show TJH02 February 2018 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg Glasgow Show TJH03 February 2018 Copyrig...

Some more progress on the test track last week by us, I'd laser cut some Peco O gauge flexi track down the centre so we could space them out to scale seven with thanks to Richard for the loan of his track gauges. I'll also do this with the N gauge track to give us 2mm :) Test Track TJH01 September 2...

Thanks to John for the demo, lets hope we can do more tutorials and demos in the future. An enjoyable and friendly evening

Cheers
Tim

I'll have the first board of a range of my curved photobox modular baseboards on show to view. Please come and say hello and for chat if you're thinking about starting a new project. This one is 18ins wide with a 12ft outside Diameter. A 45 degree segment. Cheers Tim Horn 18ins Wide 6ft Front Radius...

Calcutta Sidings TJH01 July 2017 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg Calcutta Sidings TJH18 July 2017 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg Calcutta Sidings TJH08 July 2017 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg I think its safe to say that the telephoto zoom is quite harsh, as Jim points out its over 40ft long, compressed, and the trains ar...

John and I had a few hours today laying the first pieces of track on the test track here at my unit at Fakenham. This will be available to members as well. It was good to see various gauges other than P4 in the group, certainly seems to be quite a bit of experience too. Looking forward to the next m...

It's a shame it's modern stretcher bond brickwork though on an old building.

Cheers
Tim

We had a great time at Wigan last weekend, the layout ran very well. Thanks to all those who stopped by and said hello :) https://youtu.be/XU3tv5JuFfE https://youtu.be/iyc0s_c4u94 20s Calcutta Sidings TJH01 Wigan 2015 Copyright Tim Horn 2015.jpg 47146 Calcutta Sidings TJH01 Wigan 2015 Copyright Tim ...

Hi Mike,

Loving the look and feel of the layout, keep up the good work! Good luck for the weekend

Cheers
Tim

A few more of Jims vehicles from this weekends show at Burton with Calcutta Sidings :) DR73258 on Calcutta Sidings v2 TJH01 31st May 2015 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg Jims vehicles on Calcutta Sidings v2 TJH01 31st May 2015 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg Jims vehicles on Calcutta Sidings v2 TJH02 31st May 2015 Co...

Hi Jim,

It's no problem at all.

Kind regards,
Tim

Hi Keith,

I'm using 0.8mm at the moment, basically for the rivets.

Cheers
Tim

I've recently cut 10,000 Irish sleepers for the stores, and over 6,000 for another customer so I've now got a bit of experience with the process. You will always get a bit of waste, the biggest hassle is keeping the sheet material flat. Its easier to do a couple of hundred sleepers at a time using b...

Well, things have moved on since the last update. I've now got a rental premises in Fakenham due to a very full garage and workshed. It was impossible to move due to wood everywhere for the baseboard side. This is now my main business with the model side/bespoke side I'm still hoping to get going ag...

Well I must say a big thank you to all those involved with the exhibition. It was great to put so many faces to names on the forum. (you can forget mine for a few more years) I appologies to all those who I promised to speak too but either ran out of time, didn't find you, Or each time i walked by ...

A big thanks to Terry and the team for inviting us this weekend. We all enjoyed ourselves, the layout behaved and was fun to operate over the weekend. Thanks to all of you who stopped by and said hello, even if we had to keep going off to set our routes and select our locos. We hope it has gone some...

Hello, I will certainly be looking at stock boxes in the future, I'm stuck on bespoke baseboards at the moment and for several more weeks. We will be getting a 8' by 5' laser cutter in the the next few weeks to help speed up the manufacturing of baseboard kits and to give the curved boards some bett...

Hi Rob, If you can get to Scaleforum next month then you will find lots of people to chat to and help you on your way. I'd personally go for the round the room layout, I've done some test curved boards at 3ft 5inch radius curves for the centre track. The biggest problem you may face is buffer/coupli...