Lapford station in N gauge.

[hexagon789]

Taking aside the TGS (which I hadn’t noticed either), weren’t the NE/SW HSTs 2+7 with 1 TF, a buffet (with the seated section next to the TF) 4x TS and a TGS?

Formation spot on, but I understand the positioning of the seating section varied. Certainly originally it was buffet against First class & seating to the Standard side, during the 1980s it seemed to vary. In the 1990s it seemed to become more usual for it to be seating to the First Class side when there was the premium Standard Class "Silver Standard" offering for those on full price walk-up tickets and marshaling the buffet this way provided a useful means of segregating out other Std class ticket holders.

 

[Peter C]

That’s a great idea and sums a lot of what’s good about this section.
Simple solutions to very weird problems.

This is, without doubt, my favourite railway modelling site (or rather, section of a site, I suppose) - full stop. The jokes make it all a laugh, and there's none of, for want of a better word, the class structure like there is on some other forums. Absolutely wonderful

It was decided that it was a bad idea, so Vic Berry was phoned and the bauble was dismantled on site and will now be used for washing machines (silver ones).

I suppose the drum inside is silver, isn't it? I always wondered how they made those...

The Night Before Christmath.

We got a Flux Capacitor for Christmas next year so we used it on Paul’s railway to travel to the 1980s:
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And the 1950s…
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(if I get one comment about 33s not being painted in triple grey in the 1980s I’m going to send an angry Libyan in a VW van after you)

I expect I'll be needing my coat soon if I mention that I think I prefer the 1950s scene over the 1980s one - even if the traction is from an inferior 'Big Four' company
But seriously, those are some lovely photos of a super layout, and even more so given the time of year now; I can just imagine sitting in one of those Mk1s, steam heat on, trundling along, probably with the window slightly open to hear that Bulleid pacific - sounds great!

-Peter

 

[hexagon789]

It is a deliberately mixed livery set. At least that was intentional!

I presumed that bit was

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can just imagine sitting in one of those Mk1s, steam heat on, trundling along, probably with the window slightly open to hear that Bulleid pacific - sounds great!

Here's a better solution - Southern Territory but superior LNER traction:


Mallard on the Atlantic Coast Express

 

[Cowley]

This is, without doubt, my favourite railway modelling site (or rather, section of a site, I suppose) - full stop. The jokes make it all a laugh, and there's none of, for want of a better word, the class structure like there is on some other forums. Absolutely wonderful


I suppose the drum inside is silver, isn't it? I always wondered how they made those...


I expect I'll be needing my coat soon if I mention that I think I prefer the 1950s scene over the 1980s one - even if the traction is from an inferior 'Big Four' company
But seriously, those are some lovely photos of a super layout, and even more so given the time of year now; I can just imagine sitting in one of those Mk1s, steam heat on, trundling along, probably with the window slightly open to hear that Bulleid pacific - sounds great!

-Peter

The drum lining!

I do like the steam stuff I must say. I’d love to have seen all of that.

Anyway here you go modelling types.

https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/happy-modelling-christmas.226392/

I presumed that bit was

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Here's a better solution - Southern Territory but superior LNER traction:

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Mallard on the Atlantic Coast Express

Fantastic. Lovely an A4.

 

[Peter C]

Here's a better solution - Southern Territory but superior LNER traction:

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Mallard on the Atlantic Coast Express

I'd argue this is even better:

GWR 'King' leaving King's Cross for Leeds - https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2456566

The drum lining!

I do like the steam stuff I must say. I’d love to have seen all of that.

I found last month that a good way of realising just how different the railways of the past were is to spend two years away from heritage lines, then spend a whole day riding up and down your local - throw in a non-stop run from Broadway to Cheltenham and you're cooking with gas

Anyway here you go modelling types.

https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/happy-modelling-christmas.226392/

The modelling section's equivalent to the alternative Christmas message!

-Peter

 

[Cowley]

Long live the King!

 

[hexagon789]

I'd argue this is even better:

GWR 'King' leaving King's Cross for Leeds - https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2456566

Any GWR man worth his salt knows Castles are better than Kings

Also I have to be an LNER man, my great-grandfather was an engine driver for them...

Oh and for passenger pulling power I see your King and raise you a P2...

 

[Peter C]

Any GWR man worth his salt knows Castles are better than Kings

Also I have to be an LNER man, my great-grandfather was an engine driver for them...

Oh and for passenger pulling power I see your King and raise you a P2...

They're both lovely machines - but I bow to your superior knowledge in this regard!
The LNER wasn't all bad. Those fancy A4 things Gresley did were quite nice to be fair. And those P2s - and the W1. Maybe there are a few good designs then.

-Peter

 

[hexagon789]

They're both lovely machines - but I bow to your superior knowledge in this regard!
The LNER wasn't all bad. Those fancy A4 things Gresley did were quite nice to be fair. And those P2s - and the W1. Maybe there are a few good designs then.

-Peter

I understand Castles have a better turn of speed and really I would argue were the epitome of GWR loco design. I don't feel the Kings improved on the Castle except to allow the GWR to boast of a heavy loco that could (with suitable number crunching) just about punch out the hallowed 40,000lbf tractive effort.

 

[Peter C]

I understand Castles have a better turn of speed and really I would argue were the epitome of GWR loco design. I don't feel the Kings improved on the Castle except to allow the GWR to boast of a heavy loco that could (with suitable number crunching) just about punch out the hallowed 40,000lbf tractive effort.

Ah cool - thanks! And then you've got The Great Bear - probably one of my favourite GWR designs. But then there's a reason it was a class of one

-Peter

 

[hexagon789]

Ah cool - thanks! And then you've got The Great Bear - probably one of my favourite GWR designs. But then there's a reason it was a class of one

-Peter

The one-off GWR Pacific?

 

[Peter C]

The one-off GWR Pacific?

Yep - certainly fits in with the theme of the GWR building locos to boast about their power (or rather, uniqueness!).

-Peter

 

[hexagon789]

Yep - certainly fits in with the theme of the GWR building locos to boast about their power (or rather, uniqueness!).

-Peter

Only 27,800lbf, quite low by later standards and no improvement on the upgraded 'Stars'.

I think like you say - a bit of GWR boastful-ness

 

[reddragon]

The Castle was the ultimate GWR loco due to its power at rail, flexibility and numbers out doing most competitors thanks to Welsh coal.

The King was built for the Devon banks, tractive effort over speed or absolute power, out of gauge to run anywhere else

 

[Cowley]

The Castle was the ultimate GWR loco due to its power at rail, flexibility and numbers out doing most competitors thanks to Welsh coal.

The King was built for the Devon banks, tractive effort over speed or absolute power, out of gauge to run anywhere else

I still love a King.
Castles remind me of class 47s somehow in that there were so many of them (fair enough because they were excellent locomotives).
The Kings though remind me of a small fleet built to do a ob like the 50s or Deltics and that’s what I (personally) love about them.

Anyway.
Does anyone know what scale this gingerbread house that Mrs C made is?
G maybe?

 

[reddragon]

I still love a King.
Castles remind me of class 47s somehow in that there were so many of them (fair enough because they were excellent locomotives).
The Kings though remind me of a small fleet built to do a ob like the 50s or Deltics and that’s what I (personally) love about them.

Anyway.
Does anyone know what scale this gingerbread house that Mrs C made is?
G maybe?

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Are you going to decorate it?

 

[Iskra]

Are you going to decorate it?

I hope he does; I reckon he could get some n gauge stuff running through those windows

 

[Cowley]

Not my department chaps. I’ll just be eating it (which is probably wise because I’ll end up trying to weather it or something).

Christmas!

The humble forum favourite, a lowly Bubble Car and it looks a bit like snow…



Happy Christmas everyone!

 

[Peter C]

Anyway.
Does anyone know what scale this gingerbread house that Mrs C made is?
G maybe?

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G gauge, most certainly - G for Gingerbread, perhaps

Not my department chaps. I’ll just be eating it (which is probably wise because I’ll end up trying to weather it or something).

I wonder if you could use cocoa powder to weather it - although I should perhaps keep that idea to myself; dread to think what sort of chocolate-based escapades we might hear of next!

Christmas!

The humble forum favourite, a lowly Bubble Car and it looks a bit like snow…

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Happy Christmas everyone!

That looks very nice indeed - as is to be expected from Lapford. The superelevation on the curves looks good on such a small scale where the angle is probably not too different to that on, say, my layout, but the small size of the model makes it look more pronounced.
Merry Christmas

-Peter

 

[Iskra]

Not my department chaps. I’ll just be eating it (which is probably wise because I’ll end up trying to weather it or something).

Christmas!

The humble forum favourite, a lowly Bubble Car and it looks a bit like snow…

View attachment 107603

Happy Christmas everyone!

That’s a very nice picture, well edited too and the lighting is perfect

 

[hexagon789]

Not my department chaps. I’ll just be eating it (which is probably wise because I’ll end up trying to weather it or something).

Christmas!

The humble forum favourite, a lowly Bubble Car and it looks a bit like snow…

View attachment 107603

Happy Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas, lovely festive shot!

 

[43055]

Not my department chaps. I’ll just be eating it (which is probably wise because I’ll end up trying to weather it or something).

Christmas!

The humble forum favourite, a lowly Bubble Car and it looks a bit like snow…

View attachment 107603

Happy Christmas everyone!

Happy Christmas! Nice picture. Like the snow effect.

 

[Cowley]

These log wagons (OTAs) are kit built and quite a few of the upright poles had snapped off, plus the buffers that came with them were fairly rubbish so I’ve replaced the broken poles as well as most of the buffers with decent brass ones.
I’m happier with them now:



That was a good few hours worth of work but they’re kind of essential for my railway and I’d stopped using them.
The empty one is to have on display in the siding hence no bulky coupling and some air pipes on the bufferbeam.

 

[Peter C]

These log wagons (OTAs) are kit built and quite a few of the upright poles had snapped off, plus the buffers that came with them were fairly rubbish so I’ve replaced the broken poles as well as most of the buffers with decent brass ones.
I’m happier with them now:

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That was a good few hours worth of work but they’re kind of essential for my railway and I’d stopped using them.
The empty one is to have on display in the siding hence no bulky coupling and some air pipes on the bufferbeam.

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Now those do look very nice - didn't know (or had forgotten, can't remember you mentioning) that they were kit-built. Having the empty one for display is a cool idea - you can just about make out some of the bufferbeam detailing in that first photo. Lovely work!

-Peter

 

[Cowley]

Now those do look very nice - didn't know (or had forgotten, can't remember you mentioning) that they were kit-built. Having the empty one for display is a cool idea - you can just about make out some of the bufferbeam detailing in that first photo. Lovely work!

-Peter

When I originally made them I think I bought two and Paul bought a couple but then I lost the chassis side for one of them so ordered another one because I had an incomplete kit (which thinking about I still have actually).
I think I could probably do a better job on them if I did them now but they look the part and are kind of essential…

Not my photos but look at all that wood!





Edit - This kind of train basically:

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cyberheritage/nostalgia/bridge100.jpg

 

[Iskra]

They look good! Have you thought about modelling the pile of logs?

 

[Cowley]

They look good! Have you thought about modelling the pile of logs?

I have been thinking about it yes. Not so big that you can’t see the warehouse though!

 

[Peter C]

When I originally made them I think I bought two and Paul bought a couple but then I lost the chassis side for one of them so ordered another one because I had an incomplete kit (which thinking about I still have actually).
I think I could probably do a better job on them if I did them now but they look the part and are kind of essential…

Not my photos but look at all that wood!

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Edit - This kind of train basically:

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cyberheritage/nostalgia/bridge100.jpg

Your wagons do look the part - and really I think anything on top of that is a bonus. But then that comes from someone who runs stock which is mostly pre-2000-ish so I can't talk about detailing
Blimey that's a lot of wood - someone's got some explaining to do when the conversation comes round to deforestation...

-Peter

 

[Iskra]

What do you do in terms of lighting the whole layout in the room @Cowley ? I assume you use something more than just the normal light in there? I seem to struggle with my layout looking a little dingy on photo's that I take.

 

[Cowley]

What do you do in terms of lighting the whole layout in the room @Cowley ? I assume you use something more than just the normal light in there? I seem to struggle with my layout looking a little dingy on photo's that I take.

Yeah it’s just a bit of a concoction of various bedside lamps and an old mini strip light thing out of my dads old kitchen really. Just the main light in the room isn’t enough that’s for sure, but you can brighten up photos on the phone a bit once you’ve taken them as well obviously.

New post!

Right then, @hexagon789 - What have I got wrong here?
Too near the front of the train (I actually did that for photographic purposes)?
The coach is the wrong way around?

Operational advice needed…