Gloster
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Sorry, I never stopped there. I tended to travel whole lines, rather than visiting places (except signalboxes).Do you remember anything about the pub?
Sorry, I never stopped there. I tended to travel whole lines, rather than visiting places (except signalboxes).Do you remember anything about the pub?
Sorry, I never stopped there. I tended to travel whole lines, rather than visiting places (except signalboxes).
That building looks quite interesting @Cowley - it's got some different bits to break up the monotony of a basic box hasn't it? Using a bit of wood to get the front bit right is a cool idea!Not to worry, it’s always worth asking. I’m currently knocking up a version of it just from photos and bits in my spares box.
It’ll be good to get that little area looking more like the real thing but I can’t find much information about the pub anywhere. I’m going to assume it was open in the late eighties though.
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That building looks quite interesting @Cowley - it's got some different bits to break up the monotony of a basic box hasn't it? Using a bit of wood to get the front bit right is a cool idea!
-Peter
Ah super - both interesting photos. Especially the 1890s one with the family stood outside, looking petrified, as in all good Victorian photosYeah. I’m using my normal method of building it with plasticard and balsa wood. I can’t remember if I posted it already but here’s how the building looks now:
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I can't remember unfortunately. I've just done some quick searching and I can only find a handful of mentions of the word "sign". I'll keep looking!I was going to ask you something actually. Do you remember who it was that made signs up for stations? I think you gave me a link but I don’t know which post it was in?
I'm very much enjoying that recreation, great work!Yes that sounds about right from what I’ve looked into.
Unfortunately there’s no rtr model of those UKF wagons available (although Lima used to do a 00 version). I live in hope though…
@Gloster - Do you remember anything about the pub?
Here you go @Iskra. A bit of a recreation of this scene taken by Ian Dinmore in 1991 (https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/38/349/)
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You might be able to, but I just stare at all the buttons on the controller before finding something easier to do.
I'm very much enjoying that recreation, great work!
Haha, I did get it working back when I had a pair of green class 20's but even though they were mechanically the same they didn't run well together so I got rid of one of them and now just keep the other to run singly. So yeah, not exactly the most worthwhile bit of faffing around that I've done...
I’ve just passed through Lapford and Eggesford Northbound. I can confirm your modelling is brilliant and it really captures the feel of the area very well with the tractors, transits in fields and the odd scruffy caravan. Just needs more trees... View attachment 100494
That looks really nice - the colour is just right for what you'd expect on one of those kind of buildings.Anyway I’ve finished the pub. It’s a bit rough here and there but it’s not going to matter too much as it’s in the background. I’ve got quite a bit of work to do yet before I can fit it into the scene, but at least it’s done.
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Is that the Old Malt Scoop you are modelling? The Fox & Hounds at Eggesford appears to have had a private siding at one time. There's a clip of some shunting there on a B&R video in the early 60s.
That looks really nice - the colour is just right for what you'd expect on one of those kind of buildings.
I'll never cease to be amazed at how you manage to make anything in N gauge - that's tiny!
-Peter
Those do look quite fiddly - I expect it would be very difficult indeed to motorise them, so Dapol making pre-working ones is probably a massive help!Thanks Peter. It’s surprising what you can do in N gauge really, although I’m building two Ratio signals at the moment for Eggishford and they really are fiddly!
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I’m setting one ‘off’ and one ‘on’ so that I can have them free standing and swap them around for photos etc.
They’re not quite correct for the station but Dapol are bringing out the correct working ones at some point so these will do as a temporary solution as it doesn’t look right having a signal box and no signals!
Those do look quite fiddly - I expect it would be very difficult indeed to motorise them, so Dapol making pre-working ones is probably a massive help!
Being able to swap them around sounds like a good idea
-Peter
Now that is nice. Semaphore signals are always a good addition to a layout. I seem to remember seeing a semaphore signal with that bouncing feature in Railway Modeller or another of those magazines; I wonder if you could get a sound decoder for it to play the little "bang" sound they makeMy friend has a couple on his railway and they’re pretty awesome.
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He’s also got an 0 gauge one and the arm actually bounces when it comes down!
Now that is nice. Semaphore signals are always a good addition to a layout. I seem to remember seeing a semaphore signal with that bouncing feature in Railway Modeller or another of those magazines; I wonder if you could get a sound decoder for it to play the little "bang" sound they make
-Peter
I expect someone's already made a signal box sound decoder at the leastThat would be pretty cool!
Those look really lovely @Cowley - they do add to the scene.I finished my signals!
Much patience was required to paint them but I think they turned out alright considering how cheap they were.
A couple of photos of the finished articles here:
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And here:
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(The little grey bits are so that I can pick them up without bending the ladders)
And this is them in situ:
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I know that they’re a bit generic but they’ve made a surprising difference to the scene I think.
They look really excellent.
You can’t have much left to do now?
Thanks Peter. Yes so my green class 33 (33008 Eastleigh) was a celebrity repaint by Eastleigh depot where it was allocated. It really stood out in a sea of blue Locos when it was first done in the 1980s.Those look really lovely @Cowley - they do add to the scene.
(And on an unrelated point, seeing your green 33 again has made me wonder whether I want to paint mine to match 33108 or one in green like yours! Quite the Countdown conundrum...)
-Peter
You're very welcomeThanks Peter. Yes so my green class 33 (33008 Eastleigh) was a celebrity repaint by Eastleigh depot where it was allocated. It really stood out in a sea of blue Locos when it was first done in the 1980s.
I guess blue is the easiest to paint though…
You're very welcome
Ah cool - that name rings a bell so I think I've seen it somewhere online. That kind of special repaint is really interesting; you don't really get that sort of thing now.
-Peter
Those are lovely photos - thanksHere’s a couple of photos of the wee beast at Barnstaple back then.
God I’d love to do Barnstaple station. It had a great little freight yard in those days and some lovely signals. Mmm….
Barnstaple 18/07/1987
33008 Eastleigh & 31450 plus 8 Coaches wait to depart with the 1726 service to Exeter St Davids.This cavalcade was the result of an earlier failure.www.flickr.comBarnstaple 18/07/1987
33008 Eastleigh arriving with 1548 Service from Exeter St Davids.www.flickr.com
Those are lovely photos - thanks
Barnstaple does sound like an interesting concept for a layout. I believe Charlie from Chadwick Model Railway is doing something based on it?
-Peter
Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you @Cowley - I must have meant to respond earlier but them forgot!Oh I didn’t know that. I’ll have a look later.
My original plan was to do the two stations I’ve got and then do some kind of scenic break (which would have avoided doing about fifteen or so miles of the line plus stations etc!) and then modelling Barnstaple station which has a perfect scenic break (a bridge) just past the station. That would have led to the fiddle yard, but I’m going to have to put the whole thing in a very large shed if I ever want to do that…
I’m not saying I’ll never do it though.
You could always fit a system that replicates the sounds of a signal box, sometimes the only sound to be heard in quiet areas. Bells ringing, levers banging across, telephones buzzing, signalmen discussing last week’s match, kettles boiling, teaspoons stirring in sugar, signalmen muttering: “Four across must be an anagram”, etc.
It's really cool and a bit sad that you've come to pretty much the end of building Lapford - I assume you won't do what some people do and deconstruct it ASAP, but it's been good fun watching it develop. I hope we get to see it for some time to come!Well then, over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to get all the last bits done on the railway. They say that a model is never finished and maybe that’s true? But when I wrote a list of what remained to be done there wasn’t actually that much really.
One of the main things was getting some more signage around the place for the stations and I’d like to thank Allan at Sankey Scenics:
Who after I sent him an email actually took the time to ring me back and design everything that I needed for an incredibly good price (£8.20 including postage).Model Railway Signs Sankey Scenics
Model Railway Signs covering in all scales & periods. OO, N & O gauge signs, customised station & platform signs. Lots of signs for your model railway in stock with over 1,000 different products. The Number 1 for Model Railway Signs printed in high definition.www.sankeyscenics.com
I would thoroughly recommend him.
Wow - that is a lovely scene! All the trees behind and then the bits of greenery in front blend it into the rest of the area really well.He even made me some signs up for the pub which is now in place so that Wayne can have his lunchtime pint…
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Those signs are really small but they add loads to the scene. I suppose they're the same as greenery and trees; everywhere in real life but they can go uncommented-on or overlooked (unless you're driving I suppose ) purely because they're so common. They look just the right size as well, which can often be a problem where signs are too big or too small or just 'off' somehow.Here’s a few photos of the various tiny signs around the place:
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Rather pleased with the road signs too…
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I’ve also finished lots of other bits this week and I’m pretty pleased with everything now. I’d like to make some new platform shelters at some point but I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel here now!
It's really cool and a bit sad that you've come to pretty much the end of building Lapford - I assume you won't do what some people do and deconstruct it ASAP, but it's been good fun watching it develop. I hope we get to see it for some time to come!
That is an amazing price for such a quality-sounding service. Did you have to print the signs out, or did they come in the post pre-printed?
Wow - that is a lovely scene! All the trees behind and then the bits of greenery in front blend it into the rest of the area really well.
Those signs are really small but they add loads to the scene. I suppose they're the same as greenery and trees; everywhere in real life but they can go uncommented-on or overlooked (unless you're driving I suppose ) purely because they're so common. They look just the right size as well, which can often be a problem where signs are too big or too small or just 'off' somehow.
-Peter