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Simon

Flying Squad
Well I did, but the light was a bit pants and snow was going slushy, so here we are. As you can see I have really mastered the art of getting sensible sized images out of the wretched "photos" on the Mac:mad:

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Getting the mail through I thought, then aping the cover of MRJ 235 and finally giving the newly dirtied bogie bolsters a spin.

Simon
 

Wagonman

Western Thunderer
Well, he's just been in and bought three books, visiting from Vermont and currently on his way up to Edinburgh:eek:

Can I go now?

I'll stick around until lunchtime I think, but after that.....

Simon


We were open all week – for a handful of sales, mostly via phone or email. One problem was that the couriers couldn't get to us to pick up the larger orders. Our railway was working though...


Richard
 

Simon

Flying Squad
Last weekend some garden tidying took place. Most notably the boy Harry (considerably grown since this thread started) was up in the Horse Chestnut tree thinning out some of the branches.

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We have also run wires along the boundary behind the sheds and through the new hedge to help it grow into a useful shape. The tree clearing is in order to get more light and air in to this hedge and back of the sheds area.

Next Monday is a Dave day, so hopefully some trains will be seen soon.

Simon
 

Lightman

Active Member
They say that as you get older, you model bigger and bigger scales! I model 'O' at the moment, and help with the 'OO' at our club (get out the magnifier!). If only I had the space and the money it would be G1 for me. Nice photos. Can't wait to see how the layout progresses. Cheers, Earl
 

Simon

Flying Squad
And first on track testing of "Druid" last night.

Another Fred Phipps kit, being masterfully built by Andrew Vines. Shows some new landscaping of the line too.

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This is running beautifully on an ABC gearbox with delrin drive to second axle, and will be finished in Maroon with Full yellow ends.

To be chipped and with sound, it is going to be utterly dreadful!

Simon
 

Simon

Flying Squad
After two and a half weeks the grass seed has done its stuff, the netting is off and grass cutting is being considered.

The growth is amazing, sort of a green Serengeti, not quite the North Cornwall route:confused:

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I'm sure it will look better after a trim...

Simon
 

Lightman

Active Member
Safari so goody! Maybe you could train the grass to grow above the track and make a long tunnel! No realy, the railway is great. Wish I had the land to do it as well. Cheers, Earl (Lightman)
 

Simon

Flying Squad
Well the new grass is suffering in the heat, I wonder whether it will all survive actually. But in the meantime after testing Andrew's sound fitted Warship, which is now in primer and looks and sounds absolutely dreadful, we ran a rather longer than usual passenger train.

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And into the night...

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11.40pm off Launceston Road..

Simon
 

Mr Tiger Viking

Western Thunderer
Well the new grass is suffering in the heat, I wonder whether it will all survive actually. But in the meantime after testing Andrew's sound fitted Warship, which is now in primer and looks and sounds absolutely dreadful, we ran a rather longer than usual passenger train.

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And into the night...

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11.40pm off Launceston Road..

Simon
Hi Simon, I love it when its hard to distinguish between model and the real railway, your 11.40 pm off Launceston Road image certainly falls into that category, the interior lighting looks so right and the way it illuminates the track creates a real authentic atmosphere - terrific image.
 

Simon

Flying Squad
A few trains were seen running over the weekend...

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Diverted off the main line...

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Moved to Scotland perhaps?

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The up APE behind "Bideford". (Atlantic Packet Express, Falmouth to Waterloo)

Andrew Vines has posted some great videos he took over the weekend on his "Big Trains Best" channel on Youtube, here is one of them. Follow the links for more - just amazing, thank you very much Andrew.


Thank you to all participants, the most memorable day(s) on the line so far...

The yard was mostly connected and put into in use for the first time too, which adds a whole new dimension to proceedings.

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Simon
 

Captain Kernow

Western Thunderer
Jerry Clifford today loaded up some of his videos from the weekend to Youtube, shot on a Samsung phone:)





I love the sound of that West Country....

And thank you very much Jerry!

Simon
Absolutely superb.

And what a great Chief Civil Engineer you have, allowing such a high maximum permitted line speed. Shades of the last summer of Southern steam in 1967!
 

Simon

Flying Squad
Absolutely superb.

And what a great Chief Civil Engineer you have, allowing such a high maximum permitted line speed. Shades of the last summer of Southern steam in 1967!

Well quite, there must have been a Whitaker tablet exchange apparatus somewhere, or maybe the box is switched out:confused:

And there were no tail lamps either...
 
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