7mm Bleddfa Road
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Richard
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I have both the AEC railcar and the Class 121, and run them on my layout to illustrate the passing of the years.
Since the type you have lasted in service until the early 60's, I'd opt for the AEC railcar and dispose of the 122.
From a mechanical point of view, the Heljan model does run extremely well on analogue power.
Since the type you have lasted in service until the early 60's, I'd opt for the AEC railcar and dispose of the 122.
From a mechanical point of view, the Heljan model does run extremely well on analogue power.
Geoff
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Hi Martyn,
Thanks for your kind comments, as for the "flock box".
I purchased this versatile piece of kit after reading John Watson's article in MRJ No. 262. Rather than use battery power I favour a mains adaptor, which provides a bit of extra grunt for less than the price of a decent PP3 battery. So far I have used the flockbox to create grass tufts, and some small mats. Connecting it to a tea strainer also allows it to be used as a flocking device, well I did say it was versatile. take a look here on my blog to read more about it. There are a couple of tutorials on the net but I'm not sure if they are still being produced?
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Geoff.
Thanks for your kind comments, as for the "flock box".
I purchased this versatile piece of kit after reading John Watson's article in MRJ No. 262. Rather than use battery power I favour a mains adaptor, which provides a bit of extra grunt for less than the price of a decent PP3 battery. So far I have used the flockbox to create grass tufts, and some small mats. Connecting it to a tea strainer also allows it to be used as a flocking device, well I did say it was versatile. take a look here on my blog to read more about it. There are a couple of tutorials on the net but I'm not sure if they are still being produced?
Grass………
As usual I’ve had several projects on the go at once, ranging from point rodding to scenery, and the construction of a 1/20th scale model of Senna’s 99T Lotus Honda …
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Geoff.
Geoff
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Thanks Rob, its good to be back as things were touch and go for a few weeks!
Thanks Matt, I hope you are still plodding along with your various modelling projects.
Very true Larry, we often spent our holidays in a caravan that backed onto the old station at Rhuddlan. I was always pestering my parents to hire one of the old camping coaches there. Add day trips to Costa da Gele for some main line action and I was as happy as you.
Both are superb models Richard, though the Dapol wheels are to a more consistent standard on my examples.
Geoff
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Osgood
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Only last night I unpacked John's very machine - the tea strainer was elsewhere in the big box and I didn't put two and two together, and so I wondered what the purpose of the strange black box was. I did think about plugging it in and seeing what came out of it.....I purchased this versatile piece of kit after reading John Watson's article in MRJ No. 262. Rather than use battery power I favour a mains adaptor, which provides a bit of extra grunt for less than the price of a decent PP3 battery. So far I have used the flockbox to create grass tufts, and some small mats. Connecting it to a tea strainer also allows it to be used as a flocking device, well I did say it was versatile. take a look here on my blog to read more about it. There are a couple of tutorials on the net but I'm not sure if they are still being produced?
Grass………
As usual I’ve had several projects on the go at once, ranging from point rodding to scenery, and the construction of a 1/20th scale model of Senna’s 99T Lotus Honda …
Geoff.
Thanks for the link.
LarryG
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The Camping coaches at Rhuddlan and in Abergele were a familiar sight for years. I 'assisted' the scrappers when the Abergele rake were burned on the beach at Abergele. Also bought an LNWR coach door for a £1.00 but it was too heavy to take home so I removed the droplight and door handles and incorporated them into my shed. The men presented me with a Mansell wheel, which I declined haha.
Geoff
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Only last night I unpacked John's very machine - the tea strainer was elsewhere in the big box and I didn't put two and two together, and so I wondered what the purpose of the strange black box was. I did think about plugging it in and seeing what came out of it
Thanks for the link.
Be careful Tony it can pack a punch !!
Shame that you could only salvage the droplight and door handles from the door, and had to decline the wheel Larry.
Geoff
NHY 581
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I can see WWS do one but it's battery powered only.
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They also have a 20% off offer on which appears to be on all products......use code SUMMER2024.
Rob
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They also have a 20% off offer on which appears to be on all products......use code SUMMER2024.
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Vaughan45
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The one Geoff has appears to be the same as the one I purchased from Warpainter Scenery www.warpainter.net in around 2020. Unfortunately they don't list these on their website now.
It was quite a comprehensive package that included the battery / mains unit, various leads, written instructions and a manual / tutorial on DVD.
It was quite a comprehensive package that included the battery / mains unit, various leads, written instructions and a manual / tutorial on DVD.
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Geoff
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Geoff
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Sorry for the late response Tony, good job that Vaughan and Rob were around to answer your questions, thanks guy’s. Flock boxes turn up on a certain auction site from time to time. I believe Warpainter withdrew them from sale a while back.
Geoff
Geoff
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On the 29th of September a demolition crew arrived at Bleddfa Road, their first task was to remove the old fiddleyard. A new narrower drop in replacement is currently in the planning stages. Only the lead in will be scenic this time, the remainder being a simple deck to hold a single cassette at a time. Why change things, well a drop in fiddleyard / cassette deck could be used with other projects, and free up some space in my modelling room. With operating sessions few and far between it doesn't make sense to have the old arrangement permanently set up.
The plan for the new cassette deck includes modelling the bridge over the River Lugg as it appeared on Llangunllo as a scenic lead in. But without the signal cabin and cottages, a new occupation crossing would be ungated and feature cattle grids.
With the old fiddleyard out of the way a point and siding were removed, and a new section of plain track was built in situ. In this view, 5807 was being used to test the new alignment.
The point rodding has since been removed and the ground made good before reworking it.
Cropping the photo has made the new curve and the loop look far shaper than they are. The lever frame is now opposite the platelayers hut, and plans are afoot to move the platform a little closer to the lever frame shades of Llansilin Road.
I've done a little cloning here to help me decide whether to leave the platform where it is, or move it as planned. I rather like the look of the old trackbed which would be lost if the move took place.
Geoff
Geoff
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Hi Larry,
I use thinned Humbrol 27004 Gunmetal Metacote, bear in mind that my sleepers are ply so I doubt it would work on plastic. The solution is brushed onto each sleeper and then polished up with a cotton bud. You can vary the colour of the sleepers by adjusting the mix, and with a little luck you can get the appearance of old silvery grey timber, the mix can also highlight the grain of the ply with practice. It's a technique that I picked up from a fellow modeller, can't remember his name, but then again I'm getting on in years
Geoff
I use thinned Humbrol 27004 Gunmetal Metacote, bear in mind that my sleepers are ply so I doubt it would work on plastic. The solution is brushed onto each sleeper and then polished up with a cotton bud. You can vary the colour of the sleepers by adjusting the mix, and with a little luck you can get the appearance of old silvery grey timber, the mix can also highlight the grain of the ply with practice. It's a technique that I picked up from a fellow modeller, can't remember his name, but then again I'm getting on in years
Geoff