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Little Sefton – further progress

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Well, as you can see, I have chosen a title for the new pointless O Gauge layout. The title reflects a smaller form of a previous layout.

All the buildings are made and smaller details purchased. The position of the buildings has been decided and await painting. The only thing that may change is the yard crane, the one in the photos below is one I purchased for my station layout that is ‘paused’ at the moment. I have ordered the Peco variant and that is likely to fit this layout better.

I have also purchased two BR vehicles and a further small lorry is likely

Next step will be ballasting and basic scenics, fitting in painting buildings between ballast drying times.

New O Gauge Layout Buildings ETC.

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Yet more work on the new pointless layout. The Goods Shed is complete, the Yard Crane is undercoated and the Coal Staithe has arrived. I have made the three required Buffer Stops and most importantly I have made a Small Bridge that will carry a pipeline over the yard. I have used the pipeline bridge on several layouts, I can not stand ‘a cut out in the sky method’ . All the above need painting and weathering. I still have a few options on Huts etc. but due to current postal deliveries being very late – I still await some parcels.

Again a good clean up to follow.

Electrics done on New O Gauge Layout

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Nothing complicated here, just a few options for running trains. The fiddle yard is connected to the controller and then all three scenic tracks are connected to the fiddle yard. I have added three ON/OFF switches to the three scenic tracks so that you select which track you want to use if running more than one Loco. There is also a standard isolating switch on the nearest track for shunting manoeuvres. I am using a Gaugemaster Combi Controller as only small DC Locos will be used.

Now for a good clean up and continue making buildings for the layout.

Further Work on Pointless Layout

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Since adding my first post on this project, I have continued to progress the layout. All back scene boards have been added and an extra inch added to the front of the layout to set the track a bit further back and to pin the curtain to when finished.

I have added extra space to the fiddle yard to hold a couple of wagons awaiting use, I have also added a board to partly conceal the sector plate.

I have purchased a goods shed (Lcut Creative), Coal Merchants Staithes (Skytrex) Four lever pad (Scenecraft)

Next Job electrics.

Four Wagons for Graham

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Here are four wagons, three made by Graham and one purchased by him. I have painted, transferred and weathered three of them, but just re-weathered his cement wagon purchase.

Both the Bogie Bolster and the Dogfish are Brass kits – the runner wagon is a re-worked Slaters kit.

Just can’t do it (Class 50)

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I have just received my latest Loco from Hattons. It took a week to get here after paying for next day delivery. But it has given me some thinking time on this new Loco. I purchased this Loco because of price and I had a conversion kit to turn a refurbed Loco into an ‘as built’ variety. Now that it has arrived I just can not do the conversion, it is such a superb Loco.

So here we have 50008 Thunderer in BR Blue, the so called Engineers Livery. I intend to run it in the 2018 – 2020 era, as it is a mainline certificated Loco and has been seen on my parts of the network. The main work will be to change the overhead warning signs, add nameplates and crests then a light weathering.