It proved popular with a some, which is always encouraging .
The low sun on Saturday afternoons, while it was a pain shining in the Signalman’s eyes, did provide an interesting effect.
The Show – ABB at Ally Pally Read More »
With ABB featuring at Alexandra Palace over the coming weekend we are busy preparing.
A few of the locos on the layout are lacking a crew, which is most noticeable on the tender engines, but easy to fit as there is good access. However, for tank engines it is difficult to get small bodies inside without undoing lots of screws and then finding its still impossible. So why bother . . . . you can see where I did get someone inside 82030, can’t you? Other engines are more helpful, the space where the backhead should be proved useful on the 94xx.
By later Tuesday we had ABB packed and stacked ready for Friday’s trip up the M4.
After that was complete we had a chance to admire Luke’s Model T combination which has featured before. It just needs nameplates and crew, and maybe even passenger(s)?
Preparation for the Show Read More »
Having bought some very cheap 7mm point work Mike E launched into a short line project titled the Hogwash and Balony Railroad. The station building is in progress and three very nice boxvan kits have arrived. They’ve probably cancelled out any savings made on the pointwork.
Again very little to show Paul 🏅🏅finished the bracing on Cwm Carno’s trackbed, LBH tried and failed to get the BPRC for ADR No 14 working, Andrew J kept going on his signal box interior and here we see Mr Chairman fitting the gutters onto the terrace in ABB.
This Tuesday we meet on Zoom on the day that was the 58th anniversary of the last day of operation on the Cambrian Coast Express and Stephen B showed us a collection of images the day’s operation, Luke shared an idea for hand signals to assist in layout operation, Mr Chairman shared a collection of images with the emphasis on 9Fs (or should it Class 9s?) and LBH came to the end of his series of Welsh scenes.
One pic Monday and many pics Tuesday Read More »
Enough going on at the club this evening but nothing to precipitate the action of a camera shutter. There was a run through of the ABB timetable with a different combination of operators, TAFKATYS wired the control panel while Paul 🏅🏅 assembled the frame for the pelmet, both for Cwm Carno, the Wizard identified castings and LBH assembled a loom for the battery-power radio-control of ADR No 14.
Well, actually we did get one pic of how things were on Friday. This shows the progress TAFKATYS made on the Cwm Carno panel.
Attention went elsewhere this evening.
Wagonman fitted a few more bits-and-bobs onto his ex-CMDPLR pannier, which will now await fairer weather before she can be painted.
Also from Wagonman we had the latest view of progress on his ex-SR U Mogul
And LBH whiled the evening away assembling a TVR three-plank wagon from 3d-printolutions.
Cwm Carno gets a night off. Read More »
After we fixed the trackbed on Cwm Carno it was apparent that it needed further support to prevent excessive flexing and ensure the it was in one plane throughout the areas supporting turnouts to give us the best chance of reliable running. Paul S added several braces to this end.
And Wagonman looks like he has pretty well reached the finishing line with his ex-CMDPLR pannier.
Away from the clubrooms our members are busy:
Stephen B has created Locomotive no.7, aka “the brick”. It is being built for the mysteriously-titled Project Kevin and will be the test bed for battery powered radio control. He reckons that he should be able to get a small power station in there.
Mainly Cwm Carno and some homework Read More »
With Abergavenny Blackbrook‘s visit to the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace, London, which is now only three weeks away much of the evening’s efforts was in practicing operation on ABB.
Other works progressed though, with Luke turning his attentions from the body of his 0-4-0T to its chassis. A write-up of Luke’s build can be found in the Scaleseven Group website here.
Friday also saw TAFKATYS arrive with the planned control panel for Cwm Carno. After discussion the uncoupling magnet positions are settled and by Sunday it’s been completed.
Preparations for Ally Pally etc. Read More »
Work continued on the trackbed on Cwm Carno, which is now fixed in place.
When we got the framework laser cut, thanks to TAFKATYS’s prescience, we also got a set of alignment gauges made to check the we had the correct elevation difference and that we hadn’t introduced a warp into the trackbed.
Elsewhere we worked on reviving and old Mainline pannier tank, uniting an elderly brass chassis with a modern Bachmann body. The chassis will need a bit of TLC and the body a bit of detailing and weathering but it should provide a useful loco for Cwm Carno.
Mr Chairman sorted out a problem that we had with one of the servo motors that move the uncoupling magnets on ABB. It was working in the wrong sense, that is normally in the up/uncoupling position, this was sorted out by swapping over the blue and orange cables inside the control box.
Cwm Carno trackbed and ABB uncouplers Read More »
Monday and the usual activities in the workroom, etched kits to the fore in Rhobat’s and the Wizard’s hands, while in the layout room work progressed on the Cwm Carno baseboard.
We first gave attention the river bed, square wooden blocks screwed and glued to the vertical risers and the river bed for our version of Nant Carno.
Blocks have been fixed in place too for the trackbed, but it is seen here just placed in situ.
Monday 17th February Read More »