There is a slightly different headspace with Drovers Brook that other recent efforts in that not being an exhibition beast it doesn’t need acres of backscene height to create a box for travelling. To that end I need to work out just how low I cou…
Where we’re at: Drovers Brook in the intermediate stage of being on the short trestles while the basic track and wiring went in. This meant I was back to having a layout in the middle of the room again, something that is not in the slightest bit conven…
For obvious reasons the 009 layout build has only had glances here and now is revealed in a series of articles in RM beginning this month. The first on the reasoning behind the design and the baseboard. Most of this is not new for regulars here, but th…
The last piece (for the minute) for Rhiw is a skip; one of those that sits by the lineside with a mix of gash inside and seemingly has no means of being retrieved.The root is one of a pair from the Peco Modelscene range which is stamped Leafdale Models…
Small progress. This is going to be steady methinks. And already I’ve wound people up. The holes in the boards for the joining bolts are on the sloppy side. This was the same with Rhiw2 and allows the track to be laid flat, but some up/down jiggle…
With Rhiw lying unloved and unconnected, the new basic boards have been set up. This all happened without drama, though to be honest, if I can’t do this sort of thing with my eyes closed by now then something is wrong. Simple is the key here and …
So here’s a funny thing. When does a plan start as a plan, then get discarded, then expanded, then shrunk again? Here of course. This may be Drover’s Brook. The quick of brain and sharp of eye will notice that there is much here that is classic CF. It’…
The ground frame and waving 2nd man was present on Rhiw Mk 1 and has since re-appeared on the Mk2. On both versions without any exiting rodding for the point and the FPL. I’m sure that there would be various proto-guidelines for the operation of the cr…
The ground frame and waving 2nd man was present on Rhiw Mk 1 and has since re-appeared on the Mk2. On both versions without any exiting rodding for the point and the FPL. I’m sure that there would be various proto-guidelines for the operation of the cr…
Striking while the iron was hot… literally. Time to get at least a couple of bits of track down. No outlandish methods here, all classic stuff. The board were lined up and bits of sleeper-width thin card stuck in place, followed by pairs of EM copper…