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MAY 2019 UPDATE
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PETE JOHNSON *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************
KARL CROWTHER Hebble Vale Goods will be appearing at the Spring Expo EM event at Bracknell on the
18th & 19th of May.
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KIER HARDY Hornsey Broadway will be appearing at the DEMU Showcase on the 1st & 2nd of June,
in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire. For further details of the exhibition
click here for DEMU Showcase 2019
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PAUL JAMES *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************
The Class 04 project continues to make slow but steady progress, with the black element of
the wasp stripes now added at both ends.
Canada Street - complete with roving BR crewbus - will be appearing at the Mickelover MRG
exhibition held in
the atmospheric former North Midland Railway roundhouse in Derby on May 11th and 12th.
(The background of this picture suggests rail traffic into the docks has ceased,
but the clock will be turned back to busier times for the show!)
By way of tribute to the Derby locomotive works, two new models will be running at the exhibition
– the first is the LMS/BR Class 11, number ‘12051’, built at Derby during 1948/49, and modelled
as it appeared at the dawn of the 1970s just prior to withdrawal. Alan Gibson No. 4849 tender
wheels of suitable diameter have been drilled out to accept 1/8” axles, and the brake rigging
positions adjusted to suit. My thanks must go to Karl, Kier and Paul for their help with various
aspects of this project.
Five years later Derby was getting into its stride with the build of what was to become the BR
Class 08. The 41st example of the type left the works early in 1954 carrying steam-era running
number ‘13040’. Later becoming ‘D3040’, and then just ‘3040’ in a post-1968 works visit that
would see it through to TOPS re-numbering as 08 028. This is the condition in which it is
modelled to complete the sequence of Class 08 liveries which suit the 1960 to 1979 operating
span of Canada Street.
Hebble Vale Goods appeared at the recent York exhibition, with Mostyn's regular performer,
a BR Sulzer type 2, 24082 regauged for the weekend to run on these West Yorkshire metals.
The 2 minute conversion was carried out by Phil Sutton by inserting a set of SLW EM gauge
wheelsets, but next time you see it, it will be back to P4.
With the layout at an advanced stage of construction, now is the time to add extra
detail and populate certain areas. The police figures are whitemetal and were painted
a couple of years ago. They are shown here (for a limited time only) to accompany a
pair of Police vehicles at an incident.... no flashing lights included BTW. The lower
image shows the driver of an ERF articulated lorry passing a group of women chatting in
the street. The pram is an etched brass kit by Scale Link.
Another Scale Link pram (this time with lowered hood), alongside a parent to keep the
children under control around the ice cream van.
A selection of railwaymen from Modelu are in the process of being painted. They are 3D
scans of Tim Rogers & Paul James in BR driver / secondman uniforms.
Kaff appears to be doing a roaring trade alongside Hornsey New Road - these 3 observational
snaps taken on Greg's pocket camera.
A snapshot of Long Row, across the lines.
Demolition rubble and wood for burning.
A recent visitor to the layout was this WD 2-8-0 number 90445 from Shenston Road,
converted to EM by spreading the existing Bachmann wheels. The image has been enhanced with the
addition of smoke effects, to give the impression of it climbing the 1:80 gradient.
Without effects.
A few images showing the 2 Class 31s in the works at the moment, receiving alterations
and modifications to the Lima bodyshells.
They will both be Finsbury Park allocated Brush type 2s fitted with tripcocks for working
the Widenend Lines. They were due into the paint shops in the first week of May, so should
hopefully be ready for DEMU Showcase at the begining of June.
