4mm The Strawberry Line in P4

ullypug

ullypug

Western Thunderer
AJC said:
Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh, Andrew. One small thing - Herring very, very, very, rarely had OLEOs (and never Dowty hydraulic buffers so far as I know), and they were the only buffers with silver shanks. GW self contained types? Rusty-oily gunk, even when new. I really don't suppose that you have the time right now though!

Adam
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They’re all GW self contained 6 rib from LMS. I couldn’t leave them in matt black! Weathering will have to wait. Thankfully there are loads of lovely colour photos in Neil Parkhouse’s Forest of Dean book.
 
Dave Holt

Dave Holt

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Andrew,

Thoroughly enjoyed seeing Cheddar at Wells on Saturday. It's a lovely layout and very impressive in the flesh. The photos of boards under construction don't really do it justice. Obviously a few minor tweaks and adjustments may be required to obtain fully reliable operation but I think it went well for a virtually untried layout at its first show - and rather brave of you to put it out there.
Thanks very much for allowing my Ivatt tank to have run. Again, for a brand new loco I felt it ran quite well and safely negotiated all your point work. That's the benefit of working to a set of fully developed, consistent wheel and track standards, I suppose.
Look forward to following further progress in due course.

Dave.
 
ullypug

ullypug

Western Thunderer
Dave Holt said:
Andrew,

Thoroughly enjoyed seeing Cheddar at Wells on Saturday. It's a lovely layout and very impressive in the flesh. The photos of boards under construction don't really do it justice. Obviously a few minor tweaks and adjustments may be required to obtain fully reliable operation but I think it went well for a virtually untried layout at its first show - and rather brave of you to put it out there.
Thanks very much for allowing my Ivatt tank to have run. Again, for a brand new loco I felt it ran quite well and safely negotiated all your point work. That's the benefit of working to a set of fully developed, consistent wheel and track standards, I suppose.
Look forward to following further progress in due course.

Dave.
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Lovely to see you again Dave and thanks for your kind words. I was ready to chuck the whole thing in the skip on Saturday. Your Ivatt ran faultlessly showing how it should be done. It certainly managed to deal with my point work!
 
Bulldog3444

Bulldog3444

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Andrew,

Well done for getting Cheddar to Wells on Saturday. It was looking really good - the iconic Brunel style train shed and other structures are really impressive, and the layout feels really spacious. The flow of the scenery seemed even better than in the pictures which you have posted.

So take a deep breath, and then on with the signals, which fortunately are not too complicated.

Best wishes,
Ian
 
Nick Rogers

Nick Rogers

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ullypug said:
Lovely to see you again Dave and thanks for your kind words. I was ready to chuck the whole thing in the skip on Saturday. Your Ivatt ran faultlessly showing how it should be done. It certainly managed to deal with my point work!
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Well done for taking Cheddar to Wells, mate. It was lovely to see it in the flesh. I wouldn't worry about some of the little issues - all fixable.

Take care,
 
Gilbert

Gilbert

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Andrew
I very much enjoyed seeing Cheddar at Wells and in common with others thought it looked far more impressive in the flesh than in photos - I think I said as much. There was a significant "snagging" list being recorded but I think that's perfectly reasonable for a first show and did nothing to reduce my personal enjoyment....I actually find it encouraging that while we all strive to put on a good show the reality is that it is sometimes both difficult and hard for pretty much everyone who exhibits!
Thanks
Chris H
 
AJC

AJC

Western Thunderer
Hello Andrew,

I was very impressed, Cheddar is a substantial project (much bigger by, what, three or four times than anything you've ever done before?), shown at a pretty unforgiving exhibition for a new layout: the Town Hall is always warm, frequently hot, and humid with it: I've taken someone else's new layout to Wells and it was not a lot of fun. Add P4 and the inability to assemble the whole thing in advance into the mix and actually getting trains more or less reliably from one end to the other, the key test, is a fine achievement and it certainly looks like Cheddar. It will get better next time out and I'm looking forward to seeing it again.

Adam
 
Phil O

Phil O

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Andrew,

I was chatting to Martin Welch in front of Cheddar on Saturday and we both thought it was excellent, bearing in mind it was "work in progress" the train shed was a masterpiece in modelling.
 
ullypug

ullypug

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I’ve been quiet on here for a while whilst domestic arrangements have taken priority.

I took Cheddar to Wells in August and got married 2 weeks later (no the two aren’t connected!). Took my son to university in September, then completed a house sale 2 days later, followed by a relocation to Cardiff to the wife’s house which has also now been sold.

So presently, all my layouts and modelling stuff is either in storage or boxes whilst we wait for our ‘forever’ home. The joys of selling 2 houses to buy one and chains that have more than 3 links!

The timeline from here is a bit of an unknown but the plan is for our house to have a dedicated railway room. It won’t be large enough for Cheddar in its current end to end configuration so a lot will depend on what state it’s in when it comes out of its storage sometime next year. If it’s feasible I hope to convert it to a roundy-roundy. We’ll just have to see what condition it’s in and decide at that point. Yes, it is in store and not a skip and I’ve got over the Wells exhibition ‘experience’!

Modelling activity is limited to what can be carried out on a temporary basis without all the usual stuff to hand, which realistically limits me to wagon kits. Thankfully I’ve a few in the stash!!

To date I’ve built a Rumney models chassis for a grain wagon, a GCR D17 etched brass van kit from R&E models and a selection of whitemetal kits, these being relatively quick to do; a D&S LNWR cattle van, D&S GWR double bolster, ABS LMS van and ABS SR gunpowder van.

Currently on the go is a Connoisseur LNER twin bolster.

Next in the queue will be a David Green GWR Y2 fruit van.

Deduce what pattern you will from that assortment!

In an alarming twist, I’ve also done a Slaters D299 5 plank in 7mm and am halfway through the 10T van, both of which are quite fun and may be destined for a 7mm WCPR layout at some point in the future.

I’m starting to put down roots in South Wales, the local EM group were very welcoming this week and I enjoyed the Newport clubs open day a couple of weeks back where it was lovely to chat to Mike G of this parish.

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Joe's Garage

Joe's Garage

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Best wishes with the house hunting Andrew and the moving. Not easy when all is in storage but you seem to be able to do a "bit" of modelling. Nice selection of wagons.
Interesting that you keep returning to the old WC&P, now in 7mm. I must finish the station building (hut) sometime as this is in a box awaiting my little den!
Congratulations on your wedding.
All the best
Julian
 
AdeMoore

AdeMoore

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Hi Andrew, for some reason I failed to plonk a message on here after meeting you in Wells in the summer! It was great to see the fruits of your labours in person and even in work in progress form it was mighty impressive. My dad (92) and I spent probably more than an hour in a few visits looking over it and reminiscing. Lovely to put a face to a name.
wishing you every success house hunting now your on the Welsh side of the border .
Hope Cheddar is recovered next year unscathed!
 
Mike Garwood

Mike Garwood

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That's quite the collection you're building there, lovely work. Great to have met you at last, and really glad you enjoyed the open day.

kind regards

Mike
 
ullypug

ullypug

Western Thunderer
Joe's Garage said:
Best wishes with the house hunting Andrew and the moving. Not easy when all is in storage but you seem to be able to do a "bit" of modelling. Nice selection of wagons.
Interesting that you keep returning to the old WC&P, now in 7mm. I must finish the station building (hut) sometime as this is in a box awaiting my little den!
Congratulations on your wedding.
All the best
Julian
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Thanks Julian
I’ve been slowly acquiring stock over the years, a couple of Terriers, a Minerva Manning Wardle, a pair of close coupled metropolitan 3rds and the single first coach no 7, plus the large railcar and a selection of private owner wagons including the Antics special editions. I wish I’d bought one of the now defunct Steam and Things small railcar when they were available as I built one for the WCPR group.
I quite fancy having a go at one of the Argentine bogie coaches one day.
I have got a model of Worle Town in mind…
But then I’ve also drawn up Portishead in EM too!
 
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