Posts by Alan:
Received Yesterday
As alluded to my previous post, discussions are ongoing with Tim Horn with a view to building a new layout … and look what arrived in yesterday’s post! Read more…
Combining Two Layouts
Driving back from the excellent Narrow Gauge South West show at Shepton Mallet with fellow members of the Surrey Area Group of the 7mm NGA, a notion was kicked around which, like a snowball rolling downhill, has grown into an idea.
Rail Riders – Class 47 406
Way back when, my late brother was a member of the Rail Riders Club. Despite the logo being a stylised APT-P, the loco named after the club was a Class 47. At first, it was number 406 but later the name was transferred to number 488. I’ve always like the looks of Class 47 locos, […]
Laying Some Track
After a three-month hiatus, it was decided that the Christmas period would be an ideal opportunity to make some more progress on Erik’s railway. So we invited Brian round for lunch and got cracking!
Green Gates Retired
Finally, the layout that I bought as Greengate from Colin Kennington at Narrow Gauge South West in 2011 and featured in the 7mm NGA Small Layouts Handbook, has now been retired.
Finishing Soldering Droppers
As mentioned previous, I’d started soldering feeder wires, often referred to as droppers, but I only got eight pieces of track finished before I packed it all away, and there it stayed!
Power Bus Wiring
As mentioned at the close of my last post, I’d ordered some wire for the power bus from an ebay supplier. Well, it arrived and it’s perfect!
Soldering Dropper Wires
Having acquired two 100m rolls of wire 10/0.1mm, one with red insulation, the other black, at a clearance price from Kyte’s Lights at the Woking REC show on Saturday, I’ve started to solder dropper wires from each of the pieces of track so that power supply is not reliant on just the rail joiners.
Laying Down Cork
Erik and I spent half hour this evening cutting cork tiles to form the underlay for the track. We dug two half circles of track out of the boxes and arranged them on the two boards forming the test track.
Pulling It Together
After a hiatus over the summer, and the first week of school behind us, it was time to get the layout moving again. The next step, having fitted the pattern makers dowels, was to pull it all together.