Re: West Mersea
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Scale7JB
Western Thunderer
Definitely looking forward to it, the L1 has a slight tight spot on the valve gear, (I like to build the valve gear tight and run it in rather than sloppy and full of lateral movement) so I'm hoping to get a few scale miles over the extension.
I think we should try and get a new bolt on video as well, as the weather is going to be so nice for us..
JB.
I think we should try and get a new bolt on video as well, as the weather is going to be so nice for us..
JB.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Weather looks promising for tomorrow, so definatly bring your stock to run.
ATB, Col.
ATB, Col.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
Great day at West Mersea, thank you guys.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Great day at West Mersea, thank you guys.
Good turn out today," big lump in the track" sorted and good to see you all.
Didn't take any pic's as I was busy turning incoming stock back out to JB at the other end of the branch, did you take any shots JB.
ATB, Col
Buckjumper
Flying Squad
As light 'oopsie' - a lazy doodlebug (it's 1946, remember) finally dropped out of the sky and hit the headshunt this evening. In reality, as JB and I took down the outside boards we somehow ripped the track out of the last seven sleepers of one rail. Our names will be mud at the next meeting...
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
As light 'oopsie' - a lazy doodlebug (it's 1946, remember) finally dropped out of the sky and hit the headshunt this evening. In reality, as JB and I took down the outside boards we somehow ripped the track out of the last seven sleepers of one rail. Our names will be mud at the next meeting...
You may be lucky in that one end of the outside boards needed a look at as we had some derailing today, though Murphys Law will dictate that it was the other end that was damaged....
Scale7JB
Western Thunderer
Yup!!
It was entirely my fault..! You just happened to be in the vicinity of the crime... Right place at the wrong time and all that.. If I'm honest I can't see that headshunt ever being used, but still.....
JB.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
As light 'oopsie' - a lazy doodlebug (it's 1946, remember) finally dropped out of the sky and hit the headshunt this evening. In reality, as JB and I took down the outside boards we somehow ripped the track out of the last seven sleepers of one rail. Our names will be mud at the next meeting...
Ade, could be an unexploded bomb, Essex is full of 'em ( yeah I know, "Blonde bombshells"
)But what's new, Peter's all ways made us tear up the track and re-lay bits before
........can't wait for the next Newsletter 
ATB, Col.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Phil,
I think we need to look at how the boards are connected and revise it in some way
Col.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
JB,
Now you know why I got out early
........ I think your right about the headshunt, in reality it would have been used for sorting stock in and out of the yard sidings and when making up a train on the goods departure road, but not often the full length. Occaisionaly the ends of headshunts had stock stored on them.ATB, Col.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
I'd recognise that avatar anywhere,
Welcome to Western Thunder John, I'll take it there's not a very green Peter Hunt sitting in front of the fire by the WMR.
We have quite a mix of railway interests here now you've added our Antipodean cousins.
ATB, Col.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Last month's meet at the WMR has been and gone with around a dozen or so of the mob turning up, it seems John has been feeding the grass as it has now spread along the embankments of the outside extension boards.
Bit of track fettling, and Ade bought along his lining pen to demonstrate.
Probably more yacking than modelmaking, but it is a social event after all and with a lot of exchanges of techniques and info. it makes for an enjoyable day for one and all, not forgeting to raid the stock draws on the way out
No pic's this time, forgot the camera
, so next time unless any one else took some ?
ATB, Col
Bit of track fettling, and Ade bought along his lining pen to demonstrate.
Probably more yacking than modelmaking, but it is a social event after all and with a lot of exchanges of techniques and info. it makes for an enjoyable day for one and all, not forgeting to raid the stock draws on the way out
No pic's this time, forgot the camera
, so next time unless any one else took some ?ATB, Col
Wagonman
Western Thunderer
No pic's this time, forgot the camera
ATB, Col
I'll just wait for the newsletter then; bound to be some in there.
Richard
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
A very warm day at WMR HQ this weekend with around a dozen in attendance. Work centered on repairing the outside extention boards where the rails had been slightly damaged.
We have know made some protecter ends that bolt in place on the boards.
Danny showed off his J69 tank giving it a good run up and down the station confines.
Danny's J69, nice chimney
ATB, Col.
We have know made some protecter ends that bolt in place on the boards.
Danny showed off his J69 tank giving it a good run up and down the station confines.
Danny's J69, nice chimneyATB, Col.