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Weathering the C.

Review of Dapol B4

 http://grahammuz.com/2020/06/27/talking-stock-38-the-adams-b4s-the-not-so-small-0-4-0-tanks/

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Tankerton Town layout update

Have done some more to the bridge using weathering chalks and sprays. The signal are fitted and now work. I also remodelled the station frontage, repositioning the station building to spread it out a bit.

Still a lot to do, but getting there.

Chiltern Railways/LT in near miss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53150748

Oh dear just as things are trying to return normal.

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http://eastcroydon.org.uk/2020/06/22/croydon-park-hotel-altyre-road-in-administration-thecroydonpark-yourcroydon-eastcroydon/

Croydon Park Hotel has gone into Administration with 91 staff being made redundant 😢I believe Croydon Council now own the hotel. 

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Tankerton Town - Signal fitting

15mm drill bit arrived today, so able to fit the 2 N gauge Dapol signals onto the board. One on the left is the GW (I know!) Lower quadarent home. The finial needs replacing to represent the Mackenzie and Holland type (3mm Society casting) then should be fair reesentation of an SR lower quadarent type.

Fitted by the bay platform is an LMS upper quadarent, purely there for siting and wiring purposes which will eventually be replaced with the GW LQ type as per the main platform. Both signals will powered by a 9v battery and push to make switches.

I also have a couple of John Walkers SR ground signals which I hope to have working but at the moment still trying to work out how.

Not finished the bridge yet, wing walls, parapets and buttresses to add plus weathering, but pretty pleased so far. The photo cruelly shows the paper has bubbled, hopefully a protective coat of varnish will help after weathering.

Taff Vale Models

Recently purchased a motor from Taff Vale models, which is a replacement for the Mashima 1015 for £11. Has a 1.5mm diameter shaft which will probably need tubing to fit a 2mm worm. Details below.

Taff Vale models can be found on the web www.taffvale.wales and accept PayPal.

C2x

One of my fav Brighton engines, C2x

Both shots at Redhill in the 1960s from the Redhill Community webpage.

Have a Worsley Works scratchaid kit of a C2x in 3mm - one day!