More Andy Barnes Models

 Some of you may recall that I have feature Andy Barnes 3mm scratch built models before , in fact he has built a few coaches for me.

At the recent 3mm West Byfleet meeting back in November, he brought along some of his 12mm gauge models which I had the privelege to photograph - enjoy

Lovely work, im sure you will agree.

 

Terrier 150 29/7/22

Members of the 3mm Societies Woking Group went on a day out to the Bluebell as the final weekend of July saw an event take place to mark the 150th Birthday of Bluebell Terrier No.72 'Fenchurch', with visiting Kent & East Sussex Terrier No.70 'Poplar' recently overhauled and Isle of Wight Steam Railway W11 'Newport'.

Unfortunately, the gala did not go quite to plan. It was announced a few weeks before the event that sadly Fenchurch's overhaul would not be completed in time and that she would not be able to take part.

The troubles did not stop there. In the lead up to the event,guest engine GWR 6989 'Wightwick Hall' had failed the week before and was replaced with BR Standard 4 tank 80151, 

On the day of our visit (Friday), visiting Terrier 'Poplar' suffered a failure to her inside motion, ruling her out for the rest of the weekend.

Being one of the hottest days of the year, there were also numerous lineside fires with fire engines rushing around various locations and a different kind of smoke being emitted at Horsted Keynes!

Nevertheless, the show went on, the event was still very enjoyable. Southern Railway Q Class 30541 and Standard 4 80151 handled the main services whilst the last remaining Terrier W11 'Newport' double headed with SECR O1 No.65 on a local service between Sheffield Park and Kingscote. 

Whilst it didn't go to plan, we had a thoroughly good day out at a fine heritage railway with a rides on the trains and soaking up the Bluebell atmosphere and other attractions".

3mm Kingsbury Entry 2022

Woking Entry - we came 3rd out of 6 with a highly commended 👍

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.

Building bridges

For awhile I have been puzzling how to disguise the exit to the sector plank. Looking at pictures of Barnstaple Jct this gave me the idea.

(image from Facebook)

So tonight in the shed have been cutting the side out, this being the result,

You might also noticed that I have acquired a signalbox.

This was obtained through the 3mm Society Secondhand from the estate of the late Ian Osborne. Needs a bit of repair to the steps and needs interior detail and a Modelu signalman. Looks the part I think 👍