The layout is set-up a few days before the event complete with the title board/lighting support.
I used some 4000k natural white LED light strip for the lighting. Two strips each 1.1metres long were fixed to the rear of the title board. It gives an ideal brightness, not shown very well in the above picture though, which was photographed in a conservatory with bright sunlight outside.
Photo taken at Great Eastern Models, Norwich 11th May 2019 with a little helper.
The layout had its first "public" display at our Norfolk & Suffolk Narrow Gauge Modellers group meeting at Great Eastern Model shop in Norwich, May 2019. The picture above is the only one taken at the event. I look like I had momentarily dozed off though, but, at least, the layout was kept running by a helper. We had four other layouts running that day plus a demonstration table.
In the morning there were one or two issues with coupling heights which caught me out, and a bit of glue and scenery on or near the track here and there, but that is to be expected with a new layout, even though it is cleaned up before showing!? Later though, the layout ran fine.
The new Narrow Planet Bagnall saddle tank got a good running-in.
The Jouef Decauville setting out from Stonegate goods siding.
In the last week I have added another loco to the fleet. I bought this Jouef Decauville off Ebay, it
was in such good condition that I had to use it on the layout. It is a 1980's example and runs well except having a wobble while in motion, the wheels seem to be bent, but I am not going to correct them for fear of breaking them, as they are about 35 years old.
The 0-4-0 Decauville ,"Ash" seen at Shortwaite.
Also, new rolling stock are two 4-wheel coaches: a 009 Society/Ashby kit and a Dundas DM75 3rd class coach.
No comments:
Post a Comment