Scrayingham

[jaymzhatstand]

Thanks Jeff, technically, I made it! But I suspect you mean it's origins! It's the ex-Chivers RC32 kit for Harlech Castle, running on the beautifully smooth Graham Farish 08 chassis with RT Models jackshaft drive modification.

I hope this helps!

Cheers

J

[Jeff Schumaker]

J,

That does help. Thanks for the info.

Jeff S.

[Stephen Clulow]

I've just found this thread. Very interesting read and a very nice looking layout  :)

[jaymzhatstand]

Thanks very much!

Scrayingham is at the Thirsk show on Sunday, so there should be a selection of photos appearing shortly after featuring the new rolling stock that's in the works at the moment!

Cheers

J

[Jeff Schumaker]

Looking forward to seeing the new rolling stock.

Jeff S.

[jaymzhatstand]

Yesterday's show at Thirsk was a successful one, with new rolling stock performing well and several favourable comments.

The upstairs room where the layout was positioned was rather warm and as such it took a while for everything to get used to the temperature. Once settled however, things were fine, although it did make operating quite uncomfortable at times!

Stock wise, this was the first outing for my new loco 'Gamecock' built from the excellent Small Run Batch kit. There are still a few details left to complete, but it was certainly presentable and capable of doing anything asked of it during the day. Most of the time it was seen on the Sand Hutton set. As the show progressed and it got more running, it became smoother and quieter.

The articulated pair I've be been building were also in use, though not yet glazed. They were paired with the observation carriage in the same Coronation livery and a teak brake third. The gap between the pair is very satisfying, and hopefully I'll add some more to this rake now that l know the concept works!

My assistant operator also provided a guest loco for the show. An A1 models Kerr Stuart, mounted on a very responsive Bachmann Plymouth chassis. He built and painted the loco in a week leading up to the show, as his first effort in 009. It looked spot on and performed very well. Of course being non-vac fitted, it couldn't go near passenger workings!

And now follows a few photos from the show










Photo : G Watson


Extra visitor in the form of A Cracknell's Meriddian Kerr Stuart for comparison.
Photo : G Watson







There aren't any more exhibitions in the pipeline for Scrayingham at present, but if anyone is interested, please do get in touch!

Cheers

J

[jaymzhatstand]

This is just a quick note to let everyone know that Scrayingham will be at Narrow Gauge North this coming Saturday (11th March) at Pudsey Civic Hall, Dawsons Corner, Pudsey, W. Yorks, LS28 5TA

For more details, see here

https://www.narrowgaugenorth.org.uk/

Hopefully some of you will pop by and say hello! As ever, if anyone takes any photos, please post them on here!

Cheers

J

[Hugh Norwood]

It will be good to see it "in the flesh" at last

[rander]

An excellent advert for 009 Jaymz, hope any visiting exhibition managers take note and follow up with invites.

[jaymzhatstand]

Thanks very much gents, fingers crossed for further invites, though sadly none were made at the show itself.

Narrow Gauge North went very well on Saturday, it was a busy show so I barely got chance for photos myself, but saw plenty of people with cameras!

Flying solo made it quite difficult to get out for a look around, but in my brief sojourn it looked like a very good show (thanks to Adam from Byr-a-Cyrliog for taking over so I could have a comfort break!)

It was nice to chat to some of you and there were some very favourable comments for which I am very grateful! I did overhear mumblings about smooth running, which was most flattering as it was one of my kitbuilt locos (Brian Madge Velinheli) that was being referred to!

I did manage a couple of photos, and there was a mini gathering when Adam's Dolgoch was brought over for a photo shoot







Mine is the lighter, almost luminous in comparison green!




Overall a most enjoyable show, if a little tiring, and hopefully it won't be too long until I'm back out again! I'm still aiming to have a few more items of bespoke stock available so that it looks more like an ex-LNER line and a bit less North-Wales (not that that's a bad thing!)

More updates as and when,  and of course, your questions and comments are always welcome!

Cheers

J

[B.Meldon]

[jaymzhatstand]

Indeed, Scrayingham forms it's own box and is kept on brackets off the floor with a dust sheet over the fiddle yard and legs below so it should be pretty well protected. It does make things a little awkward to get out for working on or photographing but I'd rather that than it be open to damage!

Cheers

J

[Stan Williams]

I saw three exhibition managers at NG North last Saturday and had a chat with them all.

If you have full details of your layout and how it is transported drop me a PM.

There are a number of exhibitions in Lancashire and the N West that will accommodate NG layouts, may not be 2017 but could be 2018.

Regards,
Stan.

[jaymzhatstand]

Thanks for that Stan, I'll send my details over when I'm at my computer, it's a single PDF, but should have all the required info!

Cheers

J

[clayliner]

J -

I confess I haven't kept up with the Scrayingham story of late so it was good to see it featured in the latest News. I especially like No.14 in its smart black LNER livery and the 'imaginative' articulated Coronation set - some nice imagineering. Also interesting to see where BR got the idea for the yellow first class stripe from...

Cheers,

David.