Angst Lesspork

[gtmspyder]

Reins and a coach driver needed Hugh, which I'm sure are in the workshop somewhere, but it looks rarin to go  ;)

Is it going to make the journey to Edlington this weekend?

Regards,

BrianT.

[Graeme Dunbar]

Reins and a coach driver needed Hugh, which I'm sure are in the workshop somewhere, but it looks rarin to go  ;)

Is it going to make the journey to Edlington this weekend?

Regards,

BrianT.

Or are they? Mwahahaha! No, right you are. I was thinking of Uberwald.........

Excellent as always Hugh. The bumper sticker (?) is a good touch.

[Jeff Schumaker]

Perhaps BSJ has invented, or attempted to invent, the driverless carriage.

Nice work, Hugh. What is the origin of the carriage?

Jeff S.

[gtmspyder]

And there's me thinking Winny was her middle name ::)

regards,

BrianT.

[garrywhiting]

Reins and a coach driver needed Hugh, which I'm sure are in the workshop somewhere, but it looks rarin to go  ;)

Is it going to make the journey to Edlington this weekend?

Regards,

BrianT.

Please note SYG meeting is at Balby and not Edlington this coming Saturday pm.

Garry

[gtmspyder]

Thank you Gary, yes I found out the hard way by sitting outside the meeting venue / School in Edlington for twenty minutes, because not only did I get the venue wrong, I also arrived early having dropped my wife and a friend off at the Lakeside outlet in Doncaster.

The penny finally dropped and a quick gallop across to Balby got me to the correct venue and an interesting conversation with your good self sir.

I don't post much on the 009 forum now that my 009 Glen Ogle layout has departed to a new location in Scotland with it's new owner.

But because I needed to find something to model, I decided to go up a scale and model in 0-16.5 narrow gauge, I thought that my ramblings in this new format would not be welcome on the 009 forum but I know several of you have followed my posts on the Narrow Gauge Online forum, and today it was suggested that my new ramblings, whilst not being in 009 scale, might not be as unwelcome as I thought on the 009 forum?

I have no wish to impose my heretical ramblings upon a site I might be unwelcome on, but would enjoy being a part of this online camaraderie once again, if it was thought that members would be interested in my current modelling?

I enclose a single picture from my new 0-16.5 layout of Knottworthy Magna, which is a blatant copy of, but done as a tribute to, a fine 009 modeller, Ted Pollet with his little layout, Nixne.



If this offends no one on this forum, and you wish to see more of my modelling of my new layout, please let me know.

Whoops, sorry Hugh, I forgot I was in the middle of your thread, I was responding to Garry really.

Kind regards,

BrianT.

[Hugh Norwood]

(Been a while since I last dropped by...)
It is a Langley Brougham. (needed quite a bit of fettling)

I've taken advice on the reins and shall attempt to put some on. I also need to finish painting (!) the horses. I don't think it needs a driver as it can be stationary.

[Hugh Norwood]

A couple of figures...

Witch with broomstick by H Norwood, on Flickr

What duck? by H Norwood, on Flickr

[Graeme Dunbar]

Ah! A duck with a man growing out of its feet.

Excellent characters as usual.

[Hugh Norwood]

Thank you... I need to find a small scruffy dog now...

[Steve Facknell]

Nice to see the layout at Christchurch MRE on Sunday-
Steve

[MickT]

Nice to see the layout at Christchurch MRE on Sunday-
Steve

Likewise! Nice to see you Hugh and your charming assistant Garry so far south. I think some of the local population thought you had brought a scale model of Leeds with Angst Lesspork as some of them aren't really familiar with what the frozen lands north of Salisbury look like.....  ::). I hope you have recovered from the "Rigsby experience" of the accommodation and thanks to you both for the welcome interlude, cup of tea and friendly chat!

Mick

[Hugh Norwood]

I've now returned from Rail-Ex in Taunton, which was a great event. Three 009 layouts (Ernie's Halt, Tal Coed and Angst-Lesspork) and the Society stand were together in the "Dance Studio". A good number of people through the door and lots of good comments about all 3 layouts. I think we held high the 009 "flag"!

.. and the lunches were VG

Many thanks to Geoff, William and Andrew for driving the layout while I went off to stick my trotters in the trough, attend to calls of Nature, etc. And for helping me load the layout back in my car on Sunday evening.

[Hugh Norwood]

I have had a few problems with one point on the layout occasionally not throwing one way (but fine the other). It became a bit of an issue at Taunton. Of course, it is the point that is used most as it isolates the station section allowing me to move trains forward in the fiddle yard. I decided that perhaps the switch in the control box was wearing out. Today I bit the bullet and performed "brain surgery" on the control box. I don't like showing my soldering as I always think it could be better, but here are a couple of photos.

Firstly, the box:

Control box by H Norwood, on Flickr


then the box opened up:

Control box by H Norwood, on Flickr

Pleased to say that it tests out fine! (Just need to try it out in an exhibition scenario... January next)

[Jeff Schumaker]

Hugh,

I am impressed with how you have designed the track plan on the top panel of the box.

Jeff S.