Priorities and progress.
I must open this post with an apology for not posting for a while.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of my job, I don't get a lot of time to do any work on the railway. I have been involved in several projects at work and literally haven't had any time to focus on the Bron Effans Line.
I have decided to readjust my focus on the line for now and break the issues down into more manageable steps. I have to consider boring things like budgets and times and appointments etc.
So, to this end, I have some weeks off work booked in July/August to spend at home and on the railway. My main priorities are the following.
1. Scenery. The Bron Effans line currently looks like a large sheet of chipboard. I am going to build up the scenery and create the elevation before my time off work. It's all well and good me keep talking about the railway and building rolling stock. I need something for it to run on.
2. Tracklaying. I still only have the old and frankly tired N gauge track from the old layout for my trains to run on. I am going to need to put my hand in my pocket and get some new track. I may as well get official 009 track to use and so I will purchase the peco starter set to get the ball rolling.
3. Power supply. In the brief moments of free time that I have had, I have discovered that the old transformer and controller I used on my N gauge layout is no longer fit for purpose. I have ordered a reconditioned gaugemaster controller for my new layout and that should be arriving soon. This will mean I can at least get a bit of a test track laid.
4. Rolling stock. There are so many unfinished projects on my work table at the minute. The 'Talyllyn' needs some new couplers and sourcing some suitable ones has been a bit of a challenge. Nothing seems to have worked yet. But I have some thoughts about a solution.
The Eger is in need of another coat of paint and some final details.
The diesel needs a name and another coat of yellow for the warning boards. I think it would also benefit from additional detailing and some lines to be cleaned up on it from a stray brushstroke with the red.
The carriages. The dundas carriage is not far from being finished. I have prepped the glazing and just need one more coupler for it to allow it to run up and down the line. The situation is the same with the bug box carriage.
Sorry for the long post and the waffle. I felt i owed you all an explanation about how things are, or are not, progressing with the project.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of my job, I don't get a lot of time to do any work on the railway. I have been involved in several projects at work and literally haven't had any time to focus on the Bron Effans Line.
I have decided to readjust my focus on the line for now and break the issues down into more manageable steps. I have to consider boring things like budgets and times and appointments etc.
So, to this end, I have some weeks off work booked in July/August to spend at home and on the railway. My main priorities are the following.
1. Scenery. The Bron Effans line currently looks like a large sheet of chipboard. I am going to build up the scenery and create the elevation before my time off work. It's all well and good me keep talking about the railway and building rolling stock. I need something for it to run on.
2. Tracklaying. I still only have the old and frankly tired N gauge track from the old layout for my trains to run on. I am going to need to put my hand in my pocket and get some new track. I may as well get official 009 track to use and so I will purchase the peco starter set to get the ball rolling.
3. Power supply. In the brief moments of free time that I have had, I have discovered that the old transformer and controller I used on my N gauge layout is no longer fit for purpose. I have ordered a reconditioned gaugemaster controller for my new layout and that should be arriving soon. This will mean I can at least get a bit of a test track laid.
4. Rolling stock. There are so many unfinished projects on my work table at the minute. The 'Talyllyn' needs some new couplers and sourcing some suitable ones has been a bit of a challenge. Nothing seems to have worked yet. But I have some thoughts about a solution.
The Eger is in need of another coat of paint and some final details.
The diesel needs a name and another coat of yellow for the warning boards. I think it would also benefit from additional detailing and some lines to be cleaned up on it from a stray brushstroke with the red.
The carriages. The dundas carriage is not far from being finished. I have prepped the glazing and just need one more coupler for it to allow it to run up and down the line. The situation is the same with the bug box carriage.
Sorry for the long post and the waffle. I felt i owed you all an explanation about how things are, or are not, progressing with the project.
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