A setback
This weekend was rather mixed. I went to my first ever meet up of the 009 society in Rainford. I loved meeting new people and managed to get hold of a lovely looking Lilliput steam engine and a Graham Farish 08 chassis. I have also purchased some points and some flexitrack. Quite a successful Saturday.
When it came to Sunday I discovered some limitations of the products that I had bought. The Lilliput, as lovely as it is, is old. It needs a lot of tender loving care to make it serviceable. The motor appears to arc when it is moving forward. I am hoping that this is only a minor setback, as I have painted it in Southern Green to emulate the Manning Wardles of the Lynton railway.
I have also decided, unfortunately, to sell my three Langley carriages as they are too big for any of my fleet to manage. I am instead going to concentrate on the aquisition of Dundas Kit carriages. I have seen the Bro Madog carriage kit and some VOR carriage kits that should fit the bill, so there is hope yet.
The station has made some progress in terms of its construction but there is a long way to go yet. I have not really built up the acumen to deal with flexitrack on complicated sections of track. I have instead found some ideas on the Osborn models site where they show layout plans. I am going to opt for settrack instead of flexitrack as it saves me a whole heap of potential issues. I just need to wait till payday before I order the five pieces of track that I am in need of. Hopefully this will complete the track part of the layout, there is plenty of flexitrack left that will complete the full running line from the station to the fiddle yard.
When it came to Sunday I discovered some limitations of the products that I had bought. The Lilliput, as lovely as it is, is old. It needs a lot of tender loving care to make it serviceable. The motor appears to arc when it is moving forward. I am hoping that this is only a minor setback, as I have painted it in Southern Green to emulate the Manning Wardles of the Lynton railway.
I have also decided, unfortunately, to sell my three Langley carriages as they are too big for any of my fleet to manage. I am instead going to concentrate on the aquisition of Dundas Kit carriages. I have seen the Bro Madog carriage kit and some VOR carriage kits that should fit the bill, so there is hope yet.
The station has made some progress in terms of its construction but there is a long way to go yet. I have not really built up the acumen to deal with flexitrack on complicated sections of track. I have instead found some ideas on the Osborn models site where they show layout plans. I am going to opt for settrack instead of flexitrack as it saves me a whole heap of potential issues. I just need to wait till payday before I order the five pieces of track that I am in need of. Hopefully this will complete the track part of the layout, there is plenty of flexitrack left that will complete the full running line from the station to the fiddle yard.
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