Author Archives: Gavin Collins

Shillingstone Open Day 5th April

A year since I posted via the blog and not direct to Facebook, Same activity as the last post just a year later, getting the Shillingstone layout ready for the open day at the station on Saturday. The key change from last year is that I now have the Signal box ready to go TheContinue reading “Shillingstone Open Day 5th April”

Busier than expected

The S&DRT show at Edington in early January went very well with the layout and stock behaving itself. Phil came and helped and we had a good time at the show. I’d already made the decision to commence the rebuild of the boards to improve the running across the board joints and rectify the smallContinue reading “Busier than expected”

Ready for Wincanton Show 11-12 Nov

Getting Sturminster ready for the show at Wincanton next weekend, managed to get the Collett running, not sure what I did but runs around the layout and Poole Sidings now with no problems. All the points have been checked on the layout along with the routes and Signals and most of the engines have beenContinue reading “Ready for Wincanton Show 11-12 Nov”

Shillingstone Green and Ballasted

Progress on the boards has moved on a couple of stages, The bridge frameworks are now all in place, for the first outing I will use Scalescenes brickpapers for the bridges and abutments and potentially later on replace with Plasticard if I don’t like the look. The track has been ballasted with Gaugemaster brown ballastContinue reading “Shillingstone Green and Ballasted”

Shillingstone -Embankments and Bridges

With the weather being a tad warmer in early may before the hot spell I’ve been able to make some progress on the layout. On the scenic boards the embankments are in, the first layers of paper mache for the land base are on and both Raglans drove and Haywards Lane. The bridges and piersContinue reading “Shillingstone -Embankments and Bridges”