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”
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Shillingstone @ Easter
A good day on Easter Sunday with the model performing well. We had a few issues with the Engine Driver app and some runaway trains but otherwise, the layout worked well. I have a few jobs to do before the next outing. I need to revisit the up and down home and distant signals asContinue reading “Shillingstone @ Easter”
Shillingstone for Easter
The layout is now up and ready for the show at Shillingstone Station in Dorset on Sunday. It’s an Easter Egg hunt day at the station. Hope the weather improves. The station is open 10-3 if you want to come and have a look. Some photo’s below from the setup today. Since the layout wasContinue reading “Shillingstone for Easter”
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”
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”
Shillingstone – Progress is slow
The boards for both fiddleyards and the intermediate boards are now together The photos below show the embankment board which will go over Holloway Lane and the Blandford end Fiddle Yard. These are now undercoated and ready for the base top coat and belly boards before fitting the track The
Shillingstone Update
After a slow start I have managed to get some work on the layout underway. I’ve converted the pile of wood in the garage into 4 basebaords, 2 long ones for the fiddle yard and 2 open frame shorter ones for the scenic sections. The next step is to paint these before fixing the baseboardsContinue reading “Shillingstone Update”
13th March, Gillingham Dorset, Trains in the 70’s and 80’s
Shaftesbury and Gillingham Railway Society are hosting a conversation and slide show from David Webber featuring Gillingham Railway station in the 70’s and 80’s. David has an extensive collection of slides from the period featuring a range of trains and many many specials from the period. These include a pair of HST’s, Class 50’s andContinue reading “13th March, Gillingham Dorset, Trains in the 70’s and 80’s”
Shillingstone 1932
My plans for Shillingstone and the show are moving along at a much faster pace than actually doing any work on the layout for the show in August. I have purchased most of the wood, baseboards and completed the woodwork on the southern extension but it has remained too cold in the garage for moreContinue reading “Shillingstone 1932”
GRC Railways 