Showing posts with label Clayhanger Yard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clayhanger Yard. Show all posts
Thursday, February 07, 2019

Clayhanger Yard

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What's your modelling dream?  Mine is to have a room big enough that all the layouts I've ever built can be set up at once....
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Monday, March 10, 2014

Farewell, Clayhanger Yard

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Back in late February, I mentioned that my 7mm scale layout, Clayhanger Yard was for sale. At Kettering show, I was made an offer and accep...
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Saturday, March 08, 2014

Kettering 2014

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My second proper, serious O gauge show! Kettering is a great show to exhibit at. You have to be there early enough to get a parking space ...
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Friday, March 07, 2014

Preparing for Leamington Exhibition

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Another weekend, another model railway exhibition. This time though, it's the local show, just down the road from me at Stoneleigh. I...
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Thursday, February 27, 2014

For Sale: Clayhanger Yard

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The time has come, with 2 exhibitions this month, to part with Clayhanger Yard . I need the storage space for more projects and don't ...
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Saturday, October 19, 2013

The Great Electric Train Show

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Odd name for a model railway show isn't it? When I saw it on the list of potential titles for the first Hornby Magazine show in Warwic...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Cars for Clayhanger

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Looking over Clayhanger Yard, I think I need another road vehicle tucked away. Looking around Guildex, I was struggling slighty - there a...
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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Guildex 2013 - Please bring food

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I don't know why I didn't book the Friday night. I mean, I always book accommodation for the Friday night of a show. Except this ...
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Friday, September 13, 2013

Watching a Pug shunting

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Clutching his copy of " Industrial Locomotives of the West Midlands ", Bob Baker watches LMS Pug No.11234 shunting a couple of ...
Friday, September 06, 2013

Off to Telford for Guildex

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Off to Guildex at Telford this weekend - how exotic is that? Seriously though, we'll be standing behind Clayhanger Yard for a coupl...
Thursday, September 05, 2013

3-link coupling hooks - Part 2

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After struggling a bit with the 3-link couplings on our 7mm scale layout Clayhanger Yard, I came away from Midland Railex with a whole lot ...
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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Midland Railex 2013

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This years Midland Railex came with the promise of a "Shunter Special" event. With this in mind, when were asked at last years eve...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Safety first

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  One lesson learned at Hartlepool with Clayhanger Yard, was that the fascia panel hiding the lighting rig is a bit low. As we didn...
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Friday, August 16, 2013

Off to Midland Railex today

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Later today, we should be loading up Clayhanger Yard and heading to Midland Railex at Butterley. This year we should be on Stand 31, adj...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Sacks added

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With the electrics sorted, I'm not doing the best bit of layout building - adding detail. As a start, some of the Skytrex sacks have ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Micro-switching O guage points

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One of the biggest "issues" we encountered when Clayhanger Yard went to Hartlepool was that the polarity switching in the Peco po...
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Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Getting the sacks

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The final installment of my O gauge bits'n'bobs is a pile of sacks, again from Skytrex. Each is a whitemetal casting and they a...
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Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Skytrex piles

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Painting complete, I'm quite pleased with these. The picture above shows the SMRA13 Piles of Crates & Oil Drums by Skytrex . It...
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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Hartlepool 2013

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There's nothing I like better than to spend a baking hot Friday afternoon stationary on the M1 motorway in a small, underpowered van tha...
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Monday, July 15, 2013

Sleeper cleaning

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   All that ask ballast was entertaining to lay on Clayhanger Yard. As mentioned on Wednesday, it sticks everywhere. Standard gauge t...
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