Today I picked up a new bachmann class 108 in bue grey which is a really nice runner (in DC anyway as Im still waiting for my Elite delivery)

Its a three car unit here is both ends together

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...0/S7003422.jpg

on the viaduct

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...0/S7003402.jpg

lit up

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...0/S7003426.jpg

and a video

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUesDDfMNx8

John
RJR

The lift out section across the door was always ment to double as a diorama and was started as an entry in the CRM forum.

On Sunday I lifted out ,the lift out. Placed in the car and drove 10mins up the road onto Saddleworth Moors about as far as a Lancashire Lad dare go

Here are some of the pics (I got some strange looks from passing motorists !!)

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...on30/setup.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...n30/steam2.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...n30/steam3.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...n30/steam4.jpg



John
RJR

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...alon30/375.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...alon30/374.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...alon30/372.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...lon30/stag.jpg

Those are really good pictures John. Very inventive! :)

One might also say that the back drop was a bit of divine inspiration.
John (G)

Very well executed. Its a pity that you did'nt show the photographs first, then ask can anyone spot the location, I of course would have spotted the long horned Droylsden Deer, :D that is a native of Saddleworth Moor

Seth (of Droylsden)
Now in Warwickshire on Missonary Work---Can't get a Hollands 'tater pie for love nor money !!!!!

Great shots John. You can't beat natural lighting. Many smaller layouts were often photographed outdoors for magazines but you don't seem to see it as much nowadays.

Glad you liked the pics , makes having passing motorist look at you in a funny way worthwhile !!

I finally have a means of DCC control (my Hornby ELITE has arrived) so here is a video of 37057 in action with sound :D

Its in two parts as its a big file

Part 1 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vUT6w8g4eJk

Part 2 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jLDSduSWwOA

The last section "encore" of part 2 is my favourite

John
RJR

Very good John.
Of all the features that DCC brings to railway modelling I think "sound" is the one that appeals to me the most although I have yet to be impressed with anything available in N Gauge.

Amasing. The outdoor photos would have fooled me into beliving they were real, had you not posted the first one of your car.

Great outdoor photos. One or two could almost have been Glenfinnan!

Thanks also for the video. Not sure yet about sound, but may be convinced by the Bachmann Jubillee when it arrives!

Best wishes,

John H-T.

In cab camera
 

Ive been experimenting with a wagon to hold the camera to give the impression of "in cab" views

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blUFKoj__Sc



John
RJR

Hey folks, like the pics RJR, wish I could model like that, I could get rid of the hornby platforms then! just going back to signalling for a mo, model rail did a couple of articles on signalling recently (from issue 109 I think). If you want to keep with bicolour signals have a look at local (major) lines as more and more led style twin lens four aspect signals are being put up (top lens= yellow/green, bottom lens= red/yellow. just a thought.

I haven't seen one of these signals in the flesh. Do the double-yellow aspects not tend to merge together when viewed from a distance?

They're known as Ultra Bright LED signals, and it's a very apt description. So in answer to your question, no they don't merge. In fact IMHO two yellows can be distinguished from a further distance than on the older colour light signals. Unfortunately though for the same reason when you get close to them at night it feels like your retinas are melting :eek:.

(And as a little bit of trivia, the bottom set of LEDs are angled downwards so that you can still see them when you're passing underneath them, just like the older light signals had a fresnel lens wedge).

Thanks Foggy. I will have to look out for them. I have come across quite a few of the 4 aspect/4 lens signals that use LED's but not the 2 lens variety.

London Bridge high level (platform 1-6) has them

Time flies when you are having fun............ Ive just checked the calandar and if my maths is right, March the 20th 2008 is the 6 month aniversary of the shed arriving. Work inside started on the 22nd. To mark the occasion I have had the camera out to make a new video that shows most areas as they are todate, after 6 months progress.

This was the view inside 6 months ago.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...shedinside.jpg

Here it is .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELhnjfB_E6g

John
RJR

Great stuff John.
You've worked wonders in such a short length of time.