Just to say a merry Christmas and a happy new year to you all , we've not sent cards out this year so please don't be offended if you haven't received any , we decided to make a donation to a charity for the less well off this Christmas, so hope to see you all in the new year and winter being upon u...

This is very sad news , he will be missed by all those who new him . Please pass on our sincere condolences to the family , I will get in contact with Ian .

hi eddy , seeing Ben asking about ladders i seem to be missing 2 short bottom ladders i think they may have been lost ( perhaps by a certain 5 year old ) so i am slightly embarrassed to ask but i need them to finish my signals off , i will have a final check around tomorrow , if not found then perha...

I spotted something whilst going. Through the photos , In the pictures of the real life signal , the back blinder is facing the signal arm but in the line drawing and the pics of people's signals they face away from the signal arm , I thought that the back blinder exposed the back of the lamp so the...

Hi all , from my Memory the signal wires were tensioned by wheels in the signalboxs and not anywhere else , I also a question about the signal system for shildon , I don't think that I will get my signals put together by next week so you will be 1distant and 1 home short , will this cause any proble...

Hi Ben , mine are the same as Eddies one red and one yellow I'll try and post them when I get back on Monday as well , many thanks Alan

Hi all , is there any news on the u bolts or have we got to make our own , as to paint , I'm happy to go along with every one else but as I only need a very small amount I will quite happily share some with any of you once you get the colour sorted

Sorry I think my Colchester is a bit big for turning the shafts you need , I will quite happily do the cross drilling if it helps ?

They look great Dave , how are the other parts like the bases doing , have they resolved the heat problem and will it all fit into the base , do you need help with any of these parts .

I don't know about anyone else but I don't understand much of this tech jargon . But I'm sure you and jonney know what your doing and as long as there working a bit before Shildon I'm sure we will all be happy , from what I see here we all have our work cut out if we want the signals done for testin...

Hi all , I hope you all had a good Christmas and wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year , it would be nice to see any net wagons you have built in the closed season , wishing you all the best from Chairman , Alan Wood

Hi all , while having a chat at work today , talking got to the signals we are building and the juddering of the servo at slow speed and he said had we considered sail winch servos as they have a drum that allows the sails to be moved in and out , I don't know if this is of any use to the group but ...

Looks good David , did you lengthen the headshunt in the end as when we were there it looked a bit short for a loco and driving truck , hope to get down for the open weekend , perhaps only 1 day .

Hi i dont know about anyone else but saturday morning would be better for me but what about anyone else

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I was wondering if your using steel and Stainless steel are you going to get any corrosion problems and how do you join them .

Hi Dave , I dont know what exactly you have in mind but i am always up to be what help i can ,so please let me know what i can do to be assistance .

Hi David , thank you for the invite , everyone seemed to have a good time and i think we showed that a GL5 event is a deffernate possability , perhaps you could get in touch and we could try and fix it up for next year , did anyone take any photos as none have been posted as yet , many thanks to all...

Hi Ben , we dont seem to be getting the point over to people , WE ASKED ON THE WEB SITE AND AT THE A.G.M , what people would be interested in us trying to produce at a more affordable price but we have had very little response , please make your ideas known and we can make some inquires , we had gre...

Nice to see the yard finally getting used , I hope to come down to your get together in september and will bring my wagons to run.

Sorry David , wont be able to get down to you on the 6th of April as we are at the NRM SHILDON all that weekend running a shunting display , hope we can arrange something for later in the year.