Jonny, can you let me know what Arduino kit you're using that I need to get hold of so I can programme something. I think I can do the coding, it was interpreting what was supposed to happen in real life and translating that into code that was tricky! Actually I'm wondering if we can't come up with ...

The Lens drawings (and modern battery boxes) are available on Unipart Dorman's site: http://www.unipartdorman.co.uk/productsearch/default.aspx?Type=1&Range=Trackside%20Signals A Network Rail Document Index is available here: http://www.ihsti.com/NoRCS/docs/brafas01/dept/elec%20pub/network_rail/nr_co...

From your photos Dave it appears that the signal is electrically driven. I'd be surprised if most of the BR semophores now in service aren't motor operated - I wonder when that came in (ie compatible with the steam era)? Driving them electrically might be more "prototypical" if the Shildon layout is...

Further to Dave's post about sources of information, here's a quick round-up of some of the book resources I've seen listed (and I own none of them so I can't comment on their usefulness!) Some in the "...in colour" series from Ian Allen publishers British Railway Signalling Development in Colour Ro...

I have ambitions to one day own enough of a back garden that a signalled siding might be a possibility - or failing that a display track with a buffer stop and a signal. A tall LMS tubular signal would certainly be nice - I've seen a mix of eras with colour light and semaphore gantrys, but Jonny wou...

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Any theory I had is just guesswork, like same design team considering possible re-use of the frame, or trying to re-use fabrication jigs - but there can't have been any financial saving in it, unless there was some sort of test/approval process for the drawgear that would be expensive to repeat/rede...

I've scanned it now, you'll have to send me your email as I can't attach it here, the file is too big.

I didn't take many photos, I spent a bit of time wandering round and catching up with the members of ESMEE I haven't seen for about 3 years! Anyway, the yard has plenty of capacity!

I've got a copy "somewhere", might take a while to find it, under various other years of ME, but if I can get hold of it I'll scan it.

I'm guessing the easiest available source of figures would be dolls house figures, typically at 1:12 scale, so slightly large but not too much. As for the uniform, a cap with something like a period station master's uniform?

Jim 70036 wrote:I should confess too that if you haven't already spotted it I put a left hand twist in the bracket on the front buffer beam instead of a right hand one, I thinks it's called Sod's law.

Well if it makes you feel any better, so did I, and I had the drawing in front of me!

At the risk of answering my own question, I do have this drawing in my own collection of files, thanks to Paul. Long bracket dimension 1' 6 1/2"

Jim, I'm about to make vacuum pipe blanking/connectors for the tender and loco bufferbeams, but I don't have any drawings for these. Can I ask what size stock did you use for the twisted bracket? How far down does it go? I imagine it would be fairly standard. I saw a photo that you put up a of this ...

From my drawings, it appears that the buffers on LNER gangwayed stock were 3'-11" long (pretty damned close) but with only 3" spindles (3 1/2" on non-gangwayed stock), though perhaps this changed with time. The inner 1' - 6 3/8" was 2" square, slotted as you say for the split cotter. Don't forget t...

I was hoping a large South West GL5 contingent would come too! I don't think I'd manage to fill even one of those sidings on my own! Still, fun to be had, remarshalling a train in a specific order in the least number of moves etc.

"Laser cutting on things like v hangers an irons should be a few pence each if cut from 1mm steel. On a bigger note Brent and I have thought a rack of Preflow wagon would be good the old airfix thing in bright yellow ( blue circle cement) under frame a bit of a bugger but If enough interest again la...

Following your Brit build on MECH, I'm slowly putting together a modelworks Brit, not sure when that will be finished, I hoped I'd have completed it 3 years ago! A few more months and I might have all the wheels on.

Buffers are fairly standard and common, I guess anything that could be CNC turned that most model engineers don't have in their workshop. More complex assemblies like screw couplings which are expensive (although there is a fair amount of work involved, so don't know how economy could be acheived co...

Good to see things are progressing, I'd like to be able to come down and visit some time this year, it would be good to try and fill that yard but I suspect it will take a lot of rolling stock!

Regards,