Wykeham - Somewhere in the South.

bulleidboy · Post by **bulleidboy** » Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:16 am

Clan Line about to be "watered" on a rare visit to Manydown.

IMG_0860 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr

BrightonMan · Post by **BrightonMan** » Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:40 am

Much talk, little work

bulleidboy · Post by **bulleidboy** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:24 pm

Merchant Navy Class 35020 - Bibby Line - fitted with a high sided tender c.1956. The loco ran with this style of tender during the "trials" - I have a picture

The tender lining is the wrong colour.

IMG_0877 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr

bulleidboy · Post by **bulleidboy** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:27 pm

Outside Wykeham Station on a Friday night

They have also got the painters in

IMG_0881 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr

IMG_0889 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr

captrees · Post by **captrees** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:45 pm

Very nice stuff. Do the Belisha Beacons flash? Some very interesting details.

bulleidboy · Post by **bulleidboy** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 9:21 am

captrees wrote:Very nice stuff. Do the Belisha Beacons flash? Some very interesting details.

Yes they do

Click on the picture.

IMG_0768 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr

Chops · Post by **Chops** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:06 am

Ambience is brilliantly captured.

bulleidboy · Post by **bulleidboy** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 1:41 pm

A new arrival at Wykeham

IMG_0901 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr

bulleidboy · Post by **bulleidboy** » Tue May 04, 2021 9:56 am

A rare visitor to Wykeham

First time out of its box since 2014. Only four carriages, as five to long for the platform. Click on picture for short video.

IMG_0957 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr

RailwayRobbo · Post by **RailwayRobbo** » Tue May 04, 2021 10:52 am

I love all the cameos you've got on the layout, especially the guys painting the canopies.
I always think that these little touches make layouts more interesting.
They are so simple and easy to add and it's a pity more modellers don't do it.

Pete

Post by **Bufferstop** » Tue May 04, 2021 11:24 am

Great scenic work! Your flashing Belisha Beacons might be rather new, the first ones were converted to flash in 1952. Until then they had simply been orange balls on the top of the poles. the zebra stripes had been added in the late forties.

bulleidboy · Post by **bulleidboy** » Tue May 04, 2021 12:05 pm

Thanks for the comments Pete and Bufferstop. It only takes a minute when, for example, when you have some people to add to the layout, you have them doing something - I have a guy up a ladder washing windows - the couple just stepping onto the zebra crossing could have been placed anywhere, but it just adds that bit of realism.
I've just blown the LED's under the main station canopy - so a fiddly repair job required - I think when moving some wiring, I connected them to a 12v supply - even with a resistor they popped - stupid boy

Barry

PS: Layout era is about mid-fifties until the end of steam.

Post by **Bufferstop** » Tue May 04, 2021 2:54 pm

PS: Layout era is about mid-fifties until the end of steam.

So your zebra crossing has only recently been installed/upgraded. On of those useful little snippets for embellishing your back story when you get visitors.

bulleidboy · Post by **bulleidboy** » Sat Jun 19, 2021 12:07 pm

Another new arrival at Wykeham. Not really me era, so it's now back in its box.

IMG_0965 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr

Bigmet · Post by **Bigmet** » Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:06 pm

bulleidboy wrote:Another new arrival at Wykeham. ...

Capt. Mainwaring: "What's that enormous thing? Surely it isn't one of ours?"
NCO: "But it is Captain Mainwaring, by the new Southern CME Mr Bulleid trying out everything he wanted to do on the LNER, but which Sir Nigel Gresley wouldn't approve."
CM: "Should never have been allowed here then!"

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