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by bulleidboy
Sat Oct 18, 2025 4:27 pm
Forum: O, G & other large scales
Topic: Aliborough O Gauge
Replies: 318
Views: 256297

Re: Aliborough O Gauge

Walkingthedog wrote: Sat Sep 27, 2025 8:27 am
Steve M wrote: Fri Sep 26, 2025 10:04 pm That sounds fantastic Brian.
Wing-walking next year?
I can’t imagine how they do that.
Carefully :lol:

Must have been quite an experience Brian - how old was the aircraft?
by bulleidboy
Sat Oct 18, 2025 4:23 pm
Forum: Scenery
Topic: Ballast
Replies: 10
Views: 3758

Re: Ballast

Warm water will soften PVA - let it soak in and then you should be able to remove the ballast - hot (not boiling) water is better, but be careful.
by bulleidboy
Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:59 am
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: WEST ORTON
Replies: 1929
Views: 602813

Re: WEST ORTON

Brilliant work - looks great. B
by bulleidboy
Tue Oct 14, 2025 1:53 pm
Forum: The Welcome Forum
Topic: Hello from Schleswig - Holstein 🇩🇪
Replies: 9
Views: 224

Re: Hello from Schleswig - Holstein 🇩🇪

A belated welcome Charles - as you have probably surmised, this is a friendly forum, with lots of help, information and fun. BB
by bulleidboy
Fri Oct 10, 2025 11:23 am
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: WEST ORTON
Replies: 1929
Views: 602813

Re: WEST ORTON

That looks a lot better Steve. I thought in the original picture of the shed on the layout, that the tracks were not central to the entrance doors.
by bulleidboy
Fri Oct 03, 2025 9:11 am
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: WEST ORTON
Replies: 1929
Views: 602813

Re: WEST ORTON

Very good Steve - you could convince many you had bought a new loco.
by bulleidboy
Fri Sep 26, 2025 1:37 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: WEST ORTON
Replies: 1929
Views: 602813

Re: WEST ORTON

Great picture - I was watching a live stream of Grosmont this morning - I looked out for you. I hope you get your eye sorted out - the Mrs. will have to do the driving :o
by bulleidboy
Thu Sep 25, 2025 8:57 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
Replies: 1320
Views: 580142

Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!

Thanks Brian and Steve - there was a sigh of relief when it all worked. One difficulty was that the plugged wires from switch/push-button/panel top to the circuit boards inside the control box are about 150mm long, and as more got connected up, it was not possible to lift the top very high to ...
by bulleidboy
Thu Sep 25, 2025 7:36 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
Replies: 1320
Views: 580142

Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!

After some months of grovelling around under the boards removing miles of wiring, the point control panel is finally fully operational. All twenty five Cobalt point motors work as they should - and with only two wires from my Hornby Elite to the track.

It has taken some time, as when I created the ...
by bulleidboy
Sun Sep 21, 2025 5:17 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street.
Replies: 580
Views: 319645

Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street.

Nice loco David. I hope the home alterations make life a lot easier for your wife. Barry/BB