Official NGF Coach Tour Participant List and Rules - 2015

dats475 · June 15, 2016, 07:32:42 PM

Wow!! Fantastic!
Your loco collection is impressive. I also impressed about your layout too!! Are they paper kit building? If so look better than the plastic one!! Thank you for posting!

Dats

N-Gauge-US · June 15, 2016, 07:54:33 PM

Quote from: dats475 on June 15, 2016, 07:32:42 PM
Wow!! Fantastic!
Your loco collection is impressive. I also impressed about your layout too!! Are they paper kit building? If so look better than the plastic one!! Thank you for posting!

Dats

Thanks, @dats475 , that's very kind of you

Almost all of the buildings are metcalfe kits, which require little skill and produce great results. What you lose in three deminsionality is made up for in spades with the detailing. A few of the buildings are scratch built/kit bashed, but most of the credit goes to Nick Metcalfe for the designs

As for the locos, I like anything steam and preBR, so I've built up a bit of a variety and I like it that way

Thanks for the compliments guys! I really enjoyed the coach's stay here in Avondale-by-the-Sea, and it is now on its way to Cornwall!

port perran · June 15, 2016, 09:07:35 PM

I shall be scouring the local beach so that I spot the coach when it is washed ashore !

port perran · June 25, 2016, 12:14:31 PM

We returned to Cornwall late yesterday after a short mini break to North Wales.
This morning we made a brief visit to Portreath beach just up the road and found this little chap washed up on the shoreline. Seems to have made it across the Atlantic from the United States . I cleaned it up and sat it on the wall for a quick snap :

Apologies for the poor picture quality (it was wet and windy I'm afraid).
More pictures of the coach at work on Trepol Bay and Port Perran to follow.

N-Gauge-US · June 25, 2016, 12:29:54 PM

Beautiful! Glad to see the glass bottle I set it afloat in managed to make it across in a timely manner

I love the stone rising out of the sea behind it. So different from the water here!

Many thanks for the picture

Can't wait to see it arrive at Trepol Bay and Port Perran!

port perran · June 25, 2016, 03:42:11 PM

It's 1963 and amid extreme secrecy a VERY futuristic carriage has been completed at Derby works and marketed as a "Taste of the Future".
Due to the reputation of their quality paintwork the Cornish Locomotive Preservation Group were chosen to finish the paintwork on the carriage. A great honour indeed.
The carriage was worked down to Port Perran over night covered in tarpaulins) and delivered into the CLPG workshop (an old goods shed) for painting.
The carriage is seen here being shunted out of the workshop for the first time.
Certainly looks very impressive :

[Apologies that this area of Port Perran-2 is not finished].

port perran · June 25, 2016, 03:48:01 PM

The NGS Carriage has been undergoing running in trials around North Cornwall and is seen somewhat incongruously on a variety of workings :

At Port Perran as part of the 14.25 train (ex Truro) heading for Wadebridge (Apologies- just noticed that gravel storage bunker left on the platform by mistake !).

At Trepol Bay behind an ex GW railcar (courtesy Chris in Prague)

Behind an immaculate BR Class 5 forming the 15.30 arrival at Trepol Bay from Wadebridge. The train is seen rounding the curve under the harbour bridge towards the station.

Tank · June 26, 2016, 07:54:59 PM

Excellent photo's and layout. Thanks for sharing.

kirky · June 26, 2016, 10:22:09 PM

Am I too late to add my name to the list?
It would be great to run any of the ngf rolling stock items on Northallerton at it's inaugral exhibition in August.
Do I need to pm Tank?

@Tank

Cheers
Kirky

railsquid · June 26, 2016, 11:43:52 PM

AFAIK port perran is the last on the list, though I'm not sure what the follow-on arrangements are.

Skyline2uk · June 27, 2016, 07:28:41 AM

Hopefully a visit will be made to Filton TMD at some point

List on the very first post is updated

Skyline2uk

port perran · June 27, 2016, 08:07:34 AM

Hi.
The coach will be on its way to Skyline2 on Friday or Saturday.
PM sent

Skyline2uk · June 27, 2016, 08:14:29 AM

Sorry, I thought there was a couple of other members before me?

Of course I will be honoured to have the coach, just want to wait my turn

Skyline2uk

Tank · June 27, 2016, 08:26:55 AM

Quote from: kirky on June 26, 2016, 10:22:09 PM
Am I too late to add my name to the list?
It would be great to run any of the ngf rolling stock items on Northallerton at it's inaugral exhibition in August.
Do I need to pm Tank?

@Tank

Cheers
Kirky

I shall put you on there Kirky.

kirky · June 27, 2016, 08:32:45 AM

Thanks very much.

Cheers
Kirky