Army_Air_Force Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 (edited) August 29th 2018 - The loco made another step forwards to completion with detail added to the pilot and a headlight shroud. I also started the coupler holder. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 (edited) I used one of the other wagons to check/set the coupler height. After the coupler was fitted, the loco was primed and the pink sprayed. After a period baking in the airing cupboard again, the yellow cab roof was painted. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 (edited) The coach also had all its other paintwork completed. Once that has fully dried, it needs its lettering and a satin coat. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) August 30th 2018 - The coach had its satin coat sprayed and once dry, the couplers were attached again. While the open wagons look ok with the MLPR 0-6-2 loco, the coach looks oversize. It does however look in proportion with the scratch built loco. That loco has all its detail painting completed and was then set aside to dry. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) After a few hours with the paint hardening, it was sprayed with a few satin coats and left to dry again before assembly and being placed on the layout for photos. All three locos and rolling stock on show together. For now, the layout is complete again, so that's probably it for updates unless we decide on an extension to the line in future. It's been an interesting and enjoyable journey building this unusual layout. I hope you've enjoyed the trip too. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 I have very much enjoyed the ride (so to speak) and I'm impressed with the end result – but I'll resist the temptation to build one for myself. Does your daughter play with it much? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPuente54 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 It has been a great and magical ride. Thanks! Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 On 12/11/2018 at 15:06, Gorby said: ...... Does your daughter play with it much? Yes, every so often it comes out and we have a Pony day, unless she's modelling, at dance class, swimming class, Brownies etc etc. She has a very busy social life. It was £150 well spent on materials to fill in seven weeks of summer holidays. Fortunately the last two Summer school holidays have only been six weeks long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 What a great project. There is some amazing scratch building here. I love the tree house and the rolling stock particularly . You and your daughter are clearly both very skilled. She's a very lucky girl too to have this build with you. Congratulations to you both on a superb layout. Is she going to exhibit the layout? As I think it will go down very well indeed. Simply superb All the best Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Now that we have three locos that work, I would consider an exhibition. It's something quite a bit different to the usual type of layouts you'd see. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Very strange feeling but i need to listen to Saxons Princess of the Night,great job AAF.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 The "My Little Pony" railroad is now due to make its first public appearance at the Tanfield Railway Steam Gala on June 15th, confirmed by email this morning. Princess Twilight and friends are rather excited about the outing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Yesterday was the big day for the ponies and their railroad! It was the Tanfield Railway Steam Gala. Tanfield Railway is the oldest railway in the world will be celebrating its 300th Anniversary in 2025. The steam gala is the main event of the year where in addition to the home based locos, guest locos visit, hauling both passenger and mixed freight trains. I arrived while the trains were still being assembled and the coaches and wagons were being shunted around and moved to the main line. Here's a couple of shots from early morning. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) I started the day on my own as my daughter was at dance class, but she would join me around mid day. The layout was set up in the carriage shed, also being used as a loco shed on a temporary basis. The main loco shed, the oldest in the world still in use, needs roof repairs and its use is currently restricted. I set up the layout end on to the public so that both sides would be visible. The layout was overlooked by a much larger loco than I would be using. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) By about 12:30pm, my daughter turned up and took over the operation of the layout. There had already been lots of interest from children and parents alike. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) To give a bit of audience participation, I had printed out pictures of all the ponies, along with a number next to each one. Beside the layout, I had a 20 sided dice and gave the kids four rolls of the dice to pick random numbers to decide which ponies had a ride in the train. That too was popular. We had a great day and the railroad and locos performed faultlessly. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Wonderful outcome! Its the simple things in life that are the best!👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Recently, Google Chrome has started blocking http hosted images on secure pages, so many of my pictures stopped showing. As a result, I've just changed hosts that supports SSL and now my pictures are secure. This has meant I've been editing all my threads to replace the picture links with new https links. I've just had a great trip down memory lane renewing the pictures in this thread! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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