The NOCH Workmen Figures.

 Hello...Thought to show you the NOCH Workmen Figures as placed on the Layout.

The GP7 Diesel and crew..

Smith and Jones tend the coupling.

Smith has the black vest.

Close up of Smith and Jones.

The Grain Elevator.

The Grain Elevator workers Lewis and Lane.

The Main Office.

Tom Driscol in the black jacket is the Main Boss.

Smythe in the blue jacket.

I'm very pleased with the NOCH figures - just right for my HO scale Railroad.

All the best. KEV.

Kit Houses on Order.

Hello....Today I ordered two Kit Houses from Walthers (USA).

The Frame Cottage Kit.

The Tillman Farm House Kit.

It is a pity that our Australian Dollar does not trade well against the American Dollar - buying from the US tends to be awfully expensive as we pay double the asking price for Kits.

Well that is my news for Saturday.

Stay well my Friends.

Regards. KEV.

 

New Freight Cars on Order.

Hello...Tonight I've ordered two 37ft Covered Hoppers and  a 40ft Box Car from Walthers (USA).

The 40ft Box Car.

The 37ft Covered Hopper.

( Both cars ordered have separate numbers.)

Walthers do produce excellent products - these Freight Cars are superb.

Well folks that is my news - stay well my Friends.

Regards. KEV.

Some New Additional Buildings.

I made a Grain Elevator from cardboard which suits my needs for the Grain Siding. Also I put together a Walthers Cape Cod house kit- a very satisfying model.

The Cape Cod HO house.

The scratch built Grain Elevator.

Well that is my news for Sunday.

Stay well my Friends.

Regards. KEV.

 

My Completed HO Scale Model RAILROAD.

 Hi..Thought to show you the Layout which has been expanded to fill the entire space available.

The West Wall track.

Overview of the Layout looking from South.

The North Wall track.

The South Wall return track.

The small Village.

The Industrial Area.

My GP7 Diesel and Caboose.

Looking along from the East Wall.

I'm pleased with how the Layout turned out.

A lap around by the Train takes about six and a half minutes.

Well that is my news for tonight.

Stay well my Friends.

Cheers. KEV.

LAYOUT- Disrailment Problems Solved.

 I spent the day sorting out the layout by glueing down parts of the track, adding short straight track to where there were 'S curves' and replacing the GP7 Diesel's coupller with one with a longer shank. All this helped and now I can run the train around the Layout completely without any derailments or uncoupling.                                               

The GP7 Diesel hauls a short Freight train.

Well- next post will be of the entire Layout.

Stay well my Friends.

Regards. KEV.

LAYOUT - Problems.

 Yesterday I built my Layout Benchwork and laid the track to fill the entire shed. Tonight I decided to run a train - however the train cannot make it's way around the track without derailing. The derailing takes place in about six locations - to remedy this tomorrow I may oil the rear coupling of the GP7 Diesel and also glue down parts of the track where the derailing takes place. At present I do have a very bad backache and this does not help with the bending over the layout to fix things- hope to feel better tomorrow.

Well that is about it for tonight.

Stay well my Friends.

Regards. KEV.

Running my HO Train.

 Hi...I've run my train and the GP7 Diesel runs smooth now that I have cleaned the wheels with some abrasive paper. I'm very pleased with how the train runs.

The GP7 hauls a small Freight Train.

The Santa Fe train underway.

I assembled the Walthers Cottage kit.

The kit is easy to put together.

Well that is about it for Sunday Night.

Planning on extending the Layout.

Stay well my Friends.

Regards. KEV.

My First MODEL RAILROAD.

 Hi...Over the past few days I've set up my HO Layout- it is near complete as I've made it all very basic because in the future I may dismantle it completely and build alternative tables for a larger set up.

The 11ft x 4ft Layout.

Factories for delivery of Box Cars.

The Northern End of the Layout.

Factories and Warehouses.

Ground shot of the simple Factory models.

The HO Atlas GP7 Diesel and matching Santa Fe Walthers Caboose.

At present I'm hoping to purchase some 40ft Freight Cars.

Well that is about it for tonight.

Stay well my Friends.

Regards. KEV.