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It’s a wrap !
In preparation for Ally Pally this coming weekend, the Ingatestone crew have been busy getting ready the boards that we are taking to display. On Sunday, the packing crates for the corner boards were finished, with an extra day of work by Tom, Bob and myself getting the foam core for the scenery being cut. …read more.
Mar 15, 2016
Ingatestone readies for Ally Pally
With our first official outing only 6 weeks away, when we will be showing as a work in progress at the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace – have a look at: www.world-of-railways.co.uk/shows/show/the-london-festival-of-railway-modelling/ This last weekend, Lawrence, Mo and Tom were hard at work progressing the side board boxes and getting our …read more.
Feb 2, 2016
Ingatestone is so Bracing !
Progress today on the storage and transport boxes for the two side boards – five and six. Tom and Maurice spent today adding the bracing to the side panels which will eventually be mounted on the skates and provide protection. I took the opportunity to do some wiring on the aforementioned boards, to get them …read more.
Jan 24, 2016
New Year progress on Ingatestone !
Although we have been quiet over Christmas, that doesn’t mean that we have not been active on Ingatestone, as the photos will attest ! Progress since the last update: Bob has been busy progressing the bridge nearer the country end of Ingatestone station and has started the drawing of Stock Lane bridge further …read more.
Jan 7, 2016
Off our trolleys?
It is often said that rail fans are off their trolleys! But the guys working on Ingatestone 00 are now firmly on and in control of their trolley’s. We have been putting in some painstaking work (gold star for Mo for his skill and guidance) to build some trolleys so the layout can be …read more.
Nov 16, 2015
Leaves on the line
We are looking for an 00 scale modern tractor as tractors of today are quite big and sophisticated as can be seen from the pic of a New Holland (monster sized) tractor crossing the level crossing at Ely. Does anyone know of a 4mm model? So why the obsession with a farm tractors? …read more.
Nov 7, 2015
Update – Track laying and Carpentry.
Above we see a couple of pictures taken by Lawrence Robbins this afternoon at Keen House. These show the great progress being made on Ingatestone. Mo, Tom and Kevan are seen building the base for the new dollies that will take boards 5 & 6 in due course. The second photo shows boards 5 …read more.
Oct 4, 2015
Ingatestone Summer progress report.
The last few weekends have seeen further progress on both tracklaying and making handholds. All boards have now had the handholds routed out, which will be a major safety and comfort feature on the layout, enabling a firm grip to be kept when manoeuvering the boards around. The first track on boards 5 and 6 …read more.
Aug 24, 2015
A busy weekend for Ingatestone.
A gloriously sunny Saturday June 27th saw Mo, Bob, Tom, Kevan and Chris head for Ingatestone to take measurements for the next stage of the 4mm layout: The buildings. After checking in with the Station Manager, we measured the footbridge piers, the station buildings before turning to the level crossing. With the assistance of the …read more.
Jul 5, 2015
Ingatestone on track !
Progress has continued on tracklaying on Ingatestone, with most of the running lines now down and soldered securely to screws at the board ends. In the pictures you can see work in progress last Thursday night. Improvements made to the baseboards have seen additional bracing added to remove some of the twistability from them. …read more.
Jun 26, 2015
Progress on Ingatestone’s corner boards !
Today was a day of progress for the layout: A working party including Tom Slade and Lawrence Robbins worked on Boards 5 and 6 (the corner boards) to core the stretchers and prepare them for reinforcement. In the pictures, Lawrence is seen at work with the corer fitted to the power drill. If anyone is …read more.
May 31, 2015
Ingatestone Away Day !
On Saturday June 27th, the Ingatestone team will be heading to Ingatestone (where else!) for a measuring, drawing and photographing session. From the station area to the Cricket Pavilion, we’ll be busy getting the detail as accurate as possible for our layout. If you are in the area from mid-morning onward, come by and see …read more.
May 19, 2015