More mucking about with New Walmington Pier

[piermaster 1,054]

More mucking about on New Walmington Pier! (OO9 scale).

I need to get this running 110% perfect for the Festival of Model Tramways at the London Museum of Water and Steam, Green Dragon Lane, Brentford TW8 0EN on Saturday and Sunday 22nd & 23rd July. So I decided that the stores tram is never going to be a smooth runner and therefore withdrawn.
The modified Egger-Bahn stores van has been repainted, and a coupler added to one end of the Toastrack Car and the isolated rail joint at the shore end removed.

 

[Chris 1,398]

Loving this Dave. Quite like the van attached to the tram. 

The pier end looks super; does the merry-go-round, er, go round?

All thats missing is a band stand with a brass band belting out the Dambusters!!

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5 hours ago, Chris said:

Loving this Dave. Quite like the van attached to the tram. The van doesn't do every trip along the pier, around 1 in 5 trips.

The pier end looks super; does the merry-go-round, er, go round? Yes it does. 

All thats missing is a band stand with a brass band belting out the Dambusters!!  For a teacher, I'm beginning to worry about you!! The pier is set 1900-1914, and the Dambuster was when? Go to the back of the class if you don't know!!!

 

[Bob Hughes 533]

Tut tut Chris. 

Anyway, the racket from the carousel would clash with a band... And there's no escape until the next tram back to dry land is due.

 

[Chris 1,398]

Never really thought about that... Labour and Love then :-)

Regardless, looking super.

Incidentally, being a PE teacher, can I claim ignorance of history? :-)

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I'm a product of the 'Old School' system, the regimented, strict discipline, "you had to pass" education regime. Enough said!  

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A couple of coats of paint on the pier and on the toastrack car:

 

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All tested and ready to go to the Festival!

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The two music stand lamps arrived today from China and tested on the layout in the garage with no additional artificial lighting and what a difference they make! I will paint the black clasps the same colour as the backscene.

The Corgi Wright Biplane arrived recently and at 4 inches wingspan I will find a way to incorporate into the backscene as my 'Magnificent Man in His Flying Machine'.

 

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Tested the music stand lights and painted the clamps to match the backscene.

Close-up of the 'My Magnificent Man in his Flying Machine' otherwise a Corgi 1903 Wright Brothers Flyer secured by a plastic spigot on the backscene.

 

Fly over New Walmington Pier or ride the tram along it? Your choice!

 

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Layout changeover - 'Terminus - All Change!!!' has a six-week rest and 'New Walmington Pier' is tested for its exhibitions at St Peter's Church, Woodshawe Rise, Braunstone, Leicester LE3 1RH on 5/11 and Marshalls Park School, Pettits Lane, Romford RM1 4EH on 11/11.

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This is how it will look at an exhibition - lights, plane, tram, carousel and Action!!!

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New Walmington Pier all ready at Braunstone Model Railway Exhibition at St Peter’s Church, Braunstone, Leicester on Saturday 04/11/17, It was a great little show and a very fitting tribute to the late Reverend Canon Chris Burch who organised these exhibitions until his sudden death exactly a year ago.

New lighting units make a big difference!!

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After cutting back some track at the shore end of New Walmington Pier (009) to eliminate the rough running I was left with a blank area. I recently found a shortened Bachmann Cable Car body and thought 'What an ideal Shelter' so after a bit of touching up and weathering, The former Walmington Town Tramway horse-drawn body will be relocated at the shore end of the pier as the new shelter.

As John (Buz) says: 'A model railway can be completed but its never finished'

 

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Completed!!!

[buz 138]

Hi Dave

Don't know how I missed this.

Looking really good love the early plane on the back scene.

I will stick with the tram those new fangled flying machines will never catch on

Looks like I got 3.5 seconds of fame

regards John

On 6/21/2017 at 0:23 AM, Chris said:

Never really thought about that... Labour and Love then :-)

Regardless, looking super.

Incidentally, being a PE teacher, can I claim ignorance of history? :-)

NO report to the headmaster immediately

regards John

Edited 16 April by buz

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Mr Thompson a PE Teacher, must be a product of Loughborough University? It is noted for mass production PE Teachers!!

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Slight change on New Walmington Pier - it looks more prototypical running with just the single car. Like Southend used to do.

 

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I'll be working away from home 5-7 June so today (4th) was my only day to test 'New Walmington Pier' before 'Trains at Trinity' at Biggleswade Methodist Church on Saturday 09/06.

Controller - works 
Connections secure - Yes
Tram - works
Carousel - works
Background sound - works
Plane sits securely - Yes
Loose figures restuck - Yes

All this in a 3 feet long layout!!!

 

 

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Had a terrific weekend in Blackpool last week (23 & 24/6) with New Walmington Pier at 'Totally Models' which is an exhibition of model trams and tram layouts organised jointly by Blackpool Transport Services and Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours. Here's some photos of a few layouts and the real trams we rode!

Trawler Tram 737 used for our 'Fish & Chips' tram supper on 22/06/18.

New Walmington Pier.

New Walmington Pier

California Dreamland - HO scale.

Aberdeen Trams on The Tram Stop - OO scale.

1934 built Balloon Car 717 recently restored to original livery ready to leave Rigby Road Depot for an exhibitors evening ride to Fleetwood and back on 23/06/18

 

[buz 138]

Hi Dave

You just have to try and make tram 373 oops! may be not I nearly forgot it doesn't really fit with the tram layouts you have.

regards John

 

[Chris 1,398]

737 would surely be doable wit a plastic boat kit suitably bashed? Excellent photos.

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7 hours ago, Chris said:

737 would surely be doable wit a plastic boat kit suitably bashed? Excellent photos.

7 hours ago, Chris said:

737 would surely be doable wit a plastic boat kit suitably bashed? Excellent photos.

737 is available as a limited production resin kit.

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New Walmington Pier will be at the Bishop's Stortford Railway Society Exhibition on Saturday 18th August at Birchwood High School, Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BD.

www.newwalmingtonpier.com

[buz 138]

Hi Dave

pictures please if you get the opportunity.

regards John