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Spooky Halloween lighting on 'Dales Peak'
LED in place, lights down, and a long exposure later, this is a rough idea of the model lighting effects to come. This is only one LED, roughly placed, but I’m sure it’s going to look grea… more →
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Spooky Halloween lighting on 'Dales Peak'
dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: LED in place, lights down, and a long exposure later, this is a rough idea of the model lighting eff … more →
Dapol Track Cleaner is a suck-cess
dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: For its first test I am running the Dapol Track Cleaner over the recently ballasted trackwork. Here … more →
Onwards and upwards... the loading silo continues
dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: The loading silo grows taller The base of the storage hopper was cut and assembled onto the loading … more →
Work continues on the loading silo...
dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: At the end of the evening, when the ‘kiddywinks’ had gone to bed, I managed a little mor … more →
Just time for some more ballasting
dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: It’s been a busy old week, so I’ve not had much time to dedicate to the layout, but I di … more →
A blast from the past... 'a right clever clogs'
dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: No, I haven’t decided to ditch DCC and adopt DC control instead. Rather, I just had time to do … more →
A first fitting for the loading silo
dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: Before going any further with scratch building the silo, I wanted to do a test fitting to check both … more →
Building the base of the silo tower...
dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: Another evening of scratch building. This time the base of the silo tower takes shape. Ribs added to … more →
Scratch building the silo continues...
dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: In the last throws of the day, I got out the scratch building tackle and pitched into a continuation … more →
At last... some scratch building
dalespeak wrote 3 months ago: With plans, tools and materials at the ready I’ve started to change the look of Overdale Quarr … more →
Paper, Scissors, Rock...
dalespeak wrote 3 months ago: I mentioned, at the back end of 2008, that I wanted to change the appearance of ‘Overdale Quar … more →
The first train to 'Overdale Quarry' under DCC power
dalespeak wrote 6 months ago: With the DCC ‘power bus extended to the incline track I can now run the first train from the l … more →
Track laying progress at Overdale Quarry...
dalespeak wrote 7 months ago: I took advantage of a quiet moment the other day and started to lay some sections of track around an … more →
New siding for 'Overdale Quarry'
dalespeak wrote 8 months ago: I started to create the new siding at ‘Overdale Quarry’ by modifying a Peco SL-E91 code … more →
Getting side tracked...
dalespeak wrote 8 months ago: Slow, but steady, progress is the order of the day at the moment. When time is tight for working on … more →
One good turnout deserves another
dalespeak wrote 9 months ago: With the first of the Peco SL-E88 Code 100 turnouts modified I could now install it at ‘Overda … more →
Christmas Time and Buxton Lime
dalespeak wrote 9 months ago: Despite recent events, things have been happening on “Dales Peak’. All right, there may … more →
Overdale Quarry... painting the rock face
dalespeak wrote 1 year ago: I’ve started painting the quarry rock face and cutting. Just a rough base coat of grey emulsio … more →
Overdale Quarry... rendering the rock face
dalespeak wrote 1 year ago: Continuing the scenery work at the back of the layout, I have been rendering the rock face and cutti … more →
