In no particular order
cranbrook model-railways narrow-gauge planningAfter my post on Cranbrook’s fiddle yard I cleared my diary and made the “big list of things to do” on the layout. It’s quite a stream of consciousness, so doesn’t reflect an order of priority or even things that are likely to be done. Converting the estate line to 10.5mm track, for example, would make it truly 18″ gauge, and a good home for Carnegie, but require a lot of upheaval and a whole new set of stock. So that’s probably one to leave for a while. Many others are more practical and some are even in progress.
So as a (hopeful) motivator I’ll set up a link to this list in the sidebar and update it as items are completed (or as I think of more stuff to add). Feel free to nag if it doesn’t change very often…
Sort out fiddle yard- New front fascia
- New solution for securing legs when stored
- Leg extenders and/or height adjustment
- Decide what to do with trees
- Make/fit trees
- Convert estate line to 10.5mm gauge
- Bury coupling magnets
- Fix rear truck on #2
Get #8 chassis repaired- Rebuild #8
- Alter detailing on #9
- Look at axle slop on railbus
- New chassis for #1
- New chassis and frames for #5
- Add livery to Windle loco
- Build Wrightlines Skylark kit (in progress 17/06/2009)
- Build Vulcan SLR #85 kit
- Build Drewry railcar on Underground Ernie chassis
- Get/build Nigel Lawton Simplex kit
- New bogies and add weight on passenger coaches and bogie van
- Shortlist wagons to repair
- Repair wagons
- Define car cards for shunting
- Review operating sequence
- Brace backscene
- Consider lighting
- Clean scenery
- Restore ground cover
- Build cattle dock
- Fix hoist on brewery
- Tidy up shed so layout can be out permanently!
- Clean/paint Anchor Wharf loco
- Loco for spare 08 mech
- Loco for 2-6-2T mech
- Replace HWLR lettering where needed
- 6″ extension
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