Dunallander Update March 29th 2022

An update on the work Roy has been carrying out on add-on "town" Boards. The road surface needed to be higher, so the 4mm ply top surface has been elevated on 6mm ply pieces to bring it up to the level of the platform top as shown below.

Roy then filled in the gap between the platform and the town boards with similar 4mm ply cut to size and mounted on 6mm ply blocks,

The final photo shows the station board with the town boards removed. Tongues of 6mm ply on the town board fit into recesses under the new road sections on the main board.

Dunallander Update Wednesday 9th March 2022

During last Saturday's meeting gave the first opportunity to lay out Mike's buildings on the nearly complete town area baseboards. Here is a view of the town area

Here is a wider view with the station buildings.

The most challenging building to fit was the Railway Hotel. The road is on a gentle incline, and the footpath adjacent to the hotel descends more steeply via a flight of stairs (still to be added). A slight adjustment was required but it now fits nicely.

Another view from the top of the street.

Dunallander Update 1st February 2022

Mike and Roy have continued to progress with work on the layout. Roy has fixed the crossover between the Down Line and the branch which was causing derailments if a train was reversed from the Down. This wouldn't be a frequent operation but will be required for running around the pickup goods as it's part of the only loop in the station area. Mike has been continuing to produce his buildings as shown below.

Sunnyside House completed.

Numbers 1 - 3 Bridgend which is situated beside the signal box.

Another building group completed and weathered, just requires chimneys, gutters and finished with matt varnish spray.

Dunallander Update 16th January 2022

Although we had to cancel our meeting on the 15th, Mike and Roy have carried out some work on Dunallander. Roy has carried out some more improvements on the wiring and Mike has been making another of his excellent buildings. Below are a couple of photographs of Sunny Side house. The building is about 75% complete with just the rest of the slates, the bay window roof and the chimney tops to do.

Dunallander Update 4th January 2022

Happy New Year to everyone and hope that life finally gets back to normal. Below are some photographs of Mike's latest work on the station Buildings.

Roy has also been busy on the wiring for the junction board to make it more resilient and to reduce the amount of single-strand wire

Dunallander Update 21st December 2021

Further progress has been made to the station area since our last post, and below are the latest pictures of Jim Watt's excellent station canopies.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and at hopefully at some stage a return to normality next year. Stay safe.

Dunallander Update 4th December 2021

A few members of the group managed to get together on Saturday at Roy's shed. Although meetings have been restricted due to the ongoing pandemic, Roy has been busy on the layout. The following photographs show the progress Roy has made on building the formers for the scenics. The base for the terrain is built up using foam board.

This is from the south end looking at the station and goods yard and beyond to the junction

Looking towards the viaduct over Allan Water

Looking south towards the station