Model Train Media | DaveAtLittleton | Activity https://modeltrainmedia.com/members/daveatlittleton/activity/ Activity feed for DaveAtLittleton. Thu, 21 May 2026 04:48:20 +0200 https://buddypress.org/?v=3.0.2 en-US 30 hourly 2 b3429cd0a861a2be5a26c40311234f01 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: After over a year, I am back working in my brass kit […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/18040/ Mon, 18 May 2026 16:24:55 +0200 After over a year, I am back working in my brass kit loco Littleton No 5 (the real one lives at Avon Valley Railway) with guidance from Nick Allport I now have the body assembled. Next jobs are to add the details, motor and paint. A brass kit has taught me a new level of frustration when it comes to modelling, but I keep telling myself, once…

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]]> 0 f5dfc2adbdddc4514a523176df6d6451 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/17608/#acomment-18039 Mon, 18 May 2026 16:17:06 +0200 @casey-jones thanks for watching 😊

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My goods yard broke so I had to rebuild it and I thought I’d share what I learnt 😊

https://youtu.be/lbDjBLuOYH4?si=debeWcBCs_NCWlDI

]]> b2bad12e40ee8b99d1221304fe31d839 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/17608/#acomment-17617 Tue, 12 May 2026 16:19:52 +0200 @Modeltrainmedia thank you ❤️

In reply to - DaveAtLittleton posted an update

My goods yard broke so I had to rebuild it and I thought I’d share what I learnt 😊

https://youtu.be/lbDjBLuOYH4?si=debeWcBCs_NCWlDI

]]> 0a1d3f4bc401daeba20f1125bc76ded1 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: My goods yard broke so I had to rebuild it and I thought […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/17608/ Tue, 12 May 2026 15:19:48 +0200 My goods yard broke so I had to rebuild it and I thought I’d share what I learnt 😊

https://youtu.be/lbDjBLuOYH4?si=debeWcBCs_NCWlDI

]]> 4 2960392d1d6358e25eb3fb50c8e9caa3 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/17254/#acomment-17422 Sat, 09 May 2026 23:05:29 +0200 @casey-jones I wasn’t quite happy with it anyway so it fored me to make some minor changes and happier now 😊

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Quick recap, I discovered the cork my goods yard was built on was peeling off the base Layre. The whole thing was rilipped out and redone with a thick layer of gravel directly […]

]]> 7d7a6ba31ac6adfd652e0c7311ffd650 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/17254/#acomment-17283 Fri, 08 May 2026 21:34:28 +0200 @Oscar Thank you Oscar and great app. My only suggestion is that when I open the app, I would prefer to go straight in to my feed. I feel the home page would he better named ‘explore’ or ‘discover’. I don’t know if other people would feel the same way? But so glad to have an app, it’s more responsive than using a browser.

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Quick recap, I discovered the cork my goods yard was built on was peeling off the base Layre. The whole thing was rilipped out and redone with a thick layer of gravel directly […]

]]> 7c1232285a2da39f6944cc601f53cb96 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: Quick recap, I discovered the cork my goods yard was […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/17254/ Fri, 08 May 2026 19:30:56 +0200 Quick recap, I discovered the cork my goods yard was built on was peeling off the base Layre. The whole thing was rilipped out and redone with a thick layer of gravel directly on to the base board. The goods shed now stands on plaster rather than cork. I am please with how this looks, just waiting for it to dry so I can play 😁

]]> 4 4be52f47d544da76ddcecb14c8e564f7 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/17046/#acomment-17253 Fri, 08 May 2026 19:25:53 +0200 @casey-jones it’s sort of above the shower 😅

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Recently I wired up track, point motors and a signal. It’s so cool being able to use the leavers to control the layout. Unfortunately, I noticed the layers of cork used to build […]

]]> 6e52355785acbba5e97afaaa20798de1 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/17046/#acomment-17053 Fri, 01 May 2026 09:17:00 +0200 @Mal Neat PVA

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Recently I wired up track, point motors and a signal. It’s so cool being able to use the leavers to control the layout. Unfortunately, I noticed the layers of cork used to build […]

]]> 789a43b2e945f43f087a9fd92b900bc6 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: Recently I wired up track, point motors and a signal. […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/17046/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:44:57 +0200 Recently I wired up track, point motors and a signal. It’s so cool being able to use the leavers to control the layout. Unfortunately, I noticed the layers of cork used to build up the hight of the goods yard to make it flush with the track, has started to peel up, after I did the scenery, so it will all need to be ripped out and redone 😕

]]> 6 06e9d45345713ea627399e7774007b95 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: At £40 these working signals with lights are not a […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16832/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:42:15 +0200 At £40 these working signals with lights are not a bargain but definitely worth the money

]]> 1 7a8183343b255d2f5a171eaea9d48452 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16777/#acomment-16788 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:05:53 +0200 @RustBucket cheers 😊

In reply to - DaveAtLittleton posted an update It’s finished (mostly), ply wood, polystyrene, ratio stone, plaster mixed with grey pant, an old mainline card kit, hornby loco, rapido, Oxford, bachmann and hornby wagons, a […] ]]> d4e58c237d71a84e68aa8f46710c6684 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16777/#acomment-16787 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:05:40 +0200 @CannibalChow thank you 😊

In reply to - DaveAtLittleton posted an update It’s finished (mostly), ply wood, polystyrene, ratio stone, plaster mixed with grey pant, an old mainline card kit, hornby loco, rapido, Oxford, bachmann and hornby wagons, a […] ]]> 702e66a0365b3d415fc90a2fc8042dc9 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16732/#acomment-16784 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:16:25 +0200 Nice dock

In reply to - Aaron posted an update Ladders are in on that side ]]> 783c2499995a561cc0efa5762edb3b6b DaveAtLittleton posted an update: It's finished (mostly), ply wood, polystyrene, ratio […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16777/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:29:27 +0200 It’s finished (mostly), ply wood, polystyrene, ratio stone, plaster mixed with grey pant, an old mainline card kit, hornby loco, rapido, Oxford, bachmann and hornby wagons, a Dapol crane. Humbrol paints, some old track and some bits and pieces for decoration. The build itself is fairly cheap and basic, the biggest costs probably the crane… Read more

]]> 6 9b153a3485bfd2316a273bc03cde40a0 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: Having had Hornby's PBA 39 for a while, I now have […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16647/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:41:59 +0200 Having had Hornby’s PBA 39 for a while, I now have the matching wagons from Rapido and I’ve built Dapol’s Dockside Crane. These loog great together and I look forward to making a Dockside diorama

]]> 1 ffb6cb661f69f13d671e6b5b213d48fb DaveAtLittleton posted an update: A new loco, the LMS compound. Improving an existing loco, […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16509/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:50:33 +0200 A new loco, the LMS compound. Improving an existing loco, a detail pack for my 8F and improving the layout, a Dapol LMS Home Signal

]]> 1 14cf1ae8bf3c045c56f4bd51eb4f58a7 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: For the second time I've chipped the Sentinel l, this […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16488/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:15:40 +0200 For the second time I’ve chipped the Sentinel l, this time I’ve removed the DCC socket as the wiring kept coming apart and have hard wired the chip.

]]> 1 d64dbc7b9017b3156516af2e9c8d7bc2 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: An early birthday present. I have a serious addiction […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16377/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:13:04 +0100 An early birthday present. I have a serious addiction to Kitmaster kits

]]> 1 feabb0061332cd63d429c2a260a4b18f DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16327/#acomment-16376 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:11:15 +0100 My layout is in the loft so I can’t just play with it when I like so I make small dioramas to display trains on as well as keeping a hornby playtrains set under the sofa

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When I started this hobby 3 years ago, I was so excited to build my first layout. Well, as many of you probably know, that process takes longer than you thought. Especially, when you have […]

]]> 175a73cd40c36ad6340d48635ff92abc DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16307/#acomment-16369 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:22:18 +0100 @casey-jones thank you, I’m enjoying working on this section so far

In reply to - DaveAtLittleton posted an update Soon my trains will be able to pass through the station and in to (but not through… Not yet) the open countryside ]]> 1d87113c2adf4bc9063561718897aaf9 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: Soon my trains will be able to pass through the station […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16307/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:22:30 +0100 Soon my trains will be able to pass through the station and in to (but not through… Not yet) the open countryside

]]> 2 5546be5a1d7429df985e29cee80104ed DaveAtLittleton posted an update: Hornby's Digital Trainset Somerset Belle. What do you […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16209/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:01:23 +0100 Hornby’s Digital Trainset Somerset Belle. What do you get and is it hood value?

https://youtu.be/zuBsZPwh2tc?si=goOUfKQG8L1Iz1ph

]]> 1 0c9b43797ebcd42c0b1c01a55a709dde DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16102/#acomment-16156 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:01:16 +0100 @casey-jones thank you 😊 I just need to remember to do things in the right order lol

In reply to - DaveAtLittleton posted an update I’ve just doubled the scenery from 4 foot to 8 foot and am about to double it again. This time I’ll be adding a cutting though files inspired by the photos my dad took and adding […] ]]> c522ced6b1ddca01c1e4606421706286 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: I've just doubled the scenery from 4 foot to 8 foot and […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16102/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:19:41 +0100 I’ve just doubled the scenery from 4 foot to 8 foot and am about to double it again. This time I’ll be adding a cutting though files inspired by the photos my dad took and adding a house that reminds me of my grandparents home

]]> 2 ef5795cfd6b94ecfdc2ec2955e91f4cf DaveAtLittleton posted an update: Ivatt 2MT No. 41243 used to pull the local service along […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16060/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:08:51 +0100 Ivatt 2MT No. 41243 used to pull the local service along the Midland line between Bristol and Bath, finally on my layout at my Bitton inspired station.

]]> 2 b854d0ca0964285fac233bfdc6934b70 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16029/#acomment-16054 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:13:39 +0100 @casey-jones as a precaution, this is just a very cheap hornby 4pin chip. As I now know the loco works well with dcc, and there is plenty of space inside the loco, I can add it to the list of loco as for possible upgrade to the HM7000

In reply to - DaveAtLittleton posted an update Unfortunately testing seemed to indicate that the socket in this loco was faulty so I had to remove it and then hardwired a chip instead. ]]> 4c304ac5683e35a0c726cf01dff50c8f DaveAtLittleton posted an update: Unfortunately testing seemed to indicate that the socket […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/16029/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:15:05 +0100 Unfortunately testing seemed to indicate that the socket in this loco was faulty so I had to remove it and then hardwired a chip instead.

]]> 2 4a679af473a64a41ecc9930f17517e2c DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/15857/#acomment-15993 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:32:41 +0100 So cool

In reply to - LoadingGaugeLucy posted an update I attempted to make some foxgloves in TT120! 🤪 What do you think? ]]> aa063ce6cca7dbb3e49398de7af6992a DaveAtLittleton posted an update: It's been 2 years since my first layout Tour, […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/15992/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:02:59 +0100 It’s been 2 years since my first layout Tour, here’s what’s new at Littleton Model Railway in 2026!

https://youtu.be/6btxUjBrCHY?si=HkTdfOkX1mVFsn5G

]]> 1 2bc8f5d8f9a81dddeeef69000a6da163 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/15732/#acomment-15814 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:07:32 +0100 @casey-jones thanks, even on a modern setting these would look good and so many are still around

In reply to - DaveAtLittleton posted an update Hornby Princes Coronation 46237 City of Bristol departs Littleton Station. This model is fitted with a Hornby HM7000 ]]> d233576e172773a3a1562de75a60547b DaveAtLittleton posted an update: Hornby Princes Coronation 46237 City of Bristol […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/15732/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:52:32 +0100 Hornby Princes Coronation 46237 City of Bristol departs Littleton Station. This model is fitted with a Hornby HM7000

]]> 3 744463364a92ad07c839e351c6541aa5 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/15688/#acomment-15731 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:50:08 +0100 Nicely done

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]]> 2e2f2fad8294c8ffdce83afd82973c02 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/15721/#acomment-15730 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:49:33 +0100 Looking good 👍

In reply to - Stescan posted an update Happy with the extension to Crook st. much more operational interest now. ]]> 613685cbb948f4bb2da482ca13d0da01 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: I'm finally connecting up the station scenery with the Farm https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/15145/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:13:28 +0100 I’m finally connecting up the station scenery with the Farm

]]> 1 9c11fce8ae5956bda8743a334693d939 DaveAtLittleton posted an update: If you have a one with a ringfield motor and want to chip […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/15144/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:12:24 +0100 If you have a one with a ringfield motor and want to chip it without loosing the massive weight, there is a small weight just in the firebox that can be removed and it’s just big enough (with some rewiring) to fit a small 4 Pin decoder.

]]> 1 209780dc41a52b8beabd263d2912784d DaveAtLittleton posted an update: If you have a one with a ringfield motor and want to chip […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/14980/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:38:30 +0100 If you have a one with a ringfield motor and want to chip it without loosing the massive weight, there is a small weight just in the firebox that can be removed and it’s just big enough (with some rewiring) to fit a small 4 Pin decoder.

]]> 1 1e6b18cd3d835701db34e4e8c7286a8d DaveAtLittleton posted an update: I bought an Airfix tank to make but I couldn't resist it... https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/14974/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:28:05 +0100 I bought an Airfix tank to make but I couldn’t resist it…

]]> 1 20fc7ecc89ba60758b5d38cbad9e8346 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/14866/#acomment-14973 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:15:09 +0100 @Dublo how many kits are in that pic? I think I spot quite a few

In reply to - DaveAtLittleton posted an update I recently made this Dapol kit, really happy with how it came out. I added a bulb for the stove fire effect thanks to the metal wheels the kits come with ]]> 4ac1a10ebc8c73400fa72ea46bba1873 DaveAtLittleton posted a new activity comment https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/14866/#acomment-14972 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:13:29 +0100 @casey-jones thank you 😊

In reply to - DaveAtLittleton posted an update I recently made this Dapol kit, really happy with how it came out. I added a bulb for the stove fire effect thanks to the metal wheels the kits come with ]]> e4ebd08b025fcb6ac4ccf6807739c77a DaveAtLittleton posted an update: I recently made this Dapol kit, really happy with how […] https://modeltrainmedia.com/activity-feed/p/14866/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:16:08 +0100 I recently made this Dapol kit, really happy with how it came out. I added a bulb for the stove fire effect thanks to the metal wheels the kits come with

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