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Green and Red Engines at Perejil « Result #1 Today at 6:54pm »
After taking some pictures of passenger trains at Perejil this morning I had some time to kill so I hung around for a while and was soon rewarded by the appearance of the FCPyF's venerable #21 on a short southbound empty mineral train.
The old 240 wheezed to a halt at the station before setting back into the siding.
The only possible reason for this move had to be an opposing train so I waited patiently, is did 21's crew, for some time before a familiar face appeared heading north with a loaded mineral train. Percy would appear to have caught the sun, or be in dire need of a good cleaning!
well been working on the fiddleyards today & i have been able to remove the endboard so both now will be through yards & will beable to be placed anywere with the On30 mod layout & are traverser Type yards one yard will have 3 tracks & the other will have 4 tracks
the yards will have ajustable legs at the end that will not be against Forks so theses end will need packing if not used againsed forks
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Re: Potters Lane 00 gauge module « Result #4 Today at 12:24pm »
I have actualy found it easer to move as a bigger unit ! The use of the interior door as a base and the foamex board for everything else has kept the weight down nicley though as the whole layout weighs 23kg.
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Re: Forks Trestle new pic's 31/08/09 « Result #6 Today at 7:44am »
In an exchange of PMs last night between Mozzer and myself regarding stock for Forks Trestle at Uppermill show I wrote...
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I was thinking of the Bachmann railbus and railtruck combo, an easy set for operating as it is double ended so it can run back and forth without being turned, plus either the 440 or the 260 plus a few items of rolling stock to make up a suitable train. Sunday only though because I've got Northampton on the Saturday.
Laura's just got back home from her band gig and I have permission to play out.
Brian replied...
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thanks bob sunday fine i was thinking of putting your 440 on my teak coaches to see how it look as i may then get one for myself
i will leave stock up to you
These photos show the Baldwin with both types of coach and the Rogers with the Bachmann vehicles.
Baldwin with Chivers
Baldwin with Bachmann
Rogers with Bachmann
While anything goes on the assembled modular layout the larger engine might be better suited as a regular loco appearing with a three car train on Forks. The Baldwin is a very small loco but I wanted something which looked very old fashioned for the FCPyF and #8 fits the bill perfectly.
Re: Forks Trestle new pic's 31/08/09 « Result #7 Yesterday at 10:32pm »
one of the panicks is over my brain was saying it was this weekend ont next so i should have the fiddleyards finished by then but it will have to be done now in 1 week insted of 9 weeks
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Re: Potters Lane 00 gauge module « Result #8 Yesterday at 10:21pm »
Managed a bit more progress on the lane tonight. First both modules were bolted together and then the track was trimmed back at the joint. The track was then laid on the second module and glued in place. At the join I soldered the rails to some copper coated panel pins. Once the track was in place the dreaded balasting was done!
Tonight I made a big decission with regards to transporting the modules. Rather than moving them as two seperate modules I have decided to leave the two halves bolted together as one 6' x 2' unit. This also solves another problem with regard to the OHLE crossing between the modules. The complete layout will fit in the back of the volvo estate with the seats down and will make setting up a lot easer at shows when used as my westcoast miniatures demo unit.
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Re: Uppermill November 28th/29th 2009 « Result #9 Yesterday at 10:00pm »
This is a busy weekend!. We have seven members, with six layouts between them, at four shows on two continents! Letchworth, Saturday, including Two Sisters Farm. Northampton, Saturday, including Haston Nomad, Lochnagar and FCPyF (also Jordan as a relief operator). Princeton (Minnesota), Saturday & Sunday, including Winglett's Recycling. Plus Uppermill, Saturday & Sunday, including Forks Trestle.
I've already replied in your Forks Trestle thread Brian but if you can use a hand (and some extra stock) on the Sunday I'll endeavour to get permission to play out from SWMBO.
Might be able to help out on the Sunday but I'm at Northampton with the FCPyF on the Saturday.
JT's your best bet for Saturday, providing if he doesn't have anything else planned, as he's local to the venue and also has some suitable On30 stock... I really want to see a photo of that Consolidation on the trestle too!
If you make it bob i think we can find you some lunch & lots Of Tea
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Re: Forks Trestle new pic's 31/08/09 « Result #12 Yesterday at 9:43pm »
I'm able to help out on the Sunday but I'm at Northampton with the FCPyF on the Saturday.
JT's your best bet for Saturday, providing if he doesn't have anything else planned, as he's local to the venue and also has some suitable On30 stock... I really want to see a photo of that Consolidation on the trestle too!
Uppermill November 28th/29th 2009 « Result #13 Yesterday at 9:18pm »
the show has had a layout drop out &
HELP
Forks Trestle is now filling in on november 28th/29 2009 @ the show in Uppermill can any help I have a passinger train & a logging train plus a small goods train
Re: On30 Modules. « Result #14 Yesterday at 9:13pm »
HELP Forks Trestle is now filling in on november 28th/29 2009 @ the show in Uppermill can any help the now fiddelyards may not be working & the layout may just be running with a lot of hand shunting in the yards
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Re: Rebel Ridge RR « Result #16 Yesterday at 8:58pm »
At Alsager show last weekend I purchased a couple of second hand wagons, both have a Hartland G scale chassis with the wheelsets regauged to 32mm. They appear to have been used on a 16mm scale layout (judging by the couplers) and are too wide for the 10mm scale Rebel ridge RR but I have started work adapting them to the smaller scale. One of the wagons is a standard Hartland gondola and subject of the first conversion. I have removed the flat bed outboard of the side walls to make the wagon quite a bit narrower, the original is built to look like a removable body on a flat wagon but the RRRR's gon will look like an outside framed vehicle. The underframe collapsed when I shortened the headstocks to match the body but the design of the wagon is such that the frames can be placed closer together for use with 32mm gauge though this will entail shortening the axles, a task I'll save for daylight as my vice is outside in the yard and I don't relish the prospect of SWMBO coming home from her band gig to find it clamped onto the kitchen worktop! The photos show the wagon, after narrowing, in comparison with the coach. The loco, wagon and coach all have different couplers at present and I'm undecided which system to use yet.
The second wagon with its scratch built wooden body appears a bit more flimsy than the Hartland gon so it can wait until I've finished the first conversion before I start work on it.
Incidentally, that's not blood on the newspaper, I haven't managed to remove a finger while trimming the underframe! It's rust coloured poster paint from some On30 weathering that I'm also doing this evening.
Re: On30 Modules. « Result #17 Yesterday at 7:25pm »
standing from the back of the layout it will be the right hand yard that will have the through running track As the left hand board is already built the yards will be traverser's of around 3 foot 9 inch which sould take 3 bachmann coaches & a loco
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Re: Southend Model Railway Exhibition « Result #19 Yesterday at 6:43pm »
Too far south for me, sorry, but if you take any pictures please feel free to share them via the forum or email them to me and I'll post them on the website as another gallery in the virtual exhibition.
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Re: On30 Modules. « Result #21 Yesterday at 6:28pm »
From Brian's post it looks as if one of the fiddleyards will be suitable for through running, a requirement if we are to have scenic sections at each end as RJR Shed and Punto Veinticinco will be at the show in January, though for shorter line ups the standard FY-Layout-FY formation can still be used.
So, if you're short of space John, I'd say that the answer to your question is yes and you don't need to build another fiddleyard.
Note to self - Finish off the traverser fiddleyard pronto. Limited time left before the building embargo takes effect!
I am making 2 fidelyards for Forks Tresle so it can be used on its own of which 1 can be used with the On30 Mods as long as its against Forks One of these with have a through road
Does this mean I dont need to knock up a fiddle yard ?
Re: On30 Modules. « Result #23 Yesterday at 12:05pm »
I am making 2 fidelyards for Forks Tresle so it can be used on its own of which 1 can be used with the On30 Mods as long as its against Forks One of these with have a through road
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Re: Perejil Apartadero « Result #24 Yesterday at 9:42am »
Cheers John. I was quite surprised with the outcome of those two pictures. They were taken using the room light* only as can be seen by the shadow cast by the water column. The camera (Samsung L830 compact) was mounted on a tripod and set for "nightscene" then triggered using a timer so that there'd be no shake during the exposure.
* Here's the surprising bit, the room lighting is a 5 watt low energy bulb!
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Re: Perejil Apartadero « Result #26 on Nov 18, 2009, 10:21pm »
And very nice it looks too !! The last two pictures must have been taken in a different light than those previous ?? They look much different, no flash ?
I've also been trying to find pictures of south american stations to see what exterior/platform area street lights would look like so I can make some - has anyone (bob!) got an pictures showing steam era station areas and lights..
Try Ferro Latino (www.ferrolatino.ch) Richard, it is a wealth of information.
OK, so it's Canadian and standard gauge, but Nick's Northpoint displays an admirable lack of passenger facilities. The photo shows my CN railcar awaiting custom at Northpoint, taken last weekend at Alsager show.
This photo shows a similar lack of facilities, and this time it is closer to Ferrocarril Internacional home ground. Image from Rail Pictures
Better facilities, but the low platform only serves the track nearest to the station building. Image from Ferro Latino
A low platform may be present, but not used if the doors of the train are on the wrong side! Image from Ferro Latino This photo shows the other side of a similar train... Image from Ferro Latino
The shallow platforms on the FCPyF were fomed with scrap wood before the ground cover was added.
Asilo's platform is scrap wood, surfaced with coffee stirrers.
Rio Paleta and Perejil do not have platforms, just a sandy area around the station buildings.
Paulista Railway station, Porto Ferreira, Sao Paulo State. Broad gauge on the right, narrow (2') on the left - the NG track curves in the foreground to cross the BG on a flat crossing, then crosses the River Mogi-Guaçú (I hope the cedille in the c shows up... ) on a combined rail-road bridge (off-picture). On the right you can also see the engine shed. As can be deduced from the name, Porto Ferreira once was a river port and the starting point of paddle-steamers which plied the river and which lasted until tracks were pushed farther inland from another line.
... I don't think I'll be building an up to date layout to put one on, ...
Me neither... In fact if I ever feel the urge to do so, I shall watch this video again. It'll save time over lying down in a darkened room, and I won't even have to play it more than a few seconds...
Re: Jordan's Workbench- O scale Class 14 « Result #33 on Nov 18, 2009, 7:24am »
In order to determine what to do with the cab, I've folded the bonnets up to see how wide they are and how they sit with the cab.
First off there are five half-etch lines where the bend has to be made; with the help of a steel bar of near-enough the right diameter, they bent to shape very easily...
So a quick mock-up with both bonnets, the cab, and a bonnet end were in order...
A End:
B End:
... and a couple more gratuitous pictures just to make sure...
The result of this is that the cab will have to be split into it's four sides, and the two ends narrowed a bit to fit. As the tops of the cab sides need to be rolled to better fit the roof profile, and this would be easier if they were seperate items anyway, this is the best option all round...
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Re: modern image « Result #34 on Nov 17, 2009, 10:29pm »
Sounds like a 101, changes gear like a 101, smokes like a 101... somebody's just put a new body on an old 101 chassis! In all fairness it should look quite nice when they have finished the body:-)
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Re: Some you win... « Result #35 on Nov 17, 2009, 10:12pm »
At last I've started sticking it back together. Of note are the thinned window pillars either side of the centre window and the built up headcode box, which will conveniently take the lettering panel from an old Hornby 25 (converted to a 24 with no headcode long before Bachmann brought their models out).
Suppose I really ought to cut off the plastic handrails and replace with wire, but they never look as good as they should when I do them!
On the livery front I've found a B&W picture showing what looks like a green machine with the whole cab front painted yellow in 1971. Didn't think there would be much green left by that date, but there is a maroon coach at the back of rake of blue/grey ones it's pulling. I presume it's green anyway, judging by the number style and the bodyside white stripe.
« Last Edit: Nov 17, 2009, 10:21pm by cheshire001 »
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Re: Westcoast workbench « Result #36 on Nov 17, 2009, 9:32pm »
Nice work, really reminds me of the "look and feel" of Stafford. Love the doorway into the ticket office, although I suspect a good deal of the paint should be worn away!
Just curious how you made the doors, plastic backed with acetate??
Curious to think how old this "modern" stuff is now.
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Re: La Estación Punto Veinticinco « Result #37 on Nov 17, 2009, 8:16pm »
The WikiPiki looks something like what I was trying to achieve with Asilo though the grass is considerably lusher. The problem is of course that longer grass interferes with the passage of lightweight models much more than it does with full sized trains.
I still have some Pot-Toppers that I was going to use for grass on Puerto del Sastre, I may try again with these on Rebel Ridge when it gets built but that will be after the January show has been dealt with.
I like the loco in this picture. It looks like a drawing by somebody not familiar with trains, with the side tanks added as an afterthought. It may be possible to build one using a kiddies' toy as the basis.
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Re: Perejil Apartadero « Result #38 on Nov 17, 2009, 7:59pm »
I have been sat looking at the Perejil for quite a while and have decided that it doesn't actually need anything extra adding. So the module is now complete, well within the deadline I have been set by SWMBO as the cut off point for building anything attached to a baseboard (module or layout) in advance of the show, though whether or not Perejil is at Crewe depends upon how much space can be allocated to the modular layout.
It is currently wired for DCC only but a section switch will added to enable the loop to be isolated so that I can also run it on analogue DC.
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Re: La Estación Punto Veinticinco « Result #40 on Nov 17, 2009, 7:11pm »
Evening all
I am going to have a play around with some ground cover on a small board with a length of track laid on it..
The plan is to dry out some childrens play sand in the oven (an hour at Gas mark 6 while SWMBO is out tonight!) then mix it in with some pollyfilla powder, a shot of PVA, some water and a mix of yellow/brown poster paint.
Not sure how much paint I will use, I just need it to look like off yellow sand, not too yellow, not too brown .
Off to the kitchen now and will take a couple of photos and post them tomorrow once its dried out...(thats unless I get caught cooking sand in a roasting tray in the oven - if that happens I will post the pictures as soon as I get back from casualty!)
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Re: La Estación Punto Veinticinco « Result #41 on Nov 17, 2009, 7:02pm »
Thanks for that lot Bob!
I am planning to have the ground cover across the layout just above sleeper height (mainly to disguise my dodgy track laying and copper strips!) . Around the station I think I will lay some coffee stirer edging and then infill so that it looks sort of raised but not quite.
Hopefully picking up the boards on Thursday and the weekend will turn into a messy two days of platers, sand, glue, water, frustration and eventually ground cover!
Saying that, I like the look for this I found on wikipedia...
I was going to say that there'd be not much freight moving on New Year's Day but then I remembered it's only as recently as 1974 that it has become a bank holiday. We forget these things when modelling historical scenes.
I've also been trying to find pictures of south american stations to see what exterior/platform area street lights would look like so I can make some - has anyone (bob!) got an pictures showing steam era station areas and lights..
Try Ferro Latino (www.ferrolatino.ch) Richard, it is a wealth of information.
OK, so it's Canadian and standard gauge, but Nick's Northpoint displays an admirable lack of passenger facilities. The photo shows my CN railcar awaiting custom at Northpoint, taken last weekend at Alsager show.
This photo shows a similar lack of facilities, and this time it is closer to Ferrocarril Internacional home ground. Image from Rail Pictures
Better facilities, but the low platform only serves the track nearest to the station building. Image from Ferro Latino
A low platform may be present, but not used if the doors of the train are on the wrong side! Image from Ferro Latino This photo shows the other side of a similar train... Image from Ferro Latino
The shallow platforms on the FCPyF were fomed with scrap wood before the ground cover was added.
Asilo's platform is scrap wood, surfaced with coffee stirrers.
Rio Paleta and Perejil do not have platforms, just a sandy area around the station buildings.
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Re: La Estación Punto Veinticinco « Result #46 on Nov 16, 2009, 11:48pm »
Thanks for the Langley link - those rabbits look interesting...However looking through John Teals thread I saw the Farmers Market set which has just what I need - although I like the counter in his cantina - is that scratchbuilt?
On a seperate note, I have been considering the station area and what to do for platforms. origiinally I wasn't planning to have any at all but have had a play around tonight and decided to have a "rasied" area - basically it will be some thin balsa (3mm)to raise the ground up a little with some wooden planks (ala Macdonalds) along the edges...
I've also been trying to find pictures of south american stations to see what exterior/platform area street lights would look like so I can make some - has anyone (bob!) got an pictures showing steam era station areas and lights..
Hi John. Could you tell me what you used for the ground cover/ballast here? I am trying to get my module a combination of sand changing to earthy colour like yours and stuggling to get the right colour - your look sspot on for what I want!
Re: Models i am working 4mm next a GWR TPO « Result #49 on Nov 16, 2009, 11:24pm »
A Today as well as painting the Highland TPO I am making a start on a GWR Dia L23 TPO from the 247 Developments range Heres what you get in the box i am going to be replacing the etched Gangways with 247's cast ones now off to switch on the iron
well i have got the body built apart from fixing the roof on once this has been done i will need to fill in around the net doors I have drilled out the roof ready for the vents which will be fitted once i have finish fitting the roof but that will be tomorrow Now as will the chassie I boboed when fitting the ends as i got then the wrong way & had to remove them & re-fit at the right ends
The Highland TPO today coat of LMS maroon & tonight i have got the roof & ends painted
Re: Jordan's Workbench- O scale Class 14 « Result #50 on Nov 16, 2009, 11:18pm »
To get the cab to fit the foot plate i would just file the cab ends re-forming the tumblehome till its the right size
When i built this class of Loco in 4mm it was a whitemetal kit it tuck me longer to get the chassie to run nice & slow than build the body also as i do it as my job thats why i am on my 3 coach In 5 days
Nice work with this I take it you are finishing it in Green livery
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Advent Modellers « Result #51 on Nov 16, 2009, 11:14pm »
Hi all,
Lawndale RR is to make its 'pre-debut' (if there is such a thing) at Advent Modellers exhibition on Saturday 6 June 2010 at Norton Village Hall, Norton, Suffolk (midway between Bury St. Edmunds and Stowmarket and Norton is signposted from the A14). Exhibition is a charity event in aid of Norton Village Hall.
Walmington Pier Tramway will be beside the sea at the Advent Modellers exhibition on Saturday 11 September 2010 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Nicknamed 'Kensington on Sea' because of the upmarket London influx at weekends!, Venue details to follow but it is another charity event this time in aid of the Aldeburgh Community Hospital.
Aldeburgh was made famous by Benjamin Britten who created the nearby annual Snape Maltings Music Festival, and has the best fish and chip shop in Eastern England - be prepared to queue for up to an hour, but there's a pub next door where you can take out your drinks whilst queueing!!
Re: Jordan's Workbench- O scale Class 14 « Result #52 on Nov 16, 2009, 8:33pm »
A bit more progress; the Comedy Soldering Show is well underway...
The end steps are now in place:
And underneath the footplate some of the supports are in place (don't know the technical term!)
On top at each end the checkerplate is in place, and nuts for securing body to chassis (something I forgot on the Class 22 until late in the build!) There's a tab missing for one of the handrails, too (right-hand side below)- no idea how that's happened, but it won't be a problem to make another one...
The instructions say to check the cab doesn't overhang the sides; crucially it doesn't say what to do if it does, and hey, guess what...??? It overhangs either side by about 0.5mm...
I'm not sure which way to tackle this yet. The best way would be to slice up the middle of each end and narrow it that way, but I need to make the bonnets up first and see how they relate to the cab. It may mean I have to cut the cab at each corner and remove the surplus width from there...
I must say this; I don't know how on earth people like Brian (mozzer) manage these kits in the smaller scales...!?!?!
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Re: La Estación Punto Veinticinco « Result #56 on Nov 16, 2009, 3:31pm »
Thanks for the picture - yes, they look comparable. Although I have just had a look at the GrandT lines website and I have got the frames in upside down!
I have just managed to melt one of the walls (there card covered polystyrene) so will be redoing them later using plasic - the stuff for sale signs are made of.
I've just got hold of some slaters embossed plasitcard that looks like render so will be covering them in that - I was thinking of doing the inside of the walls with macdonalds coffee stirers instead of plain rendering. I've also just downloaded a picture that will go along the back to give it some depth which should look ok when I get some furniture inside and a light.
I don't suppose anyone knows a supplier for 1:48th scale shop fittings? I could do with a couple of normal counters, a till and general shop things - I could probably scratch build them but with time pressing will buy them if I can get them...
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Re: La Estación Punto Veinticinco « Result #57 on Nov 16, 2009, 2:40pm »
Looking good Richard. The windows are correct, if you look at pictures of old wooden train depots on the web you'll see that they can be and often are as tall as the doors. http://www.okgenweb.org/~oknowata/nowata/depot.jpg These buildings predate widespread distribution of electricity and made the best possible use of natural lighting wherever possible.
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Re: La Estación Punto Veinticinco « Result #59 on Nov 16, 2009, 1:53pm »
Afternoon all..
Just thought I would post a quick update to Punto Veinticinco...
First all track is laid, wired and working and part of the ground cover has been laid. Unfortunately this caused a few technical problems with the fiddle yard cassette area so the baseboards have gone back to the maker to be slightly adjusted - he is also going to re-fit the backscenes while he has them as my woodworking skills are worse than bad!!
They should be back later this week and then the ground cover will be completed and I will also take a few photos.
The layout itself needs three buildings. The main station building, a parcels/post office and a small factory unit. I have been putting off starting these, but time is pressing on so made a start on these yesterday afteroon.
The pictures below are the fronts for the main station and the parcels office. Obviously these need sides and rears, but I forgot to measure the space for these before sending the boards away...
Before doing any more, I am not sure if the window frames (Grandt lines) are in the right way up and whether they look too high - especially the main station when you compare them to the small door on the right...comments welcome!
With apologies for the quality of the photos!
Front of the main station building
The front of the parcels office
Both of these will have flat roofs, the parcels office will have a couple of skylights and vents etc. The station itself will have a roof terrace and garden for the station manager!
The factory (not pictured) is a two story building, bottom half rendered brick and the top made of corrugated tin as a very rough extension.
More pictures when the boards are back later this week...
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Re: Perejil Apartadero « Result #60 on Nov 16, 2009, 1:21pm »
The tower at Perejil still did not look right because the base of the tank was below the top of the water column so I have spliced part of the masonry from the second Hornby model into the building.
The column itself has been weathered and now has a valve wheel (nail/plastic washer) fitted and a rope (twisted wire) for the fireman to pull the arm round over the loco and tender tank fillers. FCPyF #5 using the facilities.
Re: End to End Design - Comments? « Result #61 on Nov 15, 2009, 8:39pm »
Here's a snap of mods required to make a PECO electrofrom point "DCC friendly" - the blades are connected to the adjacent rails to make the polarity the same so if a wheel happens to short across the main rail and the blade then it will not short out (and stop everything on DCC!).
You also need to remove snip out the links from the blades to the frog and then use a limit switch to sitch the polarity of the frog depending on which way the point is set (I use seep which have the option of including a limit switch in them).
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Re: End to End Design - Comments? « Result #63 on Nov 15, 2009, 7:57pm »
Not Araldite but I do use neat PVA between track and baseboard, burying track in Polyfila also tends to make permanent the operative word in permanent way.
I don't know what scale these models are- some may be quite large- but the weathering techniques used are fantastic and should give some inspiration..!!
Re: End to End Design - Comments? « Result #68 on Nov 15, 2009, 7:01pm »
Aother month since my last post - oops. Anyway at least some progress, I have nearly completed the track on the middle board - I have converted the peco points to "DCC friendly" by snipping the link to the blades and making the blades the same polarity as the adjacent rails (pic to follow). Also, to aid reliability, I have made sure every individual section of track has soldered power feeds to it (I'm DCC so not that complex for the power). Also placed an order to rapid electronics yesterday for a load of (on)-off-(on) momentary miniature switches for the points (which wont be DCC controlled - I don't see any advantage of DCC for points unless you have a PC interface). So far XtrackCAD has proved to be accurate - important as there is quite a lot of track in a fairly small area. Finally, I'm interested to know if my track fixing technique is unique (mad maybe) or if is used by others - I simply use araldite - yes I realise this means it's not likely to be re-usable but at least it is secure
Re: Models i am working 4mm Highland railway TPO « Result #69 on Nov 15, 2009, 6:05pm »
Yestoday & today i have been working on set of etches from 247 developments for a Highland railway matchbroad TPO it is now rady for painting in LMS livery hers a pic or 2
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Re: Westcoast workbench « Result #70 on Nov 15, 2009, 5:32pm »
Finished the station today and managed to get a few pics outside. To help with the network south east look I have added a grey strip and NSE flashes to the white trims around the buildings. The retail unit has had the WHSmith signage added whilst the waiting room has had the windows frosted to match the shop. I have fitted a couple of NSE station signs that someone kindly sent me for the pics although the stations owner will be fitting his own nameboards that have been made by electra railway graphics. As you know I always include the station posters and signs although this time I will be sending them for the buyer to fit himself. Anyway heres the pics ....
Main entrance... Platform entrance... Car park entrance to shop... Island platform buildings... Overall view of the main building...
View through the buildings note the NSE flashes.... General views....
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Re: Lawndale RR « Result #71 on Nov 15, 2009, 2:56pm »
Another morning in the garage and still nothing worth photographing yet as I complete the last bit of track weathering and painted the components of the two building kits.
Because Lawndale RR can operate as an individual micro layout or form a module in a larger layout, I have to take into consideration other people's stock and the through line at the back has to take into account John's 58mm wide 'Consolidation' steam loco, in fact my through track can accommodate anything up to 75mm width!!!
Will soon be starting on the ground cover and 42" x 8" baseboard equates to approx 170ft x 32ft which means that for such a small area there will be little scope for variation.
Lawndale RR has its first exhibition booking in June 2010 already!!
Now that Mk3 does look nice- even in Virgin colours!!! Did you ever post how long it is? It must be close on 2 foot !?!?
Yep back on page 5 A 7mm mk3 is 530mm long to paint this i had to get a Big cardbord box for a spray booth refitting the fan as it would not fit in my booth
Re: Jordan's Workbench- O scale Class 14 « Result #74 on Nov 13, 2009, 9:07pm »
I have made a sooner-than-expected move to the body... some work has been done today but you'll have to excuse the pics which were taken on my "No Expense Met" Phone...
Starting with the footplate, this needs a couple of long folds of a strip of brass barely more than 1mm wide, along each edge. Guess who hasn't got any bending bars... However I do have some long strips of steel, so with the aid of a couple of clamps and my bench vice, the folds were made without trouble.
Whereas the Class 22 was mostly flat panels, there's a fair bit of 'brass origami' on the 14. Next I tackled the end steps, which are specific to each end. Here's a pic of two just off the etch, and two folded up. The individual steps will be added later, once these parts are in place.
The Buffer Beams are made up of several layers. The one at the A end is thicker than the B end (to do with weight balance I should imagine), so there is a brass facing etch (with rivets to press out) and nickel silver layers behind; two at the A end and one at the B. Strangely although these layers should be symetrical, they aren't, and needed fitting behind the brass layer the 'wrong' way around, with the hole for the Vacuum brake pipe on the wrong side. This makes no difference whatsoever as the hole for that pipe isn't on the brass layer at all !!! Below, the thicker A end Beam is on the left; the two layers for the B end on the right before sweating together...
While the going was good, I soldered the beams to the footplate ends, using magnets to hold them in place and spacing them with the steps, which I'll solder in later. Finally I cut out the cab and folded it to shape and just placed it on the footplate to see how it looks...
...which (apart from the gap!) is pretty good, I reckon..?!? Again, sorry about the picture quality...
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Re: Westcoast workbench « Result #75 on Nov 13, 2009, 8:59pm »
Thanks guys. The main building will be going on a 4" wide platform whilst the second platform is 3" wide so the buildings for that one are narrower. Work on the station building is almost finished whilst work is well advanced on the waiting room/toilet block for the second platform. Here's a few piccys I will be taking some better ones outside over the weekend for the website...
Once I have this building order complete I will be starting on the next order a WCML signal box for an exhibition layout!
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Re: modern image « Result #77 on Nov 13, 2009, 1:15pm »
The opening shots of 70002 passing Parkway sound more like a first generation DMU with a very clunky mechanical gear change than a modern freight loco.
Still pug ugly, I don't think I'll be building an up to date layout to put one on, in fact there's more chance of the devil going to work on a snowboard.
The other spur can be used to hold the snowplough, which will obviously be out of use because none of the modules have a snow scene
Not so i am looking at building a snow coved mod with the trains running throw a plow cut snow cutting i have the bord thow it will be after the Jan show before i get to it
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Re: Perejil Apartadero « Result #82 on Nov 13, 2009, 12:01pm »
Experience when operating the CLC has shown that any shunting liable to interfere with main line running is not going to be possible on the modules, this will also apply to the FI so the two dead end sidings at Perejil will be purely scenic features, though the loop may get used for railcars.
There is a PWay trolley on the shorter of the two spurs, though this track was originally intended to be just a trap siding. The other spur can be used to hold the snowplough, which will obviously be out of use because none of the modules have a snow scene, but for variety I have assigned a couple of skip wagons. These are part of a set of four wagons which the FCPyF bought from a French railway operator (Rue d'Etropal) recently, two have been selected for use with the On30 and the other two will probably end up on a Gn15 layout sooner or later. The wagons have been weathered by liberally coating them with poster paint then submerging them in water and allowing to drain.
Inspiration for the abandoned skips came from the Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway near Fort William. I explored the full 19 miles of this line on foot when my sister lived and worked in the area back in the 1980s and the abandoned wagons are in the tipped position so that they do not fill up with water. I cannot find the snapshots I took of the area (they're in a cardboard box with hundreds of other photos) so I've used this image from the internet to illustrate the wagons.
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Re: Romiley Saturday 11th Sept 2010 « Result #83 on Nov 12, 2009, 10:41pm »
Thanks Brian.
Anyone who has (or will have by September 2010) an On30 module available for taking to Romiley, or would like to help as an operator, please reply via this thread so that Brian can organise the CRM presence at this event.
Re: Romiley Saturday 11th Sept 2010 « Result #84 on Nov 12, 2009, 10:31pm »
John has been in touch with me about this show I am willing to take Forks and anyone & ther mod that will fit in the Volvo estate I can be the contact for this show now which Mods can we take & which Members can help???
Re: Models i am working back to the 7mm MK3/4mm co « Result #85 on Nov 12, 2009, 7:40pm »
today i have finish the powercar & MK3 these now have glazing fitted
Also today i have made a start on A 5522s kit of a Midland Raily 12 wheel 1st class dining car with this i have got on well build this kit heres how it is now
Re: Jordan's Workbench- O scale Class 14 « Result #89 on Nov 12, 2009, 5:04pm »
Thanks Brian. Not sure about springing the centre axle, though- it might be an 0-6-0 loco but it has four axles... I'm getting some advice over on RMweb, though it ranges from "keep it simple" to the full "suspended hornblocks and jointed coupling rods" treatment...
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Re: Perejil Apartadero « Result #90 on Nov 12, 2009, 2:58pm »
The tank at Perejil was not much higher than the water column so it needed raising, there were two obvious ways of doing this. The first was to insert and extra inch or so of brickwork between the base and the tank, the second was to make the tank bigger. As the original OO scale tank looked a bit inadequate for the job of watering O scale locos I have taken the second option and added another tank on top of the existing one. I then weathered the resultant larger tank with poster paint mixed with PVA to hide the join.
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Re: Prototype for everything « Result #92 on Nov 12, 2009, 10:15am »
Do you know where the photo was taken please Roy? If it is approaching the end of its journey the train may have set out some traffic at Crianlarich to be attached to the local freight which operated between Fort William and Crianlarich hauling timber for the pulp mill at Corpach.
If the Mossend to Fort William freight was light enough on that particular day it could have been handled by the Oban trip as far as the junction and taken forward on the local instead of running two trains out from Mossend.
Re: 3' x 4' N Scale Caribbean Railway « Result #95 on Nov 11, 2009, 11:32pm »
Hello Everyone,
This week the roster of my as of now nameless Caribbean Railway has grown by one locomotive. I wanted to follow the roster of the Bermuda Railway as closely as possible and only use Doodlebugs, but I couldnt pass up this beauty. Its a Micro Ace Japanese National Railway DF-90. Do any fellow modelers out there now what era this locomotive is from? It will haul the little freight trains around this island railway. One major thing that has changed on the layout is that I have switched to Atlas Code 80 track, because the Kato Unitrack was alittle constrictive in the small amount of space that I have. This weekend there will be ALOT of work done so see you soon!
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Re: Prototype for everything « Result #96 on Nov 11, 2009, 9:58pm »
Interesting link, thanks Shortliner.
5). A Train for Bob?
From Scottish Region Colour Album No.1, p11. I've seen some short trains, but this (really) is the limit. A class 37 running from Mossend to Oban in June 1983 with a single 16T mineral wagon in tow, not even a brake van. An ideal train for one of Bob's micro layouts;-)
« Last Edit: Nov 11, 2009, 9:58pm by cheshire001 »
Re: Jordan's Workbench- O scale Class 14 « Result #100 on Nov 11, 2009, 2:54pm »
Okay, I have made a start..
Firstly the workbench got a bit of a tidy...
It might still be a bit messy for some tastes, though!!
The basic chassis (nickel silver) has been soldered up- two sideframes and three spacers. I have a small magnet (I think it's out of some long-forgotten motor) which is perfectly square, and a great help in keeping things in postion.
A tip I've seen is to put rods through the axle holes and put the piece on a grid to check everything's square... looks good to me..??
I'm slightly concerned that the wheelbase of this loco is 111mm and if built as planned is rigid. I would like to spring at least one axle, but currently am not too sure how to go about it...
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