Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Crib away Peter.
7mm Pencarrow - Cornish BR(S)
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Crib away Peter.
Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
That's the most important thing. We do this for fun. Well, most of us do!
Yes, hard learnt lesson that. This modelling lark is something to do for enjoyment and relaxation. I had a period where it just added stress, not good that.
Peter Cross
Western Thunderer
I agree that it should be fun. So why am i stressing out about a dukedog that gets tight every time power is put to the motor. And an S15 that I should of sorted pickups on before painting. To top it all my CD player has decided to play name that tune in no more than ten notes at a time.
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
That's the point the priorities kick in; fix the CD player, then worry about the trains...
Steph
Shapeways 3d printed chairs
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
It's been a few weeks since my last progress report. Not a huge amount has happened nothing much on the track front but I have been playing with adding cork and sleepers to board 4 and moving on the landscape at the grain store end of the layout...
Cork added to board 4, transitions sanded into the vertical curves.
Plates added to the bolt holes to stop the bolts pulling through.
The end board upstanding cut down where the track goes through to the fiddle.
Then the track plan printed out and fixed to the new board.
Cork added to board 4, transitions sanded into the vertical curves.
Plates added to the bolt holes to stop the bolts pulling through.
The end board upstanding cut down where the track goes through to the fiddle.
Then the track plan printed out and fixed to the new board.
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All sleepers laid
Colin Parks
Member
Looking really promising Chris. The track work has a nice flow to it.
I hope the Drambuie was drunk in celebration!
Colin
I hope the Drambuie was drunk in celebration!
Colin
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Thanks Colin, I think it was worth persevering with transition curves etc in Templot. The Drambuie is for medicinal purposes only and also a useful weight to hold sleepers down (that's my excuse).
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Well it's been 6 weeks since I've updated on here but that's in no way Drambuie related.
Progress has all been track related - the problem there is my eyes are really tired when getting home after work late in the evening. Bit tricky trying to get a nice line on things when everything is blurred ;-p
One solution has been to take photos on the phone camera and inspect alignments on there. Photos seem to show up more than you normally see anyway, so that has worked quite well.
Progress has all been track related - the problem there is my eyes are really tired when getting home after work late in the evening. Bit tricky trying to get a nice line on things when everything is blurred ;-p
One solution has been to take photos on the phone camera and inspect alignments on there. Photos seem to show up more than you normally see anyway, so that has worked quite well.
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Catch point in...
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
So, a few photos to show trackwork slowly progressing. The various section breaks and feeds are all added as I progress. Takes longer that way but there's a growing sea of droppers poking out under the boards.
The trap/catch on the clay branch is in:
And a few more of the trackwork (and general mess) at the fiddle yard end if the layout:
And a clay train on the clay branch:
That last photo had made me think. Everything in it has been hand made by me: boards, Templot plan, track, loco and wagons. Going back 5 years, I never thought I'd be capable of any of this - I just played and modified RTR, built plastic kits and did green stuff on various layouts. Quite pleased really now I've thought about it.
The trap/catch on the clay branch is in:
And a few more of the trackwork (and general mess) at the fiddle yard end if the layout:
And a clay train on the clay branch:
That last photo had made me think. Everything in it has been hand made by me: boards, Templot plan, track, loco and wagons. Going back 5 years, I never thought I'd be capable of any of this - I just played and modified RTR, built plastic kits and did green stuff on various layouts. Quite pleased really now I've thought about it.
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Feb 2017 overall view
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
The turnouts are going to be actuated by tortoise motors mounted on c&l baseplates. There will be brass wires dropping down from the point blades to engage in holes in the under-board tie-bar.
So... What's the current wisdom on the best above board point blade tie-bars? They will be just cosmetic but obviously need to be insulated.
Thoughts and experiences appreciated.
So... What's the current wisdom on the best above board point blade tie-bars? They will be just cosmetic but obviously need to be insulated.
Thoughts and experiences appreciated.
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
I am just playing catch up again to see and learn about this 7mm construction progress - Its really most instructive
But where is the canal?
Next to the dairy and tractor factory Jason....
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Going to be using Ragstone Models buffer stops on the layout. This LSWR one will be going at the end of the clay siding:
Partially prepared:
The sleeper spacings have to be irregular to suit where chairs can go.
And a view from the other end:
Shows the deliberate raggedness of the sleeper ends.
Partially prepared:
The sleeper spacings have to be irregular to suit where chairs can go.
And a view from the other end:
Shows the deliberate raggedness of the sleeper ends.
Simon
Flying Squad
Chris
That is exactly what I found when laying my track (albeit outside) I now digitally snap everything and look at it on the computer before permanently fixing it down, a hugely useful aid to track laying in my experience.
All looking good by the way, I have to confess to feeling a bit sceptical about this scheme on the basis of there being too much track in too little a space, but as you have developed the setting around it I'm beginning to "believe" in it more and more.
Simon