4mm Llanfair

[LarryG]

The Wills kit did one positive thing, it got me thinking about how I would create the illusion of point rodding using metal parts. More 1mm square brass rod has been sent for while other bits will be fabricated from metal so I can solder ~ always my fav method.

The whole rodding assembly needs to be tough with being so close to the track and constant activities of a track rubber. My points are already activated by 1mm square brass rod. Crude but affective.

 

[PMP]

Wizard Models Limited – "Quality, Accuracy and Variety for the Railway Modeller”

These can be used to make effective and affordable cosmetic point rodding

 

[cctransuk]

Wizard Models Limited – "Quality, Accuracy and Variety for the Railway Modeller”

These can be used to make effective and affordable cosmetic point rodding

Unfortunately - 7mm. scale and 'Out of stock'.

John Isherwood.

 

[Paul Cram]

They do 4mm and they are in stock. Also do .4mm square nickel silver wire.

 

[PeterM]

The plastic type of rodding is probably best for the runs under track to avoid shorts. Otherwise I have some nickel silver from Wizard which I’ll use elsewhere when I get round-to/it

 

[LarryG]

I had ordered the 1mm square brass before putting my head in gear. Someone said the GWR used round bar for point rodding. Any information on this would be appreciated.

 

[simond]

I can look in my books this evening.

 

[PhilH]

I had ordered the 1mm square brass before putting my head in gear. Someone said the GWR used round bar for point rodding. Any information on this would be appreciated.

Trawsfynydd - 1¼" dia. round bar
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Some 60+ years ago I must have had some vague idea of modelling a GWR branch line based on the Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog Line, and I measured various things on the line (then closed), including point rodding. Fortunately that period was short lived and I had a change of direction, finding far more interesting railway subjects to pursue and model.

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[LarryG]

Thanks Phil. Fantastic picture showing me much that I need to know.

 

[mswjr]

All round here and GWR, But i am sure BR(W) were square

A selection of pictures of GWR point rodding

GWR Modelling provides links, notes, galleries and inspiration for modellers of the Great Western Railway in Britain

www.gwr.org.uk

 

[LarryG]

Llanfair was still carrying lots of sheep in 1955 and so the sheep & cattle pens have been doubled in length. Once again, a standard Wills kit was built to suit my needs.

Vinyl grass sheet has been laid to hide a multitude of sins, but it will be hand painted to show wheel track and mud etc. later on. The pens themselves are freshly sprayed and need weathering...

 

[LarryG]

All round here and GWR, But i am sure BR(W) were square

A selection of pictures of GWR point rodding

GWR Modelling provides links, notes, galleries and inspiration for modellers of the Great Western Railway in Britain

www.gwr.org.uk

Thanks mswjr. Those photos are really useful particularly as they cover the GWR in North Wales.

 

[LarryG]

I spent the afternoon dismantling the working steering from a plastic bus while attempting to fit it on an EFE Leyland TD1. Disaster, so the TD1 got binned and I set about constructing a renewed history for the Birmingham bus.

Legend says it was a Leyland PD2/12 demonstrator sent to Birmingham in the early 1950's. Birmingham asked for several changes to be made to the specification before placing an order, and this rendered the demonstrator non-standard when hundreds of similar buses were purchased with Crossley, Guy and Daimler engines. It was sold in 1954 to Newtown Motors for a knockdown price. Seen parked at Llanfair station while the crew drank tea in the station café.


Reversing to the setting off point behind the bufferstops. A single decker was normally used, but this decker was substituting for the rail service between Llanfair and Welshpool during upgrading of the branch...

 

[LarryG]

After hacking the chassis of a Leyland TD1 bus to no avail, I decided to rebuild the chassis today using 80thou black plastikard including forming the dumb irons either side of the number plate that separate the TD1 from theTD2. Pictured laying over outside the station...

 

[Osgood]

Still can't get over how well the back scene and layout sit with each other.

 

[LarryG]

Still can't get over how well the back scene and layout sit with each other.

Colouring stone walls and static grass to match the backscene goes a long way creating the illusion of depth. I take lots of photos then see how things look on screen.

 

[LarryG]

A lot of work was going on behind the scenes while waiting for some new acrylic colours to arrive. I would normally avoid acrylic, but i am sick of Humbrol enamel matt paint drying glossy and finding other enamel paints almost solid in their tins since they were last used. Acrylic will be used on scenery but definitely not models. The extended sheep & cattle pens have been bedded in place....


PVA and static grass will hold the pens in position when dry...

 

[Genghis]

The pens and surrounds are magnificent. A suggestion if I may? I think that the other buildings and the platform would benefit from a bit of weathering. With that I would have been hard pressed to identify the photos as a model.
David

 

[LarryG]

I think that the other buildings and the platform would benefit from a bit of weathering. With that I would have been hard pressed to identify the photos as a model.
David

Hi David, I'm working my way down the layout bit by bit. The station will be a project all of its own with platform seats, flower beds, gas lights and posters etc.

I decided against putting concrete decking around the cattle pens. It's a much used siding and the track would have needed periodical maintenance and renewal. Its got plenty of dead grass and straw around it instead...

 

[Mike Garwood]

Lovely stuff Larry!

Mike