BrushType4
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Introductory offer of £100 with free delivery to TelfordHi Phil,
Might have missed it, but how much will the loco shed cost ?
At least I know my new 47 will fit
Brushs Laser Cutting and 3d Printing workbench
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BrushType4
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Nice loco shed there. I particularly like the corrugated material. Is that available separately (I'm guessing you supply bits, sorry if I'm mistaken)?
The platform edging a few pages back is also a nice touch.
Thanks David for the nice words. The corrugated card is available via my shop. Link below. I'm currently waiting on delivery expected in the next 10 days or so.
Jinty
Western Thunderer
Ahhhh, Intentio.................... I already have some of your excellent sleepers Phil, both 10" and 12", I'll put a couple of pictures of my double junction that I've used them for. Beautifully cut and they take stain wonderfully. I've used Rustins Dark Teak.
I'll have a look around as you're products have increased.
I'll have a look around as you're products have increased.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
Thank you, but forget the sleepers, that track work is beautiful. Show more in your thread please
Jinty
Western Thunderer
Maybe under normal circumstances, but in this instance the slip crossing is immediately followed by a facing crossover, where you can see in the picture below, the FPL protection ramp is within 4 sleepers of the crossing nose on the slip, and the tie bar is 8 sleepers away. I did make a couple of adjustments from the Templot plan, but on the whole followed it as is. So maybe the sleeper position has been set differently to normal to take this into consideration.
martin_wynne
Western Thunderer
Hi Jinty,
Your trackwork looks superb, but please, please amend these 4 sleepers. As Richard suggests, they would either be long timbers, or if plain sleepers they would be full length with the ends interlaced.
At present they look like those silly bent timbers on the end of Peco turnouts.
regards,
Martin.
Jinty
Western Thunderer
After going back to the Templot plan and having a look, the sleepers are overlapping at this point and I can see what I've done. The sleepers are at an angle, but would require some of the edges cutting to allow them to interlace. I've butted them up end on end giving the look, as you say Martin, of Peco. I think the only reasonable solution would be to replace with long timbers, until the plain track timbers are able to sit independently, and then the start of the crossover will be all on 12" timbers (I know what I mean, I think???).
martin_wynne
Western Thunderer
Hi Jinty,
You seem to be seeing difficulties where there are none. The sleepers can be easily interlaced without needing any cutting just by twisting them a fraction. The laying gang aren't going to saw through sleepers if they don't need to, and it's a bad idea because it removes the deep pressure creosote penetration, allowing the sleeper to rot earlier. Some gentle timber-shoving in Templot, that's what the shoving functions are there for.
Sleepers which are twisted would be drilled for the chairs on-site.
regards,
Martin.
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Jinty
Western Thunderer
Hi Martin,
Right, understood, I wasn't aware you could 'twist' the sleepers.
So here is the amended sleepering.
Thanks Richard for pointing it out, and Martin for explaining.
I think you can sometimes over think a situation, and come up with the wrong solution, whereas the right solution is simplicity itself .
Sorry for the thread hijack Phil, but it shows a lot of pictures of your sleepering!!!!!
Right, understood, I wasn't aware you could 'twist' the sleepers.
So here is the amended sleepering.
Thanks Richard for pointing it out, and Martin for explaining.
I think you can sometimes over think a situation, and come up with the wrong solution, whereas the right solution is simplicity itself .
Sorry for the thread hijack Phil, but it shows a lot of pictures of your sleepering!!!!!
martin_wynne
Western Thunderer
That was quick! Well done.
One thing to remember is not to get the timbers too close together where there is a rail joint. Otherwise the fishplates wouldn't fit between the chairs. The chairs need to be at least 2ft centres for a normal 4-bolt fishplate to fit. That first sleeper on the left may need to be twisted anti-clockwise a bit.
If it is unavoidable a shorter 2-bolt fishplate might sometimes be used.
Martin.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
LMS styled bridge.
Test build below;
Test build below;
Compton castle
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The Diesel shed under construction, first dry construction to test for fit and on to painting the individual components.
Compton castle
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Picking out the concrete lintels
Compton castle
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Window surrounds sprayed in silver to represent Aluminium
Wagonman
Western Thunderer
It looks even better in the 'flesh', so to speak.
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
I recently asked Peter Insole at the local S7 club if he would paint a prototype build of a commission building that I'd completed a few months ago.
He hasn't finished but this is a close up of his excellent work so far.
He hasn't finished but this is a close up of his excellent work so far.