Steve Cook
Flying Squad
Thats a great shot Tim 
The retaining walls with the cottages above will look superb when done...hurry up 
The retaining walls with the cottages above will look superb when done...hurry up 
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Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
Last night at DRAG we had great fun answering a challenge laid down by others in the S4 Soc, in terms of propelling a long train P4 through a crossover. I think that they had managed 26 on 'Slattocks' in the Manchester club.
This is a video shot by John Farmer of a train composed of my wagons being propelled through one of the B6 crossovers on Test Track 2:
http://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1790
This is a video shot by John Farmer of a train composed of my wagons being propelled through one of the B6 crossovers on Test Track 2:
http://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1790
daifly
Western Thunderer
Is the video running backwards or are the wagons being pulled rather than propelled?
Neil
Western Thunderer
I think you've done what I first did and just look at the first vid. Five minutes of head scratching and I decided to look further down the thread where there is indeed a pushing rather than pulling movie. I feel myself being inexorably drawn towards the rear of the class, move over Jordan I'm coming through.
daifly
Western Thunderer
Good spot! Thanks for clearing that up. The propelling movement is very impressive.
Cheers
Dave
Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
A few more photos taken today. The new row of cottages are nearing completion, with just the ridge tiles, chimney pots and guttering/drainpipes to be done.
Slight telephoto shot looking towards the main road overbridge:
'Bagnall' (Jinty') 47276 is propelling a short goods train into the yard:
Train parked outside the Taffson Evans works:
The shunters cabin:
Slight telephoto shot looking towards the main road overbridge:
'Bagnall' (Jinty') 47276 is propelling a short goods train into the yard:
Train parked outside the Taffson Evans works:
The shunters cabin:
Steve Cook
Flying Squad
Lovely stuff Captain 
The variations in chimney pots look superb and utterly realistic, great touch
Steve
The variations in chimney pots look superb and utterly realistic, great touch
Steve
Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
John also took some movie footage on his new camera yesterday, my thanks to him also for taking the trouble to upload it to YouTube.
Buckjumper
Flying Squad
Now that's just fabbo. Very silky Tim.
Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
Yes, there was no problem, it was only a very gentle impact and there were no chimney pots on the cottages, also they weren't fixed to the baseboard!
Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
The most recent row of cottages was completed the other day and I finally managed to take some photos outside today:
Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
Since completing the above cottages, I've mostly been working on the Townstreet goodshed kit for Callow Lane. I've always liked these plastercast kits, although this is one of their earlier examples. I did actually start it quite a few years ago, when I thought I'd need the 'footprint' to work out where some of the sidings needed to be laid, but I decided to get on with the layout anyway and the area left for it has proven to be sufficient anyway.
I've replaced some of the plastercast components, though, where I felt other materials might look better, such as the main shed roof (card replacement, with Scalescenes printed weathered slates), the valencing over the road entrance canopy, the whole of the interior is scratchbuilt, plus the doors (not shown in these photos as not yet added).
I've fitted lighting as well, two grain of wheat bulbs (the second is a permanently wired-in spare, because once the roof is glued on in a few days time, that's it!!).
The apparent curvature in the wall is due to the effect of the macro lens!
I've replaced some of the plastercast components, though, where I felt other materials might look better, such as the main shed roof (card replacement, with Scalescenes printed weathered slates), the valencing over the road entrance canopy, the whole of the interior is scratchbuilt, plus the doors (not shown in these photos as not yet added).
I've fitted lighting as well, two grain of wheat bulbs (the second is a permanently wired-in spare, because once the roof is glued on in a few days time, that's it!!).
The apparent curvature in the wall is due to the effect of the macro lens!
S
Simon Dunkley
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Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
It's been a while since I posted an update on Callow Lane, so here are some photos which have also appeared over on my blog on RMWeb.
I've been grappling with the need to 'grout in' an area adjacent to the rear of the goods shed, so that I can scribe some cobbles (or, granite setts, to be more accurate) on it. This is generally the area at the bottom of the approach road, where lorries etc. will come to transfer goods to/from railway wagons. Only the area immediately next to the goods shed will be scribed, including the section of in-laid track.
Having been inspired by the work of Brian Harrap on Quai 87 etc., I decided to use the same methods as him, so this should have involved a quality tile grout like Tetrion (which is what Brian recommends). I couldn't find any locally, but I was able to get hold of some Tetrion filler, which has served just as well.
The filler is water-based, so I had to ensure that the sides of the steel rails were well protected, and in fact used extra-fine Milliput for the first 10 mm each side of the rails (the check rails are phosphor-bronze, so no problems with rust and Tetrion was used there).
Several layers were needed, and a lot of sanding down. Here is the state of play as of yesterday, with the surrounding railway buildings also put in position to get a feel for what it should look like eventually:
I particularly liked this little one-piece plastercast brick office from Townstreet:
I've been grappling with the need to 'grout in' an area adjacent to the rear of the goods shed, so that I can scribe some cobbles (or, granite setts, to be more accurate) on it. This is generally the area at the bottom of the approach road, where lorries etc. will come to transfer goods to/from railway wagons. Only the area immediately next to the goods shed will be scribed, including the section of in-laid track.
Having been inspired by the work of Brian Harrap on Quai 87 etc., I decided to use the same methods as him, so this should have involved a quality tile grout like Tetrion (which is what Brian recommends). I couldn't find any locally, but I was able to get hold of some Tetrion filler, which has served just as well.
The filler is water-based, so I had to ensure that the sides of the steel rails were well protected, and in fact used extra-fine Milliput for the first 10 mm each side of the rails (the check rails are phosphor-bronze, so no problems with rust and Tetrion was used there).
Several layers were needed, and a lot of sanding down. Here is the state of play as of yesterday, with the surrounding railway buildings also put in position to get a feel for what it should look like eventually:
I particularly liked this little one-piece plastercast brick office from Townstreet:
Apols for bunging an AY'd shot in yer thread Capt, I used fine Milliput too on a section of the baseboard towards the back. The bit on LHS seen here. I covered the required area with a layer of dilute pva then thin flat rolled sections of Milliput were added. I then used an old household 2in paintbrush to stipple the surface whilst wet which gave a fine texture to the surface. This technique also helps blend the ballast/earth shoulder too. Final painting was done with household tester pots of lite earth shades. It was based on a piece by Mr Nevard when he did Cattcot.
Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
No, I will be using air drying clay elsewhere on the layout, a la Nevard. The Tetrion was used because it is to be the basis for scribing granite setts in the area around the road entrance of the goods shed. I was planning to use a bog standard tile grout, when Brian Harrap told me he only uses Tetrion tile grout, because it dries nice and hard and is thus ideal for scribing (steel pin in a pin vice). I couldn't get hold of any Tetrion tile grout, but found their filler to dry good and hard anyway.
Because the rest of the goods shed 'forecourt' blends into the cobbled area, I used tile grout for the whole patch.
Here is a test piece of scribing, which I did before applying Tetrion to the main area:
