7mm Heyside: 7mm L&Y, late 50s/early 60s
- Thread starter Dikitriki
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Dog Star
Western Thunderer
Not sure about the bacon and eggs, I thought that the driver was telling the young lad about working a fitted goods on the Joint and the clatter as the engine rocked and rolled over one of the flat crossings on that route.
Irrespective of what is going on, the natural positioning of the crew warrants study and
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Dikitriki
Flying Squad
I'd not seen that before either, but Clive comes up with these things. You can't see it in the photos, but the driver's having a brew.
In fact, the crew are repositional as they are held in with diminutive magnets....which did involve some rather eye-watering surgery
Richard
In fact, the crew are repositional as they are held in with diminutive magnets....which did involve some rather eye-watering surgery
Richard
Dikitriki
Flying Squad
Hi
The destruction of Heyside continues......
The factory on the right of the layout with the fire escape is a front facade only....
We have managed to remove the sides of the buildings without damage to leave the quoins intact. The building is being doubled in width - real mills were often almost square - and the roof will be flat. There will also be a tower to house the staircase on the back.
And from the back...
The adjacent building will also be doubled in width, but will retain the hipped roof. A word on the original construction by Trevor Smith: the windows - all of them - were cut from one piece of white plastic card, some 3' by 16''. Can you imagine that - cutting all the window panes out, all 432 of them, keeping them all aligned in the vertical and horizontal planes, maintaining thickness, and not making a single mistake. Respect
Moving along, you can see the back of the factory and houses above the station.....
We have already completed the shell of one half of the factory and cut the floors. The floors will be made into individual trays so that they can be removed from the building to be worked on - detailed interiors and lighting etc.
And from the other side, you can see the huge improvement (I think) in deepening the building and providing a proper hipped roof.
Only one way to go from here
Richard
The destruction of Heyside continues......
The factory on the right of the layout with the fire escape is a front facade only....
We have managed to remove the sides of the buildings without damage to leave the quoins intact. The building is being doubled in width - real mills were often almost square - and the roof will be flat. There will also be a tower to house the staircase on the back.
And from the back...
The adjacent building will also be doubled in width, but will retain the hipped roof. A word on the original construction by Trevor Smith: the windows - all of them - were cut from one piece of white plastic card, some 3' by 16''. Can you imagine that - cutting all the window panes out, all 432 of them, keeping them all aligned in the vertical and horizontal planes, maintaining thickness, and not making a single mistake. Respect
Moving along, you can see the back of the factory and houses above the station.....
We have already completed the shell of one half of the factory and cut the floors. The floors will be made into individual trays so that they can be removed from the building to be worked on - detailed interiors and lighting etc.
And from the other side, you can see the huge improvement (I think) in deepening the building and providing a proper hipped roof.
Only one way to go from here
Richard
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
Richard,
What's the source of the Urie S15? That's a cracking model of one of my favourite classes...
Steph
What's the source of the Urie S15? That's a cracking model of one of my favourite classes...
Steph
Dikitriki
Flying Squad
Its a DJB kit - very few produced I understand.
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
daifly
Western Thunderer
They do crop up from time to time. This one was sold in July:Yep, rarer than hens teeth. I've been looking for one for years...
Steph
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/djb-engineering-o-gauge-7mm-lswr-s15-class-kit-4669-c-411889fd7a
Cheers
Dave
Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
Very Nice , I hope that I make as good a job on my F8 which is from the same stable.
, I hope that I make as good a job on my F8 which is from the same stable.
Dikitriki
Flying Squad
I obviously missed Roger's build thread of it here on WT
Hi Mike
Yes, I know - I keep trying to persuade him to do a build thread. He's got a cracking new camera now so there's really no excuse. He made very quick work of the 'Jubilee', and is getting better with each model.
He's working on a Northstar S15 now (hint, hint, Roger).
Cheers
Richard
AJC
Western Thunderer
That looks a very nice build of a handsome prototype. It's a shame that the chimney has something of the flowerpot about it. Drummond chimneys had a very shallow taper (so much so that some model efforts have renderd thee thig parallel) as comparison to the real thing demonstrates:
http://www.semgonline.com/steam/a12class_01.html
Adam
http://www.semgonline.com/steam/a12class_01.html
Adam
Dikitriki
Flying Squad
Hi
There's not much going on at the moment, apart from organised destruction, which isn't very photo-worthy.
However, I have been doing a write-up for BRM recently, after Andy York's visit to photograph the layout. He has taken some super photographs, even if a bit lococentric, and I will let you know which issue they are going to appear in.
In the meantime, I have to write an article for the L&Y magazine's next issue - a bit on the signalling and new locos, and since I can't imagine there is a great duplication of members between the L&Y Society and WT, here are a couple of the loco photos.
The saddle tank you have seen before of course:
while the Aspinall A requires only a bit of chassis detail before visiting the paint shop.
I bought a Barton-Wright 0-6-0 tender engine kit (Lanky Models) at Telford which will be an interesting counterpoint to the later Aspinall A. I do like the long-lived Lanky survivors.
Cheers
Richard
There's not much going on at the moment, apart from organised destruction, which isn't very photo-worthy.
However, I have been doing a write-up for BRM recently, after Andy York's visit to photograph the layout. He has taken some super photographs, even if a bit lococentric, and I will let you know which issue they are going to appear in.
In the meantime, I have to write an article for the L&Y magazine's next issue - a bit on the signalling and new locos, and since I can't imagine there is a great duplication of members between the L&Y Society and WT, here are a couple of the loco photos.
The saddle tank you have seen before of course:
while the Aspinall A requires only a bit of chassis detail before visiting the paint shop.
I bought a Barton-Wright 0-6-0 tender engine kit (Lanky Models) at Telford which will be an interesting counterpoint to the later Aspinall A. I do like the long-lived Lanky survivors.
Cheers
Richard