7mm Heyside: 7mm L&Y, late 50s/early 60s

Steve Cook

Steve Cook

Flying Squad
Having sat down and read through your feature of Heyside in BRM Richard, I have to say I thought you came across very well :) Your enthusiasm and appreciation of the team work that had got the layout to this stage was very well presented and the photos that Andy took did justice to the effort that has gone in so far. I have to be honest, the fact that you think you have now got to the end of Phase One means that there is obviously more to come, which hopefully means a revisit article sometime in the future. Perhaps you can set a record for the most number of feature articles for a single layout in BRM :) The 2P photo definitely justified the two page spread, it looks superb.
I think you should all be very proud.
Steve
 
AJC

AJC

Western Thunderer
Steve Cook said:
Perhaps you can set a record for the most number of feature articles for a single layout in BRM :)
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Beating Stoke Summit? That would take some doing... ;)

I haven't seen BRM yet, but the unused pictures and those that have appeared here are most impressive.

Adam
 
dibateg

dibateg

Western Thunderer
Hmmm - now that would be interesting, having been involved in both layouts. I just need to persuede BRM to print my articles...
 
Dikitriki

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
Hi Folks

I shall be bringing this thread up to date over the next week or so as the building destruction continues. It is in fact organised rebuilding, and everyone is working steadily at their own tasks. We have got a timescale of some 11 months to complete this phase, so we have time to get it right.

We did have a new Heyside loco appear today - a belter - Caernarvon from the Lee Marsh stable. A bit too clean, and the sound needs tweaking, but what a magnificent picture.

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Cheers

Richard
 
Dikitriki

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
From my point of view, it was really interesting - and exciting too - to be able to have a good look at the Lee Marsh Patriot, and I'm delighted that one will be running on Heyside.

It is a superb model, and gives me something to aim at with my kit built examples. There are bits I think I can better - though not too many, but on the other hand, I wouldn't bother with the inside valve gear, which is all but invisible with the large, low-slung boiler, and all the clutter on the footplate.

It runs very smoothly indeed, though the sound is not good enough for the quality of the model (eg braking against the regulator, chuff timing) and some work is needed in CV settings to sort those.

I would love one of their Jubilees, but I can't really see that happening unless my numbers come up!

Richard
 
Steph Dale

Steph Dale

Western Thunderer
Richard,
Interesting comment about the inside motion - I've got the same issues with my 'Nelsons'; they'll get the inside motion, I'm just not sure how visible it'll be. But it will go in; even if only for my enjoyment of building it...
Steph
 
Dikitriki

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
Right, a bit of an update.

The big goods warehouse had an incorrect canopy. The model had a slate-roofed canopy. The real thing had a glass roof. I thought it would be nice to rebuild the warehouse with a proper canopy. We've taken the old one off without too much damage, and are busy building the supports for the new roof. This is the current state of play.

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The supports need to be weathered before the glazing is put on. Once that is attached, the glazing bars, guttering and flashing will be added.

At the other end, we are making the buildings more 3D, extending them backwards. Here is the factory which is in the process of becoming a flat roofed mill. The raised buildings behind it have also doubled in width.

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In fact, Allan is replacing this version of the factory/mill with a brand new one, so this will be relegated to a second mill on the layout. I felt it was too good to scrap, and besides, I'd sweated blood on the fire escape.

Some of the interior trays have been done and are now being painted in the terraced houses. We need to see them with the lighting in place as there is a modicum of disagreement over the boldness of Brian's colour schemes. Too late, we found out that his wife chose the decor at home........hmmmm.

Richard
 
Dog Star

Dog Star

Western Thunderer
Hi Richard,

The two planked bauxite vans which are standing under the canopy look just so ... if these are kits, which company makes them?
 
Dikitriki

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
Dog Star said:
Hi Richard,

The two planked bauxite vans which are standing under the canopy look just so ... if these are kits, which company makes them?
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Hi Graham,

The far one with the poster on is a Standard Slater's kit, while the near one is the Freightman variant.

Yours

Richard
 
Dikitriki

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
Looking at the other side of the layout now, the fiddle yard......

It became clear at Aylesbury, and to a lesser extent at home, that we needed somewhere to store and rotate locos. A table in the middle is too risky, especially at a show, we had nowhere to comfortably turn a loco, and we wished to minimise handling. To that end we decided to build a loco storage yard with a turntable (manual) at one end, and a traverser/cartridge section at the other end. All bar the cartridges have been completed.

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There's space for about 20 locos, and we were able to change the layout of the branch storage to allow a direct route from the existing layout to the turntable. Alignment is by eye at the moment.

I had been struggling for some time trying to work out how to power the turntable. Chatting to Steph, he suggested I used a mono jack as the turntable spindle was hollow brass tube. Tim had one spare, so I turned it down, resoldered the wires to the poles, insulated it with paper soaked in superglue, and force fitted it to the spindle. There was very little run off indeed, and with home-made contacts and a Lenz reversing module, it works a treat. Thanks Steph :thumbs:

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I was well chuffed, I have to say, and very impressed with the reversing module. The turntable runs on a bearing plate. In fact it's built round an Ikea Lazy Susan:)

This section has occupied most of my Wednesday time this year, but now it's out of the way, I can get stuck into some scenic work.

Cheers

Richard
 
JimG

JimG

Western Thunderer
Dikitriki said:
Right, a bit of an update.

The big goods warehouse had an incorrect canopy. The model had a slate-roofed canopy. The real thing had a glass roof. I thought it would be nice to rebuild the warehouse with a proper canopy. We've taken the old one off without too much damage, and are busy building the supports for the new roof. This is the current state of play.

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The supports need to be weathered before the glazing is put on. Once that is attached, the glazing bars, guttering and flashing will be added.
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Richard,

I remember us discussing this canopy some time ago. I can't remember exactly what we discussed but that is looking definitely looking good. :)

Jim.
 
Steph Dale

Steph Dale

Western Thunderer
Iron Duck??!? Classic smelling mistake...
And, of course, as a Stewarts Lane loco, one of the few that can be recycled for the next project.
Steph
 
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