Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Yes that is the parade of shops we used as a basis, but as John has said above we are only modelling the rear elevation.
Col.
Love Lane, B.R. (E) c.1956-59
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Col.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Yes and I've got to coil the ropes and roll the sheets up.
Osgood
Western Thunderer
Yes, and if you don't do it before you nip down the cafe for breakfast there's always a chance you'll forget....Yes and I've got to coil the ropes and roll the sheets up.
I was quite taken with the lightness (weightwise not lumenwise) of the Love Lane lighting rig uprights - it's given me an idea
But, for some reason I never looked at the lighting bar - is it just a length of round or square tube with LED tape stuck to it?
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
The beginnings of the second rail bridge in mock up form at the suburban end of Love Lane. What looks like a rose trellis under the bridge is in fact two 3D printed structure gauges.
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
You could cover them with roses and use them as operating gates for the fiddle yard entrance.
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Loving the printed bridge beams. Great way of making something that's quite fiddly with all the fillets and rivets.
Richard Gawler
Western Thunderer
And still they come!
70000 'Britannia' hurtled through Hatfield Peverel this evening on a Norwich - Windsor special. Faster than I expected, and probably faster than she is supposed to go! The smell lingering afterwards was wonderful.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
What time did she leave Norwich ?, I can see the Norwich to Stowmarket section from my back yard, if I'd of known
Col.
Richard Gawler
Western Thunderer
17:19.
There was a stop at Marks Tey near the sand siding for water.
Realtime Trains | 1Z71 1706 Norwich to Windsor & Eton Riverside | 28/05/2024
There was a stop at Marks Tey near the sand siding for water.
Realtime Trains | 1Z71 1706 Norwich to Windsor & Eton Riverside | 28/05/2024
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
....and here's more of Britannia yesterday...
James Spooner
Western Thunderer
That takes me back to my early childhood! My parents lived in Shenfield within sight of the ex GE main line and I have memories of Brits thundering through, just like that!
Nigel
Nigel
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Last Wednesdays meet saw the crew working on the bridge seen in the previous update.
Salvaged from the original layout formation were some brick walls which are too good to not use so these are to be fitted along the back of the bay road.
Dave @S-Club-7 continues his work on track work, here we see the beginnings of the single slip on the mainline goods yard exit which crosses the up line to access the down but also forms a cross over between these two roads.
There have also been some alterations to the loco yard area, we felt that the ground behind the shops that met the cottage gardens should fall a bit lower than originally built so the gardens now sit about an 1" lower than before and the ground that falls toward the loco yard will now be held back by a lower retaining wall, behind the water tower, which opens up the scene a little when viewed from the front.
Col.
Salvaged from the original layout formation were some brick walls which are too good to not use so these are to be fitted along the back of the bay road.
Dave @S-Club-7 continues his work on track work, here we see the beginnings of the single slip on the mainline goods yard exit which crosses the up line to access the down but also forms a cross over between these two roads.
There have also been some alterations to the loco yard area, we felt that the ground behind the shops that met the cottage gardens should fall a bit lower than originally built so the gardens now sit about an 1" lower than before and the ground that falls toward the loco yard will now be held back by a lower retaining wall, behind the water tower, which opens up the scene a little when viewed from the front.
Col.
Oz7mm
Western Thunderer
But apart from that
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
....and at the other end of the layout @Boyblunder has been testing the possibility of advanced repeaters for the up home signal, lights in this case.
or a banner type here. This would require a servo to operate it.
Richard has been working on the second bridge with steel work ready for jack arches.
Col.
or a banner type here. This would require a servo to operate it.
Richard has been working on the second bridge with steel work ready for jack arches.
Col.