Jon Gwinnett
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Redolent of the real things, which (probably faulty) memory suggests were mouldering away during childhood trips to Alton in the early 1970s
4mm Podimore: constructing a scene
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AJC
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Not faulty at all - some of the sites (Bentworth and Lasham, notably - that's the one with the photos I'm working with) lasted that long as a coal merchant and allowed some decent drawings to be made. They're not the most attractive of station buildings, but that's not the point. The Culm Valley stations were lovely but a bit too cute, really.
Adam
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AJC
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A little further on, courtesy of some guttering and downpipe bits from ModelU. The Ogee guttering might seem posh but is per the real thing, though unlike ModelU's parts, with round, rather than square, downpipes. All reasonably easy to add, though the guttering was a mite bendy it responded well to cyanocrylate with the joins between lengths being reinforced with some 0.45 wire laid along the bottoms of the gutter. The rather blurry picture below shows the end result. I've roofed the thing too, but that needs a bit more detail along the eaves and ridge before painting. The narrow door to the Gents was also a feature of the real thing, just a couple of feet wide.
Adam
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AJC
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Not everything has ground to a halt with Podimore, honest! The main line needs protection from the sidings so I’m in the process of adding a second catch point. This one will be the double tongue type, but only one blade has been installed so far and the sleepers are stuck in place ready for soldered spacers and cosmetic chairs. Once all this has been finished, I can progress with adding droppers, point actuation mechanisms and make the thing run and make it look nice.
Adam
Adam
daifly
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I'm no expert but is that catch point necessary? Surely the two 'crossover' points would be box-controlled and interlocked to ensure there would be no chance for a runaway onto the main.
In any event, it is so close to the main that any vehicle thrown off would still foul the main.
Dave
In any event, it is so close to the main that any vehicle thrown off would still foul the main.
Dave
Jon Gwinnett
Western Thunderer
Totally OT, but where did you get the lovely WD Brown tin mug?
AJC
Western Thunderer
Jon Gwinnett
Western Thunderer
Ah, well I shall keep looking. The repro ones online never look the right colour!
AJC
Western Thunderer
For the first time in an age, progress. I've finally completed the droppers on the more complicated to the two boards and added a bit of ply' to reinforce the end plate and opened up a couple of holes to allow for the point mechanisms. I suppose that the next thing to do is to add the point actuating mechanisms. Oh, and join the wiring up. Don't hold your breath.
Adam
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AJC
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Thanks! It's nice to have made some. Unfortunately, I found one of the stockboxes had got
Adam
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Kylestrome
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Nice socks! 
AJC
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Nice socks!
Courtesy of one of my sisters (handknitted, very comfy). In unrelated news, but pertinent to the layout, I've made enough droppers for board 2. I might manage to add them before this time next year...
Adam
Pencarrow
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Nice socks!
Didn't notice them, good spot.
AJC
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A bit of a diversion inspired by, respectively, the Southern’s habit of grounding Brighton vans for stores - there were a couple on the Fawley Branch - (those they didn’t send to the Wight, anyhow), and partly by one seen elsewhere on this forum, though @PaulR's has wheels…
Nothing radical about this, just scribed plastic sheet and strip. The strip above the doors is, quite prototypically, battered. Corner plates and strapping are 10 thou’ which I will thin once it’s all set for a few days.
Adam
Nothing radical about this, just scribed plastic sheet and strip. The strip above the doors is, quite prototypically, battered. Corner plates and strapping are 10 thou’ which I will thin once it’s all set for a few days.
Adam
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AJC
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Simple really - it's easier to work than 5 thou' (even that's probably overscale) and even treated in that way, survives solvent additions of boltheads better. I'd normally use cyanocrylate for 5 thou' in panels and plating, but the boltheads need a slightly different approach.
Adam
AJC
Western Thunderer
No reason - barring distraction - I simply forgot to buy any last time I saw it for sale, I’m afraid! On the list for Expo in May…
Adam
