Joe's Garage
Western Thunderer
Nice to see you back Andrew and what a lovely thing to have...a room for a layout.
Hope all goes well
Julian
Hope all goes well
Julian
4mm The Strawberry Line in P4
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Phil O
Western Thunderer
Andrew,
I'm glad to have been able to have seen it in the flesh at RailWells last year, in case it doesn't come out to play again. Looking forward to seeing the progress in it's new home.
I helped to demolish Lodge Hill! The stone was used to build the new station complex at Cranmore.
I'm glad to have been able to have seen it in the flesh at RailWells last year, in case it doesn't come out to play again. Looking forward to seeing the progress in it's new home.
I helped to demolish Lodge Hill! The stone was used to build the new station complex at Cranmore.
ullypug
Western Thunderer
As another year rolls to its close, the good news is planning permission has been granted for the railway room extension. The architect is now drawing up final plans. All very exciting!
I decided to celebrate this mini milestone by starting a construction project of my own, namely two of the remaining buildings for Cheddar.
The first is the market gardener’s cottage on the down side of the line. There is precious little photographic information available about this building but I was kindly sent a fabulous image via a local Facebook page which has helped immensely. Other things have been subject to interpretation but I’m happy with the end result. Wills do a useful kit of miscellaneous outbuildings which have been used and will be used to detail the rest of the plot with a greenhouse, shed and cold frames.
The building itself is a mixture of card, embossed plasticard and Perspex windows.
The other building is the permanent way shed in the up yard. This was of timber construction with what looks like an extension on both the north and south side.
Again photographs are scarce showing the detail. The point being made by me thinking it was clap boarded and starting the model accordingly before I found a better picture confirming it was in fact vertical planking.
Roof has been tiled using York modelmaking self adhesive slates.
Both buildings will be set into the landscape at some point so will be stored away once completed.
I decided to celebrate this mini milestone by starting a construction project of my own, namely two of the remaining buildings for Cheddar.
The first is the market gardener’s cottage on the down side of the line. There is precious little photographic information available about this building but I was kindly sent a fabulous image via a local Facebook page which has helped immensely. Other things have been subject to interpretation but I’m happy with the end result. Wills do a useful kit of miscellaneous outbuildings which have been used and will be used to detail the rest of the plot with a greenhouse, shed and cold frames.
The building itself is a mixture of card, embossed plasticard and Perspex windows.
The other building is the permanent way shed in the up yard. This was of timber construction with what looks like an extension on both the north and south side.
Again photographs are scarce showing the detail. The point being made by me thinking it was clap boarded and starting the model accordingly before I found a better picture confirming it was in fact vertical planking.
Roof has been tiled using York modelmaking self adhesive slates.
Both buildings will be set into the landscape at some point so will be stored away once completed.
AdeMoore
Western Thunderer
Great work Andrew, think I mentioned before on the thread, the brick ruins of the cottage were our playground as kids 50 plus years ago! We used to make great dens out of the bricks and sheets of tin on the plot. Also dad rescued a van load of bricks from there and built a fire place out of them in our new house he built at Lower North Street.
I bet they are still there from circa 1977. I think there are a photo or two in the Cheddar book. Memories of Cheddar by Chris Howell I don’t have a copy of my own, but I’ll look next time I visit family. One on eBay currently.
I bet they are still there from circa 1977. I think there are a photo or two in the Cheddar book. Memories of Cheddar by Chris Howell I don’t have a copy of my own, but I’ll look next time I visit family. One on eBay currently.
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ullypug
Western Thunderer
Exciting times at Ullypug towers. The day which has been many years in the making has finally arrived. Yes, work has started on the railway room!
Everything safely packed and stowed away. Not so much of a hardship as most of it was stored anyway. I’ve got a temporary workspace should I need to scratch the creative itch.
Templot has been used to create various track plans which convert Cheddar to a roundy roundy. Time will tell whether these need to be tweaked once the new building is finished. Hopefully I’ll end up with something circa 22ft x 15 ft, narrowing down to 11ft.
Cheddar in its end to end configuration is 22ft long so clearly is not going to fit without having to induce curves at either end.
I’m still debating how I want to do the fiddle yard. I’ll have the full length of one wall to play with. Current thinking is a 4 road long yard with multiple trains stored on each road. That will probably mean DCC but I guess even a luddite like me should wake up and smell the coffee at some point.
This also gives the possibility of having Lodge Hill (or even Draycott or East Somerset Yard in Wells) in front of hidden siding shall to give trains somewhere to go and allows a move to replicate a strawberry special stock move in the working timetable.
Foundations are in and brick and block work starts next!
Everything safely packed and stowed away. Not so much of a hardship as most of it was stored anyway. I’ve got a temporary workspace should I need to scratch the creative itch.
Templot has been used to create various track plans which convert Cheddar to a roundy roundy. Time will tell whether these need to be tweaked once the new building is finished. Hopefully I’ll end up with something circa 22ft x 15 ft, narrowing down to 11ft.
Cheddar in its end to end configuration is 22ft long so clearly is not going to fit without having to induce curves at either end.
I’m still debating how I want to do the fiddle yard. I’ll have the full length of one wall to play with. Current thinking is a 4 road long yard with multiple trains stored on each road. That will probably mean DCC but I guess even a luddite like me should wake up and smell the coffee at some point.
This also gives the possibility of having Lodge Hill (or even Draycott or East Somerset Yard in Wells) in front of hidden siding shall to give trains somewhere to go and allows a move to replicate a strawberry special stock move in the working timetable.
Foundations are in and brick and block work starts next!
Nick Rogers
Western Thunderer
Lovely to see progress on your new room, Andrew! I will follow this with great interest as I'm planning a garden railway room myself later in the year.
All the best,
All the best,
Bulldog3444
Active Member
Good to see that work has started on building your railway room.
I agree that it’s a good idea to have a through fiddle yard. With my layout of Dulverton I started out with fiddle yards either side of the station, but that limited the length of trains that could be run. When I changed to a through fiddle yard I had the flexibility to run longer trains.
I have four through roads - two up and two down - each of which normally holds two trains. I also have shorter fiddle yard sidings to accommodate pick up freight trains and auto trains. Overall the fiddle yard gives provision for 14 trains.
You don’t need to go DCC in order to operate through fiddle yard roads. My layout is DC, and I have split the through fiddle yard roads into several sections.
I look forward to seeing your progress with Cheddar.
Ian
I agree that it’s a good idea to have a through fiddle yard. With my layout of Dulverton I started out with fiddle yards either side of the station, but that limited the length of trains that could be run. When I changed to a through fiddle yard I had the flexibility to run longer trains.
I have four through roads - two up and two down - each of which normally holds two trains. I also have shorter fiddle yard sidings to accommodate pick up freight trains and auto trains. Overall the fiddle yard gives provision for 14 trains.
You don’t need to go DCC in order to operate through fiddle yard roads. My layout is DC, and I have split the through fiddle yard roads into several sections.
I look forward to seeing your progress with Cheddar.
Ian
James Spooner
Western Thunderer
Looking good and I look forward to seeing your progress as it happens. I agree that through fiddle yards are the way to go; on Elmham Market I have a six road through fiddle yard and some of the roads store four trains. I do find DCC a help in practical operation as different operators can move several trains up a line at once, helping speed operation.
Nigel
Nigel
