dan_the_v8man Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 This week I've been laying a concrete base for a shed. They'll be a raised line that runs behind it into the cabin on the right. The right hand side of the concrete has been laid thicker so as to provide foundations for a small wall which will allow me to level the garden off behind it for the return loop 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Not had chance to do a great deal with the railway as I've been building the new she'd but it's nearly done now 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Through the winter the projects been on pause but couldn't resist having a play in the snow, so one of the 08s came out of hibernation 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted January 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2021 Great fun! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 I've just purchased a new addition to the fleet from Tower Models I've not converted it to battery yet and this one is having something a bit different 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Our raised bed and trackbed should be just about finished tomorrow, baring filling with rubble and soil! Not going down the RC route so just hoping that I can get it to work well enough on DCC. Will need to build some form of track cleaning vehicle though. Will be watching your progress now I've found your thread. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 After a year of no progress I decided I better do something! Originally the railway was going to carry on climbing and go over the roots of a lovely old Acer. However over winter it died which meant cutting through the roots was no longer an issue. Cut back about 5ft of the existing concrete so the gradient could be reduced My method of marking radi... The 5 foot I took up got smashed up and reused And of course as soon as I got the concrete down and floated the heavens decided to open! The line is going to continue you around the top of the garden and back down the other side to a second loop and a branch line off into my cabin 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 The rockery 1 year later (actually 1 year and 1 week) but how it's changed... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 A bit of gauge and clearance testing tonight 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 Potential idea for the other side of the garden. The straight line across the top goes off to the cabin above the return loop. I'll probably add some sidings at a later date Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 My new arrival turned up today 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 After more concreting I thought it was a good idea to get some track down temporarily and do some testing with another Dapol Class 08 I converted to radio control today I also removed the unprotected lipo from the Class 20 and made up a higher capacity replacement from individual protected cells Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) I found one of the new sections had a bit of a dip in it so roughed it all up and recasted screed to bring it back up to level Plenty of SBR to hopefully get absorbed into the screed https://youtu.be/CkRmiQerKeI Edited August 26, 2021 by dan_the_v8man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share Posted August 26, 2021 I've also been testing a new board for Fil of Fils Battery Trains which works great! Reed switch stuck on the side switches the power on and off so when the roof is placed on the batteries are in circuit Did some speed testing with a 3 lipo cells Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 Another 08 on the bench for radio/battery conversion And think I've finalised the track plan for the other side of the garden 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth-Ingram Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Looks great. I hope you are planning to make a proper snow plough for the coming winter season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 38 minutes ago, Gareth-Ingram said: Looks great. I hope you are planning to make a proper snow plough for the coming winter season! Flangeway are producing their snowplough in O gauge, I've already registered interest in a pair of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 and a rough approximation of what the complete layout will look like 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth-Ingram Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 12 minutes ago, dan_the_v8man said: Flangeway are producing their snowplough in O gauge, I've already registered interest in a pair of them This is going go look good! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 A long overdue update but it seems my photos haven't survived the forum update! Here's a video of the progress so far. The track on the elevated boards is literally just sat in place currently so will be fixed down once I'm happy with it 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) And we had a running session on my friends railway... https://youtu.be/mstrhIpNihA Edited August 12, 2022 by dan_the_v8man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_the_v8man Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 At the end of last year I started work on an extension to the layout 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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