jonhinds Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 3 hours ago, kryten65 said: IIRC... and it is seriously dredging the memories, those right hand side bays were used for various maintenance vans, the station cleaning team vans liveired in wypte red and cream are ones i remember being there, the space right in front of the skip was usually kept clear to let the biffa wagon in, next to the three cabinets next to the catch point for the loop was the station managers spot. then the rest of the spaces down either side were used by the station staff, I think Red star had a marked space next to the stairs on the left but I cant remember any other specific markings for offloading as the remainder of the space was usually used either by the post office at various times through the day or bus/coach replacements and the ramp at the side of the redstar was used for supplying the bakers and the bar downstairs Hope this helps Many thanks! I’m intrigued by the WYPTE cleaning vans. Found some photos of a Yorkshire Rider liveried Land Rover and Bedford road sweeper at the Interchange but assume these were for bus / road maintenance only. I’ll hedge a guess at the allocated spots being yellow lined on both sides. Presumably then the dashed spots were short stay? Either way enough info to go on. 2 hours ago, Ben B said: Judging by how it looked last night, it was the typical Bradford Standard of put a car anywhere you liked, regardless of restrictions or if it would fit ;) Still, looked quite nice in the evening as we walked back. Some might say this is the best way to view Bradford City Centre at night. Small, and far away… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhinds Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 I’ve finally got round to starting the dreaded ballasting. This is DCC Concepts Legacy Ballast 2mm light grey blend. I messed around with chinchilla dust blends but had a disastrous previous attempt where it set into clay and needed to be removed. Turns out I got the ‘wrong’ kind of dust! One product I really wouldn’t recommend is Ballast Magic, which is a blend of powdered glue which is mixed with the ballast and then ‘set’ with the supplied atomiser spray bottle. Despite various ratios of glue to ballast it would not set properly, so I resorted to dampening the ballast with the atomiser then applying diluted ballasting glue directly using a dropper. Much better. Here’s my best guess at the car park markings, based on photos and the helpful info supplied by @kryten65. The road markings are vinyl stickers from Scale Model Scenery. I also added areas of patched road surface and some drainage gutters. A layer of matt varnish was applied to seal everything. Like much of the layout the road surface still needs to be glued flat to the cork/baseboard, so it’s a bit lumpy. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacathedrale Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 It seems like there's a bit of a hump in the entrance to the car park? I do like that you've gone with actual usable bays :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted November 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2023 Superb, that looks great! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhinds Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Lacathedrale said: It seems like there's a bit of a hump in the entrance to the car park? I do like that you've gone with actual usable bays :) Yeah, I actually need to glue it down so there is indeed a rather unsightly (temporary) hump. I’ve been faffing around with airbrushing bits of detail on the road surface so haven’t got round to placing it in situ yet. Probably should take pics when everything’s lined up and properly stick in place, but can’t help giving into temptation! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhinds Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 Had some running issues with both the 47 and 31, so as of last month they’ve been sent off to LP Rails. Recently I’ve been a bit bolder about disassembling locos, so perhaps servicing will be something I can tackle myself from here on. I also treated myself to a second 47, because you can never have too many. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil C Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 On 15/08/2022 at 11:40, jonhinds said: Twilight of the 101s. Just stumbled on this thread - great stuff! Where are the buffer stops sourced from? They look good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhinds Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Neil C said: Just stumbled on this thread - great stuff! Where are the buffer stops sourced from? They look good. Many thanks! They’re etches from the 2mm Scale Association shop. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium richierich Posted July 28 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28 At least with the announcement from the Dapol regarding a Class 144 (and 143) that is an another model suitable for the layout. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 (edited) I parked the RRNE HQ pool car* there a few times from 1994 onwards, I don't remember any restrictions on which bays we were allowed to park in as long as we weren't in a BTP one. Mind you, that was in the days when you could just about get away with typing "THIS VEHICLE IS AUTHORISED TO PARK AT ANY BRB LOCATION" on a bit of card and getting the MD to sign it. When the cleaning teams went over to MTL Environmental and then whoever took over the FM contract when MTL disappeared up it's own financial black hole, I think the Metro-liveried vans went to Neville Hill and Heaton. It looks spot on anyway. (White or dark blue Peugeot 309, both complete sheds. There was a red 405 too but we weren't allowed to use that one). Edited July 28 by Wheatley 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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