avonside1563 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Here's a further update on progress on the lock chambers, ground level and edging being added now. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gringo Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 A lovely job, Eric. It seems almost a shame to "make it mucky"!! All the very best, John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) That's Larssen, box section, sheet steel piling, adjacent edges have an interlocking section rolled into them, so they slide together to form a continuous 'wall'. They are driven vertically into the ground, to provide support for earthworks. It's the kind of stuff frequently seen driven into canal and river banks to provide support, the kind of stuff Andy is casting I guess. Larssen Steel Piling.jpg Larssen Steel Piling 2.jpg Cargo Fleet held the UK manufacturing rights for many years, and did a good trade in it. I am sure this traffic was tripped to Bescot on the afternoon 8T31 to go forward next morning to Rom River at Lichfield on 8T34 0630 Bescot Down Local-Lichfield TV. Regards Mike Edited January 24, 2013 by mikeh 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted January 24, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2013 Very nice, Unit models make a nice model of such a load http://www.unitmodels.com/product.php?id_product=67 Paul Bartlett Thanks for the tip off Paul, wasn't aware of these. Looks like they (Unit Models) are at Stafford Exhibition so I think I'll get a few ready for when the Plates I'm doing are ready Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Thanks for the tip off Paul, wasn't aware of these. Looks like they (Unit Models) are at Stafford Exhibition so I think I'll get a few ready for when the Plates I'm doing are ready I was pleased to see the prototype photo. I have a couple of 7mm versions for the Parkside Plate and thought they looked a bit overloaded, but they were very like that photo. I also gave them the dimensions of the Peco 7mm Pig Iron wagon and they have added a suitable load to their range. Their products are a lot nicer to those made elsewhere whom use plaster for making load models. Paul Bartlett 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 24, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2013 Last night involved a 110 mile trip from work to Geoff's, to John's, to home. Boards moved and I got this one: After three hours work with polystyrene, filler, bandage and fluff it now looks like this: 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2013 Has anyone checked if the oven ready industrial bridge is cooked and those timber buttresses need weathering Andy 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2013 Took about 30 mins to remove wooden stakes, cut away the excess masking tape and apply protective cling film to the tunnel and track. 90 mins to fill all the holes and craters with polystyrene, shape and apply filler and scrim. I then had only 30 mins left before the ASBO kicked in to do some fluff and green. The only bit I'm not happy with is where the industrial line cuts past the tunnel wingwall. The arrangement doesn't look right. I think a retaining wall may be required or the top corner knocking off the wingwall. Something needs to alter as, to my eyes, it looks contrived at the moment. Thoughts? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2013 Do you mean the near side, as your photos seem to suggest the far side ( as viewed from the front ) ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2013 The interface between the high level industrial line and the land behind the tunnel portal, particularly the slope and the height of the freestanding LHS wingwall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) Ah.I think the valley side would need to be getting steeper at the point where the industrial bridge crosses the main, but in a skewed line of contours, enabling the industrial line to skirt the base of this rise. So as the main enters the tunnel the land is quite high above ( hence the need for the tunnel and not a cutting), but the industrial line is in a one sided cutting as it follows the contour.If that makes sense...! Edit : Something like this (the red lines indicate the cutting sides ): Edited January 25, 2013 by Stubby47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
92220 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I can certainly recommend the Alan Gibson etches for Braithwaite panels. I'm sure anyone with Blackrat's skills would make a great job of it. The tank section of mine is complete, though not cleaned up or detailed yet, then I've got the stand to build too: There is a sheet of brass for the base, and brass strip for the walkways around the top. This will be covered with thin sheets of planking, then handrails added. Very much enjoying the work in all of the BCB threads - thanks to everyone for the accounts, photos and inspiration. Iain 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2013 Thing is, if the contours dropped so dramatically to that side then the main line would have been routed that way rather than cut a tunnel through the hill, so my thought would be a rough cutting. But yes, I agree with you Chris, it does look a bit odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2013 The main line is well below the height of the ind. line, so might have been too low to use a swerve or cutting, but I see your point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 It depends mainly (says he, from the depths of ignorance on base-board construction), on what is proposed for the disguise of the hole in the sky / fiddle yard exit. The terrain looks to be the sort of scrub-ground that seemed to appear between the hives of industry in the BC, and there could conceivably have been a farm / small holding in the area justifying an accommodation bridge. Access slopes to such bridges were often very steep,. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2013 What I meant would look a lot better than this... : Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2013 Stu, the green matches the paint I use. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Indomitable026 Posted January 25, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2013 Stu, the green matches the paint I use. perhaps we should make a cartoon style layout 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2013 This looks to be a suitable choice... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2013 perhaps we should make a cartoon style layout You've not seen my buildings then... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Indomitable026 Posted January 25, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2013 You've not seen my buildings then... Thats what inspired me! (joke) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2013 There's this one : 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shadow Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) Agree that it doesn't quite look right. Looking at the edited picture above, the black line would be the contour, so possibly make the ground higher behind the portal? Adding a wing wall of the same style would fit in. If the tunnel was there first, then the tunnel wing would be the shape it is, and the cutting for the industrial line would be the shape it is. Else, how easy to reverse the curve of the tunnel portal? Edited January 26, 2013 by Shadow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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