RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 24, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2014 Whilst adding the track, I needed to find something to weight it down. I just used what I had to hand. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddletank Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 But why are they still full? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 25, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2014 But why are they still full? At the rate we drink, that's about a month's supply ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 25, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) More progress today. First fix of greenery around the track has gone down, plus some tweaks to the ballast where needed. The platform has had its first coat of paint, one buffer stop is in. Next will be to fully errect the layout and position the feed in track correctly so the bridging piece can be easily used. Wagons are selected, just need to add the uncoupling staples this evening. Neither layout will be 100% complete, or even where I'd hoped they'd be, but they are presentable and do work ! Edited April 25, 2014 by Stubby47 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 25, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2014 Contact has been made !! Through running from Treamble to Shepherds Halt has commenced today. Despite a slight incline issue, the connection has gone as planned and works very well. A start has been made on the facia, to try to give some sort of reasonable look to the layout. The conduit frame is a little unsteady, but further work is planned to remedy this and to provide a better support for the backscene. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted April 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2014 Stu, I will not be at the members day which is a shame as I would like to see your layouts working. Hope all goes well and you have a good weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 25, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2014 Thanks Chris, Shame you can't make it. Are you south-west based? More photos will be added after the weekend, and as I prepare for the Hayle show at the end of May. It's getting there, but taking too long. For example, I'm adding staples to the coupling hooks, at the average speed of 1 every 15 minutes !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 25, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2014 From the right hand end, these pics show the layout in stages. (Can't seem to add pictures in the post, so they'll be attachments). First is the right hand end, showing the open wagon under where the chutes will be, the prairie and van in the head shunt and the switches for the points. Second pic is mdi-way along the layout, showing the military platform. Third pic shows the lead in point and the loco siding. The wires will, of course be buried and the track ballasted, though perhaps not for this weekend. Pic 4 shows the switches again, from a different angle. The choc-blocs are being used to hold the tube in place, leaving enough slip for the wire to move inside. The other choc-block is the main power feed for the controller. Lastly, a general view along the layout, from Treamble to Shepherds. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel2010 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) Thanks Chris, Shame you can't make it. Are you south-west based? More photos will be added after the weekend, and as I prepare for the Hayle show at the end of May. It's getting there, but taking too long. For example, I'm adding staples to the coupling hooks, at the average speed of 1 every 15 minutes !! I know the feeling all thumbs in my case ,looking at photos ,very nice Tel Edited April 26, 2014 by Tel2010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted April 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2014 Stu, Not really South West, the Reading area, which makes Taunton do-able. I will have to see about it in the future. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandman Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 As always, some wonderful modelling. There appears to be a slight dogleg at the joint between this board and the old one. Is this just a photographic anomaly or is it something that needs to be sorted out with some track realignment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2014 Thanks Andy. The dog leg is not so apparent when I line the tracks up properly... The Treamble board can move lengthwise within the sub-frame - a design feature so I can add-in the joining 4" long track and then push the board closer to fully engage the fishplates. However, at the time of the photo, there was also some front-to-back movement, so the track was slightly kinked. I also need to fix down the left end of the Treamble board track, once I've decided on the correct angle of curvature. Today's progress has seen the start of some half-relief buildings for the area between the rock outcrop and the left end. These will be a motley collection of styles, the first being a granite warehouse-type. Also planned (!) is a full height corrugated iron clad shed (full height being high enough to be used for the intended high level tramway...), a semi-clad wood-framed open shed and a row of cart arches under a dressed stone offices block. Other sheds, lean-to's etc. may also be added as necessary. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2014 This is the granite warehouse. It needs window sills and the roof needs painting, plus the hoist and guttering adding, then it's done. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 8, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) We had a 'Team Lunch' today - basically this mean the Co. gets the sarnies from Tesco and then we all sit & chat for a bit, then the management team give us an update on what's happening. For me, it's an hour and a half of free time to do some modelling (whilst listening, of course...) So I built the woodshop to go next to the warehouse. It still needs a final roof covering and the door & window frame painting, plus some details in the workshop area, but I'm quite pleased how it looks so far. As you can see, I've also painted the roof of the warehouse and added the guttering, the missing piece of which will be left missing, so some moss can be added to the wall. Edited May 8, 2014 by Stubby47 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted May 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2014 Stu, Is this card or plastic? Your speed of work amazes me and it looks fantastic. Do you sit at the back and do this or at the front and annoy them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 8, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2014 Chris, It's mount card, lightly scribed, then painted with a thin, patchy coat of Humbrol grey enamel. I sat next to a window for some natural light. Everyone in work knows I model ( thee are only 30 in the company, all in one large office) and no-one minds, including the MD & directors. I've promised to take Shepherds & Treamble into work after the show later this month to really show them what I do. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted May 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2014 Stu, It sounds like a nice place to work. I am always unsure about card as it can look quite flat but yours never seems to. When I get to that stage perhaps I will have to try one or two to see how it goes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 8, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) If you look at most buildings, there are always adornments that break up the flat walls - all I try to do is add some extra strips to do the same. If you've not seen them, have a close look at Allan Downes' Tudor buildings - a lot of the effect is by use of simple plastic strips, often more than one of different dimensions.As for using card, cereal packets are really cheap, and can be laminated to increase strength.Stu Edited May 9, 2014 by Stubby47 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 10, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2014 (edited) In 1831, William Bickford and his son-in-law George Smith produced the world's first safety fuse. This was made in a factory in Tuckingmill, in the heart of the Cornish mining area. The fuse greatly improved safety in the mines and indirectly led to the invention of dynamite. The factory was situated alongside the Redruth to Camborne Tramway, which carried passengers and freight between the two great mining centres. Both centres, of course, had a railway station on the main GWR Paddington to Penzance line. This line, of course, passed through Chacewater, which had a branch to Newquay, which went through Shepherds, which had a branch to Treamble, which is where the Iron Ore mines were. It was also where the military had a secret camp, dedicated to training for undercover operations and sabotage, which of course, amongst other equipment, needed safety fuses... Now, as has previously been shown, the Bickford- Smith factory had a distinctive circular adornment over a gateway. The company decided to build a smaller factory at Treamble which, to display that this factory was part of the Bickford-Smith company, had a large stone circle built into the front façade. Officially, the factory was there to to serve the mines in the area, but in reality it was a cover to allow research into and development of better, military-grade, quick-acting, water-proof fuses. Operationally, some goods were passed between the factories, using the rail and tramway connections. This was mainly rope and gunpowder, but occasionally there were anonymous crates carried in un-marked wagons. This is a picture of what the factory might have looked like (taken during construction, using some very dubious materials and methods...). The factory was situated next to the mine's woodwork shop and warehouse Edited May 10, 2014 by Stubby47 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 13, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2014 Some more work on the buildings. From the right we have the warehouse. the woodwork shop, the Bickford-Smith factory, another non-descript building which will have the lean-to, open-sided loco shed, then at the end of the military platform is the shell of the wooden shed for storing the various stores and munitions, before being taken by road to the camp. The woodworkshop has had a door added and a new support post. Behind the shed is a new wall, representing a larger building behind what is now an extension on the front. Not sure what this building was for, so no end door has been added yet. The far end will have a corrugated iron lean side extension, with the lean-to roof thus supported on two walls. The side will be left open for viewing the internal detail. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 17, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2014 (edited) I am a little surprised no-one picked up the image in the background of the last photo in post #71.... Quite a bit more effort with Treamble today, most of the basic groundwork is now done, plus the buildings just need a final detailing before bedding in. The non-descript buildiing has gained a lean-to shed, corrugated tin painted with black bitumen. Bickford & Smith decided their factory was in the wrong place, so it's been moved to the other side of the woodwork shop. Meanwhile, at the other end, the cutting into the rock has been finishd off and some grass laid. Edited May 17, 2014 by Stubby47 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddletank Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Horizontal outlet and hinges, packing box for a toilet? Layouts progressing nicely by the way! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 22, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2014 (edited) H -1 !!Here we go then, one day till the public debut.Today I will be taking Treamble to work, so I can plant the buildings I've finishing off.I also need to install the mineral chute over the long siding and the new loco coaling platform.Then tonight it will be fitting the backscene for Shepherds and the electrics for the FY point motors and any last minute scenics.Delivery & set up on Friday, then two days of enjoyment.Hope to see some of you there - please stop & say Hello. Edited May 22, 2014 by Stubby47 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 24, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2014 First day at the Hayle May Exhibition didn't go too bad. Some minor coupling issues (staples falling off) and one w-i-t point sometimes not fully changing, but overall fair. Some pictures of both Shepherds & Treamble - first up is the train weathered by Barry O : A cabbage train trundles through Shepherds A wagon waits under the mineral chute at Treamble A view across from the military siding to the Treamble buildings. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted May 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2014 Stu, Looks good. So much done in such a short time. When is it due its next outing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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