MartinWales Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 We are equipped with a Captain Kernow Early Warning System here, so are forewarned of your approach to the Principality!!!. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W2 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Are you aware of the layout Rhydy Clafdy? It was featured recently in a Hornby magazine and has been exhibited a few times. It's right up your street, as it's fictitious but set near Afon Wen and Pwhelli and roughly in the same era. I know the guy who built it as I used to be in the MRC he's a member of. It's very good - lots of Manor class locos and BR Std locos, Mk 1 coaches etc. Might be worth you getting a copy of the mag for inspiration. thanks Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Are you aware of the layout Rhydy Clafdy? It was featured recently in a Hornby magazine and has been exhibited a few times. It's right up your street, as it's fictitious but set near Afon Wen and Pwhelli and roughly in the same era. I know the guy who built it as I used to be in the MRC he's a member of. It's very good - lots of Manor class locos and BR Std locos, Mk 1 coaches etc. Might be worth you getting a copy of the mag for inspiration. thanks Mike Quite right Mike! I know Phil too , having also been luck enough to operate the layout on several occassions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted August 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 24, 2012 Quite right Mike! I know Phil too , having also been luck enough to operate the layout on several occassions And we had the pleasure of being let in early at Swanick (Butterley) on Saturday and spending quite some time looking at this layout before the official opening time of 1000am and chatted with the lone operator for some time while waiting for the others to arrive on scene. Great layout. I will have to watch developments on Afon Wen - looking good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaakko Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 Are you aware of the layout Rhydy Clafdy? It was featured recently in a Hornby magazine and has been exhibited a few times. Mike Yes indeed, the Rhyd-y-Clafdy layout has been featured in the several articles recently. I have the following articles: Hornby Magazine, August 2012 British Railway Modelling, April 2010 British Railway Modelling, May 2010 Jaakko Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Don't forget the original BRM articles from Feb/March 2002! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaakko Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 Re The Door: Is their space in the adjoining room for the door to be rvrsed ie open the other way. I used this method on my layout Wencombe. Unfortunately there is no space in the adjoining room because of a big sofa, as shown in the snapshot in the thread # 16. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaakko Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 Thanks to all who clicked "Like This" or made kind comments! It is nice to know that some of you are reading my thread. A couple of weeks have passed since I added anything to this thread, but actually I have been making a little progress on the baseboard construction. So, there are a few pictures of the progress here. The starting point is my solid-bottom baseboard construction. The profile of the cross members proves basic contours for the scenery. Then a roadbed is cut to the shape. The blue extruded polystyrene board (Styrofoam) is my favourite scenery material. First, Styrofoam boards are cut to fit in the space between the cross members. Then the scenery contours are carved with a knife and a dovetail saw. After generating a lot of polystyrene particles the scenery contours are taking a desired shape... Finally the Styrofoam boards are covered with light weight filler. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted September 9, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2012 I live north of Afon Wen and am following this with great interest. Keep up the good work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Yes Jaako-please keep us updated with your developments! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted September 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2012 Interesting project. I am also modelling Cambrian Railways but much earlier. However I shall be interested to see how you get on. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike-Greg Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Hi there Looks a good layout the one thing that struck me I know you say the wireing and testing was done before mounting on top of the book case but you have points and I expect point motors in this section how do you get to them for maintenance once the layout is finished because you can be sure that at sometime in the future you will need to !!!!! Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaakko Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 This is a tricky question Mike! The roadbed is secured in place with screws and it can be lifted off if necessary for a maintenance (not too often I hope!). This is not an optimal solution but I can live with that. Fortunately there are only three baseboard sections utilising the solid-bottom baseboard construction method. Other sections are made using a more conventional solid-top baseboard construction way meaning that the maintenance of the point motors etc. is easier. I hope that the following pictures will explain my ideas: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaakko Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Don't forget the original BRM articles from Feb/March 2002! The original article in the December 2002 issue of BRM is now available here: https://www.model-railways-live.co.uk/ryc Also the spectacular O gauge Barmouth Bridge layout is available at Model Railways Live: https://www.model-railways-live.co.uk/barmouth The layout was featured first time in the pages of BRM in October 2009. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaakko Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Well, it has been a long time since I updated this. I have not been able to do a lot of work on Afon Wen layout due to the work and family commitments. I have, however, made some progress with some scenery projects as shown on my RMweb Blog: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1277-jaakkos-blog/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Good to see you back Jaakko and look forward to seeing more progress reports! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I spent many happy hours at Afon Wen. I was convalescing at a friends hotel in Abergele in 1955 and decided to go see the GWR! It was the first of many trips when it could still be done by rail from the north Wales coast. While living in the grotty mill town of Oldham I had only read about the GW and so when I alighted at Afon Wen and saw chocolate & cream paintwork on the station and an outside framed 'Dukedog' waddling towards me from Pwlheli I wasn't one bit suprised! Only in later years did I realised how fortunate I had been in seeing the line at that time. Look forward to seeing developments on this model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium steverabone Posted March 14, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2013 I've just stumbled across this thread and I'm delighted that somebody is building Afon Wen. When I wrote the article in the book that Trevor Ridley and I produced, I imagined it would need to be built in a large room to allow those long summer Saturday trains off the Bangor line to be replicated. However, I'm delighted that you have succeeded in shoe horning it in. Personally, I'd run it in weekday mode and forget the long summer Saturday trains as you still have the opportunity for running the "Welshman" through train to Euston and then there were the Liverpool to Pwllheli steam hauled stopping trains as well as DMUs as well as the Cambrian Coast trains. I look forward to future progress reports. Stephen Rabone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindricksteam13 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I have just 'stumbled' on this topic (18 months after the last entry) - I too am anxious to model, and intrigued by, this 'unique' station and have acquired all the relevant books and obtained maps from Gwynedd Library and from the N.A.. However, no-one has been able provide details of the track layout from Afon Wen to Penychain after 1948 when double-track and bi-directional working was introduced between these two points. Has anyone been able to find more about this - specifically track / point / signal dispositions - or even, dare I say it, a PHOTOGRAPH of the actual junction?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bill Rear has only one photograph taken at the actual junction in all of his books and it is of a train approaching from the East and taken at a low angle so that there is no opportunity to even guess at the track design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tynewydd Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I have just 'stumbled' on this topic (18 months after the last entry) - I too am anxious to model, and intrigued by, this 'unique' station and have acquired all the relevant books and obtained maps from Gwynedd Library and from the N.A.. However, no-one has been able provide details of the track layout from Afon Wen to Penychain after 1948 when double-track and bi-directional working was introduced between these two points. Has anyone been able to find more about this - specifically track / point / signal dispositions - or even, dare I say it, a PHOTOGRAPH of the actual junction?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bill Rear has only one photograph taken at the actual junction in all of his books and it is of a train approaching from the East and taken at a low angle so that there is no opportunity to even guess at the track design. The SRS has a couple of diagrams at http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/html/gwu/S3243.htm. The second shows the revised double track to Penychain - in support of Billy Butlin's camp there - and the signalling of it. Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindricksteam13 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 The SRS has a couple of diagrams at http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/html/gwu/S3243.htm. The second shows the revised double track to Penychain - in support of Billy Butlin's camp there - and the signalling of it. Adam Hi Adam; Only just caught up with this (after 2 months!!!!) - many thanks for the reference, it's just exactly what I required - I was ignorant of the existence of SRS but now know where to look. I am awaiting the CD with the details that I expect to find to be 'enthralling'!! I send you my regards - and greetings to San F. - I was last there in 1989 when visiting an Uncle (now long deceased) in Oakland. Perhaps one day if / when the projected layout gets built I will be able to publish some photographs. However, the immediate priority is replacing the roof on the station of my garden railway (16mm radio controlled steam) - destroyed by sliding snow off the garage roof following a blizzard here in N. Nottinghamshire on Boxing Day night - oh the pleasures of modelling outdoors in the UK. David. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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