Anthony566 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Its all starting to come back together nicely Jim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Hi Jim Glad to see I'm not the only messy modeller. I only clear up in the loft when it gets to the point you can't see the floor. HaHa. Why does it not surprise me you've got a model of McDonalds. Remember the morning you asked me to take your train from Snow Hill to Moor Street so you could walk across town to get your Double Sausage and egg McMuffin. Didn't get me one yer miserable sod!! Only joking. Good to see the layouts bouncing back. Looks good mate. Cheers Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2017 I've actually given up maccy d's for lent, lost about 1/2 stone already, 30 days to go! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I tried giving up Class 66s for lent but GB weren't to happy with that idea. HaHa!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 21, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2017 Found an MDF tunnel mouth in my stock box that I may be able to utilise I've been umming and ahhing about buying these from rails of Sheffield for a couple of years as they are HO scale but as I was in Sheffield on Saturday I called in and had a look at the size and realised they will look ok on the layout, basically a single shed and waiting room and bus shelter all for £39 I want to use the shed as a wagon shop, as it happened I needed to have worried about it being too small, it's far too big to fit in the yard as the track work stands! I can get it to fit though with a minor rejig of the tracks, I'll have to add a new 3 way point to the nearest end of the yard, what was a dead end road will become a through road and one of the through roads will become a shed road with 2 cripple sidings behind the shed Still not finished the mainline though! 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftwood Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 heat is already sorted but i may add one of those low power frost prevention type heaters too and leave it running to keep damp at bay had a few hours earlier, didnt get as much done as i hoped as i forgot to buy cork earlier, managed to buy a Dapol 68 put forgot the cork! anyway, secured the top station boards better to stop them flexing and also fixed the new aproach board on the doorway section looking at the station again i do have some nice precut cork strips that ive put in place to see how much room i have, as they are nice and straight i can be sure the platform is also parallel with the trackbed down its whole length im going to run some Bachmann retaining walls along the rear wall and butt the cork up to those and some more of them as originally planned to hold the town in place im going to need to add a small fillet to the high level board for the inner track to run over (the one outside the tunnel) the reason ill run the wall along the rear is to be able to add my Hornby canopy's to the station, i'll add a wills flexi girder across the tunnel mouth this end and continue the platform a short distance into the tunnel to create the illusion of a longer station the outer edge will need some sort of plastistruct girgers adding between the uprights i'll fit, i'll actually do it so the canopy will be removable for cleaning etc, i will mount it lower than in the pics, ive just placed them on top of the wall to get the idea, basically i'll run a plasticard U 'gutter' along the retaining wall at the top of the arches (where the wall goes vertical) for the canopy to sit in, similarly do the same on the outer side between the stone uprights looks quite good with a 5 vehicle train in the platform even better with the basic idea for the canopy placed in position the usual, "view from the door" picture 37401 hired in to move the translator vehicles hopefully get some cork tomorrow and get the track fitted over the doorway section towards the station, maybe even roughly lay a complete circuit Hi, great layout, as an aside and its probably been covered elsewhere so apologies, you will probably find if you look at stations with large overall canopies, they sit on a ledge inside the walls so that the top of the wall stands slightly proud, and under each of your canopy joints it would be good to fit an impression of a pillar/support. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 21, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2017 If you look at some of the later pics you can see where I've planned to fit the canopy into U channel slightly below the top of the wall as you suggest The interesting bit to get to look right will be the 'pillar side' as the u channel will run inside the pillars 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brenn Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hi Jim, Where did you get the scissor crossover in this picture it looks like a Ho Bachmann job?? If so have you tested it and is it easy to fit point motor? Cheer Brenn 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 22, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2017 It's a shinohara crossing, it has been used previously in the old 'hidden section' of the layout (go back through the thread and have a look) I've merely moved it forward As for point motors, what a pain those are, as they are side by side I've had to adapt some seep latching point motors, basically dremel'd away part of them so they sit close together but still have the screw holes, I've managed to salvage the old ones so will simply refit them when I get round to it, I will have to do it fairly soon as the blades on the crossing are not sprung and the motors are so I need them fitting to hold the blades in place! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Ashley Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Big Jim, Just looked through the entire thread from start to finish. I have enjoyed your work and will take a few ideas from it for my N gaufe layout set in North Wales. Keep up the good work. I shall continue to follow with interest. Regards, Anthony Ashley http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/71151-north-welsh-coast-railway-welsh-dragon-rail/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 24, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2017 Not much more to report, managed to get hold of 2 more retaining wall packs so they now reach the end of the platforms and give me 2 more uprights for the canopy A fellow member has offered to send me a couple of extra uprights too so I can use them over at the end I was planning on using the mdf tunnel mouth, revert to plan A and use a wills flexi girder between the uprights 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 27, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27, 2017 Just one pic of the yard with the shed roughly in place, first time I've taken a pic from that angle, the line where the 70 is sat will join back in at the top in a 3 way point as will the lines with the 20s and 08 on On the mainline is my newly converted NMT, more pics in this thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/106497-big-jims-workbenchok-dining-table-37057-dbso-sgt2/?p=2666872 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 7, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2017 (edited) Tonight was going to be the big push, T3 possession on, last of the track laying, point motor holes cutting etc so I could have at least got the outer line up and running, made a start then realised I didn't have any fishplates! Possession cancelled, staff stood down! Managed to get a bit done track wise but then did a bit more on the station area First up was glue the Bachmann walls to the shed wall, no nails type stuff used Up to which I glued the precut straight cork trackbeds and added the track I also placed the platform down to allow me to glue the cork beds against the opposite platform face, that was it for track laying because of the lack of fishplates I then glued a u channel to the Bachmann walls for the overall roof to slot into Flexigirder over the end and on the inner edge of the uprights I have glued T channel brackets for the roof to sit on Reglued the canopies with glue'N'glaze Final piece of u channel on the rear wall, will leave that until Monday to dry before attempting to fit the roof! Got 3 more of the Hornby canopies which I'm going to adapt for the outer platform Simply cut them along the rear of the 'gutter' So they become single canopies, the cut off bit will then be glued alongside the bigger part to make a longer canopy, doing similar with the other 2 will mean I can make a single piece 6 panel canopy the same length as the big over roof But first up FISHPLATES!!! Edited April 7, 2017 by big jim 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 19, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2017 Bit more done, glue dried on the uprights so test fitted the roof Then added cork to the rest of the trackbed that needed Doing Laid the track and points into the oil terminal And over the bridge The inside line needs a couple of MM taking off the length so I can move it slightly to the right of the bridge to straighten it up slightly The other side of the bridge has a pair of curved points to allow trains to use the centre platform bi-directionally Then it's just a case of joining up the new track work to the existing incline tracks, wiring it up and that should be it mainline wise just the outer platform road to fit and with any luck that's it's for track work, some of the points I've fitted on the high level will be manual operation I recon as I quite frankly can't be bothered to wire them up and fit point motors, some are too close to the wall to get motors in anyway with the battening below the boards 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony566 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 The station is coming on really well Jim and i really like the girder bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 22, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2017 (edited) last bit of track in so now i can run trains round the whole layout again, got a bit of packing and wiring to do on the inner circuit to smooth out the transition from the incline to the flat, ive tested the incline with a Bachmann 66 and got it fairly smooth, just need to fine tune it to avoid derailments still need to lay the loop line through the station but that will only take a few minutes to do, couple of link wires to get power to it and hopefully that side will run ok so with that bit of track done it was time to test the trackwork, and what better train to use than the NMT Edited April 22, 2017 by big jim 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Boco_D1 Posted April 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2017 The new set up looks great, nicely done. Jimmy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 23, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2017 got the last bit of track fitted and wired up this evening new loop fitted took a video of the new line up and running and with trains running in both directions https://youtu.be/MpHPtLlQYJ4 view from the door 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve shorrock Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Good job done Jim Looking really good, Well worth the re do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 27, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) After spotting a link in another part of the forum to L-cut creative website I ended up ordering a number of retaining wall components so I can make a nice angled retaining wall, at 29p each it want worth the hassle of trying make my own parts from card as I wouldn't get consistent sized parts Bought a dozen of them That conveniently, and not by design, sit the same height as the high level boards! Spaced them out just smaller than a sheet of brick card Took a touch more off the edge of the board near the bridge Then using my trusty razor saw I cut a groove for the upright to slot into I then back filled the gap between the cork and edge with card The next bit is a test piece, basically in the words of Donald trump "we need to build a wall" which I have started to do using card and held upright with peco platform fillets onto which the platform tops will fit (when i buy them) That will then become the rear wall for the platform, on the outer side I am going to put magnetic tape on the face of the fixed wall and similar on the rear of the retaining wall sections which will be removable in sections so I can easily remove them should I need to get to the hidden storage area in case of derailments etc Of course it wasn't all work and no play And a vid of the 67 running round the layout https://youtu.be/Jwx_6qzlCuo Edited April 27, 2017 by big jim 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bensanchez43310 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I do apologise if these have been mentioned elswhere, but roughly what are the layouts dimesions and do you have a trackplan? Ben Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 7, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2017 (edited) Little bit more done, finished the main platform Extended the land above the tunnel mouth so the track isn't so close to the edge And built the new outside platform I then thought I'd see if my plan of removable retaining walls would work Magnetic tape on the rear wall And some on the rear of the retaining wall as well as some more l-cut wall formers And voila, strongly in place The offcut brick card will go on the inside of the rear wall, slightly higher than the outside (less than 1mm), I can then put some coping stones on top so the removable retaining wall can sit below it and slide out easily Seems to work, will add vertical columns between the card sheets on the outside to hide the joins Edited May 7, 2017 by big jim 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DRS Crewe On A Mission Posted May 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2017 Looking brilliant Jim. I really like the station and platforms and the lines under the station. That's very good for stabling trains. If you don't mind me asking where did you get your BR Green 37057 from with the yellow ends? Looking forward to seeing more. Thank you very much in advance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 7, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2017 Looking brilliant Jim. I really like the station and platforms and the lines under the station. That's very good for stabling trains. If you don't mind me asking where did you get your BR Green 37057 from with the yellow ends? Looking forward to seeing more. Thank you very much in advance. It's a redo from an old plain green Bachmann 37, added lights and yellow ends and Zimo sound chip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DRS Crewe On A Mission Posted May 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2017 Thank you for letting me know. It looks brilliant. I wonder if Bachmann have the correct tooling to produce 37057 if/when it receives Colas Rail livery? That would look very good with 37099. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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