RMweb Premium Indomitable026 Posted March 21, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2018 Can’t beat a deadline for getting something done, it’s the only way... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2018 Can’t beat a deadline for getting something done, it’s the only way... Should really start on the tuesday of the week before the saturday of the exhibition for added interest! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted March 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2018 Should really start on the tuesday of the week before the saturday of the exhibition for added interest! Mike. That time is traditionally known as the "fiddle yard building week" 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I look forward to seeing it at DEMU Mark, the re build's looking good. I extended Deesdale Road by 4 ft with a new Fiddle Yard on the Thursday before Model Rail Live at Barrow Hill. When I got there, I said to Ben Jones, any chance of another 4ft of room please? Luckily they squeezed it in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2018 That time is traditionally known as the "fiddle yard building week" Including the Friday night at the show... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sml1983 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Hi Mark, just been perusing the site and came across your old Wolverhampton Low Level layout. Any news on if it'll be coming off the back burner anytime soon, or are you focussing all efforts on Fryers Lane? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted April 13, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13, 2018 Hi Mark, just been perusing the site and came across your old Wolverhampton Low Level layout. Any news on if it'll be coming off the back burner anytime soon, or are you focussing all efforts on Fryers Lane? Hi, The pause button is still pressed on my WLL project. Mainly due to a lack of space and time, but also a nagging doubt about whether it would be sufficiently interesting to operate. It will more than likely morph into a fictitious WR station/parcels depot rather than the true scale replica I'd been planning. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) Hi, The pause button is still pressed on my WLL project. Mainly due to a lack of space and time, but also a nagging doubt about whether it would be sufficiently interesting to operate. It will more than likely morph into a fictitious WR station/parcels depot rather than the true scale replica I'd been planning. That does sound like a lot more potential Mark, looking forward to seeing some morphing going on soon. Cooking Fat lane perhaps? Edited April 13, 2018 by Andrew P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waveydavey Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 That time is traditionally known as the "fiddle yard building week" Funnily enough I spent Tuesday fettling the cassettes for Clackmannan Goods. Layout is now packed in the car and ready to set off for Scalefour North 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted April 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13, 2018 Funnily enough I spent Tuesday fettling the cassettes for Clackmannan Goods. Layout is now packed in the car and ready to set off for Scalefour North Tuesday? You started far too soon! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted April 15, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2018 Funnily enough I spent Tuesday fettling the cassettes for Clackmannan Goods. Layout is now packed in the car and ready to set off for Scalefour North I'd hoped I might get chance to pop up to Wakefield to have a look at what you've been up to, but unfortunately I didn't get chance. Hope you had a good show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted April 29, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2018 All progress on the layout came to a fairly abrupt stop about a month ago when real life decided to get in the way of small trains. However, with the DEMU Showcase deadline looming, I do need to get on with sorting out the fiddle yard and the new fascia/lighting rig. This evening, I've glued the new turnout in position in the fiddle yard. The plan is to make this sprung rather than use a lever or point motor; well that's the plan anyway... I've also sawn some strips of ply ready for the fascia. I need to empty the layout of the stock that is currently dumped on it so I can turn the layout over to work on the new fascia. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted April 29, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2018 All progress on the layout came to a fairly abrupt stop about a month ago when real life decided to get in the way of small trains. However, with the DEMU Showcase deadline looming, I do need to get on with sorting out the fiddle yard and the new fascia/lighting rig. This evening, I've glued the new turnout in position in the fiddle yard. IMG_20180429_201942.jpg The plan is to make this sprung rather than use a lever or point motor; well that's the plan anyway... I've also sawn some strips of ply ready for the fascia. I need to empty the layout of the stock that is currently dumped on it so I can turn the layout over to work on the new fascia. What are you planning to use as the spring? Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted April 30, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2018 What are you planning to use as the spring? Andy Plan A is a length of piano wire soldered to a pad of copperclad, you can see the end of it hooked around the end of the extra long tie bar in the photo. Expecting there will be some trial and error involved in getting the spring tension right! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted April 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2018 Superb P4 point rodding, when are you adding the stools? ;-p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 30, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2018 You can't leave stools in the platform area, there's rules y'know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted May 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 2, 2018 You can't leave stools in the platform area, there's rules y'know. you have to watch where your walking, I tripped on a stool in the 6 foot. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2018 A Smiths coupling spring works well in such situations, end on to the tie bar naturally. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted May 3, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2018 A Smiths coupling spring works well in such situations, end on to the tie bar naturally. Mike. Hadn't thought of using one of those; I might have one or two spares lying around Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Indomitable026 Posted May 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2018 Hadn't thought of using one of those; I might have one or two spares lying around I’ve got loads in the carpet. Presumably your stock will have to be a certain weight to over come the spring and not ride over the top of the rails? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2018 I’ve got loads in the carpet. Presumably your stock will have to be a certain weight to over come the spring and not ride over the top of the rails? I'm not knocking P4, honest, but, will the finer flanges have enough depth to "dig in" to the gap and move the blade over? It works in EM without any form of springing on the blades, just natural deflection due to the deeper flanges. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted May 3, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2018 Presumably your stock will have to be a certain weight to over come the spring and not ride over the top of the rails? In a word, yes. The idea is that, if I've worked out the shunting moves correctly, it's only ever going to be a loco that runs through them when they are set the wrong way. That's the theory anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted May 3, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2018 I'm not knocking P4, honest, but, will the finer flanges have enough depth to "dig in" to the gap and move the blade over? Not sure, but I'll find out soon! Do have the option to fit a point motor (or just a slide switch) if it doesn't work reliably, but I want to give it a try. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2018 Is there enough flexibility in the blades to allow a spring to work? Do the blades & tiebar not have a natural 'rest' position? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted May 3, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2018 OK, I get the message, I need to stop wasting my time browsing web forums and other forms of social media and get on with fixing the blades in place and doing some testing to see what does/doesn't work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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