well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles. The adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and the Works Apprentice, George.

[bgman]

YEY !

[Andrew P]

Super pics Rob, keep em coming please.

[sb67]

Hi Rob, good to see services running on Bleat Wharf again. I've got a question about the Ikea shelves. Not sure if it's been asked but how do you attach the backscenes to them? I've been looking at building another layout using one. 

Steve.

[NHY 581]

Morning Steve. 

 

The edges of the board are quite deep, 50mm and seem to be quite robust. 

 

Therefore I screw the MDF straight to the edges. 

 

Top photo is the back of Bleat Wharf. 

 

Bottom photo is that of Mutton. 

 

 

Rob

Edited February 12, 2019 by NHY 581
Sausage fingers.............again

[sb67]

Thanks Rob, I know they are some sort of cardboard construction and wasn't sure if you could screw into them.

Steve.

[NHY 581]

Yes Steve. In the case of the table tops used on Mutton and Bleat,  they are a sort of honey comb cardboard malarkey in the centre but  edges and ends are chip board. Also the corners have blocks in them to take the legs. 

 

 

Rob. 

[bgman]

7 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning Steve. 

 

 quite robust. 

Bottom photo is that of Mutton. 

 

 

Rob

 

 

I can confirm that the work carried out by Rob is very robust and is able to carry a reasonable amount of weight on the front proscenium arch as can be seen here !

 

G

[NHY 581]

Ah yes. The act of ovine interference from last year's Rmweb event at Taunton..............there will no doubt be more scope with 'Bleat Wharf'.

 

All trackwork is now sorted. I also did some work last night on the fiddly yard/scenic section  and whilst there was improvement ; a bit more fettling is required but quite happy with progress to date.

 

With the trackwork down, thought now turn to the addition of ground cover.

 

Once the basic level is  added then I can ballast. 

 

 

Rob 

[Stubby47]

'...there will no doubt be more scope with 'Bleat Wharf'.

 

'Awl the Barf'

 

'The Flab War'

 

'Brew aft, Hal'

 

'B Whale F@rt'

 

'The Flaw Bar'

 

Edited February 13, 2019 by Stubby47

[Mikkel]

This looks great Rob. The goods shed looks almost Continental in style. I'm off to find your other thread to see what that's all about.

 

PS: Nice clean wiring (that we can see!). Can I ask what's the term for the copper coloured cable running along the back? I could use some of that.

[NHY 581]

Morning Mikkel. 

 

The copper wire is hi-fi speaker wire and is very useful for this sort of application. 

 

This is now a 'standard ' for me..

 

 

Rob 

[Alister_G]

7 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

'...there will no doubt be more scope with 'Bleat Wharf'.

 

 

I think "The Flab War" is my favourite...

 

 

Al.

[Captain Kernow]

This is Bleat Wharf, but it's really called Bleat Wharf.

 

[St Enodoc]

56 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

This is Bleat Wharf, but it's really called Bleat Wharf.

 

...but not as we know it, Captain.

[NHY 581]

Posted elsewhere but added her for continuity. 

 

Work on Bleat continues..........

 

Some photos from this morning. 

 

 

Rob. 

[The Johnster]

On 13/02/2019 at 14:05, Alister_G said:

 

I think "The Flab War" is my favourite...

 

 

Al.

I lost that years ago!

[NHY 581]

A Norman Lockhart image of 43474 at Sheep Lane. Feb 1959. 

 

Unusually for Norman taken in B&W but one he considers to be amongst his best. 

 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

Another early running session this morning. 

 

Now whilst not averse to the occasional Pannier, one should never discount the undeniable attraction and overall cuteability of a Midland 1F half-cab.......or in fact the full cab variant............. 

 

It appears that Highbridge retained an example of each for the Bleat Wharf extension despite upgrades in the 1930s to allow heavier motive power. 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

[Andrew P]

And very nice they look too Rob.

[HillsideDepot]

That, must surely, be a photo of the real thing, being passed off as a model

Excellent stuff.

[NHY 581]

Morning all.

 

The photo below shows the DAS now in place. 

Various scenic treatments will be dished out in due course. 

 

In answer to the DAS itself, pieces are firstly cut from the block and then rolled out. The resulting 'panels' are cut to size of roughly 6 inches long with width dependent o n the gaps between any trackwork. I generally aim for a depth consistent with the top of the sleeper.  

These panels are laid onto a bed of neat pva. Any joins between pane ls are smoothed with water and a bit of clay slurry.

Any inconsistencies in level or surface add to the character.

 

Any buildings are gently pushed into the soft clay to avoid any gaps between buildings and ground. 

 

Some areas  will be left smooth and treated as concrete. Others s cribed ( not much!) whilst grass and barbarque ash will be added elsewhere. 

 

The buildings in the photograph are therefore in their final positions. The square base is that of a yard crane. I have started putting the crane together from the spares box to produce what I hope will be, a fairly typical, small hand crane. 

 

 

Rob. 

[Captain Kernow]

Very nice, Rob. Good to see more progress.

 

Arbroath.

 

[NHY 581]

10 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

 

 

Arbroath.

 

Bless you!

[St Enodoc]

3 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Very nice, Rob. Good to see more progress.

 

Arbroath.

 

East Fife 4, Forfar 5.

 

J. Alexander Gordon