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A few weeks ago I started a thread in Layout topics for My next layout, Felton Lane. I thought I should start again here as it fits in perfectly with the 2010 layout challange...

Felton Lane (Goods) is set in a west Durham town. The town had two stations, one Stockton & Darlington and one North Eastern. When the two companies merged in 1863 the S&D part of the company carried on semi independently for a number of years until the death of S&D engineer William Bouch in 1876 when the two parts were finally run as one. After this the S&D station at Felton Lane lost its passenger service but was retained for goods and parcels traffic, in the later years of the nineteenth century the coal yard was enlarged and became the main depot for household coal in the town. General goods traffic ended in September 1971, the yard finally closed in March 1974 when the last two empty coal wagons were removed by the last goods train hauled by a class 37. The coal yard is still occupied by a local coal merchant.

Well some of the above is fact and some fiction, the idea for the layout started after the Bishop Auckland show in May 2009. Mike Fishwick asked ???What are you bringing next year? A new layout???? and I replied, without thinking ???Yes.??? Work has now started in earnest with two 4????? x 18??? baseboards built, track plan decided and track laying started. The track plan changed as soon as I started laying lengths of flexitrack and point templates on the boards so undoing a months planning.

To fit in with the challange the layout is at present 8' x 18" (1728") so this may be extended a little before it is finished. Kitbuilt and scratchbuilt locos will run on it, there will be 5 bridges on the layout

Progress so far?????

4 points on board 1 started, templates glued down with PVA, when this was dry, EMGS ply point timbers were stuck down with PVA and ballasted with Woodland scenics fine black ballast. Some plain flexitrack, laid on PVA and ballasted the same way. Some stock rails and V?????s have also been fitted. Holes have also been cut out for the stream (between the bridges) and the lower area for the coal yard.





I'll post some photos next time.

Edited by Worsdell forever, 04 March 2012 - 16:56 .

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Some photos of progress so far...

Three of the five bridges.



The other two bridges.



Anything heavy is used to hold track while the glue dries!



The lowered area to the rear of board 2 is where the single road sector plate will go.



The lowered area to the front of board 2 is for the coal yard, the stack of plywood to the left will become the depot dividing walls.



Road access to the coal depots.



The rail ramp, this gives headroom of about 10ft.

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Progress has been made on the dividing walls for the coal depots and I have started the stables, based on a drawing in North Eastern Architecture vol 3 of Brampton stables on the Newcastle & Carlisle line.

The stonework is Slaters small dressed stone on a shell of mounting board. Apertures were cut out above the windows and door and 20thou lintels fitted with 10thou sills fixed over the stonework.



Painting - the mortar (Humbrol 121) was brushed on first followed by the stone colours, 84 and (when dry) 110 dabbed on with kitchen roll to leave most of the mortar in the joints showing. The lintels and sills were painted plain 84 as sawn/smooth stone seems to weather differently to chiseled.





When all this was dry it was dusted with black weathering powder, with more at the bottom than the top.

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Coal depots and stables...

The coal depots are progressing steadily with the dividing walls assembled (Slaters large dressed stone), painted and fitted. lengths of code 100 FB rail (PECO) have been glued to 4mm square basswood ready to be fitted, to gauge, over the depots when further painting and weathering has been carried out and coal added. Since the photo was taken the floors to each cell has been added and painted.



The stables are now completed, the first photo taken while the windows were being fitted.



The following photos show the model just about finished with slates from Scalescenes, gutters and down pipes are yet to be added.







I have also started on the half relief station building (now used as goods and parcels office), using the same techniques as with the stables. The photo shows the insides of the walls before assembly. The building is based on a drawing and photos in NER Architecture vol 1 (very useful series of books) of stations on the Wear Valley Railway.



Work in the last couple of days has moved back to track laying, specifically the points on board 2.

[pinecreekrr]

Worsdell forever, on 23 December 2009 - 23:05 , said:

Coal depots and stables...

The coal depots are progressing steadily with the dividing walls assembled (Slaters large dressed stone), painted and fitted. lengths of code 100 FB rail (PECO) have been glued to 4mm square basswood ready to be fitted, to gauge, over the depots when further painting and weathering has been carried out and coal added. Since the photo was taken the floors to each cell has been added and painted.

felton17.JPG

The stables are now completed, the first photo taken while the windows were being fitted.

felton18.JPG

The following photos show the model just about finished with slates from Scalescenes, gutters and down pipes are yet to be added.

felton19.JPG

felton20.JPG

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I have also started on the half relief station building (now used as goods and parcels office), using the same techniques as with the stables. The photo shows the insides of the walls before assembly. The building is based on a drawing and photos in NER Architecture vol 1 (very useful series of books) of stations on the Wear Valley Railway.

felton22.JPG

Work in the last couple of days has moved back to track laying, specifically the points on board 2.

[pinecreekrr]

Very nice layout topic and interesting design. I'm finding the buildings to be of great interest and well built. I'm looking forward to see how this plan evolves.

Thanks so much for showing us your work so far. All the best, Bruce

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pinecreekrr, on 24 December 2009 - 03:58 , said:

Very nice layout topic and interesting design. I'm finding the buildings to be of great interest and well built. I'm looking forward to see how this plan evolves.

Thanks so much for showing us your work so far. All the best, Bruce

Glad you like it, I hope to keep that sort of standard up!

I'm hoping it will be an interesting shunting layout.

[2alan]

Hi

It may be just the photo not showing clearly but it looks to me as though the tiles on the roof were started from the top instead of the botton.

2Alan

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2alan, on 25 December 2009 - 08:06 , said:

Hi

It may be just the photo not showing clearly but it looks to me as though the tiles on the roof were started from the top instead of the botton.

2Alan

No definitely started at the bottom, having done a couple of real roofs myself I believe I have got it right!

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Worsdell forever, on 25 December 2009 - 09:00 , said:

No definitely started at the bottom, having done a couple of real roofs myself I believe I have got it right!

Hi Sorry! it was just the way I was looking at it. Just checked by looking one I made earlier (blue peter joke)

Regards 2alan

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Track laying and the weigh office...

The point from the loop to the yard is now almost complete, only requires cutting of the wing rails/blades and wiring up. I've also laid the track in the FY and the remaining part of the platform road from near the board joint to the FY.





I have also started on the Weigh office. This is based on the ones on the Stainmore line. I am using the drawing of Cliburn in Peter Walton's Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways.

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Track laying...

Having a good session building pointwork, currently working on the run-round loop points. note the use of as many guages as possible. The brass ones are 00, the steel ones are EM, I just have to remember to use one outside and one inside groove which in EM is 16.5mm.



Here we see the gauges holding the check rail while the solvent dries.

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The former passenger Platform...

Having seen enough rail chairs for today and having finished the points for the run round loop I decided to make a start on the platform.

The platform has been cut back in length some time after the passenger service was withdrawn in the late 1870's and the stone recovered for use elsewhere (probably used in extending the coal depots). The platform is now only used for parcels traffic and one passenger train a year - in the summer heading for the Durham Miners Gala.

The platform structure is of 12mm x 12mm timber, the front clad with Slaters large dressed stone. The top will be made from mounting board. there will be no overhang of the platform edge and the platform surface will be quite low.



This photo shows the cut back section of the platform.

[Jamie]

Shaping up nicely Paul, both architecture and trackwork is looking excellent.

[Nortonian]

Hello Paul,

Could you tell me what you have used for the ash ballast please ?.

Kindest

Ian

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Nortonian, on 28 December 2009 - 09:02 , said:

Hello Paul,

Could you tell me what you have used for the ash ballast please ?.

Kindest

Ian

Hi Ian.

The ballast is Woodland scenics fine black.

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My way of painting stonework... (we have a saying round here - 'There is the right way, the wrong way and the Whitby way' - this is my way)

As I was painting some stonework tonight I thought I would show how I did it, I've sort of described it before but here are some photos.
The mortar is first brushed on and into the joints. When this is dry (overnight) stone colours (use colours appropriate to your area and stone type) are dabbed on with kitchen towel or a sponge taking care not to fill all the mortar joints.

The stone (platform wall) has already had one coat of Humbrol 84, this has been left to dry for about an hour.



A little paint (Humbrol 110) applied to the towel with a cocktail stick.



Dabbing the paint on a little at a time and gently.

[Mikkel]

Am enjoying watching your work here, buildings and trackwork both. I very much appreciate your tutorial style posts, thanks

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Thanks for your comments Mikkel.

Coal Depots...

Progress has been made on the coal depots with the coal 'heaps' carved out of expanded polystyrene, painted black and stuck in.




Coal was then glued onto these and the rails on their beams glued on to the walls to gauge.

[moorlander]

Excellent set of pictures, certainly a talented modeller.

whats this about the "Whitby way"
I never learned that at Caedmon, take it you went to Eskdale.

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moorlander, on 01 January 2010 - 20:00 , said:

Excellent set of pictures, certainly a talented modeller.

whats this about the "Whitby way"
I never learned that at Caedmon, take it you went to Eskdale.http://www.rmweb.co....efault/wink.gif

ESKDALE! ESKDALE! wash your mouth out!

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Station building...

A slight change of plan with the station building, the original half relief building will be moved off the platform and onto a seperate baseboard measuring 18" x 15" (which brings the total up to 1998") and a building based on some Stainmore and Eden Valley stations, Bowes, Barras and Cliburn are examples, will be placed on the platform. The idea is that the waiting room has been converted into a larger parcels office.
On the originals the station masters house was attached behind the porch on the right hand end.

Photo of bowes station.

The roof of the model will be continuous instead of three seperate ones.

[oldlugger]

This looks great Paul; keep the photos coming...

All the best
Simon

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oldlugger, on 02 January 2010 - 22:49 , said:

This looks great Paul; keep the photos coming...

All the best
Simon

Thanks Simon.

The first train has run! well just the length of the fiddle yard and it was just three 'Ernie 1s'! just bought them from Yorkshire Trading Company in Guisborough for ??3.99 each, reduced from ??9.99 (and that, acording to the label is better than half price!). I'll have to think of something to build round them now!

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Wires...

Well after the excitement yesterday of three yellow plastic things buzzing up and down 2' of track I decided that it was about time some wires were soldered on. The first photo shows the droppers attached and pushed through. As this layout is at the end of a short goods branch and it will be one engine in steam I have not put in any section breaks, all track will be live. This is probably how a DCC layout should be wired and may be run as such in the future. This did involve an unbelievable amount of droppers to have all tracks live, who said DCC wiring was simple! two wires?



The second photo shows the main feeds to all the droppers fitted and also some of the trusty H&M motors.
The wires still need tidying up and will be stapled to the board when I find my staple gun!