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St Ouen JNWR - Thinking Outside the Box

Hi   I not blogged about St Ouen for sometime, this is because I have felt I was going nowhere with the project. After much thought I now struck off in a different direction with the project.   I have posted in the Boxfiles forum at http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/39667-the-apa-box/page-4   I have now followed this up, with a new version of the St Ouen project as show below.   This seems to be a much firmer base upon which, quite literally, to move the project forward.

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St Ouen JNWR - Getting to the Point

Hi   I've been working so hard, that I have not been able to do any modelling. Included is a photograph of the 1st 3 way point I have started to construct.     Lisa

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St Ouen JNWR - Getting in a Flap! - Updated

To look at all the posting in this blog, place the cursor over the name and right click the mouse.   Hi   I also getting on with the baseboard construction. I now added the flap, to carry the off scene track, to allow the passenger trains to fully enter the platform. The buffer stops are off scene.   This has to be detachable or hinged to allow the layout to fit in it's carrying case. The photographs below show the flap folded up from the layout front. The flap in the up position also f

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St Ouen JNWR - Finishing Buildings Ready for Planting?

Hi   My 1st attempt to paint a 2mm building. Before I applied any paint to the Smithy, I painted a sample piece.   I been using acrylic paints. The roof is slightly shinny becuase the small quanity of white paint I used to paint the roof tiles, was not a flat white, ie it was gloss.   I also had problems with splashing of roof colour onto the side wall. BUT since the paint used is acrylic it can be wiped off, and I can have another attempt.     Lisa

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St Ouen JNWR - Buildings - 2

Hi     Thank you for you helpful responses to my last posting about my Autism. The photograph below is my work station, which can either be placed on the kitchen table or on my knee.   The second photograph shows where the model will go on the layout. It is designed to hide the back of the left hand, proscenium arch support, when you look at the layout from the front.   The model of the Smithy represents an evenings work, from an initial set of sketches, draw from some not too go

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St Ouen JNWR - St Helier Weighbridge Station

Hi   St Helier Weighbridge was the terminus of Jersey Western and Jersey North Western trains in the town. St Helier Snow hill was the terminus of the Jersey Eastern trains and the site is the other side of central area.   This below is a photograph of how the front of the station is today. There have been no substantial structural changes, just the addition of branding, the building is now the entrance to the Liberation Walk outlet shopping centre.     This stone build building was com

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Lisa

St Ouen JNWR - 2mm Scratch Built Building

Hi   Whilst building the building for St Ouen, I have been amazed about the lack of basic guidance available on the web about the design and building of scratch built buildings.     The link is below:-   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/51729-2mm-scratch-built-buildings/   If you are modelling a prototype location all of the buildings will by necessary require to be scratch built.   Lisa

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St Ouen JNWR - Prototype for Anything Department

The 1st Buildings - Back   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11543-st-ouen-jnwr-the-1st-buildings/   Prototype for Everything Department   The question that has been the buzz on the 2mm virtual Area Group has recently been how sharp can my curves be. Below is a photograph of a prototype with very sharp curves.     If this was modelled in 2mm scale, the radius would be about 60mm, that’s 120mm in 4mm scale. Oh yes where is this photograph taken. The answer is

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St Ouen JNWR - The 1st Buildings

Prototype for Everything Department - Forward   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11591-st-ouen-jnwr-prototype-for-anything-department/   My whole World is a Stage - Back   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11512-st-ouen-jnwr-my-whole-world-is-a-stage/   This weekend I started building the buildings for St Ouen. I was demonstrating at the local show building buildings from scratch, using photographs a source material.   The buildings

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St Ouen JNWR - My Whole World is a Stage

The Best Will of Mice and Women - Back   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11469-st-ouen-jnwr-%E2%80%93-the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-women/   The 1st Buildings - Forward   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11543-st-ouen-jnwr-the-1st-buildings/   I have been converting my design of the main baseboard into reality. The main materials I have been using are 4mm plywood, small section of softwood, found in the moulding section of the loca

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St Ouen JNWR – The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Women

How Much Detail is Required in a Backscene? - Back   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11443-st-ouen-jnwr-how-much-detail-is-required-in-a-photo-background/   My Whole life is a Stage - Forward   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11512-st-ouen-jnwr-my-whole-world-is-a-stage/   All right I admit it, I have made a design mistake! BUT you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. I have now reduced the baseboard width by 9mm so that I ca

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St Ouen JNWR - How Much Detail is Required in a Photo Background?

Baseboard Design - Back   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11412-st-ouen-jnwr-%E2%80%93-baseboard-design/#commentsStart   Best Laid Plans of Mice and Women - Forward   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11469-st-ouen-jnwr-%E2%80%93-the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-women/   Layout Backscenes   How much detail do you need to include in a layout backscene? Is there an advantage to using a photographic backscene?   For St Ouen I planning

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St Ouen JNWR – Baseboard Design

Layout Mock up - Back   To see the animated layout mock up click on the link below.   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11391-st-owen-jnwr-layout-mockup/   Background Design - Forward   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11443-st-ouen-jnwr-how-much-detail-is-required-in-a-photo-background/   Baseboard Design   The baseboard for St Ouen are made from a sandwich of 4mm plywood and 8mm softwood. The photograph below shows the underside

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St Owen JNWR - Layout Mockup

After building the sequence, the next stage was to build a mock up of the layout to check that it look OK.   Firstly I took the design of the layout, within Templot and added the flap that carries the track for the end of the platform and the coal wharf roads. Then I added a cassette and the cassette support flap to the design.     The design for the complete layout   Next I built the mock up of the layout, including the proposed backscene. This was examined in a great deal of detail, a

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St Ouen JNWR - Building a Sequence

Operation of Jersey railways   For more information on the operation of Jersey railways click the link below.   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/941/entry-11384-st-ouen-jnwr-%E2%80%93-when-is-a-level-crossing-not-a-level-crossing/   Layout Planning II - Back   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11355-st-ouen-jnwr-layout-planning-ii/   Layout Mockup - Forward   To view the layout mockup, click on the link below.   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/commu

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St Ouen JNWR - Layout Planning II

Layout Planning I - Back   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11232-st-ouen-jnwr-layout-planning/   Building a Sequence - Forward   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11376-st-ouen-jnwr-building-a-sequence/   Detailed Design   When designing a very small layout, planning is much more critical than for larger layouts. I use a CAD package call Templot, then the template is printed out full size. The lengths of the sidings etc. can be chec

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St Ouen JNWR - Layout Planning

Layout Planning II - Forward   http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1283/entry-11355-st-ouen-jnwr-layout-planning-ii/   History   St Ouen was the intended terminus of the JNWR, Jersey North Western Railway. The act was passed by the States, the Jersey Parliament, and the company was incorporated. They purchased a second hand locomotive and seven wagons and a brake van from the Metropolitan Railway.   The whole route was surveyed and work stated on building the railway. They o

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