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Whilst the initial design worked with the sequence. The modified design has two goods sidings, like the prototype. The back siding is the coal siding, and the front one for general goods.
The design, is designed to fit into two plastic boxes for transport, measuring 380mm by 140mm by 140mm. This allows for the loop being the correct length.
This idea of using two boards, came from reading page 305, of MRJ No. 75 on buiding a simple diorama.
Lisa
Chagford - Operating Sequence Updated 26-05-12
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The layout design, in the last post, needed to have the loop entry points simulated by the use of train cassettes. There is nothing wrong in principle with this, but there would have been 3 tracks leaving the scenic area in parallel, at the right hand end of the layout.
By having the main and the other lines curved, and by using asymmetric y points, it is possible to have the loop entry point in the scenic area.
This a
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To check if the design will work, you can draw out your design full size, and then check the lengths of loops and sidings using the locomotives and rolling stock, as show below.
The loop length can be increased by curving the Main and Loop roads. For Chagford this is essential to make sure that the layout will operate correctly.
The above test showed that a train of 4 wagons and a break was able to be run around using the proposed loop. BUT only if one end of the loop
Modified 23-05-12 & 26-05-12
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It is my intention to operation of Chagford on a sequence, based on the operation of the prototype. The red entries didn't run every day.
The sequence may seem at first sight complex, but every tram operated is a minimum of three lines in the table below
My intention is to use some form of random number generation, to decide if the non regular trams are included in the operating sequence.
The next stage of the design process is to
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I've now done the basic track planning. The main track in the diagram below is shown as straight. When the track is laid it will be curved, because it was curved on the prototype.
I am current planning to lay the track on thin foam board both for sound insulation and to allow the final track track position to be adjusted to make the best possible use of the very limited area.
The track diagram below was drawn using Trax 3. The points have a radius of 190mm, but it is a tramwa
Updated at 18:12 05-05-12
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Having started out with Chagford layout, in a circular format, inspired by Mark Fielders Pizza layout. I have discovered that whilst this works in narrow gauge, due to the lack of buffers, in standard gauge it does not work.
I am now pondering a more traditional design, similar to Mayfield Street. The layout would use an offstage cassettes to simulate one end of the loop and another for the Dairy Sidings at the other end.
My aim, as with the
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Taking decent photographs of one's models, in 2mm finescale can be difficult. I have been using the macro facility on my digital camera for some time.
However last night, I was experimenting with the camera, and I discovered it has a facility called 'Super Macro'! The photograph below was taken with then lens only 7mm from the subject.
You do need of course need to keep the camera very still, but I feel that using this facility does have possibilities.
Lisa
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I will be able to do more modelling, now the malicious case against me, by the Crown, for Assault has been dropped.
Blog entry, re the completion of the Dairy Building, to follow shortly.
Lisa
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I've been working on the Dairy roof, but I not had successful as expected. BUT I think all is not lost. Along the way, I have learned some valuable lessons. These are when cutting thin paper, it is important to use a very sharp blade in one's scalpel and to cut, rather than tear you must have the blade at a low angle between the blade and the paper being cut.
Coming back to the problems, I’ve got PVA glue on the printed brickwork between two windows, but I think I can retr
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This is my first venture, of modifying a card kit. I am finding working with Rocket Card Glue really easy.
Today I have finished the back of the building, which will be against the back scene. The slot in the back, is to allow for a block, which strengthens the back scene, as there will be an opening for trains coming from the Dairy Yard, next to the building.
It is my intention, to give the roofs, a slight 3D feel, by adding tiles, made from very thin paper, Pend
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I been using a device that I purchased last Christmas in Cardiff. It allow the user to cut thin strips, hence the name, of card or plastic strip. When used with plastic card thicker than 10 thou, the stripper only scores the surface. But by bending the sheet is snaps along the scored line, cleanly.
I am currently experimenting using plastic card, to build track bases, instead of using PCB sleepers or Easitrac base. Below is a photograph of some base made, before I fo
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I haven't posted for a while. I've been prosecuted for actions which not only did I not committ, but which NEVER happened. The whole incident was made up by the other woman, so that she could claim compensation.
I have now done the first modelling, since the start of the case!
I am building a dairy, for my tramway layout. I have hacked a Metcalfe warehouse kit, to build a dairy, see photographs below.
Despite being built from the kit, it does look like the prototype,
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Following comments, re omissions etc. I have amended the Ebook. Hopefully this is the final version. The Ebook can be accessed via the link below.
URL: http://www.diane.me-me.me.uk/Micro_Design/Micro_Design.html
Lisa
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Hopefully this is the final version of my Ebook on Micro Layout Design. The link below will allow you to load it!
URL: http://www.diane.me-me.me.uk/Micro_Design/Micro_Design.html
I hope you find it useful, I have definitely found it useful writing it in that it helped to clarified thoughts.
I hope when the heating engineer finishes installing my new central heating, that i will be able to do some real modelling1
Lisa
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The latest version of my Ebook on designing micro layouts, can be loaded from the link below.
URL: http://www.diane.me-me.me.uk/Micro_Design/Micro_Design.html
I've fixed the obvious faults, I think!
Lisa
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The trackbase for 2FS Easitrack is moulded in scale 60 panels. Once the code 40 rail is inserted, whether you have chosen the wooded or concrete sleepers it looks the part. But for beginners it is difficult to lay sweeping curves, without kinks occurring at the join between the trackbase sections. This was first pointed out to me by Noel Leaver at a 2mm event some years ago. This blog entry is the result of my musings on the problem!
My considered solution, this may to some a
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Railways have station and halts, whereas tramways have depots and wayside stopping places. Tramways generally have very rudimentary signalling if any at all and where they do it is often not interlocked with the points. It was the drivers responsibility to check that the points were correctly set.
On rural tramways, the points were indeed often operated by the tram crew, usually on steam operated tramways, by the fireman. Points were often operated by lineside weighted levers, ph
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I have recently been building a platform for a friends N gauge layout. This is a colonel HF Stephens line and the platform is composed entirely of timber. A major problem with this is to make the model strong enough to withstand being transported and not have the timbers, in scale terms, too large.
When you consider 1mm equates to 6" in the prototype, I feel that the size of the timbers used in the fence are oversize, but I am pleased with the overall effect. I need however to com
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The ULR below will enable you to download the latest version of my Ebook on Micro layout Design. The image shown below is the title page, and clicking on it will only load the Micro_Design.jpg and not the complete Ebook.
URL: http://www.diane.me-me.me.uk/Micro_Design/Micro_Design.html
Lisa
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I have been writing an Ebook about designing a micro layout. This contains information which I have learned so far. It can be found at :-
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/32111-micro-design/
Lisa
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The previous photographs taken were taken using a white background, and the whole setup is placed on my kitchen window shelf, the window is a large one facing east. I think that I need to adjust the white balance on my camera because the pink fringing.
I've then spent an hour reading the disk based manual for my digital camera, and I have found that I have just as much control over the camera, as when I use my manual reflex camera.
The time of day in which the photographs we
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The first photograph was the result of the previous attempt to paint the cottages.
The next photograph is using the macro and flash with a simplified setup, without tripod shown below and the next photograph below it used macro and no flash. Both were taken in front of a window, i.e. much more light.
The problems with the last attempt at painting the Chagford Gas Company houses, was due to technique is applying the brick colour and the photographic techniqu
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One of the problems which I have had whilst writing this blog, is taking photographs of very small models. This problem is made worst because I have problems with hand shake, when trying to hold them camera still. The above problems are more sever if I use the optical zoom function on my camera.
What I have been trying to do is take hand-held shots of work in progress, because I feel that this gives a more spontaneous feel to the blog. In order to get better quality photogra
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When I wrote the the blog entry 'Chagford - Building Homes for the Workers 2' entry I assumed that the acrylic, water based, paint I assumed that the paint would dry within hours. I have been surprised that weeks later the non diluted paint, which I used to paint the brick colour onto the base coat coloured the mortar colour, has not dyed.
My previous experience with acrylic paint has been on paper, card or foam-core card base. All of the above are water permeable, whereas hi
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I've been experimenting with DG couplings to check if they will work around the 75mm radius curves into my fiddleyard on my layout. I found that with the wagons round one way the back wagon de-railed and with them around the other way not!
Closer inspection of the wagon chassis proved instructive as the chassis was not square, and in fact one end was 0.5 mm wider than the other and what was happening was one wheelsets was sloppy and once this was corrected the problem with the
