Well,
I am extremely happy to report that I have been one very busy bee over the last 3 days. The modelling mojo has well and truly taken hold .
The small pile of wood during the last blog has now taken on structure, that of some baseboards and a lighting stand.
This is what it started life out like. 12mm MDF 2400 * 1200 sheets rip cut on a table saw ( Thanks to bob and his lovely wife for putting up with the mdf dust and giving me a hand and a lend of their table saw ). This gave
Well,
I am out of the arm chair and now armed.... with a soldering iron .
As the double slip is the busiest and hardest peace of track to build I thought I would make a practice one, so when I stuffed it up I would learn what I needed to fix before building the new one.
I printed out the double slip section from Templot and then glued it down to a melamine board ( as they are water and glue proof-ish. So I can use it over and over again... yay )
I then cut up the sleepers for the skip
Well,
I am out of the arm chair and now armed.... with a soldering iron .
As the double slip is the busiest and hardest peace of track to build I thought I would make a practice one, so when I stuffed it up I would learn what I needed to fix before building the new one.
I printed out the double slip section from Templot and then glued it down to a melamine board ( as they are water and glue proof-ish. So I can use it over and over again... yay )
I then cut up the sleepers for the skip
Modelling (well model planning/ design ) has continued in the background during the last few months. Time for blogging on the other hand has been another question. Today however I have the dreaded lurgy so Im taking some time to update the progress thus far.
At the end of the last blog, there was a paper track design in place. Since then there has been a whole heap of conceptualisation progress with the trainz program. The aim of the program was to get an idea how it would look in 3D as well
Sandycock junction ( my previous layout and the layout that formed the basis of many of the photos used in other blog entries ) has been sold off .
This is Midd Everford. A combination of the concepts of Evercreech junction and Midford and Midsomer Norton, which form the inspiration for the layout. Before getting into the reasoning behind each of the decisions here are the technical specs for the planned layout in terms of radii:
Main line radius scenic 4Ft Minimum
Minimum radius scenic
Finally,
Christmas and hence a little rec leave is in order. Doublely appreciated given the last 7-8 weeks have been work 7 days a week. Anycase today has resulted in some spare time to do some modelling and thankfully some blogging for once as well. So here goes.
First off the bat is the completed cattle dock, Last time this was blogged I was in the beginning of the brass construction stage. This has now been completed, marking the last steps of the construction process. The dock is spl
Good Morning All,
After a glut of non blogging, I think I finally have something worth blogging about again. This is my current scratch building project in progress. It is a cattle dock destined for a small siding on my photo plank. It is scratch built using A hot glue gun and mounting card ( the same kind utilised for picture framing) . This was then covered in PVA glue to seal from the damp clay ( which does not actually work too well). In future I think I will paint all the card with an
Its been ages since I have updated my progress.
Sine my last post, There has been a massive change in the spatical geography of what I am leaning to call sandycock junction. ( Ironically its not going to be a sandy place... :/ )
Jobs that have been completed since I last posted
- The house now has been 90% completed, including lights, a fully furnished loungeroom and a fully furnished kitchen. The fire place has an red LED installed to give it a red glow. More pictures will be posted
After lots of procrastination I finally bit the bullet and started to scratch build a farm house.
The interior
the exterior
The fire place
The building is made from 2mm framing card. ( I found it surprisingly easy to cut )
Some of the glueing has been done with PVA and some with hot glue for speed.
I probably would not use the hot glue as much again.
Chimney was constructed from card with air dry modelling clay smothered on it and carved with a knife. If i was t
A few weeks away on holidays has resulted in alot of arm chair modelling and very little time building, however its been good. In NSW I had a chance to ride the worlds steepest ( or so it claims to be ) funincular railway at 52 degrees.
Saw a EMU get squashed by a tree
luckily no one was killed. The storm that blew through the area completely killed the rail system. Many of the OHL were down on the tracks and it will take ages to clean up and repair.
Saw some nice live steam models
Had some spare time at work so put a small layout up. ( plus boss was interested in dcc, so I showed him)
It got me thinking though. Most shunting puzzles rely on having one loco and a few un coupling points. What about having 1 uncoupling point ( I know , i know, not very prototypical ) and many loco's. Something different perhaps.
On other fronts, pulling my hair out over a 4MT. I think I may have fried another decoder in it. First one we believe was due to pick ups shorting out
Hello all.
After a busy weekend of soldering, testing and praying to the porcelin god ( self inflicted), Its time for another update.
saturday started off very rocky and only got worse through out the day. We did however manage to pick up some spanking new decoders with stay alives from DCC concepts, and started to install them. 5 Locomotives needed decoders in them ( one really was a Hornby replacement job).
The first that we started with was an Stanier 8F. Relativley straight f
First of all, let me sum up with the pretense, Modeling locations in Dorsett does not make you in the slightest bit insane.
Inspired some what by a heated discussion at the club as well as one of Mikels' blog entrys ( bellow) , The old grey matter churned away at a rate that had it been in competition with a butter churner, it would have put the butter churner out of buisness.
http://www.rmweb.co....iscussion-club/
To set the scene,
( I aknowledge this came from some webs
This is something new I have been playing with. Inspired by my local model club and some what frustrated about the size and "plasticness" of trees ( i guess thats a subjective statement). I have decided to create some of my own. The semi finished example is bellow :
Exuse the photo, It was taken on a phone ( as most photos of mine are now days sadly )
Construction is relativley simple
1. Start with some thin gardening wire. The thinner the better. (not jewelers wire thoug
Since I already started building the boards and wiring etc, I guess I might as well say where we are. ( photos to follow)
Currently the aim is to have a portable layout ( due to other requirements) that can shift houses every 6-24 months. As a result its been built in moveable sections of approx 60 x 90 cm with MDF Boards and structural pine sides painted and sealed with 50 cent tins of bunnings paint. First major lesson I have learnt is dont make boards out of structural pine. They weigh a to
Welcome to Macs building blog..... A number of bight sized insights into a crazy mind.
After much reading, much inspiration and much trepidation I thought it was time for myself to throw my rookie hat into the ring. A foreward of warning, I know next to nothing about trains, next to nothing about real railways and next to nothing about doing anything propperly. All I know is that I love the looks of british steam loco's, I love the looks of the british country side, and I love creating fict
