Tim V Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 Quick bit of paint, to get the effect. And I've started on the first point. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 A chance find in "Coal from Camerton" http://lightmoor.co.uk/view-book.php?ref=L9860§ion= led me to the Hay and Kington railway, apparently built by the same engineer as the Radstock line. A picture in this book shows waggons on the Hay railway in 1870. A replica waggon is at Brecon https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5472791 seems good enough to give me better ideas for building my waggons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 A bit of ground forming going on, point is behind train. Former canal to the left. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share Posted November 24, 2018 Trying to get the ground around the aqueduct right, a lot of cottages in this area, each of these 'lumps' is a cottage. The brick RTP buildings will not be used. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share Posted November 24, 2018 The mapping on the Know Your Place site http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/kyp/?edition=banes isn't well correlated, so I've spent a while copying it down, and moving the layers around - using GIMP. This is the Tithe map over the 1st edition OS mapping. Note how the canal runs behind the station master house. A comparison with Google Street View - and I can see the site of the aqueduct - there is a change in the stonework. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.322786,-2.3735585,3a,75y,199.53h,74.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swEcQlMRkrddGim9axoFS3Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Knocked up some cottages today, trying out the roof lines. Some weights on the scenic formers are in the way. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 I was just browsing some of my pictures when I came across this I took back in the snow of 1981. The tunnel can be seen to the right of the church from this angle, and it gives a good impression of the lie of the land. I thought I could go out there and get to the same spot, unfortunately, Street View shows considerable tree growth since then, so I don't think it is going to be visible. Might be worth a look though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 Invitation to appear at Railwells 2019! I'd better get a move on ... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ullypug Posted November 29, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2018 Invitation to appear at Railwells 2019! I'd better get a move on ... That'll teach you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 I have scrapped the original track I built, I wasn't happy with it. New track has been laid, plus I've built a new iron wagon, and put underframes on the original two. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve howe Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I had aspirations once to make an articulated horse with a view to making a diorama of the Portreath tramroad. Driving the thing via a fine cardan shaft from the following wagon,,, until I realised where the shaft would have to go and put me off off the idea... Steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 It's just a model ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 Some serious progress with the research. I've acquired the Hay & Kington Railways book. This railway was built by John Hodgkinson (an assistant to Outram), the same engineer as on the Radstock tramway, and built at around the same time. It has been suggested by Somersetshire Coal Canal historians, in the absence of any other information, that the Hay railway would have been similar to the Radstock tramway. The book contains a drawing of an end-door iron waggon. Well it's a starting point. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted December 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2018 Some serious progress with the research. I've acquired the Hay & Kington Railways book. This railway was built by John Hodgkinson (an assistant to Outram), the same engineer as on the Radstock tramway, and built at around the same time. It has been suggested by Somersetshire Coal Canal historians, in the absence of any other information, that the Hay railway would have been similar to the Radstock tramway. The book contains a drawing of an end-door iron waggon. Well it's a starting point. Hay & Kington.jpg Will you be replicating the double headed Dobbins horses? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 I will try ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 So I've got about 18 waggons to build. Needs a production line. Decided to start with the frames. This jig is used to cut the frames to length and the slots for the axles. This is the result, frame sides. And this jig is used to assemble the frames. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve howe Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) No compensation then ! I like the square clamp thingy in the last pic, is that a home-made device? very neat solution to fit it to a engineer's square Steve Edited December 17, 2018 by steve howe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 No compensation then ! I like the square clamp thingy in the last pic, is that a home-made device? very neat solution to fit it to a engineer's square Steve Scale flanges Steve, but yes, no compensation - hardly necessary on a wheelbase of 12.66mm! The clamp thingy came from Squires. Still listed in their catalogue, 040-047 Ruler Stop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 Needs couplings, so I'm using some nickel wire, plus some etched hooks from some old PC Models couplings. Shown here on my guinea-pig waggon. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Mass production of waggons in full progress. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve howe Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Knocked up some cottages today, trying out the roof lines. Some weights on the scenic formers are in the way. IMG_9837.JPG They look like kiln props to me... sorry to ask a silly question Tim, but if its a plateway do the waggon wheels need flanges? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 No Steve, the flanges are on the rails. Next project is the proper wheels, I'm using the 2mm Association ones as mock-ups pro-tem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 A visit to the Science Museum yesterday gave inspiration for the steam loco. Note how the cylinders on Puffing Billy are part of the steam chest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 Found a problem, that I hadn't made the traverser long enough for horses and the nine wagons. So I've made it a bit longer. Plus a slight rewire. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 Wired up the half I've built, plus made part of the second point. Modified the Dapol N gauge chassis I've got, it's been modified for the wider gauge, and has got pickups. Been trying it out over the built trackwork, results promising. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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