Ash Farm (Kent) 'scrapped as of Oct 16th 2017'

[Tove]

Welcome to my 'new' cameo layout Ash farm...

 

This one now replaces 'Jack`s siding' for reason`s i`ve explained there.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/125224-jacks-siding/&do=findComment&comment=2823931

 

Anyhow to Ash farm;

 

It is set in the county of kent during the early 50`s,and is a freelanced idea based around a hop farm oast house.

The farm was in it`s day a large producer of kentish hop`s and as such had a railhead built from the end of a near by branch line,much in the style of Colonel stephens light railways.

But now with diminishing traffic and being operated by BR,it has a slight air of neglect about the place.So, weed covered and infilled track, (to a degree) are the stapples of the day,along with trains that only have two or three wagons at most,and these are propelled in front of the engine.That is unless it`s a van of stores,in which case it`ll be behind the engine for the reversed siding.

 

Motive power will be either a A1X Terrier or a P class loco due to the light trackage,and stock will be low sided wooden open wagons for loading hop`s into,along with the odd coal wagon for the oast house and an occasional van of supplies.

All of this will also be in 7mm scale.

 

The layout it`s self is a self contained box measuring 13 x 72.5 x 16 inches,with a viewing area of 4 foot,and a traverser located in the remaining area.It will also be at a height of 42-46 inches of the ground,so viewing will be from a seated position.Though i will operate it standing up!!.

 

Rather than repeat the pictures of the layout box here,i have done a quick drawing showing the  basic form of what i`m going for.

The major elements are shown, ie;track layout and the main buildings.

 

 

Of course there will be more detail and smaller features to add,but hopefully as i go along it`ll develop a bit more character....

 

Brian.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 23, 2017 by Tove

[Focalplane]

Brian

 

You certainly get around!

 

Good luck with the new venture,

 

Paul

[Tove]

Thanks Paul,

 

I think my wandering day`s should be at an end with this new direction.......!

 

As for this, it`s a little side project that i`ll build whilst i make a start on the 'new' home layout,but more to come on that later.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Brian.

[Tove]

Most oast houses in East Kent round??

 

 

PS  There were certainly hops growing on the Ash side of Wingham much later than the 50's, and Wingham (a village 3 miles away) had 3 railway stations built by Col. Stephens, plus test coal mine(s) and light engineering. Grain Harvesters (established 1947) could provide demand for grain and animal feedstuffs.

 

To be honest i know next to nothing about oast houses,kent and the colonel`s railways,so it`s a bit of luck rather than planning that the style and location sort of fit!.

 

I did a search for said oast house pictures,and came across a couple,most of which you`ve rightly pointed out are round.But whilst some of the round ones were very nice they looked to much like a scottish castle,with the round tower on the end,so i plumbed for the one that i`ve attached as my basis.I `ve also choosen not to include (rightly or wrongly) the kiln towers on the backscene as they will be a bit flat looking,and plus you won`t see the top`s either,because of their size.Of course i could build the side elevation instead of the front and include the tower as well?.

Anyhow,it`s located at Hoaden a mile and half (north/west) from Ash, so it sort of could fit in with the Colonel`s East Kent Railway.And as a friend showed me over the weekend it`s not that far fetched as an idea,because there was a line/long siding (with runround!) built to serve a farm off the tollesbury branch line in East Anglia......

 

 

Brian.

[Simond]

Brian,

 

I just love the little sketch! It's so evocative!

 

I'm a blow-in, having only been down here twenty years or so, but it certainly looks the part to me. Watching with interest!

 

If you need photos from the area, do shout up.

 

Best

Simon

[Tove]

Thanks Simon for the offer,much appreciated.

 

I`ve only been down that way once,and it certainly is a beautiful part of the country,so i do slightly envy you!.

It`s also good to know that it look`s the part as well.....

 

On the build front,not much has happened with this apart from laying & staining the sleepers.For these i`ve used balsa wood & i will also use code 100 flat bottom rail (60 -70lb) spiked straight to the sleepers,this is from Karlgrin models.

I`ve gone down this route,because the Colonel`s EKR was still laid with FB rail for siding`s toward`s the end,and i just happen to have it left over from my US modeling so that`s a bonus!.

 

Anyhow it`ll be a couple of week`s before i start any more, as i`ve got the track to lay on my permanent home layout......

 

Cheers,

Brian.

[GW57]

Hello, Brian, I see that you are making your own track, using code 100 rail. Will you be making your own pointwork and if so, what length and to what degree angle are you going to make them. I have just tried two standard PECO points which don’t fit your plan as they don’t leave enough room into the headshunt on a 4ft board.

I like your idea very much.

 

Regards RICHARD

[Tove]

Hi Richard,

 

I did intend to make all the track work inc.the point`s myself and i`d planned it all with Templot.

So i don`t really know what angle the point is, other than it is an REA A-4.5.

 

Hopfully the attached pic will be of more help you.

 

 

For the rail,it would have been 7mm scale FB code 100,from Karlgarin models,as apossed to OO/HO code 100.

And as to idea,your more than welcome to use it for yourself as i`ve ditched this along with the stock i was going to use for it!.

 

Thanks you interest.

 

Cheers,

Brian.

 

 

 

 

[Simond]

A 4.5:1 frog would have an angle of 12.5 degrees, assuming RAM, which, given the straight main line in the plan, seems reasonable.

 

(It’s the inverse tangent of 1/4.5)

 

If it were a Y, you might use CLM, which gives 12.68 degrees.

 

(This is twice the inverse tangent of 0.5/4.5)

 

Best

Simon