Ron Heggs Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) Package arrived this morning with 10 sheets of 1mm ply approx 300mm x 300mm. Each sheet should be good for at least 750 sleepers or circa 500-600 timbers. So that will keep me busy cutting tonight Also now have a stock 200+ x 450mm lengths of bullhead NS rail, a few!! chairs and a couple cans of MEK. So making tracks is not far off Ron Edited September 22, 2017 by Ron Heggs 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Ron good to see you are back on this project I was getting withdrawal symptoms Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Now have 1500+ sleepers and 76 x 4mm x 310mm long timbers cut, and in a container soaking in Wengue wood stain for 15 minutes. Then dry in the Sun. Will print off a few sheets of trackwork from the Templot track layout, and start the trackwork build this evening. Will work away from the Train Shed towards the Great Northern Junction and Castlefield Viaducts Checked out the layout build against a number of enlarged OS maps of the area, and found the overall change in direction from the Train Shed to the Viaducts was 2.6 degrees out. So have had a couple of nights revising the Templot trackwork, and glad to say that all is ok now, and shouldn't end up with trackwork clashing with the approach brickwork viaduct walls Will post pictures of the track builds when sufficient progress is made Ron 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2017 Now have 1500+ sleepers and 76 x 4mm x 310mm long timbers cut, and in a container soaking in Wengue wood stain for 15 minutes. Then dry in the Sun. Will print off a few sheets of trackwork from the Templot track layout, and start the trackwork build this evening. Will work away from the Train Shed towards the Great Northern Junction and Castlefield Viaducts Checked out the layout build against a number of enlarged OS maps of the area, and found the overall change in direction from the Train Shed to the Viaducts was 2.6 degrees out. So have had a couple of nights revising the Templot trackwork, and glad to say that all is ok now, and shouldn't end up with trackwork clashing with the approach brickwork viaduct walls Will post pictures of the track builds when sufficient progress is made Ron Have you finished yet?!! Glad to see a re start Ron, I'd better get the satnav dusted off. Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted September 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 29, 2017 Ron Good to hear that you are back on track and the Sri Lankan project is now complete. Already looking forward to further updates. SS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Have you finished yet?!! Glad to see a re start Ron, I'd better get the satnav dusted off. Mike. Even I'm not that quick - I reckon on at least the end of this year I think the layout needs a good dusting off as well, as it is well over 12 months since any work was done on it Cheers Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Ron Good to hear that you are back on track and the Sri Lankan project is now complete. Already looking forward to further updates. SS The Sri Lankan Project is still ongoing, just a little quiet time at the moment whilst Christo is busy with his business expansion Cheers Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted September 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 29, 2017 The Sri Lankan Project is still ongoing, just a little quiet time at the moment whilst Christo is busy with his business expansion Cheers Ron Hopefully Christo will make a few postings with your latest masterpieces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ron Heggs Posted October 4, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2017 Having decided to start trackwork build, the next decision was where to build it and on what. Could not in all honesty build it in-situ, as it would involve some at arms length stretching. No room on any of the three work tables in the railway room, as they are already in use for electrical works, painting and research space Dining table is out, as it is already taken up with electrical work (crossing barriers and flashing warning lights) for Sri Lanka The only place left is the cat's room. So the picnic table was installed and covered with two 610mm wide x 2 metre lengths of 30mm thick foam insulation boards With a number of A4 prints off the Templot layouts laid on the boards, it was time to make a start - The first areas of track to be built are the approach tracks into platforms 8 & 9 with the corresponding central service road, followed by the adjacent track into Bay Platform 7, and the tracks into Platforms 5 & 6 with their service road The tracks to the left are the roads into platforms 8 & 9 built except for the tie bars, and connections to the tracks in the platforms which have already been built On the right are some of the sleepers and timbers laid for the tracks into platforms 5 & centre service road View looking from the opposite direction A quick reminder of the trackwork for the layout excluding lines over and beyond the Castlefield Viaducts - The present trackwork build is starting at the bottom and working towards the left and upwards 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted October 4, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2017 You DO like big jobs! Great to have you back. Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted October 4, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2017 Good to see you back at it again Ron. SS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinW Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 It's good to see you re-start this project Ron, and I shall look forward to seeing the track being built. Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phixer64 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Wow Ron, back with a bang, loving this project even more. Some of the best modelling I've seen, and truly inspirational as well. Regards Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR DUNCAN Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Hi Ron, That is go to be a lot of hand made trackwork which is looking good!!! Yours Duncan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 Hi Ron, That is go to be a lot of hand made trackwork which is looking good!!! Yours Duncan Will be over 85 metres of track without the carriage sidings, loco servicing area and return loops around the garden. Couldn't really produce hand built turnouts and use flex track inbetween, not after scratch building everything else Ron 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 The cat has his own room? Really Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) The cat has his own room? Really It is now, since our siamese female cat died in July aged 17. It is where he has his meals, instead of causing problems in the kitchen. The room is approx. 3m x 2.6m, and was originally a third smaller bedroom Edited October 5, 2017 by Ron Heggs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 Cut and stained another 1500+ sleepers, but run out of chairs. Await a further delivery of 1000+ chairs from C+L, at least I can still stick the sleepers and timbers to the printouts 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Good to see you back at it again Ron. SS. Yes indeed, very exciting. Being out of the country you 'May' have missed all the political drama unfolding in your trainshed last week (given your own confrontations in Spain). Best Wishes dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 Yes indeed, very exciting. Being out of the country you 'May' have missed all the political drama unfolding in your trainshed last week (given your own confrontations in Spain). Best Wishes dh Was in Barcelona last week delivering the latest package for Sri Lanka to the freight shippers. It was a little crowded in the city centre with a lot of the main streets closed to traffic Always interested in the political scene in both countries, how democracy is practiced and how it may affect us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2017 The cat has his own room? Really It is now, since our siamese female cat died in July aged 17. It is where he has his meals, instead of causing problems in the kitchen. The room is approx. 3m x 2.6m, and was originally a third smaller bedroom They're posh up in Jalon Valley doncha know! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 The way our cat behaves, he has the whole bloomin' house. We are merely his servants... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 They're posh up in Jalon Valley doncha know! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 The way our cat behaves, he has the whole bloomin' house. We are merely his servants... That's typical cat behaviour - early curiousity soon turns into ownership of the house Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 That's typical cat behaviour - early curiousity soon turns into ownership of the house We don't have a cat it's other people's that annoy me!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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