RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted December 13, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2010 Despite not having finished any of my last three projects (yet...), I've been tempted into creating a new boxfile layout.This one will use 3 boxes, two for scenery and one reversed as the fiddle yard. It is not based on any particular location, style, era or reality, but is inspired in a very loose way by the Welsh Slate Museum at Llanberis.These are very much 'in-progress' shots, but should give the gist of what I'm attempting. As with Porth Byhan, the buildings are designed to be split so that the lids can closed. I'm also hoping to include a working wagon turn table... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
witherbrow Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 looking forward to this ive got a soft spot for ye old box file layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hippo Posted December 13, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2010 That looks really good. I love the Idea of box file layouts. Can i ask, is that scalescences brick paper you have used ? and if so what have you mounted it on ? Thanks Owen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 You make it look so easy. Excellent, it already has me looking enviously at a blank empty box-file. (which will probably be as far as it goes - saved from the torture of my craft knife) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted December 14, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2010 Thanks for the comments. Owen, yes it is Scalescenes paper, mainly mounted on 1.5mm photo mount frame card ( my standard stock, after having been given a banana box full of 7 x 5 sheets, all with mitred edges). The back of the large factory building is thin cornflake pack card, to reduce the thickness. Kenton, the trick is to think small, you can't actually get much in a boxfile, so keep the concept really simple. But these sorts of layouts are handy for the winter period, sat with the family in the warm lounge. They also serve as good practice pieces. Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted December 15, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2010 I've added a row of offices and the steps into the entrance building. I've allowed for a 3mm high ground level for the office doors, apart from the end door in the little passageway, which will be set into the ground, down a couple of steps. The main steps to the entrance building will also need adjusting for the 3mm high ground level - as yet these elements are only posed for photos and assessment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted December 15, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2010 Looking like some quick progress coming on here. I hope there is no flooding going on for the sake of the drop down door. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted December 15, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2010 From memory, these sort of downstairs access points have a step up first, to provide a water barrier around the sunken area. At least, that's what I'll be doing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 As usual Stu, this is looking good! The scalescenes brick looks great, and I like the added touch re the stairwell - I've definately seen that in real form... Re your wagon turntable - what will you use? I've got a Skytrex one in O gauge. It looks really good, and uses a "lazy Susan" bearing - which should be an ideal way of keeping the turntable free-running, and nice + level, without any rocking. I've seen folk use one of the spindles you get from bulk buying CDs... seems like a plan to me... Keep em comin' Marc Edit; I've always fancied a wagon turntable, where the wagon stops, rotates 90 degrees, and is then pulled into some opening warehouse-doors.... ...the wagon is then loaded (or replaced by a loaded version for us cheats!) the doors open, and hey presto, the loaded wagon appears, rotates back through 90, and is taken away again.... Sounds simple enough, but I still aint got round to actually doing it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted December 21, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2010 Re your wagon turntable - what will you use? Lego, and a bicycle spoke.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted December 21, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2010 Lego, and a bicycle spoke.... Won't the wagon bounce over the knobbles... Have you seen Mike - 49395's 2010 challenge layout? his turntables work very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto21 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Stu - another cracking little layout, as per usual! I thought about combining a few boxfiles together for a layout a while back, didn't come to anything though! Keep up the good work, looking forward to progress! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 15, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2011 As always, thanks to all for the comments and suggestions. I've been making some progress on the wagon turntable. The pivot is the Lego bit - it's 3mm high, plus the four locating lugs, so is an ideal height to use where there is no under baseboard facility. The bicycle spoke is used to manually pull/push the table around. I'm so pleased with how it's worked, I've even made a YouTube video : You should be able to see the coupling lift, before the wagon is turned. This is a variation on the Brian Kirby uncoupling method - the magnet is on a sliding plate, manually pushed under the wagon once it's been put on the turntable. I had to make the magnet moveable, to allow the wagon to be removed by the loco - a permanent magnet would have meant moving the wagon beyond the table before the coupling hook dropped. Cheers Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 21, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2011 More work on the turntable and the surrounding ground works. Since this was taken I've added the rails to the internal loading platform, and have the basic from wall of the warehouse completed. More piccys later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Very neat indeed Stu - I like the magic uncoupler! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 23, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2011 Thanks, Jack. Splashed a bit of paint around yesterday, plus made a start on the front wall of the loading bay warehouse. I still need to complete the turntable, I've got one of the non-working rail pieces on, the rest need to be cut to size then pva'd down. I'm not sure whether to use coffee stirrers as the wood base - they work out at a scale 1'3" wide, which I think is too wide. Another option is to use embossed plasticard, but this is to thin and will need packing up first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted January 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2011 Looks great Stu , personally I would go for the plastic for the planks, even though it sounds counter intuitive, but those stirrers never seem to be even enough and the grain is of course way over scale. I find well detailed and painted/weathered plastic can look better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 23, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2011 Thanks Paul. I will try various bits of plastic, to see what looks best. I'll need to find some way of raising the floor level to that of the rail head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Stu, I did one away back for a try-out capstan-shunting layout, and used an off-cut of Formica, (upside down) for the grain effect, and used an Edding drawing pen to draw the planks and spike holes on it - sorry - no photos! Used plasticard to raie the level - BTW mine wasn't powered as the locos didn't run onto it - movements, were dealt with by rope and capstans, including the turning - all done by the loco moving to and fro. - the other alternative is sheet balsa cut into strips and stained Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 7, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2011 Jumping around yet again from project to project, this is a my latest boxfile style layout. Using three boxes, one for the FY and two for the scenic area, it is supposed to depict a small yard next to a large red brick factory. A single point leads one way to a small loading dock, or the other to a wagon turntable, which itself leads to an indoor unloading facility. The boxes are joined togegther with magnets, the turntable works using a Lego axis and a bicycle spoke to provide power, and Brian Kirby uncoupling is used to separate the wagons. As yet, I have no name for this layout, so suggestions are invited. Oh, and the usual Stubby47 self-imposed rules apply - the box lids must be able to shut... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linesman Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 That looks great. I love the wagon turntable. Any chance of a close up of that? Are the structures and low-relief back-scene removable so you can close the box files? (ah yes, I just read the last line). As for names, Brick Lane is probably a bit obvious but could be a good excuse for modeling a curry house B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 8, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2011 Hi Linesman (great avatar pic!) Yep, all the building work above the height of the box is removable - the backscene is in three pieces, the main arched building is one piece, the white wall is covering the box join and the section over the wagon loading bay also comes off. Here's a pic of the turntable : And Brick Lane is, as you say, a bit obvious... Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linesman Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 That turntable is really nice Stu. Good idea using Lego for the axis. I wonder how long standard gauge wagon turntables remained in use. I daresay in private sidings and facilities they may have lasted into the 1950s/60s. Some evidently still survive, although non-operational: - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazzoh/2498276965/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 11, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2011 A little more progress on the right-hand side building. No idea why I added a curved roof line to the dormer, it will be a nightmare trying to make the roof piece... This is the layout all packed up... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 11, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2011 Hey! that's cheating, surely that building should be inside How about Laterite Lane Works? Perhaps a bit more sophisticated than just a brick... (latin for brick is Later, but that didn't sound right). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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