StuartM Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Having recently spent 18months building a 2mm shunting plank I felt the need to to build something simple and quick, so I built this Ngauge shunting plank out of spares, left overs and reclaimed bits and pieces from previous models; in fact the only things I made for this model are the buffer stops, everything else has been reused from other projects. The layout measures approx 3x1ft and is of a modular design, in that the running lines at the rear and indeed the yard could be built into a larger layout or other modules if I so wish at a later stage. The yard is comprised of two yards, the top yard and the bottom yard, where one shunter passes stock from one yard to another shunter in the other yard; so far, with only a hand full of converted stock this takes quite a while to achieve, so hopefully when the yards are full and schedules have been created in the form of shuffled cards with photos of the wagons and a siding number to be shunted into, this small layout will provide endless hours of interest. There are still some finishing touches to add and some tidying up to do, but at the moment I am currently converting stock to BB couplings so the yards can be shunted with automatic uncoupling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted July 19, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2014 Inspirational. Nice one... what are the bufferstops? Are they the 2mm kits? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Inspirational. Nice one... what are the bufferstops? Are they the 2mm kits? No. the stops are scratch built from code 60 rail for the rails and code 40 for the rest, all soldered to pcb sleepers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-CRS Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Really good excellent thank you for sharing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 For anyone who is interested the photo below shows the difference between a peco 3way turnout and a 2mm finescale one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 I'm converting stock to BB couplings for auto/delayed uncoupling and so as not to have to convert the locos I've converted one end of a conflat as a shunters truck.This photo shows perfectly the difference between a rapido coupling and a BB coupling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bri.s Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 You've a great little layout ,very nicely modelled . and those scratchbuilt buffers are excellent . Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 A very dirty 08 shunts some wagons While the other end of the yard has become a stabling point, notice the houses being built on the embankment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 This looks very nice indeed! Did you weather the 08 yourself? Keep up the good work! Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Yes, the 08 was an early example of weathering. Another photo, this time in Black & White Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 Dapol's new Western is an excellent model Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Some more black and white photos from the 1970's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Lovely stuff I particualry like the last shot in B&W for some reason Me too, Here it is in colour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John lewsey Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Brilliant I really like your stuff (models) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
branchie Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Brilliant. Love the atmospheric feel. Top stuff indeed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 Some additional photos Dapol's Westerns are beautiful And GraFar's new Departmental BG's are not far behind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Lovely micro layout. More photos please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak experience Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 A great layout. What product did you use for the extensive brick work? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 A great layout. What product did you use for the extensive brick work? Thanks, All brickwork inc the signalbox is Slaters 4mm brick sheet, weathered to various degrees Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 A DMU passes by while two Westerns await their next turn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Thanks, All brickwork inc the signalbox is Slaters 4mm brick sheet, weathered to various degrees Quite a few 2mm modellers use 4mm brick sheets. Is it better to use this than the 2mm sheets? What are the advantages? Are the 2mm sheets under scale? Thanks in advance for the advice. Best regard, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 IMHO..... 2mm brick sheet is so small, it loses all definition 4mm might be over scale but at least you can see the bricks without the use of a microscope Personally I'm not that fussed about the exact scale of things (life's to short) if it looks right, then that's good enough Rgds, Stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 IMHO..... 2mm brick sheet is so small, it loses all definition 4mm might be over scale but at least you can see the bricks without the use of a microscope Personally I'm not that fussed about the exact scale of things (life's to short) if it looks right, then that's good enough Rgds, Stuart Cheers Stuart. I may switch to 4mm brick sheet,as you are right, at least you can see the brick courses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 For something that was built as a shunting plank, it does rather lend itself to a stabling point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Nice line up Stuart. I really like the weathering on those westerns. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.