TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 (edited) Hello, Welcome to the story behind Twickenham MRC's 7mm layout - ADDISON ROAD. I originally started this thread in 2014, but I am updating this introduction in OCTOBER 2018 as we have just moved this thread from the 7mm scale specialist forum to this 'layout topics' section to, hopefully, attract a new audience who may have missed it before. The group building ADDISON ROAD are not all 7mm modellers at home (some model OO, some N and even HO), but they are all drawn to ADDISON ROAD because they just like the 'fit' of this project - an accurate reproduction of a real place, but one which can accommodate a wide range of stock. In fact, the group also extends geographically with 'country members' as far away as Chicago and Berlin. So come back to to 2014 and read through as we tell you the story of ADDISON ROAD...... Edited October 3, 2018 by TEAMYAKIMA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 (edited) Just as a taster here is some basic info ................. Firstly a trackplan ( we are only modelling the SOUTH end of the station) .... This was translated into a proper signalbox diagram and control panel ..... the layout is DC powered but there are no section switches - control is determined by the signals. More as and when I have time, but watch out for the story of our Oerlikon stock produced from our own brass etchings. Edited December 4, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) One of the big problems in building ADDISON ROAD was the need to have Oerlikon stock ........ and nobody made them in 7mm! And so we made our own kits ..... from our own drawings Here is a test etch from the early days ... Then months (years?) later here are some near finished models ... Somewhere we have some photos of some painted sets and I will post those when I find them. Edited November 26, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) There was a running night on our partly built ADDISON ROAD project last night and that gave me the opportunity to take some photos.I will post a full baseboard plan later (when I can find it!) but basically the layout is approx. 50 ft long including a revolving fiddle yard at each end. There are five main track boards running from the North to South fiddle yards. They are the central spine of the layout and contain all trackwork, but very little else.There then smaller, lighter scenic add-on boards which play no part in running the layout but support the buildings and scenery. These fit either side of the central spine; for clubroom running on a clubnight we tend to just set up the FYs and central spine boards ... as in this photo from last night ... And one of the painted Oerlikon sets turned up. Club members own four sets.... eventually there will be two in LMS livery and two in LNWR livery ..... Edited November 26, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Nice to see this fine model finished I am in awe of of your Oerlikon. Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Rather superb. Will watch with great interest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) One of the real stars of the TDMRC Addison Road group is Pat. Pat makes the signals .... the more, the merrier!Here is his latest ... The best view is (somewhat disappointingly) pretty well hidden from view by the backscene. But, here's proof that Pat has done his usual excellent job.... Edited November 26, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-e Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) Very interesting as I've just been uploading a few Images to Flickr from Addison Road 1931 and the likeness is remarkable. The photos were all really small averaging from 1cm x 3cm to 4cm x 5cm so some are a bit grainy but I've done what I can to get them to a viewable state. You should be able to find them here. https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=89885635@N05&q=Addison%20Road Hope they are of some use to your project. Cheers Steve P.S they were all well before my normal scope of photos/era so if I've got any classes wrong please let me know so I can correct the descriptions. Edited October 25, 2014 by Steve-e 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) The AR group is presently reviewing all the key elements of the layout's progress since the first sheet of plywood was cut; I will then post a brief history of how we got to the current position we're in. However, for the record we attended the recent RMweb event in Coventry and some of our members gave a talk on aspects of 'new technology' being used on the layout.Here are some photos from Coventry ...Our stand .... The Addison Road signalbox ..... Peter and Grant give a talk .... Some laser-cut components for the station canopies ..... Our new station lamps .... installed the week before and lit for the first time ...... Edited November 26, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) Not much happening this week - checking for an electrical fault took most of our time. But that gives us time to mention the 'real' purpose of posting these updates - to attract new members to Twickenham & District MRC in general and the Addison Road group in particular. TDMRC has members all over the country (not just in the borough of Twickenham!). We have members of the Addison Road group living in Barnes, Chiswick, Staines, Woking, Watford and Boston - that's the Boston in the USA! So, wherever you read this YOU could become part of the team .... much of the modelling work is prepared away from the clubrooms and brought over completed. And,"YES"our man in the USA has built things for the layout and delivered them during his regular visits to the UK. TDMRC membership is not expensive by club standards being just £63 per year - it's cheaper for members living in the USA! You can come and visit us any Friday night and we will try to remember to flag up the dates of our regular running nights on this thread so that you can bring down some stock to run - anything goes on clubnight running sessions! Or, why not come down for our next Saturday session - DEC 20th. The committee have designated this very much as a 'visitors welcome' day - a chance to avoid Xmas shopping - so why not come down? At this stage it's not clear what will be going on on the 20th, but we will post more details nearer the day. For full details of TDMRC please see our club website .... www.tdmrc.org.uk .... original wrong URL corrected by TEAMYAKIMA after 'daifly' post - see below. Hope to see you soon! Edited November 30, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daifly Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Correct URL is http://www.tdmrc.org.uk/ Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 TDMRC membership is not expensive by club standards being just £63 per year - it's cheaper for members living in the USA! Hope to see you soon! Ha! That’s a first - usually we have to pay through the nose for the privilege of not attending anything... Lovely work, guys. Now following. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) In another forum we received a question about how we produced the signalbox diagram. Rather than clog up that (and this) thread with a long tutorial we have produced a pdf version of how we did it. Surpringly, the diagram was produced in WORD (but is easier in POWERPOINT) and our info sheet takes you through it stage by stage. If anyone would like a copy please send me a PM with your email address.Here is our signalbox diagram in situ above the lever frame which controls our layout - the layout is controlled by the lever frame, there is no control panel as such....... Edited December 1, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
55012 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Thanks for the PDF. It really is a useful guide and I've enjoyed constructing a diagram this afternoon. Highly recommended 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 (edited) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++When I started this thread I pointed out that Twickenham & District MRC's O gauge group had been working on our Addison Road project for some time; I promised a 'catch-up' to bring everyone up to date. Below you will see the first of these giving the historical perspective to the project. We will post further 'catch-ups' over the next few weeks - keep watching!==============================================================================================================================Addison Road Catch-up #1 : The PrototypeKensington Addison Road is the principal station on the West London Joint Railways which by-pass London to the west. Today it is known as Kensington Olympia. It was built in two stages:Firstly, in 1844, the London and Birmingham Railway (later LNWR) and the GWR jointly built the West London Railway linking them to a basin at the northern end of the Kensington Canal (immediately south of the current station).Secondly, in 1863, they, together with the London Brighton and South Coast Railway and the London and South Western Railway, built the West London Extension Railway - partially on top of the in-filled canal to link with these two partner’s lines south of the Thames at Clapham Junction.By setting our layout in the mid-1920s we can run trains in the liveries of these four owners and the companies that replaced them after the 1923 ‘grouping’ (GWR, LMS and SR). At that time, there were numerous freight workings by the GWR to its South Lambeth depot and the LNWR supplying coal to south London yards.The LNWR/LMS ran regular passenger trains (four-rail electric) between Willesden Junction and Earl’s Court (a mile south of Addison Road). There were also shuttles from the south-east bay to both the South Western and Brighton sides of Clapham Junction. The principal through passenger service was the ‘Sunny South Express’ that ran from Liverpool and Manchester to Brighton and Eastbourne.The platforms at Addison Road were the longest of any London station. We do not have the space to store or erect such a long model, so we have restricted it to the southern half with station buildings and a footbridge conveniently concealing that the northern part is missing.Kensington Addison Road Station with the area modelled outlined in red. (Reproduced from the 1916 Ordnance Survey map): Edited December 12, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 (edited) The big news this week is that Pat has completed the Up Advanced Starter.......... This is modelling of the highest quality .... at the start of the project Pat undertook to build ALL the signals ....... did he know what he was letting himself for? Edited December 6, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 (edited) ====================================================================Addison Road Catch-up 2: Baseboards ====================================================================Almost all the track-work and associated electrics fit onto five ‘Core' boards (C1 - C5 ). These core boards also carry the up platform, station buildings and the road bridge at the southern end of the layout. There are also eight add-on boards, five at the rear (R1 - R5) and three at the front (F1 - F3). In addition, there are rotating fiddle-yards at each end.The scenic boards overlap the core boards, which helps hide baseboard joins where there are platform faces. This graphic hopefully explains all of the above......[Diagram created using ‘SketchUp Make’ - free design software from: www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-make]The core boards are made of ply and use ‘stressed beam’ construction (as used in flush-panelled doors) which gives great rigidity and is reasonably light weight. The sides and ends are 9mm thick and the top and lower surfaces are 6mm thick. The lower face has cut-outs to provide access but these do not significantly reduce the inherent strength. Here are two photos from November 2009........ The first shows some of the team posing with one of their new lightweight ‘Core’ baseboards. The second photo is far more interesting as it shows the underside of the board and the leg arrangement. Notice how the track-plan is drawn on the underneath of the board to help with identifying ‘droppers’, turnout-actuators, etc when wiring starts and avoiding any bracing interfering with tie-bars/point motors - well that's the theory anyway!Just before Easter 2010, the group set up one of the fiddle-yards for the first time. The layout is stored in three open-framed trolleys, two of which are as tall as the erected layout and house a fiddle-yard on the top. We wanted 9ft long yards (to hold trains of five coaches and a loco). As the trolleys are only 6ft long, each yard is hinged in the middle and can slide laterally within a ‘cradle’ which can pivot around the centre of the top of the trolley.In January 2012 a start was made on the front and rear baseboards. As shown below, these boards have a simpler construction than the ‘core’ boards – using 6mm ply with joints reinforced by planed whitewood. Edited December 15, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) Last Friday was a semi-social Xmas event at club with the Multi-Gauge Running Track (MGRT) taking centre stage rather than individual club layouts. The MGRT has five circles of track and can accommodate models using 14 different gauges from 'Z' to 'G' ... YES, REALLY! Members brought models to run and there were mince pies and mulled wine .... all part of club life! Meanwhile ..... Eddie delivered a fully painted signalman for the AR box And Keith brought along the latest signal operating device ... using MERG servos. Edited December 17, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Here are some photos from yesterday's work session ............ the last of 2014. Pat building signals....... The signal mechanism........... Keith preparing the layout to take the signal .......... The add-on scenery boards being fitted to the central spine of track boards .... Edited December 21, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) First of all, apologies for a 'rogue' photo that appeared in our posting earlier today - it was a photo I took yesterday of a new scenic feature on the club's OO layout..... oops! What I meant to feature was our new LNWR pattern platform seats along with the ADDISON ROAD nameplates...... Some of you may remember that when we started this thread the first thing we mentioned was that we were searching for a discontinued kit for LNWR station seats. That search was fruitless and so we've produced our own 'kit'. Details have not been forthcoming yet but I think it's laser-cut. More details later. Edited December 21, 2014 by TEAMYAKIMA 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 The Twickenham & District MRC Addison Road group are giving a talk on the 'new techniques' used to build the layout at The MRC (Keen House) in North London on January 15th. This will be a greatly enlarged version of what they produced at RWweblive in October .... to include analysis of aerial photos to produce accurate models and converting photos into scale plans .... and MORE! Come and meet the team on January 15th at the MRC ... then maybe come and see the layout in person one Friday at our clubrooms in Whitton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted December 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2014 Love that Oerlikon set. I must have some sub-conscious memory of those from my childhood (aged 2!) when we lived in Willesden. They have always had special appeal to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 What a wonderful project. Beautiful modelling and the engineering on those signals is just spectacular. Makes my paltry efforts look like toys! JF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Last Friday (Jan 9th) was the first club meeting for a while due to Xmas and New Year.............. but it seems members of this very active group had been very active over the break .... Keith had been building signal mechanism controls................ And preparing the baseboard to take the signals ... Whilst Pat had been making pulleys and balance weights for one of his signals........ Don't forget that Peter and Grant are giving a talk tomorrow Jan 15th at The MRC, Keen House, London - ALL welcome. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Forked joints and working slots on the weight bars? Awesome work! Jon F. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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