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Bristol Barrow Road - Days Road Bridge - New baseboard

barrowroad

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I have recently received delivery of the first of a new set of baseboards which will extend the layout into a continuous circuit with a long fiddle yard down the opposite side of the shed. This first board is at the rear of the shed and workshop and will allow trackwork extensions to the roads off the 20ft loco turntables outside the workshop; the sidings alongside the shed and workshop and an extension to the main line under Days Road Bridge towards Bristol Temple Meads. All the new boards are being built by Chris Yates who made all the original seven.

 

I have made a start on the single slip which forms the southern exit to the shed and joins the down main under Days Road Bridge. My trackwork is being made on a templot plan - thanks Morgan - using my usual ply and rivet method with exactoscale functional chairs in appropriate positions. Once fully assembled and tested cosmetic chairs will be added over the rivets. Slide chairs are Bill Bedford etchings which fit over and are soldered to their rivet.

 

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My other layout - Sheep Pasture - is in the background but will need to be moved in order to accommodate the extended Barrow Road.

 

Views of the shed from Days Road Bridge which show the rear of the shed and the sidings are to be found in my previous posting

 

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The next board due for delivery will be a curved scenic board at the opposite end of the layout which will accommodate Lawrence Hill Junction and the associated road overbridge.

 

I wish all my readers a Happy Christmas and New Year.

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barrowroad

Thanks Geraint. I'm hoping to have the boards up mid year so it's a possiblity - it would be good to get at least the two main lines up and running by then. Catch up with you soon, best regards, Robin

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barrowroad

What a nice present. Just in time for Christmas!

Isn't it John:) - Chris has just purchased some 3mm ply to laminate the curved sides on the next - the Lawrence Hill Junction - board. 

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Knuckles

Awesome progress, Robin.

We spoke a few years back at a Spalding exhabition (maybe you don't remember as I was a random visitor) and what great progress has been made since. This has always been a layout I've been looking forward to seeing developed and those sheds and the structural details are looking great so far. I've got every faith/belief that this is going to raise the bar for finescale modelling. Great progress. :)

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JeffP

Great to see more progress, I'm glad those roads off the 20' turntables will be able to be used, I've seen photos of 82E Pugs stabled there.

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