The Farthing layouts

7 hours ago, Devo63 said:

Hi Mikkel,

 I'm glad to see you up and running after the big move. I've been following your ups and downs on the blog and have always been amazed at the detail of your work (and being able to contribute in a small way with my tea chest suggestion).

I went through a change of residence about two years ago to move in with and look after my elderly parents. I have gone the other way from just having a small shunting plank to being able to start construction on a 13' x 6'6" twin track 'roundy' with a separate GWR branch line terminus above the main line on one side. 

Hope to see more of your wonderful and skillful modelling in the years to come.

Dave R.

 

Many thanks Dave! Your layout sounds good. Doesn't look like you have a thread or blog on it yet, can we tempt you to start one? Incidentally have you seen how Tricky has developed the tea chest idea further:  

 

 

31 minutes ago, ChrisN said:

Glad to see that your move has happened and you appeared to have settled in.  I am glad that your layout has more or less survived.  I would hate to think what Mr Price would say if I told him I was going to do something similar.

 

It shows something about your modelling that it is automatically assumed you scribed the flagstones rather than getting them out of a box.

 

It is a new ear when the children leave home.  You suddenly find that there is time for each other.  Then you get busy and grandchildren come along and it is fighting with your diary to make sure yu get one night a week to see each other.

 

 

 

Thanks Chris, yes I think you have an extra challenge there with Mr Price - he would never forgive you for diminishing his world  

 

No grandchildren yet but I have heard it can get very busy! Better enjoy it while we can 

12 hours ago, Simond said:

Paving slabs...  probably not bigger than 3 x 4 feet, mostly around 2 x 3, but these are estimates from photos, not measurements!

 

a stone slab 4’ x 3’ x 2” thick probably weighs 100-120 kg...

 

10 to the ton, 100 to the wagonload.

 

best

Simon

 

9 hours ago, Silver Sidelines said:

Hi Simon - I did a little research: 

Cheers  Ray

 

8 hours ago, Northroader said:

I did measure slabs on the platform at Bath station, (THE Bath station, not Green Park) so pukka GWR ones, the edging slabs are 4’x3’, and the rest are either 2’square, or 3’x2’. Isn’t it nice how this blog is turning into a thread?

 

Very informative, gents. Just measured the Wills sheets and the slabs are approx. 12.5 x 9 mms. 

 

A 3 x 2 ft slab would be 12 x 7.9 mm in 4mm scale, and a 4 x 3 ft slab would be 15.9 x 12 mms (hope I got that right). So the Wills slabs are not exactly right for 3 x 2 - but not too bad really. 

 

19 hours ago, Mikkel said:

 

Hi David, maybe we should switch lives then, as I'm a massive Anglophile. We'd probably both be disappointed, the grass is always greener, eh? 

 

Ha ha maybe we should give a swap a go! I spend far too much time reading Danish crime novels and watching Danish TV shows..... probably why I get so little modelling done!  I always find it ironic that the UK is obsessed with shows like Borgen and The Bridge whilst much of Denmark is evidently watching Midsomer Murders!   

 

You're probably right though, the grass is normally greener....... 

 

Finally, to bring it back to modelling, thanks for those links to posts about The Goods Depot. It's absoutely stunning modelling - inspirational stuff, with such attention to detail and wonderful atmosphere packed into a small space. 

 

David 

Midsomer, surely one of the most dangerous places to live in Britain  

 

Thanks for the words about the goods depot. In retrospect I regret not building it from an actual prototype, it’s a bit of a hotchpotch of different prototypes – although I've recently discovered  that it has much in common with Lawrence Hill goods depot if seen from the right angle with one eye closed 

2 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Midsomer, surely one of the most dangerous places to live in Britain  

 

Thanks for the words about the goods depot. In retrospect actualI regret not building it from an prototype, it’s a bit of a hotchpotch of different prototypes – although I've recently discovered  that it has much in common with Lawrence Hill goods depot if seen from the right angle with one eye closed 

 

Well matey, if you want to get rid of it and start again ? 

3 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Midsomer, surely one of the most dangerous places to live in Britain  

 

Thanks for the words about the goods depot. In retrospect I regret not building it from an actual prototype, it’s a bit of a hotchpotch of different prototypes – although I've recently discovered  that it has much in common with Lawrence Hill goods depot if seen from the right angle with one eye closed 

 

Ha ha I don't know how these is anyone left to kill off! 

 

Hotchpotch it may be, but it is stunning modelling with such attention to detail. I actually think that drawing elements from different prototypes and locations adds to the special atmosphere rather than detracts. 

 

I just say I love the concept you have developed through your micro layouts. I am thinking of a couple of very small micro layouts/dioramas in 7mm scale and am wondering whether I could use a common fiddle yard for both. 

 

By the way, that traverser for the fiddle yard is a work of art. I am currently grappling with how best to construct one and am in total admiration of your example. Definitely beyond my technical capabilities though! 

23 hours ago, Northroader said:

I did measure slabs on the platform at Bath station, (THE Bath station, not Green Park) so pukka GWR ones, the edging slabs are 4’x3’, and the rest are either 2’square, or 3’x2’. Isn’t it nice how this blog is turning into a thread?

 

Did you get some funny looks when you were doing that!? The things us modellers do for fun......! 

 

If you’re doing a traverser, drawer runners from B&Q are a good base, they have nice smooth ball bearings in them.

i chose a quiet spot away from Japanese tourists.

Edited February 16, 2019 by Northroader

45 minutes ago, Northroader said:

 

If you’re doing a traverser, drawer runners from B&Q are a good base, they have nice smooth ball bearings in them.

i chose a quiet spot away from Japanese tourists.

 

 

I'm not sure what's more disturbing.......you examining the drawer runners in a 'quiet spot' or the Japanese tourists in B&Q. 

 

 

Rob. 

On 15/02/2019 at 11:12, Northroader said:

I did measure slabs on the platform at Bath station, (THE Bath station, not Green Park) so pukka GWR ones, the edging slabs are 4’x3’, and the rest are either 2’square, or 3’x2’. Isn’t it nice how this blog is turning into a thread?

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South Tyne said:

Did you get some funny looks when you were doing that!? The things us modellers do for fun......! 

 

In case Mikkel gets the wrong idea:  No British person would dream of commenting on the strange antics of another British person. 

I once saw an uncommon butterfly on a path at the local Garden Centre.  While I was lying full length on the path, photographing the insect, many people passed by but no-one made any comment or showed any surprise at such behaviour. 

2 hours ago, Northroader said:

 

If you’re doing a traverser, drawer runners from B&Q are a good base, they have nice smooth ball bearings in them.

i chose a quiet spot away from Japanese tourists.

 

Thank Northroader that is useful advice. I'll pick some up and give it a whirl. 

 

Ha ha 

 

P.S. - Mikkel, sorry for hijacking your blog with random chatter

Northroader's suggestion of drawer runners is definitely the safer bet, I think.

 

I have also heard that those in the link below should be very good. I'm thinking of trying them out if I need a larger traverser:  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2set-SBR12UU-12mm-Slide-Block-Bearing-SBR12-200mm-Fully-Supported-Linear-Rail/282496158266

 

PS: You can see them in use for a traverser here: https://rbs-modellbau.com/produkte/module/abstellbahnhoefe-fy/

Edited February 16, 2019 by Mikkel

Hi Mikkel, I did something similar many years ago, had to lift the tracks and cut the boards. I was very luck though as no points were laid in the area's to be cut. Lesson learned, don't make anything longer the 3ft.

 

Regards Snitzl

On 16/02/2019 at 16:31, Mikkel said:

PS: You can see them in use for a traverser here: https://rbs-modellbau.com/produkte/module/abstellbahnhoefe-fy/

Now that's what I call a fiddle yard, it makes mine look very shabby!

4 hours ago, snitzl said:

Hi Mikkel, I did something similar many years ago, had to lift the tracks and cut the boards. I was very luck though as no points were laid in the area's to be cut. Lesson learned, don't make anything longer the 3ft.

 

Regards Snitzl

 

3ft, some will find that a drastic rule  It's a size of board that suits me too, though I'd like to combine them. Is your Fun Town modular? 

 

4 hours ago, wenlock said:

Now that's what I call a fiddle yard, it makes mine look very shabby!

 

Hardly Dave. But they are certainly impressive. For some reason I thought fiddle yards were little used in Germany, but appparently there's enough of a market for such a business.

52 minutes ago, Mikkel said:

 

3ft, some will find that a drastic rule  It's a size of board that suits me too, though I'd like to combine them. Is your Fun Town modular? 

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Agree with that. I think that any baseboard longer than around the 100cm mark is starting to get unwieldy. Saying that, it can be somewhat restrictive in 7mm scale, so is something I am currently grappling with in planning my new project. 

10 hours ago, Mikkel said:

 

3ft, some will find that a drastic rule  It's a size of board that suits me too, though I'd like to combine them. Is your Fun Town modular? 

 

 

Hardly Dave. But they are certainly impressive. For some reason I thought fiddle yards were little used in Germany, but appparently there's enough of a market for such a business.

 

Hi Mikkel, I'm not suggesting that everyone should build boards that are 3ft long,  that just happens to be the size I've used since the chore of sawing 6ft boards in half. When I joined Ilkeston Woodside MRC, a couple of the club boards for Kimberley  were 6ft x 3ft, the rest were 4ft x 3ft, if you,ve got the man power and club room. The lesson learned applies to myself only.

 

Hi Mikkel forgot to mention Fun Town, Fun Town actually fits like a jigsaw into another module called the 'Walls Traverser Cover', featured in the blogs, which hides a traverser which is constructed on a baseboard which is 36" x 18". 

Edited February 20, 2019 by Guest

On 20/02/2019 at 08:41, snitzl said:

Hi Mikkel forgot to mention Fun Town, Fun Town actually fits like a jigsaw into another module called the 'Walls Traverser Cover', featured in the blogs, which hides a traverser which is constructed on a baseboard which is 36" x 18". 

 

Aha, didn't realize they fitted together. It's such amazing work you've done on that.

Edited April 19, 2019 by Mikkel