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  1. Beatty 139

    Now with doors!

    By Beatty 139,

    In between other jobs this evening, I managed to get the side doors and tracks cut that designed last night and put them in place
     

     
    I think I am quite pleased to date although the moment of painting is approaching and that's the bit I always hate with a passion, some can make a right dogs breakfast look fantastic with filler and paint while all I seam to do is make a nice model a disaster zone!
     

     
    I do think the whole shed has the feel of the real thing and it will be nice to get it on a railway as opposed to occupying my coffee table.
  2. Beatty 139
    Some time ago I built myself a Midland Fog mans hut from a works drawing dated 1918, but I had a few issues with making it hinge, the Midlands huts didn't have doors but were designed to fold down when not in use.
     
    Well today I revisited my original work and applied the little gray cells, by changing the materials I have been able to make a robust pivot based on a 1/32" rivet.
     

     
    So now not only can they be up in use but folded down.
     

     
    Coal bunker as a little project next.
  3. Beatty 139
    Well the Woking AGM of the G1MRA is only a few weeks away and I still have not finished the development of the Midland Railway covered goods wagons, I have the 6 prototype bodys built but I am waiting for the test etches to come back for the strapping and the lasercut steel underframes have not seen the light of day yet either.
    On the positive side the rapid prototyped MR 10A grease axle boxes look great!
     
    Only other projects I need to finish are the new display stand and sign and the patterns for the for the 10mm scale guttering for my new Midland signalbox kit.
  4. Beatty 139

    Things are moving on

    By Beatty 139,

    Well I have now had my test etches back and after finishing the Gauge 3 (13.5mm/1ft scale) Midland Railway D357 in time to go on display at the Midlands Model engeneering exhibition this week. It's now time to get back to my 10mm scale gauge 1 models. I want to have a couple buit and finished ready for the Gauge 1 AGM next week, I still have to finish the brakegear off and I am not 100% happy with the rapid prototyped axle boxes as yet either.
     
    Once the brass detailing is checked and finished I think I will move on to working on the MR ventilated vans just to complete the set, one advantage of laser cutting the bodies is the flexability of production, when the tooling is just a CAD program.
     
    Off to steward the G1MRA railway at the foss tomrrow, think I will take my BR livery SuperD and BR eara P-Way balast train for a change to chasing a steamer around.
     
    Andy
  5. Beatty 139
    Well its been a busy day after all at the Midlands model engineering exhibition at the foss, I ended up shunting front of house with my radio contolled LNWR Super D.
     
    I though I would add a pic of the Gauge 3 Midland Railway Diagram 357 8 Ton covered wagon, I forgot to take a photo before I sent it to the show I was in such a rush, I guess it will be another manic week getting ready for the AGM.
  6. Beatty 139
    Well, I had a rare Saturday to myself and had a bit of a go.
    Thanks to the kindness of another member who sent me a PDF of drawing for a standard LNER cocrete PWay hut, another small building has rolled off the laser cutter.
    Produced in MDF, and Ply designed on Autocad LT
    It still needs painting to be completed, it had a couple of coats of primer and a first coat of colour.
    As ever now days humbrol paint isn't what it says on the tin.... I know my painting is terrible but I am sure that humbrol has lost it's quality.
     

  7. Beatty 139
    Well I have an operation coming up so I am working through outstanding jobs.
     
    I have agreed to supply the Midlands group of the G1MRA with some buildings for their Stanley Midland layout, normally the back face is not on public view and just used for stock storage but for the G1MRA Expo the whole layout will be viewed in the round.
     
    This is a bespoke Midland Railway type 4 signal box I am producing, its double sided because of its proposed position to give the signalman a view of the sidings as well as the main line.
     
    The box is based on standard 10' sections.
     
    The framework is built from 2mm MDF
     
    The next job will be to clad the box in 0.8mm ply and add the detail such as steps windows etc.
  8. Beatty 139
    Well it looks like the lads from S&T have been in on overtime today, I have finished the roof structure ready to slate it later, the roof is lift off loacted on pegs so the interior can be painted and worked on and includes the correct ties and internal structure, I havent planked the inside that will be a job to do with the lining pen once painted.
     
    I hope that the exterior panelling will be on later ready for the stairs windows etc later in the week.
  9. Beatty 139
    Well the main structure is now finished, ready for the external details, windows etc
    I am going to trial Rowmark ADA for the windows to see how it works if its good I think I will add it to my everyday materials the other option will be 1.5mm MDF as I am finding 1.6mm ply lacks consistancy for the very thin sections.
  10. Beatty 139
    After the sugery to my right arm I was itching to get back to some making after being in plaster for 3 weeks.
     
    The 30' Midland box has been finished and passed over for painting, the windows and walkway has not been fitted yet to allow the painting to be done.
     

     
    While I was recovering I also did some very slow single handed CAD and did a design for the Midland 2b type box this one is 15'x10' and a 8' operating floor.
    Same basics as the Type 4 box but this is fully panelled internally as the prototype, weather boardind is all laid up as individual strips.
     

  12. Beatty 139
    For the last couple of weeks I have been working on my latest project a model of a typical West Highland extension railway (NBR) signal box in Gauge 1.
     
    Today has seen the first outing in public of the virtually completed structure, at the Bromsgrove Society of Model Engineers open day.
     
    The day had quite a Scottish theme with a Highland Railway Clan, 3 Caledonian Railway locos and a North British Railway B class in steam across the day.
     
    I still have a few jobs to do on the building with the guttering and rainwater goods to be added as well as various fixtures and fittings.
     
    The Signal box itself is built mainly in laser cut MDF and Ply from my own CAD drawings, I was lucky that the members of RMweb were able to assist in providing some information and drawings with some basic dimensions, the rest has been scaled from various images, over all I am quite pleased that when considered against various photos its looking close to the real thing.
  13. Beatty 139
    Well as ever I am way behind on where I want to be with my model making, so the Midland Railway D924 Cattle wagon (100 built 1893) has been half built since Christmas but as ever I have been short of time to design the brass etch fret.
     

     
    Well after reading various posts on the Silhouette Cameos I made this my birthday request from my better half, eBay came up with the goods and this weekend I have had time to play.
     

     
    Well all is good and I can export almost the same line work that I would develop the etch work from to the cutter to test everything.
     
    So after a few hours adding 1/32 rivets I now have a completed wagon body waiting for the rest the running gear adding,
     

     
    One challenge left I have never liked painting and yet a cattle van will need painting and weathering to make it look right... so its time to go search the pages of RMweb.
  14. Beatty 139
    Some projects just hang around for years and I have always had a fascination for the Halesowen Railway as I have lived close to it for over 30 years and my farther has may memories of it.
     
    Well sometime ago I came across a drawing for the Goods shed at Hunnington, and having previously built Rubery signal box the temptation to build it was to great, Cad work made great progress and that's where it stalled, the other day I was looking for something else and came across the laser ready files, so I got busy and this was the result.
     

     
    Just need to finish it off now with a few feet of 1/32 ply cladding roof etc.
     
    Watch this space.....
     
    now I wonder if anyone has any drawings of the stations? another project?
  15. Beatty 139
    162 1.6mm x 0.6mm cover strips that were originally fitted to each 9" board joint, adding them has just about driven me to despair!
     

     
    But they are all done after 2 evenings work and now I can move Hunnington Goods shed on to the last few laser cut detail parts to be drawn and cut,
     

     
    Overall I am quite please and think it has been worth the effort, last real jobs are to the roof boarding and slating, roof lights for which all the glazing bars are already fitted and will only need the 1mm acrylic panes adding, sliding door frames and to fit the rail access doors, I think I will do a small sheet of etch for the door hinges and fittings to finish the job off.
     
    Sorry about the images the light isn't great and my smart phone isn't so smart as it used to be!
     

  16. Beatty 139

    Yet more doors

    By Beatty 139,

    Well that's it for doors they are all done, still need to make some hinges and door furniture up to finish them off, but other than the roof boarding then slates all the major work is done.
     

     
    The doors are just resting in the doorway, and need a bit of final adjustment once I have made up the hinges.
     

     
    As ever the inside shot, I have to say this is the first model I have made where the inside feels more impressive than the outside in appearance!
     
    I resisted making the wicket door opening, I know when I am about to go too far!
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