F-UnitMad Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Wellington Street muck about: just trying figure placement with some guy holding on to the gas lamp having staggered out of the Iron Duke, whilst another looks on somewhat bemused. Nah, the second chap isn't bemused; he's one of three options:-1) Disgusted 2) Jealous, or 3) The Yard Gaffer, looking for (& just found) his missing (& soon to be Ex-) Railway Employee..... Or maybe he's all three!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railwayrod Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Hi Mike Firstly may I add my congrats in getting no less than 3 layouts in the book. Very well done. Secondly I think your layouts are getting better and better. Your earlier ones were very good but this one is definitely going to better. Keep up the good work and please keep inspiring us all. Rod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Secondly I think your layouts are getting better and better. Your earlier ones were very good but this one is definitely going to better. Keep up the good work and please keep inspiring us all. Rod Must admit, this layout - even unfinished - evokes thoughts along the lines of "How much do you want for it?" already.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 Must admit, this layout - even unfinished - evokes thoughts along the lines of "How much do you want for it?" already.... Thanks, this will probably be my last layout build as time and tide wait for no man. My main exhibition help Barrie is now in his eighties and I'm catching him up so 2017 may be my last year out and about before Wellington Street becomes a home feature. Although given the right deal and who knows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 With the track crossing Wellington Street to the not modeled Cradley Goods Yard it really needed a crossing Keepers Hut. Try as I might and believe me I'm very trying I just haven't been able to produce a model of the Earls Beehive Keepers Huts, so I've knocked up a wooded hut based on a typical 5'x5' Fog-mans Hut. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Been doing a bit of vehicle bodging by converting a very old 1/43 Dinky Bedford dust cart into a coal lorry. So far I've modified the chassis fitted a flat bed, mirrors, wipers and new wheels. Once I have finished detailing and painting I'll post a couple of photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted May 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2016 Hi Mike, Love what you have done with this. The devil, as they say, is in the detail. Superb! Watching with envy and joy! Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 Well in between several bad migraines with a loss vision I have done a bit of bodging, just need to get on and complete the ground cover add the coal and finish the backboards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Like the wheelstop!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I'm not so sure I'd be so keen were I taking my refreshments in the bothy - you'd always be in fear of that one really heavy shunt... Looks good though! Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Smith Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I'm not so sure I'd be so keen were I taking my refreshments in the bothy - you'd always be in fear of that one really heavy shunt... Looks good though! Best Simon Agreed, although the stops do look nice. If you get a really heavy shunt it will take conventional buffer stops out, too, and I have seen it happen . . . John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted May 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2016 Agreed, although the stops do look nice. If you get a really heavy shunt it will take conventional buffer stops out, too, and I have seen it happen . . . John Isn't that just the managements way of trying to pursuade the yard staff not to spend too much time drinking tea? Really nice layout, Wellington Street, I love to keep catching up with progress! Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Young Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 The coal yard is a really nicely executed addition to the layout. Those huts are particularly attractive design too. Cheers, Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 The wheel stop is modelled on the one at Cradley Coal Wharf. I am assuming that the chains held the thing in place as there doesn't appear to be any reported accidents in this yard although there were at others and they had proper rail built stops . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 It probably doesn't do to examine fifty or one hundred year old health & safety practices with modern eyes. And I'm sure the guys that assembled it had substantial knowledge & experience "that it worked". I'm sure I've seen a chaired sleeper fitted upside down at the rail end too, but I wouldn't like to swear this wasn't a model! Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Young Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Mike, Some things haven't changed.... Since they propelled the empty tanks through the headshunt stop block at Kingsbury a couple of years back, the replacement has been some sleepers chained to the track to keep them in place and that's alongside a 125mph railway! Cheers, Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Smith Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Mike I know this is hijacking your thread a bit, but I just can't resist. Here is the result of a heavy shunt at Parkandillack, Cornwall, 9th May 1983. The remains of the rail-built stops are piled up in front of the two gentlemen in the right foreground. All the wagons were recovered by Laira's steam crane except for the clay open (UCV) which was cut up on site. Otherwise, only pride was damaged, nobody was injured, thank heaven. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Well I thought it about time you got to see the layout in its joined up state so in between gardening duty I took the opportunity to set it up outside the work shop. You can see that one half is ballasted whilst the other is still to do. Really must finish the back boards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 29, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2016 I'm not so sure I'd be so keen were I taking my refreshments in the bothy - you'd always be in fear of that one really heavy shunt... Looks good though! Best Simon Just have your tea with the driver. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 29, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2016 Looking at the full thing what a lovely piece of modelling as you might say really great! Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted May 29, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2016 Lovely to see the whole layout together - looks wonderful. One hopes that coal wagons are not loose shunted into that siding with the gates open!! Can you imagine what Health & Safety would say, some years later! Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Another great piece of Railway modelling Mike, full of character and interest. Looking forward to some videos on its completion. Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Lovely modelling Mike, such character, both in the detail and overall. Jinty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Today I have mostly been trying to break lumps of coal into bite size pieces and no I'm not going to eat them it's for the coal staithes. I think it would be easier breaking rocks on Dartmoor as the pieces of coal are absolutely as hard as iron .I have managed to destroy a piece of laminated board I was using which is now in several pieces having collapsed under the assault of my lump hammer whilst the coal is stubbornly still in overly large bits. As they say, whoever they are, if at first you don't succeed, give up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Mike, you need a big hammer, which you appear to have, and you need to use an old paving stone, or the patio, or the drive. I've found that this can lead to a "thick ear" if not properly cleared up... best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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