RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2019 When is La Marina, Benidorm pencilled in?!!!! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Simon, brilliant plan, it sounds like a winner and I wish you every success! (I do hope my sense of humour didn’t offend...) atb Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 12 hours ago, Simond said: Simon, brilliant plan, it sounds like a winner and I wish you every success! (I do hope my sense of humour didn’t offend...) atb Simon Ha take a lot more to offend me than that! Thanks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeatonLodge40 Posted August 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2019 The last lap is in sight as far as the fiddle yard goes. I much prefer making scenery I can tell you. You might notice on one of the photos the fiddle yard drawing level with the opposite scenic side. Funny to think the scenic side has taken 4 years to get this far (albeit mostly part time). The fully wired fiddle yard about 4 months - working full time. As regular readers of this thread will know, each of the 4 running lines each have their own 35ft long yard. There are 2 fiddle yards side by side (each with 7 roads) then the other two begin end to end as the first two finish. Control wise I’m planning a panel for each yard whereby the different routes can be set. This weekend I’ve wired in another 6 strip lights as I’ve just picked up another 5 fiddle yard frames from White Rose Model works and a load of trestles. Should have the fiddle yards completed in about 6 weeks, then my attention will switch back to the scenic side. The curves at each end are in production right now (I’m looking forward to seeing what a 35ft radius super elevated curve looks like). I’ve also yet to wire in all the 40 odd DCC concepts digital point motors seen on the last pic. No rest for the wicked.. 20 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 For those interested in electrics I use 3m snap lok connectors to attach the droppers to the main bus wires. There are some cheaper Chinese copies but they don’t seem quite as reliable in my opinion. Each of the fiddle yard boards uses 20 amp connectors with plugs and sockets. Tested everything and working well so far 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 3M snap loks & connector plugs/socket..With around 60 droppers per board they save a lot of time soldering 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyFourA Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 I presume that the comments you have been getting on this thread have given you some idea of how this layout is being talked about, but just in case I think I should tell you that over the last two weekends in the north east (England that is) I have attended two show, one helping out a trader and one as an exhibitor of 7mm 1970 blue diesels... and your train set appears to be on every enthusiasts lips, even those who don't 'do' diesels or O gauge. Many are saying they will be going to Warley (after never going in the past) JUST to see your train set. Like I said in my earlier post, I feel sorry for anyone else taking their 'pride and joy' to Warley next year . Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Thanks Peter, I don’t mix with many railway modellers - or many other people either but I appreciate your comments..it’s nice to know. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 I should say too the last thing I wish to do is to upset any other exhibitors, it’s partly the efforts of others that have inspired me to do this 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted August 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2019 12 hours ago, HeatonLodge40 said: I should say too the last thing I wish to do is to upset any other exhibitors, it’s partly the efforts of others that have inspired me to do this If anybody is 'upset' by you or yours, then they should be cast out! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 18 hours ago, FiftyFourA said: and your train set appears to be on every enthusiasts lips, even those who don't 'do' diesels or O gauge. Many are saying they will be going to Warley (after never going in the past) JUST to see your train set. Peter, Sorry to be picky but a train set comes in a box this is clearly a model railway in so many ways Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted August 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2019 Just look at the SIZE of the box! Regards Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, LongRail said: Peter, Sorry to be picky but a train set comes in a box this is clearly a model railway in so many ways The locomotives, stock. track etc all started off life in a box? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted August 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2019 As I understand it, it will come in a box. It's just that the box is 40' long, 8' wide and probably 9'6" high and is a little too big to be delivered by parcelfarce. Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted August 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2019 2 hours ago, jamie92208 said: As I understand it, it will come in a box. It's just that the box is 40' long, 8' wide and probably 9'6" high and is a little too big to be delivered by parcelfarce. Jamie ... or even a 'box van' perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Umm no..the whole model will go in 3 ‘highliner’ articulated trucks with double internal decks. I’ve designed 3 types of T bar handcarts to carry the eventual 100 odd frames. Type 1 takes 2 scenic frames stacked one above the other (like bread trays) with a 9’’ gap between. Type 2 takes 3 fiddle yard boards stacked on their side with ‘stanchions’ in between Type 3 is a general handcart to carry stock, spares, tools etc On top of this are the 80 or so aluminium frames c/w castors some of which I’ve built already. Some of these ‘buffer up’ no pun intended to the far scenic side to extend the width by 3 feet and will carry less detailed scenery fading into a back scene. Theres also the front angled aluminium frames also on castors which will run down the front of the model - these will have interchangeable plastic panels onto which is info about the model/prototype etc - all in good old BR typeface. I do have an HGV class 1 license but I’ll probably end up hiring the trucks to transport it. All the aforementioned T bar carts once loaded with the frames will simply wheel onto the trucks via the tail lift. I think 6/8 people should be able to set it up in a day. But I guess we’ll see! 13 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted August 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2019 I hope you have a plan for the jigsaw... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 It’s not all good fun either.. When laying cork over the fiddle yard boards I didn’t separate them, instead leaving them latched together. Ive done this before whereupon once PVA is dry and cork cut down the join, a tug will pull them apart. Yesterday I spent 4 hours trying to separate 2 boards that had welded themselves together with PVA that had leaked into the join. After using chisels & crowbars I finally had to bend them apart standing them on their sides and wedged against a wall. Result? They broke apart ok but all the ends of the track and 3 points damaged .. I’ll be corking one board at a time from now on .. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 frustrating... I've seen photos of people doing this with clingfilm or cellophane or something similar in the gap - then again, will it add much to the time or labour of the job if you do them separate? atb Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Yea Simon I lay the boards on the trestles with a 1 inch gap now! Then roll the cork over the gap before slicing it. Once it’s all dry and latch them up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubber duck Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Liking the use of the HAA as mobile bits n bobs storage... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach james Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 2 hours ago, rubber duck said: Liking the use of the HAA as mobile bits n bobs storage... Well, he can add it to the Speedlink and send it right to the steel mill for recycling, eh? Wonderful as always, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) For those of you that are on Facebook this is what it was all about.. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=855718514801180&id=100865096953196 just to add this a 5 min BBC film of trainspotting in 1975 narrated by John Stapleton.. brilliant Edited August 7, 2019 by HeatonLodge40 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jcarta Posted August 6, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2019 Please don't do this again as it add's time to seeing the layout in the flesh... hehehe We all live and learn .... I done exactly the same a few years ago and it took ages to separate the boards and fix the damage that it caused.... Keep up the great work Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Bit late to the party but I've only just discovered and caught up on this thread. Just utterly stunning. The single most impressive layout I've ever seen, and suspect will ever see. Wonderful work! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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