RMweb Gold jcarta Posted September 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2019 Just stay focused on the end goal please.... I and many others will be queuing up around the street / shopping centre to see this layout .... Personally I can't wait ;)0 I bet some others whom want to remain nameless will be doing the same..... Surely It's about the passion / hobby ...... Well it is for me Jim 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, jcarta said: Just stay focused on the end goal please.... I and many others will be queuing up around the street / shopping centre to see this layout .... Personally I can't wait ;)0 I bet some others whom want to remain nameless will be doing the same..... Surely It's about the passion / hobby ...... Well it is for me Jim Don't forget the enjoyment. Mike. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class27 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I also hope to be able to see this somewhere. It may well be a once in a lifetime experience all the best 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 On 24/07/2019 at 16:20, HeatonLodge40 said: Yes the McArthur Glen Designer Outlets at York and Swindon late next year. I have watched this project develop for a while - simply stunning and for me just the right era. For the record, I hate shopping, am not a great fan of Christmas and I do not know what 'McArthur Glen' sells but I do know I will be doing my Christmas shopping in Swindon!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted September 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2019 Sorry to come back to this, but, well, sure, I can see a layout like this taking money. Damned good use for money if you ask me, using it to enable the skills required to build such a layout get their chance to shine! Couldn't afford or have the ability to do it myself so I'll quite happily appreciate what someone else can do instead. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Very humbled by these comments and all the support. Thank you. Lets draw a line under this and crack on. Next update in the next week or so.. Simon 8 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted September 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2019 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2019 Where will the appearance details of the HLJ roadshow be advertised? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Where will the appearance details of the HLJ roadshow be advertised? Mike. Spring next year Mike is when the PR machine will kick in 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Hiya mate. It's Lee, if you didn't already realise. Just keep cracking on squaring those wheels off and turning out the sprangle brackets Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I had the pleasure of spending an hour with Simon this morning when I delivered the cottages; it is an inspirational layout and the quality of the modelling is the very highest. Peter 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Peter only an hour you could have stayed longer and helped with the track laying he has a lot to do you know 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeatonLodge40 Posted October 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) Finally..the fiddle yards are finished thank goodness. I capped them at 100ft (instead of the planned 125ft) so each of the 4 fiddle yards has just three roads (instead of all 7 roads) over 40ft - this length catering for 36 MGR’s & two locos. All the Peco points are driven by cobalt motors wired to a completely separate bus. The main bus’ running down each side of the frames are 4mm cable as I’m planning on using NCE’ 10amp boosters to provide enough power for all the 28 trains the fiddle yards will hold. Each fiddle yard will be in its own ‘power district’ so any shorts will only shut down 1 yard hopefully. Learnt a lot going along so when relocating the yards 30ft further down (to provide room for Phase 2 (Healey Mills) I incorporated the better wiring techniques I picked up back into each frame. Not all easy going and felt like taking a hammer to the cobalts when I thought about 30 had lost their addresses as they ceased working.. Spent two hours working my way through reprogramming all their addresses when I noticed a couple of plugs for the cobalts’s bus in between the frames had come apart! The air turned blue I can tell you. Only thing remaining is to fit the Perspex 6’’ high sides to keep any derailed trains from falling off.. Edited October 3, 2019 by HeatonLodge40 Spelling 33 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Love the comment about reducing the length of the fiddle yards by 25 ft most people would love 25ft fiddle yards just shows how large this layout is really looking forward to seeing it when it comes out into the daylight 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 This is just mind bending..... but in a wonderful way.....! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 when you see those locos parked in the fiddleyard that would constitute a significant fiddleyard even at 2mm scale but to think these are 7mm locos is actually quite mind blowing. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class27 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Absolutely incredible job Simon. Will this work as a one man operation or will some lucky friends be helping! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 On 24/09/2019 at 15:31, HeatonLodge40 said: Shall we talk about Brexit now? NO! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 13 hours ago, class27 said: Absolutely incredible job Simon. Will this work as a one man operation or will some lucky friends be helping! Thanks. If I’m on my own I just plan when it’s finished to spend all day watching 4 trains going by. After a few beers with the model being so large I’ll have forgotten what trains they were anyway. At an exhibition there will be 2 operators per fiddle yard, a relief and probably a signal man 3 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 14 hours ago, millerhillboy said: when you see those locos parked in the fiddleyard that would constitute a significant fiddleyard even at 2mm scale but to think these are 7mm locos is actually quite mind blowing. There was only one thing I mainly wanted to achieve with this model. That is (rewinding to when I was 12) seeing the high intensity light of say a grid approaching a mile away. That can only be achieved with size and I’ve often just taken a cursory glance down the scenery side as I’m working at one end (almost now at a scale mile but when finished 1.3 miles) and it’s deja vu all over again. It’s like looking back to 1984. 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeatonLodge40 Posted October 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2019 Talking of scenery I’m quickly refreshing each of the completed 28 4’ frames. I give them a vac then liberally spray matt varnish over absolutely everything making sure I wipe the tops of the rails. I use spray matt varnish for a lot of things but to refresh scenery it works a treat bringing out colours again, plus everything looks more vibrant.. I use Rustoleum Matt Spray Varnish. This is frame 1 so treated with a bit more runny superglue tipped down the ‘stonework’ to give the damp effect.. 11 2 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted October 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, HeatonLodge40 said: After a few beers with the model being so large I’ll have forgotten what trains they were anyway. Is that the size of the model? Or do you like strong beers? PS: I will happily bring the beers. Edited October 4, 2019 by Joseph_Pestell Add 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jcarta Posted October 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2019 9 hours ago, HeatonLodge40 said: Thanks. If I’m on my own I just plan when it’s finished to spend all day watching 4 trains going by. After a few beers with the model being so large I’ll have forgotten what trains they were anyway. At an exhibition there will be 2 operators per fiddle yard, a relief and probably a signal man I have been a signalman for nearly 40 years and I can purchase / drink beer and train spot so where do I need to send my application form.... Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, jcarta said: I have been a signalman for nearly 40 years and I can purchase / drink beer and train spot so where do I need to send my application form.... Jim Jim the signal box was demolished in 1970 so you’ll have to sit on the bridge parapet Might hold you to that tho! Edited October 5, 2019 by HeatonLodge40 Edited for spelling 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 9 hours ago, HeatonLodge40 said: Talking of scenery I’m quickly refreshing each of the completed 28 4’ frames. I give them a vac then liberally spray matt varnish over absolutely everything making sure I wipe the tops of the rails. I use spray matt varnish for a lot of things but to refresh scenery it works a treat bringing out colours again, plus everything looks more vibrant.. I use Rustoleum Matt Spray Varnish. This is frame 1 so treated with a bit more runny superglue tipped down the ‘stonework’ to give the damp effect.. Interesting - I've never heard of that technique before. What make of matt spray varnish do you use ? I may give that method a try. Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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