Simond Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Shame, but probably inevitable. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Simon. Sorry to say, but those mini doorhandles should have been from the 1981 very limited 'Indian-Anglo' test batch. Only 43 and a half were actually made, but you know, these things should be right. Unfortunately the rear boot door hinges are also incorrect, for this model year, they were a special variation of the MFI Millbourne 180 deg triple door wardrobe. I have a volume of 'Great British flatpack wardrobes and their hinges' if you would like to pm to arrange to borrow it. 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 If you’re not careful I’ll find another use for those mini door handles 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeatonLodge40 Posted June 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2020 This week the river has been finished, as has the last frame with the scenic break. I’m happy with the ice on the river which Ive detailed with the ice & snow wash. Having experimented with ripples I’ve decided to leave the water looking very calm. This after I was near the real HLJ the other day and noticed the river like a mill pond. I also spent a couple of days cutting back the landscaping just after the disused girder bridge as I realised that the scenery I’d constructed here overhung the old trackbed. So I constructed a plywood and clay retaining wall to join with the scenic break road bridge walls. This has created the space I need to model all the old rubbish seen on a disused track bed. This last frame is the only fictional board on the layout. The girder bridge has now acquired a bed of dirty ballast which needs detailing plus a security fence at each end. There was a short stretch of concrete track here in the ‘60’s before it was lifted hence the Dow Mac sleepers on the bridge which await weathering. Danger signs have gone up on the fencing around the old mill. Local workman Stan seen in the pics replacing one of the signs near the scrap mini with coil springs, is about to be decapitated and have a new head as hard hats were rare in the ‘80’s. He’ll also acquire a 1:43 Sherpa van which is in my paint shop having been found on eBay. Originally this was the telephone van seen in the Bond film ‘ The Spy That Loved Me’ but is acquiring a coat of yellow paint and some other mods. It’s a lovely diecast model by IXO. The figure of Jaws is still driving it and I’m minded to keep him there, I’ll see. 22 23 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2020 I have found that there is I have a problem coming up with words to describe how marvellous all this is without repeating myself. There are so many instances where the view could be of the real thing, but then that's the idea, isn't it? Splendid work, Simon, so please continue to inspire us. 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phixer64 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 like the rest of the comments on this, I've to echo everyone else's. This is modelling at its best. This layout, just oozes quality and detail. Ive followed this from day one, and it still blows my mind, and is a source for inspiration and ideas. Fantastic work. Regards Jeff ps think we need either an amazing or obscene button. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Thanks for the kind comments. Not too far to go now! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kier Hardy Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 23 minutes ago, HeatonLodge40 said: Thanks for the kind comments. Not too far to go now! By and large I think what you've achieved here with HLJ is absolutely amazing.... I really do take my hat off to you and think this is one impressive piece of railway modelling, particularly on a scale that many of us could only dream about. I keep looking in on this thread and find it inspiring, so a big thank you to you for that. I'm really looking forward to seeing it when the opportunity comes around. I've thought long and hard about this post, so please don't take it as criticism for the sake of it. With your eye for detail, I'm sure you may appreciate some feedback, no matter how pedantic it sounds. The one thing that makes any model railway stand out is the attention to detail, but I have noticed you've fallen for the usual trap when it comes to fence posts and the way the tensioning wires are fixed. The link below shows how these wires are fixed to the posts, normally with loops which pass through the holes. So many times I've seen the tension wires pass through the posts on model railways, and to me it doesn't observe the real thing, and besides any fencing contractor wouldn't want to spend hours threading the wire through each post hole. https://www.clarkesofwalsham.co.uk/fencing/chain-link-fence-supplies.html Someone else mentioned the glass in your mini - superb bit of modelling, but would be better for having no glass at all. As I said, it's never easy offering any constructive criticism and I hope you take these points in the way they're meant. I look forward to the next update on this superb project..... without a doubt it takes me back to a place and time with fondness. 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Marvellous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class27 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Simon What will life be like "After Heaton lodge Junction" ??? One of the best things about this thread is I always get notifications of 'Allan Downes' thread which makes me smile every time I read it. I never met him, but had marvelled at his work since the late 70's. He obviously knew this was going to be something special All the best Steve 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2020 You mentioned the old tracbed on the girder bridge Simon, was that the remains of The New Line or the bridge on the Calder Valley Line. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Kier Hardy said: By and large I think what you've achieved here with HLJ is absolutely amazing.... I really do take my hat off to you and think this is one impressive piece of railway modelling, particularly on a scale that many of us could only dream about. I keep looking in on this thread and find it inspiring, so a big thank you to you for that. I'm really looking forward to seeing it when the opportunity comes around. I've thought long and hard about this post, so please don't take it as criticism for the sake of it. With your eye for detail, I'm sure you may appreciate some feedback, no matter how pedantic it sounds. The one thing that makes any model railway stand out is the attention to detail, but I have noticed you've fallen for the usual trap when it comes to fence posts and the way the tensioning wires are fixed. The link below shows how these wires are fixed to the posts, normally with loops which pass through the holes. So many times I've seen the tension wires pass through the posts on model railways, and to me it doesn't observe the real thing, and besides any fencing contractor wouldn't want to spend hours threading the wire through each post hole. https://www.clarkesofwalsham.co.uk/fencing/chain-link-fence-supplies.html Someone else mentioned the glass in your mini - superb bit of modelling, but would be better for having no glass at all. As I said, it's never easy offering any constructive criticism and I hope you take these points in the way they're meant. I look forward to the next update on this superb project..... without a doubt it takes me back to a place and time with fondness. Absolutely no problem at all with constructive criticism especially when it’s balanced liked yours. I didn’t know about the fence posts. I guess because the holes are already in the model posts I just assumed! Well it’s done now so I’ll just have to live with it. Ironically threading 5 stiff wires through the posts is mind numbing and painful when they stab the end of your fingers but hey ho.. I’ll know for the next project - Dent Station to Blea Moor tunnel 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 45 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: You mentioned the old tracbed on the girder bridge Simon, was that the remains of The New Line or the bridge on the Calder Valley Line. Jamie Hi Jamie, Yes the Calder Valley line was 4 tracks up to Brighouse originally. Two were lifted when the area was remodelled in 1970. These two crossed the girder bridge. Part of the track plan here shows the disused girder bridge at 13. (Trackplan courtesy of Hornby Magazine & Mike Wild) 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2020 Thanks for that Simon, I know which bridge you're talking about now, have cycled and driven by it many times on the A62. I have a vague memory that you can still see the remains of a station entrance when you go under the road bridge. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: Thanks for that Simon, I know which bridge you're talking about now, have cycled and driven by it many times on the A62. I have a vague memory that you can still see the remains of a station entrance when you go under the road bridge. Jamie Yes, the entrance to the former Cooper Bridge Railway station. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium blackpete Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2020 2 hours ago, class27 said: Simon What will life be like "After Heaton lodge Junction" ??? Steve Berney Arms in 'N' 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocp Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Beyond stunning. Nothing compares. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeatonLodge40 Posted June 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2020 With the river banks just having the static grass & frost treatment I thought I’d post a few more pics of the (almost) finished last two frames before the scenic break. I scratchbuilt from brass another 5 derelict relay boxes and gave them some heavy rust treatment. The Absolute Aspects redundant colour light signal has had similar treatment and will be planted horizontally in the ballast soon enough. I know this signal should really be a semaphore post but this last frame as I’ve mentioned has a fictitious element to it. Besides I reckon any semaphore would have found it’s way into someone’s garden With just four frames to go these will feature the filter beds from the sewerage works. Once the last frames from Tim Horn are dropped off to complete the middle curves (the Huddersfield route see track diagram above) I’ll figure out how to make the backscene wrap around this bit.. 20 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted June 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2020 The photos make me shiver! Excellent. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted June 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2020 I've just realised that I've driven over this more than few times on Train Simulator World. I shall need to pay more attention next time! Best Scott. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2020 I had a similar backscene problem with Green Ayre as the main line over the Greyhound Bridge curved off before the end of the layout, which was the Castle Branch which also curved off. We ended up using curves that drew the eye onto the bridge but then came back to allow access to the track in the branch area.. you might be able to do something similar drawing the eye onto the moll, sewage works and girder bridge. I'll try and post a couple of photos showing what I mean but they are on the other computer. Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2020 Hi Simon, I've had a trawl through my photos and have come up with these. I hope that they give some sort of idea of what we did. The Here you can see the main line on the right and the Castle branch on the left. The other one shows more of Greyhound Bridge JaI hope this gives you some idea. Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Just a minor point if its not too late to fix it but a redundant signal would not have a cover over it with a cross on. Those covers were used on new signals while testing before commissioning, then taken away at commissioning for use on the next project. A signal dropped and left, if it happened, would just have its lenses exposed and doubtless soon broken. Probably more likely the head would have been salvaged and just the post left. Edited June 24, 2020 by Grovenor 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Grovenor said: Just a minor point if its not too late to fix it but a redundant signal would not have a cover over it with a cross on. Those covers were used on new signals while testing before commissioning, then taken away at commissioning for use on the next project. A signal dropped and left, if it happened, would just have its lenses exposed and doubtless soon broken. Probably more likely the head would have been salvaged and just the post left. Good point.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatonLodge40 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 And thanks Jamie yes, I’m doing something similar with the backscene. Thanks again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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