enginelane Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Thought it might be wise to check on the relationship of the different components before going much further. On another image the walkway goes under the covered conveyor and looking at the mock up looks like the conveyor is fine where it is. Big Cat is wanting to help this morning but is camera shy. One probably that is happening is the paper sheet is pulling at the plasticsheet and it is coming away from the support pieces so need to beef up parts of the construction. Would rather find out now than when I had made 18 ft of it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 More or less complete brickwork and strip to a factory module. Will take to club rooms to see how it looks before progressing further. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 i spy a tail 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 At the club rooms quite a few decisions made and with it the next phase of construction. The fiddleyard / cassette board will have its full width building completed along with covered conveyor being put in place. A shorter and lower building will be constructed at the edge of the baseboard and a covered canopy put in place between the two buildings. Today’s session was spent mocking up and starting on the construction of the lower building. In reality unless someone looks down the layout to the normal,viewing this will not be seen but needs to be built! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) Session finished for today 90% of brickwork added Edited March 8, 2018 by enginelane 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 English or Flemish bond or both!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 English or Flemish bond or both!!!!!!! Plain panels plain bond and columns Flemish and English Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 Visit to the clubrooms with the test piece of the smaller building and a request for it to be made 1 storey higher. End returning wall will be plain brick with column. A piece of covered conveyor will be built between the two buildings to create a visual block to the right hand end of the layout. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 Short right angle side wall constructed. Will add the side to main building brickwork with epoxy glue at a later date. The missing wall will be made from ply or MDF as will be on the outside face of the layout and foamboard will not be strong enough. Short right angle side wall constructed. Will add the side to main building brickwork with epoxy glue at a later date. The missing wall will be made from ply or MDF as will be on the outside face of the layout and foamboard will not be strong enough. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Awoke to more snow so too cold for the garage and spent modelling time completing the brickwork for the small building. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Pasted up the template for the remaking section of the first factory building and laid in the 30 thou plastic card framework on which brick is then added 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Stephen What are you using to brace those structures? Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardEyre Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 2x4s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) 2x4s what that for the back of his head!!!!!! Edited March 21, 2018 by long island jack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Stephen What are you using to brace those structures? Ray Has yet to be decided. This is a trial building, foam board may not turn out to be the solution Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxcab Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Progress update, Work on the layout was suspended for a short time earlier this year and the boards stored. This was to allow another, short term project, to procede quickly. That project has now finished and we have our allotted space back. The baseboards have now been primed on all surfaces. It took 5 evenings, spread over 2 weeks, to paint them and was a bit of a logistical challenge. The colour has been labelled "Industrial Grey" and was a deliberate choice, as the layout is based on an industrial setting. Work on the turnouts has been slow but steady. I have discovered that handbuilt track can be time consuming, requires patience, attention to detail and a meticulous approach. There have been occasions when it has been very frustrating, but it is very satisfying when you (or I) get it right. More updates to follow soon. "O Scale or no scale." 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Nice work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxcab Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I have now built all 6 turnouts that are required for the layout. They are all built on a sub base of 5mm thick "Foamex board", this has enabled me to build them at home and then bring them to the clubroom. The need for a sub base came about because the ties were made from coffee stirrer sticks, which are much thinner than the traditional square cross section ties, this meant that the track spikes passed through the tie and stuck out below. Trying to push spikes into 9mm ply baseboards was not going to work, hence the need for a suitable sub base. Coffee stirrers were cheap, a box of 1000 cost £5-00 and yielded approximately 3 ties per stirrer. Also the amount of ballast required is reduced, meaning less weight is added to the baseboards. (And we are Yorkshire folk who don't like wasting money! ) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 That's some very nice work. Your idea to use stirrups and foam board is very good! Less weight and easier to spike! And your turnouts look good! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxcab Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Some progress, The turnouts have been positioned and a start made on fitting the "Foamex" sub base for the plain track. I cut the ties for the plain track earlier this year and just need to start staining them now. More updates soon. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxcab Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Progress with the track laying. It has taken me 3 weeks to lay these 2 sections of track. That works out at approximately 15 hours labour based on 2&1/2 hours a night in the clubrooms twice a week. If I could build this at home I would probably make faster progress. Patience is important when hand building track though. Several people have commented that it is a massive task that I have set myself & that they wouldn't have the patience for it. Strangely I find that it can be very theraputic. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 Buildings built on foamboard and plastic card are warping so having ago at laser cutting out of mdf using the local Art House. Induction complete. First cutting session on Tuesday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 After a number of attempts and a monthly subscription to Coreldraw have drawn up some base and layers to recreate the factory buildings using the local Art House laser cutter. Booked a double session for next week and that should give enough time to cut all the layers, brackets and mouldings to recreate at least one panel! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 Getting to grips to what I can draw and what the machine will cut. Tomorrow will see layers being glued together 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 Mocked up a sample outline using the modules cut out so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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