RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted November 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Indomitable026 said: Yes and there will be plenty of other compromises along the way... Maybe raise the mainline slightly so you can still include the wall between it and the fuel road? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 37 minutes ago, Mark Forrest said: Maybe raise the mainline slightly so you can still include the wall between it and the fuel road? The wall I mentioned is between the fuel road and the fuel delivery siding behind. Not keen on hacking boards at this stage - yes if I’d realised at the time of building the boards but I think it’s too late now. Plus, as a P4 new-bee, I’m not keen on any further complications. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 I’ve just bolted the legs on to the bottom of the fiddleyard. Next I’ll offer it up to the main board to see what we’re looking like... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Fiddleyard now up for assessment of damaged track 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Slightly out of gauge I’d say... 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted November 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, Indomitable026 said: Slightly out of gauge I’d say... Not quite up to P4 standards then? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Now removed. Already looking a little better. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Another useful job tonight - finished cutting the sleepers for the two points on the main board. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Just sayin.... If you brought the top fascia lights a few inches forward from the frame of the scene, they would then illuminate the very front parts of the layout... Its better than having the sun shine upwards but as I said its just a idea....you are better at this game than me ...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 9 hours ago, LBRJ said: Just sayin.... If you brought the top fascia lights a few inches forward from the frame of the scene, they would then illuminate the very front parts of the layout... Its better than having the sun shine upwards but as I said its just a idea....you are better at this game than me ...... I’d tend to agree, I’ll try that as well. Andy Y and Mark F have been discussing light boxes - an idea I may well have to nick.... Nothing’s set in stone, I’ll be experimenting, let’s see where we get to... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, Indomitable026 said: Andy Y and Mark F have been discussing light boxes Are you going to rebuild the layout using thinner wood then? Mike. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 37 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Are you going to rebuild the layout using thinner wood then? Mike. “Trip the light fantastic” ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwich Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Looking very good - nice work. That check rail looks absolutely superb. You’re tempting another EM’er to change with that superb trackwork... Kind regards, Will 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted December 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Indomitable026 said: I’d tend to agree, I’ll try that as well. Andy Y and Mark F have been discussing light boxes - an idea I may well have to nick.... Nothing’s set in stone, I’ll be experimenting, let’s see where we get to... With Fryers, I initially had a lighting pelmet that ran along the front of the layout but faced the same problem of the stock right at the front of the layout being in shadow. I ended up moving the lights out further in front of the layout so there is now a self contained fascia approx 100mm deep that sits forward of the layout. The lights are fixed along the top and the "control panel" (if you can call it that) is integrated into one end of the fascia. It does leave a bit of a shelf along the front of the layout which seems to accumulate half built wagons. Overall I'd say I'm happy with this set up, but will be interesting to see how you get on with some ground level lighting. I've recently installed a 12v, 30w LED panel above my workbench and am very impressed with it. I'm toying with the idea of using these mounted to a lid above the layout in future, although the problem of getting light far enough out front of the layout would remain - although I've deliberately avoided having track as close to the front on the next layout. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 24 minutes ago, Mark Forrest said: With Fryers, I initially had a lighting pelmet that ran along the front of the layout but faced the same problem of the stock right at the front of the layout being in shadow. I ended up moving the lights out further in front of the layout so there is now a self contained fascia approx 100mm deep that sits forward of the layout. The lights are fixed along the top and the "control panel" (if you can call it that) is integrated into one end of the fascia. It does leave a bit of a shelf along the front of the layout which seems to accumulate half built wagons. Overall I'd say I'm happy with this set up, but will be interesting to see how you get on with some ground level lighting. I've recently installed a 12v, 30w LED panel above my workbench and am very impressed with it. I'm toying with the idea of using these mounted to a lid above the layout in future, although the problem of getting light far enough out front of the layout would remain - although I've deliberately avoided having track as close to the front on the next layout. Any chance of a look at your box?.... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted December 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Indomitable026 said: Any chance of a look at your box?.... You'll have to buy me dinner first, unless you can find some photos of it on some dodgy website... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mark Forrest said: You'll have to buy me dinner first, unless you can find some photos of it on some dodgy website... The light box.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted December 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Indomitable026 said: The light box.... There isn't much to see, to be honest, but here goes... That's lite by a single 600x300 LED panel. These panels are intended for fitting in suspended ceilings although this one was sold as surface mount so has a metal surround that suspends it from the shelf above the workbench. I think that something like a single1200x300 or two 600x300 would suit a layout the size of Fryers quite well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 26 minutes ago, Mark Forrest said: There isn't much to see, to be honest, but here goes... That's lite by a single 600x300 LED panel. These panels are intended for fitting in suspended ceilings although this one was sold as surface mount so has a metal surround that suspends it from the shelf above the workbench. I think that something like a single1200x300 or two 600x300 would suit a layout the size of Fryers quite well. Ok Looks like I’m going to have to imagine what the box looks like... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2020 That's not a workbench, the cutting mat is visible! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Enterprisingwestern said: That's not a workbench, the cutting mat is visible! Mike. I think he’s just googled an image... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Mean while back on the layout, a little more progress, I’ve glued down the point timbers on the main board. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 And finally the third of the fiddleyard points also has a full compliment of sleepers stuck down. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted December 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Indomitable026 said: Ok Looks like I’m going to have to imagine what the box looks like... It's really not that exciting. Imagine four rectangles of chipboard (it's a short of extension unit for some old cupboards that I scrounged off @2ManySpams). The top (which the light fixes beneath) is 800x400 and two sides which are 400x400 and a back panel that's slightly smaller than the top, all of which form an open box that sits on some old kitchen worktop. One day the 800x400 area above it might even become home to a micro layout/test track, but that's another story... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Tonight’s update. I’ve ordered various items from Scalefour society stores with a view to forming my own switches and crossings; - Crossing V jig - Switch jig - Flangeway gauge - Mint gauge I’ve also got to build a jig to assist with the assembly of the crossing. I’ve also threaded some chairs on the rail on the wash road and tried to stick them down. I say tried.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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