inversnecky Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 On 23/06/2018 at 16:36, sandwich station said: Hornby still make the set of 3 pylons first introduced under the Triang banner but I suspect you already know that. When I built a model railway as a boy, for some reason I was fixated on pylons, and insistent my layout had them! Even used thread as cables between them. So I was glad to pick up the Hornby offering. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inversnecky Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 On 28/02/2021 at 06:20, Pylon King said: Where on earth were those photos taken! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inversnecky Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Came across this recently: https://youtu.be/QLl9NCJvZjw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 On 28/02/2021 at 18:18, Ramrig said: Does it say in the book which power station it is in the last shot next to the canal please? Coventry power station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted March 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Pylon King said: Coventry power station. Thank you for that. When the station closed it became the local depot for East Midlands Electricity Board in Coventry. It remained in use by EME until 2000 when it was closed and sold off for conversion into canal side apartments called Electric Wharf. I remember going into the buildings in early 2000 and a lot of the old features of its time as a power station were still in place. At least it wasn’t demolished like a lot of other old generation stations. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
L2's are great! Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) Just completed fitting the adjustable telecommunications dish , antennas and station . Edited March 8, 2021 by Pylon King 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 1:76 scale BICC L6 receives extra detailing including NG maintenance team , new communications antennas and a few other subtle changes. Edited March 24, 2021 by Pylon King 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_anorak59 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Some great modelling on this thread! Just a quick question if I may, as I intend to place at least one pylon on my layout? I've just had a quick trawl through the thread, and the pictures reveal that most of the towers are painted in anything from a light grey to dark grey - however, all the towers that I recall from my youth (mid-60s) were very definately a light green. Can anyone tell me if that was a 60s thing, or even a regional variation (I grew up on Wirral)? I can't see any refererence to the colour of the steelwork on (my addmittedly brief) skim through the many pages of the thread. Thanks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharrc20 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 11 hours ago, billy_anorak59 said: Some great modelling on this thread! Just a quick question if I may, as I intend to place at least one pylon on my layout? I've just had a quick trawl through the thread, and the pictures reveal that most of the towers are painted in anything from a light grey to dark grey - however, all the towers that I recall from my youth (mid-60s) were very definately a light green. Can anyone tell me if that was a 60s thing, or even a regional variation (I grew up on Wirral)? I can't see any refererence to the colour of the steelwork on (my addmittedly brief) skim through the many pages of the thread. Thanks. Yes most towers tend to be painted in a light grey or silver hence the term 'silvering up' when painting the towers. Towers are often given a strange shade of yellow undercoat just prior to being painted the final coat of grey/silver. Not come across any green ones but that is not to say it happened. Obviously weather and local environment will have an effect on the paintwork too as will age. The tower stubs at each corner of the tower where it disappears into the concrete foundation is usually painted black with a bituminous type black paint I believe? Cheers Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 On 05/03/2021 at 00:32, inversnecky said: Where on earth were those photos taken! Unfortunately the photo didn’t have any accompanying information. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 A couple more photos feature both L6 and PL1 telecommunications pylons. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inversnecky Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 These are amazing - the highlight of any layout! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 Hiatco maintenance platform/SF60 400kV pylon. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 A few photo featuring the recently completed National Grid maintenance scene. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pylon King Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) Western Power Distribution maintenance team . Edited June 12, 2021 by Pylon King 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) For anyone who has a set of Hornby pylons , Gaugemaster have just released a 1:76 scale substation kit for your line to terminate at . Edited June 19, 2021 by Pylon King 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted July 24, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) Studying photos of Freshwater station for my 2mmFS model, I realised that I needed a pair of power poles. Of course, they only appeared in the background of photos, so are not very clear and poorly focused. It appears that a run of 3-phase power comes in from Yarmouth to the north on pairs of wooden A-frame poles. The last one before the railway differed in that it had an extra inclined pole on the railway side. The end of the run, on the south side of the railway was a substantial construction including a transformer. It looks like a single phase supply ran back to the tripod pole (lower down) where it appears to have then run down to a buried cable, presumeably to feed some local housing. It looks like earth wires just lay draped across a horizonal bar as I cannot see any sign of connectors. Here is my attempt to replicate the tripod pole using 2mm diameter brass rod, 1/32" brass wire, brass L-section and some insulators I found on Shapeways. Once planted, it will be about 75mm tall. And with a quick coat of primer. Now I need to paint and plant it, and then turn my attention to the more complex transformer poles. Please feel free to tell me how wrong I have got this. Edited June 22, 2023 by Ian Morgan re-loaded images 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted July 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2021 And a couple of quick pics of it planted on the layout 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted July 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) And now, the second, and more complex, power pole construction for Freshwater. These are the best photos I have found, so most of it is guesswork and artistic licence. Here is my interpretation, using 2mm diameter brass rod, finer brass rod and L section. The transformer is from N Brass, but I could not get the etched brass insulators supplied with the 3D print to cooperate so I replaced them with 12BA brass bolts. The other small insulators are wire wound guitar string, and larger ones I found on Shapeways. and painted The cross bars at the bottom were to hold the shape during construction and will be removed or hidden. It will sit right at the front of the layout, so I need to complete some scenic work in that area before it get planted. Edited June 22, 2023 by Ian Morgan re-loaded images 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamThomas Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 The modelling of plyons and associated equipment in this thread is excellent. Mundane structures they may be, but the attention to detail is seond to none. Thanks for showing this quality modelling. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) Quick photo shoot at Kernow Models Guildford today. Edited November 6, 2021 by Pylon King 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 Giants among us -Balfour Beatty D90 Oxford . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 BICC D90 Eastleigh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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