RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2020 28 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Well I don't feel so bad about my overcomplicated justifications now! What's all this about brambles? It wasn’t over-complicated my brain was under-working Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold simonmcp Posted November 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 Going back to the question of siting the Weighbridge and office, Mortenhampstead Station had the signal box attached to the Engine shed. So not much of a leap to have the Weighbridge office as part of the goods shed with the Weighbridge deck just alongside. I feel a 3d print coming. Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, simonmcp said: ...........I feel a 3d print coming. Simon You know I think you might be right. It won't be for a while though as it will take some designing/drawing, plus I've got more than enough to be getting on with in the meantime 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted November 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 A weigh bridge will be as close to the yard entry/exit as practical especially if it involves coal or aggregates. If you think about it I'm sure you will see why. Every place I've worked in that had a weigh bridge had it right next to the gate. In one case, a waste paper collection yard, you had no other option than to drive across the bridge both in and out. Regards Lez. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, lezz01 said: A weigh bridge will be as close to the yard entry/exit as practical especially if it involves coal or aggregates. If you think about it I'm sure you will see why. Every place I've worked in that had a weigh bridge had it right next to the gate. In one case, a waste paper collection yard, you had no other option than to drive across the bridge both in and out. Regards Lez. Hi Lez, thanks for your input That's what I thought which is why I sited it at the entrance initially, I don't need to decide straight away so I've got time to ponder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 19 hours ago, MrWolf said: What's all this about brambles? Hi Mr Wolf, Brambles are a common plant, with over 600 species, they grow everywhere, especially on waste or unkempt land or around derelict buildings, even gaps between modern modular buildings, provide a habitat for wildlife and the fruits are delicious! Yet, like nettles, which are just as ubiquitous, you rarely see them modelled on layouts. I stand for brambles! Does that make me a bramblier, as a brambler is some-one who picks brambles? Roja 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Just now, 37Oban said: Hi Mr Wolf, Brambles are a common plant, with over 600 species, they grow everywhere, especially on waste or unkempt land or around derelict buildings, even gaps between modern modular buildings, provide a habitat for wildlife and the fruits are delicious! Yet, like nettles, which are just as ubiquitous, you rarely see them modelled on layouts. I stand for brambles! Does that make me a bramblier, as a brambler is some-one who picks brambles? Roja Just don't hug them......OK? 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted November 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 19 hours ago, MrWolf said: What's all this about brambles? Rather a thorny topic. 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, KNP said: Just don't hug them......OK? Hi, no chance of that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said: Rather a thorny topic. Hope you don't get the point.....! Edited November 5, 2020 by KNP 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Just now, KNP said: Good to see you got the point.....! On more that one occasion in my youth! I think my grandfather grew the one with the most vicious thorns! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted November 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 Brambly Warren... Has a nice ring to it... 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 40 minutes ago, Harlequin said: Brambly Warren... Has a nice ring to it... It does actually although at the moment it still remains bramble-less 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 Before I am reported to the authorities by concerned members such as @Alister_Gand @MrWolf for braking the law Warren now has a bus on the bridge 6 1 4 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Your name vill go on zer list also. . Vot is it? Don't tell him your name Pike!! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) Further road surface experimentation Silicon Carbide Grit Edited November 5, 2020 by chuffinghell 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Harlequin said: Brambly Warren... Has a nice ring to it... Inhabited by the prickly hot cross bunny rabbits. 27 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Further road surface experimentation Silicon Carbide Grit 400 grit looks promising Edited November 5, 2020 by richbrummitt 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 minute ago, richbrummitt said: 400 grit looks promising Admittedly I quite like the 220 grit, perhaps the close up photo makes it look more course than it actually is? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) I'd agree with the 400 grit Chris, looks about right. Edited November 5, 2020 by sb67 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) Close up it gives the effect of ballast rather than the 1/2" to dust grading that roads are. We're back to the 4mm scale bicycle test again and whether you end up with your b######s for earrings as a result of riding along it. What about the 220 for a base layer then the 400 as infill / finishing layer as per Gophers high street? Edited November 5, 2020 by MrWolf 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Admittedly I quite like the 220 grit, perhaps the close up photo makes it look more course than it actually is? Roads get more compacted and therefore smoother as they wear. Then they break up with further age. Dirt roads get rutted if used when wet. The 220 could be good at the sides for the lesser used areas and add some variation to the macro texture. Micro texture variation will come with powders etc. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, richbrummitt said: Roads get more compacted and therefore smoother as they wear. but the roads in Staffordshire are as smooth as the surface of the moon with the exception of craters.........which are smaller on the moon Edited November 5, 2020 by chuffinghell 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 Don't forget that what you are looking for is the surface as it was in the 30's before they started the whole tar-and-chippings rubbish we endure today. Made roads were much smoother - and better maintained! Al. 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 Just now, Alister_G said: Don't forget that what you are looking for is the surface as it was in the 30's before they started the whole tar-and-chippings rubbish we endure today. Made roads were much smoother - and better maintained! Al. I never thought of that, I shouldn’t be allowed out on my own 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Even the un-tarred roads of chalk or limestone were put down with steamrollers, none of the spray on tar, scatter chippings and let the traffic roll it in approach we have had the last 40 years or so. Also with the rapid growth of road transport after World War I, as well as job creation, British roads got major makeover. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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