Hayling Island - Station Building roof

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Ready to lift out showing the edge to be extended....

 

 

Lifted out....

 

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35 minutes ago, The Bigbee Line said:

Ready to lift out showing the edge to be extended....

 

 

Lifted out....

 

Top picture looking good Ernie nice curves. 

Bottom picture has a bomb gone off. 

Thanks Steve. 

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4 hours ago, sf315 said:

Top picture looking good Ernie nice curves. 

Bottom picture has a bomb gone off. 

Thanks Steve. 

 

Steve

 

My workshop always looks like a bombsite......

 

WARNING - Anyone with any carpentry skills, look away now.

 

My initial thoughts were to make the layout as compact as possible, the boards needed to be curved to get the look of the prototype and avoid looking like just another train set.  I managed to get 4 tracks into the 2 foot width, not modelling the goods shed and associated siding.

Then recently I started thinking about the Signal Cabin, platform and buildings.  The signal cabin has been a lot of fun and a huge learning experience.  

But comments from a colleague about a train going over the edge if derailed, and a desire to include the Mess Room had lead to the increase in width..

So here we go, and remove the front face....

 

 

Next was to create the area for the Mess Room that would govern the additional width..

 

 

Nothing lightweight here, something smaller at the other end...

 

 

Then a timber to join the two ends and give better support....

 

 

You can see two of struts to support the track base.  They were needed as there was up to 5 mm of sag....

 

 

Here are a couple of pictures with the extra width..  Roughly trimmed.  I will add some struts from the main timber out to the fimal front alignment.

 

 

 

Here is a view from the other end.  

 

 

 

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Just for a bit of light relief....

 

 

The windows are a picture of the real thing ...

 

 

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Tonight I fettled the board joints and got the widened board secured in position.

 

here you can see the new alignment...

 

 

The points need droppers from the switches and point motors fitted.  There is plenty of room underneath..

 

 

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Hoping to finish the signal cabin this weekend.  I’ve been adding the final roof surface to the card core. Two layers of business card. I’ve cut the width, now need to cut the length. I’ll cut the barge boards from ready painted card. The will be assembled onto the roof,,,

 

 

 

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Just a bit of fun. These were drawn up for my “panel” and printed off a miniature version for the levers. 
 

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Today Matthew. Barge boards. 
 

First shape thick card as base layer

 

 

Cutting to width

 

 

in position 

 

 

some thick PVA to bond to the roof. 
 

 

A business card facia to be cut next. 

 

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Just a couple of pictures

 

First a barge board base in position 

 

 

Then a view of the underside. Showing the slot formed to take the walls

 

Edited May 21, 2020 by The Bigbee Line

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The roof is now done, length has been trimmed and painting will commence. I want to try the windows today. Using a jig to make the 3 sets the same. 
 

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Tonight was window night. 
 

I printed off a window of the required size. Sellotape to a piece of scrap card. Then tape some plastic sheet over the top. The sheet needs to be solvent proof......

 

 

A couple of guide lines were drawn on. 
 

Then some 40 thou x 40 thou and some 40 thou x 60 thou evergreen cut to form the outer frame. I cut some thin strips to form the window bars. All bonded with Tamika Extra Thin Cement. Has a very nice thin brush. 

 

 

Here is the first attempt. 
 

 

Then with a brother...

 

 

Here sitting in position. Tomorrow morning I’ll ping them off the clear sheet and trip the outside corners. 
 

I had a test run sitting the frames while still on the plastic sheet. Look good on the box. 
 

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I’ve tried a couple of dry runs....  They were tried in one side...

 

 

Then the end....

 

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i created my window pattern by making a pdf of the end on picture, then printed at various percentages, until it looked right.

 

These windows look ever so slightly large, the were 27%, I might try a 26% tomorrow...  

 

I also want to find some pieces of metal to act as spacers when setting out the window bars to keep them square.

Edited May 23, 2020 by The Bigbee Line

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In a bag (slaters I think) were varied bits of brass rod and styrene section. The thin bits looked ideal for window bars. 
I printed off a 25.5% version of the window which looked better proportioned. Here is my “Mr No Patience” version....

 

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Preview of the latest iteration of windows. Quite pleased with these. Just need to think about and start on the frames. 
 

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Started on the frames....

 

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Busy at work, so still have 2 windows to make for the signal box. I thought it might be good to make the mess room windows at the same time. 
 

Here’s the rough plan...

 

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I thought I would be a bit more scientific with the mess room.

 

Drawing it in 'paint', ready to print onto an A4 label, which in turn will be stuck to some shellaced cornflake box...

 

 

It won't be printed in colour.  It will be black and white.  The main boarding will have the joints scribed and then painted cream.  The green timber corners will be a green painted business card overlay.

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I’ve just drawn in the remaining 2 walls, with the wall to its total height, including the bit hidden under the eaves. 
 

it was then “printed” as a pdf.  Here shown on the screen....

 

 

I then printed out at 100% in black and white. 
 

 

Not too bad, but a bit large.  So reduced to 90% and printed in colour. Trimmed with tabs to be assembled...

 

 

 

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The first coloured version looked OK but the door was too wide. So I took the squarest shot I had and looked at where diagonal lines would fall. I then decided to squash the width. Actually really easy to do. This was then PDF’d and printed. 
 

Here is it scored and tabbed...

 

 

The random width at the top was marked to make a roof. Just to test the principle. 
 

I was able to assemble with pieces of sellotape easily. I think the proportions look better. 
 

Here is the 6 pane end.......

 

 

Here is the door.......

 

 

Finally the 8 pane end........

 

 

Looks much better.  Here shown with the signal box. 
 

 

 

Edited June 6, 2020 by The Bigbee Line

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Good afternoon

 

I have been puzzling over the size if doors on railway structures.  I the days of lockdown it is more difficult to get a ruler out and measure a door.

 

Here is an Exmouth Junction product...  It scales out at approx 6'3" x 2'8".  I'll add this to my information library. 

 

 

Interestingly the signal box started the 50's with a door complete with braces, the replacement door had no braces, I wonder why?

Edited June 7, 2020 by The Bigbee Line

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Over the weekend the layout was relocated within the workshop.  It's previous re-erection was to allow me access to one side and to try out the sub frame principle.  Being square on I ran out of room regarding length.  So decided to have a grand shuffle..  

 

I started by building the replacement support frame.  Using IVAR shelf supports as the legs.  The 2 main longitudinals are supported on a couple of shelf brackets, then spanning out to the first set of legs.  The longitudinals are screwed to the legs and given a diagonal brace to stop wobble.  I'm going to cut some cross members  that will create a kind of ladder to make the sub base as stable as possible.  The location of the layout will be to cut across the workshop diagonally, so a series of 'duck unders' are required.

 

They say that 'Order springs from Chaos'  or did I just imagine that....

 

So here is my 'chaos'....

 

 

  

Edited June 8, 2020 by The Bigbee Line

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I am listing 00 maunsell coaches as part of my cull. Shame as they’re great coaches. 
 

Before they go I’m using one as a guide to use parts from an Ian Kirk Low Window kit. I’m planning to create a Driving Brake Compo that was part of a 2 coach Push Pull set. 
 

Here is my first shuffle of parts....

 

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The shed shuffle continues. Not directly connected to the layout I’ve erected shelves to assist the sorting etc. 
On the layout I’ve been stabilising the sub base. The longitudinals are having 13.5” crosspieces added. Plus a couple of legs have been added in strategic places. 

 

Here is a typical cross piece......
 

 

 

 Here is another. 
 

 

  You can see the ikea legs. Plus in this shot you are looking the other way. 
 

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I’d tried a cobalt motor. It was OK but the set up was a faff. 
Previously I’d purchased some Hankscraft Switchmotors on eBay. During a recent sorting session they were unearthed. 
They arrived with pipe brackets to secure them. So an easy fix with 2 large countersunk wood screws. 
Line it up above the board and mark where the screw will go. Make pilot holes right through. Then screw up from underneath. Piece of cake. 10 minutes max per motor. 

Here I’m lining up the motor...

 

 

Here after it’s screwed into position.