RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted October 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) On 12/10/2020 at 17:42, F-UnitMad said: For just the Instanter links themselves I found these at a decent price... https://www.cplproducts.net/couplings.html# scroll down to CPL38. 8 links for £5:00. Also Stenson models do an etch of the instanter links. I often find Railtec do something near enough you can adapt. I'm after stuff for a rake of BR china clay wagons and realised yesterday their medfit are the same weight and tare, for example. Edited October 17, 2020 by Hal Nail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Hal Nail said: Also Stenson models do an etch of the instanter links. Yes I think I've seen those, although if it's the ones I'm thinking of they need folding over & solder 'sweating' together? Made me wonder why they don't just etch a thicker brass sheet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted October 18, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2020 The finished Vanwide with a couple of other details. Frank's truck now has his name on it and Frank senior has appeared and is chatting to his son Frank Junior about Blakeney's last football match against Minsterworth a one all draw, (I played in that game as a young goalkeeper). The other photo shows Porter Williams talking to the "Major" about the rumours of the line's closure. 24 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponthir28 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Lovely! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 for those interested the Fox sheet was FRH 7960. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggies1961 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Finally got my hands on a copy of BRM, great feature Alan. Love the scene on the platform too! Regards Julian. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Timeless Paul R 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Thanks Paul, I think that sums it up. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted October 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 19, 2020 That Dodge has come up very well. The ones I've seen on their stand aren't anything like as crisp as that so I'd dismissed them but that's making me rethink. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2020 On 17/10/2020 at 12:33, F-UnitMad said: Yes I think I've seen those, although if it's the ones I'm thinking of they need folding over & solder 'sweating' together? Made me wonder why they don't just etch a thicker brass sheet? You may find that with a thicker sheet you would be unable to etch the horns on the sides of the instanter link. The thinner the sheet the finer the etch detail you can put into it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 Slight changes are afoot, as i said in the article in BRM I've never been too happy with the holes in the scenic section at the fiddleyard end. I'll post pictures in the near future when I've thought it all through. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 A rough mock up of what I'm hoping to achieve. The idea came whilst reading The Forest of Dean Branch Vol 1 and coming across Cullamore Bridge, A girder bridge spanning in this case 4 tracks with two piers. In fact the sides appear to be a wooden fence rather than steel. 15 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRASinBothell Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 A disused forest tramroad, with stone sleepers? Gordon 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 Your correct Gordon in as much as the real bridge was originally a Tramroad to Lightmoor Colliery but had definitely gone by 1948 as had the original steel side girders. Looking at the photos in the book it appears to have become a forest track. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 The bridge is moving very slowly forward . There may be some photos in the next couple of days. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRASinBothell Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Possibly a bit late to be making suggestions, but you could do something like Redbrook incline, if you don't want to be constrained to having the bridge level. Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted October 27, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 The promised photos of progress so far. Firstly the real bridge Cullamore Bridge neat Ruspidge. The photo is from The Forest Of Dean Branch Volume 1 by Ian Pope and Paul Karau is heavily cropped from an original phot by l. E. Copeland, Please do not copy or use anywhere else. The basic buttress' have been built using foamboard, they will be covered by Slaters rough stone. The last couple of days I have been building the wooden fence on the bridge. To me nothing looks more like wood than wood. So I looked into my stock of Balsa wood and realised I had enough different thicknesses to start construction. The upright pailings were cut at a scale 4ft and placed on masking tape to keep them still. When they were all laid some 50 scale ft (about 100+ bits of balsa) the cross members were glued on. Then the pre-cut posts were added. The first time I did it I tried to cut slots for the crossmembers not at all successful. That will be the fence on the backscene side of the bridge were you will not really be able to see the mess I made. This time I filed the slots. Much more successful. These were the glued in place. The fuzz you can see in the bottom right corner is the filings. Finally peeled the fence from the masking tape when all was dry and place it on the bridge. All that needs to be done up top is to prime the deck and fence and the paint it. Then I'll start on the buttress'. 18 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyfox Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I found an Indian ink/IPA mix makes wood look nice and aged - another You-Tube appropriation... 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, woodyfox said: I found an Indian ink/IPA mix makes wood look nice and aged - another You-Tube appropriation... For real wood you can't beat wood dye/stain - Colron used to be the go-to brand but that was a long time ago and half a world away. Edited October 28, 2020 by St Enodoc 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 26/10/2020 at 21:16, westerner said: The bridge is moving very slowly forward. Subsidence?? Sorry, coat, hat etc..... Great find for a prototype to use as something slightly different, Alan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted October 29, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2020 A tad more progress on the Bridge. The fence has been primed, the girders primed and painted black and the deck has been primed and given a coat of light tarmac. Weathering etc to follow. I've even done the first corner stones on one of the buttresses. The stones will be cut into them. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted October 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2020 Hi Alan, finally got a copy of Nov's magazine to see your article. Very good. Nice work on the bridge. I like the fence. Cheers, Ade. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 The bridge is now stoned, it couldn't cope with another lockdown so it hit the bottle. We, that is the bridge and I are now almost ready for the painting and weathering stage ,but we still have to prime the piers. The gap at the top will be filled and grass and weeds painted as in the original photo. I must apologise for the cliché but the Land Rover only arrived from Liverpool this morning. 14 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 At least it's not a @#£& bus. I won't be posting pictures of dive bombers on your thread! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted November 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2020 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: At least it's not a @#£& bus. I won't be posting pictures of dive bombers on your thread! It is model railway law that one has a bus on the bridge. With a previous layout of mine having four will that exempt Alan from having to have one? 2 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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