RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2021 On 04/01/2021 at 14:30, dasatcopthorne said: The lights in the Transit are nothing out of the ordinary these days but maybe what I used could be helpful. A couple of weeks back someone in another thread (sorry cannot remember your name) mentioned using this new resin glue that hardens with ultraviolet light. I quickly ordered some and found it very useful. I drilled through the headlights with a 1mm drill and then used a bigger part way to form the reflector. With the new glue I put a 'blob' in the headlight and hardened it off. Wow! A great lens. Also fixed the pre-wired LEDs inside with the same glue and painted over black to stop light blead inside the van. Dave. It might well have been me mate. I've been extolling the virtues of UV cured super glue on someone else's thread. It might have been Bob's Cambrian Street. I'm a big fan of this type of glue not least of all because it don't stick everything to everything else indiscriminately. You put it where you want it to go and wipe off any excess and then cure it! The jobs a goodun! No muss no fuss! Super glue was originally designed to stick people back together in the Vietnam war reducing the amount of stitches and whilst it is very good at sticking other things, the thing it sticks best is you! Regards Lez. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 3 hours ago, lezz01 said: It might well have been me mate. I've been extolling the virtues of UV cured super glue on someone else's thread. It might have been Bob's Cambrian Street. I'm a big fan of this type of glue not least of all because it don't stick everything to everything else indiscriminately. You put it where you want it to go and wipe off any excess and then cure it! The jobs a goodun! No muss no fuss! Super glue was originally designed to stick people back together in the Vietnam war reducing the amount of stitches and whilst it is very good at sticking other things, the thing it sticks best is you! Regards Lez. Lez. If it was you then thanks very much for sharing it. I use it on so many jobs now. Don't know how I lived without it. Do you have a favourite make and supplier please? Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) A few more bits and pieces added this morning. Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike lee Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Hi I've just come across this topic. Fabulous little layout. Can you give me some information please on the two large office buildings used in the background on the left hand side. Regards Mike Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, mike lee said: Hi I've just come across this topic. Fabulous little layout. Can you give me some information please on the two large office buildings used in the background on the left hand side. Regards Mike Lee No problem Mike. Both are downloaded from a site called Textures.com. It's free but you need to register. They have both been played with using software to extend then sideways and upwards. Also windows have been copied and pasted so that no two are next to one another where two of the same building have been joined. The more centre one has had the prints fixed to foamboard together with some windows inset and sills added to them all. Just to add a bit of depth. The other building nestled between and behind the larger ones are also from the same source. Hope that helps. Dave. Edited January 20, 2021 by dasatcopthorne spelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike lee Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Dave, thanks for that. I am actually registered with Textures.com, never thought of looking there. I have actually used some of their downloads on my layouts in the past. Had forgotten about them as I have not done much scenic modelling lately so not been on their site, you have spurred me on to have another look. Its the building with the 'square windows' that I am interested in for future reference. Regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) Mike. That appears in Industrial Buildings. Here https://www.textures.com/download/buildingsindustrial0097/69877. Mine has several bits repeated and juggled around.. Thanks for your comments. Good luck. Dave. Edited January 22, 2021 by dasatcopthorne spelling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike lee Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Dave, Many thanks, they have been downloaded, along with a few more. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike lee Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Dave Just out of interest do you have the download information, or building reference, for the other office building, the one with the curved top windows please. I don't seem to be able to locate it on the Textures site? Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, mike lee said: Dave Just out of interest do you have the download information, or building reference, for the other office building, the one with the curved top windows please. I don't seem to be able to locate it on the Textures site? Mike Sorry Mike. I thought it was from there. It's probably the result of a Google search for images of industrial buildings. Something I often do. It's possibly made up of several differing bits cobbled together and reshaped using Gimp and Photoshop type software. That's bugging me now. It's may be from the Textures window range put on a Scalescenes brick Paper download. Sorry mate. Dave. Edited January 22, 2021 by dasatcopthorne additional info Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dasatcopthorne Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) Bit of a lull over the last couple of weeks while tweeks are made to locos like Stay-Alives on shunters and the Transit removed to have the rear of the headlights blacked out. The Telephone engineer has arrived to sort a problem. 3D print from Smart Models along with the correctly dated roadside cabinet thanks to an ex-Post Office friend. Smart Models pair a differing cabinet with their Engineer but that cabinet was only introduced about 2010, so too new for Elbow Lane. They were happy to include a correctly dated cabinet for me. Dave. Dave Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike lee Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Hi Dave Have found the building/windows. They are from Textures.com (formerly CG Textures) - Buildings - Industrial, namely 'BUILDINGSINDUSTRIAL0097', does that ring a bell? Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 18 hours ago, mike lee said: Hi Dave Have found the building/windows. They are from Textures.com (formerly CG Textures) - Buildings - Industrial, namely 'BUILDINGSINDUSTRIAL0097', does that ring a bell? Mike Thant's the one. I used Microsoft Publisher to cut out windows and copy and flip them and generally swap them around. Even removed some of the uprights. Good luck. Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) Today I've replaced 5 x 0.5mm dia bulbs with 3 end to end soldered SMD LEDs in an old Roger Murray signal feather and built a couple of differing 3D printed shunt signals fitted with .6mm pre-wired LEDs. Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Thinking about the logistics of operating the layout at shows (first one booked for October) I've decided that the control panel needs to be attached to the layout proper. So it will hang on the end above the entry to the fiddleyard and will be removable. It will be used when operating to layout at shows whilst sitting in front of or at the rear of the fiddleyard. Usually I make the box, paint the facia black and then paint the track plan onto it. Saw this somewhere on Youtube. Why Have I never thought of this? Facia plan designed of the PC and printed on Matt Photo Paper. I may laminate it before sticking it to the box. Printed the 'holes', pricked through with a pin and then stamped them out of the print and drilled the facia to match. Dave Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) New panel completed and ready for action when required. Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) Elbow Lane gained two bus and a GreenLine service over the weekend. I've resisted having the usual 'bus-on-a-bridge' but needed a hint at one. Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) No sooner than you erect a stop some smart alec comes along. Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) Engineers have been around during the week to clean the old Bridge Number Plates. This has established the rough whereabouts of Elbow Lane. 8 mls and 15 ch from Blackfriars Dave. Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) This weekend's job was to make up some Bufferstop lamps. First some with two wires for fitting atop of the tubular post and another fitted to the top of an old piece of rail. The rail acting as the negative terminal. Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) The three 'far end' bufferstops have been fitted with their red lamps. Dave Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted April 15, 2021 Author Share Posted April 15, 2021 I am really pleased to announce that Elbow Lane will appear at the Farnham Club's Exhibition in October THIS YEAR!! Yes, 9th & 10th October in Aldershot. Hope to see some of you there. Dave. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) Stores Unit 024 leaves Elbow Lane following a delivery of Ticket Office supplies. 024 was formed from two Bulleid 4Sub motor coaches. Edited April 13, 2022 by dasatcopthorne 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) A step back in time. Edited May 4, 2021 by dasatcopthorne 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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