JBM37404 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Wheel lathe pit dug out and fitted. Lots of sawdust about now to clean up! John 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 08916 now done for the layout. Underway is ballasting and some work on the lathe shed on the layout also. No pics of the ballasting as it's poor light in there and work in progress. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 It's starting to look a bit more like a railway on Terence Lane. 08916 poses on the fuel road. John 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Lathe building on the way. John 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Some shots of the work in progress. Ballasting done now some work on a hard standing at the back and some more work on the lathe building. John 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jcarta Posted September 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2020 Looking exceptionally realistic..... Well Done 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 Bit more work done between the end roads on Terence Lane. John 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Messing with filters on my phone....37426 in the RR headshunt on Terence Lane. John 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jcarta Posted September 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 21, 2020 7 hours ago, JBM37404 said: Messing with filters on my phone....37426 in the RR headshunt on Terence Lane. John It just needs the smell and noise filling the air...... (DCC Sound & smoke unit) PS... I wish it was a Class 40 ticking over Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, jcarta said: It just needs the smell and noise filling the air...... (DCC Sound & smoke unit) PS... I wish it was a Class 40 ticking over Jim May get a 40 one day but will be after a few other locos are obtained. 47 and 56 on pre order but have been working on the scenery stuff and refraining from buying stock for now. Am starting to enjoy the results of the work so far. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Skytrex TTA finished and awaiting weathering. Completed bridge can be seen on lower picture. John 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Looking good JBM I'm thinking of doing a small/mini 0 gauge layout so I'll be following your efforts closely. Another layout I'm watching all though in 00 gauge is Bantam Street Yard as it also has a lot of interest in just under 4ft, scaling it up to 0 gauge would make 6 1/2 ft still small. Good luck. Best Edited January 12, 2021 by Barnaby 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Hi John, It is looking good! Please can I ask the source of the point levers, I need to get some for my small yard layout? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 4 hours ago, 37114 said: Hi John, It is looking good! Please can I ask the source of the point levers, I need to get some for my small yard layout? Thanks Hi Rob, Peter Clark models was the source for the point levers, I have a phone box to make also soon. Have seen your layouts great work and helped convince me I could have mainline rolling stock in a small space and make it interesting. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 19 hours ago, Barnaby said: Looking good JBM I'm thinking of doing a small/mini 0 gauge layout so I'll be following your efforts closely. Another layout I'm watching all though in 00 gauge is Bantam Street Yard as it also has a lot of interest in just under 4ft, scaling it up to 0 gauge would make 6 1/2 ft still small. Good luck. Best Best of luck with your plans, I had wished to go double to 16ft but the person who is required to be obeyed has other ideas for the garage I had wished to convert. Will stick with the 8x2 ft for now and have been sort of ok'd to do something unobtrusive in the garden (quite how sound fitted 37s are to blend in to a quiet garden is to be worked on..) John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 hours ago, JBM37404 said: Hi Rob, Peter Clark models was the source for the point levers, I have a phone box to make also soon. Have seen your layouts great work and helped convince me I could have mainline rolling stock in a small space and make it interesting. John Thanks John, I will have a look. And thanks for the comment on the layouts, v kind. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Nice idea to model a wheel lathe - gives you an excuse to bring almost anything to the layout! In my day job I work in wheel/rail interaction including wheelset maintenance optimisation, so I’ve been down plenty of wheel lathe pits in my time. Don’t forget the swarf extraction into a big skip outside. Cheers, Mol 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: Nice idea to model a wheel lathe - gives you an excuse to bring almost anything to the layout! In my day job I work in wheel/rail interaction including wheelset maintenance optimisation, so I’ve been down plenty of wheel lathe pits in my time. Don’t forget the swarf extraction into a big skip outside. Cheers, Mol Cheers. Yes the lathe could see absolutely anything rock up. Will need a skip indeed and model the swarf too. Am a signalman in day/night job so its nice to have a different railway practice to model. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 The lathe is a great idea. I had the same idea for my shed layout which I am basing on Allerton, which had a lathe in a separate shed. I am going to put it in the main shed. My idea is something like the attached. Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 5 hours ago, David Bell said: The lathe is a great idea. I had the same idea for my shed layout which I am basing on Allerton, which had a lathe in a separate shed. I am going to put it in the main shed. My idea is something like the attached. Cheers David Mine will probably look more primative than that I'm going to put a Peter Clark traction motor in the hollow space on the board which looks kind of like a machine from a distance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 7 hours ago, David Bell said: The lathe is a great idea. I had the same idea for my shed layout which I am basing on Allerton, which had a lathe in a separate shed. I am going to put it in the main shed. My idea is something like the attached. Cheers David That looks right. Some depots have the lathe in part of the main building, Ardwick is an example. But they are almost always a lean-to on a separate siding because of the need to move the unit along so that each of its wheelsets is positioned over the lathe in turn. This means that you can’t do anything else on that road, and it can be hazardous and disruptive to have it in the main shed owing to the frequent train movements. These days many lathes have a small battery powered ‘loco’ for moving the units, remote controlled to allow the wheelset needing turning to be accurately positioned. Earlier a diesel shunter or some kind of road-railer might do the job. Even Ardwick (a relatively new depot) has a diesel shunter (Lancelot) which is occasionally used for moving stock on the lathe, especially when they do outside contract work for other operators such as WCRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) https://www.everten.com.au/r-s-v-p-endurancer-scrubbies-stainless-steel-set-of-2.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgovKuOuf7gIVTx0rCh2nzgq0EAQYAyABEgKbE_D_BwE here’s swarf for your skip Edited January 16, 2021 by 47606odin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Latest loco done. 37430 in 1990 condition. Got to take the layout down for decorating now during a week off work. J 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Hello JBM some interesting concepts and workings here. A couple of other things caught my interest to, 1/ I'm a fellow scouser but now living down in Worcestershire so anything with Liverpool in it catches my eye and is a must read & 2/ from my read through I see your expansion has been thwarted but the station mistress and you are building to 8ft x 2ft in 0gauge. That just so happens to be what I have concluded is a best size for me too. Is it possible for you to show another photo of the complete layout and fiddle yard intentions as I'm always keen for any ideas and how the smaller planks will operate. Best 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBM37404 Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 25 minutes ago, Barnaby said: Hello JBM some interesting concepts and workings here. A couple of other things caught my interest to, 1/ I'm a fellow scouser but now living down in Worcestershire so anything with Liverpool in it catches my eye and is a must read & 2/ from my read through I see your expansion has been thwarted but the station mistress and you are building to 8ft x 2ft in 0gauge. That just so happens to be what I have concluded is a best size for me too. Is it possible for you to show another photo of the complete layout and fiddle yard intentions as I'm always keen for any ideas and how the smaller planks will operate. Best I have attached a couple of shots. One is an end to end and another above the traverser. The traverser fits a full size loco or shunter and a wagon or two depending on size with a few inches extra some kind of temp extension to the traverser could be attached perhaps for longer stuff. Its hard to get decent pics in the room its in and the light is poor in there. I will take some more when its moved downstairs for a bit while the decorating goes on. I got exiled from Liverpool once to Milton Keynes/Rugby for work reasons but back in West Derby now. J 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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