steve1 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) A lockdown project in two permanently connected boxfile plus a fiddlestick add on. Industrial location in late 1970s/early 1980s. Proposed track plan shown. Thanks for looking. steve Edited March 27, 2023 by steve1 Update 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kevin Johnson Posted May 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2020 Steve it’s great to see another boxfile layout, good track plan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry1975 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Looks good steve, will follow with interest. Jerry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) I'm revising the track plan for 2 reasons: 1. Although it is good plan, I don't think it is workable in a boxfile format. Needs to be wider. 2. The l/h point turned out to be a dodgy s/h item and I couldn't be sure of its reliability. This version will have two fiddlesticks and both will powered. The straight track will give the appearance of being cut back. It will be BR and fenced off but the rest will be industrial. The Slough Estates Railway, where my grandfather worked, is part of the inspiration. steve Edited May 20, 2020 by steve1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Unlike most of my projects I have written down a work plan for this one. Item one says cut open the boxes in the relevant places. so this afternoon... steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ralf Posted May 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2020 22 hours ago, steve1 said: Unlike most of my projects I have written down a work plan for this one. Item one says cut open the boxes in the relevant places. so this afternoon... Crickey me, maybe I should write a work plan if it generates results like yours! Thinking and talking is so much easier than do-ing... Keep it up! Ralf 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 Plan you work. Work your plan. A very useful piece of advice I nicked from another (non-railway) forum. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 There was a brief hiatus over the weekend as Grandad duties were required but work has resumed. The two boxes have been glued and screwed together, the track formation marked out and the first piece of under track foam laid. An inspiration came to me for the off-scene area, so instead of two individual fiddlesticks, I have partially dismembered a damaged boxfile and will be using this instead. Both fiddle tracks will be laid on here plus the power input. It won't be permanently fixed to the other boxes as that would be unwieldy and suspect structurally. Thanks for looking. steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 This evening track was laid on the BR siding, plus the foam base cut and laid for the lead track and point. Excuse the weight used. It's Daughter's, I don't touch the stuff. steve 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 The last lot of foam has been laid and a loco has been test run on the BR track. Sadly it won’t let me add the video I made. steve 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 The track formation has now been laid in the scenic boxes and is now drying. steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Having been diverted into doing some decorating recently, the project has been unfortunately sidelined for a while. However, I have been able find enough time to give the track a rough coat of track colour paint and slap on a layer of ERFG standard ground cover canine excrement brown emulsion. As the decorating is nearly done, progress should hopefully resume fairly soon. steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 Yesterday I was able to give the latest track a good clean and did some extensive test running with a selection of stock. Some of the testing stock was a little different, as I hope to make the layout fairly, shall we say, flexible in its running capabilities. steve 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted June 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22, 2020 Some great photos to show us how it’s done, thank you. Looking closely, I see that the two box files are not quite the same size as each other: worth noting if planning a box file layout: check the size of the ‘baseboard’ - clearances are bound to be tight so it’d be easy to get caught out. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry1975 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Looking good Steve. I like the idea that it can be used for different countries too, looking forward to your next update. Jerry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Made a start on ground cover and sections of low relief factory walls on r/h side. Plus there's this sad and neglected container that may find a home on the layout. Not sure on that yet. steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 I have been gradually tinkering with this layout ever since it turned from a lockdown into a redundancy project around about July. There are several elements nearly completed that are off-scene but this is how the main scenic boards stand as at today. steve 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kevin Johnson Posted October 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2020 This is looking good Steve, nice work on the concrete sections. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 I wasn't happy with the original name of Clowder Street, plus it didn't fit when running as a DB layout. Looking at one of my (many!) Status Quo albums I saw the word Umleiting. This translates as Diversion; so, as this layout is a diversion from finishing off Rectory Farm Sidings, I decided on the joint name of Diversion for BR running and Umleitung for DB. What do you think? steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Made a low relief building for one end and matched it to the Sentinel. steve 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Andrew D Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 How are the box file projects progressing Steve? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Andrew D said: How are the box file projects progressing Steve? Steadily if slowly... Thanks for asking. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Been having a go at weathering the 48DS. I was after a "used but not abused" look and employed paints, powders and chalk. steve Edited February 4, 2021 by steve1 Add images 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 Part of a low relief structure using a Scale Model Scenery sliding door. steve 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ralf Posted February 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2021 Look good Steve, how did you do the door rollers etc? They look really good... Also isn't the door handle rather low? The top is only 14 courses of brick from the ground? Keep it coming! Ralf 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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