sulzer71 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 25/01/2021 at 11:56, sulzer71 said: Right guys , I'm looking for some advice on 'Trackside Furniture' so to speak , when looking at the articles I have on Kyle of Tongue I've noticed there's a lack of items such as cable trunking , point rodding , ground signals etc , I'm also hoping someone could possibly point me in the right direction of suitable semaphore signals for the area , I have absolutely no clue when it comes to the infrastructure etc so all advice will be gratefully received Tia Dave Anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 26/01/2021 at 15:04, sulzer71 said: Currently looking at bits and pieces required for the layout whilst I have a bit of spare cash , was wondering if these would be suitable station lighting in relation to it's location? https://www.dccsupplies.com/item-p-102666/working-lms-oil-lamps-4mm-dcc-concepts-3-pack.htm https://www.dccsupplies.com/item-p-107157/working-lms-gas-wall-lamps-4mm-dcc-concepts-2-pack.htm https://www.dccsupplies.com/item-p-107158/working-lms-wall-lamps-swan-neck-4mm-dcc-concepts-2-pack.htm Anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted January 28, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2021 There are two ways at looking at trackside furniture on former highland lines.. Traditionally Highland Railways boxed in their point rodding to prevent snow / ice freezing them up and signal cable to semaphore signals went to the signals on 10ft -15ft posts above ground for the same reason.. Today the lines are radio controlled with "electronic tokens" and very few conventional signals. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 Some new bits and pieces today , DCC concepts rolling road , SLW 24081 , bought from Rails , missing a buffer and a couple of wipers , this will be modified/converted to Tyne Dock exile 24104 in her final days of 74/75 as an Inverness machine 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 Some more stuff that arrived yesterday from Scale Model Scenery (excluding the Roket glue as they were out of stock of that so had to source elsewhere) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold slow8dirty Posted January 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2021 Hi David, are you aware of the Pop Up Designs kits? If not, some of their range may be of interest to your project. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, slow8dirty said: Hi David, are you aware of the Pop Up Designs kits? If not, some of their range may be of interest to your project. Hi , yes I'm aware of them and will be ordering some bits in a couple of weeks due to them currently moving premises they are not sending out orders while around the 8th , cheers 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 On 28/01/2021 at 09:10, TheQ said: There are two ways at looking at trackside furniture on former highland lines.. Traditionally Highland Railways boxed in their point rodding to prevent snow / ice freezing them up and signal cable to semaphore signals went to the signals on 10ft -15ft posts above ground for the same reason.. Today the lines are radio controlled with "electronic tokens" and very few conventional signals. Don't suppose you know of any photo's of the former do you as I'm modelling the 1970's? Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Have you looked through Ernies archives of the FNL as it has plenty shots of infrastructure from that era. Boxed in rodding is too early for your era. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Ben Alder said: Have you looked through Ernies archives of the FNL as it has plenty shots of infrastructure from that era. Boxed in rodding is too early for your era. Not as yet , will have a look at some point , trying to get my head around some of the finer details before I start laying the track again , the backscene is my main problem at the moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
definate maybe Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Hi, hope your all safe and well. with all due respect to everyone else who covers the FNL, Ernies Flickr pages is a must. Many a happy hour spent browsing through the images and these have been most helpful in my own research. wishing you all the best with the project and will be following closely. regards Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SHerr Posted January 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 29, 2021 21 minutes ago, definate maybe said: Hi, hope your all safe and well. with all due respect to everyone else who covers the FNL, Ernies Flickr pages is a must. Many a happy hour spent browsing through the images and these have been most helpful in my own research. wishing you all the best with the project and will be following closely. regards Mark The main problem with Ernies pages is that you go to look at something specific and come out 2 hours later with a plan for a different layout that you’d never even considered before. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CloggyDog Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 29/01/2021 at 17:20, Ben Alder said: Have you looked through Ernies archives of the FNL as it has plenty shots of infrastructure from that era. Boxed in rodding is too early for your era. Any chance of a link, please? Always interested in late-60s and early-70s FNoS pics to help with inspiration and detail for my little micro terminus Dounreay (sorry, sulzer71, I 'baggsied' that a while back ) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Here you go - a treasure trove. He has albums for other Scottish temptations as well. https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/sets/72157691625089715/ 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 There is also David Ford's FNL album. As with Ernie, other lines are available.... https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/sets/72157626232198549/ 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 10 hours ago, Ben Alder said: There is also David Ford's FNL album. As with Ernie, other lines are available.... https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/sets/72157626232198549/ Thanks Ben , I have been checking these out already 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) More deliveries this week whilst layout building is on hold , really need to figure out what I'm doing re backscenes then I can get cracking again This was purchased from @jbgon here , yet another pre-tops 26 with a selection of Shawplan parts Edited February 3, 2021 by sulzer71 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 Pair of Bachmann cattle wagons , I know cattle wasn't a feature on the original Kyle of Tongue layout but I'm not planning to replicate everything exactly , I have to put my spin on things Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sulzer71 Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 On 01/02/2021 at 19:31, CloggyDog said: Any chance of a link, please? Always interested in late-60s and early-70s FNoS pics to help with inspiration and detail for my little micro terminus Dounreay (sorry, sulzer71, I 'baggsied' that a while back ) It's something I did consider Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Not much to report currently , still awaiting delivery of a load of cork sheet to cover the baseboards replacing the foam which I wasn't happy with and I still need to get my head around the backscene before I start laying track again Meanwhile I had another laser cut kit delivered this weekend and just had several parcels delivered to my work this morning so will upload those tomorrow 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Also purchased a couple of useful tools from Amazon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Made a start on the SLW 24 repairs , it was worse than I thought , fortunately I have just about all the bits needed to rebuild , not sure if ROS bodged this together or whether the previous owner did , had quite a significant drop by the looks of it on one end , even the wheels were all over the place which are gonna need the back to back on them 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 This is a project I've been doing on and off for a while , converting a Bachmann 24/1 to an early 25/0 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 So , here's yesterdays delivery of goodies , just hoping the cork is here by the weekend so I can start on covering the baseboard then when next payday arrives it will be backscene time , well it will if I can make my mind up! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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