Andrew P Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Hi Dave, some great pics, I do like the signals though, excellent work my friend. Bodge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold kipford Posted August 21, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2014 Tom Both the signal head and theatre indicator were printed in FUD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 The tunnel signal is complete and planted. The position and design was based on the signal at the western exit of the tunnel to Southampton Central, then using the RGS documents on position and visiblity requirements as a guide. Its position is still not completely legal but the yard entry prevents me from doing anything else. Because of its position the signal is non operational (phew!). The gantry itself is scratch built from evergreen strip. The ladder is mix of an MSE ladder and with the safety cage built from brass strip. The signal heads and theatre indicators are 3D prints I had done by Shapeways a couple of years ago, they were designed to have LED's fitted and I have enough spares for the Platform signals which will be operational and are next on the build list. First photos are of the signal heads and Theatre Indicators as recieved from Shapeways, not fettled, just given a quick coat of primer so they photograph. P9080155_edited-1.jpg P9080159_edited-1.jpg Second two are of the finished gantry. The signal reference number we know would be Three Bridges, but the number is made up. DSC01151small.jpg DSC01152small.jpg Finally planted on the layout. DSC01153small.jpg DSC01155small.jpg fabulous work Dave. Could I just ask what made you go to Shapeways rather than Absolute Aspects. for example, who could have done all of this, with the indicators and signals already fitted and working, or as much as you required? I have no connection with either of them, but having considered Shapeways, I was put off by the huge postage costs, which made the AA products look like a comparative deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold kipford Posted August 23, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23, 2014 Mike To a certain extent it was because I can. Also at the time I was originally planning the signals it was the change over period from Roger Murray and theree was no detail around on what was available pricing etc. The platform signals and the shunt ones will be operational. The ground signals will be proprietry and I am coming around to using propretry heads on my own gantry for the signal, if only because I am liable to run out of time before the next outing at Southampton in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold kipford Posted September 17, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) New addition to the fleet. One of Great Sheffords tampers. Its been built since Christmas (it was the first production unit built to proof the assembly instructions). It 99.9% there. Some weathering need but more important the photographs have shown up a fit problem with the cab roofs I did not notice. It will be fixed though! Also the Thumper got a Lego Biffoman sound chip which is awesome. Edited September 17, 2014 by kipford 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Simon Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Hi, Just wandering about the signal gantry at the tunnel, surely where you've placed it, the drivers wouldn't be able to see the signal on the approach, more likely, as the points are so close to the tunnel entrance, the signal would actually be in the tunnel, within a recess. It's a nice model though, and the 3D printed heads look good! Simon Edited September 17, 2014 by St. Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Very nice Tamper Dave - Looks great on the layout. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I've obvously been living under a rock for quite some time because I've only just spotted this thread! Truly outstanding and very inspirational. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I think this has been asked above but I can't find it. Are you planning on selling the buddleia at all, such as on eBay? It is just what I need for my latest layout and I'm sure there'd be lots of interest as it's found just about everywhere! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Just wandering about the signal gantry at the tunnel, surely where you've placed it, the drivers wouldn't be able to see the signal on the approach, more likely, as the points are so close to the tunnel entrance, the signal would actually be in the tunnel, within a recess. No problem, there's a prototype for that, the one at the country of Saltwood tunnel in Kent is in a similar position but the signals are visble right through the tunnel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold kipford Posted September 29, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2014 Simon As mentioned earlier the protoype for the location was based on the gantry at the western end of the tunnel leading to Southampton Central station. I checked the position for the Brighton gantry in line with the guide lines in the railway standards and with a bit of artistic licence it is just about correct. I agree the points are bit close to gantry and I thought long and hard about the position, but hey the whole layout is a compromise and I liked the idea of a gantry. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Anotheran Posted November 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2014 It may have been back in 2010 that you posted it (post #4) but I thought that I'd drop a post in here to let you know I've copied your Kadee electromagnet mounting approach on my Doxey End layout and quoted your thread in mine. Most of what I am doing is copied from elsewhere, but I like to give credit where I can. So thank you for that idea, and also an inspirational layout and thread that was a joy to read with some fantastic pictures! Kind regards, Neil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold kipford Posted November 28, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2014 First non Brighton Buddlea for delivery to Maggie and Alan of Warren Lane at the SHMRC show tomorrow. Mrs Kipford has been busy. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted November 29, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2014 First non Brighton Buddlea for delivery to Maggie and Alan of Warren Lane at the SHMRC show tomorrow. Mrs Kipford has been busy. Spent the day with Alan and Mags and Oldshaw and came to an arrangement whereby some of the buddlea will appear on Tidworth. Big thanks to Mrs Kipford and Alan! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Is Mrs Kipford accepting any more commissions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold kipford Posted November 30, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2014 Mike separate pm on it way. An interloper appeared on Brighton today. The Craftsman T1 in the photo was my first etched loco kit and has been squirreled away for a few years now after being part of the loco roster for Peter Bailey's Otterbridge. I thought it should see the light of day again and after being chipped duely duely made its debut. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold kipford Posted December 11, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2014 Signals: With the Southampton Show in January rapidly approaching I thought I had better finish off sorting out the working signals. Ground signal for the yard exit and the gantry for the platform starters. The ground shunt signal is a CR Signals one. Good value,quick and easy to install, see the photo below. The platform signal is a much more complex affair. Based on a gantry at the end of one of the platforms at Waterloo (see next photo). I could have used two single post signals here, but preferred the look of a more complex gantry. The next picture is the CAD model, It was designed around using a scratch built brass gantry with 3D printed signal heads and theatre bodies fitted with LEDS. For DEMU I built a non-working gantry as a stop gap. The gantry, signal heads and theatre bodies were 3D printed, the lattice cross braces were laser cut from 0.5mm phenolic paper , Soldered brass wire handrail and plastic ladders fitted, see photo below (the plastic extension was a dimensional Cӣ$K up on my part hastily rectified at DEMU. With the success of the 3D printed version and being inherently lazy, A working 3D version seemed appropriate. I decided not to make up my own signal heads and theatre bodies, instead splashing the cash on again CR Signals 3 aspect signal heads and two working theatre indicators from Absolute Aspects. The 3D printed version for DEMU was a bit chunky so I thinned out the sections as far as I dared without compromising the structural integrity (big hand breaking it). The printed gantry frame is shown in the above photo. Spot the problem, the thinning out of the sections is resulting in warping which requires the use of brass section to keep it straight, this was also compromising the amount of space available to run the wiring and still looked a bit chunky in section. So I bit the bullet and went back to basically what I originally planned. The next photo, where I am to date shows the scratch built gantry frame, I think the ability to use thinner brass section and the inherently better surface finish makes a much nicer product. Plus it will be much more Dave proof. The gantry lattice will still be laser cut though. More photos as it progresses. One more picture totally off topic. Another project I am working on Р4mm scale LNWR crane tank and shunting engine. These will multi-media kits (etched brass, resin casting, brass castings etc). It will be subject to a separate thread when I get a bit more 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post kipford Posted January 2, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2015 Christmas has been busy! One major project and two quick ones. The major one is the completion of the construction of the Station Starter. A major change from the previous post is the decision not use the Absolute Aspects theatre indicators, Nothing wrong with the product its just they are not to scale, this is because you cannot get operating dot matrix LED panels any smaller and it would ruin the look of the layout to fit them. (I have two for sale!). So it was a revision to plan A to use the 3D Printed Indicators which are based on actual full sizes ones. They work and I will explain how in a future post as I am waiting for two laser cut parts to make the image sharper! The signal still needs a final clean up and paint, but I am reasonably happy with the result. Projects two and three were sound chip for the class 66 courtesy of my wife and from Biffo. Third project was to spray the roofs of VEP sets with Pheonix Roof Dirt, the original Hornby roof colour has bugged Matthew and myself since we bought them. The first photo shows the three projects then couple of the signal, followed by a couple of drivers eye views. You may notice that additional signage and third rail power cables are in place. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Truly excellent. Every time I look at pictures of Brighton East, I spot things I hadn't noticed before... the attention to detail is outstanding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Nice work Dave, I love the sound of the 66s, great stuff mate. Signal looks the biz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
briantwigley Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Love the 5th shot down, the VEP looks right at home. Signal is brilliant work. I don't think I'd have noticed the difference in scale to be honest.. Ryan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold kipford Posted January 3, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2015 Thanks for all the comments they are really appreciated. As its peeing down today I am going to start wiring up the signals and plant some 'seagulls'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted January 3, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2015 Your layout makes me feel a bit home sick Dave, it's that good! Are you going to paint some of the seagulls light brown to represent chicks? Or will they be the blue and white striped variety?? Regards Shaun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Stalwart Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Will make the trip to So'ton just to see this. So glad that I will have the chance to see it in the flesh. Regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold kipford Posted January 4, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2015 Sean Seagulls are painted as the Heron Gulls that scavenge your your food and keep you awake at night with their raucous noise! Mark Phew, just hope it lives up to expectations. Please introduce yourself if you go. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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