luckymucklebackit Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 (edited) Could not believe that it was over a year since I posted an update on my five year mission to actually complete a layout to a reasonable standard. Still not there yet but much progress has been made. The old Photographs can still be seen on the archive (follow link in my signature), so here are some new ones. Approaches to "Buchanan Street" Buchanan Street Frontage The cutting at Northbridge Gateside Goods Station under Construction, Based on High St Glasgow Buchanan Street Booking Hall DMUs at Mavisbank Jim Edited August 31, 2022 by luckymucklebackit 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Just one quick update, Gateside has started to sprout some signals that I hope add to the "Buchanan Street" feel, not quite finished, but nearly there with the first one.Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Hi all, starter signals now finished, starting on the approach signal which, because of the un-prototypical track layout will be a "lookalike"Jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 A few latest Photographs, all of the Gateside terminus, where the Goods Station, Locomotive Shed ans fueliing point (thanks to Brian Daniels for photograph once again) are now completed, the signalbox (my first attempt at true scratchbuilding) is close to completion, quite thrilled that this has turned out as well, it is far from perfect not not bad for a relative beginer I think. Fuelling Point, based on Ferryhill Locomotive Depot - a kitbashed job involving three Dapol Kits, card and plasticard The Goods Depot now complete Buchanan Street Signal Box, still to glaze and put an interior in, chimney pots and brackets also to do. Jim 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Buchanan Street Signalbox now finished, and I used to think that guys who did individual levers were mad!!!Think I have captured the character of the original.Jim 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iankemp Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 This is a good layout! love the signal box and the signals that you have made up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Hi all - sorry for delay in posting again, I kept meaning to do it but when I went to take the supporting photographs it was a case of "no, thats not right yet" followed by some more modelling. Concentrating on Gateside (Buchanan Street) Station Building on this post, I have borrowed some photographs to help illustrate the prototype that I have been trying to capture, albeit in truncated form, some can also be compared with the "work in progress" shots from the first post. The station Frontage The Real Thing Looking from the entrance to the platform back towards the booking office And the real thing The station Departure board And the real thing Looking down from above Looking towards the bufferstops The same view with the canopies removed, note the locating pegs for the legs, to allow easy removal for track cleaning and accurate replacement. Also spot the deliberate mistake - 100 lines, I must remember to paint the other side of the girder before adhering the glazing!! Jim 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted October 3, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2011 This just oozes character and atmosphere, Jim. Great stuff! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Hi all. I have been doing some detailling projects on the layout. First up for the treatment was the Engineering Company at Northbridge. I detailed the basic Metcalf building using plastic tube for drain piles and added a ladder to the roof. I also added a "A" frame crane over the siding to unload into the workshop. For some detail around the building I added an area to the right of the building with some derelict machinery, an old crane and a bending machine. Untitled by d9009alycidon, on Flickr At the other end I added a shed (Scalescenes freeby) and embellished it using the Ratio Industrial parts kit, linked that to the main building by a pipe bridge made from plastic section with some old wire coathanger as tube. Forklift is the Knightwing kit and it is painted genuine Yale Gold, as I used to work where they made the full size ones, so I was able to obtain some original paint. It is a bit bright, needs to be toned down a bit. Some other odds and ends to add. Untitled by d9009alycidon, on Flickr To finish off I added a chimney at the rear (card covered with brick paper) and Ratio fencing and gates. Untitled by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Untitled by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Signalbox next Jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Latest project I have been working on has been a signalbox for Northbridge. As this is the "Edinburgh" end of the layout my original idea was to do a model based on Waverley West, but I didn't think that it would work as Waverley was signalled with colour light signals since 1936. I had a lot of completed Ratio kits from previous personal and club layouts so I wanted to use these up. I had a look around various photographs of boxes until I came across one of Aberdeen South, this fitted the bil perfectly, large mechanically signalled station on the East coast of Scotland, and the box is an ARP design with little in the way of difficulty to build. (image copyright the signalbox.org) I obtained a few other photographs of the 'box and set about building work. I also made the model a mirror image of the original as it fitted into the sace available better. The windows were fabricated from plastic strip and the main body of the box is Rowney mounting board, which I find just the right thickness for building work. The brick paper is Scalescenes brick, processed on screen to lighten it close to the brick colour of the original box. The access stairs was the trickiest bit, I used leftover stair sections from an old Dapol footbridge kit, the handrails are dressmakers pins pushed trough holes drilled in the steps and snipped to length, these are connectedby leftover wire from Ratio signal kits and soldered in place. For the Caledonian box at Gateside I took the time to individually make the levers from plastic strip, since the interior of this box is less visible I did a printed interior to make it look the part, this when the roof is on doesn't look bad at all. Photographs: layout 143 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 142 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 141 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 140 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 139 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 144 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Just found this photograph on Flikr showing the other end of the box, I have missed an overlay of "concrete", to be corrected before fixing the roof on. Aberdeen Scotland 23rd April 1977 by loose_grip_99, on Flickr Jim 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Nice one Jim! Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Hi all - the guttering was delivered yesterday morning so as the better half went out I got going with the plumbing this morning. I used thin copper and aluminium tubefrom Paisley Model Centre for the down pipes and .240 half round styrene strip for the gutters, supported by other bits of microstrip. For the "joins" in the down pipe I used a larger bore aluminium tube (the inside diameter was just a nice fit on the outside diameter of the smaller stuff), Photographs layout 146 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 147 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Jim 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Hi all - Latest building project finally complete, this is a shed building for Gateside, based on the North British Railway office building that dominated the Southern end of the old Eastfield (65A) shed in Glasgow. Photographs of the original are on the RCHAMS canmore database Eastfield Shed Office Building by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 162 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 164 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 163 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Jim 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bri.s Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) Awesome layout . Very impressive signalbox's ,signal's and buildings really love the feel of it all Well done will be watching with intrest Edited December 16, 2012 by bri.s 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Hi all - I have been landscaping the small "gap-site" around the shed building at Gateside, and decided to do a little cameo celebrating the Ian Allan Shed Directory. Many of the directions given to various locomotive depots around the country ended with "A cinder path leads to the depot". So I decided to add just that, I also remember the old sleeper fencing that seemed to surround every railway property and discovered the excellent Javis range and bought 2 x PF8 damaged sleeper fencing kits and one PF10 full kit, once blended in I think that they look superb. Finished off with a couple of Hornby gas lamps an an Airfix railwayman trudging to his work. layout 171 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 170 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 169 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 167 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout 172 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Jim 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 See alot of hours,thought,and detailing has gone into this layout!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 As a new project I decided to open out and expand the East end of Northbridge and make it moe "Edinburgh Like". I obtained some panoramic photographs from Flickr and with the owners permission used them as backscenes, Over the past six months progress has ocassionally been very slow as I rewired the whole station as well. Terraforming has now been in full swing at these are the results, I was beginning to feel like Roy Neary building Devils Mountain from Close Encouters of the third kind. These photographs give a quick impression of the progress. Layout August 011 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Layout August 010 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Layout August 008 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Layout August 006 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Layout August 002 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Layout August 012 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Jim 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 Horror Shock Probe - Drunkenness at Gateside and Vice at Northbridge!!! Bought some Faller figures, falling right into the cliche of the Glasgow Drunk. The scenario is that a return football special has just arrived at Gateside, offloading the drunken fans Layout September 003 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr The van is a recent car boot sale find, not often you get a van so appropriate for your layout as this Layout September 004 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Meanshile over at Northbridge I have started to fill the area in from of the tracks, this is a downbeat industrial area, featuring Big Bill Browns garage, a small time Coach Excursion operator, a scrap yard will complete the scene. Lucky Lucy, a "Professional Lady" has moved into this area and hangs about the lamp post looking for custom. In the background, 67601 leaves Northbridge on a North Berwick service. The Garage is the Scalescenes download, the buses are a couple of EFEs, once again picked up at a car boot sale for the princely sum of £4 Layout September 001 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Couple of shots of the Signal Gantry under construction at the East End of Northbridge. Layout September 007 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Layout September 006 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr All for now Jim 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 The new panel at Mavisbank now complete and boxed in Layout November 2013 007 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr So with that donel I managed to have the first comprehensive running session for over a year last night! It was a bit stop start as spot cleaning of locomotives and track had to be carried out, but apart from that the layout ran faultlessly. I started the timetable where I had left off, so the firt service to run was the 4pm from Aberdeen, seen here arriving at Buchanan Street behind 60019 Bittern, the prototype for which was a regular on the Aberdeen road in the latter years. In platform 4 D326, famous for its involvement in the Great Train Robbery, waits to leave with the 19:00 to Northbridge Layout November 2013 001 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Having been released by Gateside station pilot, D8581, Bittern backs out to head for the shed. Layout November 2013 003 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Meanwhile over at Northbridge, a very grubby standard 4, 75019 shunts parcels vans prior to working the 19:08 ECS to Gateside, this takes a BG and three sleeping cars which will then be marshalled for their respective overnight services to London and Fort William. 75019 was not a ScR loco, but was scrapped at Campbells in Airdrie (it was the last loco I saw being towed to the yard), I run it under the scenario that it is almost in scrapyard condition, eking out a last few months before cutting up!! Layout November 2013 005 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr A little later, 75019 has arrived at Gateside, and Birmingham Sulzers D5307 and D5394 wait to leave with the 19:10 to Oban. These are two old Lima locos, D5307 was converted from a class 33 way before the 26/27s were available RTR, they both suffer from poor pickup as individual locomotives, but are hard wired to run as a pair and this makes a tremendous difference. The Mk1 sleepers are old Hornby examples, rebogied with a mixture of Mainline and Lima bogies with a paint job and added detail, not up to he standard of the new Bachman examples but again these were all that was available at the time I started modelling Layout November 2013 006 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr More soon Jim 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Bit of Blue for the Dads... Just to show that not everything is black, maroon and green on the Gateside and Northbrige, here is a couple of shots of "set A" which is rostered for the Northbridge to Fiddle South (ECML) services. This is a mixture of Mk1 and MK2 stock and has three coaches in Blue/Grey. One loco is in new corporate livery on this roster, it currently carries the number D1756 in old serif font. This needs to be changed as D1756 wasn't painted into blue livery until 1972 and was a Western Region loco in old number days. layout december 001 by d9009alycidon, on layout december 002 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr I bought a couple of packets of Dart Castings point levers a while ago, finally got round to fitting these loverly little castings on some of the sidings that would have had prorotype manual point operation layout december 004 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 On the signalling front, I have been manufacturing signal heads for a gantry at Northbridge East, I wanted something with a biit more 60s feel as the Eckon signals have shorter hoods than the "ARP" long hoods from the 1950s and 60s. I have used the Dapol dummy signals that come with the gantry kit as a basis for the signals and modified them as follows. Sorry for the poor quality photos, the macro function on the camera doesn't seen to work too well. 1) I purchased a length of aluminium tube from Paisley Model Centre which had an ID just large enough to push the LED into, I then fashioned a jig out of a wooden block to file the hood profile on. layout december 005 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Once the profile is correct I cut the hood to length, this took a while as I had 12 hoods to make for this gantry alone. layout december 007 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout december 008 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr I filed the detail off the Dapol dummy signal head and drilled holes large enough to push the hoods through, then cut a plasticard backing plate to size and cemented in place behind the head. layout december 009 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Finally a coat of black paint and they are ready for the LEDs to be fitted and placed on the gantry, will bring up to date when this is done layout december 010 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Given that the Eckon signal heads cost about £14 each, I would have spent £62 on this gantry alone, using this method I spent abput £3 on the LEDs and £1 on the tube, I would have bought the gantry anyway so I have saved over £50!!. Jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 OK - phase II of the signal build. This phase of the assembly mounts the three LEDs. I cut a rectangular piece of plasticard and drilled six small holes just big enough to take the prongs of the LEDs, need to position the holes so that the LEDs line up with the holes in the signal head. layout december 012 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr I added a couple of layours of microstrip as the LEDs were not quite flush on the plasticard. This is then cemented to the back of the signal head layout december 013 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout december 014 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr The bottom two wires to the Red LED are then bent parallel with the plasticard and more microstrip added as spacers layout december 015 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout december 016 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr A second piece of plasticard is then added, this has four holes to take the wires from the yellow and green LEDs, press this down and cement. Repeat this process for the green, with a third piecs of plasticard, this time with just two holes layout december 017 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Cut a square hole in the walkway of the gantry for the wires to pass through layout december 021 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Before mounting the signal head I filed square all the layers and added cladding on the sides and top layout december 022 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Finished head cemented in place, the prongs are now isolated from each other by the layers of plasticard and can be wired up layout december 024 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Next - do the same with the other three heads and move to the wiring stage. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Let there be light(s)!! First of three gantries now completed and in place following the construction steps shown in the last couple of posts. I have fed power temporarily into the four red LEDs until the logic circuits have been completed that link the signals to the track and points. Not bad for a few pounds outlay IMHO!! layout january 2014 004 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout january 2014 003 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout january 2014 002 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr layout january 2014 005 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr Cheers Jim 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Some very nice modeling here,wil pop in again soon cheers neil.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) Thanks Neil - glad you like the layout. Cheers Jim Edited January 12, 2014 by luckymucklebackit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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