darren01 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 HI Ray ( Granddad) That a fine pair of legs you have their !. I like the way the legs are able to go in on them selves , very neat !. Once you have the tops on your be well away with track laying ,keep up the good work . All the best Darren ( Grandson) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 UPDATE At last I have done the base boards. The blue underlay is a foam underlay for laminate floor I got from a shutting down sale from Focus. I have attached this to the boards with spray Craft Mount Glue by 3M from a craft shop, and marked out 1ft sq's on the top with a felt tip pen to help mark the track plan. I've marked out 1ft sq's to help mark out the layout plan Here is a pic of the point work I have done with C&L TEMPLATES This is the the C&L Templates on top of the boards RAY70B 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 Hi All UPDATE I have been busy today putting my track plan down onto the boards using C&L Templates. I put the single slip on first and worked from that, by putting down a centre line with a felt tip pen and I used that line when putting the templates down with spray mount glue. I will use the C&L Template for positioning the sleepers into place, I will be putting the point work on first which I will be making on my work bench, then I will put the sleepers down for the rest of the track work on the board. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted July 15, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2011 Hi Ray, Good to see that you are making progress. My only observation so far - the road in front of the fiddle yard / cassettes looks a little close and may be difficult to provide the scenic break. Could this be curved away a little? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 Hi Richard Thanks for your input . I am thinking of changing that point to a right hand one so I could lower the the head shunt as you say it is close to the fiddle yard. I must say I was pondering about that for some time. Thanks for your input. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted July 16, 2011 Author Share Posted July 16, 2011 Hi All I have changed the head shunt to give more room for the cassettes in the fiddle yard, I have dyed the ply sleepers with Colron wood dye (jacobean dark oak) and put a small bit of Humbrol no 191 Silver Met to give the sleepers that look of silverery look of old oak. I have layed some sleepers down to see what they look like I have curved the entry in the fiddle yard to help wth the extra room for the cassettes and put in a left hand point in to turn the head shunt to also give more room. The dyed sleepers the pic doe's not show the full colour, you cannot see the grayish colour on the sleepers. RAY70B 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Hi Some pic's of the first C&L Finescale point of plywood sleepers and chairs. The three wires are for the frog polarity to the point motor RAY70B 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew1974 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I think the slightly revised version with the left hand point looks a lot better. Looking good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Hi Andrew 1974 Thank you for your input yes I agree that is a lot better. Hope you like my first C&L Point. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34010-34005 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Nice trackwork Granddad. Timber sleepers veres copperclads? We will have to wait and see. I see you used foam instead of cork. And you bought some, I have some spare you could have had for Yarde. Are you getting new stock for this layout? I see you have an 08, Or are you using some of your Southern stock as well? Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 24, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2011 Am I mistaken but is there a point on a baseboard joint? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Am I mistaken but is there a point on a baseboard joint? Hi PhilJ W No you are not mistaken there is a point on a board joint , I have done this before and had no problems as long as you put the middle of the point over the board joint and good enlinement dowals you should not have problems, and wire through as normal. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Nice trackwork Granddad. Timber sleepers veres copperclads? We will have to wait and see. I see you used foam instead of cork. And you bought some, I have some spare you could have had for Yarde. Are you getting new stock for this layout? I see you have an 08, Or are you using some of your Southern stock as well? Chris Hi Chris Thanks for your input Chris. Sorry I did not know you had some left, I got this lot from Focus on there closing down sale I will only get some new wagons kits, but not loco's only the Class 08 I am going to use the loco's I have got. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 UPDATE I have been busy building my six points and I have started the single slip, I have put some photo's on at state of play with the single slip, and I have been busy putting the magnets in before laying the sleepers down onto the C&L Templates with double sided tape. The points are not stuck down as yet as I have to put the tie bars on and drill out the hole for the point motors and I have put in the droppers, I am thinking of yousing servo's with MERG decoders for DCC operation with NCE system. I have also done some ballasting before putting the rail and chairs down, I thought it would be better to do it this way, but not at the points as they need the tiebars before glueing down and ballasting. The photo's show the state of play to date. Some pic's of the boards to date In this pic shows wear the cassettes are going into the the well. I marked out wear the well is going and cut out with a jig saw and glue and screwed plywood underneath RAY70B 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 HI Ray The track work is looking very good and the ply sleepers look amazing , how you getting on with the single slip?. This is going to be a good layout to shunt around on, keep up the good work ,and keep the photo coming !. All the best Darren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Platts Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Watching this with interest, keep up the good work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Watching this with interest, keep up the good work Hi Dom platts Thank you very much for your interest. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Hi I have just ordered the mini servo's for point operation from e-bay, As I am a member of MERG I will order the assessory decoders kits to operate the points. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Excellent looking track work Ray and a very nice layout in the making! Looking forward to seeing more... All the best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Excellent looking track work Ray and a very nice layout in the making! Looking forward to seeing more... All the best Simon Hi Simon Thank you for your comment on the track work Simon, I am in the middle of building the single slip which is the last one to do then it on the rest of track work which is going to be built in situ. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 A small update I have finished the single slip and done some more ballasting. and fitted the single slip in place. Ihave taken some photo's of the slip. The loops are for point operation wich are going to be servo's with piano wire coming up through the board into the loop and I will put a piece of cardboard over that and ballast on top to hide the loop. RAY70B 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted August 2, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2011 That looks spot-on Ray! Will look great when ballasted and lightly weathered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Hi Richard Thanks for the comment Richard. The slip is on the layout know and I have got to do the tie bars on the rest of the points and fit them it place, then finish of the ballast work. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 update I have been busy laying the track down I have cut the track into scale 60ft lengths thread the chairs onto the rail then glued that down onto the sleepers and the other rail I did the same but used track gauges and glue it down. I have just received the servo's to operate the points as you can see they are very small As you can see the servo's are 20mm long the electronics will be by MERG. The gaps in the ballast work in waiting for when I put the serco's in place and I am going to put a peice of cardboard over and ballasted on top 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Coming on a treat Ray, i like the weathering of the ballast, what id you use for this?? Those servos look great, think i may try them on my next project. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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