RichardW1 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 The goods yard entry pointwork is now being installed- Templot is used to define the geometry. pointwork is fairly traditional, PCB sleepers with chairplates (from various sources). We will be trying Easitrack for some of the plaintrack routes to see how it stands up to our punishing exibition running. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted March 11, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2012 I would think that using a number of PCB sleepers in each rail length to provide some hold should anything catch the rail, might be a good idea. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted March 12, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2012 Don It's not so much the running, as the layout sitting in a freezing cold van overnight and then being heated up in an exhibition hall. We actually have a section of Denys Brownlee's original plastic sleeper based track from the 1960's - 70's on the layout: this has no positive rail location in the moulding, but does have a pin every 6". This has not caused any problems in 25 years. I think the secret is to make sure the track is ballasted early on. CF is built like a battleship, (let's say more battlecruiser, because we try to keep the weight down) which is why it has survived without needing major maintenance. Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted March 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2012 Tim I was thinking of the dangers such as train cleaning particularly as club layouts are often operated by modellers from other scales who may not appreciate the different types of track. PCB trackwork is pretty strong, the easitrac seem strong enough for normal use but I assume there are places where the track is at arms length I would be conerned if a cloth being used to wipe the track caught in a rail joint. Because Easitrac comes in short lengths it would be easy to put a pcb sleeper at each end and possibly one or two in the middle to provide a bit of extra strength. As you say once ballasted it helps to keep the sleepers fixed. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted March 12, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2012 We only let the gorillas from other scales clean the brass strip track. Tim 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardW1 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 And, to be fair, most normal people can't reach across the layout like Tim can! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atso Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Great layout! I remember seeing this layout over the last ten years or so and hope to see it again in a couple of weeks. Exceptionally good modelling here and it sets the standard to aspire to! CF MRC I've sent you a PM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Natalie Graham Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I have just been reading the article in Railway Modeller. It is certainly impressive. Makes me feel old to read that it has been going for 30 years. It was just in the planning stages when I, briefly, tried 2mm FS the first time round. (Back when most loco building articles still started out with how to build the wheels and motor. Too much for my (lack of) skills at the time.) I like the double-headed GNR singles on the cover shot, (even if the second one does look like it is trying to do wheelies. ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardW1 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 The thing that puzzles me is there's no Headcode!-------(I'll bet there will be by York.... Tim?!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted March 14, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2012 You make 'em, I'll fit them. Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardW1 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 What was the code for 'train on continuous loop' ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted April 1, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2012 First train round the complete Up Goods line on Copenhagen Fields today! After a lot of work this last few months, we finally have the first of the goods lines traversing the expanse of the KX Goods Yard. All things being well, at York next week end, we will have goods trains threading under the NLR viaduct at the higher level via Copenhagen Tunnel. See some of you then? Do make yourselves known at the layout. Tim 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted April 1, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2012 First train round the complete Up Goods line on Copenhagen Fields today! After a lot of work this last few months, we finally have the first of the goods lines traversing the expanse of the KX Goods Yard. All things being well, at York next week end, we will have goods trains threading under the NLR viaduct at the higher level via Copenhagen Tunnel. See some of you then? Do make yourselves known at the layout. Tim Excellent news Tim - best I get some of those horse drawn drays etc I started for CF finished! See you at York next weekend - we are up in the gods on the third floor. Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted April 17, 2012 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2012 A number of guest locos from CF can be seen on my Highbury thread here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/38581-highbury-colliery/page__st__175 but just to show that loco-exchanges are not all one way here is a proper loco, SDJR No. 88 on running trials on the North London line. As well as guest locos, there were also guest operators - Kim moonlighting on CF. CF from the other end with Rihard Wilson holding court! New for York was the first of the freight lines through KX. Here we see a couple of less than perfect shots of the Baldwin threading its way through. The standard of layouts at York was exceptionally high so it was a particular pleasure for CF to win the 'Mike Cook Memorial Trophy'. Well done to all involved. And finally, the 'Google Earth' view. Not the sharpest as I was leaning out as far as I could over the balcony above but it does give a good idea of the scale of the project and, in particular, the huge number of buildings involved - no wonder its taken so long! cheers Jerry 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted April 17, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17, 2012 Its nice to see 88. It feels like an old friend because it and 3850 were regulars on the West Somerset. A mile from the station I could tell which one was there. Cf just keeps getting better. I went through there to Peterborough the other weekend. Said to see how much has been ripped up. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Fequin Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 ]My old 4F, built from a GEM kit some 30 odd years ago has now been retired, it has been dropped countless times repainted twice and had a new tender. At Houten the frames were rebushed to keep it going. To replace it a new 4F is being built, largely from a Raithby kit, but with a few scratchbuilt details. It is nearly finished now, just a few more fiddly bits to add, and paint. The pictures show progress to date. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted April 27, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 27, 2012 After trawling for hours through the archives of the Luftwaffe, held at the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, I have managed to locate this reconnaisance / bombsight view taken from a JU88 in September 1940. It bears an uncanny resembleance to Copenhagen Fields, the model. Tim 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I immediately thought of Ju88's when viewing the aerial shot and then scrolled down! Apart from the bomber being a bit lower it is hard to tell the difference between the two and shows up how much area you can fit in with 2mm. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted March 1, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2014 John, afraid they're not Met units, but Oerlikon on the NLR. Originally from John Redrup of London Road Models. Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted August 4, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) Via Eboracum or York Way viaduct: 2mm scale in the garden. I have been working on this somewhat massive structure over the last few weeks. It started as my summer holiday caravan project and has been the conversion of the temporary York Way Viaduct to a permanent structure (as usual on our layout, temporary can mean anything between 15 weeks and 15 years: the latter in this case). Of this the Romans would be proud, henceforth it is to be known as the VIA EBORACUM. The viaduct has used acres of Slaters brick plastikard and some natty 10 thou thick styrene arches that Mike Randall cut out using a CAD driven Sillhouette cutter. There are 21 arches all told and it will make a very impressive back stop to the goods yard view when complete. It needs the granite road setts and pavements putting in and a lot of painting! Tim Edited August 4, 2014 by CF MRC 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 The Slaters Plastikard sheets are the wrong size for Roman bricks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted August 4, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 4, 2014 The Slaters Plastikard sheets are the wrong size for Roman bricks.Not by the time you've sanded them into virtual oblivion... Tim 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted August 4, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 4, 2014 Hi can anyone tell me anything about the G2 was it a scratch build or a reduced kit Many thanks John The engine was made by Marcus Graham from some 4mm etches that were reduced to 2mm scale many years ago: I think originally from Mike Bryant. The chassis is scratch built with a simple 30:1 worm wheel set - it's very nearly a rack loco with such small driving wheels! It has a Maxon motor in the tender. Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 The engine was made by Marcus Graham from some 4mm etches that were reduced to 2mm scale many years ago: I think originally from Mike Bryant. The chassis is scratch built with a simple 30:1 worm wheel set - it's very nearly a rack loco with such small driving wheels! It has a Maxon motor in the tender. Tim I had another batch of these etches done, I might even have some left (somewhere). Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelb Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Chris you have PM from myself also Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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