RMweb Gold TravisM Posted November 29, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2012 I will get some photographs posted on here by the weekend as I want to get all the trackwork pinned down and the electrics sorted first. I did plan to make the layout moveable and possibly exhibitionable but with my health issues, I decided to make it a home layout; so it will be mounted along on one side of the garage. I hate fiddle yards as you have bought all that stock and then you go hide it, so the unfinished fiddleyards will be sidings at one end and using Bachmann's new low relief LT station. It will assume that the trains run from the siding into the station, much like Morden but infact, go through the scenic divider onto the Hillingdon Hill section. The other end will be my version of a condensed Baker St (Met) station. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 keeping an eye on this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted December 1, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2012 Here are some pics showing the progress so far. The main running lines are now pinned down and I have used 1 pin approximatly every 20 sleepers or so, and the reasoning is that when the ballast is laid and glued down, the track will be down solid. The drop wires have been soldered into place and tested, so everything is looking good. As you look at the layout, the end with the scissors crossing is heading towards Baker St and London, the other end, towards a BR connection at West Drayton or maybe a possible tube connection with the Piccadilly at Heathrow. Comments please, Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LU_fan Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 It's really coming along nicely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted December 5, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2012 My EFE 1938 Bakerloo set arrived today and when my LT Museum 1938 set comes back from MetroModels, that to will be sent off to be fitted with power bogies, DCC and lighting. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingUnderground Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Hi Julian, I do like your Service train, the hoppers look good. If you want to see the arrangement of conductor rails on a scissors crossover, there is a very useful picture on the Tubeprune web site of the scissors at the approach to Ealing Broadway on the District Line. I was looking at it myself to see how I set up the conductor rails on the scissors that I've just built out of 4 Peco medium radius Code 100 Electrofrog points, see photo below. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted December 16, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2012 Hi Going Underground, I cheated at used a Shinohara code 70 (US Standard) double crossover. It matched up well to Peco's code 75, so when it is painted, ballasted and 4th railed, you won't see the join as they say lol. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 It looks like a nice plan coming together. The only thing I would say is that the stone bridges at either end don't really look right, especially if you are modelling London, where brick was the material of choice for most of the railway architecture and p.way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I've been meaning to create a LU layout for ages, so I dip in and out of this subforum and I really like the way this layout is progressing, (especially in the face of adversity - so well done indeed!). I would agree with Baby Deltic that stone looks out of place for a LU layout. Brick - frequently the yellow London brick - was used extensively; from the days of "cut'n'cover" to Art Deco days. Mind you, yellow London brick didn't stay yellow for long in the days of regular pea-souper fogs. One observation and suggestion, if I may. You seem to be using a mixture of materials (Metcalfe card kits, RTP, other types of card kits) for your buildings and from experience I know it can be a real pig to unite different types of materials into a visually cohesive whole. Therefore I would suggest keeping to as few types of material as possible. This will allow you blend all your structures together and will contribute to the overall "feel" of the layout. I look forward to your progress! Best iD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted December 20, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2012 Hi there, I have noted what you said and I have decided to stick to one "style" for this portion of the layout. I am using the Metcalfe platform kits and their new Wayside Station, Shelter and Footbridge as they are based on Bradford-on-Avon station buildings, a station I know as I worked in the booking office when I worked at First Great Western, so a connection for me. Also, my great grandfather used to work for Lord Hillingdon on one of his estates near Hillingdon Hill and in my world, as this is extention of the GWR line from West Drayton, Lord Hillingdon specified that the station was built similar to Bradford-on-Avon. The other two portions of my layout will be build using real plans though one part is fictious, the other will be a rationalised Baker Street. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted December 24, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2012 Everything has now been wired on what track has been pinned down and the DCC worked first time. Watching my two panniers running up and down and double headed made my chest swell, so all I need to do is finish the trackwork and tidy the wiring. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted December 31, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2012 Decided to have a radical rethink on my layout and decided not to bother with the station. Using Bachmann's new low relief Underground station and keeping to my "KISS" (Keep It Simple Stupid) principle and create station frontage with the illusion that the rest of the station is beyond the backscene. I want to show that the station had been rebuilt to take longer trains as the originals were too short, but because of the trackplan, there was not enough room to rebuild and to give a southern access to Hillingdon Hospital. So looking from left to right, the new Uxbridge Road station entrance with offices etc on a pedestrian walkway, the trackplan of the original but abandoned station with the siding that was once platform 1, is now used for engineering trains. The loco headshunt remains with a new water tower built. The other tunnel entrance carries the Uxbridge Road and it will show one side with bus stops etc. Sensible comments welcome, Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted January 25, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2013 Hello all, due to ill health, not much to report except I hope to have my EFE 38 LT museum set back from Metromodels soon after they have breathed their magic on it. Only my Bakerloo 38 and Northern 59 sets to do (gulp lol). The layout maybe moving to a different room so I can extend it a bit further than 16ft than originally planned. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 It's coming along quite nicely Julian. The track plan convinces (although you are going to have fun laying the third and fourth rails :-0 ) and I see you've replaced the stone tunnel mouths with brick ones, much more prototypical. Unfortunately, to my eyes, the tunnel mouths clash with the Bachmann low relief Underground Station. The textures just don't mesh and the photos emphasise the difference between the flat surfaces of the tunnel mouths and the textured surfaces of the Bachmann model - although this may be exaggerated by the digital camera (often the case, my models - looking good "in the flesh" - sometimes look quite awful in the digital snapshots). However, have you considered embossing the tunnel mouth surfaces to get a more 3 dimensional effect? As a work in progress, I'll be very interested in seeing how you blend everything together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LULFAN Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Hi Hope you are feeling Ok Julian Can I beg a favor ? Can you take a pic of the EFE 38 LT museum set showing the side of one of the cars The museum only have a pic of the box on the shop web site and I wonder if any of the signs in the windows A B C D or other stuff is on the model Many thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted March 14, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hi there, yes I can when they get back from Metro Models as they are being motorised and DCCed. Julian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted March 14, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2013 After yet another chat with the management and with a good friend, I have decided to continue with this layout but rename it "Uxbridge Road". Watch with interest as I rebuild or change the weaker parts of the layout. Julian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted March 14, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2013 Sounds like a good choice. Uxbridge Road is quite long so you can keep your options open. (I was going to call mine Aylesbury Vale to keep it general and then the blighters built a new station and called it Aylesbury Vale Parkway!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Narnia Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Damn them! Uxbridge Road sounds like the perfect name. Looking forward to seeing more photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted April 14, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2014 Hello everyone, sorry that I have been a long time off this forum but yet again, I have been visited by the big "C" and hopefully, that's the last of it. Decided to start again and using Metcalfe's kits mainly for simplicity and the ease in which they go together. Planning on doing a open section and scratchbuilding a tube station. This is going to take a little time but hopefully it will look right. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWallace Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Great to see you back and glad to hear that you're beating that absolute b*stard of a disease. Can't wait to see your updates! Cheers, Matt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Good to see you back, Julian, and best wishes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metmangraham Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Hello everyone, sorry that I have been a long time off this forum but yet again, I have been visited by the big "C" and hopefully, that's the last of it. Decided to start again and using Metcalfe's kits mainly for simplicity and the ease in which they go together. Planning on doing a open section and scratchbuilding a tube station. This is going to take a little time but hopefully it will look right. Julian Sprott Really pleased to see that you are back and building again. To be honest, I have not achieved too much in the last year and all I can say in my defence is that I've had a new hip in the mean-time, preventing me from gaining access to the layout in the roof for a while! 'Uxbridge Central' also sends its greetings to 'Hillingdon Hill'! All the best, Graham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted April 22, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2014 Thank you everyone for the well wishes, very much apprieciated. I have the Bachmann low relief LT station that I want to use on my layout but at a loss as to how to postion it on my layout. I was wondering if to model the station something similar to Hillingdon station? Any useful ideas would be great. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I have been readin through your progress and really like how this layout is coming along. Shame not to have seen an update in so long. I am eally interested in this as it is very local to where i live and know a lot about where your modelling and how you are relatiing it to the old uxbridge to west drayton line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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