alex98 Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 Now that the computer's been off all night it seems to be behaving, so here's those pics as promised: Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex98 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 Somehow I've managed to go a month without doing anything on factory lane... What is the world coming to??? Anyway there's some progress now! (admittedly not much but hopefully enough to get the ball rolling again.) Basically what i've done is paint some of the pallets blue and weather them and stick down some greenery behind one of the bufferstops (to hide the fact that that bit of track is broken.) That would have been it, but seeing how it was reasonably dry outside I decided to take half of the layout outside to get some pics in natural light (and wow iut looks so much better without the orange wall! ) I'll try to get the other half of the layout outside sometime soon and get some pics on that Thanks for looking, Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Brilliant as always Alex! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Very nice, the 57 on its own looks great, my fav of the bunch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Some great outdoor shots there, david Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Alex, would some photos of my bridge be of use - it is made in a similar fashion to yours with some bits of B&Q plastic extrusions, and some Plastruct square rod. You can see a couple of initial photos here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/69522-in-the-time-honoured-words-of-rolf-harris/ but I can take some more closer ones if it will help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex98 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 Brilliant as always Alex! Thanks for the comments Swifty, I look forward to pics of your layout(s)? (I mean Portland Road/Parkway Container Terminal/ DRS layout, whatever it is now called... ) Very nice, the 57 on its own looks great, my fav of the bunch. Unfortunately I have to agree with you (it's meant to be an EWS depot not Virgin!). Now I have sorted out 57301's running issues it is becoming my favourite loco (wait until I get some DCC sound in my EWS fleet... ) Some great outdoor shots there, david Thanks david, there's nothing quite like outdoor lighting for the layout unless anyone has an idea on how to get similar effects inside (but on a budget) - I'm open to suggestions as it's been on my to-do list for ages! As always, comments welcome Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex98 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 Alex, would some photos of my bridge be of use - it is made in a similar fashion to yours with some bits of B&Q plastic extrusions, and some Plastruct square rod. You can see a couple of initial photos here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/69522-in-the-time-honoured-words-of-rolf-harris/ but I can take some more closer ones if it will help Hi shortliner, some close-ups would definitely be appreciated - its not easy to create a convincing bridge but youve managed to make one which really looks the part thanks, Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 OK, I'll see what I can do - but it may be tomorrow, before I can get them up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex98 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 OK, I'll see what I can do - but it may be tomorrow, before I can get them up Thanks shortliner, it doesn't really matter when you can get them up as I'm probably not going to be able to do a lot of work on the bridge until I have supplies from the model shop... Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted April 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2013 Totally agree on the 57, looks superb. Amazing what natural light does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Thanks for the comments Swifty, I look forward to pics of your layout(s)? (I mean Portland Road/Parkway Container Terminal/ DRS layout, whatever it is now called... ) Hoping you werent going to ask that, as I've moved house I have a bigger train room (yesssss!!! ) and I now have 15ft to play with so I thought, I can build a container terminal and with me having about 10 sheds I thought, perfect! And I have less drs stock than I thought. So for the time being at least it's on hold. However I will still run DRS stock on Parkway (new thread in my signature) Anyway thanks for your support and I will do a tmd as some point. I promise!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex98 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 I will do a tmd as some point. I promise!! And I'm not going to let you forget it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 And I'm not going to let you forget it! That made me chuckle but I will do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timtrains66 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Great photos ! The class 57 looks very realistic on that outdoor photo. Keep up the good work ! Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Okay - the bridge! First lets start with the ingredients, which all come from B&Q Supersheds Start by looking in the offcut box for an off cut of laminate flooring this is a plastic-faced MDF with a plain tan or mottled surface one side and a wood finish the other - if you can't find any, 5mm MDF nwill do, but will give a rougher road surface. It looks like this - ignore the rest of the picture for the moment Now visit the plastic extrusion rack - usually found along with metal strip and shapes and you need to get a length of each of these - ignore the bit at the bottom for the moment and then the wood shapes bit for these - the bottom one is 15mm hardwood dowel You also need some pine 25mm x 20mm and 15mm x 20mm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Decide on the width and length of the bridge you require, and cut to size from the plastic-faced MDF.Glue lengths of the15mm x 15mm strip to the underside lengthways at suitably spaced intervals - as my bridge is a 4 lane carriageway I used 5 strips Decide the height required and assemble the supports 25mm x 20mm at the bottom (on edge), 3 lengths of the 15mm dowel as columns (the number required depends on the width of the bridge) and the 10mm x 20mm (with its end cut at an angle) on the top Spray these supports with Rustoleum Textured paint in "Desert Bisque" - if it is not in stock, B&Q can order it for you as they did for me. Now for the deck - push the U shaped extrusion onto the sides of the deck - I used an offcut of cork floor tile to take up the excess space - multiple strips of cereal packet cut to width would work as well - It needs to fit tightly - you can see it at the sides in the top photo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Now for the railings. Take the "lipped" extrusion and cut two pieces to the length of the bridge. Measure and mark for posts (A in the pictures) - mine are at 50mm centres and 4mm wide. Using an Xacto saw and one of their aluminium cutting guides, cut each post from the edge of the wide bit down to the lip, and then , using a coping saw, fretsaw or box-knife , cut (VERY CAREFULLY) between the posts along the line of the lip (B in photos). You may need to sand or trim the edge of the extrusion where you have cut. These lines of posts need to be glued (CA or similar) along the plastic U extrusion along the sides of the deck - due to the angle of the lip they will lean inwards slightly , as in the prototype. When they are dry, use CA to add 3 or 4 rails from the 1mm x 1mm plastruct rod, (C in the photos) glued to the back of the posts. I masked off the rails and the edges and sprayed the deck with grey primer - road markings were done with paint markers. Glue the deck onto the supports and fix in place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 The rest of the photos show the bridge, and the last two show alternative supports - cut from the plastic-faced MDF and 4 rails from microstrip, instead of 3 - note that on this one the deck-edge is simply 25mm x 25mm plastic extrusion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 That bridge is amazing! Great piece of modelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Thank you - they are surpisingly easy to make - living up here far away from model shops you get used to trying to work out how to make-it-from-odds-&-s*ds that you can get hold of locally Edit - forgot to add - the CA I'm using is called Vitalbond CA THICK, and I'd recommend it - works very well indeed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Nice modeling!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex98 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 Thank you - they are surpisingly easy to make - living up here far away from model shops you get used to trying to work out how to make-it-from-odds-&-s*ds that you can get hold of locally Thanks for posting that, some really great modelling there. When I get some supplies in I'll be sure to try doing some of the things you have done Cheers Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroken1 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Nice bit of modeling Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex98 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 Nice bit of modeling Alex. Thanks aeroken, I see youre now a follower as well Always great to get a bit more interest about Factory Lane... Cheers, Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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