Grimleygrid Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 On 18/02/2021 at 08:29, d winpenny said: Clever idea for the washer plant base, coming along well david Thanks David, I am really pleased with how it has turned out. Will look better once painted and in location but hopefully it gives you an idea of what I am hoping to achieve. These two photos hopefully show what I am trying to model, these are taken at March depot but very similar. I am waiting for some bits and bobs to arrive and then hopefully more progress can be made. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 Not much to report on Boxenby. Unfortunately there has not been any progress since the last post. However, today I received two parcels from Tim Horn Lasercutting. Thanks Tim! These are the additional boards which will be added to the front of the layout to allow the fuelling point and the rest of the stabling sidings to be modelled. Looking forward to getting the boards put together and in position. Then I can lay some more sleepers! Yay!! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class60lover Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Boxenby is going bigger !!! cant wait to see what that looks like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 That’s immense, great work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 20/03/2021 at 09:57, class60lover said: Boxenby is going bigger !!! cant wait to see what that looks like Yes it is, now starting to take up a bit more room!! Photos coming very soon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 22 hours ago, ess1uk said: That’s immense, great work Thanks, getting there albeit slowly! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 A small update. During the evenings last week I managed to find some time to get the majority of the assembly of the new boards completed. Now just need to finish off and get the end plates and baseboard alignment dowels fitted. The plan has always been to model the refuelling point and add this later on when the time was right. Now that sleeper laying has begun it made sense to get the baseboards built to allow the majority of the track to be put down and aligned. Thanks to Tim Horn for making the baseboards, I would thoroughly recommend his products. The new boards also allow for the rest of the three stabling sidings. Here are some photos showing the new baseboards positioned next to the three main boards. The new boards need raising a little to sit at the same height as the main boards. Hopefully this gives you an idea of how it will look when the track is eventually finished in 2030!! Looking towards the depot from the north end of the depot. You can see 56013 and 56083 positioned where the refuelling point will be. 56049 and 58006 are at the end of the three stabling sidings. Some more views. Looking in the other direction. 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class60lover Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 wow it looks like the original boards are up against the wall, is the plan to maybe have it a bit more central so you can walk all the way round? I'm not sure what sort of width you have there but it looks like quite a stretch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 On 23/03/2021 at 19:39, class60lover said: wow it looks like the original boards are up against the wall, is the plan to maybe have it a bit more central so you can walk all the way round? I'm not sure what sort of width you have there but it looks like quite a stretch. Hi Class60lover, there is just enough of a gap to allow you to stand behind the original baseboards. To be honest it is starting to get a bit tight but I will have to manage for now! The idea is that the layout will be operated from the east side, most of the photos posted have been taken from this side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Today I managed to raise the new baseboards and they are now not too far off. A bit of adjustment is required but it is pretty much there. Tomorrow I plan to get the baseboard alignment dowels in and the boards properly connected. Then I can get the trackplan down and start laying sleepers. A few photos. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 A small update today. The new baseboards have now been aligned and bolted together with just a small tweak required on the levelling but overall I am really pleased. I have printed off the track plan for the refuelling point area and this has just been laid on the board. Now the track plan is down this has raised a problem with the track, which to be honest I had been expecting, there is a point across a baseboard joint. I am actually quite surprised that it is only one point that is straddling a baseboard joint. If anyone has any suggestions for how best to deal with the point issue I would be very grateful. I think this just shows that planning ahead is always beneficial!! A few photos. I am now going to make a start on the design for the concrete area for the refuelling point and then finish laying the sleepers for the three stabling sidings. Hopefully this will give me some time to have a think about how best to deal with the point across the joint. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodnok Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 42 minutes ago, Grimleygrid said: Now the track plan is down this has raised a problem with the track, which to be honest I had been expecting, there is a point across a baseboard joint. I am actually quite surprised that it is only one point that is straddling a baseboard joint. If anyone has any suggestions for how best to deal with the point issue I would be very grateful. You can approach this in a number of ways. Cut the point. Move the point. Move the baseboard joint. And ... the answer is probably a combination of all of them. Cut the point -- only the blades absolutely need to be kept intact on one board to work properly. It's best not to cut through the vee, too. That means you can split the point in the middle (between the vee and the start of the blades) without too much difficulty. Move the point -- if the blades or vee do line up with the joint, massage the plan slightly to move the point so it doesn't line up like that. Remember you don't have to get the entire thing off the join, just move it enough to avoid the critical pieces. Move the joint -- Make a small triangle recess in one board, and add a small triangle on the side of the other board that matches up. This makes a non-straight joint. With careful planning you can then cross the line at right-angles at a convenient place where there are no points. Have a look at the Liverpool Lime Street thread on this site to see this kind of baseboard joint in action. HTH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 9 hours ago, Bloodnok said: You can approach this in a number of ways. Cut the point. Move the point. Move the baseboard joint. And ... the answer is probably a combination of all of them. Cut the point -- only the blades absolutely need to be kept intact on one board to work properly. It's best not to cut through the vee, too. That means you can split the point in the middle (between the vee and the start of the blades) without too much difficulty. Move the point -- if the blades or vee do line up with the joint, massage the plan slightly to move the point so it doesn't line up like that. Remember you don't have to get the entire thing off the join, just move it enough to avoid the critical pieces. Move the joint -- Make a small triangle recess in one board, and add a small triangle on the side of the other board that matches up. This makes a non-straight joint. With careful planning you can then cross the line at right-angles at a convenient place where there are no points. Have a look at the Liverpool Lime Street thread on this site to see this kind of baseboard joint in action. HTH Good evening Bloodnok, thank you for your post and suggestions, much appreciated. I will certainly have a look at the Liverpool Lime Street thread. Thank you. Thanks again, I think some time to consider the best way forward is required for the time being. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 No progress since the last update, however, I now have some components for track laying. I am hoping that some progress with track laying will occur very soon ! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 This week I have been mostly threading chairs..... Track laying has well and truly begun. A big thank you to Will for all his help so far. Hopefully 2021 will see some movement! 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwich Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Tracklaying has continued this weekend - a few more lengths of flat bottom have been laid and the first point is all but complete. This point just needs the tie bar, check rails and a few cosmetic chairs adding then it’s ready to be wired up. A few photos of progress: One down, only 28 left to go! Kind regards, Will 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Nice work so far keep it up david Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class60lover Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 When you look at that task its looks rather a daunting prospect of doing it all individually but it seems like you can get them down pretty fast, assuming of course progress to date has been 18 hours a day . It proves that if you take your time and do things correctly you get a much more rewarding finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig1989 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Any more updates? and looking good so far cheers Craig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 Thanks, Class60lover and Craig for posting on my thread. Sorry for the lack of updates, due to a family bereavement in June, progress on my project has all but ground to a halt. The end of November saw me find a few hours to thread some chairs on to rails which had the effect of getting me back to the project albeit slowly and on a small scale. Since then I have threaded quite a few chairs on to rails…..and, earlier today a few more sections of rail were laid, thanks Will! I am hoping that 2022 will see more progress and the first proper running of locomotives at Boxenby. Fingers crossed! Hopefully next summer I can organise a ballasting party! Happy New Year to all RMweb members, Andy Y and the team at RMweb. I have just realised, it was 12 years ago today! How time flies...I really must get this project finished..... 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year! Today I have mostly been threading chairs on to rail…. Another important job that we have done today is to cut out and remove the area of the baseboard to allow the washer plant road concrete pad to be lowered into position. This now sits at the correct height. It needs a bit of a tidy up, but the main work has been completed. This is a job well done. A few more lengths of rail have also been laid. Thanks Will! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 Three more photos showing progress. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class60lover Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Happy New year to you and i am sorry to hear of your loss. How long is that taking to lay all them out as i thought it would take an age but you seem to be getting on a quite a rate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwich Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 hours ago, class60lover said: How long is that taking to lay all them out as i thought it would take an age but you seem to be getting on a quite a rate? @Grimleygrid pre threads the clips on the rails and I glue the clips down to the sleepers using roller gauges to hold the track in place until the MEK goes off. I reckon it takes about 30-45 minutes per metre of track to lay, and we’ve done one metre per road so far. Kind regards, Will 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 6 hours ago, class60lover said: Happy New year to you and i am sorry to hear of your loss. How long is that taking to lay all them out as i thought it would take an age but you seem to be getting on a quite a rate? Happy New Year Class60lover. Thank you. I see that Will has answered! Slow progress but hopefully 2022 will see the first real running of trains at Boxenby! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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