steve fay Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 Look what I came across in a book this evening! One solved now to try and decide what the other one says 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 Construction of Canton Mk2 is underway. This won’t be a fast build as I have two commissions that will take priority first. nice to be underway though The upright timbers will support the lighting pelmet as this layout will be viewable from all 3 angles, The height of which is subject to Change, I’ll decide that once I’ve made the legs. A few nice Blingy bits are on the way for the layout fascia. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 A little bling for the layout 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 A little more done on Canton, Locos will be able to drive towards the viewer at a show which isn’t an angle you would normally see. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 Doing a bit on canton today, filling in screw heads and sanding back and a few coats of paint. First bits of track going down using salvaged points from older projects. Little retaining wall that ran along side the old coaling stage. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 Also making up some Duncan’s models water cranes and placing a few locos about. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 Mikes models water cranes under construction for Canton These are still available via Holt model railways 01792232264 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 A bit of weekend work on canton, pits cut out ready for Intentio laser cut kits Telegraph poles cut and some sand going down 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 First bit of dirt down on Canton so only right to pose a Loco and I’ve chosen Canton resident 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Early days yet but what I like about this project is that you can view the locos from 3 angles instead of the usual side on. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steve fay Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 Shed foreman Charlie Hewlett escorts a lucky photographer with a shed pass to capture a moment in time, Even one of the shed fitters has stopped to look What’s caught their eye I wonder? Modelu Figures painted by Claudia Everett 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 A pair of shed code plates laser cut by Intentio designs painted up today, these will be mounted on the legs that support thelayout. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 LED light bars installed today, Still awaiting the junction boxes so they can be wired in, tomorrow hopefully. I’ve mounted the shed code plates on either side of the legs supports and to ease transportation I’ve cut out some hand holes and dressed them with some Brit style grab hole surrounds very apt for Canton. Lastly I’ve made up the two telegraph poles using parts from Duncan’s models. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 Not the best picture but the junction boxes have arrived and the lights are working. I will add 6” strips of 6mm ply across the tops backed with foil to help concentrate the light downwards and to alleviate the glow above the layout, this will also help to support the fiddle yard area whilst transporting the layout and protect the lighting underneath. The layout is packed away again now until the laser cut pits arrive and I’ll get it out in the garden and take some pictures in the dark to see how affective the strip lights are. I’ve also ordered 6m of warm white LED strip lights that will go on the underside of the foil backed ply. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 Top picture was taken last night with just the layout lights on. Fair to say it’s bright. Laser cut pits in place from Intentio Model Railways hopefully my order from C&L won’t be to far off and we can get some track down. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 Warm white led strip lights first, these will more than likely do for most venues then we have the combined light from the led tube lights and the strip lights 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 These are both sets combined but taking with a very fast shutter speed 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 Some rather nice castings in today from Warren Shephard, the tools will be strewn around the shed yard on Canton and the buffers are to bring 6028 up to 1961 condition when she was allocated to Cardiff. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 New buffers fitted, I much prefer the parallel buffers on a king, looks more purposeful 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted September 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2021 How did you get the old ones off without doing loads of damage? I've been tempted by a couple of second hand Mitchell castles in the past I'd have had to swap buffers for my period and wondered how easy that would be (didnt go ahead anyway in the end). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted September 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2021 Hi Steve, making good progress as usual I see. I like the idea that the layout is going to be viewed on 3 sides. Is it going to be a stationary diorama? Your photos seem to show just 6 dead end shed roads and no turnouts, so is operation just limited to moving things a few feet back on forth? Have I missed part of a cunning plan?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 I used a soldering iron from the rear and luckily they came off with minimal paint damage, Operation will not set the world alight, locos will come on scene through the low relief shed fed on cassettes very similar to the original canton, so it’s a hybrid diorama really, the difference being that you can view from three angles allowing the viewer to see A loco driving towards them a view not often seen at an exhibition. A good selection of locos will be required for this one. I’m hoping that the minimal movement will be made up for by it being a recognisable location. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted September 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2021 1 hour ago, steve fay said: A good selection of locos will be required for this one. Perhaps like the Swindon A shop model, it will prove a mecca for guest locos?! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Hal Nail said: Perhaps like the Swindon A shop model, it will prove a mecca for guest locos?! Most definitely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 Claudia has done a superb job again on theModelU figures for Canton 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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