RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 3, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2021 This won’t work either.....doesn’t in the video either! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe6-3L7yqvU 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted February 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2021 17 hours ago, acg5324 said: No Steven, that will be an issue as I can’t turn the cars round. I am going to fit a pin at the centre of each car that’ll fit a small hole in the carflat so that they won’t roll around. I’m open to any suggestions. Use GUVs? How about glueing the wheel chocks to the cars and use magnets to hold them in place? You'll still have to manually load them. Probably not feasible and I think ignoring the problem is the way forward! Either way, I shall look forward to seeing it at the Yorkshire N Gauge group some time, (hopefully this year!). I'm sure it'll look rather good with some Intercity stock on it! Steven B 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 3, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2021 The easiest Motorail train is actually one that will be very interesting to run. the Brockenhurst / Dover to Stirling and v/v this will involve some serious shunting to get all the bits in the right order. It also won’t be an issue turning the cars as that can be done in the fiddle yard! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 3, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) The layout was successfully parted today with one slight mishap. I’d missed cutting a section of road surface across a baseboard joint.........the repair will look like potholes! Board E now has half its point motors installed and I’ve completed the “Common jumper” for this and the adjacent board. This carries the DCC bus and two commons, one for points and one spare....probably for signals. One of my very old spools of cable has now run out...just a couple of inches left. Edited February 3, 2021 by acg5324 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2021 3 hours ago, acg5324 said: The layout was successfully parted today with one slight mishap. I’d missed cutting a section of road surface across a baseboard joint.........the repair will look like potholes! Board E now has half its point motors installed and I’ve completed the “Common jumper” for this and the adjacent board. This carries the DCC bus and two commons, one for points and one spare....probably for signals. One of my very old spools of cable has now run out...just a couple of inches left. How long have you had that tin of Fluxite? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 3, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 32 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: How long have you had that tin of Fluxite? Oh god it must be 30 years old. It did have a price label on it for Airds tool shop which was in Brighton’s Bond St......not to be confused with the London one! Theres not a huge amount left.....I’ve heard good things about liquid flux. Edited February 3, 2021 by acg5324 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 5, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2021 A while back I got a Fleischmann bogie curtain sided wagon to anglicise. Earlier this week I found that Precision Decals had 4 versions of the liveries that are available on the ferry versions of these wagons......so I ordered two varieties on Wednesday which arrived today, excellent service from John at Precision labels and the post office. The wagon will get a respray as it needs to be dark blue. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 5, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2021 This is the actual wagon https://zenfolio.page.link/VmWXE and https://zenfolio.page.link/JvLoN Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 7, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 Well as they would say on Dragons Den.....I’m out.......of PL10E point motors and bases. Looks like a trip to the shop will be pending later this week. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Will it be open in this lockdown? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clagmeister Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) On 05/02/2021 at 15:55, acg5324 said: This is the actual wagon https://zenfolio.page.link/VmWXE and https://zenfolio.page.link/JvLoN What would we all do without Paul Bartletts amazing site. Edited February 7, 2021 by Clagmeister 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 7, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 3 hours ago, grahame said: Will it be open in this lockdown? I work there part time so it will be for me with prior arrangement. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 7, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Apart from a few flurries of snow it’s been a grey and miserable day so to brighten things up I’ve started to add road markings. These are from Scale Model Scenery and pre cut on very thin self adhesive vinyl. They are a little bit fiddly to lay but look great. I went a bit wobbly going round the corner with the double yellows.....they are already cut curved. Edited February 7, 2021 by acg5324 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 I wouldn't worry if your double yellows aren't spot on, there are plenty of 1:1 scale ones that aren't Regards Ian 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 I don't think I've seen the great storm of '87 modelled so well! Steven B 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 7, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Steven B said: I don't think I've seen the great storm of '87 modelled so well! Steven B I slept through that......woke up to a scene of destruction around Brighton. I should have been working at Hassocks I think no trains so spent the day in Brighton ticket office. Did the banking run, with another Relief Clerk who also couldn’t get to where they working, in a taxi and had a guided tour of the mess that was left. Edited February 8, 2021 by acg5324 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted February 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) I was ten and lived north of the M62 and didn't understand what all the fuss was about... Mind you, I could say the same about the recent snow in the South East! Steven B. Edited February 8, 2021 by Steven B 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 8, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Steven B said: I was ten and lived north of the M62 and didn't understand what all the fuss was about... Mind you, I could say the same about the recent snow in the South East! Steven B. Did a Zoom call to my sister in Shoreham (by sea) today.....just a dusting there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 9, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2021 Bit of socially distanced shopping yesterday. Whilst Mrs G went round the Supermarket I went to The Range. Got the last pack of cartridge paper to finish the road surfaces etc and an A1 sheet of mountboard which should keep me going for a while. I managed to track down some loft panels, 2.4m long ones on Sunday. MKM delivered these for free yesterday lunchtime. Excellent service. Today I’m going to carry on adding road markings. The only issue I’ll have is that there is only one set of bus stop markings and these are in yellow. My bus consultant tells me that yellow markings were not compulsory until 2002 and that back in the 1980s would have been in white. I’m going to see it they are paintable. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) 50 minutes ago, acg5324 said: Today I’m going to carry on adding road markings. The only issue I’ll have is that there is only one set of bus stop markings and these are in yellow. My bus consultant tells me that yellow markings were not compulsory until 2002 and that back in the 1980s would have been in white. I’m going to see it they are paintable. Interesting about the bus stop marking colours. It had me scurrying to check what I'd done so far and it looks like I've got it wrong. It'll need changing, but shouldn't be too difficult. I use a Posca paint pen to apply the marking - letters are done freehand over lightly pencilled marks and straight lines against an upturned rule: Edited February 9, 2021 by grahame speeling 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2021 44 minutes ago, acg5324 said: My bus consultant KRC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 9, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2021 3 hours ago, St Enodoc said: KRC? No Dave Mulpeter who I worked with and until recently owned Seaford and District Motor Services.....he’s now sold it and just keeping the Eastbourne sightseeing tours and the heritage fleet, trading as Seven Sisters Bus and Coach Co. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 9, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2021 3 hours ago, grahame said: Interesting about the bus stop marking colours. It had me scurrying to check what I'd done so far and it looks like I've got it wrong. It'll need changing, but shouldn't be too difficult. I use a Posca paint pen to apply the marking - letters are done freehand over lightly pencilled marks and straight lines against an upturned rule: You might be OK Grahame as it only compulsory from 2002 I assume that before that it could either colour...I’ll try and find what date the yellow version was introduced......and at the end of the day it’s only us that knows that and I’ll have forgotten it by tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted February 9, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2021 The change to yellow started in 1985.....and London generally would be one of the first places to start with anything new. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted February 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2021 There are plenty of 1970s and 1980s videos of London buses on you tube including tours of the city. Having had a look at a hand-full I don't think you need any bus stop markings on the road - even into the 1990s they didn't appear to be common. What was common was a row of parked cars right next to the bus stop! 1970: https://youtu.be/VwXQA03MJgE >1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xag6rEpwG4k Steven B. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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