SOS Junction. If anything happens would someone wake me up please..

[LNER4479]

Yey! Piccies 

[Mallard60022]

14 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

Yey! Piccies 

Well cropped so you can't see how much I haven't done around the place!!!!!!! However, as you well know, running some stuff is quite a good motivator.....hopefully!

Your trackwork at The Junction looks good buddy.

P

[Mallard60022]

54 minutes ago, Mulgabill said:

I'm thinking the 94xx is on the back!

All the best, Phil.

TONY

Cheers pal. I wish with that 94XX, however, unlike certain other 'local railways', apart from St David's up to Central, Bankers were not required due to the superior performance and ability of the SR Engines 

We all knew that though..........

 

[Dr Gerbil-Fritters]

Nice to see Bob and Sid looking perfectly at home in their new surroundings.  Top job!

[Siberian Snooper]

Good to see you back on the perch and enjoying playing trains. I hope that it will lead to a small increase in the mojo.

 

Stay Safe, bud.

 

 

[Stubby47]

Speaking of the Hungry Caterpillar, I'd like to see the extended version if possible, to see how well the extra bits cope with the curved track and provide a dark(er) interior.

 

[Clive Mortimore]

It must be spring Stu has emerged from hibernation.

[St Enodoc]

6 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

It must be spring Stu has emerged from hibernation.

Perhaps as a Welshman in Kernow he only comes out with the daffodils..

[Mallard60022]

On 09/03/2021 at 13:25, Stubby47 said:

Speaking of the Hungry Caterpillar, I'd like to see the extended version if possible, to see how well the extra bits cope with the curved track and provide a dark(er) interior.

Lovely to hear from you, however I have a confession Stu. I have not fitted those body parts beyond the Mouth and thorax (yet?), the reason being I may fit one more part, but then there will be some sort of 'curtain' in the tunnel to make it look black and maybe brush the stock rooves and there will be a removeable but cloth type cover over and behind where the Tunnel bore would have been. This for easy access in case of incident.  The scenic break will be just behind the Tunnel mouth. Need space for the smoke machine as well.........

I feel really guilty now...... 

Edited March 10, 2021 by Mallard60022

[Mallard60022]

Blimey, over a year and still no sign of D1ck as they say in Panto.

Several friends from here will no longer be able to observe the lack of action up The Junction as they have sadly passed. Big Wordsmith being the most missed RIP Peter.

So, I have been making good after a sudden burst of energy following my second Jab. I reckon it has boosted my Immune System as it should and that, in turn, has dealt with some other crap I've been dealing with for years; not cured miraculously, but  calmed for the time.

I have been pottering over the months but the last couple of days  have actually been getting on.

There is a bit of a plan and so the Station area is being developed. Then I shall move over to the Incline where serious scenic work is required having been on hold for two years already.

I hear that NR has recently demolished the old Station Platform Footbridge, NOT the really long and famous Public F.P Bridge.  So I decided that I would get on and build that using three Ratio Kits. Those are almost the same design but the supports are different and I shall deal with that later.

This meant laying some more Platform surfaces for the Down Platform (P2) and sorting the gentle curve to fit the already positioned Peco Platform facing sections and around the lovely Box made by Gravy Train.  Stubby's Hut is on Platform 1 (or will be later).

I have used some Plasticard Sheet but mostly Bass Wood that I had in store.  More on order but not only one sheet of Basswood as it is expensive.

What used to look like this.....

 

Now has progressed to this:

and a bit further since these were taken.

I'll try to get back into posting updates.

Hope you are all keeping safe and well and welcome back.

Phil

 

Edited May 22, 2021 by Mallard60022
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[Mallard60022]

I realise the FB has no central support yet. It needs to look like this and I'll have to make it. I won't need the Ivy!

This is one of many Pictures taken by the lovely man, now departed, Graham Bean. He and Stubby some years back, visited The Junction and thus I have a huge collection of reference pictures.

Phil

 

[Siberian Snooper]

Dear Mr Duck,

 

Glad to hear that the modelling mojo has had a kick up the @rse from the lurgy vaccine and you are back to making some progress, up the junction.

 

Stay safe.

 

 

[brushman47544]

The signalman has been a bit slow in dropping the peg after that train has left :-)

 

Good to see you’re making progress. Next a MN storming through on one of the centre roads?

[LNER4479]

Yeah - way to go, Duckie! And pleased to hear that the jab has done you some good. Bridge looks great - look forward to further updates

[Waraqah]

12 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

I realise the FB has no central support yet. It needs to look like this and I'll have to make it. I won't need the Ivy!

This is one of many Pictures taken by the lovely man, now departed, Graham Bean. He and Stubby some years back, visited The Junction and thus I have a huge collection of reference pictures.

Phil

 

I'm confused now... are you modelling Seaton or Ivybridge? 

[Mallard60022]

9 hours ago, brushman47544 said:

The signalman has been a bit slow in dropping the peg after that train has left :-)

 

Good to see you’re making progress. Next a MN storming through on one of the centre roads?

Sort of! Packet heading for Okehampton on the Surbiton Car Train, Spam at Platform 2 on a stopper from Templecombe and an S15, 30842, on a semi fast to Salisbury.

The Bridge sort of gives the place a bit more purpose. Took me a couple of hours to make the Central Support from bits of Plassicard and some left over scrap plassi from the Ratio mouldings; the base is Laminated Balsa.

P

That's enough for today, having also done some adjustment to the Barrow Crossing (not shown) and also some track and sleeper weathering plus a bit of rustification of a few Buffer Stops and the 4 Sand Drag spurs.

P

[LNER4479]

Wow two progress posts within 24 hours. That jab must have done you some good. Great to see

[Mallard60022]

17 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

Wow two progress posts within 24 hours. That jab must have done you some good. Great to see

Thanks matey. Got to get on when I can. Strange how one gets going again after months of dawdling. Seeing your huge project is inspiring. Thank you.

Tomorrow is another day. I await further supplies of nice, thin, sheet wood for more Platform tops. Basswood is expensive ( £7.80 per sheet....ouch), so I have ordered 4 Spruce at £1.20 per sheet. I could use Balsa for the Branch Side Platform (P3) as it will never get leaned on!! I shall see what the Spruce is like when it gets glued down. Any sign of warping and it gets replaced for Platform surfaces.

Due to access issues I need to get on with the rear/furthest areas that need critical work (unlike simple scenic grassland). That means I won't be leaning over fragile stuff at the front of the boards in the Station area. That will be one of the last things I'll be sorting.

P

[Dunsignalling]

I must learn to be more observant.....

 

I was out at SJ back in December and failed to notice the absence of what should have been blocking the attached shot!!!

 

Anybody know exactly when it was demolished?

 

John

[Mallard60022]

I heard it was demolished on FB quite recently, but was banned from commenting at the time and that post is long lost now. Must have been later last year.

Nice view of that concrete fence and then that change of fencing further down; great help John, thanks..

P

[Dunsignalling]

6 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

I heard it was demolished on FB quite recently, but was banned from commenting at the time and that post is long lost now. Must have been later last year.

Nice view of that concrete fence and then that change of fencing further down; great help John, thanks..

P

Someone has cleared the old station garden on the other side of the concrete fence and there is now a fairly clear view of it from the road side. If it will assist, I'll grab a couple of pics next time I'm out that way.

 

Here's one minus the train, and I still didn't notice the bridge was missing.....

 

John

Edited May 24, 2021 by Dunsignalling

[Mallard60022]

Thanks John. A couple of locals, an older lady and her son, have cleared most of that station site. The late Graham Bean told me he thought they were being a bit exploited by the owner, however they seemed to really enjoy doing it.  That house definitely needs to be sold and brought into a small business premises with accommodation. I suspect only a true railway buff would want it otherwise, in such an isolated location.

Looks like some paintwork on the end has been carried out.

Also, the wall detail now the bridge has gone, is very useful as well thanks.

[Mallard60022]

Nothing very exciting but I have been trotting along with the Platform surfaces and some bits and bobs.

I shall start at the east (London) end and work my way down to the west end (Exeter).

Catch/Trap Pits by the Road Bridge. I don't like the one I have done, hence the empty one, awaiting my decision on material to use. This is almost the east end scenic break.

 

Part built Tavern Car (Modified for late 50s/early 60s version) for clearance duties. I have just completed the basic Platform ends here. A mixture of Basswood and Plasticard.

 

Branch Platform end at the back; gap where the Down side Cutting side is; Down Platform that needs a little more infill to the left of the far Footbridge Step Support; I need to check my Pics for the actual space required.

Foreground is where the Station Building is going to sit, either on the baseboard/in a hole 'in the platform' as requested of the builder, or on the Platform. If the latter I shall have to ensure not 'seating gaps' where building meets surface. Hence the temporary Sheet Wood and Card placements so I can check the 'fit' when I get the Building later this year. The footprint of the Building sits on the baseboard. Thanks Stu.

The Foot bridge is almost where it will sit. The off set, central support, leaves room for  the run of Point Rodding.

 

The west end shows the barrow Crossing made from Coffee Stir Sticks and bits of scarp (and it shows sadly) and the Box sitting in its' nest/hole. Stu's lovely Store Hut on the Up Platform; the very long Public Footpath Bridge passes over just to the left of this hut! The Tanker sits approximately where the Tanker Pump-out and Washout Plants will be constructed.

Up sidings 'Trap Drag' just to middle/bottom right. Busted Dapol UQ signal sits in it's place; will I mend it or just work out a manual way of ops? Who knows?

 

That's about it for now and the main Station area work plan for now is more or less complete.

P

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by Mallard60022
Duff spelling as usual.

[Stubby47]

Don't use the station building footprint as gospel - it's wrong !  Will send a new one asap.

 

And don't draw happy faces on the next one either..., this is a serious hobby.

[Mallard60022]

1 minute ago, Stubby47 said:

Don't use the station building footprint as gospel - it's wrong !  Will send a new one asap.

 

And don't draw happy faces on the next one either..., this is a serious hobby.

I seemed to remember you said that so that's why I ain't stuck those bits of Platform down Stu. Thanks for the warning though.

I am going to mock up some of nearby building faces & footprints and work out the main road and Forecourt area so I just need to get an idea of what space I had left. 

back to staring at loads of pics for a while, including these.

 

 

 

I hope these might also be useful?

P