RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 13, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 13, 2014 Get a bigger soldering iron mate! Got a nice big 70w gas one if you need to borrow it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 14, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2014 Get a bigger soldering iron mate! Got a nice big 70w gas one if you need to borrow it Cheers Paul but I think it will hold now, not pretty though good job its 'off scene'! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 14, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2014 Morning all, Just an update on progress thus far, all 7 roads laid on the traverser and all seem to line up okay with the two roads leaving it. Most of the platform road is in place and most of the small in fills for the pointwork throat cut. Now I have completed the traverser I have taken it down and put up the other scenic board to continue the track laying across the two boards. Camera wasn't around when the light was still good enough for pics but maybe I'll get a couple tomorrow. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 16, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) Morning all And so, 48 days since the plywood was purchased track laying has been completed! I need to cut the tracks at the baseboard joint in the centre and pack the layout away for the weekend as the 'outlaws' are visiting for a possible BBQ on Saturday so the conservatory is required! After that its on with the wiring. Edited October 20, 2022 by Temeraire 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 17, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17, 2014 So ballast next week . . . Moving fast now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy2891 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Hi Ian, Just found your thread and would like to say What an Interesting layout you have got and operationally Very nice Did you get a chance to do any modelling over the weekend?. Look forward to your next updates and will be watching with much interest. Best Wishes Dan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Hi Ian You seem to be proceeding at Warp speed (I think I would still be at the "Pencil and Paper stage"). The layout is looking very nice, do like the track plan. Think I will have to put DCC sound in my 33/1, so can bring it with the 4TC for a play in the summer months. Regards Nigel Edited April 22, 2014 by Melangoose 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 22, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2014 Did you get a chance to do any modelling over the weekend?. Unfortunately not Dan but normal service has been resumed tonight with a start made on the wiring. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 22, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2014 Hi Ian You seem to be proceeding at Warp speed (I think I would still be at the "Pencil and Paper stage"). The layout is looking very nice, do like the track plan. Think I will have to put DCC sound in my 33/1, so can bring it with the 4TC for a play in the summer months. Regards Nigel Hi Nigel On the early shift or couldn't sleep? A 33/1 + 4TC would be most welcome at an exhibition! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy2891 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Unfortunately not Dan but normal service has been resumed tonight with a start made on the wiring. Hi Ian I am soz to hear that you didn't get any modelling time over the bank holiday. Wiring eh .. Best of luck (not one of my favourites .. Much prefer ballasting). Hope all goes well Best Wishes Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 25, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Evening all, Its been a week since I updated and evenings this week have been about wiring which was completed tonight apart from a socket on the traverser. Country end board showing droppers and their connection to a DCC bus. Centre baseboard wiring. All that's needed here is a cable to connect to the traverser and wires down to the controller which will be positioned under this board in the centre of the layout. Centre board now erected complete with bracing and the end plates in situ to form a shelf for stock boxes and the controller etc. These additions to this baseboard stiffen the whole layout up. Both scenic boards now erected complete with a connecting cable fitted to enable me to continuity test all roads/rails. This proved to be successful with all roads showing the correct connections and no shorts! I put the boards up diagonally across the conservatory in the hope that I could fit all three, but unfortunately the window needs to be about 25cm further out for the traverser to fit! Over the next few days the plan is to clean up all the rails, connect a controller and have a test run. However, this may not happen until after the weekend as tomorrow I'm heading off to the Mid-Hants to ride behind 50027 and Sunday I'll be playing with Swiss trains at the Epsom show (I'm an emergency operator on Rhatia!). Edited October 20, 2022 by Temeraire 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2014 And much appreciated you will be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Looking good Ian, nice work. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy2891 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Hi Ian Just thought I would post to ask how is Tidworth coming along? Best Wishes Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Hi Ian, just had another catch up and the track (and the Kingsmill mirror image track plan) looks excellent mate. I hope it works well for you and it gets to the Exhibition Circuit soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 28, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) it gets to the Exhibition Circuit soon. Thanks Andy but not too soon! However, I do have a potential invite pending which gives me about a year to get it in some sort of order, mind you I have had the first trains running over the last couple of nights. Forgot to say a video may well appear once YT has done its thing. Edited April 28, 2014 by Temeraire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 28, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2014 Hi all Youtube seems to be quicker tonight so hopefully you can see the little video I took tonight of the first train on Tidworth, two months after the wood was purchased. http://youtu.be/DaxX5PueK6Y 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Nice work Ian, You move fast ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) Nice to see something run and it prompted me to look back at where the platforms were going to be. I guess from the paper plan there's just one? This makes the second track in the loop so you'd really need a trap, as Beast spotted, between the point right on the FY entrance and the one directly after it. Now the clearance is a bit too tight but it would muck up your geometry so you could 'dummy' one made out of rail or move that second point back 3 inches to get one in. The other option would be the loop being a siding but then it would require a shunter authorising all moves on the loop and they'd be at slow speed as then they wouldn't motor up any of the points off it. The red mark is where I mean, the yellow one would be the alternative if the three sidings were also controlled points but then each of them would have a trap so the red location is more likely. Edited April 29, 2014 by PaulRhB 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 29, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2014 Hi Paul Lets have a chat on Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Blimey you certainly don’t hang about Ian, very neat and tidy wiring. Good work. Nice to see some action at Tidworth. I feel it won’t be too long before we see some Hoover action.... Funny isn’t it as I was never really into class 33s but the more I see them on RMweb the more I want one! Doesn’t fit in with my layout..... I look forward to your next update. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendlerail Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) Just found this thread, Really like the idea, How big is it btw, or have I missed it, will follow this Edited April 29, 2014 by pendlerail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 29, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2014 Just found this thread, Really like the idea, How big is it btw, or have I missed it, will follow this Cheers fella The scenic section is made up of two 1.4m baseboards with the traverser again 1.4m so 4.2m in total. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 29, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2014 I feel it won’t be too long before we see some Hoover action.... Thanks Alex There should have been some by now but the memory card in the camera was full once the 33 got to the siding! SWMBO has now cleared off all the old photos so I'll have another 'test' later maybe. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted April 29, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2014 Evening all, Unfortunately SWMBO and daughter out tonight and took the camera. So instead of making videos I ordered all the point motors and DCC controls plus the platform edging and a flippin' catch point! So once I get back from Guernsey on Thursday evening there should be a parcel from Merseyside waiting for me. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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