RMweb Premium Jason T Posted February 2, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2015 Morning Tony. Lucams are the covered protrusions that house winches, etc. and will need to be deep enough to be over the wagons. That's why there are the triangles above the doors. I was looking at the ones on the Midland Railway warehouse (in Bingley) yesterday and even though those ones were for road rather than rail vehicles, they do protrude pretty far. They won't be green but a mucky washed out cream colour. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2015 I thought a Lucam was a missing Lord... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted February 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2015 Great work on the windows Jason. I know been a pain the rear, but worth the effort. Good to chat on Saturday and will talk again about Barnstaple.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 2, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2015 I thought a Lucam was a missing Lord... Close, Lord Lucan, last seen Riding Shergar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted February 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2015 I thought a Lucam was a missing Lord... I thought it was CCTV in a public convenience Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted February 2, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2015 Jason just to help(?) with window woodwork colours Temple Works (which houses the Leeds clubrooms) has blue window frames at the back and off white at the front with odd one sin black(!) Some of the mills still standing in Leeds seem to have a variety of colour schemes - green, brown, off white... so it seems that it was almost like what's the cheapest paint this week? The building is looking great! Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted February 14, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2015 I've had a day at home alone today so have been able to spend quite a bit of time getting on with the layout. First and foremost, the Mill now stands on it's own. It's still far from finished (there is a tower to be built at the left hand side for starters) but it's now no longer a 3.5' long floppy length of cardboard and is straight, which will enable the lucams to be attached. The 'missing' doors will be modelled open - the doorframes have already been added and painted. Here's what is holding it up, a floor and frame of MDF. There are still card formers to be added too, to ensure that the roof sits properly (and also to allow it to go over the ridge). I ran out of MDF (which was Chris's really). Two Lucams, showing the construction. Both are planked (not really clear in he photo as they are wearing a layer of undercoat) and have the glazing added, next steps are to add the window frames and then paint & weather them before affixing them to the mill. A host of wagons, all wearing their undercoat. You may have also spotted the start of the retaining wall; more on that when I have progressed but I can tell you that it is a pain as it is sited on a sloping surface and needs to be canted in too. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted February 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 14, 2015 Those windows would look good with white frames. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted February 14, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2015 Looking good Jason, the detailed framework inside the lucams is a nice touch! I see too that you seem to have gotten your head around those Cambrian kits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Very nice mate, will the roof be individual Tiles? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bri.s Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Excellent work on the mill and the wagons look great too look forward to your progress Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Hi Jason, Love the mill, right up my street, not literally :-) cheers Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Hi Jason, The Mill looks the dog's danglies, and must of been painstaking to do!!! Are the tracks being inset into cobbles/setts/etc along the front of the mill? Jinty ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted February 14, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2015 Cheers folks. Individual slates my ar$e, although I will be using strips of 150 gsm card as per usual. As for the track, it will all be inset with the exception of the coal drops (obviously). The astute will have noticed that there are no coal drop; the line of PCB sleepers is heading for where they will be. Shaun, the bracing inside the lucams is functional rather than anything else as it won't really be seen. It is to avoid the Plastikard warping, a you can lightly apply MEK around the edges of the cutouts rather than having to flood it to get the embossed Plastikard on, which is a recipe for disaster (unless modelling bananas of course). There was a bit of swearing involved with the construction of the Cambrian kits, and the LMS van needed the roof extending and the use of Microstrip to hide the poor moulding where the ends meet. I even had to add 10 thou behind the axleboxes on one so that the bearings were correctly placed to hold the axles without them flopping all over the place. On the wagon front, I also took a photo of the three 16 tonners I've built (useless for this layout) but when I was uploading it I noticed that one of the safety loops on the brakes (brass ones) was wonky so I fixed it and deleted the photo 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Excellent work. This is turning into an amazing showcase of your skills Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted February 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 14, 2015 Simply awesome Jason! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) I've had a day at home alone today so have been able to spend quite a bit of time getting on with the layout. First and foremost, the Mill now stands on it's own. It's still far from finished (there is a tower to be built at the left hand side for starters) but it's now no longer a 3.5' long floppy length of cardboard and is straight, which will enable the lucams to be attached. The 'missing' doors will be modelled open - the doorframes have already been added and painted. Here's what is holding it up, a floor and frame of MDF. There are still card formers to be added too, to ensure that the roof sits properly (and also to allow it to go over the ridge). I ran out of MDF (which was Chris's really). Two Lucams, showing the construction. Both are planked (not really clear in he photo as they are wearing a layer of undercoat) and have the glazing added, next steps are to add the window frames and then paint & weather them before affixing them to the mill. A host of wagons, all wearing their undercoat. You may have also spotted the start of the retaining wall; more on that when I have progressed but I can tell you that it is a pain as it is sited on a sloping surface and needs to be canted in too. Fantastic progress mate! It's really coming along now.... Regards the MDF 'Mi casa su casa' it was only ever brought over to be used so fill your boots. With the balance of work at the moment definnatly in your favor, due to my expiriance of building buildings & sceanary being non what so ever. I'll have to pull my finger out & get the Neilson finished & your Pug running, finish off the handful rolling stock I've built & get stuck in with some scenics (cutting slates from 150g card I suspect). Chris Edited February 15, 2015 by Chris-GNR 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Jason T Posted February 21, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 21, 2015 Time for the weekly update. As some of you may have spotted last week, I'd built a rudimentary retaining wall for the front of the layout. The idea was that it would have drainpipes recessed into it but it just didn't look right so I scrapped that idea and plumped instead for a solid wall, canted in slightly. The original idea was to have a set of steps that turned through 90 degrees and I had two goes at building them before realising that the main purpose of the steps would be to access the coal hoppers from the drops and as such, could / should be straight. I've used Wills stone for the wall and as the sheets are relatively small, have taken quite a lot of time already matching them up by applying MEK and then using a knife, filler and scriber to carry the courses across the joins in the sheets. You can still see them (at present) but only just, although I have yet to tackle the most challenging which is the right angle from teh retaining wall to the inside of the coal drops which rather than faff around with mitering the ends and then still not have the courses match up, I have glued them at right angles and will use the filler, scriber and craft knife to continue them round. The steps have been a pain in the backside if I am honest. Trying to build them square, equal and as close as possible get the Wills sheets to sit correctly on them has taken more hours than I care to think about. In the end, I cut full formers from mounting board and individually glued Plastikard onto the horizontals and verticals before filing them down so they were all as close as I could get them. There are gaps at the base of the walls but they are pretty small and a bit of filler, etc., should sort them out. I finally got round to removing the piece of baseboard where the drops are to be sited, rehoused the cutoffs at bottom level and then cut the formers to shape, as well as the timbers (which are just sat on top with nowt but gravity holding them in place at present). 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Hi Jason, Brilliant write up as usual matey, full on relevant info and details. The pics look amazing, but still not worthy of the like button hahha, only joking mate, its really the Dogs Nuts and I cant wait to see it. All the best to you and Sofia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted February 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2015 Looking good. I'd be tempted to change the tie bar between the axleguards on the 21t hopper for brass L section (Eileen's do a 1mm x 1mm). Plastic ones break off too easily on stock which travels to exhibitions and the brass will remain straighter than the plastic has here. You can't tell that it is L section once fitted but it gives it much more strength and increased surface area for gluing. On a different subject. Did I spot earlier in the thread that you are using a frog juicer? If so, are you happy with it and do you think it worthwhile? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) You've come a long way with with the mill building since I was in Bingley a fortnight ago. And your perseverence with those steps has been well worth it. Bit more interesting than screwing bits of wood together! Jeff Edited February 21, 2015 by Physicsman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted February 21, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2015 I may well replace the tie bars as the plastic ones have a tendency to warp. Very happy with the frog juicers; wiring the diamond up had me scratching my head but these are simplicity themselves and work. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artizen Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Too late now but I have used these walls on my layouts and they are fantastic. Rubber moulding so they are flexible, prepainted and come with double-sided adhesive on the back. Can be cut with a sharp knife etc. http://www.choochenterprises.com/HOwalls.html Just a happy customer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Jason, Fantastic workmanship as ever - it is the extra trouble that you take with such small details as the steps, which make your modelling stand out from the crowd. Very impressive indeed! Kind regards, Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 22, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2015 Too late now but I have used these walls on my layouts and they are fantastic. Rubber moulding so they are flexible, prepainted and come with double-sided adhesive on the back. Can be cut with a sharp knife etc. http://www.choochenterprises.com/HOwalls.html Just a happy customer. Interesting stuff, could you give us the dimensions please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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