Andrew P Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Hi Chris, nice work on the tressels they look very light weight as well. Nice one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Afternoon all...... Quick little update. After Jason & I had our first real get together regards jobs to do on The Mill Jason had a great idea of having a small girder bridge at the left-hand end of the layout where the engine house will sit allowing you to see through to a set of doors in the mill set at a lower level where the drive shaft from the engine house enters the mill to drive the pulley wheels. So i've cut out a section of the board to allow for this & re-attached part of it at the low level. Also we have decide to have the lower front rise up to the loading shed hopefully helping to add more dynamic to the scene. Its only a slight lift but i should help. You will note it sits quite well on the legs i've made for it, currently in the spare room at my house. I've started to mark out for cutting the recess out for the sector plate/cassettes to sit in, (the funny egg-timer shape drawn on the board) but a slight tweak to the templot has ment i need to wait for the updated print out before cutting it out. My plan is to remove that piece drawn on the board & then underneath board over the hole so that the cassettes made from the same 9mm ply as the top will sit at the same level. the scenic track will be laid on cork s to make this difference up i thought about having a thin veneer of plasticard on the underside of the cassette & the same on the top of the reassessed part to allow them to slide with ease. Cheers Chris 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Me again.. Also have been making quite good progress with the little High Level 12" Neilson kit, its a real joy to put together. Making the tank sub structure & then forming the tank sides from half etch parts (witch you get two sets in case you balls it up, very thoughtful) was nowhere near as hard as i was thinking it would be. Following the instructions to the letter seems to be the key to getting High Level stuff spot-on but i just couldn't help deviate slightly when forming the tank sides. It says to form the bottom curve first & them the top one & keep offering it up & adjusting to get a nice fit. What i did was formed the lower curve as instructed then i located the side piece using the locating tabs on the top edge of the side pieces (not seen in the pics, sorry) & then using a length of 1/8" bar i rolled down the piece forming it to the shape of the tank ends, it worked great first time. The sides are over size in length so once soldered in place you just file all the tabs & excess off to get a nice flush end. Wasn't sure whether to put this on my workbench thread of on here but as its for The Mill it seems right to have it here. Cheers Chris 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted October 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2014 Neat work on the boards and the Neilson. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) Hi Chris, nice work on the tressels they look very light weight as well. Nice one. Andy, Cheers... Yeah the legs are pretty light, made from some 3mm MDF strips 100x600mm & 21x33mm PSE batten just glued & pined together. They sit at 3ft 6" when set out so the layout is at a good viewing hight. I think we'll just go with rope cut to length to keep them from splaying out. I've made them 2ft wide so they offer more stability with the layout being so narrow, also we can/will use the extra space to house a little shelf to keep stuff while were working on it & also more room for essentials when exhibiting. Cheers Chris Edited October 18, 2014 by Chris-GNR 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted October 18, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2014 Looking good. Particularly like the different levels you've built into the baseboard, that should work well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Jason T Posted October 21, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2014 Progress........ The track is moving forward, with only the diamond crossing to build now, before check rails (still thinking about L section brass) is added, everything is gapped and tested (and probably readjusted). Here we see it on the build plank, with a C12 in the siding and a G2A (with bling wheels - must get round to sorting it out) hauling a Mk1 Suburban coach into the industrial sidings for some odd reason. Yep, this is the grand total of my EM Gauge stock to date, none of it suitable for this project. But hopefully, there soon will be as the High Level / Dapol Pug is getting close to being finished. In fact, other than painting (which I admit is not a quick task), all I need to do is put it all together and trim the crankpins now. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hi chaps, Looking really good there, most impressive already! Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 How things going? Am I to assume it's quiet as you are sorting our Bodge? You should add a little of the work here? So we can refer to it...the track build being of interest wether it is for the Mill or Britton........just in case bodge gets bored and starts ANOTHER thread...and then it is hard to find. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted November 6, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2014 Sorry Jaz but this thread is specifically for the layout that Chris and I are building 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted November 6, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2014 Sorry Jaz but this thread is specifically for the layout that Chris and I are building Keep focused dude, you've a competition to win. No pressure... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Keep focused dude, you've a competition to win. No pressure... ah a competition.....that explains it being quiet......ok.....will await photos etc after you have the time....best of luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I've often wondered about mounting a beer pump on the back of a layout - something I was going to do on one of the BCB fiddles. I didn't in the end because the pumps were so expensive.! I know where I can get my hands on a beer engine...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2014 I know where I can get my hands on a beer engine...... Beer, near Seaton ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Now now Stubby, you know I mean one of these and not one of these 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2014 Quite easy to confuse the two though... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Evening all... Quick update on the Neilson. Got the day off tomorrow so fingers crossed I'll make a start on the chassis. Cheers Chris 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 (edited) Evening all....Another quick update on the Neilson.Work on the body is now done minus the odd detail post paint. The last couple of days I've been working on the chassis & It's now a rolling chassis with horn guides & blocks fitted on the leading axle. I've made a modification to the driven axle. The final drive gear in the 108:1 gear box is a fixed gear so once fitted that's it, so, I've given myself the option of removing the rear axle, gearbox & motor as one unit.I've cut the hole for the top hat bearing into a slot so the bearing slides up & down in it & made a retaining strap to hold it in place once fitted. I've used 16BA nuts & bolts & short lengths of 1.5mm tube soldered in to the half etch line showing where to remove for horn blocks. The bolts sit in the tube & the nuts are soldered to a thin strip of nickle silver off cut which acts as a clamp on the underside of the bearing holding them in place.Just brake gear, cylinders & pickups next.Cheers for now....Chris Edited November 22, 2014 by Chris-GNR 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted November 22, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2014 Of course, now you have made it removable, you'll never need to Nice work mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Very true mate..... But, it does mean i can get it fully finished, running & run it in before painting it. Once i've made up the gearbox & its hung on the axle i'll not need to take the wheels off the axles again. The GW wheel press & wheel puller has been a joy to use. I've had the wheels on & off the axles a couple of times & they are still very tight & totally square, very impressed Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Hi Both glad to see its all still progressing, what motor will you be using Chris? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) Hi Both glad to see its all still progressing, what motor will you be using Chris? Evening Andy. It's designed to take a Mashima 1220 or 1224 flat can motors. I've got it with the 1224, so I'll need to trim the shaft at the brushes end of the motor to fit & no real room for a flywheel. But I have just been lining up a 1220 I already have & I'm thinking if I use that I might be able to get a flywheel in..... I'll keep you posted. Cheers. Chris Edited November 23, 2014 by Chris-GNR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted November 29, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2014 I am sure you are all dying to know where we are up to with this........ Chris and I spent a full day working on the layout and got more done than we expected to (I thought we'd send the day fancying around) and not only got the cork down but also most of the track, got two of the locos to the point that they have rolling chassis (the Pug and the Neilson), holes drilled for turnout actuation wires and electromagnet uncouplers and another wagon a stage further (total: six so far). Chris got some shots just before we legged it to the Wakefield show on a fruitless mission to buy a load of cheap etched brass loco kits and D&S wagon kits. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Sounds good mate, I'm looking forward to seeing the track pics after seeing the phenomenal job you've done with the curved Slip for Bitton. Wagon projects sound interesting as well mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 D & S kits seem to fetch about 100 times their weight in gold on eBay - they never seem to appear anywhere else Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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