Kirkby Luneside

[ben pez]

Hi jeff

Just had a look at the recent progress,fantastic work,especially those walls!

Really is coming together nicely

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[Physicsman]

4 hours in the Bunker - so far - today. You sometimes look at what you've done and wonder how it could take so much time.

 

12mm grass clumps (just a few) added to the embankment. I'll show a pic of this later when there's some additional vegetation on top.

 

"Grass" area near goods yard entry: base paint added, PVA and base flock (flock will be hoovered off when the PVA is dry):

 

 

 

Cattle dock line. Buffer fixed in place. Dock spur crapped up in places with DAS clay in between sleepers. This will take a day to set. It'll then be painted and ballast added in the gaps between.

 

 

 

All very basic stuff, but the overall model is made up of lots and lots of this kind of thing, isn't it?

 

Jeff

Edited February 3, 2018 by Physicsman

[Physicsman]

OK, so it IS supposed to be a model railway. So here's one of the class 25s, pulling a rake of empties.....

 

..... it's just an excuse for me to show yet more pics of the ongoing embankment!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Excellent sense of perspective in those shots Jeff.

[Physicsman]

Excellent sense of perspective in those shots Jeff.

Thanks, Peter.

 

The convergence of the tracks in a longish shot helps to fuel the illusion, along with the contrasting bank angles in the background.

 

My favourite shots are the ones at either end of the layout showing the tracks curving towards the viaduct or over bridge.

 

Jeff

[Physicsman]

A few more "functional" pics today.

 

The cattle dock spur, DAS fairly dry - grimed, PVA added an hour later and a dose of ballast added in. A little more ballast will have to added as side-infill once the platform is replaced.

 

 

 

 

The "grass area", now suitably de-greened with a collection of "clumpy stuff" added onto the turf base. I'm not sure of the precise extent of the grass areas on either side of the signal box, so more clumps and grotty stuff will be added later. 

 

 

 

I'll be away for the next week or so, but I'll be looking in to see what (if anything) you've posted.

 

Jeff

[Physicsman]

"looking in to see what (if anything) you've posted"...

 

Looks like it's going to be a very quiet week on here!

 

Jeff

[teaky]

I'm just waiting for you to change the subheading of your thread so I don't end up with an ear worm every time I read the updates. 

[Physicsman]

I'm just waiting for you to change the subheading of your thread so I don't end up with an ear worm every time I read the updates. 

Your wish is (temporarily) my command!!

 

Jeff

[lmsforever]

Good idea to be away probably have to knock the iciiles off the roof of the bunker !  I appreciate my heater and I am in the soft south!   chris

[Physicsman]

Good idea to be away probably have to knock the iciiles off the roof of the bunker !  I appreciate my heater and I am in the soft south!   chris

I remember Aylesbury well. I lived in Oxford for 6 years in the 1980s and headed in your direction on numerous occasions.

 

And it certainly got cold at times.

 

I need to remind my brother to put the heater on in the Bunker while I'm away.

 

Jeff

[lmsforever]

Afraid you would not recognise the town now  new roads many many houses and traffic jams but its not to bad a place to live.  Chris

[Schubert]

Nice photos with the loco in, they really give an impression of the 'openness' (if that's a word?) of the area. Too many layouts seem to have too much crammed into too small a space. There is a real impression of space, it looks prototypical.

 

Really good modelling Jeff.

 

Cheers

 

Al

[davefrk]

 

Another heavy duty buffer stop assembled and in place at the end of the cattle dock spur. Plenty of weathering and a bit of ballasting to do here tomorrow.

 

IMG_6612.JPG

 

 

 

Jeff

 

Hi Jeff, the railway is really coming on, you must have plenty time on your hands or some excellent Mojo....

Can I make a comment though, I know you are basing the layout on Kirkby Stephen with the goods shed and what not. Years ago I did a survey of KS for the club I was in at the time. I only have a few photos left but I have two that show the cattle dock bay. I believe the cattle dock was out of use by around 1960/61 and the bufferstop was fitted to the siding then, there would have been an end loading 'ramp' for horse carriages and the remains of that can still be seen. The bufferstop is the LMS/BR type which was easily placed in the dock as there is no underground frame work as there would be with the Midland heavy bufferstop which would have required major digging out. 

I hope it's not too late to tell you about this but I know you want to get it right. Incidentally there is evidence that the trap at the yard exit would have had a MR heavy stop though at a later unknown date this was also replaced with a LMS/BR bufferstop.

 

 

Hope that helps.

 

All the best,

Dave Franks.

[Physicsman]

Thanks Al.

 

I'll just keep plodding on, taking each section as it comes.

 

The goods area has turned out better than I expected, as I thought it might end up neglected compared to the station. That's one reason why I've dealt with it first.

 

I'm at dad's in Cumbria until Sunday, but I'll start to give the station box some serious (planning) attention in the near future.

 

Jeff

[Physicsman]

Hi Jeff, the railway is really coming on, you must have plenty time on your hands or some excellent Mojo....

Can I make a comment though, I know you are basing the layout on Kirkby Stephen with the goods shed and what not. Years ago I did a survey of KS for the club I was in at the time. I only have a few photos left but I have two that show the cattle dock bay. I believe the cattle dock was out of use by around 1960/61 and the bufferstop was fitted to the siding then, there would have been an end loading 'ramp' for horse carriages and the remains of that can still be seen. The bufferstop is the LMS/BR type which was easily placed in the dock as there is no underground frame work as there would be with the Midland heavy bufferstop which would have required major digging out. 

I hope it's not too late to tell you about this but I know you want to get it right. Incidentally there is evidence that the trap at the yard exit would have had a MR heavy stop though at a later unknown date this was also replaced with a LMS/BR bufferstop.

 

KS bufferstop 1.jpg

KS bufferstop 2.jpg

 

Hope that helps.

 

All the best,

Dave Franks.

 

Dave, that's great - not too late..... I can perform a relatively small "surgical" procedure when I return and swap the heavy buffer for a standard LMS type (I think I have one in stock).

 

The time period you've quoted is also useful. I knew the dock was inactive by 1965, but the earlier date allows me to justify a more "degraded" bit of dock-remnant when I get to it.

 

Cheers,

 

Jeff

[Physicsman]

Update: Back home now, for a while at least.

 

I'll head into the Bunker in the morning and make the changes to the cattle dock buffer, and maybe get round to a bit of weathering. Then a good look around the goods end for some of the "smaller" tasks that need doing (and are usually forgotten).

 

And take things from there.....

 

Jeff

[Physicsman]

Jonathan, I suspect you look in here daily, so just to make you aware....

 

I've sent you a PM re. the goods shed and station building. I reckon you'll have a ready answer to my query so if you wish to send me a PM reply, that would be great.

 

Jeff

[Physicsman]

Some low tech "hacking" and paint-slapping in the last hour or so....

 

As discussed in a previous post (re. Dave Franks' comment), the heavy duty Midland buffer has been cut away from the end of the cattle dock line. A standard Midland buffer has been fitted together and put in its place.

 

First coats of gunk applied to the line and buffer stop. 

 

 

 

 

Jeff

[Physicsman]

Add-in a fair bit of "detritus", "crap" "spillage" - choose whatever term you prefer! The DAS needs about 18 hours to dry before the whole thing can be given additional ballast in places and a lot of extra weathering.

 

 

Then the Up platform can be replaced in position.

 

At least I've done something today, and feel better for it.

 

Jeff

[Physicsman]

Some more "nitty gritty" modelling. It all takes ages while DAS, paint, PVA etc dries - especially in lowish temperatures.

 

DAS used as side filler alongside the line, some clay added as grot on the walling (still white, will be painted when dry) and a bit of roadworks at the entrance to the goods yard.

 

 

 

 

 

Then there'll be plenty of weathering to colour the whole lot.

 

Jeff

[Rowsley17D]

 

You've got some very authentic road surface deterioration outside the yard gates, Jeff. Just like many of the roads around here at the moment.

[Physicsman]

You've got some very authentic road surface deterioration outside the yard gates, Jeff. Just like many of the roads around here at the moment.

 

Yes, I know what you mean!

 

The "deterioration" in question was a bit of a random result - just the way the fine sand adhered (or didn't) to the PVA when I stuck it down last year. But then, I suppose, a lot of things in the real world are random. That's my justification for some of the sloppy chaotic weathering and "sh*t spreading" that appears around the layout!!

 

Jeff

[Physicsman]

Here's a batch of pics from a few minutes ago.

 

The dock line and wall have been given plenty of extra "gunk", but may need more. I'll judge that tomorrow.

 

Work is proceeding around the entrance to the goods yard - you may spot chinchilla sand mounded onto PVA around there.

 

 

 

 

And some general shots from the access corner adjacent to the viaduct.

 

 

 

 

Jeff

[Physicsman]

A batch of images from this afternoon.

 

The Heavy Duty buffer stop has been fitted onto the spur at the end of the lie-by, a preliminary coat of weathering added and some ballast. This will be crapped-up "proper" (!!!!) tomorrow.

I've also included an image of this area of Kirkby Stephen from February 2003. The lie of the background walls is clear.

 

 

 

 

A view of the cattle dock line and a couple of pics of the work around the goods yard entrance....

 

 

 

 

Jeff