Billy Flathead Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 Thanks for the replies, it probably was part of glass works, Faith Hope Charity and Grace Street are all still there, but the houses have gone from Hope Street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Done a bit more on the terrace houses, the slates and ridge tiles are strips of paper. I will make a pavement and road in front of the houses and a fence on the front edge, so that it will drop down between the grass and the backscene. David 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Great layout lovely to see the centre of the known universe (Barnsley) .the one inspired me when I was younger seeing the old station in Kirk Smeaton and parts of the old track bed there is a video on you tube of barnsdale tunnel and a group walking through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Thanks Simon, I will have a look at that, I like to get out on my bike along the old tracks when I can. On the line from Cudworth yard to Cudworth station, in February. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 The far end of the goods yard has for years been white plaster, with no stops on the ends of the sidings. I had one half built buffer stop made from scraps of rail, but for a change spent some cash on some Lanarkshire models NER stops. I'll add some deeper ballast and maybe some grass to cover where the vertical rails miss the gap between the sleepers. At an Elsecar toy fair, in a three for a tenner box I bought two Hornby 110 dmu cars and a Hornby smith's crisps van. I removed the van body and made new headstocks and solebars. With a bit more paint this will be a store on the goods dock. David 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) AFAIK, that Hornby body is a reasonable representation of a Hull and Barnsley fish van; highly appropriate methinks Edited August 18, 2019 by leopardml2341 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 hour ago, leopardml2341 said: AFAIK, that Hornby body is a reasonable representation of a Hull and Barnsley fish van; highly appropriate methinks Thanks Andy, I wasn't sure it was the right one, but it was a bargain with the dmu cars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Not been on here for a while, because the week before christmas we moved house for the third time in three years. Yesterday was the first chance since then to put the layout up in the shed that came with the house. Unfortunately it wouldn't fit, about 3in short. It would go in the other way, but would be across the door. There is some damage from the move to the track at the baseboard joints and some of the platform fencing is missing. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 I can't really do any modelling at the moment, which is very frustrating when I have been off work for six weeks. I have tools, materials and books out of reach in my cab at work where I have been whitling plastic in my breaks, and some of the buildings were taken to my mums for safe keeping during the move. One thing I can get at is my old unimat. I filed a piece of steel into a tool to knock out some chimney pots for the terrace houses. I took the belt off and turned the pulley by hand to turn the pots from a plastic knitting needle. The houses are at mums but I did fit one to the unfinished signal box. David 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) Mmmmm, at first glance pic 1 looked like picnic sausages Edited May 6, 2020 by leopardml2341 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Knitting needle plastic is as about as soft and chewy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 15/06/2016 at 12:50, Billy Flathead said: Hi Michael, I went from Shafton on the road up to the end of the bypass, there were some overgrown mounds right next to the roundabout but I just assumed it was from the road works. In the stonework blocking the tunnel there was a door which seemed to be open from where I was standing. Thanks Mick photos of this end are always appreciated. I think that is Frickley Bridge Lane in the background so it is looking towards Hull. That's an interesting object in the foreground withe the pair of handles at each end. Brian. I saw that bridge too but couldn't make up my mind about it . Last time I went up that way I found a fire shooting up from a hole in the ground and called the fire brigade. Cheers David Frickley Bridge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Its been thirteen months since we moved and most of the work has been done on the house, but the layout is still not up and there is no electric in the hut. The house is also up for sale, the fourth move in five years. I've spent a couple of hours in the shed over the last few weeks doing some jobs on the crab I started years ago. The wheels, Sharmans which cost me a fiver, have been mounted on their axles along with a High Level gearbox. The coupling rods are on and it rolls along smoothly. It needs a steadying arm on the gearbox and the drive shaft to the motor so I can test it under power There was nothing in the kit to make the front truck so I have used some 1mm angle and scrap brass, just needs some cosmetic springs and guard irons. David 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 I've fitted guard irons, cosmetic springs and a clip on working steel spring to the front truck and tried it on the chassis. Some of the other parts fitted. Something's wrong because the coupling rods are hitting the slidebar bracket and the ride height needs to come down a bit yet. A drawbar has been roughly cut out, I will take it to work to finish it off, it's too cold to do any more outside today. David 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 I've not been on here for a while because we moved house for the fourth time in December. After a year of DIY I have a shed again, back down to 8x6, but it's a space of my own. I've put the layout up and had one loco running on one siding, but there is a lot of damage to the track, the backscene has lumps out of it, a crack and foot prints on it. There's no electric fitted but there is a weather proof socket nearby. Mrs F wants the kitchen doing next, but I might get in the shed when she's not looking. David 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 Over the twenty years I have had the layout in a shed the only lighting has been a single 100w bulb near the work bench, but I now have a set of three spots with GU10s liberated from the kitchen. The rails from the baseboard joint to the platforms were all lifted, they are glued back down and peco bullhead rail joiners slid across the join, all the platform fencing has broken off, but the buffers were saved by screwing a piece of ply across the embankments. I need some drawers and shelves so a tour of the local skips is in order. David 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 No need for any skip diving in the end. We inherited two pine wardrobes with the house which Mrs F. wanted to replace with something shiny white and Swedish. Once l had built these up, the pine wardrobes were cut up with a neighbours circular saw to make some sturdy shelves. I've also made a new work bench from an old fire door, it will never be this tidy again. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2023 17 hours ago, Billy Flathead said: No need for any skip diving in the end. We inherited two pine wardrobes with the house which Mrs F. wanted to replace with something shiny white and Swedish. Once l had built these up, the pine wardrobes were cut up with a neighbours circular saw to make some sturdy shelves. I've also made a new work bench from an old fire door, it will never be this tidy again. You should be on Money For Nothing! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bri.dolan Posted March 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2023 Looking forward to your layout progress Brian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 7 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: You should be on Money For Nothing! Mike. Less money spent on shelves means more to waste on toy trains! 6 hours ago, Bri.dolan said: Looking forward to your layout progress Brian It's been so long since I did anything I just don't know where to start, maybe if I repair the damage and sort out the drawers full of stuff I will be in a better frame of mind. David 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted March 31, 2023 Author Share Posted March 31, 2023 I've started repairing some of the damage, the plastic fence posts have been replaced with square section brass and some fret waste soldered between them. I thought I had saved all the broken bits but can't find them now, I'll have to buy some new. Hardly any of the chairs on this turnout and the track beyond are attached to the sleepers so I have started to glue them back down. David 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 The platform fencing is back together, I found a short unused piece amongst all my junk, just enough to finish it. In places the local yobs have kicked the odd piece in. I've also made a boundary fence from mounting board and matches, it's stapled to the front of the lift out terrace houses. Luckily it hides the road which I've painted really badly and the blood stains where I stapled my finger. David 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 I can't seem to concentrate on one thing at the moment, flitting between half a dozen different things. So it was nice to finish these gates to the goods yard. I made them from plastic strip and brass for the hinges 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 I keep buying new projects, starting them, then moving on to the next. The latest are these Kirk Gresley suburbans, 50p each from the Elsecar toy fair. The composite came apart easily, except for the roof which is resin and shattered into about a dozen pieces. I'll dunk the sides and ends in some Dettol to strip the paint off. If I post it on here I might see it through to the end. David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Flathead Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 I've done a bit more on the 50p Kirk coach. The roof had shattered, being made of resin, so I glued it as best I could with cyno. The corners are all broke off so I will have to build it up with plastic. I've been picking up a few tips from Mike Trice's topic on Kirk coach kits, so I have started opening out the windows by filing away the beveled edge. David. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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