Mid-Cornwall Lines - 1950s Western Region in 00

[drduncan]

7 minutes ago, Northroader said:

And 

 

i used this shade a while while ago, and found it looked quite good. At present the borders are unpainted ply, and the light shade of natural wood goes well, but I think in time I’ll get another can of the Lovat Green shade.

What is that loco lurking in the back?

D

[Northroader]

It’s an O gauge Crampton, I got so far but I chickened out when I got to the valve gear.

[St Enodoc]

On 06/05/2021 at 05:02, Oldddudders said:

Showers on boobs may be found easily in other parts of the Internet, so I am told. 

So, Ian, you posted this; Graham agreed with you; Stu found it informative/useful; Steve gave you a round of applause; five others found it funny; and I found it interesting/thought-provoking.

 

What a right old bunch we are...

[St Enodoc]

With our next running session only a week away (DV) I didn't want to start any major work that wouldn't be finished by then, so I decided just to lay the trackbed for St Enodoc Down end.

 

 

I rather enjoy this job, as it marks the change from what looks like a plank of wood to a railway under construction.

 

I started with the DCC Concepts foam strips, laying them as far as the place where they met as they converged at the points. Then I filled in the vee-shaped gaps under the points with narrow tapered strips and finally cut and laid a single piece of cork to fill the gap. Tomorrow, I'll probably paint the cork grey.

 

Here are the helicopter views of the whole of St Enodoc. Here you can see the slit in the baseboard top that marks where the single line starts to fall at about 1 in 100 and the china-clay branch starts to rise at about 1 in 50.

 

In this photo you can see Wheal Veronica china-clay kiln in what will be approximately its final position, although it will be raised up to the level of the road across the overbridge at St Enodoc Down end.

 

Finally I took a photo of the updated layout project plan, showing the full layout at St Enodoc and, faintly, the curve of the single line to St Enodoc, the china-clay branch to Wheal Veronica, a possible alignment for the Camping Coach siding and the Loop at Treloggan Junction.

[LNER4479]

2 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

So, Ian, you posted this; Graham agreed with you; Stu found it informative/useful; Steve gave you a round of applause; five others found it funny; and I found it interesting/thought-provoking.

 

What a right old bunch we are...

Just to clarify, it was the 'so I'm told' part of Ian's post that I was agreeing with... 

[Oldddudders]

6 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

Just to clarify, it was the 'so I'm told' part of Ian's post that I was agreeing with... 

So stories of you frantically searching the Internet are greatly exaggerated? 

[St Enodoc]

8 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

Just to clarify, it was the 'so I'm told' part of Ian's post that I was agreeing with... 

Yeah, right.

[LNER4479]

38 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

So stories of you us frantically searching the Internet are greatly exaggerated? 

I've just corrected that for you ...

 

What do they say - 90% of people do; the other 10% are liars?

 

Perhaps we should return to the (railway) modelling. Either that or a cold shower.

[TrevorP1]

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

With our next running session only a week away (DV) I didn't want to start any major work that wouldn't be finished by then, so I decided just to lay the trackbed for St Enodoc Down end.

 

 

I rather enjoy this job, as it marks the change from what looks like a plank of wood to a railway under construction.

 

I started with the DCC Concepts foam strips, laying them as far as the place where they met as they converged at the points. Then I filled in the vee-shaped gaps under the points with narrow tapered strips and finally cut and laid a single piece of cork to fill the gap. Tomorrow, I'll probably paint the cork grey.

 

Here are the helicopter views of the whole of St Enodoc. Here you can see the slit in the baseboard top that marks where the single line starts to fall at about 1 in 100 and the china-clay branch starts to rise at about 1 in 50.

 

In this photo you can see Wheal Veronica china-clay kiln in what will be approximately its final position, although it will be raised up to the level of the road across the overbridge at St Enodoc Down end.

 

Finally I took a photo of the updated layout project plan, showing the full layout at St Enodoc and, faintly, the curve of the single line to St Enodoc, the china-clay branch to Wheal Veronica, a possible alignment for the Camping Coach siding and the Loop at Treloggan Junction.

 

All this talk of camping coaches, china clay kilns and signal boxes is getting me fair excited! Good to see the progress!

 

 

 

[DougN]

Bit late to the party on the fascia Color, have a look at hurricane grey it is a blue grey from dulux. Not quite as dark as monument which is a colourbond colour. (Ok its as close to black as they make) I have found it very good as it focuses the eye in the same way as theatrical blacks do. But is not quite as dead or as difficult to keep looking good. The other thing is it is available from Bunnings as uk and Australian colours seem to use different codes and names. 

[St Enodoc]

18 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Tomorrow, I'll probably paint the cork grey.

Done.

[Stubby47]

2 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Done.

 

So we don't get consulted about the cork paint colour then ?

[St Enodoc]

27 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

 

So we don't get consulted about the cork paint colour then ?

Correct.

[St Enodoc]

Especially for Stu @Stubby47, here's St Enodoc Down end with the cork painted in the usual Grot Grey, otherwise known as Dulux Slate Base. I also set out the three points to confirm their exact locations, which I marked on the trackbed ready for laying.

 

 

I then fitted a temporary jumper across the Line Clear relay contacts for Porthmellyn Road 9 signal, the Down Branch Advanced Starting, so that it can be pulled off even though the associated switch and LEDs aren't installed at St Enodoc yet. Since the St Enodoc temporary point switches will be worked by, or by a driver under the authority of, the Porthmellyn Road signalman in the meantime, this shouldn't add to the risk of collision or other accidents.

 

I resisted the temptation to start tracklaying or to start cutting more baseboards. Instead, I just mulled over a few ideas for what might go where, once the track extends round the curves, and had a bit of a tidy-up ready for next Saturday.

[5BarVT]

At the risk of reopening ‘fasciagate’, could you try some of your Dulux slate base to see how it looks?

Paul.

[St Enodoc]

Two excellent running sessions this week.

 

The first was on the 0 gauge New York Central RR West Shore Division, a layout built, as I have mentioned before, in a very large shed. The double-track main line runs from Jersey City staging loops, through Weehawken and Ravena to Troy, from where it continues to Buffalo staging loops. A branch, which I think is actually longer than the main line, runs from Troy to Petersboro. There's also a narrow-gauge logging line that runs into the hills from Petersboro, although this isn't fully operational yet.

 

I'm not sure exactly how long the main line is but a NYC Hudson with a train of six passenger cars running non-stop at a scale speed of about 50 mph took 20 (real) minutes to complete the full circuit. Great fun. David the owner is also going to let me know the name of his neutral brown (practically beige) paint when he can find the tin.

 

Today we had our second Mid-Cornwall Lines running session of the year. There were ten of us, which is exactly right for the layout at its current extent. Peter and David T(a) looked after Paddington while Rodney and Alan looked after Penzance. Stephen manned Porthmellyn Road Signal Box; Tom, Chris, Bill and Dave T(u) drove the trains; and as usual I was the Fat Controller.

 

We broke new ground in two senses - literally, by using St Enodoc as the temporary terminus/fiddle yard for the china-clay trains and figuratively, by progressing well into the Saturday morning part of the sequence.

 

Overall we ran 33 trains, which included two main line Class K stopping freights that took up some time shunting, so overall I think we did pretty well with no major disasters and some good suggestions for future tweaks. Again, great fun.

Edited May 15, 2021 by St Enodoc

[Chamby]

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

....David the owner is also going to let me know the name of his neutral brown (practically beige) paint when he can find the tin....

 

Beige???   That’s just SO 1970’s.   Brings back instant memories of brown suits, flared corduroy trousers, platform shoes and cheesecloth shirts!

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, Chamby said:

 

Beige???   That’s just SO 1970’s.   Brings back instant memories of brown suits, flared corduroy trousers, platform shoes and cheesecloth shirts!

Kipper tie?

 

No thanks, I prefer coffee.

[TrevorP1]

4 hours ago, Chamby said:

 

Beige???   That’s just SO 1970’s.   Brings back instant memories of brown suits, flared corduroy trousers, platform shoes and cheesecloth shirts!

 

Even worse, avocado coloured bathrooms suites!

[Barry O]

Good to hear that David is progressing with the layout.. which is very large and will be fun to operate.

 

Glad to hear that you have managed another running session. Hopefully we are getting back to semi-normality too  so Chapel and Wentworth should see some running too. Mind you I think we are nearly all double jabbed...

 

Baz

[Gedward]

Platform shoes!

[Clive Mortimore]

7 hours ago, Chamby said:

 

Beige???   That’s just SO 1970’s.   Brings back instant memories of brown suits, flared corduroy trousers, platform shoes and cheesecloth shirts!

Oh!!! you fashion icon Phil.

[Clive Mortimore]

49 minutes ago, Gedward said:

Platform shoes!

Those of us who suffered the 70s discos would not been seen in anything else.

[Gedward]

9 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Those of us who suffered the 70s discos would not been seen in anything else.

 

Fond memories disco dancing to 'I'm a man' by Chicago at Tiffanys, Piccadilly. 

[TrevorP1]

All this talk of ‘70s fashion has made me think of the brief craze - would have been the punk era - for girls to dress in black plastic bin liners…