TRETHEVY, WAS BODMIN SR circa 1930

[Simond]

Sounds ok to me.  
 

20 to 35…. Were more like 15 (central heating) to 20 (warm day)!

[hayfield]

Peter

 

Looking very good and I am glad you are building something to run your wonderful stock

[N15class]

7 hours ago, hayfield said:

Peter

 

Looking very good and I am glad you are building something to run your wonderful stock

Thanks

I've been trying for years. Now I'm enjoying this I think because I'm out of my comfort zone. Whether I still will in a week or so when I turn it over to wire it up. 

I need to find a temporary way to operate the points so I can get it all to work. I will be using mega controller and servos, but i don't want them posted here as they are likely to disappear. Hopefully next February we'll be in the UK.

 

[hayfield]

11 minutes ago, N15class said:

Thanks

I've been trying for years. Now I'm enjoying this I think because I'm out of my comfort zone. Whether I still will in a week or so when I turn it over to wire it up. 

I need to find a temporary way to operate the points so I can get it all to work. I will be using mega controller and servos, but i don't want them posted here as they are likely to disappear. Hopefully next February we'll be in the UK.

 

 

Why not go for a temporary method of some form of wire in a tube and simple single pole double throw switches, if only as a temporary solution. Keep it simple

[N15class]

Now getting on with the sidings. The first to be finished was the bay platform. This was done to make sure it was finished with all new components as it is right at the front.

 

 

Then I finished the goods shed line, and the cattle dock line just beyond. The bit of line that will be within the shed has used old material.

 

I'm now working on the two long sidings beyond the platform and run round lines.

[N15class]

Well. Would you believe it, the track work is completed apart from detailing, things like fish plates, rail cuts, and buffers. The buffers can wait until the wiring is done.
It had been spotted I'd missed a check rail on the three way. Well, here it is in place, the bottom one.

 

 

 

 

Here we go with the track. Starting at the fiddle yard end.

 

 

Moving towards the goods shed. Bay on the left, and cattle dock on the right.

 

 

 

 

And up to the station building. The 3 wagons are in the loco release.

 

 

Now in reverse order from the station.

 

 

 

 

 

In the last picture of the three you can see the signal box to the right and beyond this there will be a bridge as a scenic break. From this a ramp will lead down to the yard on the left, with a row of cottages on the through road.

I've just tested the sector plate in place, was to lazy to move the steps and clear the way for the base board too. The track is completed on this too.

 

 

 

Finally the only track work not done, the hidden sidings. I will do these when I move the boards for wiring, it will be easier to reach. They will start where the cork is, and will be about 1250mm long, same sort of length as the sector plate.

 

 

 

More soon, well, if there is anything that looks different anyway.

[N15class]

Instead of doing something sensible like the wiring, I decided to build a buffer stop. To a drawing someone on Rmweb, kindly sent me.

The drawing has no dimensions so I had to scale from it as it's to 4mm scale. It scaled out a bit high, so I adjusted to 7mm buffer height.

 

Here are the parts for one side.

 

 

It looks like I'm not going to be able to build the three I need I have lots of small bits of rail to do the uprights and infill. But it's the long pieces I'm short of. The two bent and running rail need pieces need to be 120+mm to give working allowance.

 

But for now I soldered the first side together to check the principal. I will need to drill some holes and add nuts, bolts and spacers.

 

 

Here it is on one of the sidings by the station building.

 

 

 

 I will need two here and one on the goods shed road. I want to make each one different. One like this, one like this but with the front angled pieces going straight into the ground rather than bent to join the running rail. The third I'm sure I have a drawing for a smaller light weight one. All just to add variety, and to see if the subtle differences are noticed by people.

 

As I forgot to press the post button last night.

Well, we now have two sides. 

 

 

For something so simple, each side takes about 2 hours to make, that includes the annealing, which I localise to the bend positions, cleaning up soldering. Then cleaning up again. I still need to sort the fixings, which I found out today are square headed nuts and bolts or all thread. I'm sure it will take about 6 hours a buffer. 

[2ManySpams]

Looking good Peter, don't forget to isolate the buffer from the track or the two sides from each other! Got that t-shirt...

[N15class]

5 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

Looking good Peter, don't forget to isolate the buffer from the track or the two sides from each other! Got that t-shirt...

I got the tee shirt from my 4mm days. 

[N15class]

Well my guess at 6 hours is not going to be anywhere near correct. But who's really counting. It's keeping me out of trouble.

 

After the third session I had two sides with bolt head details. This I did by using 1mm square brass rod. Slightly to big, but easier than filing round rod square. These were soldered into drilled holes.

 

 

 

The forth session I made and fitted the mounting flange plates, fixed and then added bolts as before. I also attached the sides to some sleepers, which then meant I could add the tie bar. You may notice this has hexagonal ends just for variety.

 

 

 

Here it is in what will be its location on the layout.

 

 

 

Whilst looking up other types of buffers I found out something interesting about painting them. But it also created some other questions. 

It stated that in SR days the period I model, the plank was white with a red stripe. I've known this bit for years, but in terminal stations the iron work was painted chrome green, a station building colour. Now what puzzles me, is, do the mean the buffers that are on the platform lines, or any that are within the station area? This would be interesting as I could have them in varying stages of green rust.

By the way as this is going to be next to the running line it will have a lamp fixed to the top of the beam.

[2ManySpams]

Interesting comment about the green paint there Peter, never come across that before. What's the source?

[N15class]

6 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

Interesting comment about the green paint there Peter, never come across that before. What's the source?

 

Chris 

It's from Southern Nouveau. Page 142, works drawing of an SR built stop.

Further information, Jim Snowdon on another channel, thought it probably meant the ones adjacent to the platforms. Which is probably correct re reading the drawing comments.

But also the stops alongside the running rail have a lamp on the top of the beam, to the left, not a red light, not to be mistaken for the rear of a train, so probably yellow.

 

Edited July 20, 2021 by N15class

[N15class]

Here we are, now ready for a clean before a coat of primer.
It has been an enjoyable build, and quite refreshing to do something so simple, but quite complex to get the detailing looking correct.

Now do I be sensible and do the wiring, or do I build another stop, or look at locos again. Whatever it is I need to find my bench and clear the unused materials from the room. "I NEED SOMEWHERE TO STAND".

[NHY 581]

What a lovely bit of work, Peter. 

 

Great stuff. 

 

Rob. 

[2ManySpams]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

What a lovely bit of work, Peter. 

 

Great stuff. 

 

Rob. 

 

What the sheep said.

[hayfield]

On 22/07/2021 at 04:54, N15class said:

Here we are, now ready for a clean before a coat of primer.
It has been an enjoyable build, and quite refreshing to do something so simple, but quite complex to get the detailing looking correct.

Now do I be sensible and do the wiring, or do I build another stop, or look at locos again. Whatever it is I need to find my bench and clear the unused materials from the room. "I NEED SOMEWHERE TO STAND".

 

Peter

 

Your new layout is coming along in Leaps and bounds, love the quality of workmanship which I guess is only to be expected after following your loco building posts

 

Both Exactoscale and C&L sell functional (H section) plastic fishplates which will electrically insulate these lovely  buffer stops

 

The nes C&L 3 bolt chairs now come with both L1 and J chairs on each sprue along with 2 fishplates, which do look the business (far better than the old 2 piece ones) and hold the rails together whilst the glue sets.

 

Thanks for sharing with us

[N15class]

On 23/07/2021 at 04:58, hayfield said:

 

Peter

 

Your new layout is coming along in Leaps and bounds, love the quality of workmanship which I guess is only to be expected after following your loco building posts

 

Both Exactoscale and C&L sell functional (H section) plastic fishplates which will electrically insulate these lovely  buffer stops

 

The nes C&L 3 bolt chairs now come with both L1 and J chairs on each sprue along with 2 fishplates, which do look the business (far better than the old 2 piece ones) and hold the rails together whilst the glue sets.

 

Thanks for sharing with us

Sorry for not responding sooner. The new chair sprues sound great. A bit late for this one.

 

Now the downer. This will either be scrapped or not finished. Either way it's as far as it's likely to go.

We are planing to come back to the UK. Which gives us three choices with our house here. One we keep it and use it for holidays, in which case layout stays but progress might be non existent. Two we sell the house, not very likely. Three we rent it out. Both these last two options mean clearing out the house, which means selling or binning everything. I don't think there's much call for British O gauge here let alone a Southern base 1930's layout. 

Maybe in the UK I'll have space to start something else.