RMweb Premium Popular Post Michael Edge Posted January 10, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2016 All the LOR track now completed and back in operation. Fairly sharp curve (22" radius!) out of the tunnel and on to the old turnback road and siding, Ruston and works train there. The dock operator may have to get out of his chair to see what's going on as he will now have to shunt all the way round the corner to the new fiddle yard. All three trains parked at the other end, well out of sight from the front. Boards held together with bulldog clips at the moment, waiting for a better solution. Because the turnback siding overhangs the track underneath it can't be supported at both sides, the presently unused track for future layouts is really in the way here. On the lower level dock locos can run into the short spur to uncouple (permanent magnet here) and set back/run round. The DC/DCC break is in the middle of this crossover, much shorter than usual so we'll have to take care not to over run here. A few more photos from round the layout below, taken with my phone which gets into places the camera won't. Big Avonside No4 alongside what we refer to as the "banana warehouse". The corrugated sheeting at the end of this building marks the site of some wartime bomb damage at Harrington Dock. L&Y pug under the overhead, Hunslet diesel No32 in the background. The pugs worked regularly as far south as Brunswick. No32 again with a couple of vans in the siding outside the LOR, Herculaneum Dock station above. The pile of timber is carefully placed to act as a buffer stop here. A driver's eye view along the LOR approaching Herculaneum as a rebuilt train goes the other way towards Seaforth. Just one brake van left in Brunswick exchange yard after all the test stock had been removed to move the layout. No32 passing 51544 on its way south, LOR 40ft motor coach train stoppd at the signal. In reality the L&Y 0-6-0Ts weren't allowed this far on the MDHB, mostly working near Bankfield but we stretch things a bit here. This loco (the first and one of the best Jidenco kits) only just fits through the overhead and has to be facing this way. 51544 is live one side and if its cab roof catches the overhead structure (which is also live) can short out the DCC. This photo shows up the connector plug on the overhead, could do with a better solution for these. Final view over Brunswick yard to Herculaneum station with a rebuilt train in the platform, MR Jinty just creeping into shot at bottom right. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2016 Better photo of the re-weathered Hornby weathered Stanier Baz 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) WP_20160106_13_53_51_Pro.jpg A driver's eye view along the LOR approaching Herculaneum as a rebuilt train goes the other way towards Seaforth. Just one brake van left in Brunswick exchange yard after all the test stock had been removed to move the layout. I do need to replace that missing arm from the CLC signal in the yard... Edited January 10, 2016 by Barry O Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2016 Boards held together with bulldog clips at the moment, waiting for a better solution. If they work, why not make them the permanent solution? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aac Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 If they work, why not make them the permanent solution? How about a small rare earth magnet underneath the end of each board, and another on each end of a small piece of stiff brass or wood which acts as the joiner under and between the two boards? Just superglue an REMs to each boards end, let another attract itself to each, then a blob of superglue on those second magnets and hold the brass or wood to them for a few seconds. Leave to dry and then when wanting to disengage magnets, slide them apart, don't tug. Being strong REMs, you have perfect location each time as they will centre onto each other's magnetic field in the same place each time. Little 5 or 10mm REM discs would do for things like this. aac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted January 11, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2016 Fishplates now fitted on the rail ends work better, I had to replace some rails on the pointwork first as this was done in flat bottom with sleepers right up to the baseboard join. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Thanks for taking the time to post these latest pictures, Mike. A fascinating - and fantastic - glimpse of the past in recreating the 'Dockers umbrella' and the railway around it. Railway modelling at its best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 11, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2016 LNER4479 Sounds like you need an operating stint on Herculaneum. :-) Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 LNER4479 Sounds like you need an operating stint on Herculaneum. :-) Baz ...on the basis that I'll then be cursing the layout? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 11, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2016 no you have to learn to operate using the link switches and lots of black sections... and a bit of dcc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted January 15, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2016 B9 now painted and ready for Barry's dirt. 61475 was the last survivor of the B9s, very few got BR numbers and this one is still clearly in LNER livery with the number altered. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 15, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2016 now for some real dirt! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 16, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) now for some real dirt! But presumably the "new" number and surroundings would be clean? I'm sure you'll be working from a photo anyway. Edited January 16, 2016 by St Enodoc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 16, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2016 New number will be "cleaned" or it was in the photos I have found in various books. Of course they are all in black and white! Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Dread Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) New number will be "cleaned" or it was in the photos I have found in various books. Of course they are all in black and white! Baz Drivers would clean the cabside number to make sure they were taking the right loco out! An example of one of the "old school" drivers wanting his loco to carry still the number it was first allocated. Very remiss of me not to credit Rippers with the weathering and number "alteration" although that part was my idea. Edited January 26, 2016 by Judge Dread 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 16, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2016 Oh, like that, John! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted January 20, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2016 B9 now painted and ready for Barry's dirt. 61475 was the last survivor of the B9s, very few got BR numbers and this one is still clearly in LNER livery with the number altered. 61475 br.JPG Is 61475 getting worksplates on the cabsides before the weathering goes on? I've long fancied having a crack at modelling this one as every other Foxline book on South Manchester's railways seems to feature it on a Halewood-Dewsnap freight on the Fallowfield Loop. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofty.ian Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hi Mike, Just read a book on my Kindle - Liverpool's Railways through time. Written by Hugh Hollinghurst, published by Amberley Publishing in 2015. It has some photos of the overhead railway and Hurculaneum dock. It also has a photograph of a model of the overhead and another of the model of Hurculaneum. Lofty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 21, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2016 The B9 is very nice and about to get a quick short sharp dose of weathering :-) Some coaches to do as well - did they ever clean coaches on the ex CLC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 B9 now painted and ready for Barry's dirt. 61475 was the last survivor of the B9s, very few got BR numbers and this one is still clearly in LNER livery with the number altered. 61475 br.JPG Doesn't look like that anymore. Photo later if I can get some decent ones.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2016 well the lights not brilliant so some early shots of the mucky B9 and t'other side and the odd ex LNER suburban coach or two Baz 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 A few pictures from Southampton Show earlier today. It looks at lot bigger in the flesh than the pictures shown. Was quite surprised! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted January 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2016 The layout is great and runs really well but the lack of natural light in the theatre did make for dark shadows at the front. Adding a few more soft lights at the front to get rid of those strong shadows would be worth it to show off all the detail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted February 3, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2016 The layout is great and runs really well but the lack of natural light in the theatre did make for dark shadows at the front. Adding a few more soft lights at the front to get rid of those strong shadows would be worth it to show off all the detail If you can solve the lighting conundrum so that the layout can be lit more easily without any obstruction of the view from the front of the layout I am sure Mike would be delighted. To be honest, the Theatre was even darker than we expected Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 3, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) Baz, I've used aluminium angle sold in B&Q with LED light strips on the last two layouts as they were 3 - 3.5 ft deep. The first had T cantilevers hidden amongst trees a foot from the back and the second had three foot long wooden supports as seen here, the angles are 6ft long so you could cover the whole layout with a couple of beams at the rear and shorter ones at the ends? In this case I'd use the existing wooden upright with an aluminium beam and 45° brace. The angle is very light and I painted it using etch primer followed by car spray paints, both from Halfords. I also mounted the LED strips on plastic L strips so the operators aren't blinded by the lights at the rear. The aluminium on the inside was left bare to act as a reflector. Edited February 3, 2016 by PaulRhB 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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