RBE Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) Stop teasing us Cav, tell us more about those Sector 60s! Metals and Petroleummy, which ones? Please do tell......It's only one 60. I'm thinking 60027 Joseph Banks. I would have to etch my own plates for that though as Shawplan don't do the names in N. The back up is 60052 Goat Fell which was a metals liveried one which was in the Immingham petroleum pool. This would mean it could be used on tanks and still look at home on steel. I had planned to do a different number and sector each side but the nose numbers would be a problem. I'd have to leave them off which would be annoying. Thanks for the info on the platforms Marcus. I will do the edges in the appropriate colour. I'm planning on using papers for brickwork as the relief of mortar lines in this scale is so small it makes no odds. I have been playing on this website http://paperbrick.co.uk/index.php?action=selectbrick over the last week and its great. It can produce some very nice random brick patterns and colours. Well worth a look. Edited July 9, 2015 by RBE 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Hi Cav, apologies it was my obsession with 60s taking over! Nice choices, although perhaps you should get another one and then you can model both! Difficult decision that having to decide between a Petroleum and a Metals 60?!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) Indeed. I may well have to get another at some point they are lovely models. I really havent made my mind up on the number yet although I have done the artwork for the namesplates on Joseph Banks together with the University of Dundee plates for the 47 with etched snowploughs too. I'm a little poor at the minute though so the cost to get etches done is a restricting factor for me. Edited July 9, 2015 by RBE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Ok, I've redone the signal drawing so that it actually now correct!! Going to have one or two wire this. I'll be using the actual structure as the common return but I will still need 13 wires to feed the other aspects! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Dont forget Railfreight Construction for the Dove Holes to Washwood stone. HeHe!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Oh and Coal sector for the Drakelows. Might as well have the full set. I'll get my coat now shall I. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Indeed. I'm sure the 37s can cope on the Washwood heath roadstone matey and the 58 will do the Drakelows. I can use a metals 60 on those too as I've seen that happen before! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted July 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2015 Ok, I've redone the signal drawing so that it actually now correct!! Going to have one or two wire this. I'll be using the actual structure as the common return but I will still need 13 wires to feed the other aspects! Signal Gantry.png Lovely drawing but isn't it 14 wires? 3 Aspect + 4 Aspect + 3 feathers and 2 pairs for the shunts? Griff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigP Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) --- Edited January 30, 2021 by bigP Deleted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Correct Paul however there is also a stencil for the coalville branch on DY 152 which will need the extra feed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I'm really looking forward to seeing the gantry mate. Will be a task and a half to scratch build it. Mind you, with your skills, should be pretty straight forward. Now let's talk about some commissions on gantries for Euston!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) Haha cheers for the vote of confidence. I'll see how this one goes before offering out commissions! Its one thing knowing how you'll do it and another actually pulling it off. A bang on scale signal in 2mm is no mean feat! I'm actually unsure how I'm going to do the letter on the stencil. Its so small. Edited July 9, 2015 by RBE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Going to have a word with Derby on Wednesday. Passing under that stencil in the sunlight I could see the outline of GDS. Possibly PLS only for Coalville branch. Bare with me and I will find out for definite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Cheers Marcus. I was wondering if it was to designate a PLS move onto the Coalville branch. But if its GDS then maybe the opposite applies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Looks that way. Only ever gone through on main aspects in that direction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigP Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) -- Edited January 30, 2021 by bigP Deleted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 No worries its easily done. You loving the thread or signal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RBE Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Yes I've always tried hard to 'place' a layout but it wasn't really until I started on Millers Dale that I really did a real place. I did model Tapton near chesterfield in N when I was a teenager but never really got it finished. Since doing Millers Dale though I find it difficult to get excited about pretend places now hence Burton on Trent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Just been informed that these are being shipped to me from shapeways. They are servo to turnout brackets to take an SG/MG90 servo and provide microswitch operation for the crossing polarity. The servo horn will need a pivoting tube/loop arrangement so as not to push the actuator wire (0.3mm piano wire) up through the tiebar when it moves. The servo bracket is designed to use full servo movement (180°) and thus with the piano wire provide a degree of springing of the point blades at full throw. It will be impossible to over drive points with this. I plan on driving the points with an Arduino board but I could just as well use a simple switch. Sorry about the rubbish render I was rushing a print off at the end of my lunch break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hello Cav Spoke to the Derby signaller today. It appears you can't get on to the Coalville curve on the P.L.S at DY152 any more. The stencil though is definitely "GDS". Hope that helps with the signal construction. Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Ah. Could you get on previously? So is the pls always accompanied by the gds stencil then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Or does the gds indicate the coalville branch and no longer used? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) No, lights up for the goods line down towards Branston. The signaller was quite chatty today so had a good old conversation with him. So god knows how the Northern Bell stock ended up round there that day. Edited July 15, 2015 by Marcus 37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 So a PLS on dy152 always shows a stencil? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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