Barnaby Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Hello Mike, belated greetings, I hope you had a great Christmas and new year. Your new shed seems to be being put to very good use and I look forward to following your "new" build. I.ve been busy with other home life things of late and only found this while looking for something you had posted. Great stuff. Best PS. Mike I can't find what I was looking for. I recall speaking to you about your Hornby Nem pocket fitted coupling hook system. I can find your latest comments showing you adding 3-link, 2 brass & 1 iron links to look & work better but not the posts I dimly recall. I'm looking for any info on how/what you did to fit the Nem pockets as I'm thinking of now doing the same sort of thing. UPDATE -- see post 70 page 3 on the Reely Grate thread it shows the pockets and fitting Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Hi Barnaby, will dig out the happy snaps to show the fitting of NEM pockets but it could be a couple of days. Today well this A.M. I've been playing trains- testing you understand and I'm well pleased with the mornings workout. I have realigned the back siding into a gentle curve so that I have more room for a factory building. The only downside to this little jolly is that one of the castors on my typist (workroom) chair has broken but Amazon to the rescue and replacements are on the way so at least I'll have a comfortable play time this weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Made a start on the rail side factory of I.Dohwit Engineering, the main roofs will be tiled the lower odd shaped add-on will be corrugated iron. There will be several structures to be built to complete the scene and this is only board one. My usual construction method, 2mm LitePly with embossed overlays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 More bits of Dowhitt Engineering gradually taking shape lots more work required but so far so good. NB Before any rude comments the tape holding the basic roof in place is not a permanent fixture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Mike, I really do like the jumble of roofs on this model. I look forward to seeing how turns out. Regards, Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Can I ask what the little (white) buttress type feature is? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 Can I ask what the little (white) buttress type feature is? It's the inspection unit for what will be the boiler house, still needs a lot of detailing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Looking good Mike, interesting mix of roof lines as Chris says. Alan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 Hi Alan, in an earlier life I was works manager at a chemical company the factory had grown up around an Edwardian House so although it was an interesting jumble of buildings with various roof levels it was a nightmare for manufacturing. I Dowhitt's is just such a jumble of buildings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railwayrod Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Nice work Mike. I too like the jumble of roof styles and cant wait to see the finished article. Rod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Just a little more done to I Dowhitt Engineering. Still lots more to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Wellington Street update. Manipulating history yet again with the bridge - no not the Scandinavian one- but the one which was on the Bumble Hole line. Thought I would add a bit of colour before serious weathering takes place. All that dry brushing just so you can see the mortar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 Almost the last building on this board just a couple of huts to make and then after finishing the roofs and painting it's on to the ground cover etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 I Dowhitt Engineering becomes Doolittle and Waite Casters and Fabricators. Being professionals they could be classed as ( procastinators) procrastinators. I'll get me coat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefromacrossthepond Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Mike, I just ran across this series today. I have enjoyed your "in progress" pics as it gives so much more information than just words. I also like your engineering structure - the multiple roof pitches really gives it character. Looking forward to future installments!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 A bit belated in the thread but:here's the back story. The setting for the layout is the Black Country an area once described as “red by night and black by day” where furnaces lit the night sky and smoke hid the sun during the daylight hours. Wellington Street is my 8th Earl of Dudley Railway layout one of which was “Ashwood Basin”. Ashwood Basin was the western extremity of the Earl’s system and Wellington Street was the Eastern extremity. However, Wellington Street in reality Wellington Road was a Land Sale Wharf opposite Cradley Heath Goods Yard but it was out of use just after the Second World War, so blending fact with more than a generous helping of fiction I changed the name so that I could incorporate the Old Park Engineering Works which had remained in use during the sixties on a short section of the line from the Wallows. Now again twisting fact, Old Park has become Doolittle and Waite Casters and Fabricators and has a small goods yard serving the company and several other smaller industries. The scenic break feature more poetic license is a dismantled overbridge which once carried part of the Bumble Hole line between Dudley and Old Hill. previous ED layouts:- Lenches Bridge*, Ashwood Basin, Pattingham, Spinners End,Reely Grate, Primrose Hill and the Muck Works. * now Bankfield Road by its new owner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 A bit more work on the buildings on the left-hand boards and the start of the buildings on the right-hand board. Buildings still not affixed to boards and still require a lot more work. Still undecided about the extended roof/canopy on the new building the jury is still out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hello Mike, that's some fine building work and up to your usual high standards. Ref your canopy roof extension comment to me it looks like a proportion thing ie the roof may look better if it was shorter or some how break the flow from the ridge line, You could end the roof in tile at the gutter point then for the extension have that go horizontal that would have the effect to reduce the long roof that I see. But rule 1 applies of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 It is beging to look nice, but then all your layoouts do. I agree with Barnaby that the canopy needs to be different to the roof line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 I agree with my learned friends. Thanks for the input guys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 From the depth of my ignorance on these matters, I wondered if the canopy / awning could be truncated to just cover the two large doorways, leaving the ordinary door and window open to the elements. The provision of support brackets* might also deflect the eye. * Nothing fancy here -- this is industrial grot territory! As above ... Rule 1 is firmly in place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 A bit like Topsy its grew, well a bit of bodging done this afternoon with the next building started on the right-hand board and no the roof isn't fitted yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railwayrod Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Hello Mike. I love your buildings and what you are achieving. All your layouts look good and this one is no exception. Your ideas are inspirational and you always seem to come up with something that looks right. I have a friend who models in P87 European and he also has the ability to make a building fit into the available space AND like you makes it look authentic. Keep up the good work. Rod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Hello Mike, Only just come across your thread and it looks great! My main concern is:- I'm surprised that you didn't add any insulation to the shed before you started. It will be mighty cold during the winter, or costly. Plus, it won't do the layout any favours, insulation evens out the temperature and, to a certain extent, the humidity levels. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 Jeff, the shed will be insulated it has been left until thoroughly checked for leaks etc. Another Wellington Street update with a bit more work on the buildings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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