Indomitable026 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 ###### #### ### #### Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 31, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2015 We have obtained these two recently, although I havn't had a chance to look through them properly yet, so have no idea how much use they could potentially be. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Southern-Infrastructure-1922-Signalling-Trackwork/dp/1909328111 and http://www.amazon.co.uk/Southern-Infrastructure-1922-Photographs-Collection/dp/1909328243 Stuart The Wallis pictures are excellent and while Kevin Roberston knows a lot more about the Southern than the Western I would tread cautiously with captions if they are like some of those in the similar volume covering the Western (as his lack of signalling knowledge is painfully displayed in some of the captions in that one). I would recommend George Pryer's book without a moment's hesitation (he was a nice bloke too - we had a considerable laugh together, much earlier in this century, at what someone was trying to sell us when we attended a demonstration of a software a bunch of numbskulls had put together for allegedly training Signalmen). ###### #### ### #### Still not checked the fuse then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Its new Years Eve apparently, have I lost a day? Changes to the plan and baseboard arrangements in the pipeline... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted December 31, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2015 I've lost a day too, thought we had an extra day to new year's eve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 I've lost a day too, thought we had an extra day to new year's eve. I'd better get my costume ready - quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc2001 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Hi guys, I raided the Salisbury Costa today for some stirrers (I did have a coffee too) but they are nearly as thin as the Starbucks ones (which a friend obtained) - only 5mm wide at best. Perhaps cutting your own is the right way to go. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Cook Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I'd better get my costume ready - quick Have you had a new skirt yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 Have you had a new skirt yet skirt.jpg What? I'm still looking for my head. HNY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Cook Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Nearly three years and you haven't found it HNY Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 To be fair, I wouldn't miss my head today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 2, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2016 Why can't the FY loops start on the two curved boards ? That way you could have either longer loops, or two yards on narrower boards, with the ends of the loops on the middle board opposite the scenic section. Have you seen this post ? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/94350-mid-cornwall-lines-1950s-western-region-in-00/?p=2147186 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 As I mentioned earlier things are likely to change a little here, the layout may be straightened out and become an end-to-end. The reason? Mark F had finished the track plan in Templot, very nice indeed with just the compromise of the curve on the right hand side of the layout. However, and it's a big however, Chris Spams started to look at the scenic depths. Bearing in mind that the boards are two feet wide/long and 4 feet deep. It seems because of the fact we are modelling on a hill side, most of the boards may be up to 2 feet deep. While this was going on I was measuring the trailer and sketching up what size the transit boxes could be. Oh! The volume of space required was possibly up to two times that of my trailer... I knew something was up, as Old Gringo whispered to me quietly on the train the other day that he thought it was big. It's obvious in the light of day but I got somehow blinded. Re-think required, solution on the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 So to explain the issue a little further below was the previous proposal; The boards are shown in red; 10 off 2 feet by 4 feet. If we modelled the hill from front the back with a ruling gradient of 1 in 2, this means the scenery would raise by two feet from front to back - most of the boards would be like this. So I need to come up of a way of minimising the board depths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 One of the ways I'm thinking of reconfiguring the boards is below; Perhaps with a slight 'S' shape front? Please forgive my crude 'Paint' modifications to Marks Templot plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted January 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2016 So I need to come up of a way of minimising the board depths. 009? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 009? Er? No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 One of the ways I'm thinking of reconfiguring the boards is below; post-6677-0-48338400-1451157966-2_thumb.jpg Perhaps with a slight 'S' shape front? Please forgive my crude 'Paint' modifications to Marks Templot plan. Putting the track at the front of the main board allows for at least 18 inches behind for; platform, station building and station access road. Hopefully the scenics will reach the fence line of the 'main' road above to give a scenic break. Note the ex - Treneglos baseboard (Pictured) is only 20" wide, the tape measure is showing 24". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 2, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Why do the boards have to be horizontal ? If you made them on a slope, so the front edge is some inches below the back edge, they would not be as deep. So when laid flat you could stack them as normal boards. Edited January 2, 2016 by Stubby47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Why do the boards have to be horizontal ? If you made the on a slope, so the front edge is some inches below the back edge, they would not be as deep. Its not a constantly angled hill. on the left the railway is cut into the hill, but on the right hand side the railway is on an embankment with the hill then rising behind and above it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted January 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2016 Bigger trailer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Bigger trailer ! Thanks. Happy new year, Tel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted January 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2016 One of the Settle and Carlisle layouts that is/was on the circuit had flatboards of various sizes which supported the railway infrastructure and had the scenic boards which attached front and rear to give a regular footprint to the overal layout. The scenery varied between cutting and embankment, but it was difficult to see where one started and the next finished. Each section had its own travelling box. I think the layout featured in one of the MRJ's a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 More drawings in the pipeline. I'll post something when we get a bit nearer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Mark - Fs sent me this very nice concept drawing yesterday. He's taken the plan from the Measured and Drawn book, overlaid with templot showing possible board positions and has also put a really nice 'S' curve frontage on, which basically follows the road at the front. I'm really liking this, the curved boards and lighting fascia's will be interesting to make... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted January 3, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2016 Slightly improved version, green rectangles represent 4' x 2' baseboard outlines. The point in the yard is different to the plan, as I think we've seen a photo showing it this way around rather than as it is drawn on the plan I've been following. Curved frontage roughly follows the "Road to Bratton Mill" - which wouldn't be a bad name for a layout if you didn't already have one. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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