naturol Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 First fix wiring started, all the droppers, the frogs, the solenoids, and the frog switches, plus the leads for the push to make switches on the mimic board, took 4 hrs, dull. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 There will be a North light shed running along the back scene, similar to that at Barry shed. I'm going to build it in sections cut from a 3mm sheet of MDF a, the laser will only cut A2 size in length, and the shed is around 1200mm long, bigger than the A2. So I have drawn up a template for each unit, and we will see what happens, the plan is to clad it in plasticard brickwork, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Arlington services, ASW wagon shop Not enough space to instal ready to plant resin buildings as I had planned. So, out comes the plasticard for some scratch building based around the above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Well all the wires are connected together just not necessarily in the right order. The big switch on is this evening. Wired for the Dynamis until I get a plug-in face for the powercab. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Started on the old low relief shed to obscure the point motors. Short of some wills bits to complete, that's for post christmas Me Me Me time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Wattsy cut out the shed from thin MDF, and card, the roof will be from styrene. Downpipes will cover all the joins made from evergreen tube. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 The plan is to replace the temporary mimic board ( laminated paper) with a similar one from thicker styrene and set it into the upper valance ( not fitted yet) the operation will all be from the front. Bit concerned over the Kadee magnets they are so powerful they can move the metal axles on a wagon, causing it to wobble back and forth until it shudders to a halt. I got four of them installed. Uhmmmmmmm.? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Bit concerned over the Kadee magnets they are so powerful they can move the metal axles on a wagon, causing it to wobble back and forth until it shudders to a halt. I got four of them installed. Uhmmmmmmm.? That's why your big brother abandoned Kadee's and adopted Spratt and Winkle's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 Started the new year with a few hours on the boards, started by gluing down 5mm foam board with PVA to the Sundeala, this is slightly high compared to the level of track, but hardly Noticeable. Then took lengths of code 100 rail turned it upside down and supa glued it down as a check rail, ( turned it upside down to get it closer to the actual rail, as the pandrol clips are in the way on the sleeper moulding. Then mixed up some filler and filled the gaps between rails, and the foam board / rail. I will smooth the filler down and paint it up as concrete, and then glue printed Tarmac sheets from scale scenes using PVA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 The North light backscene low relief building begins to take shape,tried gluing plasticard to card using copydex. Works, but. When I cut into the glued up laminate with a scalpel the copydex snags and forms snot like bogies that pull out between the joint. I stopped using the copydex and carried on with supa glue and activator. Need a number of arch bricks for the lintels, available from wills but I am seeing if Wattsy will etch and cut some out on his laser. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 Next will see the photo backscene ordered and glued up. And assembly of the Gaugemaster engine sheds into scratch kit bashed sheds to fit the narrow footprint. Ordering in the knightwing palisade fencing, and the various smaller buildings. Paths and old platforms will be built over the weekend. Last picture to get a feel for things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2016 Looking good, apart from all the photos being upside down! Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 On my iPad they are all the right way up. So a bit confused here. Will post more over weekend but from the lap top. Hope that remedies it. Ps all Cardiff small model railway show on jan 23rd Hope to see you there See link in exhibitions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Brown Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 All pics the right way up on my screen (iPad) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Upside down for me too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted January 9, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2016 Right way up for me on iPhone. Looks good, HOBC looks great! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 From what I can recall, there's coding hiding in 'I' related photos which makes them always appear the correct way up in apple products no matter which way you've taken them. However for those not using apple products, if they've been taken 'upside down' according to apples orientation then on things like the Samsung tablet I'm using they will appear the wrong way up, but the poster of the picture won't know because apple is self correcting for him. I find a lot of Naturol's pictures are upside down for me, it's not his fault and the modelling is still just as good! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Time lapse network rail . Cariliionn bridge replacement Newport as part of the SWML electrification. https://www.facebook.com/gazzabeano.thomas/posts/10153903060742612 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Started on the buildings, being adapted from Gaugemaster depot kits. Loosely placed on the layout as a guide. Intend to use another print off the backscene image from dock view road Barry, off VOPAK layout. Found some HO excavators at the Cogan swap meet yesterday two for £5.00 bargain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2016 The pics are still hanging off the ceiling for me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 From what I can recall, there's coding hiding in 'I' related photos which makes them always appear the correct way up in apple products no matter which way you've taken them. However for those not using apple products, if they've been taken 'upside down' according to apples orientation then on things like the Samsung tablet I'm using they will appear the wrong way up, but the poster of the picture won't know because apple is self correcting for him. I find a lot of Naturol's pictures are upside down for me, it's not his fault and the modelling is still just as good! Just to add a little more to this correct explanation. The pictures will still appear upside down on an iPad / iPhone if you view them on non-Apple software /apps. It's the software that uniquely corrects the Apple orientation, not the device. So, for example, I am viewing and writing this on my iPad in Google's Chrome browser for iOS , and the images are upside down. If I switch to using the default Apple Safari browser they are re-oriented. But as someone else said, they're still great pics . It would be really nice if an admin could flip them in the forum software though...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dana Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 funny enough when non apple users (windows etc) click on the images to save and correct the posted pics it's right side up but when you go to picture viewer its upside down , just click on the rotate button till right side up and save on computer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturol Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Not sure which way these will appear. Had a few hours on the board today. Gaugemaster Sky, ikea ballast. And halfords opal brown sprayed on brickwork, then ford beige to tone it down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 31, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2016 Not sure which way these will appear Gaugemaster ballast, Ikea sky......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Looking good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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