Grindleford Station Hope Valley Line 1960s BR - Station Café build

[Alister_G]

Hi Al, I went to bed after our PM's last night and missed this little lot. WOW Mate superb, some really good weathering as always and good to see Grindleford re kindled. 

 

I will be keeping KM in the Blue / Railfreight period of the 80's so will bounce off you now for inspiration.

 

All the very best, and really great to see you back.

 

Thanks Andy,

 

You're the man for weathering, so I really appreciate your comments.

 

Having watched a lot of Videos over the start of the new year, I'm really quite taken with the Railfreight / Sectorisation liveries, so I can see a few more appearing!.

 

Al.

[Alister_G]

Great to see you back modelling Al - great stuff with the rolling stock-  love it!

I just haven't had the time for any modelling myself - the garage being absolutely freezing doesn't help, but with a potential two commissions on the horizon, this could all change

 

Cheers Lee,

 

Look forward to seeing what you produce next, your stuff on Dover Priory was exquisite.

 

Al.

[cheesysmith]

The coal to the cement works was the last se of HAA/MGR wagons in the UK. The works was the last to be altered to take the HTAs, using MGRs till 2010. I remember as a lad going to Dore to see the HAA with a grid on the front come  screaming through in the middle of the night.

[Alister_G]

The coal to the cement works was the last se of HAA/MGR wagons in the UK. The works was the last to be altered to take the HTAs, using MGRs till 2010. I remember as a lad going to Dore to see the HAA with a grid on the front come  screaming through in the middle of the night.

 

Thanks very much for that info, it gives me a definite limit as to what periods I can run the HAA's in. The ones I have, of course, are in Sectorisation livery so that in itself means I can't run them in many time periods. I couldn't find the earlier BR liveried (red frame) ones for a sensible price anywhere.

[cheesysmith]

If it is the railroad ones you have, they are easy to dismantle. A quick use of halford sprays, and robberts a relative.  As for colours, I`m pritty sure under the muck there would have been some still in brown when EWS got rid of them, never mind the ones in red, yellow or blue.

[Andrew P]

Having seen the Video on the previous page, I'm inclined to get ideas of a Coal Train from Didcot, just need a Blue 56 to go with my Railfreight one.

[Alister_G]

There's some great videos on YouTube, this, for example:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0SkapMBB94

 

Part of why I bought the HAAs

 

Al.

[Mallard60022]

Welcome home Al. What a superb burst of work. That kit is going to look mighty fine on the layout.

Phil

[Alister_G]

Welcome home Al. What a superb burst of work. That kit is going to look mighty fine on the layout.

Phil

 

Thanks very much Phil, I'll be taking some time catching up on SOS Junction.

 

Al.

[Holmesfeldian]

Here’s one from my private stash, Al.

 

[Alister_G]

Thanks for that Nick, fascinating to watch. At the time, it must have seemed (and was) a revolutionary idea - forgive the pun. The level of automation is on a par with the Tinsley marshalling yard, and yet that too lasted less than 20 years.

 

Al.

[Mrkirtley800]

Really nice to see you back Al. You have been missed.

Derek

[Stephenwolsten]

On 18/06/2016 at 16:54, Alister_G said:

Cheers, Duncan, Andy,  well I'm not quite as fast as Bodgit yet, but today I've completed one baseboard.

 

As I've said, I decided to build the boards as light as possible, by putting a thin frame of plywood around a sheet of PIR Insulation foam.

 

I've heard about this method, but never seen it, and never tried it, so I'm basically making it up as I go along.

 

If you can see a horrible flaw, or can offer any advice, please comment.

 

...

 

So I started this morning by waking the neighbours with the sound of a screaming circular saw:

 

 

as I cut some end pieces out of 19mm Ply.

 

 

Then, I clamped them together to drill out the holes for the alignment dowels using my pillar drill:

 

 

 

These are the dowels I'm using, brass, and they simply press-fit (hammer) into an 8mm hole.

 

This is the female of the species:

 

 

 

and the male:

 

 

This is probably obvious, but when the two ends are brought together, the male dowels locate in the female, and ensure that the two ends are always in perfect alignment:

 

 

Having completed the ends, I drilled and screwed together the frame, 5mm ply for the sides, and the 19mm ends:

 

 

and then test-fitted the Insulation board:

 

 

I cut four square blocks of timber:

 

 

And these were attached, one in each corner, to set the depth that the insulation board would sit in the frame. The insulation is 50mm thick, and the side and end frames are 100mm deep to allow for wiring etc to be protected underneath:

 

 

Once I was happy with the fit, I dismantled one side, and applied glue to the insulation board on the ends and one side:

 

 

Then I screwed that side back together, turned it over, and did the same for the other side:

 

 

Then I made sure it was sitting flat on the concrete floor, and weighted down the sides:

 

 

This will be left now for the glue to set.

 

I'll start the next board after tea.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

 

This series of pictures is really useful as I intend to do something similar.  Thanks.