RMweb Gold 88C Posted February 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4 I must admit that if I have a job to do in the garage, not necessarily railway related, I also like to run a train round, that’s why we build layouts. Brian. 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 1 hour ago, checkrail said: watch trains go round while I worked Excellent. One of the 'wish list' items for my railway was for rail level of the main lines to be at (my!) eye level when sat on the folding chairs used in the operating well. This also gives me a view across the island platform surface, between the platform buildings, as well. Rail level of the main lines is 1100mm above floor level. The downside will be when I replace the platform mock up, then I will have to detail the underneath of the canopy as it will be on full display. 1 hour ago, checkrail said: Why didn't I think of this years ago? Happens frequently that life bowls along and you then get that light bulb moment. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted February 4 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4 8 minutes ago, Fishplate said: Rail level of the main lines is 1100mm above floor level. Snap! Mine is 1100mm too. I use an old swivelling office chair on castors and tend to roll it round the chipboard floor, propelled by my feet, following the trains with my hand held controller. I haven't asked what it sounds like on the floor below., 3 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted February 5 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 5 Inspired by recent pics shared with us by @Miss Prismand @Coach bogie here are some shots of 6305 on a westbound stopper, formed of an E set with a ragbag of various vans attached. John C. 37 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted February 5 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 5 ... and some more. John C. 33 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted February 6 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 6 More of 6305 heading towards Plymouth with E set and sundry vans. I see that the second batch of Dapol moguls has arrived or is imminent. John C. 34 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted February 6 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 6 Last three for now of train 'n' vans. The first shot is the only one where I managed to get a bit of van at both ends in the pic, albeit at the price of showing a bit of the layout edge. Mike's @Coach bogie recently posted photo had a nice foreshortened view of a train with vans added on fore and aft. Difficult to do on a layout with almost no straight track. There are a couple of different interpretations of GWR coach brown here. John C. 41 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 On 04/02/2024 at 14:40, checkrail said: Snap! Mine is 1100mm too. I use an old swivelling office chair on castors and tend to roll it round the chipboard floor, propelled by my feet, following the trains with my hand held controller. I haven't asked what it sounds like on the floor below., I cut mine down from 1250 to 1100mm when we moved, it's a much more agreeable height for viewing and working on. As for the noise, I always know if a friend of mine is running his old school O gauge in the loft the minute I walk in the house. Conversely, he doesn't hear my even more old school motorcycle pulling into the front yard! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: I cut mine down from 1250 to 1100mm when we moved, it's a much more agreeable height for viewing and working on. I recommend nipple height. Armpit height is too high to reach across comfortably. 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, St Enodoc said: I recommend nipple height. Armpit height is too high to reach across comfortably. 1100mm is belt buckle height on me, and I'm not exactly a giant. You just wanted to include a nipple or armpit reference.... 😉 2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7 3 hours ago, St Enodoc said: I recommend nipple height. Armpit height is too high to reach across comfortably. Your nipple height or Chesty Morgan's? I suspect that many on here won't know her, Google is your friend! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 4 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said: Your nipple height or Chesty Morgan's? I suspect that many on here won't know her, Google is your friend! I don't think I dare look. It's impossible to un-see things.... 1 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted February 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7 5 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said: Your nipple height or Chesty Morgan's? I suspect that many on here won't know her, Google is your friend! Waist level? 2 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 9 hours ago, St Enodoc said: I recommend nipple height. Armpit height is too high to reach across comfortably. Steps?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7 8 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said: Your nipple height or Chesty Morgan's? I suspect that many on here won't know her, Google is your friend! I was referring to the z-axis, not the y-axis... Damn, I've given away my age now. 3 hours ago, MrWolf said: I don't think I dare look. It's impossible to un-see things.... As they used to say about Rolls-Royce, if you have to ask you don't need to know. 2 hours ago, Tallpaul69 said: Steps?? Yes. I use them when I need to work at the back of the layout but you don't want to be lugging them around everywhere with you. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, St Enodoc said: Yes. I use them when I need to work at the back of the layout but you don't want to be lugging them around everywhere with you. Upper Hembury stands a tad under 1100mm = waist height for me. I've just tested my footstool (200mm) and that gives me enough elevation to reach the very back corner (1250mm) directly over the station building. I'm sure I tested that during the build phase but it's comforting to confirm now there's the infrastructure in situ. Colin 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) 10 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said: Chesty Morgan's? She "featured" in an establishment somewhere in the appropriately named "Combat Zone" in downtown Boston when I was a student there in the early 70s. Hence I needed no research! We used to go to an excellent ultra-cheapie Chinese restaurant which we still fondly remember. Main issue we faced was to cross The Zone to get there from our place, needless to say we didn't go after dark on any account! More info for anyone interested in this phase of her career can be found on the "Faceache" page "Old Dirty Boston" - disclaimer, no association, promise! Edited February 8 by BWsTrains 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted February 10 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 10 4574 brings the daily Earlsbridge goods off the branch on its way back to Newton Abbot. Meanwhile 5000 'Launceston Castle' approaches with a down Plymouth express, which includes a clerestory composite coach to Dia. E73. They cross paths as the goods train pulls onto the up main line. John C. 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David C Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Brilliant phots of a brilliant layout - as ever! One query: what's the first van (or third wagon) behind 4574? I'm sure it's correct for your period, but it looks rather like one of those featured on mid Victorian prints of the Liverpool & Manchester and London & Birmingham! David C 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted February 10 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10 22 minutes ago, David C said: One query: what's the first van (or third wagon) behind 4574? Many thanks for kind words David. The van is a 3D printed ex-SECR vehicle, produced a couple of years or so back to a commission by Rails of Sheffield. It's in the post 1936 SR livery with small lettering, as that was the only option in the first print run, which makes it look a little anonymous from a distance. John C. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 10 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10 7 minutes ago, checkrail said: Many thanks for kind words David. The van is a 3D printed ex-SECR vehicle, produced a couple of years or so back to a commission by Rails of Sheffield. It's in the post 1936 SR livery with small lettering, as that was the only option in the first print run, which makes it look a little anonymous from a distance. John C. I have one too and the quality wasn't brilliant. Interesting that Rail's haven't done anymore 3D wagons since, maybe too expensive. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikkiGTR Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Having scanned through much of the thread to see what changes have been made (as advised in post #1), I can only say this layout is a work of art. Amazing work. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted February 10 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10 (edited) 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: I have one too and the quality wasn't brilliant. Interesting that Rail's haven't done anymore 3D wagons since, maybe too expensive. Having just re-charged the camera I can now post a close-up picture of it. I don't think it looks too bad from NVD but I think the idea a few years back that 3D printing would give us lots of wagons that weren't economical to produce by plastic injection moulding has been overtaken by the likes of Rapido. (Granted that their prices are similar to the 'premium' price that 3D printed models commanded.). In the case of the iron mink a plastic one came out very soon after a 3D printed one had appeared on the market. (This photo has shown me that half a fishplate (a C & L plastic one) is missing. Must replace.) John C. Edited February 10 by checkrail typo 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted February 10 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10 22 minutes ago, RikkiGTR said: Having scanned through much of the thread to see what changes have been made Many thanks for kind comment @RikkiGTR - much appreciated. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted February 10 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 10 Another couple of shots as the trains pass ... ... and one of 5000 and train thundering through the platforms heading for North Road. John C. 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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