Grim-up-North; Goathland, Queensbury & Bradford.

[Jaz]

I always think of trains ...steam trains that is....pottering thru at a sedate rate, and tho some did,there was some break neck speed......and not an A4 in sight

[Sasquatch]

I always think of trains ...steam trains that is....pottering thru at a sedate rate, and tho some did,there was some break neck speed......and not an A4 in sight

Problem is that the model trains have electric motors and need a bit of juice to climb my very steep 1in 50 gradients what with 10 ply loaded wagons on. The diesels however can be slowed down due to their much smaller wheels. I'll get some A classes out a bit later on and do some more videos!

 

Mrs. S. has brought me an A8 kit for my birthday! Nice  ( happy as a in shite icon)

[Jaz]

lovely will look forward...was very impressed with the videos btw. Cant wait until you have the time and energy to start on the rest of the layout...

[Jock67B]

Lovely vids Shaun, those 'flying pigs' are ugly though - give me the Stanier style any day! Must learn how to do that video upload thing one day!

Kind regards,

Jock.

[Jason T]

If it's kits that you want Shaun, have a look at Chris's thread where he's started to document the rather beautiful locos he is building for Clayton (next station down from Queensbury): 

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/88522-chris-gnr-workbench/

 

Now tell me you don't want an N5 for your layout

[Alister_G]

Problem is that the model trains have electric motors and need a bit of juice to climb my very steep 1in 50 gradients what with 10 ply loaded wagons on. The diesels however can be slowed down due to their much smaller wheels. I'll get some A classes out a bit later on and do some more videos!

 

Mrs. S. has brought me an A8 kit for my birthday! Nice  ( happy as a smileys-pig-746480.png in shite icon)

 

The one thing I've found when doing my videos is how slow you have to drive the train to make it look believable. We all know that model trains can go much, much faster than the prototype (in terms of scale speeds) but it's really only hit home for me when taking videos, particularly the onboard ones I've done recently.

 

The first few goes I did, I ran the train round at what I considered to be a sensible scale speed, but when I reviewed the video it was like being on a roller-coaster. To make it look believeable I had to set the loco to really crawl round the layout.

 

Al.

[Sasquatch]

The list seems endless....J15, J21, J27, J6, two N2s, another J50 & a N5 , G5 All kits or scratch builds. I think Hornby announced a J15. Smart move by them as these loco were built by the GE, LNER and BR. They served overseas in both world wars and were used all over the ER. One is preserved and one held the record of being the fastest ever built steam locomotive. So successful was their simple design and great performance that they are the unsung heroes all locos ever!! No LNER layout should be without at least one! It's always been top of my want list.
OK promo over..............
The want list also includes BR liveried B1, L1, and O1. The Heljan O2s sound good too.

For now though attention must be turned to the layout. 10 sheets of 1/2" ply 40 odd point motors 75 yards of rail and another 25 turnouts are need for what I have in mind. Not just pocket money!!!

[Alister_G]

10 sheets of 1/2" ply 40 odd point motors 75 yards of rail and another 25 turnouts are need for what I have in mind.

 

 

'kin hell!  just a small extension...

 

:swoon:

[Sasquatch]

The wood work is finished on the new board. Today I'll do the PIR scenic forming and maybe the paper towel soaked plaster covering.I need a 30" board to temporarily take the tracks back to the fiddle yard also.

A tunnel mouth needs to be made  as I messed up on the dimensions due to needing 6 inches to take the Queensbury loops behind the Abbey at the opposite end. Thus this board is 6" less, apparent in these pics. by the two middle ribs being so close together. Adjustment had to be made to the gradient levels on these.  

Edited July 30, 2014 by Sasquatch

[Sasquatch]

Yet more Goathland pics. Taken yesterday evening hence the long shadows.

8F with some loaded 16 tonners.

 

View of the station from the foot bridge

 

The lime shed

 

Notice the poster.....

 

Slaters kit on the coal drops.

[Sasquatch]

Been to the lumber yard and got an 8x4,  2" thick sheet of insulation. Then spent what seemed like an age pulling off the foil until I gave up...
Sections are cut with a panel saw and filed with rasps. Lovely mess! I found that the foil and paper backing   can quite easily be sawn and rasped off!
When it cools off this evening my hot glue gun will be dusted off and put to good use.

There are  half million acres currently burning in Oregon today and more lightning storms forecast, the government has declared a state of emergency & the Siskiyou mountains are blanketed by smoke. 

 

 

It's taking shape nicely.

 

Here's a Bongo with kit built stock.

 

Portrait of the village scene, abbey and viaduct complete with a short fish train. 

 

[Sasquatch]

When my eyes went funny after fitting details on the J50 loco (locos for Queensbury project) I went into full butterfly mode and decided it was time to have a go at the tunnel mouth.

 

Here's how I went about it.

All the important measurements  were drawn lightly onto a piece of quality foam board with a soft pencil.

The details were added and then scribed with a sharpish ball point pen.

 

Pin pricks were made through to the back at the fold points and these cut with a semi sharp blade so as not to cut through the paper coating on the front.

 

Base coats of stone. were painted using artist acrylics which dries in minutes.

  

I folded the inside bends over on themselves and sanded these carefully back at 45 degrees.

 

A bead of quick set super glue was applied and two track pins pushed in to hold this while the glue set. A small piece of masking tape helps too.

 

The outside bend has a square section glued in place to hold the inner angle.

 

PVA painted around the exposed edge will be detailed and painted to suit the tunnel lining and the weathering is dry brushed charcoal. A new color I have discovered which is spot on.

Squatch. Track laying tomorrow. Grass by Friday! 

 

[Jaz]

Been to the lumber yard and got an 8x4,  2" thick sheet of insulation. Then spent what seemed like an age pulling off the foil until I gave up...

Sections are cut with a panel saw and filed with rasps. Lovely mess! I found that the foil and paper backing   can quite easily be sawn and rasped off!

When it cools off this evening my hot glue gun will be dusted off and put to good use.

There are  half million acres currently burning in Oregon today and more lightning storms forecast, the government has declared a state of emergency & the Siskiyou mountains are blanketed by smoke. 

 

Mess.JPG

 

It's taking shape nicely.

Taking shape.JPG

 

Here's a Bongo with kit built stock.

bongo.JPG

 

Portrait of the village scene, abbey and viaduct complete with a short fish train. 

Pottyshire portrait.JPG

it really makes your hands sore getting the silver off......

[Sasquatch]

J50 #68940 making its debut on Goathland.

 

J52 #3975 has been detailed too. #68940 will receive weathering when the paint is dry.

 

Here she is hard at work pulling old wooden coaches.

 

When the cork underlay arrives track laying will continue.

[Andrew P]

Morning Shaun, a couple of little beauties there mate, really nice.

 

Bodge.

[Alister_G]

I love that last photo with the abbey in the background, it's superb, and the J50 looks right at home.

 

Al.

[Jock67B]

Shaun,

Lovely work as ever. Can I ask what thickness the ply is in the baseboard pics above? Looking forward to seeing the development of the extension!

Kind regards,

Jock.

[Andrew P]

Shaun, those base boards are just brilliant mate, really superb woodwork, (my worst nightmare) and I still have that to come, luckily I can get away with almost flat boards for the Station and Goods Yard.

 

Great pics mate.

Cheers,

Bodge.

[Sasquatch]

Shaun,

Lovely work as ever. Can I ask what thickness the ply is in the baseboard pics above? Looking forward to seeing the development of the extension!

Kind regards,

Jock.

 Thanks mate. I used 1/2" construction grade ply. The ribs were cut from an off cut from a job I did. Needing more I went to the local hardware/building supply place where I found more 1/2 inch sheets 16" x 96" (40cm x 240cm) at $4  Approx.£2.50 each. It can all be cut with a jig saw as long as you have good blades. By that I mean the expensive Swiss kind! I have an air compressor and nail guns but screws would be better!

 

Shaun, those base boards are just brilliant mate, really superb woodwork, (my worst nightmare) and I still have that to come, luckily I can get away with almost flat boards for the Station and Goods Yard.

 

 

Great pics mate.

Cheers,

Bodge.

The secret to an easy job here is to draw everything full scale. Make a plan and stick to it! When I make a plan all the wood thicknesses, screws and all measurements are marked on! Same way I make cabinets and furniture!!  

 

 

 

As some of you might know I severed my left hand in a table saw some years back. Now I have triggerfinger and Dupuytrens contracture in my right hand on the ring finger. Yesterday I have seen a specialist who is recommending 3 operations. What I must do is stop the progress of these conditions so I'm looking at a career change and must give up drinking beer. :nono: Very daunting at 48 as I've been a cabinet maker for nearly 30 years.

The first thing Mrs. S and I thought about is turning my barn into a railway room!!!

 

Squatch Quite upset today! 

[hornbyandbf3fan]

That J50 looks superb, I've been meaning to have a go at doing up a Lima one with a new chassis

[Jaz]

As cabinet working is your livelihood, and you bought this place for the barn to be your workshop, is there no alternative? Where the muscles contract, have you considered oiling your hands? I know it sounds funny....but if you cheek wit hthe doctor I can't see him thinking it would b bad for you, and it might help. Sweet almond oil, is a great massage oil, and helps with suppleness......if rubbing it in exercises your hand and if a doctor agrees the oil does no harm....it might be worth trying.

Just a quick read of the internet, says soy,citrus, vitamin e all good for a preventative diet.

I saw the collaganese is experimental at the moment......but the ops have potential nerve damage.

I would try massaging vitamin e.....but know your affinity with th net I bet you re really well read on this subject.

I also saw that it mentions the rotten thing can come back!!! No wonder you are on a health diet.

All I can say is best of luck, when you go ahead. 

Why does he think you should try some other work? If you had the workshop could you employ a couple of other people, and you run the business, but not have to put in the actual work? Less profit, but a shame to lose so much experience. Perhaps take on a trainee? Although the standard of work I suppose would aggravate you.

Can't come up with a good solution. Could you teach Mrs S....to do the real problematic bits ....so you could continue in your established livelihood?

Again am thinking if this were practical they would have occurred to you already. 

[Sasquatch]

That J50 looks superb, I've been meaning to have a go at doing up a Lima one with a new chassis

The "locos for Queensbury " link at the bottom of all my posts shows how I went about it Will. Obtaining a good cheap Bachmann chassis is the difficult part! I think the project set me back 80 quid or thereabouts, so not cheap! Next up is an A8 for goathland. My wife got lucky on eBay and got me an early birthday present $82:locomotive:

[Andrew P]

Hi Shaun, I knew about your hand but hadn't realised it was still causing a major problem, I thought it was damaged but healed, I do wish you well with it mate.

 

Will you still be able to make BASEBOARDS as that might be a avenue to consider.

 

Bodge.

[Sasquatch]

As cabinet working is your livelihood, and you bought this place for the barn to be your workshop, is there no alternative? Where the muscles contract, have you considered oiling your hands? I know it sounds funny....but if you cheek wit hthe doctor I can't see him thinking it would b bad for you, and it might help. Sweet almond oil, is a great massage oil, and helps with suppleness......if rubbing it in exercises your hand and if a doctor agrees the oil does no harm....it might be worth trying.

Just a quick read of the internet, says soy,citrus, vitamin e all good for a preventative diet.

I saw the collaganese is experimental at the moment......but the ops have potential nerve damage.

I would try massaging vitamin e.....but know your affinity with th net I bet you re really well read on this subject.

I also saw that it mentions the rotten thing can come back!!! No wonder you are on a health diet.

All I can say is best of luck, when you go ahead. 

Why does he think you should try some other work? If you had the workshop could you employ a couple of other people, and you run the business, but not have to put in the actual work? Less profit, but a shame to lose so much experience. Perhaps take on a trainee? Although the standard of work I suppose would aggravate you.

Can't come up with a good solution. Could you teach Mrs S....to do the real problematic bits ....so you could continue in your established livelihood?

Again am thinking if this were practical they would have occurred to you already. 

Ok lots to answer here:  I appreciate your feed back very much!!

So firstly my diet would astound most. Type1 diabetes means I can't have sugar, hard fats, processed carbs etc. etc. Then we eat organic when ever possible and as little processed food as possible. On top of the 5 daily insulin shots I take necessary  vitamin supplements and do everything in moderation. We eat a lot of raw food and yoghurt.

 

The problem with my fingers lies with the tendons! The trigger finger has been very painful (that's why the modeling has been slow coming) and the Dupuytrens is progressive. Each condition supposedly aggravates the other.

An injection of steroids has helped enormously but steroids and diabetes don't mix. My glucose levels soared leaving me feeling quite ill. Extra insulin caused hypoglycemia and so on and so on.........

 

So conclusion is, as there's all work coming my way anyhow look for something else. My good old mum suggested renting out the barn as a work space!!

I'm not too worried about the fact that I should give up wood work but loosing the ability to make models is too scary to contemplate.   

 

[Sasquatch]

Hi Shaun, I knew about your hand but hadn't realised it was still causing a major problem, I thought it was damaged but healed, I do wish you well with it mate.

 

Will you still be able to make BASEBOARDS as that might be a avenue to consider.

 

Bodge.

Yes the injury was severe. Belgian law (where the accident happened) dictates  that I am 39% disabled and I only have a key grip. This new problem is the other hand!

 

I have made baseboards in a professional capacity in the past but I don't think there's much business around here for that! This would be the ideal job for me!!

First stop...........Kadee Couplers me thinks. 

 

Edit: Its funny how these big changes seem to come around every 7 years. I shall take the bull by the horns and do something in model railways, my passion!

 

Sasquatch.......mind made up!  

Edited August 12, 2014 by Sasquatch