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Still not quite happy with the colours so might do another dark wash to pick out the cracks as it’s dry stone walling. 

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I’ve also started on the station and level crossing with the mini loop. 

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21 minutes ago, willsheldrake said:

How exactly is each board connected together, both physically and the wiring?

 
There’s a separate topic on the modular system here that will answer that in more detail :) 

 

 

 

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Moving onto the station for now I’ve swapped the order of Penrhyn(ish) and the level crossing round and put them next to each other. 
A quick mock-up 
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The road climbs up at the back following the wall. 

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With the impending Englands I thought I ought to get on with things FR!

I was having trouble bending the foam for the walls without creasing it so I hit upon the idea of laminating two 2ish mm strips together. 

FR Freem009

I was having trouble bending the foam for the walls without creasing it so I hit upon the idea of laminating two 2ish mm strips together. 

Two thin sheets in the foreground and the pegs hold it together while it dries. 

FR Freem009

 

Then all the walls are scribed with a pencil. Straight sections are 4-5mm thick strips of foam. 

FR Freem009

 

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1 hour ago, AlfaZagato said:

They are splendid locos.   Paul Windle is still going?


Oh yes, he’s not taking general orders these days but still building what he fancies and these have been in gestation since the late 90’s. Tim’s known Paul for many years and he was up for the idea 😉

 

These were two of the ideas I drew up in the late 90’s when we were still considering ideas

 

Paul's various track plans


 

009 model railway plan

 

This is what I drew up from his sketches andTim has built and is out on the circuit, also it was in the April 2020 RM. The next stage, Bodmin, I’m drawing up currently as his plans evolve 😉

 

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1 minute ago, Jon Gwinnett said:

Do I spy Clyre Valley coaches in that last photo?


You do, Tim brought all his coaches but only those three fitted as Kevin has built Bratton Flemings bridge to absolute scale so his larger girth coaches didn’t fit!

 

The layout consisted of modules from three of us. 
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Bratton Fleming on the right is Kevin’s, the halt and Mill with the green fascia are Tim’s and the junction and two other stations are mine. 

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A very attractive and interesting layout. 009 is a bit of a guilty pleasure at our club with a few members who have an interest - it was certainly a popular model with our Fareham show contingent!

 

A few pictures...

 

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It was good to talk to you.

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13 hours ago, PaulRhB said:

You do, Tim brought all his coaches but only those three fitted as Kevin has built Bratton Flemings bridge to absolute scale so his larger girth coaches didn’t fit!

Sounds like Freem009 needs a minimum structure gauge too!

And/or a maximum vehicle gauge.

:-)

Paul.

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1 minute ago, 5BarVT said:

Sounds like Freem009 needs a minimum structure gauge too!

:-)

Paul.


We have one, it’s based on ‘Victoria’, (Julien Webb’s Mdc 2-8-0), but it appears the slightly flatter roof profile of Tim’s recently built coaches are wider at the extremes. To be fair the Clyre Valley stock is built more to 2’6” dimensions so is big anyway as you can see from this pic. To get the look Tim has taken several standard 009 kits and widened them by 2mm and the coaches are built to the same dimensions. Once you add duckets, lamps etc their ‘dynamic’ gauge, (wobble as it moves), is right at the limit of the envelope on a curve. They just randomly caught, the other two bridges were ok as they are on straight track or the bigger radius curve. 
 

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