Indomitable026 Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Inbound. A few bits arrived today from the Scalefour society stores. First off is this jig for filing the switchblades. It’s stamped for switch size A, B, C & D. I’ll be using B switches. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Next we’ve got a flangeway gauge. Quite small and lose-able... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 And finally, for the jigs, the crossing V filing jig. However - it’s the wrong one - I’ve ended up with one stamped 9, 10, 11 & 12. I actually wanted the 5, 6, 7 & 8 one. No matter - I’ll sort it... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Indomitable026 said: And finally, for the jigs, the crossing V filing jig. However - it’s the wrong one - I’ve ended up with one stamped 9, 10, 11 & 12. I actually wanted the 5, 6, 7 & 8 one. No matter - I’ll sort it... Scalefour society stores have come straight back, correct jig in the post tomorrow. Boom! Great service. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 I spent half an hour last night marking out the area for concrete apron on the fuel delivery road. I’ve cut some copper clad sleepers to a minimum length to solder the rails to - there’s no point using up Exactoscale sleepers and chairs as they’re not seen. Also seen is part of the buffer stop kit - checking for fit - they’re longer than you think on a minimum space layout... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 Inbound.... This ones got the correct numbers stamped on, so now we’ve got the right tackle... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Indomitable026 said: This ones got the correct numbers stamped on The other one also had the correct numbers, it just wasn’t the correct vees... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 18 minutes ago, Regularity said: The other one also had the correct numbers, it just wasn’t the correct vees... ha ha Good point, well made! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 I never cease to be fascinated by the information available in the hobby. A friend of mine has just sent me a link to a website called doublearrow.co.uk What a great resource, as relevant now as it was then. This will come in very handy when I get around to the layout name sign. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 05/12/2020 at 18:51, Indomitable026 said: Just bought one of these... The Inverness one - obviously. For me this is one of the signature items of rolling stock that will ‘place’ the layout... Any layout based in Scotland isn't really a Scottish layout without a set of ploughs! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 I’ve just made a start on laying the track through the fuel delivery road. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 I’ve decided to try a different approach - avoiding any sleepers of any kind. I’m hoping this will give it cleaner lines. I’ve laminated two lots of plasticard to get me to just below rail height, stuck them to the board and then stuck the rail to the side of them. It could work... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Now the other side. Clearly we need to ensure gauge for this bit. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted December 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2020 Interesting, what glue have you used? Think I'd be concerned about either the glue failing or expansion/contraction of materials resulting in it going out of gauge. Think I might be tempted to fit some half chairs on the inside of the rails to prevent this. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, Mark Forrest said: Interesting, what glue have you used? Think I'd be concerned about either the glue failing or expansion/contraction of materials resulting in it going out of gauge. Think I might be tempted to fit some half chairs on the inside of the rails to prevent this. I’m going to put some Araldite under the rail to hold it further - it’s only held with impact at the minute. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Now I’ve cut the centre pieces. The lower piece goes right under the rail and is in two bits. The upper piece I had a couple of goes at cutting, first with trying to measure using a rule. Er nope - nowhere near accurate enough. The second time I used the track gauge to measure slipping the knife blade down the side of the check gauge, bingo. Only loosely fitted at present. That’s the neat crisp look I was after. 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2020 My 2 cents worth. To prevent any gauge wander, as Mark has alluded to, I would have soldered the rails to a piece of copperclad sheet, and then built up the apron with plastic card/DAS or whatever you prefer. Mike. 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted December 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2020 21 hours ago, Indomitable026 said: I never cease to be fascinated by the information available in the hobby. A friend of mine has just sent me a link to a website called doublearrow.co.uk What a great resource, as relevant now as it was then. This will come in very handy when I get around to the layout name sign. Thank you for adding that link. The grid version of the “Beeching footprint” confirms something I read a long time ago: it’s an optical illusion! The angled sides of the top and bottom arrows are not actually parallel so that in real life the look as if they are. Some commercial reproduction signs appear to have missed this subtlety and then look as if they narrow towards the tips. Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Ok, I’ve taken the advice and soldered the rail to copper clad sleepers.... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 And now assembled, I’ve put a base coat of colour on the rails and the concrete. (There’s nothing worse than seeing shining solder down gaps...) I’ve got a bit of filling to do to lose the plasticard gaps... 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Southwich Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Looks superb that! For a concrete colour and texture I can thoroughly recommend Plastikote suede spray paint if you haven’t got a solution/colour in mind already. Keep up the good work - really enjoying seeing it progress! Kind regards, Will 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted December 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2020 That does look very good ! just to add the oily grunge that fuel points attract /cause! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 I like the really thin flangeway the P4 Standards give you - I think that helps to make it look right.... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Next job, the fueling road. First off a coat of concrete colour paint... As reminder, what we are trying to replicate here are concrete sleepers cast into a plinth. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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