RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: Looks good, Chris. That bendy MDF is good stuff. I'm making my back boards out of it as there are no corners to disguise. Thank you, unfortunately I’ve not done it as good a job as I would have liked hopefully I’ll be able to disguise any imperfections 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 33 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Thank you, unfortunately I’ve not done it as good a job as I would have liked hopefully I’ll be able to disguise any imperfections 1. We are all our own worst critics. 2. Of course you will, you're already addressing the imperfections of mass produced items that are backed up by thousands of pounds worth of design and development. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MAP66 Posted October 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2020 Chris, I know you had some trepidation and anticipation about tackling this area of the layout but you needn’t have worried as just look at your handiwork. That’s a great solid start on which to build upon. Now you can start to look forward to the scenery stuff - Superb work. Mark 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2020 4 hours ago, chuffinghell said: At the moment you’ll have to use your imagination I think it will work You'll be able to lift it off if when something derails, won't you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2020 21 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: You'll be able to lift it off if when something derails, won't you? It will be permanently fixed in place but I had planned on cutting access panels in the top just in case 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2020 Not the neatest job in the world but I’ve never been very good with a jigsaw Originally I planned on having it laser cut for accuracy but the cost of ten times the price of a 4’x2’ sheet of MDF put me off I will be covering the very badly cut holes with a panel cut out of thin MDF or maybe even card just to block out the light 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2020 That’s it for now as I need to get some smaller diameter screws, the ones I have are too big in diameter and will no doubt split the MDF unfortunately the throat of my clamps is too shallow so I’ll be relying on screws while the glue cures (not ideal) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Remember that in an emergency situation, it's not a 'bodge', it's a 'field repair'. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Remember that in an emergency situation, it's not a 'bodge', it's a 'field repair'. The cutouts we’re pre-planned..... .....just poorly executed you can’t see them and they will be covered anyway but it will still bug me for a while I remembered I have some F clamps in the shed (somewhere) that have a bigger throat depth so I ‘can’ clamp the bendy MDF as I go....if I can find my clamps I’ve had to make additional curf cuts in the back of the MDF to allow it to go around the sharp curve but it’s going to work 7 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Looks very good and you should not be knocking yourself. Remember nature doesn't make straight lines, man does and even then nature likes to interfere. May I make a suggestion about securing the bendy MDF whilst the glue sets. I will not be offended in the least if you choose to ignore it. If you installed some pieces of timber either side of the bottom of the MDF it would then slot between them and hold it firm whilst the glue sets. The ones on the outside could be removed but the inside ones would be hidden from view. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, Winslow Boy said: Looks very good and you should not be knocking yourself. Remember nature doesn't make straight lines, man does and even then nature likes to interfere. May I make a suggestion about securing the bendy MDF whilst the glue sets. I will not be offended in the least if you choose to ignore it. If you installed some pieces of timber either side of the bottom of the MDF it would then slot between them and hold it firm whilst the glue sets. The ones on the outside could be removed but the inside ones would be hidden from view. Thank you, I’ve already steamed ahead this morning before checking in on here I’ve used small self tapping screws that have not split the MDF, straight shank screws with a finer pitch thread appear to work quite well. It’s pulled nice and tight and widening the curf cuts have allowed it to bend around the tight corner It shouldn’t take much to fill the screw holes Edited October 5, 2020 by chuffinghell 9 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2020 Well surprisingly that appears to have worked quite nicely Still quite a bit of tinkering required yet but that’s the basic idea, scenery will to the hight of the bridge leaving the rest as a plain grey backscence The road over the bridge will sweep around whilst declining down to the goods yard level.....hopefully Unfortunately I have a living room wall to paint this afternoon so Warren will have to wait 11 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2020 8 hours ago, chuffinghell said: Unfortunately I have a living room wall to paint this afternoon so Warren will have to wait 8 hours ago, chuffinghell said: a plain grey backscence Kill two birds with one stone... 3 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2020 Too far?.... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2020 Bridge and road complete..... .....okay so there’s a long way to go yet, just playing with card at the moment to get a feel for it in 3D as there’s only so much you can do with a 2D drawing. The road is supposed to be more of a country lane than a major road hence only being a narrow 16ft wide.....I may decide to change this 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2020 The back-scene (if you can call it that?) is in primer at the moment but I’ll just be painting it the same light grey as the adjacent wall. I was thinking of having a fence, hedge or dry stone wall against the back-scene on the edge of the road but I’m open to suggestions. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 10, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2020 More messing about..... ....risers spaced approximately 44mm apart each one increases by 4mm.... ....I’m trying to convince myself it will look better with a road surface and a grassed embankment but I’m struggling to imagine it at the moment 10 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 10, 2020 Looking good, bit isn't that supposed to be a bus on the bridge? 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 It's looking good from here. For some reason (apparently to do with the way that we see things at a distance or small scale) if you model a road at say 22' wide (88mm) it looks like a stretch of autobahn. Make it more like a country road as you have at 16' (64mm) and once detailed, it looks right. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 And I'm glad you didn't put a bus on the bridge! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponthir28 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 It will look OK with road and embankment my thoughts are a dry stone wall each side of road at least on the back scene side. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 10, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ponthir28 said: It will look OK with road and embankment my thoughts are a dry stone wall each side of road at least on the back scene side. I would really like to try @Alister_G’s method of stone walling because quite frankly it’s amazing but I estimate it would require approximately 1000 individual stones 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2020 For me it's either a drystone wall or a hedge - one of each? Getting fence posts to stand upright on a curved sloping road will be a nightmare. I've plenty of foliage clump material if you want some . 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Will this help Chris? 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Although I suspect Kevin @KNP would do it more like this. 10 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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