kes Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 I decided that although protypically correct for the track layout, the four headed ground signal was just over kill for this little layout, so I have reduced it to a single ground disc. I have also added the section signal for access to the mainline (fiddle yard), so the signals on the existing gantry now become advance starters. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 I have been busy painting the white metal figures to represent fashions present in the 1930's and 40's. They are awaiting a coat of matt varnish to seal in the acrylics so they don't wear off. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 Boris the Badger, who is the inspiration for the layout has been inspecting it, prior to the start of weathering. 6 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 Weathering the layout, not Boris the Badger! 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 The last few days have seen my creation of a representative interior for the signal box. The frame is a length of softwood, with holes drilled in it, the levers are lengths of 40 thou plastic, with bent staples glued on the top for the release and handles. The instrument shelf is made of parts of coffee stirrers. The stove is a piece of softwood, with a wooden dowel flue. All painted with acrylics. It looks alright through the windows! Many thanks to Al who gave me the mixed bag of white metal fittings for the block instruments, clock, desk, and tablet machine. I have no idea who made them. 13 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 Whilst the weather has been miserable I have been in the shed with the airbrush and the dirty thinners. The track is now weathered, and the coal heaps built. As a variation to the old "Bus on a bridge" scenario, we now have 4 cows and a farmer on the bridge. The two newer cows will be painted as Devon reds to match the other two in due course. I have added a button to my sound unit with cows mooing as a recording! should make a change from the ever present sound of diesels idling at exhibitions. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 I have now split the four boards for the first time since the layout was started. I have moved them into the garage to fit them to their legs, and erect the screens for the fiddle yard. Maggie modified the curtains from Matlock Road and Mickleover so we had a curtain long enough to do this layout, whilst still retaining the flexibility to fit the other layouts. I then fitted the lighting rig from Mickleover. It all fits and still works! Next job is to repair any loose ballast, then box it up with the end boards so we can do a trial run of getting it all in the car. It should all fit! As you have probably guessed we have a couple of exhibition invites for early next year, so I want to be certain it all works and fits before the weather turns colder. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Somebody else with the show bug. I just wound up my fourth outing and am scheduled again for the spring. It's all go. One thing my layout is lacking is lights. Can you describe how you did yours? John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 Hi John, I use 114 mm square plastic gutter extrusion, with the same clip fit stop-ends as the main structure. This has brass eyelet hooks screwed into the top at each end, and these are suspended from three wooden gallows which screw to the back of the layout. Inside the gutter I have four lengths of warm white 12 volt self adhesive LEDs and one length of cold white leds .These are fed from a 2 amp 12 volt supply. I use the same lighting rig and supports on all my layouts. Cheers, Kevin. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 39 minutes ago, kes said: Hi John, I use 114 mm square plastic gutter extrusion, with the same clip fit stop-ends as the main structure. This has brass eyelet hooks screwed into the top at each end, and these are suspended from three wooden gallows which screw to the back of the layout. Inside the gutter I have four lengths of warm white 12 volt self adhesive LEDs and one length of cold white leds .These are fed from a 2 amp 12 volt supply. I use the same lighting rig and supports on all my layouts. Cheers, Kevin. Thanks Kevin, that gives me some ideas. I have some LED strips, it's just a matter of integration. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 John - here are some rough photos which show the construction and fitting of the lighting rig. Please excuse the quality!!! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Great. Thanks. I will discuss with the team to see if we can do this before the next show in Spring. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Young Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Like your lighting rig. Had looked at the guttering in Wickes with the same thought so it’s good to see that you’ve successfully adopted it and seen that it works. Thanks, Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 Good morning Andrew. I am glad you like the idea, I think it has been used many times before by others. I made two assemblies, which fold in half, each one being 5' long. These can be connected together for my longer layouts, or used on their own for the smaller layouts. The gallows brackets are also the same and are interchangeable on each layout, as are the folding trestles underneath. This saves a lot of duplication of fittings and reduces storage problems. Kevin. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 The layout has been boxed up with its end boards, and trial-fitted into the car. It all fits! 16 feet of layout, all the legs, lighting rig, fiddle yard screen, controllers, two stock boxes, sound box, tool box, 2 operatives and an over night bag. And the back door closes and I can still see out of the back window. 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 After the neighbours watched us put this all in the car, we photographed it, then Maggie drew a "cunning plan", then we took it all out, took it apart, put it back up in the shed, and checked it all still worked. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 That's a right tichy car! Amazed that everything goes in. Masterful organizing. Mine takes 2 SUVs and a hatchback. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ray H Posted August 29, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2023 12 hours ago, brossard said: That's a right tichy car! Amazed that everything goes in. Masterful organizing. Mine takes 2 SUVs and a hatchback. John He hasn't said if there is any room left for the driver or if they have to push from behind.🙂 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted August 29, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2023 19 minutes ago, Ray H said: He hasn't said if there is any room left for the driver or if they have to push from behind.🙂 14 hours ago, kes said: 2 operatives and an over night bag. Driver and co-driver. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 Hi Ray, for once in my life I actually measured the car internally, before designing the layout, so the boards for this one were only three feet long, and fit together in pairs. So there is room for the wife, and she doesn't have to push it along! Kevin. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 I realized that my signal box had no toilet facilities so to prevent the Bobby from having an accident I knocked up an external closet from layered cereal packet and rocket sticks. It was sprayed with grey primer, then washed with thinned matt black. 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andi4x4 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 More of a Potty Shed than a Potting Shed....... I'll get my coat ... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted September 10, 2023 Moderators Share Posted September 10, 2023 On 09/09/2023 at 12:07, kes said: I realized that my signal box had no toilet facilities If it were my personal throne I'd have gone for the sea view. But colder in a winter easterly though. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 20 hours ago, AY Mod said: If it were my personal throne I'd have gone for the sea view. But colder in a winter easterly though. Hi Andy, I got the foreman and his mate on the job, so we will see what the Bobby thinks of his new view. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted September 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2023 Was expecting to see it posed next to the whalebones... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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