Tallpaul69 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Nick, Glad to heart your positive progress report, hope you can soon get back to modelling and the reporting of your structural efforts! Best regards Paul 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 6 hours ago, Tallpaul69 said: Nick, Glad to heart your positive progress report, hope you can soon get back to modelling and the reporting of your structural efforts! Best regards Paul Thanks Paul. I'm feeling a lot better today, and planning a visit to the gym tomorrow. I should have some more modelling to report soon! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - CHOLSEY STATION! 132 years, to the day, since it first opened to the public. Can it really be that long since I visited for the centenary celebrations? 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 I completed my radiotherapy treatment last week and feel generally okay whilst I wait for the side effects to wear off. As and when I have felt energetic enough I have been doing bits and pieces of scenic work on the layout - mainly bridges and landscaping: I have found no contemporary photos for the road, under this bridge, for my modelling period. Since it is an unclassified road I have assumed it would have been an untarred 'rural road' in line with the second paragraph on this interesting website: https://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/00-app1/roads.htm Therefore, I dug out this ancient tub from the depths of the garage: Finding it was still reasonably runny I added some black paint to the mix then painted a couple of coats over the primed plywood, forming the road surface, making it thicker in the centre to create a slight camber. I think it makes a reasonable impression of a plain, macadam road. 8 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted February 29 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29 (edited) 7 hours ago, Nick Gough said: I completed my radiotherapy treatment last week and feel generally okay whilst I wait for the side effects to wear off. As and when I have felt energetic enough I have been doing bits and pieces of scenic work on the layout - mainly bridges and landscaping: I have found no contemporary photos for the road, under this bridge, for my modelling period. Since it is an unclassified road I have assumed it would have been an untarred 'rural road' in line with the second paragraph on this interesting website: https://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/00-app1/roads.htm Therefore, I dug out this ancient tub from the depths of the garage: Finding it was still reasonably runny I added some black paint to the mix then painted a couple of coats over the primed plywood, forming the road surface, making it thicker in the centre to create a slight camber. I think it makes a reasonable impression of a plain, macadam road. Nick, Glad you have finished your Radiotherapy, you should gradually start to feel better. The bridge is looking good, with enough seating for a large crowd to cheer any vehicle on. 😄 Just noticed that the paint is Texas. How long ago did Texas go out of business? I might have paint that old but it has probably all gone hard. Will you need to sand the surface? It is difficult to tell from the image. Edited February 29 by ChrisN 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 1 hour ago, ChrisN said: Nick, Glad you have finished your Radiotherapy, you should gradually start to feel better. Thanks. I shall be glad when I can start peeing a bit less frequently - especially during the night! 2 hours ago, ChrisN said: The bridge is looking good, with enough seating for a large crowd to cheer and vehicle on. 😄 😆 1 hour ago, ChrisN said: Just noticed that the paint is Texas. How long ago did Texas go out of business? Nearly thirty years ago! 1 hour ago, ChrisN said: Will you need to sand the surface? It is difficult to tell from the image. No. I'm using the sand textured finish to represent the stones of a macadam road. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 I haven't posted recently, so what have I been up to? Lots and lots of embankment construction: 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 Back in March I went to the Abingdon Show. Several very nice GWR themed layouts. Bodmin: Pencader (Carmarthen-Aberystwyth line): Drws-Y-Nant (Ruabon-Barmouth line): 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 A nice display of, working, 19th century GWR locos and stock: Lintor Town - a fictional branch terminus: Two versions of Abingdon station itself, in OO: And O: 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 My personal favourite - Hungerford, with a constant procession of Berks & Hants trains: 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 (edited) Easter weekend we visited our local Heritage line - the Northampton & Lamport: This was the former double tracked line between Northampton and Market Harborough. Most of the route was converted into a public footpath and cycleway - the Brampton Valley Way, but this has left enough room for a single line alongside. So you can follow the railway from end to end: This coincided with the opening of their southern extension and new station at Boughton: Making the railway up to 1 1/2 miles in length. They have two GWR locos on site, 5967 Bickmarsh Hall and 2884 class 3862, though both are still in the early stages of lengthy restorations. We had our young grandaughter for a couple of days, in the school holidays, last week. So I decided it was an appropriate time to introduce her to the Leighton Buzzard Railway: Edited April 19 by Nick Gough Spelling error 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 My next effort is to reproduce the loading dock, as seen in this plan, below the weighbridge: According to Railway World, "The goods/end loading platform possessed sleeper walls and a gravel/black grit surface." I haven't come across any close up photos though it does feature in one of the photos kindly posted by Mike @The Stationmaster a few pages back, to the right of the signal post and alongside the turnout in the Up Relief: Sleeper construction seems to have been unusual for GWR loading docks so I have used the halt platform at Didcot as a guide: Sleepers laid horizontally on their edges, restrained by vertical ones positioned at 8' 6" centres, with the platform edging formed by more horizontal sleepers, laid flat. I have started by cutting strips of balsa to form the platform walls, then scribed these horizontally: I also cut small pieces of 1/16th inch thick balsa for the verticals. This thickness is roughly equivalent to 5" depth of a normal sleeper. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 Using a couple of suitably sized pieces of wood/MDF I have created the core of the main part of the platform: And faced these with the balsa strips: Another couple of pieces for the access ramp and end loading part of the platform: 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 On 19/04/2024 at 16:27, Nick Gough said: Easter weekend we visited our local Heritage line - the Northampton & Lamport: This was the former double tracked line between Northampton and Market Harborough. Most of the route was converted into a public footpath and cycleway - the Brampton Valley Way, but this has left enough room for a single line alongside. So you can follow the railway from end to end: This coincided with the opening of their southern extension and new station at Boughton: Making the railway up to 1 1/2 miles in length. They have two GWR locos on site, 5967 Bickmarsh Hall and 2884 class 3862, though both are still in the early stages of lengthy restorations. We had our young grandaughter for a couple of days, in the school holidays, last week. So I decided it was an appropriate time to introduce her to the Leighton Buzzard Railway: Glad you enjoyed your visit to Leighton Buzzard. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 6 minutes ago, Tallpaul69 said: Glad you enjoyed your visit to Leighton Buzzard. Yes we did. It helped that we had a nice, sunny, warm day, rather than the return to winter of the last few days! Plus I always welcome the opportunity to browse the LBR's second-hand book selection. I came away with three volumes this time. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted Sunday at 16:10 Author Share Posted Sunday at 16:10 Didcot Halt has an inclined ramp at the rear for access to the platform: Again I have used this as a guide for my goods loading platform. The rear wall is also formed from horizontal sleepers, but set at an angle with the ramp: So I have cut my balsa walls accordingly: 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted Monday at 16:47 Author Share Posted Monday at 16:47 The two main sections of the goods/loading platform joined together: I have cut long, thin strips of balsa to represent the sleepers forming the platform edge: I think it's just possible, in the next photo, to see the transverse grooves cut in the lower strip for the individual sleeper ends: 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted Tuesday at 15:55 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 15:55 The platform walls have received a coat of 'creosote' and most of the platform edging is in place: 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted Tuesday at 16:49 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 16:49 Buffer Stop I am trying to decide on what design of buffer stop I should use for the loading platform. Should it just be a plain beam, attached to the end wall? Like on the Hungerford model: Or should it be a rail built version?: I have scanned part of a much larger, long distance photo and highlighted the area where I think the buffer stop is. I would be grateful for any views, and thoughts of what type it would be. 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted Tuesday at 17:11 Share Posted Tuesday at 17:11 Looks to me from that photo to have some rail supports, rather than just being a wooden beam bolted to the wall. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Bear Posted Tuesday at 18:29 Share Posted Tuesday at 18:29 Lanarkshire Model Supplies do/did the GWR short buffer stop for bay platforms their reference BS14. Comes with web page unavailable when click on that today, however. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold GWR57xx Posted Tuesday at 18:30 RMweb Gold Share Posted Tuesday at 18:30 There’s another example here: https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrsh1117a.htm 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted Tuesday at 20:13 RMweb Gold Share Posted Tuesday at 20:13 1 hour ago, GWR57xx said: There’s another example here: https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrsh1117a.htm Nick, Yes, I think it looks more like this one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted Wednesday at 06:16 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 06:16 Thanks to all for the comments. That confirms that I wasn't just seeing what I wanted to see. Rail built buffer stop it will be. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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