Popular Post lyneux Posted December 6, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2023 Yes, absolutely loads. Need to find time to write it all up! I’ll leave this here for now… Guy 24 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Id be interested in a full layout update too. Guy have you ever thought about filming the layout or uploading to youtube. I am sure plenty of people would find it very interesting on the why’s, how’s of everything to do with the layout and your rolling stock etc. It would be great for it to reach a new audience and see running sessions! Just my two pence! Look forward to seeing the next update 🙂 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 06/12/2023 at 13:57, lyneux said: Yes, absolutely loads. Need to find time to write it all up! I’ll leave this here for now… Guy This is looking rather nice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lyneux Posted December 27, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2023 A bit of an update... I've been working on a 3D printed version of the ARC PGA build code PG013D (constructed as a kit of parts). Here is a picture of the first decorated wagon although I am working on a rake of these as well as other build codes that ARC used (there were a lot of different wagons that got used!). I'll let the pictures do the talking and I'll add a bit more about the layout shortly. 28 11 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Wow - seriously impressive stuff that! Well done 👍 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Stunning! How many of these do you need to do for a complete rake? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 58 minutes ago, dj_crisp said: Stunning! How many of these do you need to do for a complete rake? Hi Will. Likely need around 50-60 PGAs total for the layout. I’m doing an initial batch of 11 wagons to PG013D. Guy 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 I thought they may keep you nice and busy :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) I've been going back through my photos over the past couple of years and uploading the best ones to my Flickr account. I've restored some of the pictures on the previous page from 2021 and have added a few more. Most of the activity seems to be track laying on the extension. I'm not sure how much of this I have described but it uses Jim Smith Wright's method of a mixture of Exactoscale parts and 1.6mm copperclad with brass pins pushed through 0.7mm holes drilled into the copperclad. Some of the photos below show the point that spans the board gap between the old and new scenic boards. This was made on a piece of scrap timber and then fitted in place after removing a section of plain track from the old board. The crossing vees use a brass shim of the right thickness underneath the vee to support it that is then cut away to size using a slitting disc in a mini drill. Pandrol clips are the over-scale Peco individulay ones. Edited December 28, 2023 by lyneux 8 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lyneux Posted December 28, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2023 Track laying then progressed onto the two re-purposed scenic curved boards. Board joints use the same method of pins and copperclad for strength: I had a go at building the small sub-station(?) that is on site opposite the wagon repair shop. The transformer is one that I found as a 3-D print online, whilst the fencing is modified Wills. The final shots are from the first test run nearly two years ago. At this point, not all of the track was finished. 31 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted December 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2023 Stunning work, Guy! How are you painting the sleepers? The colour looks great for concrete. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lyneux Posted December 28, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2023 Very little then happened in 2022 as Oldshaw seemed to take centre stage for most of the year but I picked up work again at the end of the year and started making the final two turnouts as well as playing trains with the (then) new Dapol 59. The following shots are all of the new scenic boards. Sorry about the quality, they are all on my old iPhone. High time I took some better ones! 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lyneux Posted December 28, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2023 The final track laying was then completed with the construction of the last two turnouts. Here you can see well how the whole vee is assembled before fitting: Colin Craig's cosmetic tie bars have been utilised on all of the points. Mechanical droppers also run from the blade tips to an under-baseboard copperclad sleeper that acts as a stronger mechanical tiebar. I'm experimenting with the control system and using Digikeijs and the WLAN multimaus as well as the Roco iPad app. These were first used successfully on Oldshaw at ExpoEM. And finally, painting the track. This was a case of airbrushing on the sleeper colour first - Tamiya Deck Tan for the concrete sleepers (1:1 with thinners), Railmatch Sleeper grime (1:1 again) with a light over-coat of dilute (1:5) Tamiya Medium Grey for the wooden sleepers. Rails and chairs were then painted using Tamiya flat earth with a brush by hand and finally the paint scraped off the rails with a wooden coffee stirrer (trying to keep anything too abrasive away). And that's it! I still have the last straight board to paint (maybe this weekend) and then it's on with the ballasting. Cheers! Guy 22 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted December 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2023 Should’ve waited an hour before asking! 😁 lovely job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 33 minutes ago, njee20 said: Should’ve waited an hour before asking! 😁 lovely job. Yes, sorry… I saw your note and was busy writing up the next section so thought I’d just finish it! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Stunning work great to see the layout growing. Just a quick question what 3D software are you using for your wagons. Keith 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 Hi Keith, It’s Blender. Not really proper CAD and more for 3D graphics but it’s what I’m used to. I think if I were starting again I’d use one of the proper CAD packages like Solidworks or something. Guy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSkipworth Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) Both the layout and the PGA are looking absolutely fantastic. I've been using Blender for 3D printing too (again just what I'm used to), and it's definitely less intuitive for the work than Solidworks or similar. However as the PGA shows, you can still get fantastic results with a bit of care. Edited December 28, 2023 by RobSkipworth 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Really interesting and great trackwork Guy! Thanks for the write up. I like the look of your tie bars. Do you know if they're still available? I'm revisting all of mine as 3 of my flatbottom turnouts have failed this year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Evening Guy, Hope you're keeping well? Great to see an update on the layout, that PGA is gorgeous! Jo 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, dj_crisp said: Really interesting and great trackwork Guy! Thanks for the write up. I like the look of your tie bars. Do you know if they're still available? I'm revisting all of mine as 3 of my flatbottom turnouts have failed this year. Hi Will, I don’t think that Colin’s track components are available any more. Thanks all for the comments! I’ve got a couple more things to show at some point as I get them finished. Hoping to be at the Define show at Risley next weekend. Guy Edited December 29, 2023 by lyneux 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 I took these two pictures at Whatley on 2nd July 1988, in pouring rain. The railtour was called the Somerset Secret with 47 478. I seem to remember at the time it was advertised as the first public use of standard coaching stock into the quarry. Something a bit different. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 Great photos Andy and nice to see a Railtour appropriate to my period of 88-92! Maybe Mr Curtis can provide us a spoon to replicate it? Guy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Norski Posted December 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2023 Loving your track work - can I ask where you got the concrete sleepers and rail from please? Im embarking on my scenic section having built my fiddle yard. Im not put off by hand making straights and curves (my turnouts will be of the PECO kind) but im a complete novice on track work. Thanks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Norski said: Loving your track work - can I ask where you got the concrete sleepers and rail from please? Im embarking on my scenic section having built my fiddle yard. Im not put off by hand making straights and curves (my turnouts will be of the PECO kind) but im a complete novice on track work. Thanks. The plain track is Exactoscale fast track bases (4FT106A) obtained from the EMGS stores. More details at: https://exactoscale.com/ If you attend either ExpoEM or Scaleforum I suspect you will be able to pick it up (or join either society - even if you don't model EM or P4 but are just interested in finescale). Guy Edited December 31, 2023 by lyneux 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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