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1 hour ago, 5BarVT said:

Those look brilliant.

Are they all ‘built’ Lego or is some of it glued together?

Paul.

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All built, no glue.  And all locos motorised with Lego "Powered Up" or "Power Function" parts

 

Simon

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10 hours ago, Psiborg said:

Hi Paul,

 

All built, no glue.  And all locos motorised with Lego "Powered Up" or "Power Function" parts

 

Simon

Even more impressed now!

Paul.

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1 hour ago, Matt said:

Did you work out the parts yourself for these - seriously impressive! 

Hi Matt

 

A lot are based on photos from the internet, some I have re-liveried.  They are all still assembled as I have no instructions to enable me to rebuild them

 

Simon

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Main Panels

 

Today I fitted the main panels to their respective baseboards

 

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The split is where the board join is.  They were fitted so they can be tilted forwards to access the wiring etc as seen here

 

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The first wiring I have done is for the Lenz LRC120 displays which will show the DCC address of the stock which will be inside the depot.  Testing was carried out with my two Buxton class 108s - DCC address 108 and 1082

 

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Thanks for looking

Simon

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Main Panels continued

 

After brushing past the panel a couple of times I realised the plastic corners will get damaged if they aren't protected so I added a few sides

 

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Thanks

Simon

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On 03/07/2022 at 19:45, Psiborg said:

Main Panels continued

 

After brushing past the panel a couple of times I realised the plastic corners will get damaged if they aren't protected so I added a few sides

 

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Thanks

Simon

Coming along treat this Simon😀

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Club night at Buxton

 

Instead of the usual club night at Shaun's, I asked the group if they wanted to meet at my place and have a running session on Buxton - which they did

 

Dave, Shaun (operating below) and Paul arrived and I spent the time leaving them to operate while I watched from the viewing side.  The ICI hoppers leave after entering the station to run back over the crossover

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I also placed the shed and fuel tanks/pump houses in position to get the feel for what it will be like when completed.  The departmental coaches are not accurate to the ones that should be at Buxton but will act as placeholders until I can make/buy the appropriate ones

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An overview of the scenic section, it's definitely looking Buxtony - real word! 🤣

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Thanks for looking

Simon

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"Double heading"

 

Today I played around with the double heading feature of the Lenz DCC system.  This enables you to run two separate locos/units on one address while keeping their individual addresses for when you split the double header up, below are a couple of examples of how I will be using this on Buxton Station & TMD...

 

 

 

Cheers

Simon

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Hardstanding - Saturday

 

This weekend I have been working on the TMD hardstanding, Fuel Point hardstanding and the footpath at the back of the TMD that will be at the base of the steep bank

 

Here is the Fuel Point...

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and again after the path is added

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The painting will take place when it is all fitted

 

 

Thanks for looking

Simon

 

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Hardstanding - Sunday

 

The shed hardstanding was worked on today to link up with the footpath

 

Here it is with the fuel pumps in place...

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and a better angle with the shed

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Since the above pictures I have fitted the parts between the tracks up to the board join

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I have used two layers of mounting board to make the hardstanding - 5 small (A4-ish) sheets in total

 

 

Thanks for looking

Simon

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Hardstanding...again!

 

This week I have finished the mounting board and I have got around to spraying it.

 

Fuel point...

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TMD area...

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There are still a couple of areas that need a touch of filler to tidy them up, then a heavy weathering needs to be applied

 

 

Thanks for looking

Simon

 

 

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New fuel point has arrived

 

While browsing on the web for Buxton related items I came across the following on ebay...

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It is a 3D printed kit and every detail is on there, I had a look through the images and ordered a 3-tank kit (as at Buxton).  A 2-tank kit is also available

 

The kit components out of the box

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I must say the print quality is excellent and the kit really has been well designed

 

Thanks for looking

Simon

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The only items not included in the kit are the concrete slabs for the tanks.  The sizes for these are given and I used a razor saw and some 6mm MDF to make them

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After the main structures (minus details) were built I checked positions

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Happy with the look I painted the tanks and access steps/walkways

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Cheers

Simon

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Fuel point completed

 

This is how the fuel point looks with all of the details added (the hose from pump house 2 will be added once the assembly is fixed to the layout)

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As a satisfied customer, I can highly recommend this kit

 

 

Thanks for looking

Simon

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