RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 22, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2014 Last bit of wiring done!!! (well, it's ok with the meter on it, tomorrow will be the big test with power...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 23, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2014 Had a good session testing this morning, there were a couple of boards that were wired 'reversed' but these were soon sorted, a few rails needed adjusting at board joints but all in all I'm quite pleased with it all. And a short film of a trip round with the Q6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Spiffing! Will we see GM in it's amended form at York then Paul? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 23, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2014 Spiffing! Will we see GM in it's amended form at York then Paul? Yes, there's no going back now, where the short sector plate was has had a raised trackbed fitted to lift the track to the correct level. The cassette fiddleyard could be still fitted for testing purposes if necessary. The loops and the adjacent boxes stacked up to look like a 60s built control tower remind me of a small marshalling yard Keep taking the pills Mickey... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Looking forward to seeing this at Birtley. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 23, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2014 Looking forward to seeing this at Birtley. John So am I, it means afterwards I can have a break, been at it nearly solid since new year! Further testing is now taking place, with trains attached, longer trains really do look better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted February 23, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2014 What's the matter, don't you trust your wiring?: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Looking forward to see this at York, along with several others! Looking very good indeed for this Easter's show-Mally's excelled himself this time!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 24, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2014 Very successful testing session yesterday, all problems on the fiddleyard fixed (luckily there weren't many) and just a few small jobs to do on the front, these will be looked at next weekend. Back to finishing building wagons now. So nice to run longer trains... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted February 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2014 That's looking grand mate, lovely to see longer trains trundling through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 1, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2014 I've spent the last week working on extra stock and this morning I put up most of the front of the layout to do a few jobs that I noted last Sunday. The one that had be puzzled was a dead crossing on the turnout at the east end of the loop, it was running ok to begin with then stopped, it turned out that when I rewired the layout I missed the feeds to the switch on the point motor, the reason it was working early on turned out to be very simple, I was only running the Q6 which has pickups on loco and tender and is long enough to span the dead bit, the G5 and the Bachmann locos are of course much shorter and the tender locos don't have pickups on the tenders... I took the oportunity to test the new stock for clearance through checkrails etc. Hornby ex LMS CCT. I realised last Sunday that I don't have any opens with sheets, I had a rummage and found one, now fitted to a Parkside High Steel. Ironstone wagons 24T and 21T, repainted and lettered, I discovered an easy way of painting the black squares for the lettering, paint the black on larger than needed, when dry add the lettering, square the black up with body colour, it's easier getting square corners from the outside than the inside. Skinningrove to Newport yard steel train, this is made up from a mixed bunch of bolsters, modified Bachmann, Parkside, Cambrian, Chivers and an unidentified whitemetal ex LNER (GNR?) double. Still lots of work to be done here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 1, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2014 I've made a start tonight on sorting the signal wiring out, the servos have power to them and have been tested, they just need wiring back to the control panel, I have decided to start again with the wires from the panel to the boards as some of the signals have moved baseboard and adapting them would just lead to confusion. I am still slightly confused but I think I know what I need to do in the morning! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 2, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 Well, all the signals are working again, there were a few mixed up wires, pull the signal off with one switch and put it on with another! got that sorted easily enough. I've been messing about with loads for the bolsters tonight and I wanted to represent this type of section, rolled at Skinningrove and used in shipbuilding, it took a while to find a pic of it and luckily, loaded on a bogie bolster! I used strips of Evergreen plastic (marked as H0 1 x 10) with a length of 20thou rod glued to one edge. The load is hollow, built on a piece of 30thou with 3 blocks of plasticard to strengthen it. It's in primer at the moment, it will get a coat of gunmetal and then weathered and rusted with powders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 They're called 'bulb' sections Paul. Though some other works rolled them, Skiiningrove developed a particular expertise in them and it was one reason why the BSC kept the rolling mills open when the works lost it's iron and steel making capacity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Lovely job, Paul. Hoping to see it at York. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 They're called 'bulb' sections Paul. Though some other works rolled them, Skiiningrove developed a particular expertise in them and it was one reason why the BSC kept the rolling mills open when the works lost it's iron and steel making capacity. I've actually served in a couple of ships built with Skinningrove rolled frames. Never thought to get a photo of the 'Skinningrove' markings on them though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Will you be shortening your 24-tonners, Paul? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/80881-bsc-river-don-works/?p=1328470 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 3, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2014 Will you be shortening your 24-tonners, Paul? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/80881-bsc-river-don-works/?p=1328470 No, there's so much that needs doing to them it's not viable for twenty of them, I'd be at it till 2024... I'd rather scratchbuild more LNER types. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 What's happened to these tankers, Paul. Crazy mixed up period. Derek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 3, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2014 They're called 'bulb' sections Paul. Though some other works rolled them, Skiiningrove developed a particular expertise in them and it was one reason why the BSC kept the rolling mills open when the works lost it's iron and steel making capacity. That's the word I was trying to think of! Thanks Arthur, knew you'd come up with the answer. We had many years ago where I used to work a catalogue from Skinningrove, wish I knew what happened to it, there were some weird and wonderful shapes in it. I seem to recall (think I read it in the Cliff Shepherd book) that they could roll up to 250 different profiles? looking at the rolls in the yard even in recent years as on Google maps there seems to be an abundance, would these be 'in use' and moved into the works when that profile was needed? They don't look simply dumped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 3, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2014 More loads made and painted, had to stop as I've run out of materials... plenty of H and I section left but not much use really. There are 2 more bogie bolsters to fill and these will be loaded with the bulb section as and when I get some more plastic. I don't think I'll get chains on them for this weekend as there are other jobs to finish but hopefully by York the train will be something like finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Keenly observed indeed! Looking forward to seeing the finished articles at York! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durham light infantry Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Keenly observed indeed! Looking forward to seeing the finished articles at York! Looking forward to operating the new stock and fiddle yard this weekend. Will let you know how good it is Martin. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 That's the word I was trying to think of! Thanks Arthur, knew you'd come up with the answer. We had many years ago where I used to work a catalogue from Skinningrove, wish I knew what happened to it, there were some weird and wonderful shapes in it. I seem to recall (think I read it in the Cliff Shepherd book) that they could roll up to 250 different profiles? looking at the rolls in the yard even in recent years as on Google maps there seems to be an abundance, would these be 'in use' and moved into the works when that profile was needed? They don't look simply dumped. Paul, I'm away from home until Tuesday, when I get back I'll post up some 'bulb' images from a section book or two. I haven't got one for Skinningrove, but it will give some ideas/variety. Yes, these works would roll hundreds of different profiles; standards, specials and some to customer spec. There were minimum orders obviously, changing over rolls involves mill down time, and that cost has to be covered, and then you need to run the mill for a while on that section. The rolls in the yard look to be in storage, there will be a roll turning shop where they can be re skimmed and used again until life expired and then they'll be scrapped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Looking forward to operating the new stock and fiddle yard this weekend. Will let you know how good it is Martin. Mike Thanks Mike! Pictures please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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