RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted February 24 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 24 And it's all up, had a shuffle round and turned the boards through 90° so I can get both fiddleyards up. Now to wire that second fiddleyard... 22 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted February 24 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 24 Second fiddleyard is now wired, nothing has run on it yet but I've had the meter across it and it buzzed when it should, spun it round and plugged it in the other side and it's correctly reversed. It might not be the prettiest wiring but it works! It will be altered eventually when the fourth track is added. 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted February 25 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 25 The first train ran the whole length of the layout from fiddleyard to fiddleyard and back this morning with no great issues, I need to install small bolts to locate the turntables but otherwise all went well. 34 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Congratulations Paul. Its nice when the first train runs. (Spotted the Whitby Gaz btw) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 25 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, Fishplate said: Congratulations Paul. Its nice when the first train runs. (Spotted the Whitby Gaz btw) Last one I bought, May 2021, not enough to finish the layout, going to have to buy another sometime... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) 9 hours ago, Worsdell forever said: Last one I bought, May 2021, not enough to finish the layout, going to have to buy another sometime... We only bought one recently as it had photos of two of the grandchildren in their school Nativity play. There wasn't as much in it about Whitby and the surrounding villages as their used to be. A lot about Scarborough though. Covering a much wider area/ adjacent towns seems to be the way 'local' papers have gone. And not so much advertising. Presumably that's all internet based now and has reduced that revenue stream . . . . Used to get a copy every week. Edited February 26 by Fishplate 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted February 27 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 27 So now I know it all runs something like right I can get back to progressing with the pretty bits, more snow added! Along the front and behind the station building. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted March 4 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 4 More land forming. Hammers are very good at holding it down while the glue dries. Run out of Whitby Gazette so moved on the the old East Cleveland free paper that stopped printing 18 months ago. And finally last night, the bit behind the station building. 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4 12 minutes ago, Worsdell forever said: Run out of Whitby Gazette so moved on the the old East Cleveland free paper that stopped printing 18 months ago. It's this sort of attention to detail that gives a layout a strong sense of place. 3 2 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 4 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4 4 hours ago, Compound2632 said: It's this sort of attention to detail that gives a layout a strong sense of place. Not sure what paper they would get in Bilsdale, Evening Gazette from the Boro every night but either Darlington & Stockton Times or Malton Gazette & Herald... 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 7 hours ago, Worsdell forever said: Run out of Whitby Gazette so moved on the the old East Cleveland free paper that stopped printing 18 months ago. That last edition of the East Cleveland paper, in pristine condition, will be a collectors item before you know it. You did what with it . . . . . . ???? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 10 hours ago, Worsdell forever said: Not sure what paper they would get in Bilsdale, Evening Gazette from the Boro every night but either Darlington & Stockton Times or Malton Gazette & Herald... Possibly The Northern Echo. Lack of free newspapers mean I have to beg or rummage in people's blue bins to get enough to light the fire, can't afford to use them for modelling nowadays. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 5 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5 15 hours ago, Fishplate said: You did what with it . . . . . . ???? Quite. For truly authentic historical modelling, one should be making the archivists weep by using newspaper not only of the place but also of the period modelled. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted March 5 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 5 The front of the layout is now fully covered. And for the next section along the back, I've acquired a copy of the Darlington & Stockton Times... 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseagull Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Hope you cut the coupon for the free rolls out first! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 6 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6 12 hours ago, dseagull said: Hope you cut the coupon for the free rolls out first! Unfortunately it was only valid last Friday and Saturday, will be driving passed a cooplands today... Will be calling at Bothams on our way through Whitby anyway and they're much better... 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted March 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6 2 hours ago, Worsdell forever said: Unfortunately it was only valid last Friday and Saturday, will be driving passed a cooplands today... Will be calling at Bothams on our way through Whitby anyway and they're much better... A vote for Bothams from here too. Always a stop when up home and either visiting Whitby or other shops that sell their stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 2 hours ago, Worsdell forever said: Will be calling at Bothams on our way through Whitby anyway and they're much better... Bothams are Mrs FP and my favourite. Currently forced to go in there and sit on the sofas on a Friday morning due to a series of appointments in town. It's tough, but someone's got to do it. . . . 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 19 hours ago, Worsdell forever said: The front of the layout is now fully covered. Can't be the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette, then, if there's anything like adequate coverage of anything.... 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted March 7 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 7 Got the wood edge around the back of the last two boards last night, filled with snow this morning and now getting it covered with paper, got on to the Darlington & Stockton times now (struggling to get used to them being that way round...) 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted March 7 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 7 All the paper is now on! And it really is starting to feel like the railway is running through a landscape. Work can now turn to covering that paper up, I've seen plenty of videos of people building dioramas of rivers and streams using 'Sculptamold', not easy if not impossible to source in this country, I found one place on the Web selling educational craft products so ordered some, after 2 months of it being delayed and delayed I gave up, asked for and got a refund, I asked why it's on their website and I was able to order it and pay for it when they didn't have any, the reply was that the website only shows what they sell not what they have in stock! Anyway, I found a similar product (although I've never used sculptamold) from Geek Gaming Scenics, after a first use it seems to work well, easy to mould with the back of a teaspoon and wet fingers, the only issue is it seems to go off in 5 minutes rather then the 15 minutes quoted on the box. I've been mixing 3 very heaped teaspoons with a splash of water in a small bowl (from an individual chr****as pudding) to a thick/stiff consistency, maybe I should add a little more water and it might stay soft a bit longer? It does seem to be doing the job OK though. 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted March 9 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 9 For a while I've been looking for a decent yard crane kit, 5/6 ton capacity would be ideal, while searching I came across this one, a 3d printed kit, as used on Semley and if its good enough to go on Semley its good enough for me! I got in touch but it would be a while before they could be printed as they were looking for someone new to print them. That was November and yesterday the kit arrived, started it yesterday afternoon and it just about fell together, very well thought out kit, with not many parts. You need to make a hook yourself and a winding handle. I've also built a base for it to stand on. 'Lift not to exceed 5 tons' 36 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
desktop Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) As a resident of the village - we locals call it Chop Gate - this project holds a lot of interest. I did begin my own version in OO a few years ago but life overtook and only the baseboard frames are built. My version was to be a terminus, based on the presumption the company ran out of money due to the expensive construction of the southern tunnel under Newgate Bank or they simply lost interest when no iron ore was found in either Bilsdale or Raisdale (or mainly due to lack of space for a through station). It seems the landowners (Church or Lord of the Manor) refused to allow the line along the River Rye past the remains of Rievaulx Abbey. Anyway readers may be interested in the proposed route plan (below) which I've extracted from an article on the Bilsdale website. On 17th November, 1874 a notice was placed in the London Gazette indicating a Company's intention to make an application to Parliament for premission to build a new railway from Ingleby Greenhow to Helmsley. This would pass through Bilsdale before entering a tunnel near Newgate bank. Extracts from the plans are set out below. The proposed route branched off the Battersby to Picton line somewhere between Ingleby station and Stokesley. It would have tunnelled under Clay Bank emerging into Bilsdale before crossing the B1257 and the lane up to Urra with the station just south of Seave Green. It would then follow the hillside down the east side of the River Seph and B1257 until reaching Lavrock Hall farm then curve left and tunnel under the moor just before Newgate Bank into Carlton parish and south into Helmsley. Edited March 10 by desktop 7 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted March 10 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 10 The Eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed on the photos of the crane that there's a gap in the brickwork, I actually put the wrong photo on, I took a couple then noticed it, turned the base round and took some more, then picked the wrong one... The gap was left to make it easier to fix the brickwork on the wood disc, the gap would be hidden by the steps which have been added today. And a close up of the winding handle side. The capacity notice (in reality cast iron) is based on a photo in the NERA archive of the very similar crane in the yard at Greenhead on the Newcastle & Carlisle line (which in September 2023 was still there!), the photo shows the other side but I'm hoping there was one on each side. 28 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted March 12 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 12 It's been a bit cold and damp out in the garage lately so the ground work has been paused and after the crane was finished my thoughts have turned towards some signals. I've made a start on the up starting/up platform - yard headshunt signal. All D&S and ex D&S parts. (The dolls are parallel, too close taking the photo!) 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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