RMweb Gold Taz Posted August 31, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2011 More stunning work Ron. You do realise that once you have finished there will be a significant % of the RMWeb readership wanting to holiday in Spain and come over and have a look at this masterpiece in the flesh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted August 31, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2011 You do realise that once you have finished there will be a significant % of the RMWeb readership wanting to holiday in Spain and come over and have a look at this masterpiece in the flesh You might have to join the queue...locals first... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nile_Griffith Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Hello Ron. Will see what I can do. Anything in particular? Nile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 Ron, I've been trying to visualize the roof and how etc. Save to say you never cease to thrill with this thread - how many arches will you do for the roof? Wibble!!! Hi, Ian The roof comprises 18 spans, 4 of which are in 2 closely pairings for the front and rear gables, of the remaining 14, 6 have still to be completed - each of the 15 bays thus produced, then has 17 transverse bracing trussed beams tying each pair of spans together, and these are in turn tied by 5 I beams per bay (in the gable end bays there only 4 tie beams - and over the top of these are diagonal bracings tying each span across every pair of transverse beams - effectively tying from one side of the roof to the other acorrs 8 bays -completing a diamond shaped array across the whole of the roof I will try and find my early drawing/plan of the arrangement which may explain it better Cheers Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 Ron, not only is this a wonderfully ambitious project but you are detailing every step of the way with clear photographs. I really appreciate that, I know how massively time-consuming photographing and posting each stage can be… even if it is all part of the fun. Hi, Ryan The photographs are taken, and posts/replys, etc. made at natural breaks or steps in the builds - they give me a pause between solvent brushstrokes & glue sniffing Cheers Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 More stunning work Ron. You do realise that once you have finished there will be a significant % of the RMWeb readership wanting to holiday in Spain and come over and have a look at this masterpiece in the flesh Hi, Taz I wonder if I can get a group booking deal arranged with EasyJet/RyanAir/Monarch for the Jalon Railex Cheers Ron 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 You might have to join the queue...locals first... Of course, Pete Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 Hello Ron. Will see what I can do. Anything in particular? Nile Hi, Nile Thanks Yes, there is no detail of what form the diagonal windbracings take - rod, square bar, angle etc. & cross-section sizes Will post a drawing/plan of the roof showing the position/arrangement of these tie bracings Cheers Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 Thanks Ian, Ryan & Thos !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 Hi, Ian & Nile The roof plan showing positions of the various structural items - Hope this makes things a little clearer Cheers Ron 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 Hi, Pete The layout plan, track plan and progress plan - The detachable section will swing anticlockwise to give access to the central areas 13 metres overall length and 5.4 metres at its widest All handbuilt trackwork to replicate the prototype completely Red - Buildings - 50%-100% complete Blue - Bridges/Viaducts - complete Mauve - Viaduct - to be completed Any questions/queries - just ask Cheers Ron 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 .. continuation of the Roof Span - Top & Bottom steels cut short and lower panel fitted Second panel fixed Remaining braces fitted Lower channel beam fitted View of attachment points Channel piece curved ready to fit - finger and thumb method Close-up view of channel fixing Top channel beam fitted Closer view and closer still ... to be continued >>>>> 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted August 31, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2011 Of course, Pete I can bring a bottle Ron...and I don't mean MEK-PAK... The layout plan, track plan and progress plan - All handbuilt trackwork to replicate the prototype completely OMG...If those buildings aren't already fab enough...you are then going to hand build all that trackwork Make that 2 bottles I bring... 8) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artizen Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Expletive deleted!!! Not only do you write notes on the plans but you use something better than Helvetica (that shows you I'm not on Windoze!). All handbuilt track heh? Maybe you could put in a general call to RMweb members to come over as volunteers to help do the job. I used to award Five Humphreys to stunning works of art like this on the old RMweb but I think this one deserves at least ten. :good: :good: :good: :good: :good: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinW Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Hi, Pete The layout plan, track plan and progress plan - The detachable section will swing anticlockwise to give access to the central areas 13 metres overall length and 5.4 metres at its widest All handbuilt trackwork to replicate the prototype completely Red - Buildings - 50%-100% complete Blue - Bridges/Viaducts - complete Mauve - Viaduct - to be completed Any questions/queries - just ask Cheers Ron Hi Ron, If your track building is anything like your viaduct/trainshed roof building is, that track will look stunning. Can I ask if the trainshed roof is to permanently fixed after you have done the trackwork to go underneath it or will part of it or all of it be removable to get inside? Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Expletive deleted!!! Not only do you write notes on the plans but you use something better than Helvetica (that shows you I'm not on Windoze!). All handbuilt track heh? Maybe you could put in a general call to RMweb members to come over as volunteers to help do the job. I used to award Five Humphreys to stunning works of art like this on the old RMweb but I think this one deserves at least ten. :good: :good: :good: :good: :good: Hi, Ian The font I use on drawings is Century Gothic a nice open sans-serif text style, and of course Arial on the threads Thanks for all the Thumbs up I have a couple of pictures of first attempts at trackwork - the most complex sections of course The white rectangles are where the point motors/actuators will be fitted I have built a further two sections, but no pictures were taken So there is a lot more to be built Cheers Ron 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Hi Ron, If your track building is anything like your viaduct/trainshed roof building is, that track will look stunning. Can I ask if the trainshed roof is to permanently fixed after you have done the trackwork to go underneath it or will part of it or all of it be removable to get inside? Colin Hi, Colin Thanks again !! Roof Bays 3,4 & 5 (numbered from the right - over the release road turnouts) will be made removable - exact method to be decided after some trial testing Cheers Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 My jaw has just hit the floor.... B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 My jaw has just hit the floor.... B) Hi, Ian No self-inflicted injuries please You couldn't really expect the trackwork to be built in any lesser a manner than the structures, after all I am trying to replicate the prototype, allbeit to a smaller scale Cheers Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 The first side of the span completed The lower leg panels also finished with the overlapping channel beams - now to turn the span over, and repeat the process fitting the top and bottom channels to the opposite side ... to be continued >>>>> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 ....You couldn't really expect the trackwork to be built in any lesser a manner than the structures, after all I am trying to replicate the prototype, allbeit to a smaller scale... The trackwork's magnificent ....for 4ft 1.5ins gauge..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 The trackwork's magnificent ....for 4ft 1.5ins gauge..... Thanks for that There is still time for the final decision - P4 I restart the trackwork Cheers Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 The span completed - Close-up of back of span leg Close-up of front face of span leg showing how the leg tapers outwards towards the base and a look at the span from the bottom upwards showing how the channel beams sandwich the bracings and the core steel beam ... five more to complete .. next job is to build 17 transverse beams, so that this span can be connected to the adjacent span ... to be continued >>>>> 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Thanks Richard !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Heggs Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Have now produced the design for the Train Shed temporary support structure - Dimensioned plan Isometric drawing of the Transverse spacer/braces Produced from 2 - 82mm x 9mm ply vertiicals with 2 - 18mm x 18mm PAR fillets Isometric drawing of the complete structure showing the Stretcher beams The L shaped beams produced from 100mm x 9mm ply verticals and 18mm x 27mm PAR span support bases Section thro' support structure with Train Shed Roof location 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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