RMweb Gold PhilH Posted October 28, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2010 Flippin' 'eck that's amazing - working signals in 2mm. Nice job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 He's a Bloomin Nuta. Up to your heigh standard as usual Dave. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I know me-too posts are out of fashion, but this keeps getting better just when it looks like it can't. Love the stacked exposures and the madness evident in the signals! Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted October 29, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2010 Good looking signal there. The hoods on it are particularly effective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted October 30, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 30, 2010 (edited) Well I don't think I am going to get much more done before the deadline of the end of tomorrow. The prototype signal has been painted, planted and powered. This took a fair amount of time as I had to add additional elements to the umbilical cables as well as wire up in the control box and under the baseboard. One positive result is that the yellow aspect now seems to be working fine without any attention from me. A negative is that the green element seems to be unreliable and tends to go out as it heats up. Must be a poor solder joint to the LED itself. Grrr.The other two signal gantries have also been finished and given a blast of Halfords grey primer. This leaves one single post signal to construct. The Eastbound platform one has a similar gantry to the prototype. This was half complete already but I decided to rework the handrails with finer (0.03mm) wire. Here it is plonked with Bluetac waiting for its signal head.The Eastbound lines are controlled by two signal heads on a single gantry and this pretty much there and awaiting signal heads.I can't see myself building 3 signal heads tomorrow so these will probably have to stay as is for the time being and until I can summon up some more enthusiasm.CheersDave Edited September 5, 2017 by eldavo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Dave So the platform clocks don't work then? :DB) It's looking great Dave don't forget the Feathers on Western Signals. Very very nice. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Tell you what, if this doesn't win the competition something is seriously wrong! It looks amazing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
branchie Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Aweseome Dave. Simply awesome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Langley Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Have been following this thread for a while, and my word, it's a beautiful creation. Every single element, from the track to the trees, from scenery to the stock. Just wonderful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted October 31, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 31, 2010 (edited) Well today is the day. The 31st of October is the end of the 2010 challenge and so work has to be wrapped up. Waton is nowhere near complete but will be put forward for judging. I will put together a final presentation but other than that I will be taking a break from this project for a while until my energy and enthusiasm for it return. It's been fun building it but also hard work for the last 6 months so it's definitely time to look at other things.I couldn't waste a day though so I've been tinkering with a few things. I had another experiment with using the surface mount LEDs and put together the basics of a 4 aspect signal head. It's wired up but there are oddities to sort out at some point. Here it is plonked on the Eastbound platform 2 gantry. Could do with being a smidge smaller I think though adding the cowls will change the appearance a lot.I added a flange lubricator on the Eastbound Derby line some time ago but the grease pipes from the pump to the lubricator thingies looked too big. These have been ripped out and thinner ones added. Each pipe is a single strand of copper stripped from a bit of old mains cable then chemically blackened with Gun Blue. They are held in place with PVA but I suspect they will be all too easily damaged during track cleaning.Point heater supply boxes have been added for each point. These look like small square toadstools and are made of a couple of bits of plasticard and a dab of grey acrylic.I then embarked on a fairly pointless exercise, adding cabling. Again a single strand of copper for each. It seemed like a good idea at the time honest. You can just about see them in this close-up if you peer quite hard.If you back off they are barely visible.In other locations they really don't show up at all.I think this is a step too far for N gauge!It's been fun and there is still a huge amount to do so I will add to this thread at some point in the future when I resume work.CheersDave Edited September 5, 2017 by eldavo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
branchie Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Even the minor detail looks amazing Dave. It really adds to the realism of the layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWJP Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Just registered on RMWeb to congratulate you on this layout... I'm starting my own N Gauge layout soon and sadly, it's never gonna be as good as Waton! Well done, and best of luck in the competition, easily the best layout i've seen. Ross Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibby Line Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Congratulations Dave on not only a great model but a technical manual on "how to do it" for us lesser mortals. So many tips to help new and experienced modellers. Thanks to all the other modellers that took part. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Great stuff as ever Dave. I think the cabling is worthwhile even in 2mm - your track work is so good that it stands really close-up photography, and then the small details really shine. It must be insanely fiddly in that scale though - I used nylon monofilament in 4mm and that was bad enough - trying to thread it into things and then stick it down was very bad for my sanity Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernMafia Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Certainly have to let me know more about those LEDs Dave, the colours look very accurate for signals, best signal green ive seen. Top stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted November 12, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2010 Arrgh, another one where I can't see the pics 'cos they arnt hosted on the forum - difficult to judge this one then ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted November 12, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2010 Sorry I put the pics on Photobucket as that seems to be a generally viewable place. Not had anyone else have a problem accessing them so is there something particular causing the problem? Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted November 12, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2010 I keep banging on about this as it's a pain to me, but most ppl accessing RMweb from work have problems as many corporate systems block access to photo hosting sites (mean spirited I know!). Andy Y has stated that he would prefer images intended for RMweb to be posted to the forum rather than via a 3rd party hosting company. Don't worry, it was a light hearted comment really, I'll have a look tonight on my own Virgin Media account when I can do what I want Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted November 21, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2010 Stunning work - just goes to show what can be achieved in N. Hopefully it will inspire a few more larger scale modellers to look again at something a bit smaller (or at least take a look at exhibitions - all to often I hear & see folk walking past a N gauge layout because "it's too small"). I'd be tempted to increase the value of the resistor you use for the LED signal lamps - they're a bit on the bright-side in my opinion... Happy modelling, Steven B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted December 18, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2010 (edited) Since the challenge deadline Waton has been packed away while I tackled some other things. The biggest of those was getting a new workshop/office built in the garden. Yesterday the electrician finally connected up the power and the workshop is fully functional. I'm rather fortunate in that the new space is big enough to have both Cramdin and Waton up and runnable at the same time while still giving me storage and workbench space. So Waton was duly uncrated and balanced on some borrowed trestles.The next job is to sort out some kind of legs/support for the layout. Not quite sure what to do yet so still in planning mode. Amazingly the little trains still work and the trainspotters on the platform still seem to find a 158 interesting. Well some of them do anyway!I have some prep work to do on Cramdin for an outing to Southampton show in January but then I hope to crack on and do some more major work on Waton. Assuming I'm not distracted by other things of course.Have a good Christmas all.CheersDave Edited September 5, 2017 by eldavo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Thats a pretty impressive play room there. That would probably be my whole garden if I built that in it! Nice work. What size is it? Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted December 19, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2010 ... What size is it? A smidgeon under 22ft by 14ft in old money. External dimensions are officially 7.2m by 4.2m. I have to say I am rather chuffed with it. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted December 19, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2010 So when's the exhibition opening at your place? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Looks excellent just what the doctor ordered, I'm planning a 20ft by 10ft build in my garden with 5ft of it partitioned off at one end for my respray work. The rest would be for workshop stuff and probably a resident layout of about 15ft x 3ft. I need to get the cash together though as these things aren't cheap even with my materials obtained through working in the buiding profession as I do, so would probably have to be a replacement for my loft project. Have to see. Cheers Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted December 28, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2010 (edited) So when's the exhibition opening at your place? Maybe not quite big enough for an exhibition but we do take selected visitors by appointment. Well the wife said she wanted to take up photography so there was only one thing to do, buy her a camera for Christmas. Of course it had to be tested so I thought I would try and take some close up shots where my camera struggles to focus. Clearly the focus capabilities of the Nikon D3100 are far superior and the fact that it can close down to f32 certainly helps with the depth of field. The exposures on these are about 6 seconds and use the standard autofocus settings. Clearly I need to invest in a decent magnifier to improve my figure painting in this scale! This sort of cruel close-up also shows up the odd track join problem that will need some attention. Definitely some scope for using manual focus and fancy focus stacked exposures with this bit of kit. Cheers Dave Edited September 5, 2017 by eldavo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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