cklammer Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) Hello Howard, quality has its own reward ... and I liked your picture immediately. To be more precise, they are called 3yg-Umbauwagen and were short-coupled in pairs from 1955/56 in order to raise the top speed from 85 km/h to 100 km/h. After all was said and done, DB had built about 6500 of them they were being used all over the place .. I dare say that you can run them as you like as in era 3 you find a prototype for anything. I have seen even pictures of consists pulled by class 103s ... Best Regards, Christian Aunt Edith says: there were also 4yg-Umbauwagen => 8-wheels Edited December 10, 2017 by cklammer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Lenz have also done the 4yg although it is not currently available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cklammer Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 You could use a 4yg on Brückenheim - no prototypical issue with that. I think it that would look nice there as one is watching from the inside of the curve. But documentation indicates that 4yg were not push-pull-train-equipped; unlike in the end (the vast majority) of 3yg or Donnerbüchsen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 My friend Rod has a set of 4yg coaches which he could bring round but I prefer to stick to shorter 4 and 6 wheel stock. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cklammer Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Howard, just try one - your friend Rod will convince anyway to do so, I am sure. That I can state with confidence after following Brückenheim and Ramchester for quite some time now! You do have generous minimum curve radii and the perspective will be from the inside of the curve. But no pressure there Best Regards, Christian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 I've been making slow progress with the tunnel mouth with a lot of work still to do. I decided to use some Slaters embossed plasticard for the basic stonework with the larger blocks of masonry cut from plastic sheet. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 A little bit more progress:- I'm looking forward to Tuesday when everything goes back to normal with, hopefully, a few TV programmes which are worth watching! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 I have now got the tunnel lining in place and it's nearly ready to paint at last! Just a bit of tidying up to do first. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 It's now almost ready to be installed! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cklammer Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Howard, may I suggest adding some steam/diesel soot at the top (around the capstone). Even if you run only diesel the tunnel would very likely have been built during Era I (Imperial times) and steam soot sticks forever! It may even look real grungy Best Regards, Christian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 I have already added a bit of grime although I may add a bit more. This is a quiet country line so I don't want to overdo it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cklammer Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Fatty, smoky Ruhr anthrazite smoke for at least half a century or more - one can still see smoke stains today in some places. Don't worry about overdoing it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 Well, I have added a bit more grime and the tunnel mouth is now glued in position. I have started filling in the gaps in the cliffs around it. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Rather surreal... Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cklammer Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Very nice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 A little more progress on filling in the scenery around the tunnel mouth I've pinned a piece of card up to block the view through the tunnel! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Much less surreal! More seriously, Howard, the rocks are very steep - this is certainly not unrealistic in itself, but avoiding any overhangs seems to me to be important. You might also consider some netting to ensure any loose bits don’t fall on the track - might offer a scenic opportunity. Google images of rock netting to see what I’m on about! Hope it’s helpful Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Simon, I think rock netting is a relatively recent development. Certainly there has been a lot put up in my local area over the last decade or so but I don't remember any back in the Sixties before the days of Elf and Safety. Also, there are no overhangs on my cliffs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Yes, I did wonder when it started to be used. I was in the Alps in December, and it is quite widespread, but of course, it could be quite recent. I delved briefly into the www, and found references to “30 years ago” and “1963”, but it was clearly not common in those days. Looking forward to seeing how it develops. Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cklammer Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Howard, Simon, as Brückenheim (IIRC) is based in the Mittelgebirge, specifically Eifel, there would not have been any netting. At least I can not recall seeing any in the seventies and eighties. Most of the area's rock is hard rock (no punning: I mean the hard rock that bangs one's head and not the hard rock one's head bangs to...). Best Regards, Christian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Ok, so it was an idea. Just a not-very-helpful idea! Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano747 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Some rocky overhang here, but a bit too overgrown to see..... ....and I couldn't see any netting. Regards, Deano. Edit Location, North portal of Lydbrook Mierystock tunnel, Forest of Dean. Edited January 19, 2018 by Deano747 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cklammer Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Moin Howard, found some station histories from the Hochsauerland for you online; the author is a former railroad civil servant which documented several stations in his close local vicinity and is also running a private archive of the Bundesbahn semi-annual and special train time table books (Kursbuch). The Hochsauerland and Bergisches Land is basically on the other side of the Rhine river from the Eifel and a bit more downstream. On three web pages: an exhaustive history "Chronik des Bahnhofs Wiedenest im oberen Dörspetal" from opening 1903 to closure in the 1980ies. Every time table for every year is online, accompanied by selected Bahnhofsfahrordnungen and rules for running the local shunters for several shunters. Plus tons of unique contemporary photographs - "treasure trove" does not even begin to describe it! The author started working for the Bundesbahn at Wiedenest as a teenager fresh out school. Some similar but not as exhaustive station pages on linked the above site: Bahnhof Kotthausen, Bahnhof Bergneustadt - 80 Years and Brügge (Westphalia) during the 1950ies and 1960ies. You can download time tables, station rules and similar stuff for developing the prototypical operations of Brückenheim there. I have only today found this site myself. Best Regards, Christian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 I have now got the last of the rock faces moulded. I have used Tetrion filler for this as it gives much sharper rock detail than any other make I've tried. I will weather it and blend it in once the plaster has thoroughly dried out. I have pinned a piece of black cartridge paper behind the tunnel this time. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 I have been slowly progressing with the scenery at the other end of the layout and have made a start on painting that end of the backscene. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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