RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2015 It is not difficult to make your own crossing Vs and blades. Saves a lot. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 A productive morning's wood work. They just need some cord at the bottom to stop them spreading. Three down, two to go. I will need to stock up on timber first though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 With three of the trestles built it seemed like a good idea to do something with them. One board: Two boards: From the other end: And of course out came the rolling stock! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 link Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hi Kev, Glad to see it all coming together now, you are the same as me, once you have some track down you just can't help yourself but to get some rolling stock out . Will you be going to Bristol this Sunday ? Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hi Martyn, It was very satisfying pushing my Siphon C up and down Hopefully I can crack on with the electrics now and actually get something running Yes, I will definitely be at Bristol on Sunday. Dad and I got our advance tickets at Reading last month. I've got a pile of Peco track to dump on the Bring and Buy! I will look forward to catching up with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2015 I will look out for you both at Bristol. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 I will look out for you both at Bristol. Don It will be nice to meet you Don, and put another face to a name. I'm not hard to miss, 6 foot 2, dressed all in black, with very long red hair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2015 It will be nice to meet you Don, and put another face to a name. I'm not hard to miss, 6 foot 2, dressed all in black, with very long red hair. I am somewhat different 5ft 6in very little hair left and what there is is somewhat silvery. The W stands for Willsmer as a former editor quite a few know me. Probably be there from around mid day. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthesnail96 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Will look out for you and say hello as well then Kev, sounds like we should probably spot you OK! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Yeah, I'm not hard to miss. Should be there nice and early for a pre-show cuppa, the usually head home mid afternoon. I'd best keep an eye out for all you lot sneaking up on me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 I had originally planned on just a small lock up type goods shed, sited on a loading dock. However, last night I was marking out on the boards rough positions for buildings and realised that I do have a bit of space to play with. So with a spare hour this afternoon I knocked up a mock up goods shed. I'm going to leave it up while I do the wiring to see if I like it. Also going to have a root about for some scrap timber to use as a rough representation of the platform. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Thanks for the tip Paul. I'll keep an eye out for that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2015 Sorry to have missed you at Bristol today. There were a lot of people there and I did see a lot of friends. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 No problem Don. It was very busy, which can only be a good thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 After a morning of gardening I had a great afternoon on the layout. I managed to wire up all the track feeds on the first board. I will wire the tortoise for the trap point once I've installed the NCE Switch8 under the second board, where most of the turnouts are. Here's a short video of Nellie testing the brewery siding. http://youtu.be/p-_tep-55ZU My first test was only DC, after this I connected up the PowerCab. Another video to follow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railwayrod Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi Kev. Nice to see the progress that you have made. Keep it up! Rod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Thanks for the encouragement, Rod. The next board will take a little longer to wire up because there's much more trackwork on it and I have to get my head around wiring the tortoises for DCC. Oh, and I have to go to work tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 I must remember in future to set the camera to a lower video quality. This just took two and a half hours to upload! 7418 shunts a van into the brewery siding. http://youtu.be/v3mW2-8Y4IM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Trestle-lation! Despite it being somewhere near freezing outside, I got out there and have built the remaining two trestles. Over the last week I've had a good few evenings and have wired all of the track feeds on the tree scenic boards. Just the traverser waiting to be done. I'm currently waiting for some stiffer wire before doing the tortoises. It's getting very close now to being able to set up the whole layout for the first time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Having a week off work as meant things moving on with leaps and bounds. Last night I completed wiring all of the track feeds, then this morning I tinkered with the traverser to get everything running smoothly. Even though I received a parcel for Eileen's containing the piano wire for the Tortoises I couldn't resist having a sort out and setting up all four boards for the first time. This did reveal a slight problem..... The layout is 20 feet long, the room is 20 feet, 1 1/2 inches long, and with windows at each end 3/4 inch gap isn't enough clearance for the blinds. It was originally planned to set up the layout in a different room and pack it away after each running session. But when space became available to keep it set up all the time I didn't need think about what to do for very long. So after some measuring and trials with rolling stock I have decided to chop four inches off the end of the brewery board. This doesn't actually loose me any real siding space because four inches isn't enough room for a wagon. So, before I take the boards down to chop one off and fit the point motors, here's a couple of photo's of the layout in all it's glory. Looking down from the fiddle yard: View from the brewery siding: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted February 4, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2015 I have fitted the blinds in my loft room inside the window recess so they shouldn't cause any problems something to think about though. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 I have fitted the blinds in my loft room inside the window recess so they shouldn't cause any problems something to think about though. Don That would be the ideal solution, however my Mum uses the window sills for growing on her cutting and seedlings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 link Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 That would be the ideal solution, however my Mum uses the window sills for growing on her cutting and seedlings. Buy your Mum a cold frame, job done Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Buy your Mum a cold frame, job done Martyn. Ha ha! We've got one of those, a big one. It's where the cabbage plants and things go to harden off after coming out of one of the two greenhouses. It's warmer in the window sill, so that's where the baby plants live, apparently. My gardening is limited to all the manual work, don't ask me to actually grow anything! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Well, I got fed up with all the flatness. So I purchased some insulation to make the basis for the cutting. There's still some more raised ground to be added along the rear of the platform. First the view from the station. And next from the fiddle yard. In other news. Nellie has now joined the loco roster with the addition of DCC sound supplied by Costal DCC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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