Allegheny1600 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Sounds like a good plan there! How did you rate the different retail experiences in each shop? I used to shop occasionally in Hattons but far preferred the experience in Arcadia! Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 9, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 9, 2015 Hi John, Arcadia is a "real" model railway shop as they sell most of the bits and pieces we modellers need and brew thrown in. Hattons is okay if you want something in a box. Both have very helpful staff. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 10, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10, 2015 Track-laying in the goods yard is complete save for that which will go under the buffer-stops. All turnouts are wired-up and connected to the panel. The only remaining track to lay is the end of the yard head-shunt. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 14, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2015 I have been experimenting with ground cover for the goods yard area. The photos below show a mixture of equal parts Carrs' 2mm light grey ballast, 2mm ash ballast and an unknown very dark ballast. It is probably Carrs' 4mm ash ballast but I put it in an unlabelled container. Here is the result of two areas between sidings covered with the mix. I'm fairly convinced this is the way to go. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 15, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) A bit more of the yard ground cover has been put down and it looks about right to me especially when I get a few weeds dotted here and there. I decided that the Midland provided a cart road into the yard for access to the shed and coal merchants' offices. I have used Paperbrick website to generate Staffs blue brindle with dark mortar laid on their ends (header bond). It's a free site but donations are welcomed. Here is the first bit as I wanted to see if it looked right. A close-up of the brick paper. It looks embossed but it is plain paper. A general view. Edited June 16, 2015 by Rowsley17D 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2015 That looks very effective, and even the close up doesn't show that it's just printed paper. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 16, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) I managed to get one of the sidings ballasted today, after putting down some more of the cart road to the shed. The PW gang have even fitted one of those nice Lanarkshire Models' Midland buffer-stops. Although the buffer beam could do with straightening. A loading gauge has also appeared outside the shed. Edited June 16, 2015 by Rowsley17D 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 17, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) A bit more ballasting and ground cover done in the yard today and last buffer-stop installed, until order comes. Some coal bunkers have been erected and await their first consignment. The ground to the right will be coal offices. About 3/4 of the yard cover has been done. All a bit clinical at the moment and the cattle dock has yet to be put in place. Edit. Just realised you cannot see the second buffer-stop for the loaded wagon! Edited June 17, 2015 by Rowsley17D 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 18, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Although a little more yard ballasting and ground cover were done today, I got out the Ratio cattle dock I bought a while ago and tried it in situ. A general view of the yard area. It's a busy time of day at Derwent. A local for Buxton waits in the bay as it connects with the express for Manchester Central in platform two, while an up mixed goods passes through platform one hauled by a Black 5. I thought the dock would over-dominate the yard but from this view it doesn't look too bad. Edited June 18, 2015 by Rowsley17D 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 29, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) The vinyl grass and heat gun arrived before I went on my early summer hols, so today was the first opportunity to give it a go in an area where if I made a bog of it, it would easily come up. Coachmann advises putting a piece of timber in if you want a fence on top, so that was the first job to the baseboard edge at the side of the goods yard. Crumpled newspaper put in place behind this then the matting was cut to rough shape and struck to the timber edge with evostik. Once this had taken it was stretched over the newspaper and stuck as close to the cess as I could get it with more evostik. Heat was applied and the ground moulded using the protective glove. The flock came off in places where I rubbed too hard but will be covered later. I put a line of vinyl glue along the cess-grass edge and covered with ash. The fence was put into predrilled holes. So this is what it looks like so far. Some of the photos are poor, I really must learn how to use the camera! Rail sides need painting. 3F shunts the yard Fence yet to painted and glued in place. Edited June 29, 2015 by Rowsley17D 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Returning to the goods yard a minute, i wondered why you had not used the light grey ash for the track as well as the ground in between? I am fortunate in being able to use real ash, which can be filed down to dust once the glue has hardened. This in itself introduces differing greys so that tracks were road vehicles commonly run can be created. If the yard surface is on cork, this too can be 'formed' unlevel in places with an electric sander. Other colours can be added with scatter or spray paint from a canister.The trouble with some stone ballast is it will not file down. Edited June 30, 2015 by coachmann Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 30, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Hi Larry, the look that I want are that the sidings are a bit neglected but still kept tidy by the PW team hence the darker ballast. For the areas in between I want an ash base but the management have spread some limestone "chatter" around to try and make it a bit more free draining. The ash I use isn't real like yours, it's Carrs' which is made from wood or ground nut shells or something like, so don't know if it would take to sanding, it is pretty fine. Edited June 30, 2015 by Rowsley17D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted July 2, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) More of the green stuff was added to the layout today. It's surprising how the colour green lifts the layout. A Derby-Buxton local calls at platform 3. The first two coaches are upgraded Dapol lavatories the next pair are Comet non-lavatory. Edited July 2, 2015 by Rowsley17D 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted July 4, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Before much more scenery can be done, the backboards need to be decorated. I ordered a set of the ID Premium Hills and Dales yesterday and they arrived this morning. Unfortunately, set A had been mislabelled as it contained an "ordinary" back-scene i.e. no self adhesive. It was quickly returned for a replacement. However, I got busy with the remaining sets and got 2 1/2 of them in place with quite pleasing results. Sorry about the camera shake on this one. Edited July 4, 2015 by Rowsley17D 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 4, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2015 They look great Jonathan, they really set the scene, and they blend in well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Backscenes set the scene without a doubt. The self-adhesive versions have got to be the better option seeing as mine have stretched, creased and come loose due to expansion and contraction of the wooden shed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glo41f Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Some very fine work here and redolent of the wonderful and sadly missed railway through the peaks. It was a very intersting system and well worth modelling. I was at a garden railway yesterday which is based on Ambergate another very interesting station. What is must have been to be a spotter thee as you would have to duck and dive between the platforms to get the engine numbers! Well doen on a super project. Martin Long 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted July 7, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2015 The last couple of days have been spent ballasting more of the track. Here is a view just south of the station looking south. A view along to the station looking north. It's nice to be able to get shots like this. And this. I had to get this section ballasted as I want an underbridge to take the goods yard access road over the main line at an angle between the two sets of point motors on either side of the track. The bridge and embankments will hide said motors. Well, that's the plan anyway. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted July 10, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2015 My 2P is unable to pull the skin off the proverbial, so when I spotted the Bachy LMS inspection saloon at a reduced price, I thought why not? Here it is at Derwent. The crew will reverse into the yard before making for the main station building for a brew with the porters. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 My 2P is unable to pull the skin off the proverbial, so when I spotted the Bachy LMS inspection saloon at a reduced price, I thought why not? Is the 2P 4-4-0 the latest Hornby loco-drive version Jonathon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted July 11, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hi Larry, no, it's the old Dapol/Airfix body with Comet chassis, so the motor is in the engine rather than the tender. Trouble is, there's no way of getting some weight on the back set of coupled wheels, without filling the cab with lead, unless somebody knows better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 12, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hi Larry, no, it's the old Dapol/Airfix body with Comet chassis, so the motor is in the engine rather than the tender. Trouble is, there's no way of getting some weight on the back set of coupled wheels, without filling the cab with lead, unless somebody knows better. Hi Jonathan, I had a similar problem on another loco, and managed to get a thin sheet of lead inside the firebox, up against the backhead, and another one glued to the inside of the roof of the cab, without it being too noticeable. It's not a lot of weight, but every little helps. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted July 12, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2015 The yard Jocko was pressed into service for the inspection team after the 2P failed. It has been renumbered to a Rowsley number. The smoke box and cab roof have received a coat of matt acrylic black. The real 7460 was allocated to the shed in 1935 and remained there until withdrawal in1963. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Like your ballast work!! wil follow this on here now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trustytrev Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hello, Trouble is, there's no way of getting some weight on the back set of coupled wheels, without filling the cab with lead, unless somebody knows better. I seem to recall somewhere a solution was to hang the weight of the tender on the rear drawbar of the locomotive somehow. Possibly by making the tender front and center axles floating maybye? trustytrev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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