RMweb Premium newbryford Posted April 7, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2014 Well get your finger out, I come over on Tuesday night, buy you a curry watch two DVD's with you and you tell me you have been busy !!! ( hope your feeling better mate ) :-) I believe there was a tour of East Lancs Chinese takeaways and restaurants before deciding on a curry - reminds me of York Ex....... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 7, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2014 SJ hasn't been forgotten - just "more of the same" with more wiring up of the pointwork and decoders earlier tonight. There was a slight delay to tonight's work as Spike, whilst looking for some small woodscrews, discovered a wasp's nest in the smaller shed (that was the original location of the test track) and decided to investigate further, rather than getting down to the job in hand and fixing down the cable trunking. (He's easily distracted - sometimes more than me!) Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 I know who would moan the most if they were stung by a wasp though? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Wasp nest disposed off!! We've been very quite on updates, but we've been making small progress in the back ground, still plodding along with wiring so not much to shout about..... Been a little distracted by doing a small amount of work on the new bryford station Concourse, so if any one did bother to look through the station windows at DEMU, they might of seen the new elevators and destination boards and about 40 people! Still lots more to do in there when time allows! Hope to make a push on the Springfield wiring, over the next 10 days, then start with the support ribs for the upper/ scenic level! I'm sure Picys will follow soon after!! Cheers spike 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Looking forward to more picys!! cheers neil.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Had a tidy up in the man shed!,,, still doing wires..... Losing the will to live....... Mick took some picks last night's wiring efforts, so I'm sure they will be on here soon !! I must be doing some thing wrong ... Coz I'm always the one having to climb on my hands and knees under the layout to clip up the bus wires !! I'm not sure how that's happened.... Maybe his Jedi powers are stronger than I thought!! Our friendly joiner, "dan the joiner" has taken all the 18mm plywood to work and passed them through his rip saw......, so we now have rather a lot of 138mm ripping to be installed as the support rib's for the upper level, so when topped with 12mm sheet we have the next track base running at 150mm to match the up &down ramps!! Spike :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 24, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Had a tidy up in the man shed!,,, still doing wires..... Losing the will to live....... Mick took some picks last night's wiring efforts, so I'm sure they will be on here soon !! I must be doing some thing wrong ... Coz I'm always the one having to climb on my hands and knees under the layout to clip up the bus wires !! I'm not sure how that's happened.... Maybe his Jedi powers are stronger than I thought!! "These are not the wires you're looking for...................." It's about you were on your knees........ although admitting that to your missus is not a good idea. Anyway, here's the pics so far. The point motors have been wired back to the accessory decoders and the microswitches for frog polarityare all connected. This is the north-west corner. The temporary taped labels will be replaced with something a little tidier! So far, we're about 2/3 through the point wiring. As mentioned earlier in the thread, these are the lower storage yards and as much of the wiring is being kept above board as possible. Cheers, Mick Edited June 24, 2014 by newbryford 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 First class work there Mick - Very neat and tidy. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWallace Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Love the use of flexi-trunking to get neat cabling, might give that a go myself! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted August 20, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2014 It's been awhile since an update. We've both been busy with work/family/holidays/other layouts/etc. but there's been a bit of progress on the woodwork front. Some of the lower deck wiring needs to be completed. The "bridges" for the upper deck are taking shape. These will support the top scenic section. Dan the joiner at work installing the last couple above the north yard. Another view of the north yard - the top deck is just an offcut to see how it looks Under the south side - the top deck is also loosely in place And this is how much room we have. These are only stock storage, so no real need to get in for access unless we have any problems. The bridges have been carefully located, so that it's still easy to access the lower deck without them getting in the way. (Until the top deck goes on, of course!) Cheers, Mick 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60059 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Great layout you have here....I am building a similar type fiddle yard myself, which will also be covered by an upper level, just wondering how you are planning to control the trains in and out of the yard, I was going to put dead sections behind each point which are only powered up by the point is set for that road. Will follow this closely... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted November 4, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 4, 2014 Great layout you have here....I am building a similar type fiddle yard myself, which will also be covered by an upper level, just wondering how you are planning to control the trains in and out of the yard, I was going to put dead sections behind each point which are only powered up by the point is set for that road. Will follow this closely... We're looking at a Hornby Railmaster for point control. All the track is powered, all the time. Frogs are switched with the point motor. One issue with dead sections before points is that they are fine for locos, but what if you have say a Voyager with the powered car being the 4th in line (the 221 is not a centrally located power car)? Cheers, Mick 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60059 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 We're looking at a Hornby Railmaster for point control. All the track is powered, all the time. Frogs are switched with the point motor. One issue with dead sections before points is that they are fine for locos, but what if you have say a Voyager with the powered car being the 4th in line (the 221 is not a centrally located power car)? Cheers, Mick Yes I had thought about multi units, I was going to dedicate 3 sidings for them and have the whole siding dead when not set for that road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted November 11, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 11, 2014 Latest update - last night, more wiring. We've now completed 3 of the 4 "corners" of the storage roads and there's only a 5 point sequence to do at the south-west corner. So if I get my finger out and providing that Spike isn't in the way, I can probably do it in one evening. The main bus wires for the DCC and point control are going in. We're not too far from a full test of the storage yards, but next Monday night could be a no-go for SJ, if I manage to persuade the big lad to get off his backside and go mountain biking.......... Cheers, Mick 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorz101uk Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Any update mick? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Happy New Year Mick & Spike. Could either of you post a track plan? Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 4, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2015 Any update mick? Hi Rory, Sorry - Nothing to report yet. Hoping to get back onto it soon to finish off the lower deck/storage wiring Happy New Year Mick & Spike. Could either of you post a track plan? Pete Sorry Pete, we only have a few sketches of the proposed upper deck scenic area. When we get something solid, we'll post up. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted February 2, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2015 Minor update. After many weeks of not being able to make time, we spent an evening in a fairly cold shed. The fan heater has gone AWOL. My toes are only just warming up an hour after getting home. I was using the soldering iron to keep my hands warm. Progress was good - on my part [1] - I managed to finish off the south-east corner pointwork wiring. The next session should see the main bus wiring done [2] and then we can start testing the DCC point control as well as running a few trains round. Cheers, Mick [1] Spike took about an hour to put three screws in a point motor base and "loosely" installed a couple of bus cables. I have no idea what he was actually doing apart from shuffling stuff around the shed. [2] He's promising to get in there in a couple of days to loosely install the remaining bus wiring, so I can solder it up on Wednesday night. And pigs might fly.................. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted February 4, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2015 Off to try and finish the wiring tonight. The big lad has promised that an extra heater will be in place and the shed warmed up in advance. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Don't forget the pictures!!!!!!!! And no not of the takeaway.......of the layout........... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby (John) Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Don't forget Spike is now a " movie star" with the Beacon Bikes ( The Fell ) film on the Guardian website............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Thank you nobby ..... I'm almost a regular colomist for the guardian now !! 2 written / 1 pod cast and now a film about our business ..... The only real plus to making the film is that people actually understand that there are company's outside the M25 !!! And don't believe what the yellow train junky puts on here!! I've got all the bus wires installed !!! And just to clarify ... Over the last few weeks we've been mountain biking round gisburn forest on a Monday night after work ! But what he failed to mention is that the so called " big lad" royal kick his ass on the up hill bits... And the down hill bits come to mention it!! Just needs to man up abit ..... ;-) That said, " the coke fuelled teenager " is defiantly a Jedi when up comes to designing wireing !! Hopefully we can get some more Picys on here soon! We have also done a small test on the dcc track power and apart from the track needing a good clean, it went well ! apart from the rouge tin of Dulux under coat across the tracks !!!! Also got a load of buildings and "bits" sorted out for the upper layer. Purchaced- Faller road system starter pack for the road system ( that will be two full runs each way round the out side of the building ( aprox 55 foot each way) Ratio viaduct kit - this will be modified to represent a model of the prototype at ingelton in the Yorkshire dales 2 wills midland signal box kits that have already started to look like the prototype at peak forest (love abit of kit bashing) Hornby skaledale " dent" station & waiting room - this has now been striped of the window frames and is being fully repaired from photos of the prototype, the out the box model is good but the stone work is way to bright. Built a village pub and post office in low relief for the village, and a village primary school that's a old stone building with a modern extension . Picked up a Bachmann relay box for the side of the track and loads of stuff like trees and detailing bits. Sorry I've not put any pictures on but " computer says no !" , file size is to big !! I'm sure the updates and progress will start coming more regular now we've got the wires in, just go two big trade shows to get over in the next few week than start making some big steps folward. Cheers spike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Digital Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Crumbs Spike you have been busy !! Look forward to photos of how it's all going. John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted February 7, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2015 And don't believe what the yellow train junky puts on here!! That said, " the coke fuelled teenager " is defiantly a Jedi when up comes to designing wireing !! I think that both of those mean me..... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsy11 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Just come across this thread...I'll certainly be following with interest - looks superb. I've said this a couple of times but I can't get over how big some of these layouts look compared to my own, with the main loop of mine being approx 16ft x 9ft, this looks an awful lot longer than mine. Keep up the great work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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