MRDBLUE17 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 That's going to look very nice Mick. All the best Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Looking good David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeT Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Watching with interest, as always... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Looks good Mick, trains running by next week? hahhaha All the best mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Digital Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Really coming on nicely. Look forward to further updates. Will be great to see the finished layout at exhibitions. John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 8, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2015 Looks good Mick, trains running by next week? hahhaha All the best mate. Trains can run - it's just that they can't go all the way round - yet. Give me a couple of weeks............ Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Looks like Tim's laser cutter has been working its magic again! Looking forward to seeing the building finished. Brick work looks rather nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Boards look great Mick, but what caught my eye was that brick work. That really looks the part. Nice texture to the faces as well judging by the photo. Very nice. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 10, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) Deadman's Lane now has it's own depot stickers - thanks to one of the BM/NB (and future BF/DL) team. Somehow, one found it's way onto a Voyager............... Cheers, Mick Edit: double post Edited August 2, 2022 by newbryford 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Somehow, one found it's way onto a Voyager............... Novel way to advertise it! B) Jack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradfordbuffer Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Might be on HST power car tomorrow! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 13, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) On 11/06/2015 at 22:18, bradfordbuffer said: Might be on HST power car tomorrow! Like this? Board building progressing well - need to source legs soon. Cheers, Mick Edited August 2, 2022 by newbryford 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Those baseboards are great - is their a website please ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 13, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 13, 2015 Those baseboards are great - is their a website please ? http://www.timhorn.co.uk/ I know he is VERY busy at the moment. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 True ...................... http://www.timhorn.co.uk/ I know he is VERY busy at the moment. Cheers, Mick ................ but he is very, very good ....... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eddie reffin Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Yes, the board kits are absolute top notch. I have built 3 so far but needing a few more for my next layout project. Light, strong and put together in about 20 mins each with clamps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 17, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2015 Board construction continues as and when I find a spare 15 minutes. So far, four almost complete, awaiting diagonal bracing, but that depends on track layout. The other four are about 50% complete, with all main internal spars added and a couple of sides fitted. Next stage will be to sort out the legs - I'm looking at using an extended sawhorse arrangement as used on the front boards. I've tracked down some very reasonably priced wooden sawhorses via ebay and have two on their way to trial. Cheers, Mick 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Send us a sticker Mick and I'll get one on some decent traction. Wink wink. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 18, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 18, 2015 Send us a sticker Mick and I'll get one on some decent traction. Wink wink. What - a 37............? Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 What - a 37............? Cheers, Mick As much as I would like it to be a 37, think 4 less cylinders........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 19, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 19, 2015 As much as I would like it to be a 37, think 4 less cylinders........ You'll need two stickers then................ Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Yep, you've sussed it mate. Or even 4! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 30, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Now that Perth Ex is done and dusted, I'm hoping to make serious progress on DL in the next few weeks. The last board is complete. Next step will be to add the higher side pieces to the curved boards and give the whole thing a layer of varnish to seal it. This will very much happen on an "as and when" basis in the next couple of weeks as time off from work allows. I laid out a few of the boards to give me an idea of what it will look like - and how physically large it actually is...................... The dowel pins were screwed in and the boards simply slotted together. This is half of the storage area. I've been working on the arrangement of pointwork into the storage yards - as I had a couple of three way points for the original end-to-end temporary yards, they'll come in useful. The main tracks will come in from the left - I've deliberately made them wide apart as it allows me to create slightly longer roads. I could've simply had a fan outwards to give me one very long road, stepping down to a short road 5&6, but this would mean that there was a possibility of having to fire 5 points simultaneously. So I've planned the pointwork so that the maximum that need to be switched in one go is four. This will help the capacitor discharge do it's work. (Initial plan is to have the points manually operated, but when time allows, they will be electrically operated.) Although I've lost the longest road, there is a mathematical logic in this. With a straight fan, I've calculated the length lost by adding up the number of points that each road has to traverse. With a straight fan from 1 to 6, the length lost through points is 1+2+3+4+5+5=20. With the above arrangement, the lengthy lost is 2+2+2+3+4+4=17. I know it's only a few inches, but when it comes to storage yards, total length available is important. And finally, DL has a couple of appropriately coloured mascots. Cheers, Mick Edited June 30, 2015 by newbryford 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 As always Mick that is First class work Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Back from china soon , I'll be round to give you a hand... Not done any modelling for about a year .. Then twice in a week before I set off east .. I'm doing some of my network rail vans ... Perfect for this job ! Cheers spike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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