Andrew P Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 I also managed to get a couple of pic's from the other side of the boards whilst they were turned around today. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Evening Derek, I do take it easy, I do about an Hour and then have at least an Hours sit down, normally with a cuppa. Its coming on a lot slower than I would like, but looking back at 3 Months ago this is remarkable progress. Andy. Can you slow down please. At this rate you'll be on shed number 4 before any of us have a chance to build anything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Well just a little time before Lunch and so I fitted the Bus Bar to board 1. The cable running through the Terminal Blocks are not bared or cut, they are only there to keep the cables neat and taught. First Bus Bar 007.JPG First Bus Bar 008.JPG I like that idea of keeping the cables taut and it looks very neat as well Also just noticed the glue gun has been used to good effect. Edited January 11, 2015 by Donington Road 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 I like that idea of keeping the cables taut and it looks very neat as well Also just noticed the glue gun has been used to good effect. Evening Mick, Ahh yes the Hot Glue gun is ready and primed. Normally I Hot Glue the cables to the base board, but this time I need to access them for fixing the droppers. it seemed an easy solution and I have handfuls of terminal blocks so why not use them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew P Posted January 11, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Well its Page 162 and I've cleared the window side ready to start construction of the Storage Yard Boards tomorrow afternoon when Lee comes around. Once there done then the Storage Yard shouldn't take that long to lay as its all Peco Code 75 Track and Points. There will be no under track foam because the board I was given was an 8ft x 4ft bit of 12mm Ply, so it was cut into 2 x 6ft x 2ft and a 4ft x 2ft, so with a bit from the cut out over the desk I have enough for that side of the room. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Andy Just a thought, as you are now laying track - have you thought about cosmetic fish plates? They would make the rail gaps look more 'real' particularly in photos, and are an extra bit of detail for minimal expense. As a bonus, as this is a fixed layout you only need to add them on the viewing side! Steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hi Andy, Goodness gracious me! I didn't even realise you had got the decent track, now already some has been laid. Brilliant work Sir! Am certainly enjoying keeping up with you but it's not easy. Cheers, John. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Andy Just a thought, as you are now laying track - have you thought about cosmetic fish plates? They would make the rail gaps look more 'real' particularly in photos, and are an extra bit of detail for minimal expense. As a bonus, as this is a fixed layout you only need to add them on the viewing side! Steve Evening Steve, Yes I like the idea, but I wont be going down that route I'm afraid, not yet anyway. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hi Andy, Goodness gracious me! I didn't even realise you had got the decent track, now already some has been laid. Brilliant work Sir! Am certainly enjoying keeping up with you but it's not easy. Cheers, John. Evening John, I've had the SMP Track for several weeks, but with all the mess and bits lying around I was only using the second hand Peco to try things, in case I damaged the really good stuff, its so fragile. Glad your enjoying the build, I certainly am. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted January 11, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2015 Evening John, I've had the SMP Track for several weeks, but with all the mess and bits lying around I was only using the second hand Peco to try things, in case I damaged the really good stuff, its so fragile. Glad your enjoying the build, I certainly am. I just hope you don't have to take any of the SMP up. Mine disintegrated very nicely, despite great care, on KL. Andy - DON'T fix your Marcway turnouts down. I found the adjoining track and all the droppers/wiring under the turnouts - incl. the motors - held them firmly in place. It meant that I was able to remove all 45 turnouts - with ease - from KL. Just a suggestion. Jeff 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Thanks Jeff, I have fixed down the ones laid so far with little Copydex, but I will see how the others go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hi Andy The shed looks really cosy mate. A proper man cabin. Also love the totems on the wall with the names of your layouts. Nice touch. All the best. Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hi Andy The shed looks really cosy mate. A proper man cabin. Also love the totems on the wall with the names of your layouts. Nice touch. All the best. Marcus Cheers Mate, it has proved to be very warm, I have a night heater panel that I have on for 3 Hours a night and that seems all I need, its warm enough to work in without any backup. I need Totems for Glen Roy, Deesdale Road, Kingsmill, Loch Leven and Fiddlers Yard at some stage. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Morning Andy, Really beginning to come together well mate! Hopefully, if you should have to take anything up after glueing, a reasonably long blade from a retractable craft knife could be slid along through the underlay? Kind regards from another honest car salesman, HaHaHa, Jock. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeT Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Hello Mate. Really looking the part now, Dee will never see you once you get some trains running ?, like the idea of totems for all the layouts you have built over the years... George 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 A gratuitous post for no reason other than I think this will be my 500th post and thought it would be nice that it appears on Bitton! Looking forward to more updates later.... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Afternoon all, Well as Lee couldn't make it today due to WORK, (what's that?), I decided to have a go with the Second Storage Yard Board myself this afternoon. I had some plans. And then with my Trusty Workmate and a blunt saw, I set to making the corner blocks, I needed 14 for the board. They didn't need to be to accurate, (good job really, as I'm SH1T at woodwork) as the 6mm Ply side will give it a vertical strength and a strait edge. (are you watching Jeff?) And this is the result of a couple of Hours work, it would have been quicker but I had to keep having a rest when cutting every 4 or 5 blocks. Don't ask about the extra bit along the front. I said DON'T ASK. O.K. Its for a proposed branch line to a Terminus as Larry, (Coachman) has done on Delph. that will come off the Storage Yard above the work Bench and be able to operate on the Main Line as well for some extra operation at a later date, and an excuse to make some more Points, hahhhaa. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ray H Posted January 12, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Andy I left school unable to even sharpen a pencil (as far as my woodwork teacher was concerned). I couldn't cut straight to save my life. A few years ago I bought a new (hard point) saw on the spur of the moment. All of a sudden I can (usually) cut straight lines and if I try a little bit I can even do a reasonable job of cutting wood (fairly) square. That doesn't stop me getting the sizes wrong, but those cuts that I do make are acceptable. I'm even beginning to enjoy woodwork - which is good as I have to build the baseboards and supports for my new layout soon. Can I suggest that you get a new (sharp) saw. You might even find that you don't need to stop for a rest so often! I did. Edited January 12, 2015 by Ray H 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 A gratuitous post for no reason other than I think this will be my 500th post and thought it would be nice that it appears on Bitton! Looking forward to more updates later.... Thanks for that Steve, a nice thought, and well done on your 500th Post, may you have many more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Andy I left school unable to even sharpen a pencil (as far as my woodwork teacher was concerned). I couldn't cut straight to save my life. A few years ago I bought a new (hard point) saw on the spur of the moment. All of a sudden I can (usually) cut straight lines and if I try a little bit I can even do a reasonable job of cutting wood (fairly) square. That doesn't stop me getting the sizes wrong, but those cuts that I do make are acceptable. I'm even beginning to enjoy woodwork - which is good as I have to build the baseboards and supports for my new layout soon. Why not invest in a new (sharp) saw. You might even find that you don't need to stop for a rest so often! I did. That would sound like a good plan Ray apart from one thing, and that is a new saw means I cant buy 2 new wagons, and mine works fine really, my other saw I bought when we had the Video Shops in the early 1980's and was used to build all the shop racking, counters, fit out the kitchen and then every baseboard since. My NEW one was actually given to me by my boy after he fitted our Kitchen when we moved in here last May, but he buys a new saw for almost every job. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ray H Posted January 12, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2015 Sorry Re-reading what I wrote sounded a bit authoritative. It wasn't meant to. I picked up on your comment about using a blunt saw and I'm convinced that the saws we had at school must have been blunt because of the way we misused them. I'm sure that they severely dented my confidence and that in turn led me to hate woodwork for much of my life. It was only the impulse purchase of the new saw that seemed to change things, so much so that when that saw got blunt I insisted on buying another that was exactly the same. I'm certainly less reluctant now when it comes to woodworking and will even use the hand tools in preference to their powered cousins at times. I didn't mean to offend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Sorry Re-reading what I wrote sounded a bit authoritative. It wasn't meant to. I picked up on your comment about using a blunt saw and I'm convinced that the saws we had at school must have been blunt because of the way we misused them. I'm sure that they severely dented my confidence and that in turn led me to hate woodwork for much of my life. It was only the impulse purchase of the new saw that seemed to change things, so much so that when that saw got blunt I insisted on buying another that was exactly the same. I'm certainly less reluctant now when it comes to woodworking and will even use the hand tools in preference to their powered cousins at times. I didn't mean to offend. No Offence taken Ray, My Dad was a Carpenter and Joiner and then a Cabinet maker, before he moved into Engineering and Estimating for BP and then Colt International. He would CRINGE at the amount of sawdust I can produce just trying to cut a piece of wood square. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted January 12, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2015 Afternoon all, Well as Lee couldn't make it today due to WORK, (what's that?), I decided to have a go with the Second Storage Yard Board myself this afternoon. I had some plans. Storage Yard Board 2 004.JPG And then with my Trusty Workmate and a blunt saw, I set to making the corner blocks, I needed 14 for the board. Storage Yard Board 2 001.JPG Storage Yard Board 2 003.JPG They didn't need to be to accurate, (good job really, as I'm SH1T at woodwork) as the 6mm Ply side will give it a vertical strength and a strait edge. (are you watching Jeff?) And this is the result of a couple of Hours work, it would have been quicker but I had to keep having a rest when cutting every 4 or 5 blocks. Storage Yard Board 2 005.JPG Storage Yard Board 2 006.JPG Don't ask about the extra bit along the front. I said DON'T ASK. O.K. Its for a proposed branch line to a Terminus as Larry, (Coachman) has done on Delph. that will come off the Storage Yard above the work Bench and be able to operate on the Main Line as well for some extra operation at a later date, and an excuse to make some more Points, hahhhaa. Don't you think using 6mm ply is a little bit over-engineered for you, Andy? Hey - IF IT WORKS - and I'm sure it will, go for it! Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Modern hard-point saws - even the budget-priced ones - are so much better than those I had growing up and doing woodwork at school in the sixties......think of the equipment that the GWR gauge conversion gangs probably struggled with in May1892...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Also, apologies Andy for going off-thread again for a minute, but for those of you who find your jobs a bit 'boring' and monotonous, think of the two man team that spent most of their working lives back around the turn of the century converting the whole length of one of the Welsh NG railways from 2 bolt fishplates to 4! I can't imagine how good their drill-bits were but at least when they got up each morning they knew exactly what they would be doing for the day....... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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