Brian D Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 I hope I'm not boring you but I want to tell you another little story . Again, apologies for dodgy phone pics, unfinished stuff and general clutter. Earlier, a rather dirty V2 arrived with a newspaper/parcel train. The train arrived in platform 2. Shortly there after, the duty station pilot, a J50, backed down to the rear of the formation to shunt it into platform 1 where newspapers, parcels, etc would be off/on loaded. Thus released, the V2 backed out to the MPD for turning, feeding and watering. The V2 then backed into platform 1 to be reconnected with its train and await departure. Given the road, the V2 and train departed. Regards, Brian. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 This afternoon, I've been expanding my ideas for the scenic treatment in the corner behind the viaduct. So, fancying a cascade of terraced houses descending a hill with the adjoining road falling to pass under both bridges, I had a tinker in TurboCAD (well, where else ) Anyway, limiting each facade to a sheet of A4 (the biggest I can print), these were the results. These facades were stuck onto corrugated card and propped/hot glued in position as shown below to give me an idea of how some low relief house fronts might look. The temporary backscene is what it is - temporary. I'll probably go for a cloud panorama. A bit of fiddling and faffing ensued... ...which convinced me that a curved (well cranked might be a better description) terrace would look much better and that the windows of my mock up are too big. Cranking the terrace will obviously make for a more complicated build but I think it will look much better. Regards, Brian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 You cant beat a bit of Cranking for a better effect Brian, I'm sure it will come really good mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 You cant beat a bit of Cranking for a better effect Brian, I'm sure it will come really good mate. Thanks Andy. I think we are both round the bend having both gone for U shape OO layouts Kind Regards, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tom shaw Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2017 Great stuff Brian, how about a slice of Durham for inspirational cranking and curving ! Regards, Tom 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Great stuff Brian, how about a slice of Durham for inspirational cranking and curving ! durham 1.jpg durham 2.jpg Regards, Tom Excellent stuff Tom. Very useful pics, especially the top one. Regards, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Excellent stuff Tom. Very useful pics, especially the top one. Regards, Brian. Work on the cranked terrace continues very slowly. Thanks to Tom Shaw's pictures, I am trying to recreate a typical Durham terrace. I might have a few pics to share in a few days. Also, although the layout is far from finished, one or two maintenance/back working jobs are cropping up, some of which are reflected in the pic below. For some reason the retaining wall is continuing to change colour. I used photo paper rather than normal printer paper (as used on the bridge abutment which is supposed to be the same Scalescenes ashlar texture colour) so I might have to go back and reface these walls. In addition, the two rear most back to back points are playing up, the RH point not reliably switching frog polarity to tplatform 1 and the LH point now only responds to only one of the two pm solonoids (it only thumps in one direction) so further investigations need to be carried out. However, these minor irritations haven't stopped play services running. Recently I won an auction for 4 weathered mineral wagons and a brake van, these to expand my rake of Q6 hauled minerals. So, the Q6 and minerals approach the goods arrival road. The J94 duly backs down to release and "park" the brake van and haul the minerals into the head shunt to release the Q6 for turning. Having reconnected the brake van with the opposite end of the minerals, the J94 returns to the head shunt to await its next job. The Q6 having been turned backs down on its train and departs. Again apologies for the quality of the camera phone pictures and the general unfinished bits and clutter. Regards, Brian. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Great pictures and stories I found you have to use ink jet varnish or fixative in huge quantities to fix the ink... love the V2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) Great story line and pics again Brian, I like the different colouring in the Retaining Walls, it adds some age and character I think. Edited February 13, 2017 by Andrew P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Great story line and pics again Brian, I like the different colouring in the Retaining Walls, it add some age and character I think. I have to agree with Andy especially about the retaining walls 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Great pictures and stories I found you have to use ink jet varnish or fixative in huge quantities to fix the ink... love the V2 Great story line and pics again Brian, I like the different colouring in the Retaining Walls, it add some age and character I think. I have to agree with Andy especially about the retaining walls Thanks very much chaps for the advice and support. All future paper texture buildings will be sprayed with artists matt varnish and I will avoid photo paper. I hear what you say about the colour of the wall but it isn't what was intended so I still feel inclined to replace the pink - I can't think of a pink stone. The station building is also affected which is more of a problem - I might paint it BR(NE) light blue and white or scrap it all together. Regards, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Work continues on the terraced houses - see below. You can't have enough clamps! Meanwhile one of them new fangled diesels, a Clayton, has arrived with a pick up goods... ...and departs without breaking down having dropped off and picked up various wagons. A few of the Claytons, when new, were allocated to the North East but the smart geordies soon moved them on to Scottish sheds when they found out how unreliable and prone to breakdown they were. When Heljan released their OO model I obviously had to have one and it is really ironic that the Heljan version is such a sweet runner and completely reliable unlike the real thing. Regards, Brian. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted February 13, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13, 2017 The shot where it's coming out past the pub is a really nicely staged view. Looks great! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tom shaw Posted February 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2017 Brian, I'm inclined to agree with you on the pink wall, the railway would have used local stone - probably sandstone in our area. Have you tried the weathered stone from Scalescenes (called dark random ashlar). Looks very familiar to me as a "sand-dancer". Incidently, when I'm frantically searching for a clamp I will know who has them all. Regards, Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 The shot where it's coming out past the pub is a really nicely staged view. Looks great! Ah, photo trickery on my part. There are huge areas of "unfinished-ness" which are not so photogenic. And I still haven't got round to branding and signing the pub. But thanks for your support. Brian, I'm inclined to agree with you on the pink wall, the railway would have used local stone - probably sandstone in our area. Have you tried the weathered stone from Scalescenes (called dark random ashlar). Looks very familiar to me as a "sand-dancer". Incidently, when I'm frantically searching for a clamp I will know who has them all. Regards, Tom Thanks for the info Tom and the remark about the clamps which made me smile - I'll check out that particular texture. Regards, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Work on the terraced houses continues - I've completed the main front and (blind) rear walls and four of the gable/party walls. It is becoming a bit of a slog so to stop myself from going mad, I've turned to a little scenic work, namely the area south of the station throat bridge/goods yard entry area. Firstly, I boxed in the control panel area and added some corrugated card supports for the extended bridge road. Then I added wing walls to the south end of the girder bridge. Bridge road is to be extended up to the control area thus... ...and the entry to the goods yard slopes down from the main road. Here are the corrugated card supports. The card road has been painted and loosely fitted thus. This excercise has shown up the fact that the adjacent wing wall is not nearly long enough - it probably needs to be twice as long so I need to remake it. Regards, Brian. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Work on the terraced houses continues - I've completed the main front and (blind) rear walls and four of the gable/party walls. It is becoming a bit of a slog so to stop myself from going mad, I've turned to a little scenic work, namely the area south of the station throat bridge/goods yard entry area. Firstly, I boxed in the control panel area and added some corrugated card supports for the extended bridge road. goods0.jpeg Then I added wing walls to the south end of the girder bridge. goods1.jpeg goods2.jpeg Bridge road is to be extended up to the control area thus... goods3.jpeg ...and the entry to the goods yard slopes down from the main road. Here are the corrugated card supports. goods4.jpeg The card road has been painted and loosely fitted thus. goods5.jpeg goods6.jpeg This excercise has shown up the fact that the adjacent wing wall is not nearly long enough - it probably needs to be twice as long so I need to remake it. Regards, Brian. Hi Brian, I love that third pic down mate, that is some awesome Trackwork. The Road way down from the Bridge is starting really good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Hi Brian, I love that third pic down mate, that is some awesome Trackwork. The Road way down from the Bridge is starting really good. Thanks for the compliment re track Andy. The points are all Mr Peco's code 75 but the majority in the station throat are curved points with one or two large radius Ys in there. I love the way the trains arrive and depart with lots of reverse curvature going on. Regards, Brian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 That's shaping up nicely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Work on the "terrain" continues. Everything has now been stuck down to the baseboards (or in the case of the roads, their card supports) including the new extended wing wall and pavements to the extended part of Bridge Road added - see below. Also, some new road vehicles have arrived including a double decker with "Shop at Binns" on the front and back (had to have one on this layout!!). I've also added a small retaining wall by the control area which I thought would tidy up this area. The white stuff is various cuts and shapes of expanded polystyrene awaiting modroc or filler, painting and static grassing. Regards, Brian. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 An NGT decker- how to confuse the viewer as to whether you are North or South of the line drawn East-West passing through the centre of Durham- especially when it is passing a United saloon.... Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted February 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2017 . . . including a double decker with "Shop at Binns" on the front and back. As you say, you can't have a NE layout without "Shop at Binns" on a bus. My memory is fading, I know that Northern and Gateshead had the advert, Necastle didn't, but I can't remember whether United did or not. Apologies for slightly OT. Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 An NGT decker- how to confuse the viewer as to whether you are North or South of the line drawn East-West passing through the centre of Durham- especially when it is passing a United saloon.... Les Sorry, you lost me there Les. Perhaps the following few words will explain my madness. As you say, you can't have a NE layout without "Shop at Binns" on a bus. My memory is fading, I know that Northern and Gateshead had the advert, Necastle didn't, but I can't remember whether United did or not. Apologies for slightly OT. Paul. Hi Paul, No problems going OT - I'll join you. I remember that the Sunderland and District buses all had Shop at Binns on. When I was a lad growing up in Essex but frequently taken back up to Easington to stay with me "Anty Sarah" (this would be mid/late 50s and early 60s) the buses running through Easington from the south all originated from West Hartlepool. There were two services - 40 and 41. One went to Durham via Shotton and Sherburn Hill having passed through Easington Village, the other went north to Sunderland via Seaham and Ryhope but my memory is such that I can't remember which one went where! Obviously reciprical 40s and 41s returned from Durham/Sunderland back to Hartlepool. They were United or Northern buses, mostly United single deckers similar to mine which is why I've got one (ooh, the nostalgia). But certainly United and Northern double deckers were on the route through Easington. My Northern double decker is a rear engined Leyland Atlantean which I don't think I ever saw on the 40/41 routes but I vaguely remember seeing them in the Sunderland area and indeed my bus is a number 6 headed for South Shields. There may well be a clash (non-clash?) of routes here (Northern no 6 and United no 34) in that these routes are probably no where near each other and you would perhaps never see a no 6 passing a no 34 but, hey ho, rule 1 applies. I'm not modelling a real place because I don't have the room. The layout can be best described as a pastiche of BR(NER) Durham/North Yorkshire intended to take me back to my train spotting days - hence the "shop at Binns" must have bus. Incidentally, I'm still pondering the new layout title (it won't be "Hawthorn Town") and back story - expect an announcement sometime soonish. Regards, Brian. PS I don't think I ever went into Binns in Sunderland but I do remember going into the one in West Hartlepool and being facinated by the tubes or overhead gubbins that took "me mam's" cash to the (I assume) central cashier and her change coming back the same way. Different world! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted February 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2017 What about this on the bridge?(what I missed when I moved down)http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-euvKAGgDQzo/UOMR2RIHczI/AAAAAAAAAQI/OFyQTlX5jGg/s1600/April+1990+The+Vaux+Dray+Cart%252C+Sunderland.jpg 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) Here you are - a Northern Atlantean on the 40. Sorry about hijacking the thread. This was taken with a cheap 127-format camera when the bus was fairly new in late 1967. One of the later ones with Alexander body, but the Metro-Cammell (as the EFE model) and Roe-bodied ones ran through as well. I think the 41 later became the 241. I don't think double-deckers were ever used on it. United didn't have that many considering the size of the fleet. Less than 25%, compared with Northern being about half-and-half deckers and saloons. I'm not sure how easy it is to remove EFE destinations but there is suitable Letraset available to apply new destinations. By the way the EFE SDO Leyland PD2 sometimes turns up at Toy Fairs and this not only has a Shop At Binns Ad but is also on Service 40 to West Hartlepool. SDO's livery is prettier as well....... Les Edited February 21, 2017 by Les1952 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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