RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted November 1, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2017 Not a huge amount of progress this week due to family stuff going on. Also, a major hunt for my micro drills slowed things up - I wanted to experiment drilling tiny holes in the bottom of Springfield head lamps so that they would be an easy fit on locos. I thought they were with my pin chuck drill, turned out I had stored them with my mini drill. Anyway, I did manage to drill first a 0.5mm hole (too small) then widened it out to 0.7mm in one headlamp, loosing the light jewel in the process but hey ho. This was duly fitted to the K1 for a stopping passenger train. So here is the D49 Westmorland and maroon Gresleys arriving on a stopping service, passing the loco depot where the K1 waits... 20171018_171220rev.jpg 20171018_171315rev.jpg ...to back down on its train... 20171018_171431rev.jpg ...and depart. 20171018_171546rev.jpg 20171018_171621rev.jpg 20171018_172019rev.jpg The second photo of this batch shows the trial stone colour paint on the retaining wall which I have rejected. All will be replaced with new printed textures in due course. Regards, Brian. Hi Brian Two buses on the bridge Isn't that being a bit greedy Yours Clive, who lives somewhere where we only have a bus on a Wednesday and a Friday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 Hi Brian Two buses on the bridge Isn't that being a bit greedy Yours Clive, who lives somewhere where we only have a bus on a Wednesday and a Friday. Only a temporary measure Clive. The single decker will go on a road under a bridge on the other side of the layout once the County Council have got round to building the road Regards, Brian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 A bit more work replacing the pink wall panels was carried out this afternoon. The roofs of the nearest group of cottages are similarly affected by the still developing photo paper and will also be relaced in due course. Regards, Brian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnauthorisedCinnamon Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Has the platform edge suffered the same fate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 Has the platform edge suffered the same fate? I'm afraid so. I'm still pondering how best to resolve that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted November 2, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2017 A printed paper overlay? Or would the pink show through? Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 A printed paper overlay? Or would the pink show through? Paul. That is what I'll try first Paul but it could be a bit fiddly for my sausage fingers. The other options are to either paint them or totally reconstruct the platforms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 G'Day All. Could you not overlay the platform sides with brick embossed plastic card. manna 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 G'Day All. Could you not overlay the platform sides with brick embossed plastic card. manna That's exactly what I was going to say, mama, so much easier to apply Brian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 G'Day All. Could you not overlay the platform sides with brick embossed plastic card. manna That's exactly what I was going to say, mama, so much easier to apply Brian. In my search for realism I have unfortunately made the platform clearances very tight, indeed the front steps on my BR 4MT tank fouled the platform edges when using the crossover - I eased the card structure locally to get round this problem. I suspect anything thicker than paper will only make matters worse. Thanks for the suggestion though and your continued interest guys. Best Regards, Brian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 The retaining wall reconstruction is now complete. Before... ...and after. I have also removed the incomplete station building which was suffering from the same photo paper problems and had turned pink like the retaining wall. Pending reconstruction it has been temporarely replaced by a set of Scalescenes structures - see below. Regards, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 The retaining wall reconstruction is now complete. Before... 20171101_153328.jpg ...and after. 20171104_160211.jpg 20171104_160153.jpg I have also removed the incomplete station building which was suffering from the same photo paper problems and had turned pink like the retaining wall. Pending reconstruction it has been temporarely replaced by a set of Scalescenes structures - see below. 20171104_161234.jpg 20171104_161301.jpg Regards, Brian. G'Day All With these views and the backscene, it has a 'Sea Side' look about it, Coal mines by the sea...Na, can't be, manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ray H Posted November 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2017 G'Day All With these views and the backscene, it has a 'Sea Side' look about it, Coal mines by the sea...Na, can't be, manna Point of Ayr, North Wales to name but one pit near the sea. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2017 Travelling up the County Durham coastline and on for a good stretch of Northumberland, you can’t fail to be reminded that the coalfield came right down to the sea, and in some cases the collieries had workings that went out right under the sea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 G'Day All With these views and the backscene, it has a 'Sea Side' look about it, Coal mines by the sea...Na, can't be, manna Point of Ayr, North Wales to name but one pit near the sea. Travelling up the County Durham coastline and on for a good stretch of Northumberland, you can’t fail to be reminded that the coalfield came right down to the sea, and in some cases the collieries had workings that went out right under the sea. Indeed. The area I'm most acquainted with, Easington Colliery, is right on the Durham North Sea (now "Heritage") coast. I train spotted Q6s and J27s there in my youth and still have relatives in the village. The workings of the pit did go far out under the sea in the final days. In fact the main street in Easington Colliery is called Seaside Lane. Thanks again for your interest guys. Regards, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 An unexpected issue has arisen concerning my rake of Bachmann mineral wagons. I have now added removable coal loads to all twelve wagons and now none of the colliery shunters can get the rake up the slope over the iron bridge. So, whilst the shunters can safely collect the "empties" (even when full!) and run down the grade over the iron bridge into the colliery, the Q6 is required to haul the train of "fulls" up the grade - see below. Of course, the iron bridge was checked by the Civil Engineer who passed it fit to support the mainline Q6 loco Regards, Brian. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 The workings of the pit did go far out under the sea in the final days. Seven miles. . as did others. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) What did you make the coal loads out of- coal topped lead sheet? On a more serious note there were more than a few collieries who'se puggies were so weak they couldn't manage more than a couple of loaded wagons- and that is on the flat in some cases. Les Edited November 5, 2017 by Les1952 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 The workings of the pit did go far out under the sea in the final days. Seven miles. . as did others. John G'day All. I knew that some of the Durham coal mines did go under the sea, but seven miles is further than I realized, if they'd kept going Denmark wasn't that far away. manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 What did you make the coal loads out of- coal topped lead sheet? On a more serious note there were more than a few collieries who'se puggies were so weak they couldn't manage more than a couple of loaded wagons- and that is on the flat in some cases. Les Hi Les, The coal loads I have added are just the usual Parkside Dundas plastic ones. However, four of my wagons were bought second hand on Ebay and were already fitted with coal loads but, in addition, it seems some real coal particles have also been added to these four. Also, one of these wagons is not the most free running and tends to drag the rake slightly - this is probably the real cause for the inability of the colliery shunters to get the rake up the grade. I have a spare mineral wagon somewhere which I might swap it over for. In the meantime, running the Q6 in and out of the colliery branch adds something special operation wise I think. Hmm, might need to buy another Q6! Regards, Brian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Nice progress.. This is a very well thought out layout Regarding the brick paper- what about heavily weathering the platform sides with some pastel/non aggressive stuff? They normally get quite dirty from the ones around here... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Nice progress.. This is a very well thought out layout Regarding the brick paper- what about heavily weathering the platform sides with some pastel/non aggressive stuff? They normally get quite dirty from the ones around here... Thanks for the suggestion Dan. I've got some pastels in the shed which I bought for weathering and have not used yet. I'll give that a try. Regards, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Hi Les, The coal loads I have added are just the usual Parkside Dundas plastic ones. However, four of my wagons were bought second hand on Ebay and were already fitted with coal loads but, in addition, it seems some real coal particles have also been added to these four. Also, one of these wagons is not the most free running and tends to drag the rake slightly - this is probably the real cause for the inability of the colliery shunters to get the rake up the grade. I have a spare mineral wagon somewhere which I might swap it over for. In the meantime, running the Q6 in and out of the colliery branch adds something special operation wise I think. Hmm, might need to buy another Q6! Regards, Brian. I have just identified the sticky wheels mineral and swapped it over with a spare I had - problem solved, the DJ Models J94 now gets the rake up the slope with relative ease. I still like the idea of running the Q6s up and down the colliery branch though Regards, Brian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 G'Day Folks. Don't forget Rule 1. manna 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giz Puk Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Evening Brian, I know this may sound a bit stupid, but with regard to the platform edges have you tried giving them a thick coat of matt varnish such as the aerosol type used for model wargaming figures? I had a similar issue with some walls which this rectified............. although I also had others which it did not. Alternatively how about using weathering techniques to dirty up the platform sides as this brickwork would have received more track grime mixed with steam and oil than other structures. It seems a real shame that the only option might be replacements as I know from experience how demoralising this can be, especially when you have done such a good job so far. Fingers crossed these options may reduce some of the workload and help get you back on track. Bye 'eck its grim up north.........'Dirty Leeds'. Yours aye, giz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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