RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted April 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2017 Really nice work Les, not least the metal strapping. You comment about not having a photo of the back of the coaling stage triggered my curiosity, so I had lookthrough my books. Couldn't find a single photo showing the back of one. Perhaps not so strange, it can't have been the most interesting subject for a photo. These days, I suppose it would correspond to taking photos of the rear of bus shelters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Well done Les. See u at Morrinsville and catch up with a chat- Andy R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Well done Les. See u at Morrinsville and catch up with a chat- Andy R For sure Andy. Will you have Stackton Magna on display? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 A few more pictures taken this evening. Managed to get some fencing done and sowed some grass today. Cheers, Les 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 For sure Andy. Will you have Stackton Magna on display? Hi Les- yes I will have the little BLT- set up Friday and two days of playing in front of public...will I still be sane at the end? C u sometime over weekend I hope Regards Andy R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dbr1295 Posted April 9, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2017 Sunday afternoon auto train at Wydgate. Sitting at the platform waiting for customer. 6417 is the motive power. 5819 coaling before leaving with the branch goods later this afternoon. Auto train off up the branch on its journey to Wyd Junction, passing 5819 simmering away. Finally a look across to Albert Walter the coal merchants yard where the undergrowth seems to be a bit more unkempt since our last visit. Cheers, Les 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Following on from last Sundays pics of the auto train, here's some photos of 5819 following it with the branch goods. Cheers, Les 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Following on from last Sundays pics of the auto train, here's some photos of 5819 following it with the branch goods. IMG_6410 (2).jpg IMG_6417 (3).jpg IMG_6421 (2).jpg Cheers, Les great stuff again Les. And thanks for your help last Saturday. Hope you enjoyed the fun. Time to get into upgrading those kadees! regards Andy R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 great stuff again Les. And thanks for your help last Saturday. Hope you enjoyed the fun. Time to get into upgrading those kadees! regards Andy R Thanks Andy. Great day on Saturday. No worries with the help, enjoyed myself. Apart from a few hick-ups, the layout ran really well. Very impressed how smoothly it ran. The Kadees certainly got me thinking. Not sure with the current project, but maybe something in the future... Not too wet over there I hope. Cheers, Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted April 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2017 Great pictures.. I love the goods train drifting into the tunnel.. I've saved that picture, if I can get anywhere close to that on my layout I'll be very happy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Engine shed as seen from the field alongside. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Following on from last Sundays pics of the auto train, here's some photos of 5819 following it with the branch goods. IMG_6410 (2).jpg IMG_6417 (3).jpg IMG_6421 (2).jpg Cheers, Les Hey Les -how have you made the fence posts? They look really good. About to depart for the south island road trip for a month. Will catch up on RM forum end of May. I have drawn up the proposed new terminus we talked about at the show full size on a length of paper and with a few tweaks it seems to work out ok -all within 12 inch width of baseboard. Just have to draw out the possible train (Peter Denny type) storage yard for the centre of the layout room. Hope that works as that is central to the concept working. regards Andy R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 Hey Les -how have you made the fence posts? They look really good. About to depart for the south island road trip for a month. Will catch up on RM forum end of May. I have drawn up the proposed new terminus we talked about at the show full size on a length of paper and with a few tweaks it seems to work out ok -all within 12 inch width of baseboard. Just have to draw out the possible train (Peter Denny type) storage yard for the centre of the layout room. Hope that works as that is central to the concept working. regards Andy R Andy, The posts are Ratio and some scratch built. The strainers are from tooth picks. I painted the Ratio posts with greys and browns almost in a dry brush manner. I use a stiff brush which gives the wood grain effect. The posts along side the loco shed are the ones I made myself when I ran short of the ratio ones. They're made from "matchsticks" as sold for crafting in the Warehouse I think, or a $2 store. I just made exact copies of the Ratio posts using a razor saw and mitre box with a stop in it to do the grooves for the strands. This ensured that they were consistent, though I wasn't very consistent in lining up the wire in the grooves all the time. I put a couple of coats of stain on them to colour them. The problem I had, was that the wood used to make these was rubbish, splintered and broke easily, and not many were straight or even had a square section. I've now got more Ratio ones on order to finish off. If I make more I would need to use a better quality wood or plastic strip. I used Ezy-line to represent the wire strands, and this is brilliant. I found someone on Trade Me who was selling it. Glues well with super glue and is pretty hardy when you stretch it. I originally tried thin wire and cotton and these just wouldn't stick to the posts at all well. I even tried melting the wire into the posts with a soldering iron. I did a short section using wire by the over bridge, and this doesn't look too good as the wire's not taunt enough. Looking forward to seeing how the new concept works out. Enjoy the SI trip. Cheers, Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Hi All, Wet weekend over here, so a productive time was spent in the train room. 2 packets of Ratio fence posts painted and platform top painted. Finally found a colour I'm happy with, Tamiya neutral grey. Gives a nice asphalt colour. Possibly could do with another coat and needs to be weathered. Here's a couple of pics with 9028 on a passenger train. And here's a pic showing practically the entire layout. Slowly getting there. Painting the platform certainly has made a big difference. Cheers, Les 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOSS Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Great looking layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Hi All, Wet weekend over here, so a productive time was spent in the train room. 2 packets of Ratio fence posts painted and platform top painted. Finally found a colour I'm happy with, Tamiya neutral grey. Gives a nice asphalt colour. Possibly could do with another coat and needs to be weathered. Here's a couple of pics with 9028 on a passenger train. IMG_6489 (2).jpg IMG_6490 (2).jpg IMG_6505 (2).jpg And here's a pic showing practically the entire layout. Slowly getting there. Painting the platform certainly has made a big difference. IMG_6511 (2).jpg Cheers, Les Hi Les- just catching up on the web relaxing in Wanaka. SI tripgoing really nicely with reasonable weather but very cold!! We have enjoyed the travel experience and the autumn colours in the landscape are outstanding. Next to west coast then home in 1 1/2 weeks. Great photos again Les and the modelling- Regards Andy R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Hi All, Past few sessions in the train room have been spent wiring up the lineside fencing with Ezi-line. What a mission, but worth it as it looks much better now that the fencing is there. Still more to do along the front, but I might be short of posts to finish that. Also spent time painting the platform fencing, which is the Ratio product. I shall share a few photos of that once it's done and in place. Anyhow, here's a few photos to finish off the weekend. Prairie tank 4573 shunting. Pulling an empty van from out the goods yard and into the loading bay opposite the station building, for loading with milk churns. Next shot is a bit interesting. While the shutter was open I was waving a lamp around to try to reduce shadows, but I think it's given a nice impression of a blackening sky and approaching rain. The tree is still to be bedded in, as I sometimes remove it while working on the scenery in this area. Finally, photo taken later in the day with 7754 wheezing its way out of the loco shed, past the water tank and coal stage. Cheers, Les 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 What a fantastic layout, full of atmosphere. I can't believe that this started out as a stop gap layout. The quality of the modelling is top notch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) What a fantastic layout, full of atmosphere. I can't believe that this started out as a stop gap layout. The quality of the modelling is top notch. Many thanks. The layout has certainly exceeded my expectations in that it ended up being much more than the "quickie" I set out to make. Being able to share progress on RM Web has, I think, given me extra impetus and additional enjoyment creating it. So, a big thanks to all those who read, like, comment and follow my ramblings as I build this thing! Cheers, Les Edited June 5, 2017 by Dbr1295 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hi All, Not much happening on the layout at the moment. A couple of more wagons weathered and some more lineside fencing has been about it. I'll be thoroughly relieved when the fencing all done, it's been driving me bonkers. Anyhow, here's a bunch of pic's I took the other day. In the first few photo's can be seen the newly installed Ratio platform fencing. In the foreground of the same pictures is where the new lineside fencing is going in, just a couple more strands to do. Cheers, Les 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Very nice atmospheric pictures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 10 years in the future. No passenger services, 1 goods train a week and the stone train runs twice weekly. Stone train seen here behind D7044. Not long before all services cancelled, and in another 10 years the station building is a café and the old track bed a cycle way..... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2017 Like the middle shot with the Hymek running around. Moire ha ha ha ha.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 10 years in the future. No passenger services, 1 goods train a week and the stone train runs twice weekly. Stone train seen here behind D7044. IMG_6603 (2).jpg IMG_6607 (2).jpg IMG_6597 (2).jpg Not long before all services cancelled, and in another 10 years the station building is a café and the old track bed a cycle way..... Les- going the way of NZ Rail if this keeps going. Bring back the steam engines mister (: regards Andy R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbr1295 Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Early morning at Wydgate station. Branch carriage waiting in the platform and 7754 coaling up ready for the first train of the day. Cheers, Les 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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