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Not sure about the motor vehicle incusion on the tracks  

7 minutes ago, jcarta said:

 

Ahh but that wall does a have a door on the right so that probably means that there is another room beyond that wall.....

 

Just think of the potential if Simon could extend the layout... Only thinking allowed  

 

Jim

Isnt that the toilet

I ordered what looked amazingly good price IPA it never turned up and the vendor disappeared luckily paid via PayPal so got my money back there are some real scum out there so take care

Mick graffiti is all over the German railways but they just seem to leave it there

looking good and loving the honesty regarding the roof

Dave just an idea when taking low level photos which look through the tunnel is it worth using a black board behind to clock the view of the scenery beyond so that you get more of an impression of the depth of the actual tunnel

Crossing looks good have you checked the 4 wheel wagon in the back has sufficient clearance I found on my crossing that wagons with bogies were ok but 4 wheel wagons have effectively have a larger wheelbase And need more clearance

Richard,

Great video, the ground effect looks very realistic, like the idea of looking at it from different angles when building it up. I had a look at the tree tutorial which was very interesting.

Sorry to hear that you have been receiving grief on YouTube.

I have a comment however which I hope you will find helpful regarding to the LOC cases where you have placed them on the opposite side of the track from the concrete toughing route and used orange pipe for the cable connection. (I work in the industry so the terminology I have used here is correct) I have attached an extract from British Rail drawing of 1980 showing the interface between LOC cases and concrete toughing which you may find helpful.

Orange pipe is used to identify to the tamper crews that there is a cable route between the sleepers so they don’t plough through it.

Normally orange pipe is only used to run cable to connect individual piece of equipment, so that if the worst happens and the pipe is dug up it minimises the damage.

Normally to connect major pieces of equipment and connect troughing routes either side the track a UTX (under track crossing) is used although more recently hollow sleepers have been used on some. A UTX is fairly deep below the track and will have manholes for access either side.

I hope this is of use, keep up the good work.

Jim a few more pictures which hopefully will show the detail (thumb partially obscuring the viewfinder for part of the photos)

I have an alignment dowel on the other side to ensure good alignment, I had to adjust the far end by extending the hinged section  with a piece of plate to move the joint to a straight section as opposed to just onto the curve, this makes a massive difference and trains can travel over this section at speed now

Jim I used stainless steel ball bearing hinges which have little slack 

Jim if you have a hinged sections the hinges will need to be top of the boards so the track moves away as it opens upwards

I produced a BR escort van Fromm a hatchback quite a big gob as the rear window is at a much steeper angle on a van compared with a hatchback

Etch is still available although I can’t get any at the moment as the company is in shut down can you PM me and I will let you know details and price 

Ben great photos I assumed you took them when on your daily exercise walk

Richard with regards to the varnish fading which manufactures product did you use 

Looks like the filter in your spray booth needs changing

3 hours ago, jcarta said:

 

Funnily enough I thought the cans were massive when I first looked at the photo

walking 4 miles a day

you wont need to go out for exercise then

Have added the Hornby Eurostar Bogie sides to my model using a 3D printed adapter, now working on an etch for the steps which were fixed on the bogie.

Latest edition to the fleet is the Kernow Model Rail Centre exclusive model of 83301 which worked as part of a test train formed in 1990 to test the new Eurostar bogies. The Model comes with standard bogies so I have been replacing these with the sides from Hornby Eurostar bogies which have been modified to remove components which were not fitted at test stage. I 3D printed an adapter plate to fit to the model which worked really well. I am working on a set of etches for the steps to be added to the bogies

This is the latest edition to my departmental fleet “Test Car 1” which often ran with the ZXA Van (ADC21055). The interior of the vehicle has 3d printed interior details along with the window blanking plates. The donor model is the Bachmann model.

This post

shows the construction of the ZXA van

In addition to the photographs of the model I construction I have attached a video of Test Car 1 with the ZXA van while carrying out test duties.

The second wagon is the Internal User Wagon IUO 24296 which is the Research Department Diesel Fuel Tank.  The donor model was Bachmann 38-777A which was the exact match for the wagon used and needed no modification other than the addition of the fuel system.

To avoid the problem of not being able print white text on clear transfer paper the section of the vehicle which are red, white and black section of the colour scheme was printed as a transfer on white paper and then applied to the model. A little bit of touching up was required but overall I am pleased with the results.

The glass fronted cabinets look like the ones from picture pride displays I have several of them and they are excellent 

So without a website and Brian. It answering the phone or email 

you can’t check 

if the product you require is available

the price and postage 

where order or how to pay

Chris

how is house going? any update on the layout and modelling

How anyone can claim that Warley is not a national show is quite amazing it is by far the largest show in the U.K. and will be visited by the most railway modellers. If you want this layout to be seen by as many railway modellers as possible then warley is a must. In reality I don’t know how many modellers will travel around the country to see one layout