Twright

A follow up to this afternoons post, I have added glazing and doors to the warehouse and glazing to the next door shop. I still have a bit of work to do to the warehouse to add some lintels and the lettering, the lettering changes through the pictures I have of it, anyone got any suggestions as to wording for a general warehouse? Obviously there is more work to do as the row of buildings progresses and there will probably be another one between the current end (red) and the white shop. To balance them there will be a half relief building at the extreme right and maybe also a crane.

A start has been made on the backscene, it is currently just some lengths of card stuck together and to the back of the board however some suppart will be added later. The length of houses is from Google street view, suitably cropped, printed on paper and then glued on. There will be a wall around the yards which will disguise the lack of ground floor, though it may be added in later. A second track has also bee scribed into the clay, this is to represent one of the loops and will be used as an on scene fiddle yard for any wagons I'm not using to shunt. The balsa is just supporting the board while it dries.

After a long break from any work on Weymouth, the 2nd layer of clay has been added. This will need to be sanded down and a 3rd layer to fill in any cracks that open up will probably be needed. A platform has been added at one end too (steps pushed into it since the photo). Further work will follow soon (I hope) on some of the buildings.

Thanks, I agree the wheels are a bit on the big size, but as it is only the body that is included, you don't have to use the 64xx chassis. I did try a 3D printed chassis, detailed on another thread( http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/83722-twrights-4mm-cad-workbench-series-2-land-rover/?p=1689002 ) and it is still available (code W101 on ModelWright) but I wasn't happy with my version (I'm not good at building up gearboxes/pick-ups). The body has slightly less detail than the new one but is still good (in the future I will aply some of the new details to the old one). The old one minus coupling rods and a few other bits:

The body for the 16xx arrived a while ago but I have only recently had time to finish painting and detailing the loco itself (see below). To modify the 64xx chassis I removed aproximately 5-6mm off the rear, unscrewed the dcc blanking plate (leaving it attached) and shortened then reglued the rear coupling (this depends on what coupling you use). I added a bit of weight to the chassis, though you can add weight into the tanks and the bunker if you want. The 64xx chassis has the correct wheelbase but the wheels are slightly oversize although this isn't that noticeable in normal viewing. Because it is a RTR chassis it also retains the ability to be DCC chipped. The gap between the 2 sides of the running plate and the wheel arches (red line) is 21.5mm however, I don't know if this is sufficient for EM or P4 conversions. The body can be sanded down to get a perfectly smooth finish at this time and you can add rivet detail (I didn't). I removed the details off my donor 64xx and refitted them to the 16xx. This is shown as the black bits in the pictures, none of which are included in the 3D print (except the cab steps (which I had already painted and the front tank step which I had cut off by accident, see the previous post with the pictures of the 3D drawing to show what is included). I reused all the handrails (and made 2 more for the grab handles over the front steps and replaced the cab ones as they are of a different design), the smokebox dart, vacuum pipes, bunker fire iron hooks, injector pipework, and the rear cab window grilles, although I advise you to use and etch to improve the appearance even more. I also cut off the body fixings from the 64xx body and glued them on to the 16xx, checking where they would need to be by fitting the chassis into the body. (the picture was taken later and the roughness at the cab end is because this is a prototype, the modifications have been made to the 3D drawing) The blank for the coal in the bunker could be fitted now, I used a piece of plasticard. Obviously if you want to add weight into the bunker do it before fitting the blank. I then spray painted the body, giving it several coats, grey primer (and then a check to see if I was happy) and then a couple of coats of black. I used Halfords satin black car paint (other brands available and you might not want it in black). This loco was detailed to be 1639, from the early batch, the later batch will be release shortly. Available here: https://www.shapeways.com/product/RQQCZE5SV/?key=c44cf51b92dfde05a75f8b15dd48805f Once painted, I then picked out the buffer beams and reverser in red (I used Humbrol 220). I also added coal, glazing (clear plasticard), transfers for BR late crest (Modelmaster, other brands available), number plates (Narrow planet, other brands available), lamps and bucket (ModelWright). I might also add crew at some point, and the boiler backhead from the 64xx could be fitted into the cab. Edit to remove excess pictures

Wow, a mention on ANTB, I'm flattered. As an aside to the original which had a chassis to build yourself, I'm part-way through making another to accept a Bachmann 64xx chassis (same wheelbase mostly, wrong wheels) which makes it considerable quicker (an easier for those like me who are kit buildingly challenged) to make a working one that looks fine from almost all angles, unless there is a scale one next to it. I just need to finish painting it which will happen soon. Sorry for the slight hijack.

Thanks, most of the pictures of it are also of the boat trains but there was a few sidings and loops so good traffic would have been fairly common. I hope to use 2 cassettes (one either side) to run representations of the boat trains through it.

Yes, it helps to piece together the full layout of the quay.

Thanks Unfortunately progress has stopped for a few weeks due to looming exams but it will start again afterwards.

The section between the point blades as been infilled with plasticard. I will be adding some wiring on the other sections of points (so they are fully live with no reliance on blade contact) before I do the infills. Still thinking about the actual mechanism, will probably go for a wire in tube method as per Alderton. This also shows the bad cracking on the clay, not quite sure what caused it, probably the tempertaure. (I used PVA underneath some of it and some of it cracked while other bits didn't. The bits I did use PVA on also went the same way with only bits cracking) Any suggestions?

Ah right, having another look I will be doing the same sort of thing as you by the looks of it, hopefully the inscribing works as well as it did for you.

I understand your point about reusing the track and I think the fact it is available when not everyone is willing to have a go is great, however, in my case I don't plan on making another inset track layout for a while (or if I do I will be keeping this one so couldn't reuse track), so the expenditure isn't warranted (not least as it would more than double the current cost). I too don't buy new set-track (I do buy new code 75 for ballasted layouts) and I agree it is a shame there is less scratch building, hence why I am trying to do as much as I can for this as cheaply as I can and trying out new techniques like inset track.

As an aside to the building of the layout, I have been/will be keeping track of how much the complete layout costs me to give anyone contemplating a micro layout an idea of what it might cost. I am assuming that I already own a basic train set (of a controller, loco and some wagons) and so have excluded these and anything I have used that is a common household object. The total currently stands at £52.81. The track makes up most of this (as I have assumed that only a circle came with the train set) along with the board. In reality, the track actually came from old train sets so didn't actually cost me anything, even though it is included.

Nice layout and it shows your inset track to good use, although for me it is too expensive to use. Michael's way of doing inset track is different and certainly gets round the flange problem cheaply.

Trains still run at this early stage so I'm hopeful.

Thanks, I had thought about your wooden planks, but steel plates seemed more common on the photos I've seen of Weymouth. I might use your arrangement of point switches with a barrel or crate over them when I'm operating from the front and will use Russ's idea for operating from the back.

Thanks, I hadn't decided what I was doing with the points, hence why I left a gap around them. I understand what you mean and it's a good idea and so I'll do some of it when I get home.

The next building for the quay has been started, this time its 12 Custom House Quay. Made with my usual brick and plain plasticard, it still has windows, details, and the roof to be made but the basic shell is there. There is likely to be another building in between this one and the white one, probably the harbour masters office (although it looks like another warehouse which is probably what it will be done as). At the other end of the layout, opposite the small platform there will be full relief cottages on the backscene with the yards modeled. I want to keep as much of the roadway clear as possible so I can run my R/C lorry, hence why they won't be modeled in half relief.

The roof of the warehouse has been built and the next building in the row (nor the Harbourside Bistro) has been mainly constructed bar windows and doors. EDIT: since these pictures were taken, lead flashing made of paper was added.

Apart from pushing the front back up and then trying to pull the back down first or maybe carefully tapping/shaking it, I don't know, mine is a loose fit.

Yes, one under the front NEM and the other is the one between the gear bulge and the NEM pocket at the back under the cab

So far all the track is fine, obviously I haven't finished the points but I have run out of clay and still haven't decided how I'm going to operate them so they will stay as there are for a while. The warehouse that I have based it on does have Flemish Bond brick, I have another warehouse to build so this may use Flemish. Thanks

In a rare flurry of work in between Uni work, I have attached the dockside walls and made a start on the roadways. I haven't finished as I've used all the clay I have so will have to buy some more. The areas around the points will be plated over with plastic card to represent metal covers. I haven't decided if they will be scribed to be cobbles yet. The R/C Bantam van (http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/117228-cheap-rc-lorry/) works on the road surface as well which is good.

Thanks. I don't plan on modelling the water at the moment, hence the board edge being the harbour wall but in the future I may build a small framework underneath whole board jutting out at the front which I would then model as water with a boat or 2.

Part 2 of my in-progress imitations of Weymouth http://assets.change.org/photos/8/uk/qa/SsuKqaZyTYRWYtx-1600x900-noPad.jpg?1450823505 If you hadn't guessed, I have made all the edging pieces, not fixed to the board yet hence the wonky nature of them. This will allow me to start the cobbles with modelling clay as they will be level with the top of the wooden boards. The raised section at the far end will have a platform behind, so the ground will be higher. I should probably get a 1366 to run on this when it's done but that will have to wait.