Fishplate

A group of pictures as well. Superb modelling. 

8 hours ago, John Besley said:

my first Exhill video,

Brilliant !

Have taken the paper slicer to the roof and adjusted. I feel this looks more like it. Helped having drawn the tile lines 😊

Looked at the creekside warehouse drawing again last night and this morning. I'm now undecided, but still looks too high. 

Trouble is the photo of the side I am comparing too was taken really close to the building, as shown. Pic added from further away as well. Thoughts? 

Very nice 👍

Nice to meet you and chat at York on Sunday, @Andy Ross and see your layout (very) close up. Excellent. I must have visited at least three times 😁

2 hours ago, RobAllen said:

clickety-clack sound

If you want that sound, you'll need to make sure the 'joints' are further apart than the longest wheel base of bogie coaches you want to run. 

I agree with @Peter Kazmierczak about not making individual 'panels'. You'll have to cut one of the rails further to get the joints square where you lay them on a curve, rather than at the end of a yard of OO.

45ft is only 180mm, or just over 7" . So each yard of OO will need chopping into five pieces, all of which might need further adjustment. You also might end up with a thru'penny bit railway. 

Although that could be quite prototypical for some locations. . . . 🙂

1 hour ago, checkrail said:

* coming through the Velux window.

I thought GWR windows on roofs were called Clerestory, not Velux  . . . . 🤔😬

1 minute ago, Winslow Boy said:

And of course the Stuka crew have stood down due to it being Easter.

If I remember my WW2 history correctly, the Luftwaffe used to work on Sundays. Other countries armies had church parade, so made life easier for those wandering in an easterly direction in September 1939.

Drew out a creek side warehouse yesterday. This one is side on, so the roof is visible. Inked it all in, stood back and realised it was wrong. I had calculated the height of the roof by measuring the gable end elevation. That makes the view from the side unbalanced, as the roof slopes away and appears lower to the viewer.

Back to the drawing board (literally). But first, off to York show with three others today.

1 hour ago, Mrkirtley800 said:

OMG, those pannier things are breeding like rabbits.

Possibly a Pan-demic. . . .

3 hours ago, John Besley said:

Check with Rob @ Mr Wolf as he has the definitive calculation....

. . . for an Infestation of Panniers

11 hours ago, KNP said:

 

On 23/03/2024 at 12:35, Fishplate said:

If the subsequent channel is steep, then sometimes a set of cascade steps to reduce energy when water from the culvert hits the beck could be put in. Not something I've seen modelled.

Ref my comment above, spotted a cascade on the A169 on the drop into the 40mph limit, Whitby side of Sleights and thought of you 🙂.

You can see it on Streetview on the link below. You might need to select the October 2009 view (hopefully the link does that for you though . . .)

Sleights Cascade

12 hours ago, Andy Ross said:

if you come to York, please say hello

Planning to be there on Sunday. Will come and say hello. Looking forward to seeing this in 3D.

John

Saw some Peco 4mm scale Conductor Rail (Z Gauge running rail) at a reduced price over the weekend on my local model shop site (TMC - happy customer, no connection). 

Quickly measured up the Carriage Sidings, Headshunt, Up and Down Lines and part of the descent to the Goods Yards where electric trains will be reversed and transfer to diesel power will take place for Freight*. Order placed for 18 1/2 metres of Con Rail. Insulators previously ordered, but not sure I've ordered enough of those now.

Future fun to come putting that lot together.

* Not sure I'm up to wiring the Goods yards for the overhead electrification for my Class 71 though.

Next one for the backscene scaled out. Very fiddly architectural detail on this one, but a lovely building. 

1 hour ago, Worsdell forever said:

I'm thinking for the slope down to the beck to make a stone chanel as its quite steep. 

Looking good. If the subsequent channel is steep, then sometimes a set of cascade steps to reduce energy when water from the culvert hits the beck could be put in. Not something I've seen modelled.

2 hours ago, Mark Townend said:

I'm only 51, does that mean I need some fake ID to be allowed to follow LM?!

Looks like 54 is (roughly) the average then, although (@Mark Townend + myself) / 2 = >54.

So we need some more Young Muddlers .

Mrs FP and I used to be proud to bring the average age down quite considerably when we visited National Trust properties. Now we have moved through the average age range and on to just noting the younger people compensating for us . . . .

12 hours ago, Gedward said:

Later

 

Is 54 the average, or lower, age of LM followers. . . . 🤔

14 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

They stopped at random in lots of other places too.

My first mini was doing that in the late 70's. Well before cars had the current "auto switch off when stopped" function. 

17 hours ago, RobAllen said:

I’ll also need a lot more Sprat & Winkle couplings!

Hi Rob @RobAllen.

I experimented with S&W couplings on my Mk1 layout and concluded they weren't for me. I've got various packets left over from that and am happy to pass on. Let me know what you are after on a PM and I'll have a rummage to see what I have. Better used by someone than lying idle.

Another one for the backscene.

My impression of Faversham station water tower is taken from old photos, counting bricks from Google Streetview and comparing Google Earth dims with brick dimensions. 

The tower was converted to a house quite a few years ago now. However, the back of the tower still shows what the front would have looked like. The railings around the top were there in black and white photos. I presume the tank has been converted to a balcony / terrace. 

Hopefully the link below takes you to the back of the tower :

https://maps.app.goo.gl/JTTqxTdkEs4GYf1N7

13 minutes ago, KNP said:

What class of loco is that?

4F

Where F = flippers or feet depending on species.

Apparently.