GWR57xx

On 26/04/2024 at 23:07, Taigatrommel said:

I really was interested to watch this. But after an introduction of tired old tropes and terrible attempts at humour, I didn't even get as far as viewing the layouts at the show.

 

I'm sorry Dawn, get to the point and show us the models.

That’s a shame because there were some amazing layouts on show.

Hi Dawn,

I watched this on your YouTube channel when it was first posted, so only just found this thread.

I enjoy your videos, including the humour. 
The previous comment just goes to show that you can’t please all of the people all of the time.

Some folks just have no sense of fun!

And seemingly no appreciation of how much work you (and grumpy cameraman) put into your videos.

Keep up the good work.

Peter

On 04/05/2024 at 13:36, steve fay said:

Fabulous modelling - if it wasn’t for the “edge of the world” I wouldn’t be able to tell that it wasn’t a photo of real life.

Stunning.

8 minutes ago, zr2498 said:

An article on this bridge construction will be published in the June and July '24 BRM magazines 🙂

I look forward to reading that.

It would be great to see the bridge in place on your layout too.

Nice to see the canal, it doesn’t appear very often.

You’ve packed a lot into Dewchurch and it’s all well done.

Super layout.

There’s another example here:
https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrsh1117a.htm

Another possible issue I see with your plan is that every train that arrives in your fiddle yard will have to have the loco removed and moved to the other end of the train for the next journey. That means a lot of handling of locos. Might cassettes be an easier option?

edit: unless of course all your trains are top & tailed.

If you haven’t already seen it, I’d suggest having a read of @MAP66’s thread, as he’s using very similar sized helix to you and explains some of the issues and possible solutions. E.g gradients, train lengths, curve radii, basically how long a train can your locos pull up the inner spiral?

A little bit more progress to report.

The doors are painted:

All over brown (tint #4, chocolate) would have been a lot easier but they're done now and look quite stylish.

A batch of low walls with chamfered engineers blue brick headers have been built and painted, ready for mortar:

Difficult to see the chamfer from this view though.

The interior end walls have been mortared and painted, now ready for assembly:

Still a long way to go...

Nice crane! Is that from a kit?

Also, if this is a goods only sidings then the turnouts would probably be controlled by ground levers, so no need for a signal box or point rodding. Also probably no signals.

My understanding is that facing point locks are to protect passenger carrying lines, so if you have no passenger facilities nor a through passenger line then they would not be needed anyway.

Saves you having to worry about leaving them out!

The revised shed arrangement looks great 🙂.

Sorry, I’m not knowledgeable enough to comment on the signals.

Just a suggestion: you could keep the left hand board to 1200mm if you don’t mind having the centre of the leftmost crossover straddling the join. Perhaps have a very short straight between the turnouts on the crossover track to avoid cutting the turnouts themselves.

3 hours ago, aardvark said:

Welcome north of the Borders, @GWR57xx. It's good to have your company.

 

It's no secret that I "cheat" by having purchased a Silhouette cutter to take care of the accurate cutting.  This was a carefully considered (procrastinated) purchase satisfying my desire to make things rather than buy them.  Also, I have a periodic shake/tremor in my dominant hand that can reduce a cup of tea to a 1/3 cup in no time at all, so the cutter definitely allows me to do things that I couldn't otherwise do.  The cutter makes a good job on 0.25 and 0.5mm plasticard, but each cutout still needs to be manually released with a scalpel.

 

Based on one photo, at least that particular window pivots from about 1/3 down - where the glazing bar is.  Yes, one photo: all the rest show the windows firmly closed, not that I could blame them.  I suspect that sliding windows might let too many drafts in.  It can be cool there.

 

I should have remembered about the Silhouette cutter, since I’ve been following your topic for a while.

I blame my memory and old age! 
Using whatever tools you have to hand and are able to wield successfully is not cheating in my book.

I use a laser cutter and 3d printer and don’t understand some folks attitude to them. I enjoy learning new stuff, and the 2d and 3d CAD programs took quite a while to get to grips with. It certainly isn’t a case of just pressing a button and sitting back, there’s a lot of work involved in getting to that point.

Your buildings are all looking great.

Really good scalpel work there to cut the frames out so perfectly.

Are you a surgeon by any chance? 🙂

A question (as I have no idea what the Banff railway practice was): in your CAD drawing you’ve shown the open window as hinged at the top. Is that correct? I thought signal box windows were always sliders, but there always seem to be exceptions.

That’s quite a transformation on the wagon.

They can go over or under.

There has been a few discussions previously on RMWeb, such as:
 

44 minutes ago, Annie said:

And back to Rathtyen on 'Tristyn in Winter'.  I woke up feeling much better today so I decided to see what I could get done at Rathtyen.  Rathtyen is the largest town on Tristyn and in many ways it was the worst mess.  It didn't even have a goods shed. 😲

Completing everything that's needing doing with rebuilding the town is going to take a while so I thought getting the railway infrastructure sorted so at least the trains can run would be a good thing to do.  Where the new goods shed is now was an area filled with mostly old scrap, rubbish and discarded sleepers.  Possibly fine for the late BR error, but not for the GWR.  Arranging a workable solution for accessing the goods shed and shunting the goods yard tested my slowed down brain a wee bit, but I think I've got something workable.  The test of course will be sending a trip working to Rathtyen and seeing how successfully I can manage to work the yard.

 

Freudian slip? Or a spell checker with a sense of humour?

A “Quintessential Panoply of Panniers”, or QPP for short.

PS you might suspect a tiny bit of bias on the topic, given my call sign 🙂

Can I ask how SunLu ABS-like compares to Elegoo’s?

At the moment I am getting good results from Elegoo ABS-like, but maybe I should give this a try?

Would you say SunLu is e.g. stronger? More flexible? More rigid? Better detail? Other?

Thanks

4 minutes ago, 7mmin7foot said:

Superb modelling, the buildings , brickwork and windows are simply stunning... Really impressive.

 

Steve

Very kind, thank you.

I’m enjoying following your Tribute thread - you’re making much faster progress than me. Most impressed.

You could also try simulating either red or blue engineering bricks, which would not be out of place used for lintels.

These would have a much more uniform colour than that on your brick paper.

16 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Thanks. I'm finding the same problem, which is why I asked. I want XPS (extruded polystyrene, not the white bobbly expanded stuff. After being absent for a while, a blue version is back on Bunnings' list, so I might get a few sheets before it disappears again.

 

https://www.bunnings.com.au/bastion-1200-x-600-x-50mm-xps-multi-use-foam-board_p0461084

 

I would normally add the time-honoured disclaimer "other retailers are available" but, in this case, it seems that they aren't!

In the UK I obtained sheets of XPS from an underfloor heating supplier, where it is commonly used as insulation.

No idea if XPS is used for that purpose in Oz?

First batch of eight windows (outer frames yet to be added, just waiting for the glue to fully set):

These panels are kept pressed between two sheets of glass and weighted to make sure they stay flat while the glue sets.