Dagworth

Shot 18 - NMA

2 minutes ago, steve1 said:

Why no pork cat food?

 

steve

Probably because there isn't much of a pig that we don't eat to be left over for pet food?

Andi

I like the idea of adding a fillet on the side of the layout to support the full terrace. It would be a lot easier to model the houses that way. The plan is that there will be a two foot walkway either side of the layout for the operators so that fillet shouldn’t get in the way if it is shaped to the line of the house fronts or the road edge. 
 

Andi

These Words - NMA 

1 minute ago, Mol_PMB said:

I assume this is the back edge of the board?

I'd be tempted to shorten the gardens slightly so that you get at least to the roof ridge of all the houses.

There is no back edge, the layout is viewable from both sides.

Andi

And why does no manufacturer make mouse flavour cat food?

Andi

One part of my Ipswich layout has a terrace of houses which are slightly angled to the edge of the baseboard. If built accurately to the prototype they will end up with part of the terrace half off the edge of the board. Should I build them in the right place with half houses or should I change the angle so that the whole terrace stays just on the baseboard?

The photo shows the position of the terrace if I stick to prototype position 

Andi

The importance of microchipping.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/15/cat-lost-four-years-miles-northern-ireland-home-blueberry

How does a Welshman eat his cheese?

Caerphilly

Andi

29 minutes ago, ATME said:

Anyone know how the “Foundout “ sidings got their name?

It's something I've been intrigued by too, all I can find is a reference from the Ipswich Society 

http://www.ipswichsociety.org.uk/newsletter/newsletter-october-2020-issue-223/ipswich-railway-stations-part-2

Quote

 

To the west of the island platform were the carriage sidings, known from time immemorial as the ‘found out.’ I can find no-one who now knows why the area gained this appellation – it seems to be lost in the mists of time.
 

 

29 minutes ago, ATME said:

Also did a lot of the setting out work for the new S&C layouts from Halifax jct to East Suffolk Junction prior to  electrification.

I guess I've got you to thank for some of the points I've had to build for the layout then? I particularly like the straight run of points leaving P2 heading down and across to the Up main. Where the Up and Down main lines curve there is a very visible straight section across the points along the Lowestoft. You can see it clearly here from P3 

I have used the correct point numbers for all the powered points in the scenic part of the layout :)

Andi

The print and label type is identical to those from Cheltenham Model Centre. Their labels are of various different colours, currently mostly white or yellow but the bright orange may have been used in the past. 

Andi

Better Than Them - NMA

Twenty Four Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM

Boards 6&7

The line that goes to the lower yard and the docks can be seen with the start of construction of Ranelagh Road level crossing right at the edge of the board. 
 

What do you do with a line that goes off the side of the layout?  Watch this space….

Andi

2 hours ago, Captain Cuttle said:

So pleased to see you and devours his food with gusto, probably got worms who knows, what can you do?

Wormer you could add to his food may be an option

https://www.petscorner.co.uk/beaphar-worming-granules-for-cats-kittens

Andi

23 minutes ago, Neils WRX said:

I have had “oh it’s foreign “ several times

Thirty years ago the comment was "oh, Diesels" and off they'd go looking for the next GWR branch line terminus. We seem to have moved on from that (mostly) so hopefully non-UK prototypes will become more accepted over time.

Andi

1 minute ago, RJS1977 said:

 

Though many of the traders and societies at Warley did use what the NEC provided in terms of the metal frameworks that surrounded their stands and had their names on (I'm not sure if these included tables/shelving or if the traders had to provide them themselves). I've seen the same frameworks used at the LAMMA agricultural show and doubtless they're used at every other event at the NEC as well.

Industry standard display booths, known as "Shell Scheme"

Andi

With the capacitor* on the track connection it has to be DC so I would expect just about any 12volt DC controller will work for it.

It's definitely not Hornby though. Does it have a make under either of the locos?

*The square grey component

Andi

2 minutes ago, Wheatley said:

 

You won't be doing all the little square cut-outs in between each coper then ! I've only got about 10 feet to do but mine are some weird LMS / ScR variation with 4 equally spaced grooves and a coarse brushed (?) criss-cross pattern between them. Fortunately the rest of the station is good old fashioned plain stone slabs. 

Platform 2 at Ipswich is more that 15 ft long in OO, add platforms 3&4 at about 12 ft and platform 1 at 7 ft and I think I'll live with the lack of little tiny squares :) Oh and the parcel bay too...

Andi

The first two strips added to the platform edge. There is a join between the strips next to the coach door.

Line scribing will be a big job but that comes later. 
 

Andi

I've cut them in strips, I started with a sheet of 60thou white plasticard, scored lines on the shiny side 10mm apart, lengthways, then scored lines on the matt side 16mm apart, crossways.

After it was all scored I used a fine wet and dry paper to remove any ridges from the scoring and also to scuff the surface a little.

Snapping the sheet along the 10mm score lines gave me 21ft of platform edging, about a third of what I need! Being in strips it should be fairly easy to get the edges even.

Once it is laid I will scribe the edge lines.

Andi

2 minutes ago, Wheatley said:

60 thou styrene, 16mm x 10mm with some lines scrawked along one edge 1mm apart ? 

 

Granted the strip of tactiles behind them isn't quite so easy. 

That's exactly the way I've decided to make them. I don't need the tactiles for 1985.

Andi

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3 minutes ago, BelsteadLane said:

It’s good to be back

Welcome back!

Have you seen my insane Ipswich model?

Andi