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8 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said:

Printing out various draft Scalescenes (SS) kits, I've found my drawing above is almost spot on, although I don't think there is room for office buildings given the size of the SS structures.

 

At rear left I have measured for two SS low relief factories; however, I am hoping to modify the  kits to create the kind of buildings seen at Ipswich below (centre), with structures over the track supported on columns. Although a flour mill behind in the photo, I will instead have a tall, very low relief warehouse.

 

 

(Apologies for not citing the source of the above; if breaching copyright I shall remove)

 

At the right end of the warehouse will be gates giving access to the wharf, before two SS grain silos with a central elevator/loading bay, plus a heightened and deepened SS boxfile corner building will fill the rear right of the board. The boxfile conveyor belt will form a scenic break at the right hand end passing over both headshunts. The wharf will be walled in at the end, with further buildings on the backscene in ultra low relief.

 

The quayside will be simpler than shown on the drawing, hopefully with room for several lighters. At the front left, creating a visual block to the entrance to the fiddle yard, will be an almost full relief warehouse based upon the SS canal boxfile buildings, adapted to fit the track spacing of the three sidings.

 

5mm foamboard will be used to create the depth required for the wharf. However, I will perforate the foam before gluing, to give extra purchase for the glue (a trick I have picked up off RMWeb!) At that point, I should fasten track down and wire everything up, but instead I plan to construct the various buildings needed, to ensure everything fits with adequate clearances.

 

HOURS OF LOCKDOWN FUN IN 2021!

A couple of miles down the road to me! It doesn't look like that any more, unfortunately.

Stu

As per title, I'm after some plastic angle of around 15mm. I have looked at the usual sources but they don't seem to go this big. I don't want PVC as it's difficult to get things to stick to it. Does anybody know of anywhere this can be obtained?

Stu

I like the name Killinish - it actually sounds authentic.

Stu

On 27/11/2020 at 15:05, Gibbo675 said:

Hi There,

 

It may be because you ordered the wrong type of sauce, brown or tomato may cause consternation in some quarters should mustard be the "correct" option !

 

Gibbo.

Not garlic mayonnaise then?

Stu

The backscene makes a big difference.

Stu

So "Went" is now "gone"!

Stu

On ‎03‎/‎09‎/‎2020 at 20:17, MAP66 said:

I have been working on another cameo scene involving the signal box. The background to this scene revolves around Sid the signal man who has been suffering from too much slack in his levers and linkages. A few of the PW gang will make an an appearance to take a look. May I introduce the first two characters Tom and Charlie. Tom is kneeling and I'm thinking he needs a big spanner or shifter. Sid and one other will make an appearance soon...

I really like these figures - what is their source?

Stu

I'm looking for some n gauge wagon wheels, need to have 14mm axle and around 6.5mm diameter wheels. I can get spares such as Farish 379-410 but can't find out the dimensions anywhere. Can anybody help with either these wheels or suggest an alternative?

Stu

19 hours ago, Corbs said:

Just for a bit of fun, reproduced from 'Charlie Strong - a lifetime as an honest businessman' by Wild Goose Publishing.

 

So he was a secondhand car dealer too?

Stu

On ‎31‎/‎08‎/‎2020 at 11:10, HillsideDepot said:

 

Indeed, plenty of backwater interest around Plymouth! The book Plymouth's Hidden Railways, by Paul Burkhalter (Twelveheads Press 2017) is now out of print, but well worth hunting down.

 

I'll just leave this here, so you know what to look for (but mainly cos the top photo is the aforementioned Victoria Wharf...)

 

I have found this to be fascinating book, and I'm not even interested in Plymouth!

Stu

Just the right level of  "glow" from the signal box lighting - nicely atmospheric.

Stu

On ‎24‎/‎08‎/‎2020 at 15:46, Compound2632 said:

It's a sure sign of a high-class discussion when a South American novelist is cited.

Unless you're in South America. Or you are South American.

Stu

2 hours ago, Bucoops said:

Ican thoroughly recommend Mangapps in Essex. And over the bank holiday weekend they are doing a mini-diesel gala with multiple locos inculding one of their ex-NR 31s. They've put a LOT of effort into keeping things safe.

I would recommend the Mid-Suffolk, although they don't appear to opening this year.

Also, the Gwili was a very friendly little line. Also appears not to opening this year.

Stu

17 hours ago, Northmoor said:

.  Over the coming months I will make the effort to visit a few railways for the first time in too long.

Perhaps we could have recommendations for some of the smaller railways that often get overlooked? (to avoid any arguments here perhaps no negative comments?)

Stu

As an alternative location for a port - how about Richborough? It did have a railway connection but the Port wasn't a success, but as a "might have been" it could be good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richboro_Port_railway_station

Stu

There are some good things going on with this little layout. Keep up the good work!

Stu

This reminds me of the Black Country Museum, if you don't mind the comparison.

Stu

Looking good so far

Stu

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

All I know is.... It ain't Norfolk...

Slight thread drift alert:

I can only think of one - Cromer on the Mundesley line, unless you count the Bure Valley one under the Aylsham by-pass.

Stu

On ‎04‎/‎08‎/‎2020 at 12:28, Jack Benson said:

A crane for the quayside

This is a model from Artitec 10.297 unfortunately an obsolete kit but this is the type of small device that would suit the quayside on Chandlers Row.

 

 

Finding one is going to be tricky, although bits of the ancient Airfix model could be upcycled with a new jib, I wonder if a suitable item is available in 3D?

 

Cheers and Stay Safe

There is this as an alternative? http://modeltechstudios.com/hoscaleindustrialcranewoperatorscabkit.aspx

Stu

On ‎05‎/‎08‎/‎2020 at 18:43, PhilJ W said:

A nice model but the blade will need to be replaced with a bucket.

It's the second one down that I meant, not the Massey Ferguson.

Stu

How about the Corgi Juniors shovel loader - not sure what it's period-wise but the scale must be about right? Can be seen at: http://toysfromthepast.blogspot.com/2013/02/249-corgi-juniors-tractor-shovel-shovel.html

Stu

The crossing at Pendre station in Tywyn is quite well hidden:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.587375,-4.0815581,3a,75y,116.44h,85.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbToXp6mvcrza6_KpXga1AQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Stu

On ‎10‎/‎07‎/‎2020 at 18:42, steve W said:

Tidmeric Minerals was a 14mm layout of the Twickenham club. It was one of the earlier 14mm builds, 15ft long with a continuous run with f-yd at the rear. With most 'industrial lines' tending to have one purpose and as simple as possible it was decided to incorporate three scenes of typical 2ft gauge line use to engage visitors. It successfully did over 120 shows in the UK and Europe.  At the right end was a stone crusher and grader, with animated conveyors and rotatary grader (shaver foils), central was a fine model by Brandon Evans of wooden ore loading hoppers from a cornish tin mine photo with a small workshop area at the left end with a water filled slate quarry behind, disguisng the return curve. Along the way a Festiniog rotating signal became incorporated. Eventually sold to a private museuem in Bremen we came home with an empty van.

The crusher end, built from photos, typical rather than precisely modelled. Taken from photos

The trestle, again based on a prototype, though I forget which.

Works train and stone train in the passing loop. Track design was such that we could operate in either a two of three board format, or all three.

The left end with part of the small works area and  the flooded slate quarry to the rear. At the first exhibition we had to open the windows as the resin 'water' was still drying and  one of our team had to get lots of nice goodies for his wife as the resin ran out of some holes onto the dining room carpet the night before.

All good things come to and end and sfter selling the layout  (We were moving up to 1:20.3 scale) we found a final picture of the line waiting for the auction:

 

Cheers

Steve W.

 

That was one of my favourite layouts - I did wonder what happened to it.

Stu

I seem to recall that a scrapyard near me used to cut up wagons and that they were marked "COND" and  also had a large circle with a "X" in it painted on them. What was the significance of the circle and "X" - how were they derived?

Stu