Chris Gilbert

Nice work there Chris. Is that uncoupling magnet going to be hidden a bit more?

Supaned

I think I'll have to live with the magent because most of its finished now

The groundwork looks good, Chris.  

 

What make of grass mats/tufts did you use? The brown earth looks good too, how did you get the rough finish?

 

 

Mal

Mal

The grass and tufts are from the Heki range as are the trees I've planted today

The earth is Steve's ash but this time it's a lot browner

The glue is drying at the moment so I'll post some photos later

This was taken earlier today

Pete - here's a pic to remind you of Glasgow in the 1980s.

 

Engineers ballast train at Springburn Yard.jpg

 

Chris - North Haston is looking great and giving me a few ideas for a new layout for 2014.

 

Mal

Very nice Mal

Here are a few photos of the overgrown branch to Haston

Hi Chris,

 

I do have an Intermountain U18B as well and it's sound fitted

 

Something else to put in the pile to take to the show!

 

Thanks

Phil

This is what I have ready for Glasgow

Guilford HH GP40

Guilford HH GP40

Guilford GP40-2W

Guilford SD26

CSX 8-40C

CSX 8-40CW

NS 8-40CW ex Conrail

CSOR 8-40B

P&W 8-40B

CSX 8-40B ex NYS&W

Yes Pete

Same way as before.

I can't seem to get into the same flow on this side as I did on the other side.

I think it's because of the cool damp weather and the fact it takes ages for the glue to dry.

I even had to go out shopping this afternoon while I waited for it to set. Now I've lost the will to live

Time to get messy

Hi Chris,

 

You must have be stalking my buying pattern for the last year or so...

 

Now you have a P&W unit as well!

 

Which model/manufacturer though - Intermountain U18B I reckon!

 

Thanks

Hi Phil

Its an Atlas Dash 8-40B with a Tsunami sound decoder

I do have a P&W Intermountain U18B but its not sound fitted yet

thanks

It amazes me how quickly you can put together the most beautiful of layouts, Chris. Fantastic work, as always.

 

Forgive me if this has been mentioned already, my memory is terrible, but what is the triangular thing on the while pole? Is it a radio mast for inter-train communication?

Thanks Dan

Its a Cell Phone Antenna Tower Kit by BLMA Cell 

http://www.blmamodels.com/cgi-bin/webstore/shop.cgi?ud=AAgFBQwMDwwCBxQUEBEcHA4BBA8BBgIECQkTEQAA&t=main.blue.htm&storeid=1&cols=1&categories=01001-00011&&c=detail.blue.htm&t=main.blue.htm&itemid=4100

Thanks Mal

It's Woodlands earth over the top over brown poster paint.

I've added a few trees today and started on the grade crossing.

As work progresses at North Haston I thought I'd share my thoughts on how the layout would now operate at shows.

Originally I had planned to just scenicing the staging area but after closer studying I thought I could add some interesting operation to the layout, if i added fiddle yards to either end of the scenic section

I've decided that North Haston, which has moved back up to the New England area, as it allows a larger variation of railroads, is now an interchange between a regional railroad/shortline and a Class one/regional railroad company. 

I'm not setting which is which in stone, so one day I can operate with ,say, the CSX interchanging with the Guilford,and the next day I could operate the Guilford interchanging with the Vermont Railroad.

Using the track plan below I will try and explain how it will operate.

1. The class one/regional railroad comes in from the left on track one and pulls all the way to the right (3), once it's cleared the turnout the train backs up along the rear track (2) and uncouples just passed the grade crossing. Once uncoupled the mainline loco pulls forward under the highway bridge, the road is change, it then backs up and stands on the front track (1) clear of the crossing.
2. Next the regional railroad/shortline train arrives from the right, the loco uncouples from its train just in front of the warehouse and heads off to couple up the the inbound train standing on the rear left hand track (2).
3. The class one/regional railroad loco then starts up and couples to the outbound train and exits stage left.
4. The regional railroad/shortline train then pulls back in, carries out any switching that is required then departs right to service the rest of the line.

5. Once all this has happen an officers train, a Sperry Rail Car or even a light engine lash up might appear and then we start all over again.

Hope this makes sense... 

NS ex-Conrail Dash 8-40CW stands at Noth Haston

I'm going for the easiest way I know to hide the cuts

It's also my vain attempt to hide the join between the two boards.

I will add another highway bridge to make it twice as big and add a few view blockers either side to hide the joint a little

!

 

What size will the layout be by the time it gets to Glasgow?

 

 

Hi Phil

It's all sorted thanks

I've been in contact with Ian before Warley

The full length at Glasgow will be 14 feet

9 feet of the layout with four and a half feet main fiddle yard plus another 6 inches by the silos to allow double headed locos run round.

I will be adding another four and a half feet fiddle yard to behind the silos for TVNAM next year!!!

Is that double sided copperclad strip....? If it is, it helps to gap the screws so they are electrically dead, I once nearly destroyed a Shinohara crossing trying to isolate it from a mystery short, when the real problem was a nearby baseboard joint and power finding a path down the brass screws and along the underside of the strip.

Thanks Andy

Chris,

Are you going to need more of the ash?

Yes please Steve

I've started laying the track for the extension

Firstly I cleared about 2-3 inches of the old track

Next the new track was attached

I then removed the sleepers either side of the join and screwed down two lengths of copper clad sleeper strips

I then solder the rails to the CCS and added more screws

After cutting along the joint it was sprayed with sleeper grime.

With a bit of luck it should be dry soon so I can continue

I've started laying the track for the extension

Firstly I cleared about 2-3 inches of the old track

Next the new track was attached

I then removed the sleepers either side of the join and screwed down two lengths of copper clad sleeper strips

I then solder the rails to the CCS and added more screws

After cutting along the joint it was sprayed with sleeper grime.

With a bit of luck it should be dry soon so I can continue

[quote name="Jez" post="1280857" timestamp="1388335704" Its all down to you having watched your CF7s switching out those 100 ton cement cars on North Haston.

Don't blame me, I can get myself in to enough trouble, it was Colin62 who got me into switching cement hoppers

More than looking forward to your next part of the US Chris, hopefully such things on the blue forum don't take away your current drive for layout work.

As Charlie Young was told in an episode of the West Wing

"If they are shooting at you, you must be doing something right"

I thrive on that kind of criticism

There is always somewhere about 70 miles south of Florida that has lots of palm trees. What make are they, Chris....?

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I'm just catching up on today's posts. I can't remember the make of the palms at the moment, I will find out tomorrow and get back to you.

torikoos

The guys have already said that i use really useful boxes

They are the 4 lt size http://www.reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/uk/html/onlineshop/rub/b04_0litre.php

They hold 8 50' boxcars or similar size locos

As I promised North Haston in New England mode for Model Rail Scotland I have removed the palm trees and moved the layout back up North.

It will take on the guise of a interchange between CSX and the Guilford

The palm trees will be kept save and will be used should I will wish to model Florida again, I might even try modeling LA for the next exhibition layout.

Who knows what 2014 will bring!

I like that Jez but that happened to the turntable layout ?

Went to B&Q again today

Sorry gents phone died as did I when I got home

It's 3D printed by a guy called Barry Clements

http://www.shapeways.com/model/1192088/ho-1-87-dry-bulk-trailer-10b-heil-1625v-superflo.html?li=search-results&materialId=6

I think it more than stands up to the three foot rule and I don't have a problem with that...

Dry Bulk Trailer by www.shapeways.com

Very nice

Stand F27 at NEC