Crisis Rail

very nice, is this reverting to somehting like peak forest, its looking great

 

Neil

I have seen far too many images of Ipswich with associated Freightliner 47 / 57

Not based on Ipswich or anywhere in particular - just a generalized perception of what I have seen on visits and in publications.

2 Helly 47 Fliners in the pipeline at present - hopefully with bodyshells intact....

Slight change.

One track has been extended to run through the layout - changed mind after adding the embankments....

The Fuel Storage Tanks act as an excellent scenic break.

Fiddle Yards at both ends to allow various stock to "run through" for fuelling.

Excellent work - you must have a lot of patience! - attempting finer detail scratchbuilds like this drives me bonkers

Centre Fuelling Shelter partially built - leant against.a dusty bufferless Rf 37 ongoing detailing project.

A bit early - but experimenting with a few usual detail parts and buildings.

Hiya

 

I like your inspection pit cover for fuel point so how you get long cover on pits

 

What i am look for cover for suitable ny diesel fuelling point

Look at the Second Photo down with the LH 60 - on the table (that needs creosote BTW......) in shot there is plasticard sheeting chequerplate - cut it into strips and glue.

Depicts redundant pits that I saw somewhere but cant remember where

Sourced from Mark at Transport Models Preston - on the web and mail order if your stuck for some. tell him Ian informed you as I need the discount.

Plated Code 75 Inspection pits / hardstanding sunk into baseboard - Bachmann Stoarage Tanks sourced Lineside Hut and modified Knightwing fuelling shelter for single road added although this is subject to change.

Scenic Break building

Gas tank / Compressor

Aerial View - Compact

Coming on well backscenes make a lot of difference - what happened to your boxfile featured in Model Rail - always liked the shot through the doors into the Engineering works - could do with a copy if possible.

Looking good already. Liking the inspection pits and portacabins. Are the portacabins the new Bachmann ones?

 

Will be watching this one.

 

Matthew

Yes Bac cabins well good - etched ladders a bonus.

Looking good, is this going to be a working diorama of just the 2 tracks and the fuel point and its surroundings.

i like the covers for the inspection pits also

 

neil

Yes quite minimal but high in detail just something to keep coming back to while we consider the next garage tailchaser - got to keep this one on the small side or divorce proceedings will ensue.....

Due to the completion and selling of CT (Castleton) I am attempting to faithfully model a fuelling point based generally on somewhere but nowhere in particular.I have detracted from naming it after "Street" or "Road" as it has become tedious even trying to think up a name that sounds vaguely correct and is not a real place.

The layout is my own perception of EWS - LOADHAUL late Sectorisation fuelling operations based on images and past experiences of what I have seen and visited over the years but not necessarily 100% prototypical.

Partially covered Inspection Pits (PECO Code 75)

General View

"Grime and Industry"

Sounds good - railways are rarely clean places.

Good to see you are back in action - Any images of your new stock?

Ian

Well done Guys a superb article which I thoroughly enjoyed reading. The photos are stunning and really show off what is an excellent layout. Hopefully one day I will get to see it in the flesh!

 

 

DEMU at Burton June 12th - Probably the best Exhibition of the year.

Most train servicing depots which I have been involved, not a lot happens during daylight as all the stock is out running trains and so they do look boring.

 

Where they come into they own is overnight where there is never a dull moment. Some of them will fuel, service, clean up to 20 mainline sets a night in a period of 6 to 8 hours. Trust me you do not stop with constant movement throughout the night. And then if there are problems, there will be shunts and reformations of the sets. It was always a satisfying as the sun was rising to stand and watch the trains being preped and realising what you and your team and actually achieved overnight!

 

Glenn and Graham through Aberdeen Kirkhall have tried to give a flavour of what a real modern train servicing depot is like. The attention to detail is fantastic but the operating sequence is quite a challenge (just like the real thing!) and it is a fantastic layout to watch. Oh and with DCC it is possible to do some "stunts" which you cann't do with dc. The obvious is the train engine following the stock down the arrival road once released but also to have the morning departures queuing at the departure signal; the next one moving up as the one in front is moving off just like the real thing.

 

If you get a chance to see it in the flesh do come and have a look; also come and chat to the operators and find out what it is really about.

 

Richard

Better stock up on the Express Lighting kits then.....

Just read all about it in RM.

 

Wow!

 

Wonderful concept. Wonderful layout. Wonderful execution.

 

I always think that the people who say "The public want to see lots of movement at exhibitions" miss a point (well, several, actually).

 

An exhibition should showcase the hobby in all its diversity. So yes, there need to be a fair proportion of "lots of movement" layouts; but there also need to be others showing that there ARE other approaches to railway modelling.

 

And then there need to be layouts like this ... which show that there are other approaches to "lots of movement" besides big four-track through stations!

 

Hats off: this is the sort of thing that keeps the hobby fresh and vibrant. Well done!!!

Yes - in reality on some sheds not a great lot happens....... it is the fine line between reality and boredom - I can stand and examine a layout such as this for a while if the attention to detail is quality.

Bee Lane by Preston and District is a very good layout but totally wrong in operation with endless tailchasing although the rolling stock on display is excellent - you have to keep the masses entertained after all that is what the majority come to exhibitions for.

As for RM haven't bought it for years too many ads I suppose - prefer Rail Express with the excellent "free" modelling supplement but will give it a once over this month.

Looking forward to the DEMU - AT THE TOWN HALL - this June to see it again

Ian

Hi Ian,

 

The track plan sort of developed by moving a few points around on the baseboards. The boards had already been made for another layout which for whatever reason never quite 'jelled' (I guess i'm not the only one who finds this to be case), which were about the right size for easy transportation, yet large enough to hopefully do something interesting. The overall vision seemed to grow, although I had a few solid ideas of what I wanted to add and how the layout should look. For example, as mentioned before, the bridge was an important feature and needed to be skewed for effect (there aren't many bridges that cross perpendicular to railways) and needed to be something from Devon and was modelled on the bridge at Lapford on the Barnstaple to Exeter line.

 

The track was designed to look a bit more interesting and to provide some shunting moves for the fuel tankers. The siding through the bridge was an important feature to try to portray the 'rest' of the line beyond the bridge. It also acts as movable view blocker.

 

I hope this helps

 

Richard

(1) My method..... stuff Templot! lifes too short.....

(2) Been there worn the T-Shirt.

(3) Or Scenic break.

Thanks - will follow with interest - Ian

I will keep an eye on those halogens!

 

I work in the construction industy, so in and out of various commercial buildings, so just copy what I see. The steel work in these buildings can be quite complicated, but observation is the key (true for other things as well of course) and important on the model to add the cross-braces etc in the vertical sections. Also there will be 'wind-braces' in the roof between the steel work, plus the roof purlins to support the roof itself - none of this is seen from normal viewing angles, so not modelled - only model was is generally seen! I've also working in engineering, so some of the details (like the pump-trucks) are also copied from what I've seen. The I-beam / H-beam sections are from the excellent Evergreen range, they are a little expensive, but very good quality and glue easily with Mek-Pak.

 

The next important job to do on the main building is to add the roller shutter door, which will have support brackets / bearings etc, plus the chain to open / close. I think that a motorised door (dummy of course) is not really necessary on this model, but would be relatively easir to add. I need to get this made in the next week or so.

 

Mudmagnet

Thought as much - the workweary pallet trucks were a give away - worked in industry (mainly aeorspace) for most of my life - I have seen enough grime - filth - pallets - oil drums - scrap metal in the inside and outside of cladded and uncladded buildings to know what I am modelling - comes in useful I suppose.

Layout looks "Chittlesque" did you base any part of it on OS?

Ian

Hi Tom,

 

Sorry not had much chance to get a view from behind the layout, but have attached a photo showing the light pelmet sat on top of the support legs. Each leg upright is bolted to the baseboard frame behind the backscene using M6 bolts and wing nuts. The light pelmet is made from a horizontal piece of 6mm ply, onto which two pieces of wood are glued and screwed. The light fitting (from Homebase) was then screwed to the timber. A seperate piece of 6mm plywood is screwed to the front timber (only screwed so that it can be removed if needed). This hole assembly locates via wooden dowels into the horizontal supports and a single M6 bolt and nut is used to hold in place. The power cable is clipped to the timber using small cable clips and then run along and down the supports - clips will be added later, around which the cable can be fitted (loose to allow removal / fitting at an exhibition). The only thing that I may do is to add triangular gussets across the ends to finish off and make a tidier finish.

 

I hope that this helps, but let me know if you need anything else.

 

I have also added layout name to pelmet. I created my own stencils by printing these from my computer. I used the BR font from Scalescenes (bought their station nameboards a while ago and comes with the BR true-type font) in Word and printed out to the required size. The letters were then cut out using a scapel and drawn round onto the pelmet. The letters were then hand painted and the whole pelmet sprayed with matt varnish when dry.

 

 

 

Mudmagnet

Lighting by B&Q £24.99? - Watch out for those Halogens...! - they have a nasty habit of exploding....

Excellent work - How much did you research? - local knowledge or media? - Do you work in industry of some sort? - Ian

Excellent work - I only hope your scenics match up to the quality of your Trackwork so far.... watching with interest.

Hi Peter, I agree once the pits are in place and the floor is built up it should start to resemble a depot. Problem is there is so much to do and I keep changing my mind as to what order to do them in!

 

Not sure what the cover is for, I am sure someone on here must be able to enlighten us! They certainly didn’t have them fitted when first released from Brush works.

 

Well despite planning to relax and not do any modelling last night, I decided to get the brickwork glued on to the buildings ready to hopefully spray them at the weekend. The windows, doors and roof are just in for a dry fit but it gives you an idea of how they should look.

 

 

 

 

 

Earlier today I ordered some Evergreen metal siding to go on the upper part of the main wall. Hopefully these sheets will arrive before the weekend so that they can be glued in place allowing the whole wall to be sprayed white along with the other brickwork.

......Evergreen Metal Siding - How many years finance have you taken out to buy this... good stuff though which covers large areas well - cant source any cheaper alternatives at the moment.

Hi,

Just a few more shots of the layout.

 

4562 rolls in with a Plate wagon

 

 

3737 shunts vans with a couple of ill-starred Pallett vans waiting to be moved to the Goos Shed road

 

 

7782 with a single coal wagon arrives.

 

 

 

Watch this space.

 

Stu

Ratio concrete walling looks well - takes time and patience to complete a decent run - good how you have managed to step the sections down I usually only attempt straight runs about 10" maximum.

Hi,

Just a few more shots of the layout.

 

4562 rolls in with a Plate wagon

 

 

3737 shunts vans with a couple of ill-starred Pallett vans waiting to be moved to the Goos Shed road

 

 

7782 with a single coal wagon arrives.

 

 

 

Watch this space.

 

Stu

Ratio concrete walling looks well - takes time and patience to complete a decent run - good how you have managed to step the sections down I usually only attempt straight runs about 10" maximum.

Hi All

 

Due to personal reasons I have not been on the web for some time so I should say to all a Happy New Year and hope that your modelling projects are all going well.

 

Anyway this is a new thread for me which will have many of the small projects that I have underway. I am one of those people that starts many different ideas of which some are started but then are put aside for different reasons, building a commission layout for a customer or completing a research project, but then doing a small amount now and then. I often see a group of buildings or a scene that I feel that I must model with the result that in my modelling room I have scores of half finished and completed models which are used or adapted to suit on future layouts or the final dream layout.

 

To this end I stared a few years ago a condensing unit, when I was constructing the buildings for Great Tunsley Dale, that I had seen at a disused site. All that was done was a few drawings and a block of balsa wood covered in plastic card and lined out with some plastruct. Two weeks ago an idea for a small micro layout raised its head so the idea of a small oil/creosote/tar works came to the front. This has expanded now into a small layout that can be tagged onto some of my other layouts to give added interest in the operation side. The results are the following photographs of what is being made to date on the building side. The actual layout design has not been finalised yet. I have a lot of spare points left over from track demonstrations so it will be hashed from these.

Excellent work - reminds me of part of the lanfina Bitumen operation at Preston Docks with its maze of pipes and refractors.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/949561

The works is served by Bitumen flows from Lindsay 3 times a week by Class 66 and sometimes 60's

Hi All

 

Due to personal reasons I have not been on the web for some time so I should say to all a Happy New Year and hope that your modelling projects are all going well.

 

Anyway this is a new thread for me which will have many of the small projects that I have underway. I am one of those people that starts many different ideas of which some are started but then are put aside for different reasons, building a commission layout for a customer or completing a research project, but then doing a small amount now and then. I often see a group of buildings or a scene that I feel that I must model with the result that in my modelling room I have scores of half finished and completed models which are used or adapted to suit on future layouts or the final dream layout.

 

To this end I stared a few years ago a condensing unit, when I was constructing the buildings for Great Tunsley Dale, that I had seen at a disused site. All that was done was a few drawings and a block of balsa wood covered in plastic card and lined out with some plastruct. Two weeks ago an idea for a small micro layout raised its head so the idea of a small oil/creosote/tar works came to the front. This has expanded now into a small layout that can be tagged onto some of my other layouts to give added interest in the operation side. The results are the following photographs of what is being made to date on the building side. The actual layout design has not been finalised yet. I have a lot of spare points left over from track demonstrations so it will be hashed from these.

Excellent work - reminds me of part of the lanfina Bitumen operation at Preston Docks with its maze of pipes and refractors.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/94/95/949561_9cbe1d67.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/9495

The works is served by Bitumen flows from Lindsay 3 times a week by Class 66 and sometimes 60's

......WOW!

Been offline from RM Web for a while - just came across your thread today - excellent modelling.

Bachmann made some peaks with the high intensity light with the 2 lights on the front for modelzone ages ago. Unfortunately i missed out on that but every now an then they crop up on ebay. I think the closest you will get now is the split headcodes that are coming out. Plus if you look on Hattons website you may get them cheaper than some other places!

 

I also got an obssession with Toton (as i live right across the road from it at the moment). I make up some mock parts of it,ie some track layout parts from the south end of Toton. So don't think your the only one with the obssession of Toton!

How about these - I have plans for 45003 - not cheap though.

Headlights non-operational but could be easily converted.

http://www.themodelc...&exact_match=on

Ian