RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 4, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2013 Thanks for the video. WIll have to study at home but looks like the concrete ballast bins are on the left ie on the Up side of the tracks. Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Mike has a provisional invitation for Star Lane to an exhibition in Bromley on 21 February 2015; depending, of course, on the group diary. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 6, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2013 (edited) Bill That might clash with another show for this layout as it happens. Will find out and come back to you. Ian Edited October 6, 2013 by roundhouse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 6, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2013 A good part of today was spent working on the SER signal box. All the windows are now in place along with the interior. The 13 lever frame has also been assembled and the levers painted the correct colours. The last few items to do is to add the handrail to the external walkway, the curved part of the walkway support brackets and the name board. It should all be done for the trip up to Barrow in the next few days. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 7, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) Mike has decided to use a heavily modified Wills kit for the LBSCR box rather than bash an old Airfix Midland one. He's done such a good job that I thought he had scratch built it. Here is a photo he sent me last night. Edited October 8, 2013 by roundhouse 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 8, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2013 The SER box is very nearly done. Last night the walkway handrails were assembled from thin brass wire and this morning all but one of the walkway support brackets were added. I will have to laminate some more microstrip into a curve profile to do the last one. A little bit of touching up and the name board to do plus add a signalman inside plus weathering the box and the box will be ready for this weekend in a Barrow In Furness. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 10, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2013 The name board has just been fitted and the box weathered. It will now be carefully 'boxed up' ready for the long journey up to Barrow In Furness tomorrow where it will be fitted to the layout. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 12, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2013 The layoit was set up last night and the two signal boxes finally in their new home. We had a few hectic hours this morning mainly with the Bachmann coupling bars... Just try plugging these together and putting on the curved tracks! It was fine when we tested the layout beforehand but with a fully loaded fiddleyard it was a pain. Even those sets fitted with Flieschmann profi couplings were trick so now a lot of the units now have Kadees fitted. This afternoon the layout worked much better. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 14, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2013 The layout ran very well on Sunday with mainly operator errors disrupting train services along the Brighton main line! There is still plenty to do to improve the scenics and running as therre are a few areas of track that needs fettling. Also we have a better idea on how to improve the various EMU coupling systems to speed up putting these EMU s on the track. A list of tasks to do was put together in the pb on Saturday night before we had too many pints. Weathering of the rolling stock is another task to do. No prizes for spotting the odd one out in tbe photos below! 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 14, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2013 Just a tiny point. I notice that the 4-foot way "spider" between track circuits has been placed alongside the signal. In the case of the Quarry Line, with MAS and Track Circuit Block, I think it was more normal to find the spider was 2-3 coach-lengths ahead of the signal, such that it continued to display a proceed aspect until well after the leading vehicle had passed. While the Absolute Block & semaphores on the line via Redhill wouldn't have the automatic replacement, of course, I'm not sure whether the spider would have been alongside the signal there, either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted October 14, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2013 Ian Thanks for the info. Will let Mike know so he can adjust. He needs to move the signal next to the Quarry line box as it just looks wrong. Another thing for his list of to do items! Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted November 12, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2013 Star Lane will be attending its first show down in the Southern part of the country next February at RISEX in Princes Risborough. Plenty to do to the stock and layout before then. Various ideas for a lighting rig are under considerartion as the lighting we had at the Barrrow In Furness show was only a temporary fix and really wasn't adequate enough for the size of the layout. Any ideas are more than welcome but the lighting has to fit in the remaining space of a Ford Mondeo Estate car. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Looking great, keep it up David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Ian, My lighting rig is based on "MARKET STALL" technology, which breaks down into separate bits of metal. The lights are at mains voltage, but are class 2 so are double insulated. The rig is portable across layouts, the only requirement is that T-nuts are positioned to hold the uprights. However, I've decided not to use my rig on Höchstädt, relying on LEDs built into the layout infrastructure. And the passenger stock is lit. And it's easier to achieve in 7mm. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted November 13, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2013 Bill We are considering things such as tent poles or gazeboos. With the other layouts they use a modular system but they have a straight frontage. The circle is another thing altogether. For my old California Coast layout I was condiering using an old surf board which I could mount on a pole each end and install down lights within the board... would have looked cooll on the car roof .. no one would have guessed that we were off to a model railway show!! However a surf board doesnt really go with the North Downs!!! Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 However a surf board doesnt really go with the North Downs!!! "Highway Surfers" can be found everywhere, trying to look cool and never going anywhere near the sea... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Hi Guys. Are these two shots of any interested. Taken 27/04/84 Cheers Dave 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted December 25, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2013 Very nice especially from the box. A bit wetter today there and a land slide or two!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 very nice progress! nice as well to see a layout based on my neck of the woods. will be following this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 15, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Just a small update. Mike has been doing some track alterations. There was a section that dipped a little on the upper level, trains ran fine over it but it was just a little too noticeable, so he has been raising it up carefully. More EMU's have been obtained by a few people and I still have modifications to the couplings on the Bachmann 4CEPS to do as the Bachmann coupling bars just aren't suitable for setting the units up in a curved fiddleyard. They currently have Kadees but the NEM sockets droop too much so need some work done to them to stop the droop. All these mods should be complete in time for RISEX next month. Edited January 15, 2014 by roundhouse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 9, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2014 Today we have set up the layout in my parents garage for a testing of some track alterations that Mike has been doing since it's first outing to Barrow In Furness last October. It's made quite an improvement in the running quality. Further areas of static grass have been done along with touching up of track colours and weathering of the line side trunking. We are now having a bit of a running session with quite a mixture of stock some of which has not run for many years. A few photos taken today. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Looking really really good. I've always liked the steelwork on the overbridge in particular. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Very much looking forward to seeing this "in the flesh" some time, do you have any exhibition dates down in the south east near its prototype location (which is about 10 miles from me). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 9, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) We are doing RISEX in a few weeks time and there is another possible one in Sussex in the Summer. Will post more if it is confirmed. Ian Edited February 17, 2014 by roundhouse 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 16, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Mike is working on the lighting system for the layout so it should be ready for RISEX this coming Saturday.meanwhile I have been working on my stock .Two class 33's that had sat in their boxes since buying these Heljan ones discount some years ago have now had the head code blinds fitted along with a driver in each one. Both locos have now been weathered and fitted with Kadee number 19's.A couple of Bullied light Pacifics that haven't run for a few years, have been cleaned and tweaked. One of them had the decoder wiring reversed which isn't a problem when run on DCC but as Star Lane is currently DC, it went the wrong way. This has now been rectified.Plenty more to do though!Ian Edited February 18, 2014 by roundhouse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.thumb.jpg.4c59e9ed8cd5a16b2054832ed4a31648.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now