The DVLR Mark 2

Soar Valley Light · Post by **Soar Valley Light** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:16 pm

Very good work Zac.

For once it's not and insult to say to you that your detailing looks like Sh*t! In fact it looks incredibly realistic to me. You'll be telling us next that it even smells real and is good for the roses!

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:27 pm

Why thank you!

Some new no-relief buildings along the promenade by the sea shore, inspired by the sea front buildings at Aldeburgh. One will be Suffolk pink, the other a pale blue with bricks.
Just the cut out of plywood with some marks for the windows etc.

Then I got out my blowtorch and played pyromaniac for a while, once thoroughly scorched a mix of water and exterior wood glue was soaked into it all with particular attention to the edges.

And last a little shot of my current favorite part of the line with a new figure I made, he hasn't got a name yet, and his dog seeing what could be a Flying Sprat service past Sandlings Farm.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:41 pm

Buildings nearly done now

and a nice blue loco line up

Big Jim · Post by **Big Jim** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:14 pm

Nice picture of the Locos!
I may have missed something but why do you go over the plywood with a blow torch?

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:27 pm

Something I picked up from the Peter/ Kes Jones book on buildings. Carr the edges and faces then soak in a 50/50 mix of exterior glue and water. It keeps for longer apparently.

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:09 am

Big Jim:104383 wrote:Nice picture of the Locos!
I may have missed something but why do you go over the plywood with a blow torch?

I questioned the purpose of this too when I first heard of it. However, since then I have found out about the resin contained within the wood being altered by heat to form a protective film preserving the timber against natural decay.
Plywood might not have the same natural defence as it has already undergone many changes in its production and new adhesives being introduced could alter its molecular construction.
If it works why not try it?

Big Jim · Post by **Big Jim** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 7:51 am

Thank you gentlemen.

Alan P · Post by **Alan P** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:59 pm

Great pictures Zach. Thanks for sharing.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:18 am

I went a-visiting to the RSLR and didn't have to take my allen keys with me!
Lovely day and raised about 100 pounds for the Southwold Railway whilst getting to visit a rather nice garden railway. All good fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiU2kUYhxh0

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:10 pm

brilliant buildings mr bond ,nearly all my buildings are made using the same (peter jones) formula . burning the ply defiantly makes a difference and should help make the building last longer .PVA helps loads too iv covered most of my buildings in the stuff as iv been making them and it defiantly helps.im a carpenter and I use pva loads at work for an example a farm shop I do lots of work for has loads of notice boards now some of the notice boards where getting a bit tatty .they are ply and they where splitting and de laminating so I got some watered down pva and painted all the boards in it .the notice boards have been fine ever since and that was 2 years ago ... .PVA its clever stuff. keep up the good work mr bond

clay45 · Post by **clay45** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:37 am

what's happon to the dvlr

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 1:47 pm

Nothing has happened really. I've been at University and over the holidays I have a lot of work to do (and I've been making a 5 inch gauge carriage) so there has been little progress. I have, however, removed all the leaves and recovered the railway which is looking very wintery. River Tang and River Alde are now fitted with two lamp brackets on each end so that the new head code system can begin to be used (white metal lamps from Roundhouse for christmas).
I'll pop some photos up when I have a steam up.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:31 am

A quick video. New head code system was employed for the first time today and some personalised fruit and vegetable crates from HGLW where taken from Snape St. to Woodbridge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l_spkJw7x0
There is some really horrible track work and I didn't get to take all the camera angles I wanted to as it was getting dark. (Rene changed to the lamps for the way back)
River Alde is now severely worn and will be requiring some new gears - you can here is slipping towards the end of the video.

Post by **ge_rik** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:12 pm

Some great pix, Zach. I particularly like the embedded track - reminds me, about time I installed a few level crossings on my railway.....

Rik

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:12 pm

I like the fact there are plants everywhere and ground cover over the track.

Thanks for sharing

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:32 pm

It's that time again
"I got back from Uni and I found:"

Dog induced land slide - Horay!

This one wasn't as bad but its still bloody annoying. The cold weather has kept the MYOB from taking over as much so there wasn't much to do to sort out the railway. The field has been planted up with cress already for an early crop.

In more exciting news a very big planning application has been put in.
A picture speaks a thousand words:

The Domestic Authorities have put a large wooden bench in the way of the old quarry sidings and consequently I don't run the quite long and scenic quarry branch very much. The plan is to turn Woodbridge station round so that trains depart the wrong way and build a loop to conect the station up with the back road. The quarry sidings will be reinstated slightly further up the garden away from the bench. This should represent fairly minimal cost in terms of new track but should nearly double the effective running length.
The question I have is: Peco make R1 curves which I beleive come out at 1ft 11 inch radius. Should I go for these or curve flexitrak to 2ft 6 (I think it might just be possible but I am not sure. I think I'd prefer set track as this bit will be run on high post and plank and I'm not sure I trust my own track bending skills...

Post by **ge_rik** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:23 am

It's difficult to get a consistent curve in flexitrack if you need to have a rail-joint on the curve, unless you have a rail bender or a jim crow.

Rik

GTB · Post by **GTB** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:09 am

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:109205 wrote: The question I have is: Peco make R1 curves which I beleive come out at 1ft 11 inch radius. Should I go for these or curve flexitrak to 2ft 6 (I think it might just be possible but I am not sure. I think I'd prefer set track as this bit will be run on high post and plank and I'm not sure I trust my own track bending skills...

.I agree with Rik that set track is better than flex for small radius reverse loops like this. If you can fit 2'6" radius in the available space it will always be a better option though.

Since Peco don't currently do a R2 curve, but since you use 45mm gauge, consider using LGB R2 curves (actually 778mm radius). The heavier rail section is a bit ugly and you'll need some sort of adaptor section between the two types. The brass soon tones down outside though and if you let it get overgrown it will blend in well enough.

Regards,
Graeme

AFGadd · Post by **AFGadd** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:41 am

I've had some very good results with Peco Set Track.

This is in SM32, using a combination of the 30" & 38" curves. I don't think I could have achieved this with Flexitrack?

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 9:40 am

Terrible nights sleep last night with the wind. I woke up to find our tall garden wall had been blown over, it has crushed most of the line and broken the track beyond repair in places. Not sure if we can recover from this set back.

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