A New Line..............

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:13 pm

What control position? The points are round the front - so will I be!

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:35 am

That is perfect then.

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:29 pm

The points will all be mandraulic and as I'll be sitting out front this won't be too much of a problem.

More progress has been made in the last couple of days full update at: http://www.mdlr.co.uk/ff02.html and the latest picture:

............... shows the almost-complete "box" that the layout will sit in.

Next jobs: Fit handles (coz it's a dear to move without) make and fit legs, paint inside light blue, fit lights, fit outside skin of roof, fit trims and corners.........................

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:40 pm

Where does the railway go, I really don't get it!

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:55 pm

The railway goes inside the box, on the baseboard. You will view it through the right-hand flap and end flap holes - the left hand flap is for the operator and will face away fron the viewing public. The whole layout's going to be on legs and the baseboard will end up being somewhere near eye level!

The idea is that you close and bolt the flaps, then take the legs off - then the whole shebang will go in the back of my car (just...........)

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:42 pm

Today has seen the last of the joinery done on the "box" which will eventually (by 20th October!) become Flagg Fluorspar.

Pictures at the bottom of:

http://www.mdlr.co.uk/ff02.html

Also, last week a Box of Delights arrived from Trenarren Models - lotsa detailing "bits" which are getting assembled and primed in between times.

As you can see, adding PA speaker corners and pine angle over all the joints has made the whole assembly much more presentable.

Next job: stain the exterior (and the interior of the flaps which will be open when trains are running) with a dark green garden furniture stain and paint the interior sky blue.

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:46 pm

Seeing as how the "Operating Position" is going to be talking to the punters at the front, no problem!

I've spent a good part of today trying not to do myself an injury as I painted the sides and the roof of the "box" with sky blue emulsion. Bearing in mind that the baseboard top only sits 2' above the ground and the roof of the box is about the same height, painting involved some contortions and paint in all SORTS of odd places!

Toninght, I laid out the track (just to check that it fitted, you understand) and took a picture using just the 3 WHOLE WATTS of LED lighting before lifting the track again and staining the baseboard with a dark wood stain.

(The brown stain was a failed experiment...........)

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:59 pm

.................. and today the track was laid and pinned down - the first time EVER I've used Peco track pins for their intended purpose!

Video here: http://youtu.be/KsQHNq70rME

There was only one problem with using the MDLR "heavyweight" stock - the loco fouled one of the lifting handles at the back (because the track is nearer the back edge than the front edge, because of the point lever) and so the jig saw had to come out to cure the problem!

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:44 pm

Right - we're back from Exeter!

Pictures here: http://www.mdlr.co.uk/ff04.html

Enjoy!

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:18 am

Well done Brian, another BOX office success!

benchmark · Post by **benchmark** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:05 pm

If i may add this display is much nicer seen in the flesh, i must confess the pictures in this thread do not do it justice.

I am inspired and glad i saw it.

By the way Brian, as to our discussion about whether live steam could run on such a small layout, Just for fun i knocked up a similar radius out of curiosity when i got back home and my Regner Konrad did circles easily around. So its possible to run a live steam loco in such a small compact diorama.

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:03 pm

Thanks for the compliment - I'm aware that small steam COULD run on the track, but I'm worried what it might do to the scenic work. I know the (genuine) fluorspar alongside the track will stand steam oil and all the other crud that a steam loco chucks out, but the rest of the scenic materials are Woodland Scenics - coloured ground-up rubber in various sizes - and I'm not too sure how THAT would fare.

Annie · Post by **Annie** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:15 am

Very nice, but why is there a man with a camel on the layout?

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:33 am

Hump Shunting.

TommyDodd · Post by **TommyDodd** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:32 am

Narrow Minded:76048 wrote:Hump Shunting.

Groan! Off to Barrow Hill Roundhouse with you, sir, and when you get there, stand in the corner!

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:14 pm

Hello Brian
I wonder if you can explain the name of your little railway in a way so me beeing Swedish/Norvegian can understand it? All the words exists in norwegish and will give the most strange meaning to the name

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:05 pm

Sorry I haven't replied.................

Flagg is a small village in Derbyshire...........

http://goo.gl/maps/kKmsd which is situated not far from the site of the MDLR's Monyash terminal.................

http://goo.gl/maps/gUh3y

The "Fluorspar" bit comes from the mineral that is mined around here.

Any road up................. I've been making progress on the loco repair shop - the walls were from a sheet of AnDel Models brickwork: they've now been trimmed to size, glued together and painted.............

hussra · Post by **hussra** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:23 pm

Ooh, those look nice, will be interested to see what you make of these. (I don't see 'em on Andel's web site just now - I'm sure they used to be there!)

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:56 am

hussra:77828 wrote:Ooh, those look nice, will be interested to see what you make of these.

I'm making a loco repair shop! The roof framing will be made from coffee stirrers, covered with corrugated iron (in plastic).

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:38 am

Could you go over how you painted the brick work please?

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