A New Line..............
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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.........................
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.........................
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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...........)
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...........)
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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.
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.
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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...........)
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...........)
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.................. 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!
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!
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.............
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.............
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