Wadebridge Light Railway

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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by pandsrowe » Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:57 am

One thing that certainly impresses me with your railway is the nice neat edges between the trackbed and the grass. If that was in my garden the blackbirds would have thrown half of the ballast onto the grass in their search for food and the cat would have dislodged the remainder as he used it as a litter tray, you must spend an awful lot of time in maintaining the pristine look!
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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:28 am

Put it on here George for everyone to see.

Thanks for the link. It is very easy to put it on yourself though, Just click the video box and move in-between the two video boxes that comes up and then paste the video. It then will show the video without going onto Youtube.



Nice loco and rolling stock by the way.

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Post by steamgeorge » Sun Sep 30, 2018 12:11 pm

pandsrowe wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:57 am One thing that certainly impresses me with your railway is the nice neat edges between the trackbed and the grass. If that was in my garden the blackbirds would have thrown half of the ballast onto the grass in their search for food and the cat would have dislodged the remainder as he used it as a litter tray, you must spend an awful lot of time in maintaining the pristine look!
Thank you Pandsrowe, I am pleased you appreciate how much effort goes into maintaining a line with loose ballast. Unfortunately, a neighbours cat uses the railway as a litter tray . However, as the railway progresses, more areas of ballast will be covered up which should help. I am thinking of securing the ballast down with tile adhesive as well.

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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by steamgeorge » Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:01 pm

A bit of progress yesterday, I have finally got round to making the platform at St Kew Highway. It is made of concrete and reflects many narrow gauge lines as it is only level with the top of the sleepers. There will be a water tower, lamp hut, station building, benches etc on it once I get round to building them. I have also posted some pictures of Trethevan halt crossing as this was started a few weeks ago. There is still a lot of work to do though including actually building the halt!
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close up of the level crossing
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Trethevan halt
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the platform
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unfortunately I ran out of sand just before I could complete to south side of the station
unfortunately I ran out of sand just before I could complete to south side of the station
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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:40 am

Nice job George. :thumbright:

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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by Andrew » Mon Oct 01, 2018 1:38 pm

I'm really enjoying these updates, thanks for posting them. I really like your "back to basics" light railway approach to platforms etc, I much prefer it when our little railways don't get too "mainline"...

Cheers,

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Post by steamgeorge » Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:08 pm

Hi all,

I have been busy over the weekend with the railway. On the Saturday I re painted some secondhand stock to the appropriate livery of my railway (humbrol 64) and pressed them into service with a steam up on Sunday Morning. In the afternoon I finished making St Kew platform and the level crossing at Trethevan halt. I have also made the Platform for Trethevan halt. The milk churn wagon is my first attempt at scratch building and was inspired by GeRik's version. tomorrow I will upload some photos of the crossing and platform.

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This is a flat bed which used to have 'PHLR' on the side and was painted in bauxite
This is a flat bed which used to have 'PHLR' on the side and was painted in bauxite
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This is what I think is a brand bright wagon (1 of 3 on my railway)
This is what I think is a brand bright wagon (1 of 3 on my railway)
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This is my first scratch build. It is made on top of a brand bright flatbed. the construction is paper clips and plywood with brass details.
This is my first scratch build. It is made on top of a brand bright flatbed. the construction is paper clips and plywood with brass details.
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produce of Saturday's labours
produce of Saturday's labours
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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by ge_rik » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:49 am

The rolling stock is looking good. I think having a unifying livery is a good way of getting a range of different wagons to look good together. Congratulations on your first scratchbuild - it looks really good. Glad I was able to help encourage you to have a go.

Great looking railway, btw.

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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:50 am

Now that is quick building, nice wagons.

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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by Clockwork » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:07 am

Hi your garden layout is coming together nicely and the new livery looks really well.
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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by IanC » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:19 am

I am inspired to press on with my wagon building having looked through your thread. Lovely builds.
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Post by steamgeorge » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:19 pm

Hi all,

Thank you for your comments. I may have confused some of you as I haven't built any of these wagons over the weekend-I have only painted them :oops: . I have had these wagons sat on a shelf for a few months waiting to be bought into service. Moving on, here are some photos of the halt. The roller is a wilesco model much modified by myself. The crossing was inspired by Belaugh Green road crossing on the Bure Valley Railway. There are also some photos of St Kew platform with a lamp hut constructed of ply and baked bean tins. It is based off the one Pendle valley make. The hut was made a few months ago but the platform was completed last weekend.

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The completed platform
The completed platform
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The hut in position
The hut in position
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The halt complete with picket fence and a gate
The halt complete with picket fence and a gate
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The roller on the road. The road will be extended out behind where the roller is
The roller on the road. The road will be extended out behind where the roller is
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An overall view of the halt and crossing
An overall view of the halt and crossing
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Trethevan halt
Trethevan halt
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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:51 am

Still impressive work George.

Love the lamp hut……

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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by IrishPeter » Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:33 pm

I do like the low level concrete platforms, and the small scale of the halt. :thumbup: Fence, bench, and something to stop at is all you need for a halt! Nameboard for non locals will be handy in due course.

Keep up the good work!

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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by ge_rik » Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:54 pm

I like the look of the concrete mix. Have you included some budgie grit to get that finish?

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Post by steamgeorge » Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:27 pm

ge_rik wrote: ↑Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:54 pm I like the look of the concrete mix. Have you included some budgie grit to get that finish?

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It is a mix of sharp sand and cement in the ratio 4:1. There is no budgie grit in it - the sharp sand used has some grit in it already. The sand is Kelkay build mate sharp sand and was picked up at my local garden centre.

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Post by ge_rik » Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:32 pm

steamgeorge wrote: ↑Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:27 pm
It is a mix of sharp sand and cement in the ratio 4:1. There is no budgie grit in it - the sharp sand used has some grit in it already. The sand is Kelkay build mate sharp sand and was picked up at my local garden centre.
Thanks. Must see what sort of sand they have at our local garden centre. I usually buy a bulk bag of builders' sand which is fairly uniform an uninteresting when mixed with cement.

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Post by philipy » Sun Oct 14, 2018 5:11 pm

ge_rik wrote: ↑Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:32 pm
steamgeorge wrote: ↑Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:27 pm
It is a mix of sharp sand and cement in the ratio 4:1. There is no budgie grit in it - the sharp sand used has some grit in it already. The sand is Kelkay build mate sharp sand and was picked up at my local garden centre.
Thanks. Must see what sort of sand they have at our local garden centre. I usually buy a bulk bag of builders' sand which is fairly uniform an uninteresting when mixed with cement.

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I agree the halt is looking good. I do have a soft spot for halts in general.

Rik, I always get sharp sand in 20(?)Kg bags from Wickes, B&Q, etc. I should think you'd get it from your builders merchants as well.
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Post by steamgeorge » Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:05 pm

Hi all,

I have reached a dilemma over coach livery :scratch: . I picked up some unfinished IP engineering roundhouse coaches second hand and I am currently painting them in WDLR livery. I know what colours to use but I don't know what pattern to use. I have been experimenting with the coach colours and would like your opinions and suggestions to help me. There are some photos of 2 coaches and some of my other coaches. The new coaches don't have to match my existing ones as they won't be in the same train due to the size difference. I have lettered the liveries to make referencing them easier. The livery is green lower half and a white upper half but they could be painted all green if it suites


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This livery matches the talyllyn coach but I think the green is too low and makes the coaches look out of proportion. (Livery B)
This livery matches the talyllyn coach but I think the green is too low and makes the coaches look out of proportion. (Livery B)
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close up of the livery
close up of the livery
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This is the livery I thought suited the ip engineering roundhouse coaches the best. (livery A)
This is the livery I thought suited the ip engineering roundhouse coaches the best. (livery A)
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This is one of my original coaches. They would all of been painted this way if they would of had small panels above and below the windows that could of been painted white ( it looks wrong without)
This is one of my original coaches. They would all of been painted this way if they would of had small panels above and below the windows that could of been painted white ( it looks wrong without)
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This is a Talyllyn coach I built from a kit but painted in my livery.
This is a Talyllyn coach I built from a kit but painted in my livery.
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Re: Wadebridge Light Railway

Post by IanC » Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:56 pm

The IP Roundhouse coaches are not the easiest to paint. I have two of them and had been looking out for more for ages to extend my rake. Mine are painted red and cream. I think I have posted pictures of them somewhere! If I can't find the location to post a link I'll take some pictures if interested.
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