FINAL NEW FWLR LINE
- Sylvian Tennant
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I wouldn't complain if I found those fairies in my garden. Cracking job so far mate.
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- Peter Butler
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Re: NEW FWLR LINE
Well done Rod, just remember to take your tunnel portals inside if it looks like rain, DAS is not waterproof and will soon soften if it gets wet.
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Great work Rod - both loco and tunnel mouths looking excellent!
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Now it's been sometime since I have posted on my own thread...It's mainly due to my health situation. I get tied very quickly and that has meant it takes some time doing any builds, but I have now finished two builds, so I will post the first one now, it will have of the build and unfortunately I didn't take any photos when I started it. But it's not hard to work out what I started with hopefully. It's just a sort of square box.....
After we (Anne) and I finished laying the track on the raised bed, the line that came out of the bush by the back of the house was left short so we could have a turntable. In time we are going to put an extension from the out of the tunnel around the bush and there will also be a short length of line for a steam up/start of the line. So here is some photos of the build, sorry it may be a lot of photos...The other build has even more.......
The turntable ( t-t ) by the time I had built the lampposts and the office was about 2 and half months old I made the lampposts from 6mm copper pipe and the shades are my trusted toothpaste tops and the office is just Plasticard that hides the wiring for the lampposts, the switch is hidden in the log store. It is a bit under scale for 32mm, it's more like O gauge, well I think it's O, it maybe smaller, anyway it looks the part I think...I did the corrugated roof from metallic sheet that was crimped with one of those crimpers you can buy. It' not perfect because it all depends on how much pressure you put on the rollers, take it from me it's not easy to do...I made two walls out of 4mm cardboard that I saved from a bit of flat packed furniture that was around the inside of the packaging. It was fairly easy to bend and secure with small pieces of wood laid down on the inside and outside of two lengths of it. Then I filled it with some small cork pieces bought from a Model Farm site that use it for ballast for the laying of roads....Don't ask... Painted it green, it looks ok I think.Then I have some of that stuff the smaller gauge guys use for their layouts has bushes and stuff. It did what I wanted it for, to hide the outside of the wall.
The t-t was put on a lazy-susan, the actual t-t is on a small top from a bedside table, it looks ok I think...
Next was to build a platform of some description for the turning of the t-t. So after looking for some ideas online I came up with my own take on one. It is just a basic box build and lengths cut up to make the posts and rails. The roof is more corrugated sheet, but this time it's some I had left from my garage build. The cost of that stuff has gone up too much for me to spend on now, that's why I used that metallic sheet for the office.
Anne downloaded some pictures of steam gauges and made the gauges and the levers while I was laid up for a few days.
I think she did an excellent job for a first timer who has no experience at all at modelling.....
For some reason my photos aren't loading properly, so I will need to put another post up quickly has I am getting tired now.....
After we (Anne) and I finished laying the track on the raised bed, the line that came out of the bush by the back of the house was left short so we could have a turntable. In time we are going to put an extension from the out of the tunnel around the bush and there will also be a short length of line for a steam up/start of the line. So here is some photos of the build, sorry it may be a lot of photos...The other build has even more.......
The turntable ( t-t ) by the time I had built the lampposts and the office was about 2 and half months old I made the lampposts from 6mm copper pipe and the shades are my trusted toothpaste tops and the office is just Plasticard that hides the wiring for the lampposts, the switch is hidden in the log store. It is a bit under scale for 32mm, it's more like O gauge, well I think it's O, it maybe smaller, anyway it looks the part I think...I did the corrugated roof from metallic sheet that was crimped with one of those crimpers you can buy. It' not perfect because it all depends on how much pressure you put on the rollers, take it from me it's not easy to do...I made two walls out of 4mm cardboard that I saved from a bit of flat packed furniture that was around the inside of the packaging. It was fairly easy to bend and secure with small pieces of wood laid down on the inside and outside of two lengths of it. Then I filled it with some small cork pieces bought from a Model Farm site that use it for ballast for the laying of roads....Don't ask... Painted it green, it looks ok I think.Then I have some of that stuff the smaller gauge guys use for their layouts has bushes and stuff. It did what I wanted it for, to hide the outside of the wall.
The t-t was put on a lazy-susan, the actual t-t is on a small top from a bedside table, it looks ok I think...
Next was to build a platform of some description for the turning of the t-t. So after looking for some ideas online I came up with my own take on one. It is just a basic box build and lengths cut up to make the posts and rails. The roof is more corrugated sheet, but this time it's some I had left from my garage build. The cost of that stuff has gone up too much for me to spend on now, that's why I used that metallic sheet for the office.
Anne downloaded some pictures of steam gauges and made the gauges and the levers while I was laid up for a few days.
I think she did an excellent job for a first timer who has no experience at all at modelling.....
For some reason my photos aren't loading properly, so I will need to put another post up quickly has I am getting tired now.....
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ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
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Re: NEW FWLR LINE
Some more photos of the Turntable.
The little bridge was again made from off cuts of Plasticard.
The vacuum pipes are made from electric wire wound around some insulating sleeves and some offset plastic tubes for the connectors. I have forgotten to put some security chain on them.
These are taken outside on the line.
I need to come up with something to keep the Turntable in place for the locos to get onto the it.....
Hope it's ok for you guys. Know there are been a discussion on the forum about the use of turntables on narrow gauge lines, but I have seen them myself, so I thought it would be ok to put one on ours....
The little bridge was again made from off cuts of Plasticard.
The vacuum pipes are made from electric wire wound around some insulating sleeves and some offset plastic tubes for the connectors. I have forgotten to put some security chain on them.
These are taken outside on the line.
I need to come up with something to keep the Turntable in place for the locos to get onto the it.....
Hope it's ok for you guys. Know there are been a discussion on the forum about the use of turntables on narrow gauge lines, but I have seen them myself, so I thought it would be ok to put one on ours....
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ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: NEW FWLR LINE
Again the photos are playing up.....
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
- Peter Butler
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Re: NEW FWLR LINE
So that's what you have been busy with Rod, well done. Clever how you have made the lamps, and the corrugated roofing material looks perfectly good to me.
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Looking good, Rod. I especially like the way you've weathered the corrugated iron roofs. Very realistic.
Rik
Rik
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Great to see some progress on your line Rod, and that's a very smart turntable.
I particularly like the chap watching on the bench - it reminds me of the turntable at Minehead, where turning engines feels like a real spectator sport...
Look forward to more pics in due course...
All the best,
Andrew.
I particularly like the chap watching on the bench - it reminds me of the turntable at Minehead, where turning engines feels like a real spectator sport...
Look forward to more pics in due course...
All the best,
Andrew.
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Thanks guys. What I like is that Anne did a little bit of modelling for the steam gauges and the wooden levers, alright it's only a bit of plastic tube and leftover offcuts of wood and some paint, she also took the time to find some printable gauges, so I guess it's counts don't you think....
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: NEW FWLR LINE (Watermill Build)
Now this build took some time to complete, nearly 7 months I think, it could have been more... It's something that I haven't rushed, when do I ever, but even more with health being a major factor and waiting for more materials due to the supplier being ill and the first lockdown, but never mind all that...
Here goes, it is a fairly long build and I will decide to either put in one o two threads as I go along, plus I don't want to bore the pants off you for those who are interested in my build.
It is also my take on a Watermill, it's no were near as good has ge_rik's be a long way, but again anne loves it and so does the few family members who we have been lucky enough to be able to see...
It's starts with a Plasticard box...
Then the wheel. I tried to cut a perfect circle out of Plasticard, but it was impossible for me. So I asked Nicki from SLR Models if she could make me two circles, she duly obliged. I put the inserts in the two parts with 1mm Plasticard on the inside and the paddles from 3mm card.
Next was to cut two circles out of HIP for the braces for the wheel. I put two pieces of HIP's together and cut them out. It was a fairly easy job with the help of a circle cutter.
Next I cut thin strips of card and fixed them to the small circles. And fixed one to one side of the bigger circles.
For the other one for some reason I just can't remember it's been that long , it may come to at some point, I fixed the other strips to the other smaller circle whilst holding the part level and straight with some plastic tube and copper tube
The finished and painted wheel.
Next I wanted to make the walls of the watermill more realistic by building them with small real bricks. I have done a smaller wall on my water tower if you remember. So off I went with four bigger walls...
Has you can see, even using smaller bricks haven't improved my brick building skills.... But after I put a emery block over them, they turned out somewhat ok..
The reason for using a Plasticard box is to keep the bricks fairly straight has I built up the course's and for added strength, without the box shape the bricks would just not hold up to any handling what so ever.
I added a small 12v reduced gearbox, they run about 10 to 15 rpm. I wanted the watermill to turn, so it was decided to fit one.
I am getting very tired again guys, so I will finish this tomorrow if that's ok with you guys....
Here goes, it is a fairly long build and I will decide to either put in one o two threads as I go along, plus I don't want to bore the pants off you for those who are interested in my build.
It is also my take on a Watermill, it's no were near as good has ge_rik's be a long way, but again anne loves it and so does the few family members who we have been lucky enough to be able to see...
It's starts with a Plasticard box...
Then the wheel. I tried to cut a perfect circle out of Plasticard, but it was impossible for me. So I asked Nicki from SLR Models if she could make me two circles, she duly obliged. I put the inserts in the two parts with 1mm Plasticard on the inside and the paddles from 3mm card.
Next was to cut two circles out of HIP for the braces for the wheel. I put two pieces of HIP's together and cut them out. It was a fairly easy job with the help of a circle cutter.
Next I cut thin strips of card and fixed them to the small circles. And fixed one to one side of the bigger circles.
For the other one for some reason I just can't remember it's been that long , it may come to at some point, I fixed the other strips to the other smaller circle whilst holding the part level and straight with some plastic tube and copper tube
The finished and painted wheel.
Next I wanted to make the walls of the watermill more realistic by building them with small real bricks. I have done a smaller wall on my water tower if you remember. So off I went with four bigger walls...
Has you can see, even using smaller bricks haven't improved my brick building skills.... But after I put a emery block over them, they turned out somewhat ok..
The reason for using a Plasticard box is to keep the bricks fairly straight has I built up the course's and for added strength, without the box shape the bricks would just not hold up to any handling what so ever.
I added a small 12v reduced gearbox, they run about 10 to 15 rpm. I wanted the watermill to turn, so it was decided to fit one.
I am getting very tired again guys, so I will finish this tomorrow if that's ok with you guys....
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: NEW FWLR LINE
That's looking great - the finish you've achieved on both wheel and wall is brilliant.
Take all the time you need Rod, don't overdo it - I look forward to the next instalment, but in the meantime thank you for enlivening a dull morning working from home...
Andrew.
Take all the time you need Rod, don't overdo it - I look forward to the next instalment, but in the meantime thank you for enlivening a dull morning working from home...
Andrew.
- Peter Butler
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Excellent work Rod, the wood-grain effect on your wheel is really good and nicely painted too. Those tiny bricks are most convincing and look as though they have been there for years.
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Thanks guys.
Here is the rest of the build. Unfortunately my laptop had an update and I have "lost" about 200 photos from my folder including about 10 on the start of the top of the watermill. I say lost, they have got jumbled up over 12000 photos in the folder and I just don't want to take the time to look for them, it's far to tiring.......
Anyway these will show you the basic building that most of us do.
Next was to cut to length those coffee stirrers I have loads of for the boards on the building. I have a jig of sorts that I can set to cut the rounded ends of the stirrers so they get to be square. Believe me when you have cut a few dozen of them your eyes go funny....
Next came the roof tiles. Now they were a nightmare......
The curved tiles were the off cuts from the stirrers for the roof tiles. I did need to cut a few more because some were just not up for the job..
One side done.
I wanted to have some steps leading down or up from the bank that will need to be built on the line next year, so I cut these from 2mm Plasticard. Again I have lost some photos of them but you will see the finished steps later.
I really have to apologise to you all. It seems I really have lost those photos completely. I have looked through quickly the folder that has them in and even went into the drive recall and there are not there. That was really tiring and hard work looking for the folder/folders. I have learnt now to back up my photos that I have put on to my laptop, so for any future builds I will have some photographic record of it. So I will just have to tell you what I did for the colouring of the boards and roof. I just used some black weathering wash with just a small amount of black paint, both from Vallejo, (it's what I use now for my airbrushing and I find it goes such a long way and dries very quickly), to give it some depth. I then built the steps and painted them with concrete paint and for the handrails and posts, dark umber was applied.. The watermill was put onto a large square sheet of HIPs and then that was fixed to an even larger piece of black HIPs.
Now the really annoying bit of the lost photos, I built again the water wheel support in brick, but they have disappeared also, very very annoying Also the water chute isn't in my folder....
Still I do have the finished build so you can see for yourselves what I did for the weathering and the water chute fixed to the building. It is able to come off with the building so I can get to the switch to turn the wheel on.
The finished build with the steps.
And the rest of the build with the brick support pillar for the wheel and the water chute.
I need to put some more stones around the pillar to finish it off.
I hope you like my take on a Watermill. It as been a labour of love and taken me a very long time, but hopefully when I can get it out onto the line it will look like it's been there for some time.
This is a short video of the water wheel working...
https://youtu.be/9OhncViaMVU
Why is it that Youtube are always messing about with their site, or is it me not loading a video properly. It has been sometime since I have you know.....
This has taken me most of the day and now I am off for a lay down....
Here is the rest of the build. Unfortunately my laptop had an update and I have "lost" about 200 photos from my folder including about 10 on the start of the top of the watermill. I say lost, they have got jumbled up over 12000 photos in the folder and I just don't want to take the time to look for them, it's far to tiring.......
Anyway these will show you the basic building that most of us do.
Next was to cut to length those coffee stirrers I have loads of for the boards on the building. I have a jig of sorts that I can set to cut the rounded ends of the stirrers so they get to be square. Believe me when you have cut a few dozen of them your eyes go funny....
Next came the roof tiles. Now they were a nightmare......
The curved tiles were the off cuts from the stirrers for the roof tiles. I did need to cut a few more because some were just not up for the job..
One side done.
I wanted to have some steps leading down or up from the bank that will need to be built on the line next year, so I cut these from 2mm Plasticard. Again I have lost some photos of them but you will see the finished steps later.
I really have to apologise to you all. It seems I really have lost those photos completely. I have looked through quickly the folder that has them in and even went into the drive recall and there are not there. That was really tiring and hard work looking for the folder/folders. I have learnt now to back up my photos that I have put on to my laptop, so for any future builds I will have some photographic record of it. So I will just have to tell you what I did for the colouring of the boards and roof. I just used some black weathering wash with just a small amount of black paint, both from Vallejo, (it's what I use now for my airbrushing and I find it goes such a long way and dries very quickly), to give it some depth. I then built the steps and painted them with concrete paint and for the handrails and posts, dark umber was applied.. The watermill was put onto a large square sheet of HIPs and then that was fixed to an even larger piece of black HIPs.
Now the really annoying bit of the lost photos, I built again the water wheel support in brick, but they have disappeared also, very very annoying Also the water chute isn't in my folder....
Still I do have the finished build so you can see for yourselves what I did for the weathering and the water chute fixed to the building. It is able to come off with the building so I can get to the switch to turn the wheel on.
The finished build with the steps.
And the rest of the build with the brick support pillar for the wheel and the water chute.
I need to put some more stones around the pillar to finish it off.
I hope you like my take on a Watermill. It as been a labour of love and taken me a very long time, but hopefully when I can get it out onto the line it will look like it's been there for some time.
This is a short video of the water wheel working...
https://youtu.be/9OhncViaMVU
Why is it that Youtube are always messing about with their site, or is it me not loading a video properly. It has been sometime since I have you know.....
This has taken me most of the day and now I am off for a lay down....
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
- Peter Butler
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Re: NEW FWLR LINE
That is a brilliant job Rod, the weathering colours are just right and the speed of the wheel is perfect, you should feel well proud of that.
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Excellent work, Rod. I especially like the way you've done the brickwork. Very realistic!
Rik
Rik
Re: NEW FWLR LINE (Watermill)
For those who don't have access to YouTube, I have now been able to load the video of the Watermill onto the forum.
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
- gregh
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What a brilliant piece of modelling. How you have the patience to do that brickwork is beyond me.
Greg from downunder.
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Re: NEW FWLR LINE
Catching up after a prolonged absence. The water mill is very impressive Rod. An excellent build. The use of 'real' bricks just demonstrates how effective it is for producing a realistic appearance to brickwork.
Phil
Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
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Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
Re: NEW FWLR LINE
It's been some time since I posted about something on our line, mainly because I got myself a 3D printer has a Christmas present for me... And getting some work done on the line was put on hold because of it. That wasn't the only reason though, I have had a bad start to 2021 with health and other issues, like my youngest daughter having her own crisis. But hopefully most of it is a thing of the past.
Anyway here are a few photos for you.
This is the line going from the raised bed over the waterfall. It was a bit tricky because Anne needs to get to her Fairy Garden because the fairies are really lazy and it gets overgrown very quickly.
The bridge is easily took off so Anne can get to the garden.
The rest of the line is now finished, although there still needs some tiding up of the boards.... They do look ugly.........
On the 3D printing side of things, I have managed to make something finally for the line. The previous things I have done were for family, like the usual stuff that seem useless to us but for them are brilliant things.
I am digressing, I have tried to print some chassis but getting them to look alright and to fit the axles is proving a little bit of a pain for me.
Anyway this is what I have managed to do It has taken about 10 hours to print off the individual sleepers.
The steps I managed to print completely.
I need to finish the weathering yet, it does look rubbish. I have used real coal and crushed, bashed the bits of coal, that helped me immensely with some problems I have had....
This is were I intend to place the coal stage on our line. It's were the locos will come too when I get the shed made for it.
Hopefully we can start to run some trains this year now, unless other things get in the way.....
Now hopefully Steve will reply, when he is not too busy, with his superior chassis so I can get some rolling stock onto the our line too. More builds......
Anyway here are a few photos for you.
This is the line going from the raised bed over the waterfall. It was a bit tricky because Anne needs to get to her Fairy Garden because the fairies are really lazy and it gets overgrown very quickly.
The bridge is easily took off so Anne can get to the garden.
The rest of the line is now finished, although there still needs some tiding up of the boards.... They do look ugly.........
On the 3D printing side of things, I have managed to make something finally for the line. The previous things I have done were for family, like the usual stuff that seem useless to us but for them are brilliant things.
I am digressing, I have tried to print some chassis but getting them to look alright and to fit the axles is proving a little bit of a pain for me.
Anyway this is what I have managed to do It has taken about 10 hours to print off the individual sleepers.
The steps I managed to print completely.
I need to finish the weathering yet, it does look rubbish. I have used real coal and crushed, bashed the bits of coal, that helped me immensely with some problems I have had....
This is were I intend to place the coal stage on our line. It's were the locos will come too when I get the shed made for it.
Hopefully we can start to run some trains this year now, unless other things get in the way.....
Now hopefully Steve will reply, when he is not too busy, with his superior chassis so I can get some rolling stock onto the our line too. More builds......
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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