The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:59 pm

Nice job! Looking forward to how this turns out and to what little details you end up adding!
Also great to see some more progress on the CVLR

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:29 am

mhlr:57151 wrote:Hope you don't cut your hand on those protruding screws while reaching in to grab a loco out of the shed :lol: Or even worse, scratch the paint! :lol: Looks excellent mate, will look superb when weathered in.

Never fear my mini angle grinder is near!! Waiting to apply cement inside first then will cut of excess screw threads. Hoping the protrusions will aid cement attachment!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:13 pm

Had a couple of hours messing with the MPD area today..

Extended the through shed road behind the shed where eventually will be lifting equipment but for now it will be better storage for No11..

No 11 in situ on the extended siding.

An overhead view of the area.
From left to right..Running line, Hole siding, shed rd 1, shed rd 2 & disposal line. Oh & in that shot there are 4 steam engines mostly in the shed.

No 12 posed by the cement covered wall. Rock solid now & survived todays rains & wind. Was thinking I may bolt through the outer & inner cement wall (& through ply in middle) & make some of those old style lightning conductor "X"s that will actually support the two cement walls in place.

I'm liking the shed so far, lined inside & out now with carved stonework. Will be painted when totally dry & some scribed stonwork cleaned up. Have to figure out how to do the roof now & then tidy up & fit doors.
Did a few historic type photo's to see how it fitted in....

dougrail · Post by **dougrail** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:24 pm

Lovely photos there PP, very atmspheric -especially with the adaptations.

The scenes remind me of the rundown eras of the TR [1935-55] and the FR *wards off evil* [1939-1955].

I see a lovely IP Eng. Jack there forlorn and wheelless.

What're the plans for that?

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:44 pm

2nd one from the bottom... seriously, that cannot be 16mm!!!

90733 · Post by **90733** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:47 pm

mhlr:57199 wrote:2nd one from the bottom... seriously, that cannot be 16mm!!!

I thought the same, top notch pic!

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:53 pm

Nice progress and excellent photo's

I was thinking about you when the heavens opened up today - it looks like my fears were without substance and it's held up well!
Looking forward to the next installment

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:48 am

dougrail:57194 wrote:The scenes remind me of the rundown eras of the TR [1935-55] and the FR *wards off evil* [1939-1955].

I see a lovely IP Eng. Jack there forlorn and wheelless. What're the plans for that?

Hya Doug, glad to see the rundown look is noticed. It's what I am after for the line as it's not some tourist line but a hard working & struggling narrow gauge railway... Well in my mind anyway..

As for the Jack, having totally given up on it's original chassis & running gear it is now awaiting either an essel or Roundhouse chassis/motor to go under it when time & funds allow. All the surviving parts from it having gone towards the rebuilding of the lines Jessie as that is dead as well.

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:04 pm

Just had a great day of running with a friend who lives just a few miles away. This was his first visit to the line & he brought a Millie & Russell plus Pickerings. So thats another loco passed clear & the Pickerings fitted a treat..

Ready for action..

The Millie as standby featuring Tonys tender..

The loco suited the line in my opinion.

Mmmm.

Soon put to work on a decent sized freight...

Before taking another passenger working..

A great day of running (I ran Countess,Fowler & Carrie).

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:20 pm

Blimeh! I'd forgotten just how vast those Pickerings are - makes Russel look an absolute titch.

Nice pics.

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:27 pm

A crane was gifted to the line (bday pressie). It's going to need some altering to fit in better but have already regauged to 32mm & painting underway..

As it arrived after wheelset swap..

I think it has potential.....

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:22 pm

On my LGB coaches, I removed the silly couplings and drilled through the dummy centre buffers above and glued a hook inplace, so you can use them with other centre buffer stock. I'm sure the CVLR workshops will work wonders to get rid of that garish yellow plastic look!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:23 pm

Pete,
I looked at doing that with my LGB coaches. But as I use W&L wheelsets it sat too high the same as this does. So centre coupling hacked off & waiting new ones fitted. The painting has started, will post when done..

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:14 pm

Less yellow....

It's also aqquired a match truck. Loads more work to be done given time <in short supply as usual>.

Gremlin · Post by **Gremlin** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:25 pm

Nice job, sooo much better than the horrible plasticy yellow.

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:15 pm

Will it receive some weathering to finish it off?

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:48 pm

williamfj:57561 wrote:Will it receive some weathering to finish it off?

We will see, probably though. Plenty more bits to add first though, Oh & do the couplers would help!!

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:26 pm

Coooooooool nice work Mr Pilot!

Crayfish · Post by **Crayfish** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:47 pm

That's an amazing transformation. It has so much character that I didn't notice before due to the garish yellow.

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:53 pm

Well with all the stuff going on this summer fitting in time on the line has been hard. However I finally got some time last week & the desire to get stuff done.

So PorthCadno station area got worked on & finally has a garden border on the far side. I was waiting to install the last siding there before putting in the border & that was completed on wednesday. Still got loads more to do but the general shape of the place is now set in, well log roll & soil mostly..

Had a day of fettling & running a couple of trains this evening when all was quiet. Took some pics of course & like how they have turned out. As it's quiet on the site at the moment I thought a flood of pics would help..LOL.

General overview with new siding to front left.

At the other end of the station the water tower finally has gone in & the new border with infill can be seen where it used to just be straight down to the lawn.

Location of signalbox...

Then of course as it was getting dark it was time to run stuff.

Pics taken mostly at Porthcadno as the Fowler hauls a mixed train & later No 5 shunts the yards & sidings.

First off the ongoing crane project gets shunted around.

There we go...Phew.

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