7mm Corwen Road

paulc

Western Thunderer
Very nice Larry . does the track go outside and back in the other side of the shed or out and around the garden ?
Cheers Paul
 

LarryG

Western Thunderer
The old out & back loop is to be demolished at the bottom end of the garden. In it's place will be an extended loop with a larger radius using Peco Settrack (3' 4½" rad. I think).. More holes to be dug I'm afraid, but I was never happy with the loop entering the front wall of the shed. The loop at the door end requires only slight modification to take Settrack....
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LarryG

Western Thunderer
I decided to press on and continue ballasting with the grey instead of rushing out to buy dark brown. Much remains to be done about the final colouring. Before laying the headshunt, I got to work with the sander excavating more camber....
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The track dips by 1/8" and is on test beside level track before being glued down....
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The revised ladder and two sidings for coal and goods shed. The coal track (extreme left) runs downgrade towards the buffer stops and is at a lower level....
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The goods shed track is protected with a catch point...
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A slight difference in track level adds character...
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LarryG

Western Thunderer
Thanks Andy. I know two Andy P's now...:D

I have been following your O gauge progress with DCC sound on YouTube.
 

LarryG

Western Thunderer
The cork was removed some way from the sleepers and shamferred to form a shoulder. Masking tape was stuck down, PVA spread on the shoulder and ballast pressed on it....
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When dry, a cess was formed with real ash, which when dry was filed to dust and the surplus vac'd off...
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LarryG

Western Thunderer
One of those relaxing Saturdays....

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So the outdoor loop nearest the door was altered today to take Peco Radius 2 Settrack. It is larger radius than the 3' curve set out for OO gauge....The first job was removal of the roof covering and see how things panned out on new ply....
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Half the loop had to be removed. Some of the old plywood had become laminated. The two horizontal runners closest to the shed wall were moved over to align with the new "O gauge" hole....
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Creosote was used this time to better protect the plywood. I didn't use it last time because it was too messy..... Silly person!
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Once the roofing felt is in place, I can extend the tracks out of the shed and around to the fiddle yard. I just feel it will give me the impetus to tackle the garden loop at other end of the shed. I have always been an outdoor person (stations, signal boxes and goods shed can be built when the dark nights return).
 
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Focalplane

Western Thunderer
Years ago I was told that creosote was not good stuff to use. Then I went to Texas where the Creosote bush grows naturally in the Chihuahua Desert. Each plant sends out a message to its environment which basically says "keep your distance, don't mess with me". As a result, naturally growing creosote bushes actually space themselves out, using the chemicals in their system to ward off other plants from growing near them. Modern society now decries a perfectly natural chemical as being bad for the environment. You do have to wonder, so I'll say no more. Somewhere I have a photo of a natural Creosote "plantation" from when we camped out in the desert - something you can't do with any safety these days. Oops, getting political, close the posting NOW. Glad you are using Creosote, Larry!
 

LarryG

Western Thunderer
I've been weighing up the loop at the other end tonight and not one of the existing posts can be used on a newly positioned loop. So weather permitting, it's going to be a week of demolition, lifting several 3x2 slabs, digging holes, sinking new posts, cutting a new top, attaching roofing felt, sawing new holes and making larger "weather tunnels" for 7mm scale. Then her indoors will be expecting her patio to be re-born westwards with those removed slabs! :'(
 

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Will do Andy. Got the will and the strength but old-age is old-age. :thumbs: The other loop alterations have been static while waiting for a heatwave seeing as hot weather suits the laying of roofing felt on baseboards. In the meantime it has remained under cover to protect the ply from recent storms....

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Focalplane

Western Thunderer
Heatwave? Orange alert down south, coolest place is in the railway room but I have just had a tooth pulled so no modelling this evening. Old age can be a pain.
 

LarryG

Western Thunderer
A soakin' up the sun so that the felt will be soft and not crack when being bent over & nailed....
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Roofing felt laid and nailed down using plenty of sealant at joints...
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Track nailed down as far as the lifting flap...
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Narrow strips of felt were laid under the outer edge of the sleepers for super-elevation....
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Boris was checking the roof felt for some reason. He adopted us at the beginning of the year and brought Mrs. Boris along later. They keep me company all day when I'm working outdoors. I've tripped over him twice...!
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LarryG

Western Thunderer
Bin mucking' around with the coal siding again. Painted the rail PPC P977 Rusty Rails and the keys were picked out with PPC P960 Frame Dirt. Then static grass was sprinkled on dollops of neat PVA and made to stand up with a vacuum cleaner....

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LarryG

Western Thunderer
Goods yard. Coal staithes or pens are probably as popular a ready-to-plonk item as a signal box, but how often did one find them in real life? I have searched through all my Foxline albums, which generally show the nitty-gritty that other books ignore, and have not come across purpose-built staithes of the kind produced by Peco and others.

What I have come across is piles of coal on the ground or piles of coal bordered by one or two rows of old sleepers. and occasionally a landing stage where bags of coal were filled and weighted for loading onto road vehicles. I intend using the old sleeper method removed from scraps of Peco bullhead.
 
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