4mm Llanfair

[daifly]

Phil

Folks don't need to scroll if you give a post link rather than a page link. Your post link is here:

Just copy and paste from this icon on your shunting plank thread to get this :

Pottery Quay. EM test track / shunting plank.

and people will go direct to the post. No scrolling required!

Cheers

Dave

 

[LarryG]

Telegraph poles were erected this morning. They are Ratio 452 Telegraph poles, which I cut down from 4-bar to 2-bar and then sprayed 'em with Howes Railmatch Sleeper Grime. The pots were painted with Tamiya acrylic light grey...


Telegraph lines serve the goods office, signalbox, station offices and weighbridge...


The station building was plastered with a few notice boards as well. They are still GWR seeing as I've changed the period of the layout to circa 1953. The choc & cream signalbox could be the new GWR late 1940's colours or the box might get a repaint in stone... Not decided yet...

 

[Phil O]

Phil

Folks don't need to scroll if you give a post link rather than a page link. Your post link is here:
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Just copy and paste from this icon on your shunting plank thread to get this :

Pottery Quay. EM test track / shunting plank.

and people will go direct to the post. No scrolling required!

Cheers

Dave

Dave,

That only works, when you know how to do these things, all I have to do now is remember it for next time.

Thanks.

 

[LarryG]

There was a niggle, which like an itch, continued to irritate until something was done. A hump developed over time, so a further support leg was added and the leg under the hump shortened slightly. It wasn't enough, so a length of track was taken up along with some grass and the cork was shaved until level with a very sharp file. Sounds simple but the job took all day...



One result of levelling the hump was the elimination of a short length of Peco flat-bottom track. It's all bullhead now...

 

[LarryG]

Warning: Anyone with an allergy to tension-lock couplings and Peco uncoupling ramps should look away now!

This Peco uncoupling ramp has been assembled as per instructions. It was probably designed for Code 100 track. Its too tall for Code 75 and bullhead and trains will uncouple when drawn across it.......Mmmmm naughty...

Two ramps, the upper one is shown after modification...


This image shows the modifications. Four legs removed and 1mm removed from pin holes. Drill the latter so that the holes go right through the ramp....


A second view. Place ramp over base and press in the two plugs. Held in place by applying Mekpak from the ramp top...


If the ramp is too low, add a suitable thickness spacer from Plastikard... The key aim is to draw trains over the ramp without them uncoupling, but they should uncouple when being propelled over the ramp...

 

[LarryG]

With everyone distracted by the oppressive hot weather, I thought I would sneak in an update @ Llanfair. In short, the station & yard have been shrunk by almost two feet. This was to bring the point activators within reach without having to stir from my seat. In short, 'playing trains' is more comfortable. The 'revived' water tank is standing where the curve into the goods yard once was, which gives an indication of the shrinkage.

The hot weather was useful while gluing down new cork underlay, but its been too hot for gluing & ballasting track...

 

[paulc]

With everyone distracted by the oppressive hot weather, I thought I would sneak in an update @ Llanfair. In short, the station & yard have been shrunk by almost two feet. This was to bring the point activators within reach without having to stir from my seat. In short, 'playing trains' is more comfortable. The 'revived' water tank is standing where the curve into the goods yard once was, which gives an indication of the shrinkage.

The hot weather was useful while gluing down new cork underlay, but its been too hot for gluing & ballasting track...
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Could you not have moved your seat Larry ? It may have been easier .

 

[sjp23480]

Could you not have moved your seat Larry ? It may have been easier .

Where's the fun in that?

 

[Quintus]

I have heard that these days there are methods of operating points remotely.

 

[LarryG]

After extending the goods yard surface to give more space, I've been re-shuffling the bits and bobs. Llanfair is very adaptable! Everything is plonked, including the leaning water tank, using bits of grass sheet etc. The platform mounted signalbox was there because I set out modelling Llanfyllyn while the goods shed has been at the platform end before. The new set-up brings to mind so many GWR branch lines, so I may actually keep it.

The platform end run-round points are hand worked by the fireman. Fortuitously, I happened to look at Geoff's Lanbister Road before posting. There's a few ideas there for a small ground frame...

 

[Geoff]

The platform end run-round points are hand worked by the fireman. Fortuitously, I happened to look at Geoff's Lanbister Road before posting. There's a few ideas there for a small ground frame...

There might be a 7mm scale ground frame hut going spare Larry, should the need arise, just saying.

Geoff.

 

[Osgood]

 

[LarryG]

Llanfair has turned out to be very adaptable with three variations. Below is the goods shed at the platform end and the signal box in the yard...


Below is the goods shed at the back of the yard and the signal box is also in the yard...


Below is the signal box on the platform...