tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76484004040649013442024-02-20T19:51:37.466+11:00Gav's WorkbenchI have been modelling the railways of South Australia since 1977 and more recently British outline since 2007. Some future projects will include some American railroading such as the Virginian Railway and a new venture into another British outline layout of the LNER in the early 1930s. Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-80314220872794330482023-03-14T11:48:00.000+11:002023-03-14T11:48:15.532+11:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">SPIRSBY – a joint venture exhibition style layout BASED ON SPILSBY in Lincolnshire, UK. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Having built many layouts, all very different from each
other in most cases, this was to be something I had not attempted before. Some
key points were that, the station and its surrounds were to be as close to
scale as possible with a little modellers licence of course. It was to be an
exhibition style layout with high presentation standards. It was to be of a
railway company not of my main interest, in this case the LNER, which created
its own challenges. It was to be a joint venture with a fellow modeller, in that he would supply all the running equipment to a certain era
(early 1930s), company and area specific, and I build the layout to run and
operate it all on. All engines and rollingstock would require the use of Kadee
couplers. I have been using Kadees for forty years and will swear by them for
hands free operational excellence. This sat well with him as he was slowly
converting a lot of his rollingstock as well. Also, I have trained up a dozen
or more members to operate with Kadee couplers on many of my previously
displayed layouts at exhibitions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">Research begun in earnest and very quickly we realised there
were very few branchline termini to choose from, something the LNER did not
inherit during the grouping. In the end, Spilsby, a rural market town was to be
the candidate. The terminus was at the end of the short branch that left the
mainline at Firsby, on the Boston to Louth mainline route. Set in Lincolnshire,
the four mile branch line was built and opened in 1868 as the Spilsby &
Firsby Railway, was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1890, and then
swallowed up in grouping with the LNER. During its peak, there were seven
trains a day, suppling the town with most of its requirements. There were mixed
passenger and goods trains, a goods and coal train every day. Passenger
services stopped on September 10<sup>th</sup>, 1939 with goods continuing on
until the lines closure December 1<sup>st</sup> 1958.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It had numerous facilities conducive to operational interest
for the operator and those viewing from the front of an exhibition style
layout. Spilsby didn’t have a signal box in its day, so, with higher traffic
operation in mind, I decided to have signalling and point rodding to add to
pump up the importance of this little railway terminus. My friend would build a GNR
signal box of an appropriate size, lattice summersault signals to suit the yard
demands, a 5-ton yard crane, supply some fine 3D crossing gates, station fences
and seats – all specific to the GNR for this project.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8JKOObWOyouufpwUkvDb99oDCWVDlCdp2zake0N380_Zv3-GmyAb3CGELqmm0EEQMpbz5jrVUEh-Sm-IADQYynKvqP9jczXSUoUU9AU983csl22tdFlG00xn4SVstkAkcFiYT6ZNIj4frZgXhgwHMLg1WBcAJrzaoXY02T36pBR7NH6FDEkCg2HZ/s3908/IMG_E6638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="3908" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8JKOObWOyouufpwUkvDb99oDCWVDlCdp2zake0N380_Zv3-GmyAb3CGELqmm0EEQMpbz5jrVUEh-Sm-IADQYynKvqP9jczXSUoUU9AU983csl22tdFlG00xn4SVstkAkcFiYT6ZNIj4frZgXhgwHMLg1WBcAJrzaoXY02T36pBR7NH6FDEkCg2HZ/w421-h280/IMG_E6638.JPG" width="421" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My model of SPILSBY station building on the layout. The layout is called SPIRSBY. I named it Spirsby – a convergence of Spilsby and
Firsby due to the inaccurate placing of the buildings at the street end of the
station yard and the addition of the road crossing, signalling, point rodding and a signal box. </td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48fyMiQc28JunkZYj4UQkwvuseAX5hqKFMXdF7oI2lZBDMz-2KIsR4yxNVTal5X0R6x-RwvNXhH5Gu-7I6FnbbzQ8O_chCFCwoaS8zdF-Knat1sMKwqsmsnOhThfz7eu1Gsk-RTlH1yrQhdT7OjodV7W68P9pjYct2-_a04sBndasf3khP7E5HShA/s4030/IMG_E6567.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2869" data-original-width="4030" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48fyMiQc28JunkZYj4UQkwvuseAX5hqKFMXdF7oI2lZBDMz-2KIsR4yxNVTal5X0R6x-RwvNXhH5Gu-7I6FnbbzQ8O_chCFCwoaS8zdF-Knat1sMKwqsmsnOhThfz7eu1Gsk-RTlH1yrQhdT7OjodV7W68P9pjYct2-_a04sBndasf3khP7E5HShA/w400-h285/IMG_E6567.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down the yard from the end of the line.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I will a take some more photos in the near future to add to this topic as most of the shots I took on my phone and are not good enough for publishing here.......so for now, cheers.</div>Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-21242498923976294602019-02-09T19:03:00.002+11:002019-02-09T19:03:49.231+11:00Switch stands for the yardsResearching switch stands fot the yards and main line turnouts was a difficult task and one I found to be frustrating. There appeared to be ,more than just a few different styles that were employed along the length and breadth of the Virginian Railway. I narrowed down the target style in my chosen area of the VGN in and around the New River which includes the old absorbed Deepwater sections of the Virginian lines. These had a circular target and and horizontal arrow.<br />
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The target colours are red for the circular and yellow orange for the arrows...<br />
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Also evident in certain yards were the small switch stands with the four aspect lamps with coloured targets. I used a small block of timber with four washers glued around the outside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The small 10BA washers were dished out using a centre punch into some plastic!</td></tr>
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These were then coated in Dullcote and are now ready for installing on the layout at a later time.Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-56188965720818920532019-02-09T18:19:00.002+11:002019-02-09T18:19:48.317+11:00The handcar shed and store room...Also available from laserkit.com is their Cullen Handcar shed kit. This will compliment the Depot building. Just not decided on where it will be placed in the station yard yet but that will be decided when the scenery is under way on the layout.<br />
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Just to make the standard style building a little different from the others, I added an extra store room on the end from the leftover wall parts in the kit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed with the timber tacks in front to rail side.</td></tr>
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<br />Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-62186439713807683792019-02-09T18:06:00.001+11:002019-02-09T18:08:09.546+11:00A Depot for the station area...The station down at the wharf needed to be small and the laserkit.com kit No.180 of Cullen was just what was needed. A nice kit to put together. I pre-painted the ribbed walls with orange acrylic paint before assembly.<br />
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I chose to use the earlier Virginian Railway orange and white paint scheme as opposed to the later grey paint scheme as it looks so much nicer. I know strictly speaking it should be grey for 1959 but my excuse is this station wasn't updated when most of the rest of the VGN system was done.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the basic building assembled.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed before weathering.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The waiting area shelter has nice detail.</td></tr>
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The freight room door should be white too but I didn't paint that to give the impression it was probably replaced at some stage in its life and not painted. The splintered timbers on the timber platform sides come like that and is nice touch to give some age.<br />
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-33753396113229331482019-02-09T17:39:00.000+11:002019-02-09T17:39:10.346+11:00Coal loads for VGN and N&W Hoppers<div style="text-align: justify;">
We recently got stuck into make the coal loads for our hoppers. We want to be able to load them in at the tipple loaders, run the trains to the Port and unload them there. This will hopefully give a better life like operation on our railroad. We gathered all the hoppers together, and over a few evenings we made them all production line style. We started with the load made from balsawood. We chose to use the carved balsawood method as its easy, reasonably quick and gives the desired look we want.</div>
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As there were four different sizes of hopper to make loads for we had to count out each size and make them to fit. We have a mix of Accurail, Atlas, Athearn, and Bachmann hoppers. Each had to be customised for correct depth using blocks glued at each end to support the load to allow it sit level.</div>
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We will be making a magnetic wand to allow the operator to remove and place the loads into the hoppers. We tried a small button sized rare earth magnet and this appeared to be good for the lifting of the load. We screwed in a small countersunk screw in the centre of the balsawood load for the magnet to search for...</div>
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The loads were carved into two or three profiles, some flat topped, some with multiple heaps and some rounded. The loads needed to appear above the top of the hopper sides as they appeared in historic photos.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A load sitting in an Accurail hopper.</td></tr>
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The loads for my hoppers were then sprayed from a cheap Matt Black pressure pack, making sure the black covered the sides and ends as well as the tops.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PVA wood glue was applied<br />to the dried black load.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The glue was spread out as<br />evenly as possible - but not<br />on the sides or ends.</td></tr>
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We crushed up real coal and sieved the pieces into three usable grades that we though would look right. A fine grade called "pea", a mid sized grade called "egg" and a larger size called "lump". These sizes are three of the five grades that were to come from tipples in the Appalachians that I had found during my research. The other two were "slack" and "nut" grades.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seen here with mid sized "egg" grade. The coal was<br />just sprinkled on from above, the side and ends to cover<br />as much of the black surface as possible.</td></tr>
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Some close up shots of the completed loads......</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coal loads with "pea" sized grade and on a multi heaped load base.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coal loads with "lump" sized grade.</td></tr>
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To finalise the loads for handling, we will be coating the underneath of the balsawood loads with paint or sealant to stop them fraying. Nothing worse than seeing bits of brightly coloured balsawood sitting on the hopper edges or the layout.</div>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-21928618435894184342019-01-28T16:21:00.001+11:002019-02-09T16:28:04.597+11:00The New River Company TippleI acquired a Walther's Cornerstone New River Mine kit and built it to instruction. Quite a beast of a kit in size. Noted was the fact that all the windows in the kit were not painted. So using my finger dabbed onto a thin pool of black paint, I dabbed the window frames to colour them.<br />
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I always knew it would need to trimmed at the rear to fit into the backscene. The rear 25 to 30mm of the whole building was cut off with a Dremel cutter. The rear track would need to run through the building, so an opening was cut at the front and back.<br />
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You will also see the tracks in the yard have been relaid...! This was necessary to accommodate the wider track centres of the loader. A little less track space but was necessary obviously.</div>
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After cutting off the back, I added details such as the boardwalks, steps to the boardwalks with hand rails.</div>
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Once all the added details were painted, some weathering was started to bring it into the late 1950s era. Horizontal lines were drawn around the corrugated cladding with pencil to represent the joins in the sheets. Weathering was done using enamel paint dry brushed on for the rust. The first pass with the brush is shown in the above photo and another pass in the below photo with a slightly different colour. Black soot stains were made with black powders. Resting in its final position, it will be an imposing feature on the layout.</div>
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After some research on the area most likely to have a tipple on the Virginian Railway that at least looked like this model, I settled on the New River region in West Virginia. So I picked a fictitious extra tipple that was located at Oakwood.</div>
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The signage I designed on my computer and printed on plain paper on my ink jet printer. I then applied PVA glue to the back and pushed the paper into the corrugations on the surface. This gives the illusion of the sign writing being painted onto the corrugated iron.</div>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-75326632286883314222019-01-28T15:03:00.001+11:002019-01-28T15:07:24.449+11:00The bridge that links our layouts<div style="text-align: justify;">
We could have joined the layouts via the lower level at the pier but decided it would be better to do so at the upper level. This required the trestle bridge on my part of the layout to slightly extend to the baseboard edge. Geoff's layout would then need a bridge in the same style to match up. So I built the whole bridge across the join.</div>
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I purchased some "Bents" that were ready made and available in different heights. Starting with the central part of the bridge, I worked out a spacing that allows a nice spacing and would also look right for the heavy locos that would be driven over the deck. Having them close together will visually look right and strong enough to support an articulated steamer.</div>
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The spur siding needed clearance for a boxcar so the "Bents" either side needed to be angled.</div>
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This shot give you an idea of its size with one of our 2-8-8-2 VGN steamers on the bridge.</div>
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The main deck support was piece of Meranti sanded up and suitably stained to match the Bents.I cut up a heap of extended width sleepers for the deck and individually glued them onto the main timber deck. The gap in the centre is where the join will be.</div>
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At the join, some copper sleepers were employed to gain strength. Some stock Code 70 rail was then spiked down and gauged accordingly.</div>
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Along each side of the sleepered deck a stringer was glued down to strengthen everything as per a drawing of these original style bridges. With added cross bracing and horizontal braces the bridge now looks the part. The whole bridge was then re-stained with wash of black Indian ink thinned out and brushed over all timber parts of the bridge to give that weathered look.</div>
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Geoff made a couple of small plate girders to add over the planned roadway which sits between the river and the rising land to the right of the photo. At a later date I added check/safety rails down the centre of the track on the bridge. Next we continue finalising track laying.... </div>
Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-45735338097613688082019-01-22T13:41:00.002+11:002019-01-28T15:11:58.564+11:00Track work in progress...The baseboards took some time to be built due to some complex roadbed alignments and once we were happy with them we spray painted them all entirely to seal the timber work.<br />
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Once they were dry we started on track laying. Like the days of old when railroads were built from each end and met in the middle, so we did the same.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We just had to place a train on to satisfy our need for progress.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My end at the tipple loading tracks.</td></tr>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-27014492092923208062019-01-14T23:33:00.000+11:002019-01-22T13:08:44.486+11:00Yes, it's been awhile....I must apologise for not posting any updates here since 2014/15. I was introduced to Facebook and I thought it was wonderful, but I'm sort of over it now, its so intrusive, so I'm ramping that down and will endeavour to post here a bit more regularly. This also means I haven't checked email comments here either which I forgot about. Just read through them and I didn't expect this much interest. I'll try to check the comment more often.<br />
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That means I need to catch up on what I've built in the last few years - which is a lot to ask really. I have built another Great Moor Street fold up layout and have started another English layout. Both of which I will endeavour to post some shots of here.<br />
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Anyway I'll start with an update on my Virginian Railway layout. Since the first post on this layout, its progress has been slow, but its at the stage of powering up and testing everything at present (January 2019). My friend Geoff and I have been building our two layouts together at his house. So I've had to venture to his place to work on it over the last two and a half years. Geoff's layout is of course on the Norfolk & Western theme and mine is on the Virginian Railway (not Railroad) theme. The Virginian was referred to as a Railway and not a Railroad as some might think, even though its American.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lot of timber work was required for this layout due to its hilly nature. Seen here with supports and roadbeds before adding the profile boards along the front.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The profile boards now fitted. There are the three modules of my layout at the rear and the three of Geoff's from front. But later a new module will be added. Details later. The layout total length is 40 feet. (12.2 metres)</td></tr>
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My section of the layout is based on Linn H. Wescott's design of the Port Ogden & Northern Railroad on Page 6 of the 101 Track Plans For Model Railroaders book. A quaint and very interesting concept that influenced my choice of design.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made some changes to make it a little easier to shunt. Some tracks are re-arranged in the station area and access to the station from the mine tipple differs from Linn's plan. Turning a train around in the tipple yard that has come from the station is made easier and can be sent away to Geoff's layout engine first.</td></tr>
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Next update will be of the track laid out and some small changes to the tipple yard. Till next time ..... Happy Railroading!<br />
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-88636586941412582372015-11-07T11:32:00.000+11:002015-11-07T11:42:37.038+11:00 Virginian & Norfolk Railroad - a joint effort<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">My Virginian Railway project has evolved into a joint effort with long time friend Geoff Brooks and we have combined his Norfolk & Western Railroad layout with my Virginian Railway layout. We agreed on the naming of the railway as the "Virginian & Norfolk Railway" when the two layouts will be put together for exhibition display purposes. The idea is I run my Virginian Railway equipment and Geoff's N&W equipment together. This was a reality in 1959 when the Norfolk & Western took over </span>operations<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of the Virginian Railway, and both examples of company rollingstock could be seen working together. So we have developed the railway plans that can be bolted together to run all the </span>commonly<span style="font-family: inherit;"> seen trains of that era, including the odd </span>diesel<span style="font-family: inherit;"> power. No electric sections of the Virginian will be modelled - though I would have liked that. Those triple electric loco units were impressive.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two layouts bolted together to see its impact. At 40 feet long<br />
and only 1'5" wide it will be challenging to get what we want.</td></tr>
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We wanted back scene boards built into the layout to allow for the deep mountainous look of the Appalachian mountain scenery of Virginia and also the transport of the modules in a simple trailer or utility. With high back boards we can easily cover the modules with simple tarpaulins to to transport them. Each module has its own legs fitted with gas struts so they are self contained and quick and easy to erect. Metal dowels at each join ensure the modules line up each time they are assembled.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geoff's half of the layout will include<br />
a port for unloading of coal trains, two<br />
small coal mines, a small engine depot,<br />
a freight siding, a hidden passenger<br />
train siding and a marshalling yard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My layout will have a larger coal<br />
mine, a lumber company siding, a fish<br />
factory siding, a depot station,<br />
another freight siding and<br />
a small locomotive service point. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My section of the layout will include some steep grades - an excuse<br />
to use some big power locomotives to haul our trains.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Diagrams of the track plans are forthcoming and I'll post these in the near future......</span>Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-52825849393473926912015-11-07T10:56:00.000+11:002015-11-07T11:00:00.286+11:00Lighting and curtains complete the display<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To complete the layout for display, and to match the Commercial Street display, I built the same style of pelmet lighting to match with LED strip lights. The upright supports are made from black anodized aluminium tube. This tubing is available at our local hardware stores and there are a number of plastic corners, "T" pieces and joiners available to make any sort of frame shapes. The pelmets are made from 3mm MDF with a pre-painted pine frame. The LED strip lighting is the brightest variety available and is powered by a power pack that lives under the layout.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both Commercial Street and<br />
Port Dock bolted together with<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A piece of timber glued in to the<br />
same level as the baseboard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stage constructed from timber from<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heaps of coal then needed to be added<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stage fits the scene nicely.</td></tr>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-50784922390533782712015-11-07T09:35:00.001+11:002015-11-07T09:48:50.184+11:00Signal & Telegraph.....<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A photo I took in 1978 of Adelaide Signal Cabin shows the ducting in use in the foreground.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trim off the ducting supports to 5mm<br />
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into a suitable size hole in the baseboard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original water drinking<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fountain uses some decorative beads<br />
from a craft shop to represent the<br />
upper dome and the lower bowl.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small plinth was made similar to<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A bay cupola (behind the XK Falcon) made from card and the ablutions block behind the tower were added recently to finish off the building. Paling fence made from timber along the side of the station separates it from the street. Some figures placed to liven up the otherwise complete scene adds interest for the viewer.....</span></div>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-44756372258938237302015-11-06T23:06:00.001+11:002015-11-06T23:06:19.952+11:00Port Dock station water tank<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water in the tank will be seen from<br />above so a piece of acrylic clear was<br />filed to size to slip into the top of the tank.</td></tr>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-57916889270608096072015-11-06T22:52:00.000+11:002015-11-06T22:52:36.071+11:00Running Shed water tank<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The depot water tank for Port Dock station was further away from the depot next to the coal plant, so another compromise was made to include it in the scene. This was one of a number of round tanks around the state. Having bought some HO scale corrugated iron some thirty years ago at a swap meet, I finally have had cause to use it. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Circular water tank made using a card base and old tin corrugated iron.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Made from tin (manufacturer unknown), it was easy to shape around a glass jar to a curved shape, then glued the pieces together around a circular piece of card as the tank base. The timber frames were assembled separately and added under the tank, then the cross braces added to hold them together, then all the pipes and ladder added last. Ladder is leftover plastic signal kit item, the yellow outlet pipe (in the centre of the tank) is a lolly-pop stick, inlet pipe is copper wire (next to ladder). Two planks across the top of the tank were for maintenance purposes.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed ready for painting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tank was placed at the rear of the shed on the layout.</td></tr>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-29022214310960813622015-11-06T22:41:00.003+11:002015-11-06T22:42:41.131+11:00The running shed comes alive....<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The running shed scene is almost completed and am happy with how it has turned out. Comes to life with a few locos......</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On shed are S Class left bay, K Class and an Rx Class </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the light poles, goose-neck lamps and telegraph are now installed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In black & white the scene feels real</td></tr>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-367277179300114312015-11-06T22:25:00.001+11:002015-11-06T22:32:56.294+11:00Running Shed water crane...<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The basic mast with support bracket at the top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paper to a glued to a piece of wire.</td></tr>
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and roll up. Then bent to shape and<br />
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-80865872494516620442015-11-06T21:59:00.002+11:002015-11-06T22:00:57.936+11:00The Running Shed<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some stage by stage shots of the running shed. Constructed from 2mm card. Keep in mind this is about half the length of the prototype....</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ends cut out using a sharp knife.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The roof added and sat in place on<br />
the shed floor to make sure it<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marked out sides with the windows cut out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shed shell completed ready for cladding.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where the posts intersected with the<br />
arched valances - there was cast iron corbel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To represent the corbel I filled between<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shed now ready for painting.<br />
A coat of primer then a<br />
coat of mid grey to represent the<br />
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-62863810114422908462015-11-06T21:29:00.000+11:002015-11-06T21:29:03.460+11:00The Signal Cabin....<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used a kit I bought from the US and modified it to look more like the one that used to be in the yard. I added corrugated iron to the roof instead of the tar tiles and shortened the base, but still keeping the lower floor window and door. This is a laser cut timber and card kit which I found to be very accurately cut and easy to assemble. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The basic cabin put together with some of the bottom section shortened before assembly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kit that I used from the US.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The roof was ok to use but needed to be enlarged slightly,</span><br style="font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Again I used styrene corrugated iron and copper wire with copier paper for the ridge capping.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The guttering I made using 1.5mm styrene angle iron, and a couple<br />of down pipes ready to go on after they are painted.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once painted in SAR colours of the era, I think it's quite convincing. Just need to put all those damned weeds in and around it now!</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The completed signal cabin in place.</td></tr>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-14573713177305320532015-11-06T21:07:00.001+11:002015-11-06T21:08:00.635+11:00The station water crane<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background: white; color: #141823; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the water
cranes for the station, which was not a common type for the South Australian Railways was situated at the end of the island platform. M</span></span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">ade from plastic tube with a piece of copper wire inserted inside to hold the shape once the tube was bent. Some small steel washers were used to represent the cast pipe flanges (at the valve) and a hand brake wheel from the scrap box for the valve wheel.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water column at the station</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made this crane from a Chupa Chupa<br />
stick, some styrene and some copper<br />
rings made from wire. A timber post<br />
was then glued to support it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted white with the black valve at the bottom.</td></tr>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-3947911914386157102015-11-06T19:02:00.002+11:002015-11-06T21:07:49.782+11:00Port Dock Station canopy<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using copper wire that has been<br />
work hardened, the joints are<br />
soldered to form the truss frames.<br />
Each frame will be the same as the next.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front most truss frame was<br />
different in that it was deeper to<br />
hold the timber panelling.<br />
Only one of these was needed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another jig plate was made so I<br />
could form all of the frames together<br />
to create the canopy structure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canopy ready for placing on the model.</td></tr>
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trusses. Checked for fit and made a few small adjustments so it fitted into the post rails. Solder all the linking rods to make all the
trusses rigid and add the top ridge vent along the whole length using three lengths of scrap Code 83 rail.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The canopy was made so that it<br />
slipped in between the post rails.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canopy in place and glued<br />
in with Supa-glue</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Styrene scribed sheet or"match-board"<br />
valance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted and weathered ready to<br />
glue onto the end of the canopy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The resulting model now painted and compared<br />
to the prototype it has that distinct likeness.<br />
The internal telegraph poles were also made<br />
and placed on the platforms.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even though the model is only about half the length it should be, I think<br />
the right "look" and atmosphere has been created.</td></tr>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-55038378617091673142015-11-06T18:23:00.001+11:002015-11-06T18:27:24.879+11:00Point and signal rodding for the yard<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Point & signal rodding all in.....made from copper wire and styrene, supaglued down one wire at a time. Though only static, they are essential. The wire is about 0.8mm to 1mm in diameter, and the same material was used for the bell-cranks which were just bent with a pair of long nose pliers and slightly squashed make them a little flat.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Copper wire is a very useful material<br />
in this instance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWBcT84AIIC9VeAMdBLTXlVE9dILgpK-nc8tcz4JzeEJ5c11-hvx7CracteQfa8HHaHR9oYf8v2RJUOntZaKj76cM2pqTFjYsh4A46cHbixB6dDEvXLNBj8aDzviFtgMU5eEAFkcQMvA/s1600/IMGP7452-33.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWBcT84AIIC9VeAMdBLTXlVE9dILgpK-nc8tcz4JzeEJ5c11-hvx7CracteQfa8HHaHR9oYf8v2RJUOntZaKj76cM2pqTFjYsh4A46cHbixB6dDEvXLNBj8aDzviFtgMU5eEAFkcQMvA/s200/IMGP7452-33.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each of the main points (or turnouts)<br />
areactivated by point rodding.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The point rodding seen down along<br />
the track on the left hand side.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ07sLhVFz_M7HaebRj39lJSJmZBzCwocAJvTVnw7uOUFZeWonbQbliwMBD_1fctfA7r5l5Hx-5TtaQ0nDICFTMi9OlfmoIL8qlt4HxwyA60nuo0cZX3a7Z_3k0CIboyiOLEcO4HYoJoA/s1600/IMGP7460-33.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ07sLhVFz_M7HaebRj39lJSJmZBzCwocAJvTVnw7uOUFZeWonbQbliwMBD_1fctfA7r5l5Hx-5TtaQ0nDICFTMi9OlfmoIL8qlt4HxwyA60nuo0cZX3a7Z_3k0CIboyiOLEcO4HYoJoA/s200/IMGP7460-33.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed rodding painted and then<br />
with weathering using powders.<br />
The signal cabin will butt up to<br />
the timber planking.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something missed by many modellers is the fact that the odd diesel or railcar spills oil. Running a diluted brown/grey oil spill along the track in a straight line can add to that little extra detail to track-work.</td></tr>
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-27377731543093961712015-11-06T18:07:00.001+11:002015-11-06T18:09:13.725+11:00Lower Quadrant signalling for the yard<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by the<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The lower quadrants signals in the yard were in place right up until the end of the station yard's existence. I made these from the Ratio brand LNER signals kit and used some left over GWR arms from the Porthminster layout. Suitable modifications were made to give them that look that you see in the prototype photos.The arms were modified to a taper as were the arrangements of components to get the desired result. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a soldering iron to "melt in"<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I always add hand railing to the bracket signals not supplied in the kits. Our signals share a common heritage with the United Kingdom signalling as the majority of the early South Australian Railway signals were imported from there.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by the late<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted and ready for weathering.The 3rd shunting<br />
signal half way up the mast is for the reverse<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The yard clearance signal for main line (right arm) and<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The yard home signal for station (left arm) and<br />
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Gavin Thrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15602883375417191792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7648400404064901344.post-3371328314513823852015-11-06T17:35:00.000+11:002015-11-06T17:35:09.858+11:00Red Hill Bridge<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bridge itself is modelled on the old "Redhill Bridge" that straddled the rail yards carrying Grand Junction Road. The base is 6mm MDF with two slots cut in so it self locates over the hinges and doesn't move. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bridge deck made from 6mm MDF and girder glued into the slot cut in the centre.<br />The loose timber strips will be glued in to form roadside guttering.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The prototype Red Hill Bridge used to create the model.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was an unusual structure with only a centre girder to support the two road decks either side, unlike conventional bridges with a girder on both outer sides of the road deck. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The underside showing the rare earth magnets used to hold the bridge in place over the hinges on the abutments.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The girder is soldered tin and brass with the fencing made from styrene corrugated iron, with styrene and timber railings and posts. </span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The completed removable bridge in place with an Rx Class locomotive to give<br />comparison of the size of this structure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The road deck with completed guttering and weathering of road surfaces and fencing.<br />A couple of vehicles add to the scene, both late 1950s and early 1960s era.</td></tr>
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