Sunday Evening Pictures

[royale]

The very best of luck with your new railroad - seems like you've got a great start on the project and a good supply of logs for the winter.

 

[MR SPOCK]

After what seems like for ever, I have finally got to where I wanted to be , my new shed is almost finished and I have moved my clobber into it, [/b]​

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I got the baseboards fitted and the track plan worked out , plus today I glued doown som track underlay, never having had the luxury of a shed before the thought of ballasted track is a novelty, I have used foam sheet as an underlay stuck down with PVA the plan being to ballast like the tichy scales do,[/b]​

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[Richie]

Hi Pete
Nice to see the Sunday evening pictures once again
Was only thinking of you the other day when I saw that Accucraft are bringing out the 4-6-4 Dreyfuss Hudson would look fantastic on your line .
Looks like you have had a very busy summer great work with the train shed .

 

[beavercreek]

By Heck Pete, you certainly have got a crack on!

I envy your shed mate, it would be nice to have somewhere warm and dry to muck about with G scale.

 

[Gizzy]

When I ballasted Hardyard, I used Peco O scale ballast mixed with powered Casemite glue.

It has worked very well; despite the layout riding in the trailer when going to exhibitions, the ballast has stayed put....

 

[MR SPOCK]

When I ballasted Hardyard, I used Peco O scale ballast mixed with powered Casemite glue.

It has worked very well; despite the layout riding in the trailer when going to exhibitions, the ballast has stayed put....

Cheers for that info may look at doing that, just stuck the last of the foam down today

 

[MR SPOCK]

Now that the shed is watertight and painted i have started plotting the route of the track,​

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it will be a continuous double dog bone but only single line, the shed upper level is approx the highest point of the metal deck in the first pic the lower shed level is the ground level of the inner loop,​

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I got the styrene blocks from a building project skip, hopefully it will kill two birds being stable and hopefully keep the dreaded bamboo at bay , the timber frame in the other pics will be a decking affair with a pond between it and the track ideal I hope for my G&T railfanning haha ​

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[beavercreek]

You certainly have got a shift on with the new layout. More power to that man!
I am very envious of your shed Pete.....

 

[trammayo]

Nice to have Sunday Evening Pictures back. Keep up the good work!

 

[annieshalt]

good work there pete, i was thinking with the slope on the garden , a beautiful long tressle bridge would look realy nice.
now has that put the cat amongst the pigeons.

 

[MR SPOCK]

The climb from ground level is about two feet over a sixty foot rn but as the shed is at a lower level it gives a table height inside of three foot, and a lower level of two foot, hopefully the lower will accommodate passing loops,​

any suggestions about a trestle style and materials gratefully received, visions of that video of terror trestle springs to mind hoho​

good work there pete, i was thinking with the slope on the garden , a beautiful long tressle bridge would look realy nice.
now has that put the cat amongst the pigeons.
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[MR SPOCK]

[font="arial black,avant garde"]The post arrived Saturday with a fleet of Checker cabs, [/font]​

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[font="arial black,avant garde"]twelve of them cost more in import duty than original price no wonder USA cant make nothing from exports, and yet another stinging tax from UK gov,[/font]​

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[font="arial black,avant garde"]they had to be delivered by train of course then a visit to the garage for fuel, dont know what gas was in 1962?[/font]​

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[font="arial black,avant garde"]also got my raised deck done despite the persistent rain, the blue styrene is now in my loft keeping me warm, but at least it killed off some of the weeds and grass and made it easier to work out levels and track routes,[/font]​

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[MR SPOCK]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170870181162?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 < Link To http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm...ksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

They are marked as 1/32 on the advert but look more like 1/35, thats ok for me as I will be using them at a distance from the main railway,

they are also selling twelve packs of other vehicles,

My next item to find is a yellow school bus or greyhound coach at 1/32

Love the cabs, are they 1:24 or 1:32? and the main question, where from?!!

 

[MR SPOCK]

At last I am able to do things of my own choice, don't let anyone tell you moving house is easy, or its always warm in Cornwall,
Here are some progress pics in the shed , compare them to some of the previous posts, ​

 

[MR SPOCK]

Sunday 17th,and the sun has shone in Cornwall for the first time without rain for the proverbial 40 days and nights
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[Rhinochugger]

Sunday 17th,and the sun has shone in Cornwall for the first time without rain for the proverbial 40 days and nights
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Nice to see a couple of sharks there