Today on the WGLR

Mel, back a few posts when you were describing how you (very successfully) weathered the 'Wiggly' van you mentioned Model Town rust powder. I have seen this stuff used to great effect but have not heard of Model Town brand. Where do you get it?
 
beavercreek said:
Mel, back a few posts when you were describing how you (very successfully) weathered the 'Wiggly' van you mentioned Model Town rust powder. I have seen this stuff used to great effect but have not heard of Model Town brand. Where do you get it?
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Mike, a link to the Model Town website;

http://www.modeltown.co.uk/

They don't seem to advertise the rust dust on their website and (perhaps understandably) won't send it by post, so you have to buy it from them at one of the exhibitions. However, they do attend pretty much all of the major shows.
 
What a fantastic day!! The weather has been lovely and trains have been running since 09.00. :thumbup::thumbup:

I've also been busy - the interchange sidings at Gooey are really starting to take shape. I'm fairly sure that I'm going to have some of the old GRS standard gauge track left over, so I've come up with the idea of an extra siding appearing from "off stage" in the left foreground giving a similar sort of look to the old bottom goods yard at Machynlleth (which included the interchange with the Corris). I'm thinking of providing a yard crane here to allow goods to be transferred, not only from std gauge to narrow gauge, but also from lorries (or visa versa).
The MOCK UP loading bay platform shows how the other 2 std gauge sidings will both have an end loading capability. The platform has room for both 3 std gauge wagons and 3 narrow gauge. Additionally, loads can be transferred by parking the wagons alongside the centre road.

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The building that I modified a couple of weeks ago will now be used as the goods office (there will be steps leading up to that door before Mr Picky says anything :rolf::rolf: ). The narrow gauge siding will climb a ramp as it curves round, the siding being raised slightly to bring wagons to the right height for the std gauge platform. I could fit in more track, but I don't want it looking too over crowded and I've got a few ideas for buildings I want to add, chief of which is a stable for shunting horses (used on BR until 1967).

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The station throat at Gooey has been modified to allow access to the interchange without blocking the platform roads. The siding doubles as a head shunt and a stabling siding for the duty shunter.

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Talking of the duty shunter, this had me a bit flumuxed. I only have one battery powered loco that doesn't run with a battery wagon and that's the Corpet (No 4) which is a bit "posh" to be used for shunting duties. I also can't afford another battery RC set-up at the moment. Then the answer came to me over my second coffee this morning - the good old original Stainz from my first ever starter set is still track powered, so I re-laid the track as above and gave it a good old clean. Now I've always been of the view that plates of spaghetti are only for eating and my old analogue train engineer always used to work with just 2 wires going to the track (contrary to some popular belief), but I haven't used track power since about last May and those 2 wires are about as far away from Gooey as you can get on my railway. So would it work? Yep, first time. Control isn't quite as good as battery, especially at very slow speed over pointwork, but the good old Stainz has found a use again. If I have a rush of blood, I might even revert the little diesel kof back to track power. :thumbup::thumbup:
 
So here's the story of a goods train (War Dept. vans for RAF Fynnon Garew in this case) leaving the interchange.

The Stainz (no number at the mo and in need of a make-over since I nicked his number plates), draws the vans out of the interchange (down the ramp when it's done)............

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.......... and shunts them into platform 2 (which doubles as the tramway platform and goods departure road)......

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...... before parking up in it's own little siding beside the wiggly van body (for now) and the stone circle field .......

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...... Meanwhile Baldwin No.5 sits in platform 1 with a stores van picked up from the engine shed (just as well cos it's got the batteries in it). No 5 is banned from entering the interchange sidings due to it's overhang fouling the loading gauge (as I found out when I tried earlier) .................

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............ before pulling forwards and reversing onto the front of it's train, next stop Cockshutt Mortimer.

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Great stuff Mel. Looks like you've re-entered the dark world of track-powered Stainz-ness. :thumbup:
 
Oooh for a 'modern' WGLR? - with a decent 'British' paint job it's got a family likeness to the IOMR Schoema 'Viking'... which has been in both lined brunswick green, and currently lined apple green...
 
Lookin good Mel - although I don't get Stainzii personally - there's one holding a shelf down somewhere in the garage, but it has never run!! The Baldwin is looking really good, definately approve of that! :thumbup:

still feeling the need to use that campsite.......;)
 
Great work Mel love the photo's :bigsmile:
 
Nice work Mel....
 
Looking good Mel.... but track power again? I really thought you had joined the "dark side" of batteries for good:D:D
Love how that Baldwin looks, a proper engine that is...
Hopefully we might be getting a new shed/workshop soon on the site of our current naff garage, your shed has made me wonder what the t'other half would say to adding some nice railway bits!

ATB

Steph'
 
A bit more progress today. :thumbup:

The interchange goods dock / platform is now built. Take no notice of the colour, that's just preservative and undercoat (hence the reason it's the same colour as da shed). All the wood is pressure treated anyway, so it should last a while. You can see from this picture why the narrow gauge siding will have to be raised slightly. Loading an open wagon wouldn't be too bad, but loading a van could be quite challenging.

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I couldn't resist having just a bit of a play to see how things will look. :bigsmile:

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I also ran a tram by way of a change. I've been having a think about the tramway and running it off to it's own return loop (all are battery powered so no electrical wizardry required). The only problem is, this would take the place of the proposed RAF base, so we'll have to wait and see what transpires?

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I'm thinking about giving the trams their own battery RC equipped coach (the 4 wheeler in the photo) complete with one of those cheapo uncoordinated sound cards. The fact that it wasn't coordinated to the motion would not be an issue with a tram? A designated tramway brake van is also on the cards. How would we cope without a list of plans? :bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:
 
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