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andykins
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01/26/2012 : 04:50:01 AM
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| this thread will follow the goings on with our new club layout |
"Is it really "rivet counting" if it's regarding NBW castings?"
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
3895 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2012 : 05:07:48 AM
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Right.
allow me to explain the name.
Perfection, because we're full of ourselves and our layout will be, not really, we just thought it had a nice ring to it for a town name.
king's county? well one club member whos not too found of on30, and the club layout (so is building his own HO layout at the same time, whitch will be seen in the background photos) so we named the made up county after him.
why georgia? no real reason other then the layout being roughly based in the somewhere in the south, it sounded nice with the over all name too.
the back story.
as a club, we've built nothing but members layouts for the last gosh who knows how many years, with meeting place after meeting place with no storage we where limited to what we could do.
we now meet at the sompting village hall, and we where granted permission to erect a metal shed. this leaks like a sive and everything with in soon went mouldy, not great, so back to member slayouts/nothing.
at a recent-ish meeting with the powers to be, we put forward that we would love one of the outside brick sheds, since anothe rgroup (babies and toddlers) was moving out, however the powers to be thought 3 model railway clubs having all the sheds would be a bad idea (yeah i cant work that one out too)
so the W.I. was ****ed of one of 4 cupards (they meet once a month and had 4 and only use one...) and FINALY we had something, and we set to work making it work for us with new shelving.
the largest we can fit, is 5 foot by 17inches so thats what we're working too.
time for some photos i think
the egineshed im building, goes up the far end. depot in the middle of the loop, streets at 90' to the track with stores and buildings.
just to be different, in that rather random siding, we're having a pickle factory, maybe not quite southern, but different anyway, we've not seen one on a british(built) layout yet
talking of stores and buildings
hereis our chairman working away on a board joint i think with other goings on in the back ground (sound fitting a connie, and mr king's HO layout) (worth pointing out he started before him, we have more boards, more track and have already run trains...)
and over all (so far..)
the bridge is the main feture of the layout, we wanted different, we where bored of layouts with short and tall trestle bridges, we went the other way, its coloured with creosote! pretty good match we think ;)
and what about the green bit? well thats the fiddle yard, save picking stuff up (and risking it being droped) the whole thing turns a full 360 allowing us to turn trains around, we think we can get 4 tracks on this.
i also got to try something ive always wanted too, hand laying rail
bit wobbly, but then so is most of the track, its ment to be... if anyone asks
and finaly, the thing that we agree saved the club from folding
if you can guess how we get the boards out, i'll give you a cookie.
updates will be roughly weekly since we meet weekly, i shall also post what im doing at home for the layout, im sure you've seen the engineshed, just in case, since we have a few new comers here it is as it stands.
we hope you will enjoy following us each week
cheers
southshore group *coughsplutter* andy |
"Is it really "rivet counting" if it's regarding NBW castings?"
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Edited by - andykins on 01/26/2012 08:17:21 AM |
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Rick
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 01/26/2012 : 08:38:32 AM
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Cool.
Glad your club finally has space to building something.
I for one will enjoy following along.
If you want to fix the bit wobbly track, unless you want that narrow gauge charm, you can add more spikes.
Usually every third or fourth tie works well.
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Dustymalaymann
Engine Wiper
Malaysia
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Posted - 01/26/2012 : 08:54:25 AM
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Hi Andy, thought for minute you were building a layout in a 5 foot x 17 inch cupboard ha ha. Anyway thanks for introducing us and I will follow with enthusiasm. Great progress so far on the layout and the engine shed.
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
3895 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2012 : 09:17:43 AM
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thanks rick, so are we too! we will go back with more spikes later, for the moment i've spike right on the bents we'll go back over next week we hope (and run a train over the bridge) however the wobble was where i left the centre line while trying to get to grips with handlaying. its not too noticable, you can kinda see it int he over all photo. at the far end it goes off to the left before comeing back to the centre at the start of the bridge! opps
thanks for following keith! |
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swissrails
Engine Wiper
USA
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Posted - 01/26/2012 : 09:18:10 AM
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| Andy, Looks great, what is the sector plate / turn table thing made of? What is the green stuff? Looks cool. |
Peter (swissrails)
http://www.randomrailroad.blogspot.com |
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BigLars
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 01/26/2012 : 09:22:20 AM
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Hi Andy,
They make pickles in the South, there are pickle factories in GA.
NC is the third largest producer of Pickles in the US. Let me know if the club needs any pictures of southern stuff.
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 01/26/2012 : 09:23:23 AM
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Andy, I'm glad that the club finally worked something out and didn't fold.
I'll check in on your updates. |
Bruce
Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 |
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
3895 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2012 : 09:31:15 AM
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peter, MDF, the guy who made it thinks its for outdoor use and hence the green, but MDF and MDF slides well so works for us
oh thats great to hear larry, the small amount of reasearch we've done *cough* one magazine article*cough* had a plan based on one in the midwest, i shall pass the news onto the chairman :D and im sure we shall take up your offer if we get stuck on something !
bruce thanks! |
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MinerFortyNiner
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 01/26/2012 : 09:43:16 AM
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| Looking good Andy! Keep us up on progress, this will be interesting to see as developments progress. |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
3895 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2012 : 11:42:58 AM
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ahh i see martin, thanks for filling us in, but this is an indoor layout so no worries there :)
thanks verne! |
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Schoolmaster
Fireman
USA
1581 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2012 : 11:55:33 AM
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| How are you mating the ends of the modules? I'm interested in techniques for the joints in my pier. |
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
3895 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2012 : 12:09:36 PM
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| basic nuts and wing nuts with a slightly oversized hole to allow adjustments works well and has worked well on most layouts we've built. track joints, like my layout and most newer layouts we have worked on, brass screws set at the edges with the rail soldered to them. |
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Georgia Gulf
Engine Wiper
United Kingdom
100 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2012 : 04:47:28 AM
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| Andy can you bring some India Ink on wednesday |
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
3895 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2012 : 05:36:27 AM
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hello nick nice to see the powers to be let you join :D
yeah i will, really you'll only need a drop or two. got a whole tub. |
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Perfection, King's county, GEORGIA.
