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After posting the last photo I was alarmed to notice how narrow gauge the track looks when viewed from a camera placed on the layout. The above photo is more of a viewer perspective of the layout. An advantage of high level benchwork is that that it makes the narrower gauge less obvious.
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Six down, three to go. Hopefully this weekend will see the completion of all nine wagons of the Bell liner. Later this year when C-Line introduce their Bell reefer two will be added to the train, eleven wagons and a locomotive being the maximum length the fiddle yard will hold. The last few weeks has seen a lot of scenery building and I am looking forward to cleaning up the layout and railway room and getting back to some operation. The new Bell liner will greatly improve the mid seventies operating session.
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I found this on You Tube last night.
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These images are from an e mail sent out by Silver Fox a few days ago.
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You mention that your available space is reasonable for OO but tight for 21mm. This leads me to ask about minimum radius for 21mm gauge based on your experience. This is something I have often wondered about.
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http://mrv.trains.com/videos/issue-preview/2013/12/video-model-railroad-planning-2014-issue-preview Here is a video preview of the 2014 issue.
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I'm delighted to see you back. Looking forward to seeing more of your great work.
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I have been reading Model Railroad Planning since the first issue in 1995 and it has greatly influenced the design of my railway. Any of Tony Koester's (MRP editor) books are highly recommended.
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Recent progress on scenery west of Glen More.
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I had a minor issue with the stone walls on this section of the layout which I had not previously encountered. As mentioned in an earlier post they are made from cat lit mixed with white glue and formed on the layout. On this section after the glue dried contraction occurred leaving gaps in the wall. It was easily fixed by patching with cat lit white glue mix or simply hiding the gap with foliage.
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Waterford Cork Bell liner east of Glen More.
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No, the ones at Gort were used used to haul ore from Silvermines to Foynes.
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Has anyone unearthed a drawing of the magnesite wagons?
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Beautiful job on the Park Royal. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
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This is the second 4 wheel container flat that I have built. An improved brake lever was fitted and the buffers are at 6 foot centers which in my opinion improve the appearance.
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Today scenery was extended to the East end of Glen More including an accommodation crossing.
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Thanks for the positive comments. Since the layout is set early in the beet season I have been trying out Woodland Scenics fall foliage and dead foliage on trees, some of which I need to fill out a bit more. The other materials used are light green coarse turf, olive green underbrush and light green clump foliage. I had mixed in some medium green coarse turf on the area around Grange but having none on hand a few weeks ago and having an itch to build scenery I went ahead without it thinking it could be added later. As it turned out the results were better so now the medium green is no longer used.
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Latest progress on the layout has been the scenery East of Glen More around the road over bridge at the entrance to the fiddle yard.
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They were also used to shunt Fenit pier until the mid seventies.
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Here is a short video of a few trains passing Keilys Cross.
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The buffers are from Dart castings http://www.dartcastings.co.uk/mjt/2350.php which can also improve the SSM brake van . The brake lever bothers me, it should be heavier and will be replaced. A handy etch with brake gear and rectangular plates would make this conversion so much easier.........and decals of course!
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Almost completed.
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I should add that inspiration for this conversion came from hidden-agenda's tutorial on ballast hoppers.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]11811[ Progress on the first 27101 series flat car which will be used with Bell containers. I'm waiting on one eight inch plastistruct channel for the buffer beams. This will also extend the wagons to a more prototypical length.
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