Amiens Street Terminus

[BosKonay]

It is - I got a batch of card ones off ebay to have a play, they arent bad, though could use a little more skill than mine in assembly :)

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Yoy're flying Stephen. Is that a Bell container I see in pic 2.

 

Rich,

 

There is nothing wrong with your eyes mate when you can see that I even missed that oneROFL

[BosKonay]

The boards will get shoved back in against the wall when I've finished the tracklaying, popped on the backscene and laid the back platforms (save me poor back reaching over the boards )

[201bhoy]

This layout is class! Is it just me, or should the bachmann engine shed be over to the left a little so that the tracks are in the middle?

[BosKonay]

Hi 201 - it's very roughly placed for now just for sizing, etc

[201bhoy]

Oh that's good then

[BosKonay]

Got the points and track glued down and droppered for the coach sidings, tomorrow hopefully will get the per-way sidings done and I'll snap a few update photos!

[Guest hidden-agenda]

Your flying and looking forward to more pics.

[BosKonay]

Minor update on the throat and coach sidings so far…

 

[Broithe]

Ladders and walkways on the shed look very good - health and safety!..

[BosKonay]

LOL, it's the track complexity and points I'm worrying about mainly at the moment :)

A few more days should see the coach sidings and per way sidings functional, as well as the throat to those points.

 

I need to sort motors for the points next so I can power the frogs and get decent running

[BosKonay]

Got the coach sidings fully laid just there now, one more todo ticket off

 

Once the glue dries, I'll have an excuse to dig up a few boxes of cravens and 'practice' shunting the coaches between the sidings and platforms

 

Next week then the plan is to cut, lay, glue and dropper the per way sidings and the overall station throat down to mainline level....

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

A long way to go mate you may get stuck in over the weekend

[BosKonay]

i know - I honestly don't know how you make such rapid progress!!

 

Are the elves appearing in the night to lay track for ye ?

[Waterfordtrain]

its looking great wishing i had a room like that.

[RedRich]

i know - I honestly don't know how you make such rapid progress!!

 

Are the elves appearing in the night to lay track for ye ?

 

I was about to suggest the same thing myself Stephen. With all the other things he has going on he should win multi tasker of the year. Mind you I think that the younger Bosko's must be sneaking out of the bedroom at night to lay track on Amiens Street, especially when we see the rate that you are moving at too. When it comes down to the wiring and other electrics for my own layout I could offer cheap B&B for both of you at Casa RedRich.

 

Rich.

 

Rich,

[BosKonay]

Sounds like a plan

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

i know - I honestly don't know how you make such rapid progress!!

 

Are the elves appearing in the night to lay track for ye ?

 

 

Once you've stripped a car down and rewired it and built this, model railway layouts ain't that hard

 

 

 

 

[BosKonay]

And per way sidings cut and nailed down

[BosKonay]

[BosKonay]

 

 

 

[201bhoy]

Boskonay, are you planning to make the platform out of hornby stuff or something, or are you going to do the MDF job?

[BosKonay]

I've got some Peco platform sides I'm going to try out, and then most likely use a printed card for the platform surface (scalescenes, or perhaps Glenderg )

 

My platforms are too wide for any of the off the shelf options!

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

I think Stephen you may be better of to cut them out of MDF or PLY and attach your platform sides Wills stone or what ever you want to use. Another good platform is the Metcalf platform as you get wide sheets and you can cut them to the size you want

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

 

You need to get some water hooked up to that wash

[BosKonay]

Cheers Anthony!

 

Yes the wash has its work cut out for it with that minging cafe bar

[Broithe]

I'm only surprised that Anto hasn't converted one to fire dirt...

[BosKonay]

Don't give him ideas

[201bhoy]

[BosKonay]

Have seen that - am a big fan of everard jctn

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Everard Junction does so great videos I always look forward to his new releases

[BosKonay]

Quick update but no photos today

 

Got all the points between the platforms and the mainline down today (the station throat). 7 large points, 3 medium a double slip and a crossover all adjusted, frog isolated, droppers soldered, laid, glued and set Phew!

 

Hopefully tomorrow I'll get a few snaps once the glue has gone off and I can take the weights off the trackwork

 

This was the big bit that was scaring me from my planning days and I'm happy to say that, as long as you just focus on each point as an individual, and go through the steps carefully, there is nothing more to it than laying a single point

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Looking forward to the pictures

[RedRich]

Quick update but no photos today

 

Got all the points between the platforms and the mainline down today (the station throat). 7 large points, 3 medium a double slip and a crossover all adjusted, frog isolated, droppers soldered, laid, glued and set Phew!

 

Hopefully tomorrow I'll get a few snaps once the glue has gone off and I can take the weights off the trackwork

 

This was the big bit that was scaring me from my planning days and I'm happy to say that, as long as you just focus on each point as an individual, and go through the steps carefully, there is nothing more to it than laying a single point

 

No photos today , standards are slipping Stephen, get your finger out young man.

 

Rich,

[Irish Rail]

Coming along very nicely... Love the weathering! You can't beat them bachmann building I hope feature several on my layout! So us how much we've came on from Superquick card building being are main source.