Kirley Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Fantastic viaduct Stephen, it’s hard to match a professional job, well done Dave –it’s a great advertisement for your skills. Again I would recommend Glenderg to provide covering for the viaduct; he’s doing some bridge covers for me hopefully to arrive before Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Thanks guys for the kind words, much appreciated:tumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201bhoy Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I love the viaduct, it's superb! There are so many layouts I am gaining inspiration from on the site, Anthony's Ballykay, Annestown, Noel's Tara Junction to name just a few, but I especially love this layout and Baby GM's layout as you can see the day-to-day progress! I can't wait to see the first first train passing over the viaduct and the station terminus when it's finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barl Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 That viaduct looks brilliant, lovely job:-bd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Managed to make lots of invisible progress today Soldered droppers to 12 lengths of flex track and 6 points Cleared and started layout for the mainline and drilled all the holes for the last few points at the terminus junction, and mocked up some track over the viaduct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Sorry for the photos! Forgot to put on the lights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirley Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I agree with the "invisible progress" situation, after working for hours nothing seems to have changed. But laying track on the viaduct is one very positive statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201bhoy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Lovely sweeping curve on the viaduct! Looks just right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyGM Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Brilliant work I can't wait to see the viaduct up and running with an 071 going round it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Me neither! The radius across the viaduct is just around 1 meter, and I plan to superelevate the running lines too, so the DD set should look lovely sweeping around the curve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Me neither! The radius across the viaduct is just around 1 meter, and I plan to superelevate the running lines too, so the DD set should look lovely sweeping around the curve I love watching this progress Stephen. There is great modelling all round. I know that it is inspiring a lot of people myself included. It's going to be special and your efforts are an example to all of how hard work and persistence go hand in hand to produce a magical layout. Rich, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Thanks Rich, I worry sometimes I'm boring the pants off people with too many 'work in progress' shots and not enough 'trains' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulzer201 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Its never boring Steven as Rich says its great to see individual projects and components of the layout coming together and developing. There is a lot of work and attention to detail required on a large layout of this scale and quality. For the likes of myself it is raising the bar and giving food for thought for making improvements, albeit, on a much smaller and less complex scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hidden-agenda Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 That viaduct looks great and Dave has done an excellent job on it, some brick work around it and you have a sight to behold with trains passing over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Thanks Rich, I worry sometimes I'm boring the pants off people with too many 'work in progress' shots and not enough 'trains' That's never going to be an issue Stephen, look at how many pages and replies that are in this thread. When I am ready to start my own layout I will be using DCC and cobalt motors for points and signals. So there will be questions fired in your direction. We're getting a free education and it's about model railways, how good is that. Rich, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Keep the photos coming Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Thanks for the encouragement lads, for me the posts are as much a diary as anything else I get an hour here, two hours there, sometimes going a week or two without any time, so keeping a log and taking snaps helps remind me where I left off and what I'm actually getting done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Finishing the junction at the mouth of the station, thought I'd try a new approach on the ballasting. For this crossover, I plastered the underlay with glue, then stuck the crossing down, poking the wires through the pre-drilled holes. Then liberally poured ballast all over, 'tamping' it down with a finger. A few hours later and the excess brushed off it looks like this - not bad at all, no ballast on track, on the rails, etc, and very very easy! Will invest in a little hand held hoover methinks - but an excellent way to ballast points and crossings 'as you go'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Second little job was sticking down the underlay for the sweep of mainline in front of the terminus, swinging off to the left in the distance. Edited December 11, 2012 by BosKonay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 [ATTACH=CONFIG]4405[/ATTACH] thought I'd try a new approach on the ballasting Great to see as many approaches to this mystic part of layout creation as possible. In fairness, your layout has everything ballast wise, from high shoulders to diesel dipped platform areas, so a tutorial might be posted when you're finished ? 2017? Possibly a rolling tutorial? R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Is that a timber train on the left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Glenderg - good idea - I'm going to lay more points and straights with this new method, so will snap photos of the steps. Wrenn - - I actually had to go back and look at the photo to see what you meant :) Very funny That's the TooBEToo Special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 That timber train is brilliant =)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I'll confess that I looked at it for a while before I finally saw it. Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirley Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 When I saw it I thought it was a Block Train! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 :Groan: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BosKonay Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Timber train has cleared the line In prep for track laying and the start of the curve to the left ahead, heading for the lift-out section in front of the door, before the viaduct! Too wavy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishthump Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Timber train has cleared the line In prep for track laying and the start of the curve to the left ahead, heading for the lift-out section in front of the door, before the viaduct! Too wavy? Personally I would try to have one long, gentle curve. It can be a bit peculiar looking if a long train's coaches are bobbing from side to side! Have you got the space to do that? Everything looks great though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I need a slight S to align the junction at the throat with the junction in the foreground The track basically turns after the throat junction, then takes a sweeping curve to meet the next junction - the photos make it seem a bit more abrupt maybe than it is - the entire wave is about 8 feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 As you can see, I need to turn more sharply after the throat to avoid those sidings (hindsight of course would have left them out, or reduced to one). Once cleared, the track gently realigns with the crossing in the foreground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 The 'S' looks OK to me... it's gentle enough and it's a feature that isn't all that uncommon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishthump Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 The track basically turns after the throat junction, then takes a sweeping curve to meet the next junction - the photos make it seem a bit more abrupt maybe than it is - the entire wave is about 8 feet I wish you had put up that picture before I opened my big mouth! It looks a lot better from that direction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Not at all, I find the iphone seems to compress the field from some angles! I could of course say that I'm aiming for a 'no straight lines' model :) Covers a multitude of sins :) Thanks a million for the feedback guys! Hope tomorrow to get the last few points in the throat laid and this section of mainline from the throat to the lift out section laid, then move directly on to starting the same over the viaduct! With a bit of luck, i should have powered track running over the viaduct by the middle of next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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