tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23685283018236745222024-02-19T16:01:35.689-08:00Pennine 2mm Area GroupThe new Blog of the Pennine Area Group of the 2mm Scale AssociationJohn Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751818053244915791noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-32567746372745008582021-05-03T08:00:00.002-07:002021-05-03T08:19:41.001-07:00Quick 4F and 40 Conversions<span style="font-family: verdana;">Before clearing the modelling desk ready for tracklaying operations, I decided that it was worth doing a 'quick' conversion of a Farish 4F that I'd had the bits for lying round since getting them at a Supermeet in Chelford some years ago.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saturday was spent prepping the wheels, giving them initial coat of paint and then using the quartering too to mount them in the bearings and the axle muff.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The coupling rods were soldered up from those on the old faithful 3-205 etch, which despite being designed for the old Poole Era Farish/Ballantine Wheels was still an exact fit. These are, in my view, more robust than the more recent Jinty coupling rods designed around the current Farish Jinty loco. That said, I did use the 4F balance weights from the more recent etch.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After discovering I'd got some of the wheels mixed up between the leading and middle axles I was able, by early Saturday evening, to have it up and running on the rolling road -</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmXHgN6uiYQNFtO2Gu4CqTOB_EgmBqgBxN1XSUkthXD87TGskG_H-oUJfww_mSsS20NlLtjHrOlEeKbBPZlQn4KvYrSQkUx7gevc0CmHX0iy3JxFh_fRK6DpyBeYSNdtPDgnc95X4_SA/s2582/20210503_110740+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="2582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmXHgN6uiYQNFtO2Gu4CqTOB_EgmBqgBxN1XSUkthXD87TGskG_H-oUJfww_mSsS20NlLtjHrOlEeKbBPZlQn4KvYrSQkUx7gevc0CmHX0iy3JxFh_fRK6DpyBeYSNdtPDgnc95X4_SA/s320/20210503_110740+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A bit of running in confirmed that the basics were OK and the quartering was pretty much spot on for once!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, when the inevitable rainy Bank Holiday Monday came, I soldered on the crankpin washers and cut them down to size, and this is how it looks so far on my test plank -</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwex3ZAzhHKuHSbeyK25VhHjyl8KQ-f4ImS6uvQIz5tOnp0kS2KNf7jU41NwiUloxjDLMFfHhT9juJ5gilRGQnsPTP7gl7RS7Dfi3Xje8FiH0qd8TMc86VvenyRkTErN6KeZidbGRrW3M/s2957/20210503_151519+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="2957" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwex3ZAzhHKuHSbeyK25VhHjyl8KQ-f4ImS6uvQIz5tOnp0kS2KNf7jU41NwiUloxjDLMFfHhT9juJ5gilRGQnsPTP7gl7RS7Dfi3Xje8FiH0qd8TMc86VvenyRkTErN6KeZidbGRrW3M/s320/20210503_151519+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's still in MR livery pretty much as it came from Farish, so it will be probably renumbered to LMS 3842, a loco shedded at Buxton though I imagine it'll be used to help to fill a current gap for LMS 0-6-0s on Lightcliffe so that number isn't finalised as yet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A much quicker conversion was for a blue Farish Class 40 - much simpler with 3-308 16t geared 7.5mm wheelsets for the driven axles and a pair of the new 3-313 6mm/1.5mm axles for the pony truck axles. Dead quick to do and it works a treat!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLmrDlT380gtMaMuQYhctGAMkt1zM1VTDdf2UPe92L_MTQhahLc1s6dHNAaJ96SyNBNicAkTwqgVuMMyjsm6w4lYpt2oeQ8mXX3okX5eOFrDddbqWmEYO-kNDCgLrzaqB01OG1JuCC8M/s3612/20210503_160455+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="3612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLmrDlT380gtMaMuQYhctGAMkt1zM1VTDdf2UPe92L_MTQhahLc1s6dHNAaJ96SyNBNicAkTwqgVuMMyjsm6w4lYpt2oeQ8mXX3okX5eOFrDddbqWmEYO-kNDCgLrzaqB01OG1JuCC8M/s320/20210503_160455+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLkTdr3pmfYnBbYsNXNK7wfwwIXGgOd6QEyMyDzCFb67mQTXzfbLA9wtl1Spq-pkmLO1eTUS11C70vlqEy2kV2Cuf0VhntTBqEynt7DTJfLN4V012LBwGvO7BnXg1bPT8a1HUcHty9vY/s3456/20210503_160549+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="3456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLkTdr3pmfYnBbYsNXNK7wfwwIXGgOd6QEyMyDzCFb67mQTXzfbLA9wtl1Spq-pkmLO1eTUS11C70vlqEy2kV2Cuf0VhntTBqEynt7DTJfLN4V012LBwGvO7BnXg1bPT8a1HUcHty9vY/s320/20210503_160549+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This will be staying as 40 012 Aureol, as it was towards the end of it's life in the early 80s but before it was renumbered to a 97/4 for the Crewe remodelling works, this does mean that I'll have to fill in the slots in the nose for mounting the headcode disks as I've not been able to find any pictures so far of it with the numbers painted on the nose and the discs still mounted. It'll also need the wheels painting black and a some appropriate weathering.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>John Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751818053244915791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-27917285789733767482021-04-29T13:08:00.001-07:002021-04-29T13:08:21.644-07:00Back after Lockdown<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since the last post a lot has happened, and over the last almost year and a half of lockdown chances to get to Keighley have been few and far between - mainly to check up on things and that's it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, with a hopeful return towards normality group meetings should be starting up again soon and we've been at work on various projects - to start with here's a bit of an overview and recap of what I've been up to over the last year or so.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">First up are a couple of loco conversion projects, starting with the Diesels - converted by either having the wheels turned down or by means of replacement wheelsets.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've done a lot of 37s - 37 425 is an example, destined initially for my Cameo project, of which more anon -</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxw_Vg_0LjfaSxIFDCgorJgmhKa04_gKjzFCsjv_72pbp2z47iiOqeHr4e1_oMA4B3iCDa8ITN-SunlXjCw_ZNIcWzQ8dlmKPU7lhPEOVpKN9IJDYDn87XBwystJrod0tAMbDQ3jPWRS0/s3267/20210422_142008+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="3267" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxw_Vg_0LjfaSxIFDCgorJgmhKa04_gKjzFCsjv_72pbp2z47iiOqeHr4e1_oMA4B3iCDa8ITN-SunlXjCw_ZNIcWzQ8dlmKPU7lhPEOVpKN9IJDYDn87XBwystJrod0tAMbDQ3jPWRS0/w459-h124/20210422_142008+%25282%2529.jpg" width="459" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've done a lot of work to lower the 37s, based on the work detailed in a number of RMWEB posts </span><a href="https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/127819-farish-37-lowering-dcc-sound-and-detailing-project/" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, </span><a href="https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/19364-how-i-lower-my-farish-class-37s-a-step-by-step-guide/" style="font-family: verdana;">here</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> and </span><a href="https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/5903-coombe-junction-moorswater-how-low-can-you-go/" style="font-family: verdana;">here</a><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This, compared with an as yet unmodified one, is the result...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOseQ8UX6r7ha4vlR7fy-DgKNwzT8UG9IPYaUOP1TkOeCJRNZiQAeqhubf8WFGpovdjJUEHzcTdQBU063KhQqTzoZoEfb_elWfS7Va21PuucfwzNLkwqs-_lAlTvbb4U42v5VgTUxUTGM/s3945/20210422_142213+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="3945" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOseQ8UX6r7ha4vlR7fy-DgKNwzT8UG9IPYaUOP1TkOeCJRNZiQAeqhubf8WFGpovdjJUEHzcTdQBU063KhQqTzoZoEfb_elWfS7Va21PuucfwzNLkwqs-_lAlTvbb4U42v5VgTUxUTGM/w527-h80/20210422_142213+%25282%2529.jpg" width="527" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div>The main thing I can contribute to the techniques described in the links is using Scotch double-sided mounting tape (which is just over 1.5mm think) to fix the tanks on to the chassis to accommodate the lowered body. It's worth noting that since the above picture was taken the wheels have been painted!</div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next up is a few Western influenced projects, firstly D9555, a Class 14 which was a 2nd attempt</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> to get it right after a botched initial conversion some years ago -</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2x9qO672gHPAtD2nrK9H8OC9OmTaNuYRXGyz3XvI0tIwSnOEXc-VBzugM776x38KUJhSP8C6I_LZjW6T3V8Vwu5U2bdMdpHtRDDZ3BH4r0AIU_QR8NacO0RpVQk3kSAh4a5aP2SaeT4/s2625/20210213_092807+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="2625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2x9qO672gHPAtD2nrK9H8OC9OmTaNuYRXGyz3XvI0tIwSnOEXc-VBzugM776x38KUJhSP8C6I_LZjW6T3V8Vwu5U2bdMdpHtRDDZ3BH4r0AIU_QR8NacO0RpVQk3kSAh4a5aP2SaeT4/s320/20210213_092807+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_2WfmC1ALNplQp0QrDPA3wykdphdGWmU98lKYVOGl92LP-uMLGbaQBu_kgXBYvMCBjBL-1oqoFPJ5-UZstpgNs_8GdpPHlBQl7DY92NZ9FoU17tIKRpz0y9KyEI5huYoK4Q3X7P7OMA/s1791/20210213_095255+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1791" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_2WfmC1ALNplQp0QrDPA3wykdphdGWmU98lKYVOGl92LP-uMLGbaQBu_kgXBYvMCBjBL-1oqoFPJ5-UZstpgNs_8GdpPHlBQl7DY92NZ9FoU17tIKRpz0y9KyEI5huYoK4Q3X7P7OMA/s320/20210213_095255+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In short - turned down wheels, with 1mm diameter brass tubes inserted in the wheels in the old Farish crankpin holes to allow association crank pins for a replacement con rod from a detailing etch by Steve 'Pixie' Nicholls, which also included replacement buffer beams and finally I needed a load of spare parts from a non-running chassis acquired via Ebay to recover from my first conversion attempt!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also is a Pannier tank, 3615, converted from the Dapol roughly following Pete King's method in the Feb/Mar 2016 2mm Magazine -</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4Fj3D7SnF9VLfx1PZ9x1XY9RBrAcvh7yPmT5-LRHcMn7eEalpDU4cBcDvD6MtgEWdW5uuw3mwi6pOxzvcJp5ds64kWbYkldpZMFEwWDoG0IfLGIO7Y6OSFQA75GEOFbYLuK-O0Hut-I/s2048/20210426_102909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4Fj3D7SnF9VLfx1PZ9x1XY9RBrAcvh7yPmT5-LRHcMn7eEalpDU4cBcDvD6MtgEWdW5uuw3mwi6pOxzvcJp5ds64kWbYkldpZMFEwWDoG0IfLGIO7Y6OSFQA75GEOFbYLuK-O0Hut-I/s320/20210426_102909.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyFtFN54jbERreQd-qSwFYAD5iTMoAVsQ9ShPQ0BakQ8r4Qa4QQW1P7iqDWDBUszCGUNQIjKFoOmMidRHAZ9NMivhF1p4V2I7XmTQ0f1ApIIMon8Mz4u1FZ4A6Erq0w5DTtSqVhVdcqo/s2048/20210426_103005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyFtFN54jbERreQd-qSwFYAD5iTMoAVsQ9ShPQ0BakQ8r4Qa4QQW1P7iqDWDBUszCGUNQIjKFoOmMidRHAZ9NMivhF1p4V2I7XmTQ0f1ApIIMon8Mz4u1FZ4A6Erq0w5DTtSqVhVdcqo/s320/20210426_103005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The main difference between mine and his is that the geared drive is just to the middle axle, I ditched the spur gears to the outer axles. After finessing the quartering it runs quite nicely.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All the above do need some weathering as well once I've refined the techniques and more importantly built up the courage!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finally, there has been some work I've been able to do at home on Lightcliffe, mainly from the perspective of rewiring the control panel and replacing the feedback controller with one with a purer DC output which more suits the newer coreless motors.</span></p>John Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751818053244915791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-40903153842469251422019-01-11T13:23:00.002-08:002019-01-11T13:23:53.814-08:00Looking back over 2018<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Having realised I've not done an update for 2018, I reckon I'd best do one quick before we're not too far into 2019!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First off we're still working on Lightcliffe, recently concentrating on wiring but at the beginning of the year David Varley brought along some of the buildings he was working on -</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This Jinty has had new brake rods, salvaged from an old Bob Jones 3F Chassis kit, to replace the original plastic ones and it needs a some extra coal, crew and weathering as well as a few fire irons placed on top of the tanks to complete.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It will be then ready for service - I have a Golden Jubilee project 'in the works' and the folding test track is also still in progress - AVRMC are having an open day in April so I'm hoping it may be ready for then.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>John Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751818053244915791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-68563709364116117582017-12-22T13:04:00.000-08:002017-12-22T13:04:06.538-08:00Back building buildings<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For various reasons, time for modelling has been in short supply in 2017, but an enforced absence from work since the beginning of October has meant that I've had quite a bit of spare time on my hands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what have I been doing with it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, cast your minds back 18 months or so ago, and I'd just finished my model of the signal box for Lightcliffe. And before that I'd almost finished the main station buildings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Due to changes in Photobucket's image hosting, the photographs of those models have disappeared from this site so I'll post some more of them as a reminder of where I'd got to and then we can go from there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First the signal box ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... and finally the staircase between the footbridge and the Bradford bound platform.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's still work to do on the main station buildings - signs and timetable/poster boards need to be added to the platform side and five chimneys need to be added to the roof of the WC block at the rear. I had been struggling to work out the chimney arrangements for the WCs from the drawings and photographs that I had, but thanks to some aerial photographs of from Historic England's archive, that particular mystery has been solved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mysteries still remain though, particularly as regards the other building on the Bradford bound platform, which can be seen to the right of the first three pictures at <a href="http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~calderdalecompanion/ph1426.html">http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~calderdalecompanion/ph1426.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whilst it had a goods yard, Lightcliffe didn't have a rail served goods shed, so I'm assuming that this is some sort of store/wharehouse that also served as accommodation for the station porters (as far as I know there wasn't a porters' room in the main station buildings, and there are a couple of photographs showing the Bradford end of the building - the end furthest away from the photographer in the above photos - with platform trollies parked against it).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are several good photographs showing the front of the building and a couple of distant ones of the wall at the Bradford end, which was plain, but I've yet to see a photo of the rear and until recently the only photos I'd seen of the Halifax end were partial ones that seemed to indicate that that wall was plain as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then a photo turned up on Ebay which showed that there was a door in the Halifax end of the building and that the building appeared to be lower at the rear than it was at the front (as with the main station building).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking at the Historic England aerial photograph again, there was also the possibility that there was a road access door in the rear wall. Anyway, the building has to be built, and I've now almost finished making the walls - a custom made running-in board has been ordered but has yet to arrive and guttering downpipes need to be added, but otherwise the walls are ready for assembly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Platform frontage with timetable/poster boards losely positioned (the larger board is actually too big and I'll need to make another to the correct size) ... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The building bug have rebitten me, next on the list was the gentlemens' toilet on the Halifax bound platform where I had the benefit of some lovely dimensioned drawings by Chris Arthur to work from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, the walls are almost finished - there are still some guttering down pipes to be added to the Halifax end wall and the front wall, as well as a "Gentlemen" sign and associated ironwork. The rear wall of the building was plain and abutted a retaining wall for higher ground behind the platform so won't actually be seen once the buiding's in place on the layout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then there's the weighbridge hut in the goods yard. The dimensions for this were taken from the drawings that were obtained from Calderdale archives for the main station buildings and the aerial photograph has also helped in determing the roof structure, but otherwise it's guesswork as to what the building looked like. At the moment, just the basic shapes of the walls have been cut and window and door openings made, though these still need some cleaning up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come the New Year, I need to get down to Aire Valley Railway Modellers' clubrooms to play around with the platforms and have a look at the work that John and Sam have been doing, but for now it's Merry Christmas to one and all ... and hopefully see you again in the not too distant future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David V. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-25337128732891747362017-09-22T06:55:00.000-07:002017-09-22T13:52:51.714-07:00AVRMC open day and double success.<div class="MsoNormal">
On the 27<sup>th</sup> of August, the Sunday of the bank
holiday weekend. AVRMC held an open day for the public to see what we do.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The day generally went very well with only complementary
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In the months and weeks leading up to the open day we had
been concentrating on getting all the track on Lightcliffe operational and
reliable. This had been achieved but only with one controller for all tracks.
During the morning, after settling in, track cleaning etc, I investigated getting
both controllers available so we could run two trains at once. This seemed to
just need some wires connecting with a choc-block. This was done in stages, to
check at each point, that I hadn’t stopped the other controller from working or
created a short. Once the second controller was connected to the track it was
tried, but.. nothing! A look underneath the control panel showed that the controller
didn’t have a supply to it so a link was added from the supply for the first
controller, then… it worked!<o:p></o:p></div>
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SKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811292401052079067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-40656242804327487312017-06-09T16:02:00.000-07:002017-06-09T16:34:40.083-07:00Quick milestones.<br />
A fairly brief but successful visit to the club on the 27th.<br />
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After my last visit I wasn’t able to get to the club for quite a
few months. This time I didn’t get there as soon as I’d have
liked but despite the reduced time available I was able to make
progress.<br />
Firstly, after removing the cover from the layout, I carried on
connecting the droppers for Brookes sidings to their buss bars. Then
I made a link from the buss bars to the temporary ‘choc-bloc’
plug that connects to the next board, and inserted temporary jumpers
on that plug to connect to the wires for the main lines.<br />
Next, the big moment, so out with a loco and do a bit of track
(and wheel) cleaning. Then, connect the controller and see what
happens.<br />
The result… TRIUMPH! :-) The loco was able to run over all parts
of the layout, especially Brookes sidings. The photos below show
this and hopefully I’ll be able to upload a video.<br />
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<br />SKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811292401052079067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-9280604263048136032017-06-06T15:32:00.002-07:002017-06-06T15:32:42.474-07:00Jinty Progress and the new Test Track<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With moving house there's been little time for modelling, however I have been getting some done - firstly my Jinty conversion, using the association conversion for the current Farish model, is progressing nicely - indeed all it needs now is painting, renumbering and weathering once I've done a bit more fettling on it to discover why it seems to rock a little on the centre axle.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next Pennine Area Group meeting is on Saturday June 10th at Aire Valley MRC where more work will be carried out on this to cut holes suitable for carrying it when folder and also painting it in a suitable colour, probably green of some sort!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>John Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751818053244915791noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-67653353497309538132016-12-21T06:04:00.000-08:002017-01-24T16:58:08.164-08:00Success and progress.<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;">
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visit to Keighley on Saturday 17th was brief but good.<o:p></o:p></div>
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First
step was <span style="background: white; color: #222222;">un-soldering the
white wire from the switch for the frog, which eliminated that as the short. 5
sleepers down, umpteen to go! I then connected the multi-meter to the siding rails
and proceeded to laboriously examine the insulation gap on each sleeper, in
turn. Any gap that looked as if there was the slightest chance of a short was
given a scrape with an old craft knife blade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Eventually, about
halfway along the stretch of track, I found one sleeper where the gap
‘appeared’ to only be partially cut. Anyway, a few swift but careful cuts &
scrapes with the knife ensured a proper gap. Simultaneously the needle on the
multi-meter moved towards infinite resistance and a small cheer spread round
the room (well I and the two locals who were watching & assisting, anyway).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Overview of the end board showing Brookes sidings on the right of the main lines.<br />
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The area of the problem... Multimeter & knife at the ready.<br />
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Mug shot of the culprit.<br />
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Further
probing with the multi-meter indicated there were no further shorts so I got
out the soldering iron (having remembered to bring my big one!), flux &
solder and prepared to connect Brookes sidings to their new buss bars
installed at my last visit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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started by moving the connections to the switches that move the point blades
and switch power for the frog from the main buss bars to the Brookes
sidings bars. Checking each connection in turn to make sure no new shorts had
been created. Then I moved on to connecting
the running rails to the buss bars but time & cold fingers prevented this
being completed so that will have to wait until next year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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visit I will connect the rest of the droppers to the buss bars and look at
connecting Brookes sidings to the controller.<o:p></o:p></div>
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is a further thin copper wire that needs soldering to the side of a rail joint
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of the wires under the board are really too short, being pulled taught. So we
should perhaps think about extending them by a couple of inches to give a
little slack. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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SKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811292401052079067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-68727767065734237502016-11-11T05:38:00.000-08:002016-11-11T05:38:26.136-08:00More frustrations from a different source.A slightly frustrating visit to the club on the 22nd of October.<br />
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On my previous visit we had managed to get power to the whole of the layout including Brookes sidings but then discovered that we had a short somewhere on the end board (the one with most of Brookes sidings).<br />
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At an intermediate visit someone had tried to find the source of the short by cutting the feeds to the sidings from the buss bars. However, some of the main line feeds had also been cut and some of the siding feeds had been missed.<br />
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So, this time some careful work with the multimeter, showed that
the main line was not the source of the short, and in fact showed that
one piece of rail on the main wasn’t linked electrically to its
neighbours by the thin copper wires that are soldered to the side of
each rail joint.<br />
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Therefore the main
was re-connected fully and the rest of the sidings were disconnected
from the main line buss bars.</div>
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Then a new pair of
buss bars were installed for Brookes sidings. (hmm, do we need some
for the goods yard? and does the goods yard have sufficient droppers
to maintain reliability?).</div>
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Nothing has been
connected to the Brookes buss bars as the rest of the afternoon was
taken up with methodically searching for the short with the
multimeter.<br />
This was eventually narrowed down to the area of the outermost 'Brookes' siding and the point that leads to it. The rest of Brookes sidings seem to be fine. Hopefully we'll be able to pin-point the short soon.<br />
I think the next step will be to un-solder the switch for the frog to eliminate that & then examine the sleeper insulating gaps. Must remember my big iron next visit.<br />
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SKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811292401052079067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-75026417709536839372016-08-27T13:22:00.001-07:002016-08-27T13:22:06.811-07:00FrustrationsFrustrating times recently.<br />
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Firstly because, for one reason and another, I haven't been able to devote much time to modelling.<br />
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Secondly because I haven't been able to get to the club since the change of venues and haven't been doing anything to progress the layout.<br />
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And thirdly because the Coal Tank build has almost ground to a halt and it's not going too well at the moment.<br />
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The first two I can hopefully do something about in the near future.<br />
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The third may have to wait a little longer as I'm pushing the boundaries of my skills with a soldering iron and bits of metal and am finding them wanting. In short I've got the loco body just about as far as I can but I'm not happy with it. The boilers gone in between the side tanks ok, but when it comes to the smokebox I've made a bit of a hash of things and am having problems putting them right.<br />
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So much so, that I'm going to put the Coal Tank to one side for the moment and go back to the platforms and other structures for Lightcliffe. The etches for the footbridge have been waiting patiently for my attention and there's a lot of white platform surface that needs covering in Yorkshire stone.<br />
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The latest progress picture of the the Coal Tank are attached for posterity ... not that I'm giving up on it but I need to set it aside and come back to it at a later date.<br />
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Hopefully the next pictures I post will be more progress on Lightcliffe - the next Group meeting's in a couple of weeks and I've got a week off work next week so should be able to get something done. Also might have a trail for some plans for the Brookes Building but need to pay a visit to Halifax with the bloodhound to follow it up - watch this space!<br />
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<br />David Varleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336692152595038492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-90016637444084544772016-08-08T14:18:00.001-07:002016-08-08T14:18:18.722-07:00Sticking Down the Buffer Stops<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">extra visit to</span></span> Aire Valle<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y
RMC <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">m<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">eant I could <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rt out the various items sto<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">red under the layout and also<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, after preparing the g<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">oods yard area for them on a previous visit, st<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ick down t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">he buffer stops for the good yard and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Brookes sidings</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The buf<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">fers were <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">all made to the L&Y pattern by Chris Arthur a while ag<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">however to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">fit them in the goods yard some plaster that was laid down a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t the end of some sidings needed <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">removing<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, as per this slightly fu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">zzy photo from April -</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next PAG meeting <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is on Saturday 13th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - jobs for this meeting <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">include installi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ng extra bus bars <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">under the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">H</span>alifax</span> line and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">checking that the newly installed buffer stops don't short <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">anything out in the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">sidings. Hopeful<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ly we shou<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ld also be able to start on landscaping as we<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ll.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>John Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751818053244915791noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-65124087754845499482016-05-02T05:06:00.000-07:002016-05-02T05:06:54.272-07:00Putting labels on boxes ... and Coal Tank progressUnfortunately I wasn't able to make the Group meeting on Saturday ... life getting in the way of modelling again ... but I did manage to find time over the weekend to put the finishing touches to my model of Lightcliffe signal box and also (about five years after starting it) to the 'box for my own layout based on Coniston.<br />
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The one outstanding issue with the Lightcliffe box is the rear - I've yet to see a photo that shows it and it's questionable if there were any windows in it, but there is one photo of the toilet end where there appears to be a window showing through the end window (as below).<br />
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Discussions with Neil Moxham have left the question unanswered for now (Neil's of the view that the photo show a reflection) but hopefully there might be a photo out there somewhere (a view across the park perhaps) that might solve the mystery.<br />
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There's also the question of the height of the box in that it was built on an embankment but again, in the absence of a photo it's difficult to know how far down it went.<br />
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Next job building wise will be either the gents on the Halifax bound platform (for which Chris Arthur has produced some drawings) or to tackle the footbridge. A plan of the Brook's building is still proving elusive though I have now got a decent drawing of the site as well as a lead at Calderdale archives which I must follow up.<br />
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Most of my modelling time recently though has been taken up in trying to put together the etches that I commissioned from London Road Models for the LNWR Coal Tank.<br />
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As things stand, I've managed to put most of the body together and have got the chassis assembled to the point where the motor's in place, wired up and working but there things have stalled slightly whilst I work out how to do the rear truck. Build threads can be found at both RM Web (http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/107235-2mm-coal-tank-test-build/page-4#entry2284336) and Western Thunder (http://westernthunder.co.uk/index.php?threads/coal-tank-test-build.5060/) but I've just realised that I've never actually got round to posting any photos on here, an oversight which I shall now remedy!<br />
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Thanks in particular to Nigel Hunt and Steve Dunkeyson for helping me get as far as I have and to Chris Higgs for the work he's doing on producing a 2mm specific chassis etehc. <br />
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In addition, I'd also like to thank John Redrup at LRM for all his help in getting the project off the ground and to everybody who ordered a set of etches - over 50 sold to date and looking forward to seeing some of them up and running. I've still got a few left though so if there's anybody that still wants one then please let me know.<br />
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Until next time!David Varleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336692152595038492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-71445921110580763902016-04-11T15:18:00.002-07:002016-04-11T15:18:40.813-07:00The Single Slip Saga... Part III at last!<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now that Lightcliffe is installed at the new Aire Valle<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y RMC premises, we can start work again - and first on the list is my old adversary the Single Slip that is at the Bradford end of Brookes Sidings.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the layout, all set up a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nd with enough of the covers pulled back for me to do my work -</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The last times I mentioned the single slip I was going on about the operating units - finally I've been able to link them to some sliding DPDT switch<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">es which, for the time being </span>are being used to<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> o<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">perate the points.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is how it looks now -</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">he connecting rods are made from a combination of brass rod and t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ube, with bosses<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> made from bits of<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'chocolate block' connect sawn in half<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">holding it all together. T<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">his may be superseded by a more perman<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ent arr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ange<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ment <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">where the component pa<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rts are <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">soldered together<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, but I prefer for no<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">w to have the op<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tion to adjust the le<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ngth of the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">operating bars.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is is a view from a slightly different</span></span> angle - </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This shows the DPDT switch<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">es under the roadwa<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y that will go along the back of the layout<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That was the eas<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y bit - as testing the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> mechnical side of it shows that my operaing units and rods work well</span>. </span>Next time<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, whe<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n I'm <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">down for an extra PAG meeting on<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> S<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">aturday 30th, I'll be starting on th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e hard bit - the wiring!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
John Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751818053244915791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-54309329522921435322016-03-31T16:03:00.002-07:002016-04-07T04:33:59.982-07:00The Ale Van Cometh<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For some reason I've found an impetus to get going on some wagon projects that have long been in gestation.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Firstly, we have the aforementioned Ale Van - in this case a van seen in Don Rowland's book 'British Railways Wagons' which is a BR Meat van converted for Ale traffic by replacing the side vents with plain planks.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I of course like my beer so I thought it'd be nice to have one - </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Many years ago I did model this in N Gauge using a Parkwood Kit and a PECO chassis, that though was sold long ago when Bachmann brought out their 12t BR vans, so a replacement using the Association kit has long been on the cards.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sticking with the BR fitted theme is a 5-plank fitted High, this from a combination of a Parkwood kit and an association chassis -</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's worth noting that the bodies may appear a tad skew-whiff as they're not glued on yet. So the final 'unpainted' one is this plate wagon, based on a PECO body with an association chassis...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the other projects is a series of coal wagons using the 12 foot chassis suitable for Parkside kits, such as this where I replaced an old Parkside chassis with the association chassis - the reason being to both improve the running and the looks -</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now these are ready for the paint shop, there's more coming up, including a Vanwide based on a combination of Parkwood and Association kit parts and more mineral wagons on the 12ft chassis and then some locos to finish off. So enough to keep me occupied for now.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">April will see two Pennine Area Group meetings, the first one on the 9th, the second later in the month, possibly on the 30th.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />John Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751818053244915791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-52628710980393378932016-03-03T15:41:00.000-08:002016-03-03T15:41:26.103-08:00Remembering Steve Sykes<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've recently he<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ard of the sad pa<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ssing of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Steve Sykes<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, who was a group member until he moved away from the area some years ago<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Steve<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'s fort<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e was in scratchbuilding w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">agons, particularly of pre-g<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rouping prototypes<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and he was often seen on the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2mm association demo st<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> exhib<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">i<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tions working on his latest wagon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> using his tradem<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ark cream plastikard<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">as always willing to share his skills, and we start with </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a picture fro<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">m the archives <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">fro<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">m</span> 2006 of Steve demoing <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">his techniques at </span>a Pennine Group meeting when we used to meet in Todmorden -</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e of Steve's trademarks was that w</span>hen<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> b<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">uilding the wagons he used cream plastikard for wooden-bodied prototypes, on th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e basis <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">that i<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t was a much closer colour to wood tha<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n the usual white plastikar<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">generall<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y available, or the kind<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s of plastics used for injection-moulded <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">kits.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's a few of his wagon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s in their unpain<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ted state</span></span>, with the ironwork made from white mic<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rost<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rip -</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He also used a fi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ne 'scr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">awker' to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">scribe</span> out the planking<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, which he marked out on <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">by pencil on the pla<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">stikard prio<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r to cu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tting it </span></span></span></span>much in a similar manner to lino cu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tting</span></span>. The result was a technique that was <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">able <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to accurately model a w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ide vari<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ety of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">prototypes<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> with a great de<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">gree of fidelity as often the initial marking out could be done using either drawings or photographs of the prototype.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He also had great <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">skill in painting and finish<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ing th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e wag<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ons, which were often hand lettered, as the next couple of photog<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">raphs will hopefully show.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His choice of pro<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">totypes was quite co<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">smopolitan, firstly this<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> is a set of SE&CR wagons -</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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John Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751818053244915791noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-4735416240291049222016-02-09T14:23:00.002-08:002016-02-09T14:26:37.042-08:00New Year - New Venue - New Legs?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, for 2016 <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the Pennine Are<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a Gr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">oup has now moved to a new venue, still in Keig<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hley but now at the <a href="http://www.avrmc.org.uk/" target="_blank">Aire Valley Railway Modellers</a> </span></span></span>- a new group<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, initially specialising <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">smaller gau<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ges,</span></span></span></span></span> that was formed out <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of former members of Keighley MRC<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The new clubrooms are <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on the th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ird floo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r of</span></span></span> a mill <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">near Keighley Station<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and whilst still being fitted out we will have more space and less need to move the layout <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">around<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for open days.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sadly it does also mean we'll need a new test trac<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">k t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hat sadly will be smaller than the one that used to be at Keighley MRC<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - a fold<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ing circular one is being planned</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span>with the idea that this can also be used a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">exhi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">bitions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lightcliffe was move<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d to the new clubrooms early this <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">year, and as part of the moving process<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> a few issues wit<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">h the current <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">leg setup for the main b<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">oards were fou<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nd.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is some w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ay<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> to go yet<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">some of the parts from the kit were m<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">issing and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">need <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">fab<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ricating from raw brass, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">such as the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cab roof<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and coal rails - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">it'll all be useful experience though</span>. Also, I have a bag full of white metal fittings to complete it, including some replacement cast splashers to re<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">place the etched brass ones in the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">kit.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Also discovered today that Andrew Stadden has now started producing some of his Victorian/Edwardian figures in 2mm scale - http://www.acstadden.co.uk/Pages/2mmftFigures.aspx<br />
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David Varleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336692152595038492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-4944232073501467192015-11-01T13:53:00.000-08:002015-11-01T13:53:18.936-08:00Lightcliffe Signal Box - painting decision made and undercoat appliedRight ... balcony brackets refined, side boards added to the balcony to disguise wonky boards and undercoat applied.<br />
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LMS painters are in very short supply and have a lot of work to do though so the box will be appearing in L&Y livery - not quite sure how tired a finish to go for yet, will see once the base colours are on.<br />
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David Varleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336692152595038492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-62208251562713041942015-10-25T14:25:00.001-07:002015-10-25T14:25:12.681-07:00Just how efficient were the LMS at repainting signal boxes?Evening all,<br />
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The walls are just about finished, and the front and end walls have now been affixed to the sub-base (which will eventually be hidden by the platform). The window cleaner's balcony and protective railings have been added to the front and toilet end wall as well (the balcony appears to have been extended around the corner onto the door end wall when the staircase was moved sometime after 1938 but whilst the staircase ran down the side of the end wall it stopped at the end of the front wall.<br />
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The internal floor has also been completed with the lever frame painted up and basic furniture added but needs toning down a bit and then the internal walls need painting and some detail adding.<br />
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There are a few minor things that need tidying up but otherwise I'm almost ready to apply some primer ready for painting. Thing is though, I'm still not sure what colours to paint it in. The layout's set in the 1930s but I quite fancy applying a bit of modeller's licence and painting the box in L&Y colours and pretending that the LMS painters have been busy elsewhere and haven't quite got to Lightcliffe yet!<br />
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Anyway, here's a few more progress shots including some cruel close ups to show the window cleaner's balcony (very fiddly to do and the cause of some rather choice language this afternoon).<br />
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David Varleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336692152595038492noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-78226262121222519992015-10-12T13:49:00.000-07:002015-10-12T13:49:20.217-07:00Further progress on Lightcliffe 'boxOK ... really just a series of build photos showing my rather laborious construction techniques.<br />
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Rear wall, massively over height for the moment. The box was built on an embankment and was lower at the back than it was at the front, but I haven't been able to find any photographs of the rear of the box yet and the drawings I've been working off are for a standard L&Y box.<br />
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David Varleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336692152595038492noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-31336659373904232332015-08-31T03:18:00.000-07:002015-08-31T03:18:24.091-07:00A tale of two signal boxes ... and the loss of another friendSad news to start again, I'm afraid, in that since my last post word has reached me of the death of David Sellars. Again, I didn't know him as well as other members of the group but David was the first person I met when I went along to one of the Group's sessions at Keighley and instantly made me feel welcome.<br />
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Unfortunately, we didn't see much of him over the last couple of years and I last bumped into him about a year ago at Halifax show where we had a good old chinwag.<br />
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What I didn't know about was his life outside modelling. The limit of my knowledge was that he was a book binder by trade but he was a very fine craftsman indeed, creating bindings for the Booker Prize winners and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.<br />
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RIP David.<br />
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<br />David Varleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336692152595038492noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-54919563966411859472015-08-02T13:34:00.002-07:002015-08-02T13:34:52.252-07:00'F' is also for Fencehouses and footbridges ... and 'C' is for Coal tank.<div style="text-align: justify;">
Not much progress to report on Lightcliffe since my last post - at least not by me ... I've had a couple of Saturday afternoons on the layout laying cobbles but didn't have my camera with me, so no photos. Must remember to take it with my to the next Group meeting on Saturday. </div>
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The layout was on a show as a work in progress at the Keighley MRC's 'Small Scale' show a couple of weeks ago but I wasn't able to attend and haven't had any feedback on how the day went, but hopefully it was a success.</div>
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Main modelling activity has been progressing my model of Coniston signal box. I built the base for this about three or four years ago and had a go at the upper section but wasn't totally happy with it and set the model aside for a rethink as to how best to do the outside framing.</div>
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<i> Previously completed base.</i></div>
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The<i> </i>next step was to build the chimney and fireplace into the rear panel (the one with the single window) and then assemble the floor and the side and rear panels and paint the interior. Now this was where I'd gone wrong last time, totally messing up the glazing. A bit of head scratching this time and the decision to try a different method of painting. My paint of choice is usually acrylic but I've been playing around with pastels recently and have discovered the PanPastel range - pans of dry pastel that you can either sponge or brush on. Gave those a try and very impressed with the effect.</div>
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So walls and floor painted, internal paneling added and painted and then a few internal bits and pieces added - upright desk, comfy chair (no sign of the Spanish Inquisition) and a representation of a Tyer's Number 6 tablet instrument. Something missing though - the lever frame. Bit more head scratching before inspiration struck - Brassmasters signal levers and some more Evergreen strip. Couldn't quite manage all 36 levers of the prototype but squeezed 32 in.</div>
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With the lever frame in place, the front panel was added and the whole thing given a clean with rubbing alcohol. Unfortunately a couple of the microscope slips have cracked in the process but they aren't too noticeable and overall I'm pleased with how it's gone. Much better than my previous attempt.</div>
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But none of this has got anything to do with Fencehouses or footbridges I hear you cry!</div>
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Patience dear reader. For that's the second half of the update. For Bob Jones of Fencehouses has now come up trumps with the etches for the footbridge for Lightcliffe ... and very nice they look too. As ever with Bob he's also sent me some very detailed instructions and I just hope I can do justice to his work. Hopefully can't go far wrong if I heed his words - 'take your time and have fun'!</div>
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Also included on the etch are some 2mm Furness Railway 'Squirrel Seats" which I commissioned from Bob - looking forward to building those.</div>
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One other thing to mention before I forget and that's the 2mm Coal Tanks etches I'm looking to get London Road Models to produce. Messages have been posted on RM Web and Western Thunder about this and there's a note in the latest 2mm Association Newsletter but if anybody hasn't seem them and might be interested then please let me know. Expressions of interest only at this stage - a price has yet to be established but moves are also afoot to produce a chassis and a boiler casting and wheels, buffers and fittings are already available from the Association/N Brass Locos.</div>
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Right, that's your lot for this time. See you next time.</div>
David Varleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336692152595038492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-48032306331297435672015-05-22T12:43:00.002-07:002015-05-22T12:43:15.134-07:00This post was brought to you by the letter 'F'That's 'F' for friends, fencing, flagstones, foundations, fenestration and the Furness Railway!<br />
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First up, some sad news, in that word reached me a couple of weeks ago of the death of Alan Pollock.<br />
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When I first went to one of the Pennine Group meetings approximately 18 months ago, Alan was one of the first people I met and he instantly made me welcome. By the end of that meeting he'd already passed on the responsibility for constructing the buildings for Lightcliffe on to me, albeit that he was a constant source of inspiration from that point on.<br />
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A shared enthusiasm for the railways of Cumbria was soon identified (LNWR in his case, Furness in mine) - and numerous e-mails passed between us concerning building construction techniques and the layouts that we were both planning. The last exchange we had was about fencing for Lightcliffe following on from a site visit that Alan had made to get some measurements and there will be a certain poignancy when it comes to adding that to the layout.<br />
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My condolences go to his family - I'm sure he'll be missed by all who knew him.<br />
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In a way, it was the news of Alan's death that prompted me to pick up the modelling tools again after something of a work enforced hiatus and I hope that I can go on to repay the trust he put in me at that first meeting.<br />
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In terms of Lightcliffe, I've more or less got the first of the platforms to a point where I'm happy with it, so it's on now with the other portions. Construction is a foamboard and plasticard sandwich with stone coated slips cut to size and stuck on with PVA, whilst the edging is Redutex 4mm scale stone block. The stone slips were grouted and the whole structure was then coloured and weathered using artists pastels, weathering powders and modelling dust.<br />
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A bit of greenery has been added too (bring us a shrubbery!), and the next step will be to finish off the detailing of the platform - adding some more grass, as well as fencing (white picket?) and railings and a coal hole - and then bedding in the buildings ... but first I've got to finish off the main staircase for the footbridge so that once we've got the etches for the metalwork from Bob Jones they can be soldered up and affixed to the staircase and the whole assembly can take it's place on the platform.<br />
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It can be a bit tricky working on structures away from the layout as I found to my cost at the last but one meeting when the platform clearances were a bit tight! Hopefully all will be well at the next meeting.<br />
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Another job that needs doing but can only really be done in situ is cobbling the roads. As a result of discussions at the last but one meeting I attended, I bought a 3D roller with the idea of impressing the cobbles into Das or something similar, but I'm struggling to apply this consistently and am going back to the idea of using plasticard or Redutex. Further discussions on that next time out methinks.<br />
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In addition to the buildings for Lightcliffe, I've also dug out the buildings that I was starting to put together for my own embryonic Furness Railway layout. This has the working title of 'Yewdale' and will be based on Coniston circa 1915. I'll shortly be embarking on a 3D mockup of the layout but for now it's the signal box that's occupying my time. It's a fascinating structure which, in real life, was an amalgamation of a wooden, outside framed, upper section (which had originally been in use at Carnforth) with a stone base.<br />
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<i> Coniston in 1961 (most of the outside cross bracing had been removed by this time)</i></div>
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Fiddly but fun! David Varleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336692152595038492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368528301823674522.post-60104500325929278792015-02-12T16:10:00.002-08:002015-02-12T16:10:53.860-08:00February Meeting (and a few other bits)<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a few more pictures of the David's station building and Alan's bridges in situ on the layout.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Secondly, Alan's bridge at the Halifax end, now painted by David -</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally on the test track my EWS 37 has been joined by a Class 66! Fear not - my BR Green Class 03 shunter is nearing the end of a bit of a rebuild and normal service will be resumed once it's footplate has been straightened.</span></span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the more contemporary front my 37 and 66 are having some suitable wagons prepared for them in advance of their use on 'Marsh Lane', an early 2000s era layout set in North West England.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, the group's February Meeting is this Saturday (the 14th) from 2pm at Keighley MRC. The usual tea, chocolate bars and other refreshments will be available! </span></span>John Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751818053244915791noreply@blogger.com0