Sorry about quality :(
2016/03/17
2016_03_17 (continues)
2016_03_17 Sandown
All pictures can be clicked on to enlarge!
Sorry about quality :(
Sorry about quality :(
2016_03_17 Sandown and Kyneton shows.
2016_03_17 A day for the Irish
Nothing to report as it is still too hot to work out in the train room. So basically any work done has been inside working and repairing kits and rolling stock.
But Sandown has come and gone, and I did manage not to spend much. In factit was underwhelming.
The only things new, had rubber tyres! We now have model drag strips and radio controlled trucks.
Some pictures The photo quality is very poor for some reason however all pictures
will enlarge if clicked on!
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Cheers
Rod
Nothing to report as it is still too hot to work out in the train room. So basically any work done has been inside working and repairing kits and rolling stock.
But Sandown has come and gone, and I did manage not to spend much. In factit was underwhelming.
The only things new, had rubber tyres! We now have model drag strips and radio controlled trucks.
Some pictures The photo quality is very poor for some reason however all pictures
will enlarge if clicked on!
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Cheers
Rod
2016/02/25
2016_02_25 A cool change and more wall up
2016_02_25
Things have not stopped per se. little jobs just keep on getting done. Not exciting enough to create much of a blog.
However this has happened over the last week or two
Another section of floor cleared and two more wall panels started. Making noggins to fit is present project.
Spending time fixing up sound projects. Have about 31 locos in this queue and about half way through.
Checking heights and bench work on paper first. As an example the horisontal struts need to drop about 70mm for next section to allow the SG main to drop the full 125mm along this wall. The upper level will sit up on risers to maintain flat base.
And of course this troubling and increasingly more expensive project is still been checked and experimented on
The three sheets are recovered from paper that failed to stay in position and was removed in order to start again. The sheet on the left is watered down Woodlands Scenic white glue. The next is watered down craft glue and the one on the right is about 3 to 1 Aquadhere, which leaves the others for dead, so far.
Ok the day is getting too hot to work outside, so back to the computer and post this, before checking out a few locomotives.
Cheers
Rod
Things have not stopped per se. little jobs just keep on getting done. Not exciting enough to create much of a blog.
However this has happened over the last week or two
Another section of floor cleared and two more wall panels started. Making noggins to fit is present project.
Spending time fixing up sound projects. Have about 31 locos in this queue and about half way through.
Checking heights and bench work on paper first. As an example the horisontal struts need to drop about 70mm for next section to allow the SG main to drop the full 125mm along this wall. The upper level will sit up on risers to maintain flat base.
And of course this troubling and increasingly more expensive project is still been checked and experimented on
The three sheets are recovered from paper that failed to stay in position and was removed in order to start again. The sheet on the left is watered down Woodlands Scenic white glue. The next is watered down craft glue and the one on the right is about 3 to 1 Aquadhere, which leaves the others for dead, so far.
Ok the day is getting too hot to work outside, so back to the computer and post this, before checking out a few locomotives.
Cheers
Rod
2016/02/13
2015_02_15 wins and losses
2015_02_15
First a loss
It seems my good friend Geoff Hope has lost control of his NSW C30T project. With Ixion announcing that they have brought the project from a third party, I can only pray that Geoff is going to be ok after this. He needed the model to replace his Superannuation that was invested in this project. Experts are already saying it is among the best HO model steam engines produced, and I can imagine only a catastrophe would make him lose control of it.
Get well Geoff.
Then another loss for Graeme and I who spent the day working on the layout.
Back Drops
So following the instructions to the letter and finding a stockist for the exact recommended glue, we attached the first sheet in position on the wall.
This $21 bottle of glue is supposed to be the one to use.
I returned 20 minutes later to find the back scene had dropped off the wall.
When I touched it, it fell away. The glue was to be painted on the back drop, but it was not sticky, and was drawn into the paper like a sponge. applying more got it to stick but the paper became soaked. We wiped it on with a cloth and it appeared to stay there. When it dried it was not attached and had rippled badly. Apparently the ripples draw out if it fixes properly to the wall.
Here is a piece of recovered back scene fixed with white glue (I grabbed a piece of the scene from the first attempt) This is getting expensive!
However about 4 or 5:1 white glue seems to do the job, as shown here.
The new wall A win, I think?
After moving all the keepers to other places, another barrow full of rubbish off to the skip.
So we painted the wall with undercoat. Then cleared all the stored boxes to access the next 6m of wall.
Which of course meant finding new places for that which we moved. Started cutting out the new wall panels, which I hope to nail together soon. Getting the last 9 m of wall finished which will allow me to mount Honeysuckle in place and start getting the branch line into service.
I also played around with this camera which will give me a view from the East side when arriving and departing trains from Wodonga and Trentham.. I ordered 4 cameras all with longer focus lens which will give a clear focus over 5 to10 m.
First a loss
It seems my good friend Geoff Hope has lost control of his NSW C30T project. With Ixion announcing that they have brought the project from a third party, I can only pray that Geoff is going to be ok after this. He needed the model to replace his Superannuation that was invested in this project. Experts are already saying it is among the best HO model steam engines produced, and I can imagine only a catastrophe would make him lose control of it.
Get well Geoff.
Then another loss for Graeme and I who spent the day working on the layout.
Back Drops
So following the instructions to the letter and finding a stockist for the exact recommended glue, we attached the first sheet in position on the wall.
This $21 bottle of glue is supposed to be the one to use.
I returned 20 minutes later to find the back scene had dropped off the wall.
When I touched it, it fell away. The glue was to be painted on the back drop, but it was not sticky, and was drawn into the paper like a sponge. applying more got it to stick but the paper became soaked. We wiped it on with a cloth and it appeared to stay there. When it dried it was not attached and had rippled badly. Apparently the ripples draw out if it fixes properly to the wall.
Here is a piece of recovered back scene fixed with white glue (I grabbed a piece of the scene from the first attempt) This is getting expensive!
However about 4 or 5:1 white glue seems to do the job, as shown here.
The new wall A win, I think?
After moving all the keepers to other places, another barrow full of rubbish off to the skip.
So we painted the wall with undercoat. Then cleared all the stored boxes to access the next 6m of wall.
Which of course meant finding new places for that which we moved. Started cutting out the new wall panels, which I hope to nail together soon. Getting the last 9 m of wall finished which will allow me to mount Honeysuckle in place and start getting the branch line into service.
I also played around with this camera which will give me a view from the East side when arriving and departing trains from Wodonga and Trentham.. I ordered 4 cameras all with longer focus lens which will give a clear focus over 5 to10 m.
2016/02/09
2016_02_09 plugging along!
2016_02_09.
Warmed but cool with the AirCon working again.
Unreported but we have been plugging along. Several more locomotives are back in service with sound running nicely. The plaster sheets are in place, crack filled and ready for paint (Today?)
The supports for Honeysuckle are working as designed.
Note:
The sad remains of the first backdrop attempt. It did not shrink, as we used expensive 3M spray adhesive almost dry. We did have trouble keeping it stuck (painted surface?) But it simply shrunk back into itself creating vertical air pockets along its length. We had trouble keeping the edges fixed, but when we went to remove it, it was impossible to not tear it. Replacement rolls are now here, so I need to try again using a better glue.
Have had a look at Threntham (need a new name) And decided to upgrade all the points for reliability. As so many code 88 wheels have arrived on RTR rolling stock and locomotives, I have to sacrifice the very old hand laid points.
I was about to lean on a very good friend, to see if he would bring his "Fast Tracks" jigs up and make me some code 70 points. Out of the blue, Steven from Sunbury advertises he is selling off his layout and offers on Rail Page, 7 points (Homemade Fast Tracks) in code 70 Fortunately I was in first, and got them all, at a very reasonable price.
So Trentham might get more use with this added reliability. Is that three way point still not fixed in? ...Geesh!! it just not end does it? :D
Cheers
Rod Young
Warmed but cool with the AirCon working again.
Unreported but we have been plugging along. Several more locomotives are back in service with sound running nicely. The plaster sheets are in place, crack filled and ready for paint (Today?)
The supports for Honeysuckle are working as designed.
The sad remains of the first backdrop attempt. It did not shrink, as we used expensive 3M spray adhesive almost dry. We did have trouble keeping it stuck (painted surface?) But it simply shrunk back into itself creating vertical air pockets along its length. We had trouble keeping the edges fixed, but when we went to remove it, it was impossible to not tear it. Replacement rolls are now here, so I need to try again using a better glue.
Have had a look at Threntham (need a new name) And decided to upgrade all the points for reliability. As so many code 88 wheels have arrived on RTR rolling stock and locomotives, I have to sacrifice the very old hand laid points.
I was about to lean on a very good friend, to see if he would bring his "Fast Tracks" jigs up and make me some code 70 points. Out of the blue, Steven from Sunbury advertises he is selling off his layout and offers on Rail Page, 7 points (Homemade Fast Tracks) in code 70 Fortunately I was in first, and got them all, at a very reasonable price.
So Trentham might get more use with this added reliability. Is that three way point still not fixed in? ...Geesh!! it just not end does it? :D
Cheers
Rod Young
2016/01/18
2016_01_18 What next?
2016_01_18 Looking towards finishing the wall, but then I also need to clear up some of the junk to enable work to continue. So this is what I am thinking ;) and that's dangerous, I guess.
Most of these boxes contain built up kits and trees as well as a lot of valuable materials to finish off the layout. So I guess junk it isn't. I intend, or should I say, need to store this stuff under the layout along the finished wall.
Now notice the late afternoon sun shining on the layout. It did this for near 3 hours before this shot was taken at 7.15pm. The bricks were very hot to touch, and the plaster was cool, but was up slightly behind the glass at the top. But I am happy with that as it was 36C today, clear blue skies.
So now I have to work out how wide the Albury yard can be to accommodate the rest of the modules I want to install in here. (Remember South Grafton)
Click on it if it is not all visible on your monitor.
I want the Albury section to be freelance like the rest. So I need to know how many SG storage roads I can fit and the maximum width I need to create this yard. I would like to fit the station and the flour mill in, if I can, so will leave the locomotive depot out, I think. This gives me three long roads at station end plus more and 4 long yards at the Sydney end plus more depending on width available.
I will have to talk with Roger as he knows how to use these confounding layout design programs!
These are some spare L Girders I have and will cut out new cross pieces when I know how wide I can go. But that sits at about the right height.
And this is how I need to store bins under, depending on the width.
These Bunnings Bins are about the right size at 560 x 380.
the baseboard is set at 410 wide, but that will change.
But I am getting ahead of my self. Need to sand down the plaster joins before I go much further
Cheers
Rod Young
Now notice the late afternoon sun shining on the layout. It did this for near 3 hours before this shot was taken at 7.15pm. The bricks were very hot to touch, and the plaster was cool, but was up slightly behind the glass at the top. But I am happy with that as it was 36C today, clear blue skies.
So now I have to work out how wide the Albury yard can be to accommodate the rest of the modules I want to install in here. (Remember South Grafton)
I want the Albury section to be freelance like the rest. So I need to know how many SG storage roads I can fit and the maximum width I need to create this yard. I would like to fit the station and the flour mill in, if I can, so will leave the locomotive depot out, I think. This gives me three long roads at station end plus more and 4 long yards at the Sydney end plus more depending on width available.
I will have to talk with Roger as he knows how to use these confounding layout design programs!
These are some spare L Girders I have and will cut out new cross pieces when I know how wide I can go. But that sits at about the right height.
And this is how I need to store bins under, depending on the width.
These Bunnings Bins are about the right size at 560 x 380.
the baseboard is set at 410 wide, but that will change.
But I am getting ahead of my self. Need to sand down the plaster joins before I go much further
Cheers
Rod Young
2016/01/16
Google changes the rules
A message from Google (as part of their World Domination plan of cause) Ha Ha!!
But I am told that several readers of this site and a whole lot more that follow all the other Model Railway sites are going to find themselves excluded in coming days. The answer is to open up a google account of course. I have had google e mail accounts and others for many years and can honestly say I not noticed any sad results because of my membership. In fact this blog and the ability to operate it advertisement free has been a real plus. Trust that those who want to follow these google blogs will sign up with a google account and then sign up again to continue to receive notifications
"starting the week of January 11, we’ll remove the ability for people with Twitter, Yahoo, Orkut or other OpenId providers to sign in to Google Friend Connect and follow blogs. At the same time, we’ll remove non-Google Account profiles so you may see a decrease in your blog follower count.
We encourage you to tell affected readers (perhaps via a blog post), that if they use a non-Google Account to follow your blog, they need to sign up for a Google Account, and re-follow your blog. With a Google Account, they’ll get blogs added to their Reading List, making it easier for them to see the latest posts and activity of the blogs they follow.
We know how important followers are to all bloggers, but we believe this change will improve the experience for both you and your readers. Posted by Michael Goddard, Software Engineer"
2016_01_16
2016_01_16 Blue Skies but a cool day to plaster a wall ;)
Got a phone call this morning, and a half hour later another. Two mates were at loose ends.. Beauty!! more walls to get up :D
First of all Al was thinking about the out rigger supports and he thought we should continue fixing blocks to counter balance the weight of the baseboards on top. So before we started on completing the wall we attached 4 blocks above the out riggers to ensure they could not loosen off.
So we cut out the foam insulation, attached blocks to the brick wall, and patched the cutouts and secured with gaffa tape. Well Done!
At about this time Graeme arrived, and as he had not met Al, introductions were in order. They got along fine, but I have such good friends, that is no surprise. We had a coffee and Al and I,ate a roll for dinner while we planned our next move.
Then it was just a matter of cutting out the rest of the sheets,applying cornice cement and attaching the sheets to the studs with screws between the dabs of cement.
We thought we were finished for the day but Graeme found some finishing plaster and mesh bandage and so we fixed up all the joints. Need to sand them back when it dries.. The boys admiring their good work.
And here is Honeysuckle sitting approximately where she will be fixed. This first module out of 5 running back towards the camera.
Amazingly the lights are switched off and that is natural light reflecting of the ceiling. Am pretty chuffed with that, and am now confident the wall will stop radiating the high temperatures it did in the past.
Thank you very much Al and Graeme. I am sure I could not do it without you. really appreciate your help.
Cheers
Rod
Got a phone call this morning, and a half hour later another. Two mates were at loose ends.. Beauty!! more walls to get up :D
First of all Al was thinking about the out rigger supports and he thought we should continue fixing blocks to counter balance the weight of the baseboards on top. So before we started on completing the wall we attached 4 blocks above the out riggers to ensure they could not loosen off.
So we cut out the foam insulation, attached blocks to the brick wall, and patched the cutouts and secured with gaffa tape. Well Done!
At about this time Graeme arrived, and as he had not met Al, introductions were in order. They got along fine, but I have such good friends, that is no surprise. We had a coffee and Al and I,ate a roll for dinner while we planned our next move.
Then it was just a matter of cutting out the rest of the sheets,applying cornice cement and attaching the sheets to the studs with screws between the dabs of cement.
We thought we were finished for the day but Graeme found some finishing plaster and mesh bandage and so we fixed up all the joints. Need to sand them back when it dries.. The boys admiring their good work.
And here is Honeysuckle sitting approximately where she will be fixed. This first module out of 5 running back towards the camera.
Amazingly the lights are switched off and that is natural light reflecting of the ceiling. Am pretty chuffed with that, and am now confident the wall will stop radiating the high temperatures it did in the past.
Thank you very much Al and Graeme. I am sure I could not do it without you. really appreciate your help.
Cheers
Rod
2016/01/09
2016_01_09 Ouch!
2016_01_09
Haven't heard from Al since he went home, but those sheets of plaster were just too hard to handle. And if I only did some research first, I might have made it easier.
And so yesterday...
I tried to hire a lifting machine, but found you could buy them on Ebay less than the cost of a 3 day hire. Then I discovered they were used to do ceilings and high wall areas, not transporting from the truck to the work site.
I will now see if I can aford to get someone in to fit sheets (After I complete the wall studs)
Its funny how you do what you see, thinking thats the way it works. The truck driver used the under arm method and so did my son when we moved them under cover. I never thought of trying to lift the panel as described here.
Cheers
Rod Young
Haven't heard from Al since he went home, but those sheets of plaster were just too hard to handle. And if I only did some research first, I might have made it easier.
I tried to hire a lifting machine, but found you could buy them on Ebay less than the cost of a 3 day hire. Then I discovered they were used to do ceilings and high wall areas, not transporting from the truck to the work site.
I will now see if I can aford to get someone in to fit sheets (After I complete the wall studs)
Its funny how you do what you see, thinking thats the way it works. The truck driver used the under arm method and so did my son when we moved them under cover. I never thought of trying to lift the panel as described here.
Cheers
Rod Young
2016/01/07
2016_01_07 Plaster?
2016_01_07 Today Al came over to give me a hand to hang the plaster on the completed walls.
Well despite working two days to finish the walls, I was still putting the last noggin in when Al arrived from hs home in Corrowa.
So we had to locate the top level horisontal supports fit the insulation and haul in the plaster. Easy job, huh?
So fit the horisontal supports, remove frame from wall, cut out the insulation to fit and glue it on the frame.
Replace it all and refix it to the wall.
I'm sure Al is saying "never again"
The first part went smoothly, and I had told Al the plaster sheets were not too bad with two lifting..
Reality was that I could hardly lift my end of the sheet, and had to make a sling to even get it off the ground. So what happened? I helped the driver lift the 6 sheets of the truck and had no trouble carrying them 35 feet and stacking them against the wall. Simply with my arm over the top and lifting and walking it.
A few days later I had to move the stuff into my garage and tried to do it on my own. I could move it, but it was too big a job. My son helped me get it into the garage before it rained. Today Al had his end up but I just could not move it without the sling. Now the sheets were as I said before 6 m long. And they were facing the wrong side. So finally we got it off the ground, marched out into the yard and turned the sheet around. We could not just turn the sheet over because one edge is thinned to allow you to tape and join two sheets.
Now the problem was to get the 6m sheet into the room. We finally walked it past the door lifting it over the steps, poking it through the gate and past the hot water service. After a rest we bent the sheet into an S and walked one end through the door whilst lifting the other end three feet of the ground to clear the steps.
So having another breather. Al has a bad back, and this did not help it much for sure. Have no idea why I was so unaffected by the last two moves. But it sure hurt us both this time.
We now had to cut the sheets to allow for the supports. Stuffed that up as well. We did it by eye almost got 6 right, but one was really out. Nothing that bandage won't fix though Ha Ha.
I guess I thought we would have got both walls lined with plaster (as far as the frame went) But the 6m sheets are just too hard to handle. Might have to cut them down in the garage next time.
Thanks Al (Pal) I really appreciate your help. I assure you I aim to get trains running one day ;)
Cheers
Rod
(convalescing in his recliner for at least two days, I'm thinking :)
Well despite working two days to finish the walls, I was still putting the last noggin in when Al arrived from hs home in Corrowa.
So we had to locate the top level horisontal supports fit the insulation and haul in the plaster. Easy job, huh?
So fit the horisontal supports, remove frame from wall, cut out the insulation to fit and glue it on the frame.
Replace it all and refix it to the wall.
I'm sure Al is saying "never again"
The first part went smoothly, and I had told Al the plaster sheets were not too bad with two lifting..
Reality was that I could hardly lift my end of the sheet, and had to make a sling to even get it off the ground. So what happened? I helped the driver lift the 6 sheets of the truck and had no trouble carrying them 35 feet and stacking them against the wall. Simply with my arm over the top and lifting and walking it.
A few days later I had to move the stuff into my garage and tried to do it on my own. I could move it, but it was too big a job. My son helped me get it into the garage before it rained. Today Al had his end up but I just could not move it without the sling. Now the sheets were as I said before 6 m long. And they were facing the wrong side. So finally we got it off the ground, marched out into the yard and turned the sheet around. We could not just turn the sheet over because one edge is thinned to allow you to tape and join two sheets.
Now the problem was to get the 6m sheet into the room. We finally walked it past the door lifting it over the steps, poking it through the gate and past the hot water service. After a rest we bent the sheet into an S and walked one end through the door whilst lifting the other end three feet of the ground to clear the steps.
So having another breather. Al has a bad back, and this did not help it much for sure. Have no idea why I was so unaffected by the last two moves. But it sure hurt us both this time.
We now had to cut the sheets to allow for the supports. Stuffed that up as well. We did it by eye almost got 6 right, but one was really out. Nothing that bandage won't fix though Ha Ha.
I guess I thought we would have got both walls lined with plaster (as far as the frame went) But the 6m sheets are just too hard to handle. Might have to cut them down in the garage next time.
Thanks Al (Pal) I really appreciate your help. I assure you I aim to get trains running one day ;)
Cheers
Rod
(convalescing in his recliner for at least two days, I'm thinking :)
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