2015_10_10 Part 2 Hanging the paper..

2015_10_10 Part 2

Well it isn't easy, but we all knew that.
We did not follow advice from friends here in Australia. All the advice was to "size" the walls and use liquid (not powder mix) wall paper glue and hang it as if it was wall paper.

When we asked about the special glue sold in England we were advised to use top quality 3M Spray Adhesive, because Australians seem to have better success with that (Perhaps because Aussies don't wall paper any more??)

Any way the rules for the newbies that we did follow.
Use a string line to guarantee the level of the top edge (Check with Spirit Level)
Fit in place and trim the bottom if necessary When you are happy....
Apply adhesive on the paper and it is a two man job. You get about 3 chances to peel it back off.

Line up edge with second person checking his height without sticking on if possible then spread the paper out from one end to the other. If the paper still folds into a bubble, gently peel it off and start from the bubble and fix it up. 

We had a few messy bits but we decided we did not have another peel back left. We can fix those bits with a spray gun after.
So here are the pictures...   I am so pleased we were able to do those.
Thanks Graeme for lending me your eyes, your back and your great advice. I think you were happy, and ready to go on your own one day :)

Cheers
Rod

2015_10_10 Warm Day and Back Drops! (continues)

2015_10_10 Warm Day missed several calls on the phone (Bloody Telstra)
And Graeme is coming...... oops
Only a few weeks since he was here and take a look at how quickly I can mess the place up :(

 Strewth!!  I counted 6 unfinished projects and I had to box them all up and sort them out till later. Can't work around this mess :(

Tip of the day!!  If at all possible finish projects before starting another!

I remember just moving the chair along the bench as I needed more space, not good at all....

This was not so bad. Just a box of shinohara track to put back and pick up some track used to set up the spot for the new Goods Shed.


Fortunately my association with the Fat Controller meant I could borrow his new walking Cane and Abracadabra........and a huff and a puff......

Ready to work on once again

Will add some pictures tonight :)
Cheers
Rod

2015_10_08 SDS Flour Hoppers :)

 2015_10_08  Shunting the brand new flour pots ready for the arrival of the up goods tonight

 Gives us a chance to look at the new flour pots as they were freshly out shopped from SDS Workshops over the long weekend

Of course the S Class is unable to take the train on, because of bans on No2 end running.

Ha Ha the white ones look like they were built out of raw white plastic. Severe dusing is required I think. Although I think they were always kept pretty clean.

Although I am happy with my Southern Hoppers, these seem to be different enough to add variety, and they do look very nice :) The better hopper? Well that's your choice and it was mine, to have both versions.
Thank you to Steven and all the people at SDS (Liverpool Exhibition) for the genuine interest they exhibit, help sorting out problems, and for arranging a swap with another customer who didn't want the Bunge hopper. It was fortunate because I really could not afford two packs to get the extra hopper. May have cost SDS a dollar or two, however he has two customers singing his praises, doesn't he?
And I paid him up front for the 4 packs of 80 footers still on the ship out of China. Well I guess I had to, didn't I because I kept pushing him for 5 or 6 years to make them Didn't we Bruce Race? :D
Cheers
Rod

2015_10_07- Col hussey visit

2015_10_07

Roger and I had a side trip on Saturday. WE visited our old friend Colin Hussey and his wife Julie.
We were well entertained and enjoyed our visit. As always I was looking for hints and Col stepped up and showed the work he has completed on his Model Railway which is situated in a large shed.
The theme was to be backdrops and as Col  introduced me to the sheets I purchased, it was good to see how he treated them on his layout. Let the pictures tell the story :)

Nice :)  The clouds are made using templates of real clouds and then touched up with darkening pigments using an air brush.

Cheers
Rod

2015_10_07 Shinohara ???

2015_10_07

So I found a three way code 70 point I did not know I had.
Fortunately it does fit exactly into the foot print of the existing three way point which derails everything that goes through it. So out it went, but first I need to work out how to install a DC Point in a DCC railway ??

Clearing the roadbed, ready for the new point.

So I guess we need to cut between the frogs and the point blades?  That said, their are three frogs, and each route uses only 2 frogs.
I am definitely using a Hex Frog Juicer for this point :)
Only one cut will give me trouble, mainly because it is so close to a point blade.
Cheers
Rod Young

2015_10_06 Thinking about Grafton

2015_10_06

Well Liverpool has come and gone for another year.
Roger and I made our third (or is it 4th?) pilgrimage up to the sprawling big smoke (Thank God its this side of Sydney :)

Spent a lot as per usual, strangely did not bring a huge amount home with me :)

All Aboard had its 40% off Sale so we called in there on the way up the Hume, and I stocked up on ESU Loksound  and TCS Wow Decoders.
At Liverpool, I paid for the SDS 80 foot flats and forgot to get the Victorian fuel tanks. However remembered the Bunge Flour pots ;)

Austrains had some great specials and I bought a few more NSW 4 wheelers to populate Grafton, and as well I got a bargain 35 Class. But it was a silent one, so I had to buy a Wow to make it just as noisy as the rest of them Only cost me $200 so I was happy with that.

   A  bag of 5 chime Leslie and 422 Class Nathans for the spare parts bins

A few spare G Class bogies

A $200 Steam Engine for the Grafton shed :)

Got an automatic reverser for the second reversing loop as well. Also picked up a couple of SAR Billboard M vans, they looked really nice.

Also got some nice level crossing flashers and a Stock race for Wodonga, a bit of glue to stick them together.

A second Auto reverser for the Wanganella store roads.

Going to see if I can make the Stock Race look busier ...

That has got to be the smallest purchase ever from Auscision :)

Back at Yackandandah
 
When we got home, Roger happened to wonder out loud about all the NSW wagons I purchased, and that led us on to my South Grafton Extension. This of course led us to the plans, and a drawing of the proposed extension to the layout.
I think Roger has helped me a lot, and his scale drawing certainly led me to think that this extension will be well worth while.  Pictures to follow when I get batteries for my hand scanner :)

Roger really likes a challenge :)

So after examining the Rail Diagrams (Aboout 9 of them from 1920 To 44 we sat down with a rule and a tape measure and came up with this.

 It seems to work. Even though we ran a Victorian branch line into this area it is on the top level and visually separate.
Grafton to Albury Exchange sidings is a fairly long way, and add NSW trains operating to Wodonga Coal Sidings and Cattle race, allows for a lot of operations.

Cheers
Rod Young