this will allow FULL utilisation of the loft
A new loft layout
That is the biggest trackplan I've ever seen! How big is your loft? It must be huge! Can't wait to see what it turns out like though. 
As the layout progesses, small speed camera warning symbols will begin appearing on the plan. This is not an underhand revenue generating scheme 
but merely referance point on my own web site which is tracking the progress 
If you cannot see them now try clicking your browser refresh button
but merely referance point on my own web site which is tracking the progress If you cannot see them now try clicking your browser refresh button
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crispycritter
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coaling stage scratch build
Scratch Building a Coal Bunker and Coaling Stage
In some magazines kindly given to me, called world of trains, there are various articles pertaining to model railways. A couple of the articles were about scratch building a small coaling stage and a coal bunker both articles were similar apart from the coaling stage being mounted on stilts. Again, my apologies for not documenting the coal bunker, the camera was in the attic! Here is a picture of the finished model.
All my own work and proof that scratch building is not as hard as first seems. The base is a piece of ratio brick wall painted to show the bricks as if they were “sets†The planking was made from off cuts of balsa cut to approx 3mm wide strips and then “shaved†thinner to approx 1mm and stressed at the ends. This, I thought, gives a better impression of old planks rather than using pre cut balsa as there would be too many straight lines. For the uprights I simply cut matchstick size bits of waste balsa. Total cost without coal, A BIG FAT ZERO! All the bits are waste even the ratio walling was a leftover bit from another model. Which just goes to show – never, ever, throw anything away!
On to the Coaling stage
The planking was fashioned in exactly the same way as on the coal bunker as were the uprights. The Floor of the stage however needed something different as bricks are not usually suspended on a stilted framework. I had some 4mmx4mm balsa left over from a timber yard project I am in the middle of, which when split down the middle made very acceptable 12†x 6†planking. I was careful not to be too accurate when splitting the planks as the rough edge would exactly mimic worn floor planks and wouldn’t show too many straight lines.
The length of the stage was determined by the length of a coal truck and cut the planks at 110mm which is 4 cm longer than a 10t private owner wagon. This would leave ample space then for a yard crane on the stage as well as providing plenty of room for coal. I made the stage 8 planks deep gluing small “batons†at 20mm intervals. The batons were made from waste balsa cut down and shaved to 2mmx1mm. For the legs of the stage I relented and bought balsa 2mmx2mm strip. This was cut into ten 20mm lengths and glued onto the stage at roughly 20mm intervals 1mm from the edge. Diagonal bracing strips were then cut and glued as shown in the picture.
More to follow
In some magazines kindly given to me, called world of trains, there are various articles pertaining to model railways. A couple of the articles were about scratch building a small coaling stage and a coal bunker both articles were similar apart from the coaling stage being mounted on stilts. Again, my apologies for not documenting the coal bunker, the camera was in the attic! Here is a picture of the finished model.
All my own work and proof that scratch building is not as hard as first seems. The base is a piece of ratio brick wall painted to show the bricks as if they were “sets†The planking was made from off cuts of balsa cut to approx 3mm wide strips and then “shaved†thinner to approx 1mm and stressed at the ends. This, I thought, gives a better impression of old planks rather than using pre cut balsa as there would be too many straight lines. For the uprights I simply cut matchstick size bits of waste balsa. Total cost without coal, A BIG FAT ZERO! All the bits are waste even the ratio walling was a leftover bit from another model. Which just goes to show – never, ever, throw anything away!
On to the Coaling stage
The planking was fashioned in exactly the same way as on the coal bunker as were the uprights. The Floor of the stage however needed something different as bricks are not usually suspended on a stilted framework. I had some 4mmx4mm balsa left over from a timber yard project I am in the middle of, which when split down the middle made very acceptable 12†x 6†planking. I was careful not to be too accurate when splitting the planks as the rough edge would exactly mimic worn floor planks and wouldn’t show too many straight lines.
The length of the stage was determined by the length of a coal truck and cut the planks at 110mm which is 4 cm longer than a 10t private owner wagon. This would leave ample space then for a yard crane on the stage as well as providing plenty of room for coal. I made the stage 8 planks deep gluing small “batons†at 20mm intervals. The batons were made from waste balsa cut down and shaved to 2mmx1mm. For the legs of the stage I relented and bought balsa 2mmx2mm strip. This was cut into ten 20mm lengths and glued onto the stage at roughly 20mm intervals 1mm from the edge. Diagonal bracing strips were then cut and glued as shown in the picture.
More to follow
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This is the headgear I am presently making with the plans Pete posted to me a year ago
full details of the build are here
http://www.newrailwaymodellers.co.uk/Fo ... 5687#55687
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Infrontcat
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anyway it looks great