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col.stephens Full Member
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As promised some further pictures of the LED lighting. I fitted a sloping length of wood behind the pelmet and simply stuck the LED strip onto this with the double-sided tape which comes already attached to the rear of the strip. Couldn't be simpler and all for under a 'tenner'. (£10 sterling for anyone not familiar with our strange way of speaking - "Gawd blimey guvnor, on me muvver's life, I di'nt no the gear was nicked!" - roughly translating as "If I am lying Officer, may God strike me blind, and I swear on my dear old mother's life that I had no knowledge that all this property was stolen, and imagine my great surprise when you told me it was!" Anyway, enough of this nonsense. To the photos... As you can see in the photo above, I cut the LED strip at the layout centre point as the pelmet divides in two for transporting. The LED strip was easily re-connected with soldered wires, these being joined together with chocolate block connectors (so useful for all kinds of wiring jobs on the layout). And finally, the photo above shows the layout lit with the LED lighting, the shed lights being turned off. (Taken about 1pm today. The shed windows are behind the layout). More soon. Terry |
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col.stephens Full Member
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Hello Barry. That's an interesting idea. As I am experimenting with LEDs I shall see how the scenery looks under the 'warm white' as already fitted. The beauty of this system is that it would be so easy to add other strips of different colours. Much better than 'faffing around' with neon tubes or bulbs. Best wishes, Terry |
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col.stephens Full Member
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Well, the Southern station building is now finished. If you remember, back in post 7, I posted a photo of the Scalescenes' small station building in London Midland red and then decided to model the Southern Railway instead following the release of Hornby's Terrier. Herewith a couple of photos of the finished building. Additions to the basic kit are plastic downpipes, white-metal chimney and card valance. The posters and signs come with this excellent Scalescenes' kit.
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col.stephens Full Member
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Re the white line on the platform edge. Firstly, the ramps were not usually painted, unlike mine. Secondly, as I have decided to set the layout further back in time to the Southern Railway circa 1936, not BR circa late 1950's, as originally envisaged, the white line may no longer be appropriate. There seems to be a belief amongst modellers that the white line first appeared during the Second World War to help passengers during the blackout. This is not strictly true. Certainly during the war the practice appears to have become commonplace. However, there is photographic evidence available of some platform edges being painted long before. Coincidentally, whilst reading the April 2019 copy of Backtrack yesterday, on page 200 there is a photo of the strangely named Trench Crossing Halt on the branch from Wellington to Newport and Stafford, dated 1927. This photo clearly shows a white line on the platform edge. Clear evidence that the practice existed before the war. The platform ramp is not painted. I need to do some research to ascertain what was the approach of the Southern Railway to painting platform edges circa 1936.
More soon, Terry |
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Hi Terry, Sarsden Halt had white lines on the platform in what looks like 1910-1920 from the uniforms and age of the staff. Nigel ____________________ ©Nigel C. Phillips |
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Barry Miltenburg Full Member 
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Looking good Terry - Roy Link would approve methinks!! Barry |
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col.stephens Full Member
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Thank you Barry and Nigel. The white line issue is interesting. I shall probably become obsessed, searching every magazine and book to prove it to myself! Best Wishes, Terry |
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Hi Terry. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but with the keen eyed young pilot on a bright night, it could have made the WW 2 bombing of a Railway Line much easier. After all they followed the Tames to the heart of London with the reflection from the water. Best wishes Kevin
____________________ Staying on the thread Kevin. |
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col.stephens Full Member
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Measure twice, cut once, goes the saying. Unfortunately, when cutting out the station forecourt area from card, I didn't measure at all! The result was that there was insufficient card abutting the platform on which to stand the station building. I then wasted time having to add an extra piece of card, so...
I did what I should have done in the first instance and either measured the station building or took it down to the shed and offer it up against the card before cutting out. Anyway, here's proof that the station actually fits the allotted space. The observant amongst you will notice that this is not the actual building which is going to be used for this layout. It is a spare.
Jobs completed this evening: 1) the white area of card painted with an undercoat prior to spraying with Humbrol Grey No.64; 2) glue applied to the underside of the bridge and same placed in position with weights thereon. More soon. Terry |
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Today I am singing the praises of the humble glue gun. I have always been of the 'stick it with PVA and leave it overnight' school of thought. However, I recently obtained a £5 mini-glue gun from Hobbycraft and what a difference it makes to construction time. I spent a short period this afternoon gluing in place the remaining supports for the station approach road. I may have to make some minor changes to accommodate the grass embankment, but the framework is in place...
This picture shows the road laid in place, not glued down yet, to give an idea as to how it will look...
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Terry |
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Sol A modelling Moderator. 
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Terry, slightly similar to how I used that bridge ____________________ Ron NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline. |
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col.stephens Full Member
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Uncanny Sol! Nice layout. Regards, Terry |
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Here's a flavour as to how the signal will look when in place...
Last job this evening was to glue the card supports in place under the road as it meets the entrance to the goods yard...
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Terry |
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That really is looking good Terry and you're covering some ground very quickly to boot. I have had a hot glue gun for years - bought for work - and also thought I'd try it on the railway. Maybe it's to do with the type of glue used but I found that, whilst it stuck sufficiently to hold bits in place, it didn't really "bond" so joints cracked very easily. When you think about how glues work, PVA "soaks" into the material then sets - rather like a weld whereas hot glue is not only too thick but sets too quickly to soak in. The result, in my experience, a weak joint, "wedged" by the glue blobs rather than truly glued. As I said, it could depend on the type of glue used. Regarding the white platform edges, I'd certainly go with them. I think you're right in that the practice became commonplace during WW2 for obvious reasons. To answer Kevin's comment about carrot-eating bomber pilots, the rails themselves were the guiding light Kevin. Look at any moon-lit aerial photo of railways and the rails shine like strip lights. The platform edges, although white, didn't shine. That's why a clear full moon was called a "bombers moon"; ____________________ 'Petermac |
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Hot gun glue has issues with white foam board. It attaches to the white powder, not the board. I used it for tacking then followed by glue. Nigel ____________________ ©Nigel C. Phillips |
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I'd also forgotten to mention the stringing ……………………….!!!  
____________________ 'Petermac |
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col.stephens Full Member
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Hello Peter. I agree with you. I don't thing the bond is particularly strong either, but is fine for gluing the card used for the scenery. The glue gun does produce lots of 'strings' but I have found that they can be brushed off with the hand leaving no residue on any surface. I had to revert to using PVA to attach the bridge and the platform to the baseboard as the hot glue dries too fast for you to get it onto the bottom of the model in every place it is needed. Hello Nigel. Interesting comment re the hot glue not being suitable for use on foamboard. Thanks for that. Regards to all. Terry |
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col.stephens Full Member
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A couple of photos to show the technique in action...
Right...back to the shed to carry on.
Terry |
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The terrain is definitely taking shape. This is a quick way of making the landscape and I hope to finish off later this evening.
More soon. Terry |
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