Turntable? Black Princess Elizabeth? OH OH! The steam bug has bitten! :pathead

 

Looking forward to seeing some steam railtour videos of your layout!

 

Thomas

 

 

Will be intresting to see what condition the loco is in as apperently it had been stored up in a loft for years. Rachels dad got it from a charity shop along with a couple of blood and custard mk1's and about 8 wagons for the grand total of £8! The loco is missing the tender although the wheels look realy clean so maybe a spot of oil and a run perhaps?? I think that the black loco was one of the earler ones as the later ones were in maroon. I do have a powered tender chassies so I could scratch build a tender top and remove the mech from the loco if its no good. As for steam on the heatherburn I was planning a couple of kettles for railtour work with a rake of white roofed IC liveried mk1's and possably an ethel. Turntable looks great with the brickpaper BTW. Pics later. ;-)

 

 I think i might have a spare tender for it Dave, I will have a look in my boxes

Thanks Kev ok here's the turntable with the brickpaper and a bit of paint. Cutting individual brick courses for the top of the wall was a pain in the rear but worth the effort. ..







I decided to paint the handrails yellow after seeing a pic of a 37 on the turntable at st blazey depot. The rails were painted yellow orche then brushed over with yellow to give a worn look. Modern image for brian…



And one for the kettle fans….



Lizzy actualy runs but needs a lot of tlc and the front needs straightening out as it's been stored someware warm!! The coaches were quite badly bent and were the short triang ones. After unsucessfully trying to straighten them out I think they will be lengthened and rebuilt as electrification coaches complete with flat roofs. ;-)

The turntable is looking very good Dave now im sure yo are going to mototrise it with all the bits you seem to have lying around:lol:

The lizzy is probably older than you Dave they were around in the mid fiftys to early sixtys i had the set as a kid and i think i actually still have one the same as yours in the shed somewhere that was given to me

cheers Brian

i still have 3 princesses all in use and decoder fitted, i have put lights on one of them
they pull like good uns.

:doublethumb:lol::lol::lol::cool:

 

Here are some pics of the tender Dave. I think it is the correct livery seeing as your 'Liz' doesn't have the red lining









 

The coupling will need changing and the body is loose, but all the bits are there.

Pm me your address if you want it

 

Wow that looks spot on Kev thanks. PM sent. :thumbs

Not so much as an update with the railway but just done some reasearch into lizzys age. Looks like I have an early model from about 1952! :shock: Wonder how many new locos will look in 57 years time?? :roll:

 Ever had so many modeling projects on the go that you dont know what to do next?? Currently I have three layouts on the go with my N gauge layout not reciving much attention in over two years. I will get round to posting this layout eventualy! :roll: 

On with the garden layout. Picking up from last time the turntable has been modified for it's eventual motorisation. I have taken some 4mm brass rod and threaded the end. This has now been glued in place ready for instalation on the layout.



To motorise the table I will be using a 24v motor and drive mech from an old CCTV camera. I have tested the turntable and mech using a 5v supply and have to say it looks great with a big class 40 on! I need to make some brackets for the mech to mount under the baseboard but once done I will post a video clip. Work on the OHLE is progressing slowly. You will remember I was having some problems fitting the brass arms to the copper gantries well tieing them together with wire then coating with superglue seams to have done the trick. One big challenge is two gantries need two sets of arms fitted as there will eventualy be two sets of wires where the lengths overlap.







Inside I have installed another section of wire on the station approch.






Must finish off those houses and flats though! :roll: :lol: ;-)

THREE layouts on the go???……….And one of 'em n gauge????
   Now I'm intrigued.So why haven't we seen any piccies of your n gauge set-up,naughty boy???
:It's a no no

cheers,John.B.:thumbs

Sorry John heres a link for some pics…

http://davidbentley.fotopic.net/c1261771.html

And heres one for the N gauge exhibition layout that I wish I never scrapped!!

http://davidbentley.fotopic.net/c1312638.html

:thumbs

A man of many talents :exclam :pathead

This garden railway is just awesome mate and i had a quick look at the n gauge site, also very nice. So where is this n gauge one, is it running along side the oo gauge layout?

Phill

Dave

You are like me a man with a thousand and one jobs to do keep at it you eventually get there but the trouble is as you are doing the kjobs you start creating other ones to do

cheers Brian

The N gauge layout sits above the garden empire in the garage. You can see one of the legs for it sticking out of the warehouse roof! The layout mesures 6' x 10' and the baseboard is all one piece. I will take some new pics shortly and start another thread on here in due course. ;-)

In the mean time I need to start cleaning up the inside of the garage as I have stuff all over the place. Once sorted I can carry on finishing off the job of boarding out the roof space above the 'railway room'. Long term plan is to move my music studio into the roof space freeing up the small box room. Only downside will be finding a new home for potters lane as it currently sits up one corner of the room. So much for doing some modeling this weekend! :roll: ;-) 

Well the turntable is now in and motorized!! :twisted: 

Here's some pic's of the mech…









And a short clip of the table in action..

Dave,
       love the n gauge stuff.Great idea to have a rail museum with all those different locos from home and abroad.(Great excuse for running exactly what you want to!!!)
       Also,excellent smooth operating turntable!

Cheers,John.B.:thumbs

Dave that turntable look strong enough to carry a full size loco.  No worries of mechanical problems with that one.

Dave dont leave your fingers in that turntable well with that motor it will wop ya fingers off.:lol::lol:

cheers brian