Shadowlands and Tellynott

Started by Mark Dalrymple, July 04, 2019, 05:24:25 PM

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Mark Dalrymple

Quote from: cuse on February 09, 2025, 09:53:55 AMGreat structure...Love the verticality of it - it will certainly serve the look you're after for the scene.

Love everything you're doing

John

Thanks, John.

You are right - it really suits what I am trying to create.  Thanks for following along and all your comments.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark Dalrymple

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Hi guys.

While I'm uploading progress from module 3B and 2B I though I would pop in a few shots from my track changes underneath here that I have been working on over the last couple of evenings. 

Photo 1 - My new track arrangement for the loop (also on page 39, but rotated 180 degrees to help orient you).  This plan shows the staging, fiddle yard and return cutoff at Neil's Crossing/ Jamestown.  The black line running across the bottom of the picture is the backdrop which splits modules 3A and 3B, and 2A and 2B (and also divides the room into Tellynott and Shadowlands).  The area we have just been looking at (with the two mines) is the area below this black line on the plan (but physically above the track work on the layout shown in the photos in this post).  Module 2B is to the left, module 3B to the right.
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Photo 2 - shows the view underneath the two mines where the tracks turn to head into Neil's Crossing and Jamestown.  To the right you can see where I have lifted the track that used to run straight through.
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Photo 3 - Here is the track to the right running into module 11.
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Photo 4 - Shows a view from down past Freda mine looking back towards module 11.  Hopefully this will give you your bearings.
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Photo 5 - And here is a shot looking straight down the line as it heads into the hidden staging and fiddle yard.  Track laying under here is rather challenging!  Especially getting that eyeometre1969 into position!  Fortunately, my camera is a much smaller tool!
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More soon, cheers, Mark.


Dave Buchholz

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What sensors do you intent to use to show the position of rolling stock in the hidden underneath sidings. I'm assuming it will not be directly visible.

 Fifth Dave on the right, (about 12000 miles to the right, and north several thousand more)
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Mark Dalrymple

Quote from: Dave Buchholz on February 10, 2025, 11:37:47 PMWhat sensors do you intent to use to show the position of rolling stock in the sidings. I'm assuming it will not be directly visible.

 Fifth Dave on the right, (about 12000 miles to the right, and north several thousand more)

Hi Dave.

I did a fair bit of the 1:1 scale planning, benchwork and cork road bed, while sitting on a computer chair.  At this height everything is pretty visible.  I might have a chair each side of the peninsula - one for the fiddle yard, one for the staging, and see how this goes first.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark Dalrymple

Hi guys.

Right - some benchwork.

Photo 1 - So using 3 small brads I nailed my 2.5mm MDF to the edge of a 16mm board and cut to shape with my jigsaw. The square is lining the end up with the previous module. I put this in position and then redid my trackwork carefully and marked it all with a pencil. I marked where I wanted pieces of the board low to have scenery below the track height and also marked where I needed the trackbed cut for where the gradients changed.
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Photo 2 - after cutting out the various sections I spliced the back piece of roadbed to the front piece. I added another piece of 16mm MDF underneath and everything was screwed and glued. Here we have everything in position and the spacers have been replaced with risers. I also used the layout baseboard frontage to cut a duplicate piece which you can see in position with jack studs attached between this and the baseboard. I will add droppers to the existing layout and then joists between for the lower trackbed.
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Photo 3 - This one shows where the gradient changes and where I spliced the two baseboards together. The back section is not yet glued and screwed (nor the rises) as I am waiting for my cork roadbed to arrive to check my heights between Shadowlands and Tellynott. I like the drama set up by having the track curve in the opposite direction to the layout frontage.
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Photo 4 - This shows the two modules side by side. Where there is a step in the bottom of the layout is where these two sections meet.  The section to the left is module 2(B) and to the right is 3(B).  You can see I am a lot further on here.  The lower layer of supporting benchwork and track bed has been completed.
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Photo 5 - here we are to the left of the mine, almost at the join of module 2 and module 5. The mainline will go into a tunnel about midway between the two studs nearest the mine. The turnout to Tellynott will be just to the left of the tunnel entrance (the hole in the backdrop goes through to Tellynott).
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More soon, cheers, Mark.

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