Little Weldon

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I managed to spend some time on the layout over the weekend. I have painted Little Weldon's station forecourt and roadways leading up to the level crossings. These have been painted the same as the "High Street" except the areas leading up to the level crossings where I have introduced a yellow colouring to help soften the joins. Another Matchstick fence has been constructed, painted brown with a black wash. This has been placed between the Weighbridge hut and Goods Shed, advertising has also been applied. I have also glued down some Cobbles.

 

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Since I painted and papered the roadways around Little Weldon station itself I have not had any considerable time for working on the layout. It has now got to the busy time of the year down on the Allotment. Now that the last remaining sections of bare baseboard have received their first scenic treatment, I look around the layout and it gives me a warm glow. I am really pleased with how it all looks this is the first layout that I have made to this "complete" state. I find myself just looking at Little Weldon. I do have some more plans for the layout,but the little spare time I have at the moment I have spent running trains. A few Black and White piccies which hopefully help to create the illusion of a 1950's layout.

 

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Little Weldon is currently celebrating its first birthday. Several specials have been run, with some more in the pipe line. Sir Nigel Gresley with a train of Teak stock.
Re-run of the first GWR mixed freight. I tried to take this photo in the same location as the earlier one. Standard 4 Tank on a Brake Van special. Class 20 on a train of fitted Vans. Returning empty to Fletton. The three versions of the brick wagons and the two versions of the LNER brake van. Bristol Castle rounding the curve into Weldon station.

 

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Disaster has fallen upon Little Weldon.The Up line has had to be closed due to electrical failure. My up to now faithful H & M Duette has stopped working. It is still powering the Down line, but I don't really want to use it now. Does anybody know if anybody is carrying out a repair / service, service for these elderly controllers. If not could anybody recommend an alternative suitable for vintage models. Obviously I wish to remain DC.
A couple of photos from the last running session.

 

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Thanks very much for your suggestions Keith, I shall buy a multimeter it's something I have been meaning to add to my tool box for a while now. The casing of the Duette is riveted together, so that these will need to be drilled out replaced. I shall a nose around eBay and see what is on there too.

 

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Things are afoot at Little Weldon first of all I have decided to replace my Duette with another, so I am bidding on ebay. I have decided to opt for one that has a current pat test, hopefully I shall win if not I'll wait until the next one comes along.
I have been experimenting with Linka tiles and have assembled a panel from this I have produced a mould of my own using Latex. For this sample mould I have used a bottle of Copydex. I have now placed an order for Casting latex and a thickening agent.

This has produced a highly flexible mould. The first casting, I shall be using this panel in Little Weldon's ruined Castle.
The Castle itself needs a larger area than I had available, so an internal triangular sub baseboard has been made to accommodate the additional earthworks required. The basic land mass has now been built up and carved using polystyrene. An area of deforestation has taken place with further areas to remove once the Bailey walls have been assembled. The ruined panel temporarily sited to gain a feel for the Castle. Note the vastly out of scale prop.

 

Hi Keith
I'm not sure how the PM system works on here I hope I managed it.

 

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Good news.
A full service has been restored.
The "new" Duette I won on ebay has arrived and is now wired up, obviously I had to run some trials. Standard 4 tanks and N2's.

 

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I've had a good weekend first of all a couple of nice finds at the Car Boot sale. A very nicely framed A3 reproduction of the 1937 LMS poster Scot meets Scot. Very dramatic, very colourful and very Art Deco. This is now on the wall above Weldon station, very much looking the part. My second good but was for two boxes Oxford diecast vehicles for £4.50. These are now needlessly to say on the layout.
Castle Hill has now received its covering of Mod Roc and plaster work. Blending it in to the existing hill side. This has received its base coat of greenish, brown paint. I shall let this dry out thoroughly for a few days before putting on any more scenic treatment.
I have been continuing with making further Latex moulds of ruined panels. I have found that liquid Latex is thinner than Copydex therefore cases and castings must be sealed well to prevent seepage. I have successfully used Plastercine for this. For the next mould I will try the Latex thickening agent.
I have started to try out some of Timbersurf's acetate windows on a row of Terraced housing. These look so much better for real than they do on a screen. A ruined panel temporarily sited on the hill, just to get a feel.

 

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Following on from my last post some pictures of my Linka built Terraced housing, with glazing from Timbersurf's, Lumsdonia Windows. I was originally planning on using clear glazing for these houses but I really like the way that this looks, so this is how they are to remain. I think these window sheets are going to be useful for both Linkalites and scratch builders.