Under Construction - Birmingham UK
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jim smith-wright
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More Progress
Some of the vents on the roof, mostly scratchbuilt but with some tops from the unit models N gauge vents http://www.unitmodels.co.uk/shop/
Cheers
Jim
Some of the vents on the roof, mostly scratchbuilt but with some tops from the unit models N gauge vents http://www.unitmodels.co.uk/shop/
Cheers
Jim
jim smith-wright
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Hi All
A bit more progress on various Air conditioners.
Left to right, scratchbuilt, scratchbuilt, S kits. Unit models (cut in half) and unit models adapted with new vent from tube and class 47 roof grill and fan.
Cheers
Jim
A bit more progress on various Air conditioners.
Left to right, scratchbuilt, scratchbuilt, S kits. Unit models (cut in half) and unit models adapted with new vent from tube and class 47 roof grill and fan.
Cheers
Jim
jim smith-wright
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Hi All
the small building is now essentially complete. Just a few minor things to add, bits to paint then its going to be mounted on the layout and coated in grime. Got to do the retaining walls first though.
Thoughts have turned to platforms. The Peco ones are very close to what I need. however the ones at BNS are made up from 3 sections so I made a couple of little jigs to help me scribe the division lines onto them. A rough estimate means I need something in the region of 40 meters worth :? :? :?
Cheers
Jim
the small building is now essentially complete. Just a few minor things to add, bits to paint then its going to be mounted on the layout and coated in grime. Got to do the retaining walls first though.
Thoughts have turned to platforms. The Peco ones are very close to what I need. however the ones at BNS are made up from 3 sections so I made a couple of little jigs to help me scribe the division lines onto them. A rough estimate means I need something in the region of 40 meters worth :? :? :?
Cheers
Jim
MilesWestern
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More modeling excellence!!
jim smith-wright
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Thanks Miles
There are 3 stations in Birmingham City Center. New Street is the largest but there is also Moor Street and Snow Hill. My friend is modelling Moor Street (set much earlier than my model) but he asked me to do a small section of the goods shed for him. This was a bit different to the norm as I decided to model both sides of the walls and detail the insides. What follows are a few pics.
Jim
There are 3 stations in Birmingham City Center. New Street is the largest but there is also Moor Street and Snow Hill. My friend is modelling Moor Street (set much earlier than my model) but he asked me to do a small section of the goods shed for him. This was a bit different to the norm as I decided to model both sides of the walls and detail the insides. What follows are a few pics.
Jim
jim smith-wright
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Hi All
Added a few bits and bobs to my website for those interested. Main new addition is a page on building the smaller building of the Signal box complex.
http://jsmithwright.demonweb.co.uk/layout/scenic/scenic.html
The start of the month marked the 20,000 visitor to the site so a quick thanks to all those who have taken the time to drop by.
Cheers
Jim
Added a few bits and bobs to my website for those interested. Main new addition is a page on building the smaller building of the Signal box complex.
http://jsmithwright.demonweb.co.uk/layout/scenic/scenic.html
The start of the month marked the 20,000 visitor to the site so a quick thanks to all those who have taken the time to drop by.
Cheers
Jim
jim smith-wright
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Hi All
The long weekend meant I could re-focus attention back to track. Not as exciting as the previous board but here's some pics
this one shows the new stuff done over the last 2 days.
Cheers
Jim
The long weekend meant I could re-focus attention back to track. Not as exciting as the previous board but here's some pics
this one shows the new stuff done over the last 2 days.
Cheers
Jim
jim smith-wright
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Hi Jim
40 actual meters. There are 10 platforms of roughly 350 scale meters each (it is a lot of work!!)
Regards
Jim
40 actual meters. There are 10 platforms of roughly 350 scale meters each (it is a lot of work!!)
Regards
Jim
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jim smith-wright
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Cool - you better get playing then? Will I like New Jersey?
Got any links to pics of Hoboken Terminal?
Jim
Cjcrescent
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Track looks Great! Love that single slip in the middle of the second photo!
NYSW F45
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Cool - you better get playing then? Will I like New Jersey?
Got any links to pics of Hoboken Terminal?
Jim
Would you like NJ? Good question, it depends. Do you like snow, sometimes lots of it in the winter? Heat waves in the summer? sometimes there isn't a spring or fall cause it can go from winter straight to summer it seems. Same goes for fall, last year it went from summer to winter. THe leaves didn't change color till almost mid november and by the end of november were gone. But NJ has ALOT of railroad's to fan on. Lots of them. CSX, NS,NYSW,NJT,M&E,CMSL,AMTRAK,BEL-DEL,W&W and a few im missing.
Oh and lots of traffic and women in SUV's talking on there cellphones and not paying attention LOL
Anyway here is a link that I hope works for windows live local.
Hoboken terminal yard
And a shot that i just saved from the site.
And a pano that i took about a month ago. the watermarks are from the program i used, they add them if you use the free trial version.
jim smith-wright
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Hi All
This summer we have been good with the wood again and now have all the baseboards done for the station area - wolves tunnel to london tunnel. this is how it looks so far and the following constitutes about a third of the layout whole.
view from the london end
view from the wolves end
views from what will be the front (public side)
Cheers
Jim
This summer we have been good with the wood again and now have all the baseboards done for the station area - wolves tunnel to london tunnel. this is how it looks so far and the following constitutes about a third of the layout whole.
view from the london end
view from the wolves end
views from what will be the front (public side)
Cheers
Jim
jim smith-wright
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Hi Steve
No - this was done over the summer. The 3 new boards being completed over 3 days! Still need to do the filling, sanding and treating bit though. If you are around on the last weekend of September the layout will be appearing as a work in progress at Scaleforum
Jim
No - this was done over the summer. The 3 new boards being completed over 3 days! Still need to do the filling, sanding and treating bit though. If you are around on the last weekend of September the layout will be appearing as a work in progress at Scaleforum
Jim
