7mm The Derby Line: Basford North

[dibateg]

Another test fit now the balustrade is in place... it doesn't quite fit! Just some minor alterations to the pilasters are required..

 

[dibateg]

Bridge 276 looks better with some primer on, it will be a week or two before it is fully installed.

 

[Dave Holt]

The bridge girders look very impressive, Tony. I see you've overcome the slight problem by inserting an extra row of bricks under the cap stones.
In an previous photo of the prototype, I got the impression that there was central beam between the tracks of the GC main line. Was there and, if so, are you including a representation on the model?
Dave.

 

[dibateg]

Thank Dave - yes - the GC built most their girder bridges with separate spans for up and down lines. I miscalculated the width of the track bed, so I will see if I can squeeze a representation in.

Regards
Tony

 

[dibateg]

Mrs G has been working away at the drapes, it is a vast improvement and hides all that clutter under the railway...

 

[dibateg]

The point rodding closes in on the signal box, not far to go now....

 

[dibateg]

Point rodding has reached the signal box now, it took a bit of working out to take each rod to enter the box in the correct position on the lever frame to match with the lever number. I've run out of rodding now, but there are just five rods to take East under the Park Lane Bridge.

 

[JimG]

Point rodding has reached the signal box now, it took a bit of working out to take each rod to enter the box in the correct position on the lever frame to match with the lever number. I've run out of rodding now, but there are just five rods to take East under the Park Lane Bridge.
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Wow, matching the rodding to the lever frame. Really looking good.

Jim

 

[John57sharp]

We need a new designation… Finescale* or S7* for going those extra miles! Sorry I'm too last to read back to see which you are using!

 

[dibateg]

Finescale....

 

[LarryG]

The appearance of 0 gauge track, particularly fine-scale, is soooo realistic. No trains are needed in post #427; The separation of ballasted running lines and ash and muck of the nearer line is a feast to the eye.

 

[adrian]

Finescale....

or in the words of a fine modeller - Finescale track and Scale7 scenery.

 

[simond]

Chris Klein?

 

[dibateg]

The East rodding run is now complete:-

 

[Dave Holt]

All looking excellent. A lot of painstaking work but well worth the effort.
Dave.

 

[dibateg]

I managed to get the railway room above 10 degrees and Geoff and I had a short working session. Geoff continued the bank beyond the GC over bridge.



I finished off the last rodding run to point 87:-

 

[AJC]

I really like the view under the bridge - the variation of ballast, cess, main line and sidings looks just right. The rodding is definitely well worth the effort, too.

Adam

 

[dibateg]

Thanks Adam -
I took inspiration from Paul Scott's Colwich Junction, Geoff Taylor assisted with a lot of the ground works. The rodding really adds to the infrastructure in this scale.

Regards
Tony