7mm Yorky D's LT - Wagonery tales from the Met.

[simond]

a working electro-mechanical solution that relies on physical contact, harder as the scale shrinks and diminishing equally in reliability and value.

I think I’d put a reed switch under the track, and a magnet on the loco, though a light sensor is another option.

I’d avoid mechanical contact like the plague!

Atb
Simon

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Not much to see - lineside switch cabinet patterns made from scrap etch, tinned copper wire and styrene.





And primed.



These are my photos with the cabinets highlighted.







This is from CJ Allen's Steel Highway published in 1928 to illustrate the cabinets which I suspect was taken either during building of either the Watford (Met) or Stanmore branch.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

And the old rivalries exist - taken from the Aylesbury - Marylebone train passing a caged in Neasden (30/12/2019).

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

A few bits of 1.5mm brass wire, a bit of brass and scrap etch, a hot stick and we have this...

...... one of the classic LT bus stop shelters - not that it actually protected one from the elements.

 

[Dan Randall]

I remember those shelters well - great job Dave! The concrete post and flag look great too.
(I have a bus & coach stop flag in my garage, funnily enough).


Regards

Dan

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

(I have a bus & coach stop flag in my garage, funnily enough).

Likewise, except mine is indoors at the bottom of the stairs... acquired from Garston Garage (GR).

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

The shelter was zapped with grey primer and painted.

Firstly with a coat of Tamiya flat aluminium followed by a wash of Vallejo steel. A further wash of darkened Vallejo steel/gunmetal mix was applied to weather the roof and underside. Once dried Tamiya flat aluminium was drybrushed to create the polished areas on the poles/crossbars where passengers have leaned against them.

A black/gunmetal mix was used around the joins and floor mounting plates.

 

[P A D]

I thought Yorshiremen were tight, but not putting any glass in a bus shelter takes the biscuit

Joking aside, its nicely done Dave.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

I thought Yorshiremen were tight, but not putting any glass in a bus shelter takes the biscuit

Aye, glass is too modern....

Some of these shelters, depending on location, had steel panels on the rear with maps. Where there was not timetable panel on the bus stop post a timetable panel was mounted between the two end posts of the shelter itself - usually on the rear 'wall' opposite the bus stop post.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

I've finally installed a decoder and a speaker into L.94. Ripped out the existing circuit board and replaced it with an ESU decoder which sits in the bottom of the boiler.


A hole was drilled into the end block and tapped for M2.5 to mount the speaker.



The opportunity was taken to weather the chassis, remove the buffer beam steam heat and vacuum fittings and make up and fit some cab weather sheets (mainly to keep the smoke out of the cab when working engineering trains in the Met tunnels). The latter made from patches cut from a nitrile glove. I have a box of these for use when I'm working on the car - stops my hands from becoming too dirty when handling oily and greasy parts.

 

[AJC]

That's just gorgeous, Dave - I especially like the patina on the tank side but it seems unreasonable to pull out a 'best bit' as the whole thing hangs together so brilliantly.

Adam

 

[Scale7JB]

I've got a long way to go on mine..!!

Sill shiny new and in the box.

JB.

 

[Scale7JB]

....except it's not shiny of course which is half the battle when weathering one of these.

JB.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

That's just gorgeous, Dave - I especially like the patina on the tank side but it seems unreasonable to pull out a 'best bit' as the whole thing hangs together so brilliantly.

Thanks Adam - just trying to recreate the last days of LT steam.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

The decals finally arrived to allow me to finish Sir Ralph Verney. Here are some gratuitous photos.

 

[76043]

I too remember those LT austerity shelters, were always fun to use as a sort of gymnastic set of bars when a kid.

I saw one in Sandridge, Hertfordshire only yesterday, so they are still around.

Great loco's too.

Tony

 

[Oz7mm]

Lovely job David.

John

 

[Alan]

Sir Ralph looks wonderful, superb weathering.

 

[cmax]

Another stunning build, and another weathering masterclass

Gary

 

[oldravendale]

That is just lovely, Dave.

Where did the transfers come from? I'd like some for mine!

Brian