Rallymatt Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 Current and proposed track plans 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunmarc88 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Wow, That is impressive! Can’t wait to see this new section already so no pressure 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 It’s not fully to scale, hopefully there will be enough operators space between the two boards, I can just sneak enough space behind the cutting backscene to run along to the Dock area. With plenty of ‘modellers licence’ it’s a suggestion of Tyne Dock, which was massive in its day and freight only but this version has a passenger transfer terminal and tiny in comparison.The ‘Ports Express’ (inspired by a real service) runs between Port of Tyne and Liverpool often stopping at High Fell to take on water and always to negotiate the loop that enables single loco trains to master the climb through the Durham Dales and on through the Pennines.Looking to see if I can find a suitable moving crane to operate from the boats to the freight sidings for Iron Ore heading to Consett Steel Works, preparing for a rake of 21t mineral wagons and a 9f (this is a distant dream) possible oil terminal and need to think of the van loading/unloading facilities.The board can only be 230mm deep so some creative thinking needed!As a nod to a famous landmark, I am planning on something to create an impression of the Tyne Dock Arches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox 17 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 You will be waiting anxiously for the 9F to appear then?I wont even contemplate making that one for many reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 I have been waiting for the 9f before I laid first bit of track! Love them 😁I’m disappointed Garry that you are not knocking one up as we speak (Westinghouse air pumps please)Think I may have found a crane, 3D printing has transformed the hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Busker Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 That's going to be awesome when you've got it built, and it was mightily impressive already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox 17 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 I’m disappointed Garry that you are not knocking one up as we speak (Westinghouse air pumps please) Sorry about that but I have the bits (in stock and/or on order) for a few more locos giving me some from the big 4 (BR livery) and BR regions.Plus, gone mad and going to have a go at a large diesel too.That will give me about 12 different classes of loco most not even mentioned by Hornby.Plenty to keep me busy over the next few months I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 Garry, I’m staggered by the number and quality of the locos you have already populated your layout with! very impressive stuff. Thanks Dave, I’m planning a surprise visitor when the dock area is up to scratch 😉Timber is calculated and ordered along with track and electrics. If anyone has ever seen some of the excellent videos on Yarslow, something the chap (sorry don’t know his name) has mentioned, that kept going round in my head was the idea of giving trains somewhere to go. It’s not always possible, even in TT:120 but I might just get away with it and hopefully not made the operating space too small. A swivel stool is next on shopping list to replace a dining chair 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9020 Nimbus Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 The only thing is, the Tyne Dock arches would only be impressive from the road; each individual arch would of course carry one or at most two lines. Mostly if not wholly a place where coal was tipped into ships.In reality the passenger terminal was/is on the opposite side of the river at the Albert Edward Dock, although at one time quite large ships came upriver as far as Newcastle Quayside, just short of the Swing Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 I model in the ‘impressionist’ style. I was meaning these arches which will be seen side on as in the photo 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Wow, looks like its going to be an impressive expansion, and knowing your work its going to look great ok_hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 Ha ha, we will see when it’s done 😁 no static grass this time to cover up any mistakes! 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 The main dock baseboard is done, and had a little re-jig on the track plan. I want to try and recreate the ‘busy’ look of track. It’s very linear but that’s docks for you 🤣 A mix of medium but mainly short radius radius points, all electrics sourced (harder than last time! Chip shortage is biting) seen some inspiring ideas for working the dock ‘pavement’. This is quite a departure for High Fell, being industrial and architectural in contrast to the dales landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge1965 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Looking good matey.... Makes a change to see a layout in the forum and not a rant or b itch about TT stuff not here or being late.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 Thanks Dodge, I take view of work with what you have and when the other stuff arrives, all good. I enjoy seeing the progress of the various layouts, hopefully that will become the prominent feature of the forum soon😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 Despite recent loco disappointments, work on ‘Tyne Dock’ is progressing, lots still to do but some parts recycled from the 1st version of High Fell and left overs from other kits…. Never throw anything away 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunmarc88 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 You really don’t hang around! It’s looking fab already… I can’t wait to see the completed project in railway modeller ! Seriously though your layout will be one of the initial standout layouts in the new uk scale (no pressure!) and I hope you get to show it off somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 Cheers people. I do like to try and make some headway to keep project momentum going. Currently at a thinking stage for the area behind the arches, I am settling on a plan now I can see how it’s developed so far. Once that is done then I can move to track laying and ‘breaking’ through part of Cragg Edge cutting. There is not a lot of space to play with for working so it’s has to be carefully planned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 You certainly are steaming ahead ! (sic).Great work as usual, integrating to the existing layout is perhaps going to be a bitter sweet bit of demolishing/remodelling, but ultimately worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 Ha ha , I see what you did there TT 🤣I don’t mind taking some parts down to put something new in. I try to approach it in the same way the engineers on the railway would. Pulling up lines, re-sculpting stations, cutting through scenery. It’s a bonus in the hobby that it’s so easy to change bits. Hardest part on this little bit of excavating is so tight on space. I should also be able to replace the only track joint on the layout I wasn’t happy with 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 Spent a little time on refining the arches and tunnel mouth. In modelling it’s always good to not throw anything away! This area is going to quite dark, dank and grubby, but where a bit of sunlight hits the natural world gets a foothold and all manner of vegetation springs into life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 thumbsup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 27, 2023 Author Share Posted May 27, 2023 Pleased to report a breakthrough occurred in Cragg Edge Cutting early this evening, trackwork is being installed and the first tests are looking good 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted May 28, 2023 Author Share Posted May 28, 2023 Bank Holiday Engineering works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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