WEST ORTON

[Brian]

Cheap? Budgie Cheap Cheap
Or so I'm told!

[Steve M]

In addition to the dummy signal wires, I have now installed wire and wire hangers along the embankment walls. I have a few left so I may add them to the front wall of one of the platforms but I’m undecided on that.

20230201_141854 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

20230201_142003 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

[Steve M]

A little more detail in the engine shed - electrical conduit, plugs, switches and panels, plus a couple of fire extinguishers.

2023-02-02_11-24-23 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

I’ve also been looking at adding a few discarded railchairs to the trackside but they are a pain to get hold of. The usual suppliers of DIY track only sell in bulk (understandably) at a fearsome price and no one seems to do a 3D print version. Will have to grub around the stalls at Ally Pally next month.

[Walkingthedog]

Why not cut the rail chairs off some spare sleepers.

Or these

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233765338173

[Steve M]

Why not cut the rail chairs off some spare sleepers.

Or these

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233765338173

Out of stock, Brian. And they are the wrong bolt pattern (anorak moment).
I did try slicing sleepers on both Peco and Hornby track - they have a hole under the chair which prevents them coming off in one piece.

I think it’s strange that the 3D guys haven’t covered these yet as they are always seen in odd places around the railway.

[Walkingthedog]

After I’d posted I remembered the holes under the chairs. Cut them off and stick them to very thin plasticard.


How can GWR style chairs be wrong, absolutely impossible

[Steve M]

It’s all about the number of bolt holes.

[Walkingthedog]

I know. You can always have the old rusty GWR ones in a pile because they changed them to the ones with the correct bolt holes

[Steve M]

I’ll track some down eventually, although for a few moments I thought about buying a 3D printer to do my own. I soon came to my senses and realised my limited technical expertise with anything involving computers.

[Walkingthedog]

Do none of the companies that supply bits to make your own track have them or do they only have packs of 500?