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Re: WEST ORTON

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:41 pm
by Chops
Mr. M, I've had a moment to go back through West Orton's archival posts. Clearly, something on the level of museum quality, if I may say. The stills do not do justice for what you have achieved here. Perchance could you shoot up some video?

Re: WEST ORTON

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:24 pm
by Steve M
Chops wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:41 pm Mr. M, I've had a moment to go back through West Orton's archival posts. Clearly, something on the level of museum quality, if I may say. The stills do not do justice for what you have achieved here. Perchance could you shoot up some video?
Thank you Chops. I intend to shoot a video in due course and hope to include a driver’s eye view (if I can get my minicam working - I have to find where I put it first. :cry: ).

I want to finish the signalling project first - I started work on extending a gantry to span the main and branch lines adjacent to the MPD. The intention is to have working semaphores - this will involve a fair amount of scratchbuilding for the linkages. Plan B is a cluster of bracket signals - I know how to do them. ;)

Image2022-07-20_07-22-03 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

Re: WEST ORTON

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:30 pm
by Steve M
I fabricated the crank pivot block for the gantry this morning. Basically it’s just laminated plasticard with alternating thicknesses (0.5mm &1.0mm) drilled to accept a pivot wire. I then added a couple of etched legs to tart up each end.
The prototype control rod is in place although the offset needs to be a bit larger - once that is finalised, I can make up four rods that need to be attached to the cranks before the block is permanently fixed in place.

Image2022-07-21_12-23-04 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

Re: WEST ORTON

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:01 am
by Chops
Remarkable. :shock:

Re: WEST ORTON

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 2:59 pm
by Steve M
Progressing the linkages to/from the pivot block.

Image2022-07-23_02-55-43 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

Re: WEST ORTON

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:07 pm
by Bandit Mick
Cor, that’s clever!

Re: WEST ORTON

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:08 pm
by Steve M
All above board linkages completed.
I think the next job will be to prepare the switches on the control panel while I’m waiting for a fresh supply of handrail stanchions to arrive.

Image2022-07-26_12-03-13 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

Re: WEST ORTON

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:11 pm
by Mountain Goat
Excellent. :)

Re: WEST ORTON

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:19 pm
by sandy
Fantastic work Steve.

Re: WEST ORTON

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 1:37 pm
by Brian
Great work Steve. Look forward to seeing the gantry operational.
Think I'll take up model boating now that you have produced such great results :roll: :roll:
... For Sale, extensive OO layout. Disenchanted owner.
Ha ha, not really for sale. :o