NMRA British Region Forum

Mike,

This is certainly what I would like to get involved with but not sure where to start... any suggestions?

I do not have access to a home layout and don't know of any layouts close by that I could operate on?

H E L P ???

Peter

Gents,

I am very interested in pursuing this and want to know where to start and who wants an extra operator on their layout.

Any help and suggestions are more than welcome please.

Peter

I really enjoyed the building challenge and it was an effort to get it all done before and after Christmas - it is amazing how time flies when other things creep into the available time one has for modelling. My personal challenge was that I had to have it all complete prior to going on a train holi...

F I N I S H E D The Rio Grande Southern style Trestle is complete...!!! Rio Grande Southern Goose No. 4 a Precision Scale ON30 model with sound creeps across the finished Trestle after the Track Gang have ensured the gauge is perfectly aligned and ready to receive traffic. http://www.drgwrr.co.uk/wp...

The code 70 rail has now been attached as previously described using the Pliobond adhesive method: http://www.drgwrr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMG_6577-1024x768.jpg The guard rail timbers have also been attached: http://www.drgwrr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMG_0224-1024x768.jpg http://...

Completing the Bracing

As the trestle nears completion the final cross bracing is added to ensure the structure is strong and stable.

Adding Horizontal Bracing "Girts" Construction is nearing completion as the horizontal bracing "girts" are added to the structure to provide strength to the vertical bents as this forms amazing rigidity to the overall structure. Threading the 32 ft long 8" x 8" long ti...

Attaching Trestle Bents to the Splined Bridge Deck I have been struggling with attaching the Trestle Bents to the Splined Bridge Deck trying to keep them square to the deck and upright at the same time. I created a styrene jig to hold them in place but this failed as I tried to apply sufficient wei...

Trestle Abutment Detail At the ends of the trestle there would have been abutments to hold back roadbed fill. These abutments consist of a trestle bent with scale 3" x 18" timber boards which would have been nailed through the back before being backfilled. The iregular shape is due to exi...

Hand Laid Rail Spiking Update Construction progress has been slow over the last several weeks due to my new role as Renewals Officer for the British Region NMRA. It is quite a daunting task but I have had great support from John Firth and I am beginning to get the hang of it...! I revisited the &qu...

John,

Welcome to the challenge - looking forward to seeing your progress on this unusual model.

Problem with Rail Spikes Construction progress was halted recently as the rail spikes refused to hold the rail securely to the ties. Pre-drilling an undersize hole for the spike to prevent splitting seemed to work but there was not enough grip to hold the rail. In the past I have used Shinohara cod...

Applying Rail to the Splined Trestle Deck The splined trestle deck is now complete with ties and before assembling this to the trestle bents it is time to spike the rail on to the ties. The RGS typically used rail length of 30 feet. I used weathered Micro Engineering code 70 rail cut to scale 30ft ...

Ties and Trestle Deck The splined trestle deck is completed with the placement of the 8" x 8" x 10' pre-stained ties. http://www.drgwrr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_0037-1024x768.jpg http://www.drgwrr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_0036-1024x768.jpg Clamps and more clamps - ...

Adding Ties to Stringers Finished splined stringers with temporary longitudinal spacer inserted to hold the stringers apart ready to accept the ties. http://www.drgwrr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014-12-31-17.55.47-1024x768.jpg http://www.drgwrr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014-12-31-18....