First Sunday in June – 16mm scale layout

[ge_rik]

Good to see how things are progressing on both projects. I was wondering.

Rik

[WLR_CD]

Hi Rik,

I have been heavily distracted with a 7mm layout I have, called The Yard, featuring radio controlled gantry crane and lorries, with standard and narrow gauge track. I had a show in April and May and had decided since the NEC show last November to build a new five foot long factory back drop to the layout, this took a long time to build. I also need to get it done for a railway Modeller photoshoot of the layout.

Hoping now to get on with the garden line (Wilmington Light Railway) and this layout.

Martin

[ge_rik]

Hi Rik,

I have been heavily distracted with a 7mm layout I have, called The Yard, featuring radio controlled gantry crane and lorries, with standard and narrow gauge track. I had a show in April and May and had decided since the NEC show last November to build a new five foot long factory back drop to the layout, this took a long time to build. I also need to get it done for a railway Modeller photoshoot of the layout.

Hoping now to get on with the garden line (Wilmington Light Railway) and this layout.

Martin

Sounds very interesting. Have you posted a video anywhere?
Rik

[Old Man Aaron]

Fantastic, always a treat to see this progress.

[WLR_CD]

Fantastic, always a treat to see this progress.

Thank you, I am hoping to keep on with this one and get it completed.
Martin

[WLR_CD]

Hi Rik,

I have been heavily distracted with a 7mm layout I have, called The Yard, featuring radio controlled gantry crane and lorries, with standard and narrow gauge track. I had a show in April and May and had decided since the NEC show last November to build a new five foot long factory back drop to the layout, this took a long time to build. I also need to get it done for a railway Modeller photoshoot of the layout.

Hoping now to get on with the garden line (Wilmington Light Railway) and this layout.

Martin

Sounds very interesting. Have you posted a video anywhere?
Rik

Nothing of any note posted as video, but it is an intention this year to do a "day's working' type video.

It does appear in quite a few exhibition videos, for example this one at Chatham 2024 it appears at 6:55 in.



This photo shows the new factory backdrop, which still needs a bit more work detailing, hoping to get that done over the next couple of months.



Martin

[Old Man Aaron]

Love it.

[ge_rik]

Strewth! You don't do anything by halves.....

Rik

[drewzero1]

The I-beam on top of it is such a nice touch, looks just like the ones holding up the building where I work. How is that effect achieved, foam or wood? I take it that's not an actual steel beam suspended over your layout...

[Scrat]

The I-beam on top of it is such a nice touch, looks just like the ones holding up the building where I work. How is that effect achieved, foam or wood? I take it that's not an actual steel beam suspended over your layout...

This is the protection feature against people putting their heads too far into the layout.
It might also give an acoustig indication for every "touch"....

[WLR_CD]

Strewth! You don't do anything by halves.....

Rik

Probably a fool to my self.

Martin

[WLR_CD]

The I-beam on top of it is such a nice touch, looks just like the ones holding up the building where I work. How is that effect achieved, foam or wood? I take it that's not an actual steel beam suspended over your layout...

The beam is made from 6mm MDF, sprayed with Halfords red primer. The lettering I laser cut stencils for and sprayed in white primer.
Underneath the beam are three strips of LEDs that light up the layout.

Martin

[Phil.P]

Joystick control?
Would that be for the road vehicles, by any chance?

Phil.P

[drewzero1]

Joystick control?
Would that be for the road vehicles, by any chance?

Phil.P

Or for the crane? Or both?
(I'm cheating a bit, have heard much discussion of this layout on the Model Rail Radio podcast )

[WLR_CD]

Joystick control?
Would that be for the road vehicles, by any chance?

Phil.P

The joysticks are on the handset for the gantry crane radio control. The handset is just resting there waiting for the show to open.
The three lorries all have their own RC handsets, we will eventually build custom handsets for the lorries as well, we have most of the parts in stock.

Martin

[WLR_CD]

Joystick control?
Would that be for the road vehicles, by any chance?

Phil.P

Or for the crane? Or both?
(I'm cheating a bit, have heard much discussion of this layout on the Model Rail Radio podcast )

Sadly the MRR podcast seems to be no more, I think Tom’s interests have gone in other directions, fun while it lasted.
Martin