Friday, April 10, 2009
Weller Street Lives! - The Redux
Again, another unenforced Blog break. Apologies. Progress has continued, however, as can be seen on www.rmweb.co.uk. I also have a new toy in the loft - well, not so much new, more 'relocated'. In a monster cleanup session the other day, I took my most favourite gadget, the digital radio into the loft. I get an absolutley perfect signal, and frankly, doing anything whilst listening to Planet Rock is an absolute pleasure. Yes, even wiring. And ballasting.
However, that is no excuse, and I'm virtually punishing myself by doing the wiring over the Bank Holiday Weekend.
Here's a couple of recent progress shots;
This shows the shops and the (as yet unpainted) girder bridge over the High Street. Bridge support pillar would probably give civil engineers a thousand coronarys - this is to be sorted 
I should add - the shop fronts are mockups. They were going to be the finished thing, but a serious 'Actually, I could do MUCH better than that' feeling has decided otherwise. About 30 seconds after I put that in place
. This photo also shows the work that will need to be done to hide the wiring. Current thoughts are 'Paint the underside of the board black, put in a lot of false girders and where wiring is unavoidable (that which is visible and another couple of runs for track in front), hide it in painted drinking straws to look like pipework of some description. There should also be a Tortoise & Hare combo under there, but a remote mount kit is going to be used instead.
This is a shot along the promenade. Again, since the photo was taken, the prom itself has been 'swept' clear of sand/crap. The 'blue foam' edge of the paving will be painted grey, when I get the inclination to do something tedious. Fencing will also be installed, but I want something less ornate than that which is on the pavement/prom edge - something like this; http://www.flickr.com/photos/25526912@N08/2398065815/
The sand, by the way, is real - a decent sized back of 'Bird Sand' was picked/scooped up from a local pet place, and seems to look the part after being poured onto a PVA base.
Till next time...
Labels: Electrical, Model Railway, Planet Rock, train, Weller, Wires
