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Would you like ice with it?
Bert and the horses have a quick nap and food break, whilst Will, the lad, has headed off to find where exactly the next ice delivery is to be made, on Copenhagen Fields Quite amazing to consider that the horses, wagon, driver & street lamp top were all 3D printed. Mike has recently designed and printed …read more.
Aug 28, 2021
Etched Canopies for Copenhagen Fields
The latest development is some etches for the canopy to go across the end of the goods sheds. These made up very well and are quite remarkably rigid, considering the fineness of the etches. The canopy has had six legs made for it, which will be magnetically retained on the layout, as I suspect this …read more.
Aug 18, 2021
Copenhagen Fields – a summer retreat for some detail work
After fairly frenetic activity over the last few months I did a bit of grotty modelling in the camper van in Cornwall. The hut under the arch really was a grade 1 bodge! It really shows off the clean lines of Jim’s steps and Matthew‘s signal box. There are a whole load of point rodding covers to place around …read more.
Aug 6, 2021
Raising a road, and lowering a roof
This was the state of play with the KX goods sheds up until two weeks ago. However, I have been in correspondence with Malcolm Tucker, who knows a great deal about the KX Goods Yards. A little bit of knowledge can be a bad thing for some, i.e. me, and one of the comments he made was that the …read more.
Jun 18, 2021
Casting Columns for a Copenhagen Fields canopy
The Handyside cast iron columns for the cart road canopy at the new potato market were originally 3D printed by Tom Everitt. These were then used as patterns for CoCr castings – that is the particularly tough alloy that partial dentures and artificial hips are made of. Locating them was going to be a bit …read more.
May 3, 2021
Potato Market – cart road canopies for Copenhagen Fields
The Potato Market cart road canopies in the KX Goods Yard have been progressing, albeit a little slowly. The frontage is quite tricky in the way it interacts with the warehouse behind. Nothing is simple on Copenhagen Fields A jig has been invaluable for assembling the roof, which consists of a remarkably complex set of …read more.
Apr 9, 2021
Ingatestone presents – playbacks from our recent Layout Focus evening
In February, the team building our OO gauge model of Ingatestone Station hosted a Zoom meeting to show the wider membership what they have been up to. Here are a series of videos from the evening. If you would like to get involved, you can Join Us today, sign up to our newsletter at the …read more.
Apr 5, 2021
DCC installation – 4mm scale Heljan Class 15
I have been DCC fitting one of the Heljan class 15s that arrived to-day and that I had ordered for our late 1960s period Orchard Wharf, locomotive D8242, as depicted in real life here and here. Photographs of the finished article can be seen above and here: I have made some modifications to the …read more.
Mar 28, 2021
Controlling Electromagnetic Uncouplers
Electromagnet uncouplers are a proven method for uncoupling Sprat and Winkle and other couplings that require a magnetic “pull down”, but due to the heat generated by electromagnets when they are energised, there is the potential of heat damage to the baseboard or in the worst-case scenario fire, due to overheating caused by misuse or …read more.
Feb 20, 2021
Vintage O gauge layout for sale
We’ve been asked to find a new home for a 1946 built O gauge layout that is 4.2m x 3.4m and an ideal size for a loft. Indeed that is is where it now. The most recent owner is the late John Hall-Craggs, probably better known for his extensive 9 1/2 inch gauge garden railway …read more.
Jan 23, 2021
Orchard Wharf’s Trackwork bubble working party
This piece of trackwork was under construction for an eternity — long, long before lockdown had been thought of — and it was finally attached to the baseboards during an all-too-brief working session in early October. It’s the crossover at the London end of the high level lines. The plain track for the running lines …read more.
Jan 3, 2021
Brutal Warehouse modifications on Copenhagen Fields
The representation of the KX Goods Yard has featured some magnificent (and large) warehouses, based on some of the buildings at KX, that Mike laser cut and made to produce a critical structural mass. In fact, the warehouse had already been shortened at the front by a bay, before our MRJ photoshoot last February. The problem is that these …read more.
Jan 2, 2021