Right I Have Finished The Cab And Toolbox For The Dj Using Sketchup And Have Placed An Order To Have Them Shipped, Along With A Ja. Now Once I Have Some Plans I Can Start On The Longhood.
[Padraic]
 
Today I Salvaged A 88 Seater From The Bowels Of The Layout [NZR OO Club
Layout] And Fixed That Up So That Has Been Put Back On The Layout And The NZR
Look Alike Wagons Replaced With Proper Kitsets And Moulded Wagons . I Also Found
A Dj That Needs A New Cab And Longhood. Along With The DJ I Am
Currently Building A Gaurds Van For The Layout Aswell. The Dj Is Fully Operation
[Unlike The 88 Seater] So Getting The 88 Seater Up And Running Will Be Next
Weekends Project. We Had The Fa On The Mainline For A Bit But It Would Rather
Continue Off The Track Rather Than Stop, Dont Know What To Do About This... The
Layout Is Automatic But Both The Dj And Fa Dont Stop, And The 88 Seater Doesn't
Run. Strange...

 [Padraic]



 
Labour Weekend Has Been Good To The N.S.M. [Nelson Society Of Modellers] And
Me So Far...

 Today Saw The Club House Re Arranged, With Alot Of Models, Including A Rather
Impressive 5 Gauge Model Of Ab 778, Getting A Good Clean And A Bit Of T.L.C. One
Layout Is Receiving A Lot Of Attention And A Revamp...

 This Includes Scratch Building Some Loco's And Rollingstock As The Layout Is
NZR, But In OO Scale. Thought I Might Try CAD.

NZR OO

http://nzr.lolshame.com/index.html
 
I Have Ordered One Of Peter's Ja's So It Should Be Here 1st November.

http://www.shapeways.com/model/738006/nzr-ja-class-nz120.html

 Also Theres A Nice Live Steam Loco For Sale On Trademe $700.

 http://www.trademe.co.nz/toys-models/models/railway/locomotives/auction-523953019.htm 

Been Letting My Brain Loose Again And Thought I Might Put Those Wheel Chair
Motors Sitting In The Shed To Good Use And Might Attempt A 7 1/4 Gauge Model Of
E1...

 Roll On Tomorow...

 [Padraic]

 
Finally Finished My Loco, Now Time For Some Paint.
 
Made A Mock Up Of The Yard Today, As It Was Pouring With Rain And I Had Nothing Better To Do. Waiting On Wood For Baseboard To Arrive Before I Start Tacking The Track Down And Adding Some Senic Extras. Sorry For The Poor Quality Photo [I Really Need A Better Camera
 
My DX Locomotive And Track Arrived In The Post On Friday So I Can Finally See Things Starting To Take Shape, I Have Been Using Google Sketchup To Do Some CAD [Computer Aided Design] Drawings But Technology [Being Technology] Has Let Me Down Somewhat. The Following Photos Will Bring You Up To Date.
 
Right First Post On My Blog. I Am Up To The Stage Where I Start Laying Track. But I Reached A Little Problem... I Have No Idea How To Work Out Curvature [eg The Radius Of A Curve]. So I Called Upon The Freindly And Ever So Helpful Members Of NZ120.ORG And Got This Reply. I Found This Very Helpful And Thought That Everyone Should Know About It. THIS IS NOT MINE!. All Credit Goes To Russel
Get a length of timber (not too thick) about 700mm long. Place a nail
in one. Hammer through so a couple of mm's of the point stick out. Measure from
the nail, down the length of timber, 600mm. Mark and drill a hole. This can be
done for any radius.


Place this radius stick on your baseboard at the beginning of the track
curvature.


Step 1. If you have your track centre line, press the nail point into this
line. Swing the stick on the inside of the planned corner, scribing or marking a
curved line approx.90 degrees from centreline.


Step 2. If you know where you want the track curve to finish, move to that
location and repeat. The 2 marked curves need to intercept.


Step 3. At this point place the nail point and scribe or mark your track
centreline from beginning to end around the corner.


Step 4. This give you a conveinent guideline for laying your track.


I've done this on a piece of thin hardboard, then cut it out to give me a
moveable guide. Handy because sometimes the pivot of your curve is off the
baseboard


  


  




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    My Name Is Padraic O'Regan And Iive Near Reefton On The West Coast. I Am Starting A NZ120 Layout Based On The Stillwater Westport Line This Being The Reason For This Blog.

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