Blogs about: Overdale Quarry

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More modest module progress...

dalespeak wrote 1 week ago: In modest progress, I’ve started to convert the pile of recycled layout wood into more real es … more →

Tags: Baseboards, dales peak, dcc, Loft, Model Railway, modern-image, OO gauge

Conveyor considered!

dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: Following on from my last post I’ve dummied up a section of conveyor to decide the how to posi … more →

Tags: Conversion, Landscaping, Scale drawings, Scratch building, Adobe Illustrator, dcc, Loft, Model Railway, modern-image

Conveyor consideration...

dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: I need to leave a hole in the load out building to take the conveyor from the final screening buildi … more →

Tags: Conversion, Scale drawings, Scratch building, Adobe Illustrator, dales peak, dcc, Kit Bashing, Loft, Model Railway

Lots to do...

dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: Just as a way of focusing my attention on the things that I need to do in the not too distant future … more →

Tags: Baseboards, Building & scenic lighting, Conversion, Landscaping, Rolling stock, sound, Track, ballasting, building lighting

The dreaded lurgy strikes...4 comments

dalespeak wrote 1 month ago: Working on the top half of the ‘Overdale Quarry’ load out building Not got much done sin … more →

Tags: Conversion, On my workbench, dales peak, dcc, Loft, Model Railway, modelmaking, modern-image, OO gauge

A new tail-chaser track plan takes shape...

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: It’s been that cold in the loft recently that I’ve not been inclined to go up there, eve … more →

Tags: Baseboards, Dales Peak, Dales Peak Cement Works, Great Peaks Junction, Adobe Illustrator, Apple (Mac mini), dales peak, Dales Peak Cement, dcc

The track plan turns a corner...

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: With the track plan for the corner worked out, I printed out the sections as tiles and quickly laid … more →

Tags: Baseboards, dcc, OO gauge, track 2, track plan, dales peak, modern-image, Model Railway, Loft

A simplified Mk5 track plan...1 comment

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: The last Mk5 track plan I put up was definitely over ambitious. Such ideas of grandeur were probably … more →

Tags: Dales Peak Cement Works, Track, Adobe Illustrator, dales peak, Loft, Model Railway, OO gauge, track plan

Overdale Quarry – Phase 2… Module topped out1 comment

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: Overdale Quarry – with the ‘Phase 2′ module installed and topped out This module gives m … more →

Tags: Baseboards, OO gauge, dales peak, Model Railway, Loft

Up, up and away...

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: Lenz LI-USB Computer Interface Another quick job done whilst I was in the loft was to reconnect the … more →

Tags: Baseboards, DCC, Lenz LI-USB interface, Apple Macintosh PowerMac G4 AGP, wiring, dcc, OO gauge, dales peak, Model Railway

Overdale Quarry – Phase 2… Module installation

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: With the module frame for ‘Phase 2 of ‘Overdale Quarry’ assembled the next stage was to install it. … more →

Tags: Baseboards, OO gauge, dales peak, Model Railway, Loft

Overdale Quarry - Phase 2... Module construction

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: Cross members for the Phase 2 module Having cut the first two elements of the module for ‘Phas … more →

Tags: Baseboards, OO gauge, dales peak, Model Railway, Loft

Clearing the decks...

dalespeak wrote 2 months ago: Following on from my last post ‘This week on Panorama…’ I’ve now cleared some spac … more →

Tags: Preparing the loft, Baseboards, OO gauge

This week on Panorama...

dalespeak wrote 3 months ago: Loft panorama before starting ‘Phase 2′ Before I can begin ‘Phase 2′ of Dale … more →

Tags: Preparing the loft, Baseboards, OO gauge

Too much dust...

dalespeak wrote 3 months ago: MDF might be extremely versatile but the dust it makes, in a confined space like the loft, is too mu … more →

Tags: Baseboards, OO gauge

New year... new extension for Dales Peak. The come back begins!

dalespeak wrote 3 months ago: After a quite January on the railway modelling front I’ve decided that it is about time for so … more →

Tags: Baseboards, OO gauge

Overdale Quarry... working out the quarry layout2 comments

dalespeak wrote 4 months ago: Before I can finish the ‘Overdale Quarry’ rail load out building, I need to work out whe … more →

Tags: Baseboards, Landscaping, Scale drawings, Scratch building, OO gauge, Model landscaping, Adobe Illustrator, track plan, Quarry

Overdale Quarry... Giant CAT!

dalespeak wrote 5 months ago: I downloaded a brochure for the Caterpillar 777D a little while ago, with a view to possibly scratch … more →

Tags: Scale drawings, Scratch building, Faller Car System, Vehicles, OO gauge, caterpillar 777, Line Drawings

Overdale Quarry... Adding a road

dalespeak wrote 6 months ago: As I get towards the end of the track ballasting I’m starting to consider the next stage of th … more →

Tags: Landscaping, OO gauge, Model landscaping, Faller Car System


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