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Working on the Ivor layout

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Posted by rtraincollector on Sunday, December 9, 2012 1:42 PM

Your getting there quite quickly looking great also

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, December 10, 2012 8:43 AM

Here is my first attempt to cardstock forms to camouflage Percy into Ivor - covering his face, and building up a square tank and wheel covers.  

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Posted by cnw1995 on Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:08 PM

Ivor taking shape... 

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Posted by KRM on Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:48 PM

Doug,

Since you have the rest of the year off I think you will git r done.  Thumbs Up Heck you may even have enough time to come out and get some more track. Wink

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Posted by cnw1995 on Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:36 PM

I hope Kev. Here's more progress. 

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Posted by Brutus on Thursday, December 13, 2012 10:42 PM

Looking good, Doug - love Idris!  In the other pic I saw it was very small and I couldn't see the details!  This looks great, much closer to Ivor Thumbs Up

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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, December 14, 2012 8:36 AM

Thanks, Brutus. Idris is actually a little plastic bug that fits perfectly into Ivor's stack!

Next up, a cupola for Ivor's shed and finding red paint for his wheel and buffers.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, December 14, 2012 11:49 AM

Dug through two gigantic bins of Legos to find the perfect plastic bits to put together for Ivor's unique whistle (three old calliope pipes so now he can sing in the local choir). And see a super-close up of the 'bug' that looks like Idris the dragon.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:00 PM

Painted Ivor's wheels red. 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Saturday, December 15, 2012 3:10 PM

Here's a brief video look. 0PhAXeaNjaA

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:20 AM

More Ivor progress.
Here's Ivor peeking out of his shed and taking on water.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:25 AM

Waiting for the signal (in the background is a nice towel for the layout cat to rest), and pulling into Llaniog.
  

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:28 AM

Next stop, Pugh's Fuels...

  

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:28 AM

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:29 AM

Visiting Mrs. Porty (who owns the Railway) and Ivor's friend Bluebell the donkey. 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:32 AM

Dropping off a new pair of boots for Mr Dinwiddy at his gold mine. 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:32 AM

Ivor reminded me I forgot to show off the new fire apparatus in Llaniog.
  

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:34 AM

Visiting the dragons at Smoke Hill... 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:34 AM

Grumbly Town looks peaceful tonight. Perfect for choir practice.
  

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:39 AM

Running past Portmadog Road shed. 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:48 AM

Trying to represent skywriting from the airplane of Charlie Banger's Circus. 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:49 AM

Pugh's farm... 
  

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:51 AM

View from one corner of the layout. The R transformer powers the AF coal elevator and an old Soundmaster  box that gives Ivor a chuff.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:52 AM

Looking the other way... the CV80 powers the layout.

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Posted by railhead53 on Monday, January 21, 2013 10:01 AM

Hi Doug,

I've not seen this thread before.  Very impressive!  I saw the Tardis on top of the shed, nice touch!   You've got a very large space in which to work.   Quite an undertaking! 

I'll be back to see the progress.  Bo  Smile

 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, January 21, 2013 1:48 PM

Thank you, Bo! I am fortunate to have an 29 ft by 11 ft raised crawlspace to play with - it is rock filled, then sealed against radon and covered with many 4x8 foam boards, then the indoor outdoor carpet from Lowes. I can't do anything 'below' the layout...Look closely - there's a Dalek lurking by Ivor's shed. Big Smile

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Posted by KRM on Monday, January 21, 2013 2:28 PM

Coming right along Doug, Nice.

 I have been putzing around on my addition today, I need to add a light or 2 overhead and add an elect drop to feed power to the new side.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:39 AM

It looks great Kev!

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Posted by cnw1995 on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:12 AM

Some folks have asked me offline about the inspiration for Ivor. Here's a nice map that is part of a website with some more history about the show. The map gave me a physical sense for the different 'stops' on the layout: http://www.smallfilms.co.uk/ivor/map.htm

Ivor's shed, water column and Owen the Signal's box and semaphore.
Llaniog station, home of Dai Station, with a siding to hold trucks and vans.
Pugh's Pit, where Ivor can pick up coal to transport to the gasworks in Grumbly Town.
Mrs. Porty's mansion, where Ivor drops off her new hats and visits Bluebell.
Mr. Dinwiddy's mine, where Ivor drops off his new boots and moves his gold.
Smoke Hill, where Ivor helps the dragons.
Grumbly Town. location of the gasworks (large coffee cans), various businesses taking deliveries (fish, tomatos, a weaver's loom...), and the Grumby and District Choral Society practices.
Portmadog Shed - I have to look up the real name of the shed where Ivor was supposed to be banished to shunt when the line was in danger of being sold to the 'Welsh National' but for now, I like the sound of this location, and finally,
Pugh's Farm, where Ivor brings equipment, supplies and animals and takes away produce
 
I'll be looking to add some visual aids to different episodes, like the recently acquired 1923 Mack fire engine (from a timetable in an online app, I am guessing Ivor could be set around the early 1920s, or more likely closer to the time of the episodes, in the late 1950s.)  I've added a skywriting airplane from Charlie Banger's Circus. I'll look for some elephants from said circus which feature in several episodes, as well as the steam crane and Juggernaut, the latter a Galloping Goose-like replacement for Ivor while he was away with the circus... 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, February 11, 2013 8:20 AM

I got the inspiration this weekend to work on Grumbly Town to highlight one of Ivor's customers, Grumbly Gasworks, and free up some buildings to expand Llaniog beyond Dai's station. So this is Grumby 'before'... 

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