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Postby christo » Tue Jul 09, 2013 10:51 pm

Dear All,

I tried to move Andreas' layout here but though I thought I did it successfully, unfortunately I wiped it off. I hope Andreas will write something here again.

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Re: PYTHEION

Postby BalkanExpress » Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:46 pm

I hope Andreas also post some new photos and advances. Pytheion project seems to be wonderfull!

http://greek-railway-modelling.jimdo.co ... prototype/

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Re: PYTHEION

Postby Andreas » Wed Jul 24, 2013 10:25 pm

Hi to all,

It is time to post some pictures.

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And this is the south side towards Alexandroupolis/Turkey. For FREMO purposes this end has only one track at the end of the module. At home I can exit the station from two tracks.


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Pythion station looking at its north side toward Bulgaria. This is the version of the station for FREMO meetings and this is the situation as it was in May 2013 before our FREMO meeting in Winterthur. The middle modules that are narrower are being placed at the fixed layout at home. Now the next step is to color and weather the tracks and ballast them. You can also see the basis for the station building.
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Re: PYTHEION

Postby Andreas » Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:21 pm

A small update.

I am now working the modules one by one. I started at one of the corner modules.

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The buffer stop. Its not finished yet. A strip of wood will be added.


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I soldered all the fishplates in place. I am simulating rail lengths of 9m.


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I painted the rails and sleepers with H462 blackbrown from Gunze.


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I then weathered the tracks with pigments. 3 different colors. Here it is during work and the tracks has not been finetunned. The pigments I use are from H0 Fine. Just google the company.


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The status today. I am ballasting with woodland scenics Buff. I mix the normal and fine 50/50. The tracks need still airbrushing at the end.


I hope you like it.

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Re: PYTHEION

Postby jonmood » Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:58 pm

Excellent and superfine work Andreas! I hope you will be post more often updates.
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Re: PYTHEION

Postby Andreas » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:46 am

Just before Christmas I took advantage that my darling was for a week abroad :mrgreen: to mess up the apartment and do some serious work.... :ugeek:

For a long time now I have planned the inversion triangle for Pythion, which is on the south exit of the real station. I cut the wood in October (10 and 16mm MDF as a trial) and during one day I assembled the 5 Modules of the triangle. I coated directly the wood with clear varnish to seal so there is no fear of deformation. the length of the triangle is 2m and about 1.6m wide. Radius is about 920mm. You can see in the picture the theoretical triangle but there will also be some other stuff including an goods shed on the far right. I know Pythion does not have that but for "playing" in a FREMO meeting it is of advantage. In february I will lay the roadbed and lay the track. I will use a frog juicer for the polarity inversion of the triangle. It will be attached to the existing Pythion station at our next FREMO Meeting at the end of May.

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Re: PYTHEION

Postby Dimitris » Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:35 pm

bravo / excellent, Andreas!

The radius of curvature you use, is it about 1000mm, or less?

Do you use inclination, too?

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Re: PYTHEION

Postby Andreas » Thu Aug 07, 2014 7:10 pm

The radius is about 920mm. Superelevation...I dont know yet. The project has been for the time being mothballed.

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Re: PYTHEION

Postby jmfret » Thu May 14, 2015 1:56 pm

Hello, Oloï!
Hello, Andréas!

Nice carpentry!

It gives me some remembrances...:

tortue.jpg

JMDpics

It'll be the Tortoise's bifurcation, on the old line Lille-Abbeville, at the outing of Haubourdin (ahead ) station, connecting the "La Délivrance" marshalling yard ( on the left )...
(radius: between 5 and 9 meters...)



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