Looks like you got the chuffer slighter lower in the chimney than I managed too - it was almost flush with the top before, well done!
I'm very impressed with your progress - I hope I'm not in your wife's bad books for taking up so much of your time!
Cheers,
Andrew
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- Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:50 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: RWLR - Robin Wood Light Railway
- Replies: 716
- Views: 304698
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:43 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Skebawn and Castleknox Light Railway and Tramway
- Replies: 163
- Views: 79395
Re: The Skebawn and Castleknox Light Railway and Tramway
I have been totally stopped on railway projects since February thanks to finding myself in the middle of a Church Planting effort which has absorbed a vast amount of my energy over the spring and summer. Anyway, the situation seems to be stabilizing a bit now, so I might be able to get on with both...
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:08 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: RWLR - Robin Wood Light Railway
- Replies: 716
- Views: 304698
Re: RWLR - Robin Wood Light Railway
Two dead spiders?! Wonder how long they'd been there?! Russell lives in a plastic toolbox most of the time, so they must have been very determined little arachnids!... I added locoworks inner tanks, which I think help a little with the impression of solidity... The chuffer is one of my few attempts ...
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 2:29 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: RWLR - Robin Wood Light Railway
- Replies: 716
- Views: 304698
Re: RWLR - Robin Wood Light Railway
Glad to see Russell's arrived safely and looking very at home! Looking forward to hearing what the RWLR shed staff make of it...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Cheers,
Andrew.
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:21 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Vale of Fairway
- Replies: 688
- Views: 213999
Re: Vale of Fairway
I love the shed scene - a lovely building and very characterful fleet of locos...
Cheers,
Andrew
Cheers,
Andrew
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:46 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Loading bank
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13777
Re: Loading bank
Is your fruit dolls house products or have you invented an apple casting machine? :D Rik's been genetically modifying fruit trees so that they actually grow apples that small. A working 16mm scale cider press is next... A lovely little scene, which reminds me of fruit and other produce being loaded...
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:29 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock
- Replies: 939
- Views: 352001
Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock
Hello again! Life's been awfully busy lately, with very little time for trains, but I have managed to complete and paint the last two of my rake of five FR slate wagons: Slate wagons, last two.jpg I think I read that about one in six of the real wagons were braked, so I though one of mine ought to b...
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:12 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Newqidas on the Block
- Replies: 93
- Views: 41124
Re: Newqidas on the Block
I knew they reminded me of something...
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:10 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Newqidas on the Block
- Replies: 93
- Views: 41124
Re: Newqidas on the Block
Those look great, you've achieved a really good finish... Lovely livery too. I've vaguely considered a couple to keep available in the storage area under the house as a sort of knockabout, ready-to-run-at-short-notice passenger train, but I think they'd dwarf all the other stock I own... All the bes...
- Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:50 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Vale of Fairway
- Replies: 688
- Views: 213999
Re: Vale of Fairway
If you search "asbestos" on the GRS website you'll find it - but they were out of stock last week!
- Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:08 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Zach Bond "Momentum Van" project
- Replies: 199
- Views: 119071
Re: Zach Bond "Momentum Van" project
Hello! If the axle is the same size it might be a push fit. Binnie wheels push fit onto Binnie axles, and I think that worked for the zecar mechanism too. If it won't stay put of its own accord but is close I think I'd go for 5 minute epoxy, to ensure a little time to get it just right... Don't know...
- Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:01 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Vale of Fairway
- Replies: 688
- Views: 213999
Re: Vale of Fairway
I like the roof as well, what is it and does anyone supply plastic corrugated roof in 16mm scale? I think what you need is Tenmille's asbestos sheet for G1 - scales out about right for corrugated tin in 16mm. Hope I've got that right because I'm planning to buy some for a station build,,, Andrew.
- Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:59 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Vale of Fairway
- Replies: 688
- Views: 213999
Re: Vale of Fairway
I'm enjoying these wagons very much, they look just right...
Looking forward to seeing them in action on the line...
Andrew.
Looking forward to seeing them in action on the line...
Andrew.
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:23 pm
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: Disguising unwanted backgrounds
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11522
Re: Disguising unwanted backgrounds
Clever, I like it!
Amazing how the trained garden railway eye blots out sheds, fences etc. Must be why I can never find anything at B&Q...
Thanks for the idea,
Andrew.
Amazing how the trained garden railway eye blots out sheds, fences etc. Must be why I can never find anything at B&Q...
Thanks for the idea,
Andrew.
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:21 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Semi-scale BR: a GWR mogul, kind of…
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11229
Re: Semi-scale BR: a GWR mogul, kind of…
That's brilliant! From that angle you've really captured the GWR family look - and the paint finish is superb! I'm intrigued by the whole semi scale thing - I've yet to tackle rolling stock for my indoor chocolate factory line, but that's 32mm to a sort of Faller E-train/Playmobil scale (G-ish?), so...
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:13 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: REBIRTH OF FWLR
- Replies: 34
- Views: 15282
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:12 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3367
- Views: 1087108
Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
Wow, this is looking great! I love the thought that's going in to making the village look right, like it's grown gradually over a real landscape rather than being arranged in neat lines on a billiard table. I'm looking forward to seeing the roads unify it all into a single design, it'll look fantast...
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:07 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Merlins Castle Line
- Replies: 163
- Views: 70382
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Great progress on what's going to be a really lovely line - congratulations!
Looking forward to seeing more progress soon,
Andrew.
Looking forward to seeing more progress soon,
Andrew.
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:06 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 765
- Views: 325973
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Quite true Peter. We seek perfections in our models, which don't exist on the full sized ones. I know what you mean, although I find that when I make the first mistake on a project, as well as disappointment I often also feel considerable relief... Once perfection's out of the question I can accept...
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:01 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: RWLR - Robin Wood Light Railway
- Replies: 716
- Views: 304698
Re: RWLR - Robin Wood Light Railway
The colour suits what I want as it gives a coastal feel like the RHDR (not far from where I live as well): Back when we were discussing atmosphere I had it in mind that your line had a Dungeness-y feel - perhaps a cross between the RHDR and the Rye and Camber tramway... Using only the best DNA from...