Water Tower for the PLR

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Water Tower for the PLR

Post by ge_rik » Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:13 pm

The first of four water towers for the Peckforton Light Railway is nearing completion. Needs painting and a bit more detailing (eg the hose), but thought I'd try it out to see what it looked liked in situ

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Hopefully it looks like something which would appear on a light railway

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Post by Soar Valley Light » Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:47 pm

Very nice Rik. It's not that easy to stack sleepers that neatly and if it's not done carefully it looks rubbish. I love the Braithwaite tank. Well done again.
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Post by philipy » Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:40 am

Looks good Rik.

You don't have union problems in allowing Postmen to operate the water tower then? :lol: :lol:
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Post by ge_rik » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:56 am

In the Cheshire countryside, we all have to multi-task ..... ;)

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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:29 am

Marvelous work as usual. What are you going to use for the hose?
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Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:08 pm

Hi Rik,

Is this based on something that actually exists as it would be great to see a photo?

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Post by ge_rik » Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:05 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:113684 wrote:Marvelous work as usual. What are you going to use for the hose?
Thanks Zach
Had my regular Maplin fix today, so picked up some heatshrink sleeving. Looks about right, I hope....

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Post by ge_rik » Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:10 pm

tom_tom_go:113685 wrote:Hi Rik,

Is this based on something that actually exists as it would be great to see a photo?
Hi Tom
No particular prototype. The tank comes from a combination of a couple of pix I found online, but I dredged the tower out of the mists of a dodgy memory.

Can give links to the images I used for the tank, if you are interested, but not sure about taking a mind-snap..... ;)

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Post by Peter Butler » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:19 pm

Heatshrink sleeving......... why didn't I think of that????? Brilliant!
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Post by Andrew » Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:35 am

Ooh, I like that!

I'll be knocking up something similar soon for my line (the last time one of my engines could fill up with water was in about 1990, and they were 4mm scale then!) and I'll definitely pinch your hose idea. How did you create the pipe with the nice neat bend in?

Mine will have a sleeper-built tower too, like the Pont Croesor one on the old WHR - that had a small square tank wagon perched on top (minus running gear I guess!) and I'll recreate that too...

Looking forward to seeing yours painted, thanks for the pictures!

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Post by IrishPeter » Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:39 pm

Reminds me of one of the WDLR's more permanent jobs - i.e. one Fritz was not likely to hit with a shell.  Braithwaite tank sections were a standard item, and sleepers were laying around in stores.  What was a bit more hit and miss was whether they actually had a proper outlet or you used the water lifter on the locomotive.

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Post by ge_rik » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:04 pm

Andrew:113693 wrote:How did you create the pipe with the nice neat bend in?

Andrew.
I bought a pack of novelty drinking straws which included pipework sections, a bit like this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231143769020

except mine had a few more sections and unions

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Post by Andrew » Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:13 pm

That's pretty nifty, thank you - I'll look out for some in the run up to Christmas, seems like the sort of thing shops might sell as stocking fillers...

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Post by tom_tom_go » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:40 pm

Thanks Rik, i'll leave the images in your mind to torment you for eternity or something like that :)

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Post by jim@NAL » Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:07 pm

brilliant looks rather good

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