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Lovly pictures

Lovly pictures

Thank you very much Bertie, Jim and Mitch.

Mitch stack wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 11:25 pm what willesco did you use to bash it ? id like to see some more photos if you have them Please!

Mitch, I used the standard Wilesco D405 traction engine, and added the rear lower half of the water tank (it slides out for the burner) along with the strap and rear tow hitch. Also cut a side access for the driver and added steps. A scale steering wheel, boiler bands a tow hitch to the front axle and a smokebox door. I machined a disc to go on the flywheel to represent the Fowler road loco type and made up the typical Fowler roof. I think I made a new chimney, can't remember, though it has too much taper might make another one, plus a set of rubber road tyres. Add a paint and lining job plus the recent cylinder additions and there you have it. Power is about to go off here, got to go.
Grant.

Thanks grant,lovely work!
Mitch

Well, it certainly looks good to me. Definitely a lot less toylike. I like the way you've caked the wheels in the relevant road surfaces.

Rik

A superb conversion, beautifully finished.

Great conversion. Thats a traction to be proud of.

ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 7:48 am I like the way you've caked the wheels in the relevant road surfaces.

Actually that last pic. is quite old as I was running it along the wall of the dam up on the property. It was good because I could walk alongside with it at about chest height, however it was rather muddy clay.
Grant.

LNR wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 1:21 pm Actually that last pic. is quite old as I was running it along the wall of the dam up on the property.

I thought the scenery in that photo looked more like the goldfields than anything around here........

The other one looks like it's from early in the history of the LNR as well.

Graeme

Lovely Grant.

Every time I see there's been a new post on the 'A quiet Sunday' topic I get a little rush of excited anticipation. I've never been disappointed!

Andrew

Just discovered this and thought of your mill Grant, you need some of these guys to add atmosphere. Note the provision of PPE......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loajo_hhwXg

Thanks Peter, I enjoyed that.
Quite the opposite end of the scale to the computer controlled, hydraulically powered machinery of a modern mill. The casualness in proximity to the blade, safety thongs, the list is endless, but I guess they get the job done.
Don't know if you looked at one of the follow on videos of the two truck method of bringing a large log to the mill. One driving backwards and the other forwards log between, with some difficulty turning sharply !!
Grant.

Skilled guys though...

Soar Valley Light wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 8:53 pm Every time I see there's been a new post on the 'A quiet Sunday' topic I get a little rush of excited anticipation. I've never been disappointed!

Ah, you beat me to saying that.

A traction engine done that well really adds something special, yet still believable, to a scene.

Nice job makes me want to do a paint job to mine really like the black, and the difference the roof makes to the look

MIDDAY AT GRAY"S MILL
It has been a wet summer, the tractor being the preferred power for bringing logs to the mill. The traction engine has been idle all summer. The mill loco will head off to return empty log bogies to Nayook as a new coup has been granted there for pine logs. With little wind up the valley the mill can be a smoky place. As soon as pressure is up the mill can return to operation after the break. The hungry saws. Another log is winched up for the saw carriage. And the rip bench can continue ripping flitches. Grant.

Hi Grant,

This is such a wonderful sawmill, just looks so realistic with all that wood. The modelling is of the highest order and makes you feel as you are there watching the cut up the logs.

A deserved salute is worthy of it.

By the way Grant how would this look on your mill. The horse and wood cart...

Stunning!!!

As ever, your modelling is an inspiration to us all...

Rik

Hi Grant,

You have a real knack for the subtle. I've said before how much your pictures feel like looking at railway in old photos. (of course, it IS a real railway in it's own right - but you know what I mean). One of the subtleties I noticed in the first photo was the layout and spacing of the sidings. All of a length and in a position exactly suited to their purpose. Pure poetry! Thanks for being a continued inspiration, I for one need all I can get.

All the best.

SVLR Andrew