A place for discussing garden railway scenery, such as buildings, trees, etc....
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Chris
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by Chris » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:26 pm
Not as good as my coal staithe, but I made this water tower from a couple of old tin cans and a soap dispenser.
Then the water reaches towards the top of the tank it overflows down a tube and to the arm of the old soap dispenser.
Well, it is a bit of fun, and only cost a squirt of paint.
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by SillyBilly » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:41 pm
Just like your coal staithe very nice work.
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by riveresk » Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:10 pm
Nice piece of work.
'Oliver's no use at all, thinks he's very clever. Says that he can manage us, that's the best joke ever. When he orders us about, with the greatest folly. We just push him down the well. Pop goes old Olly!'
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by steamyjim » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:42 pm
Very very nice!
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by mhlr » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:29 pm
wow neat!!! I need to make one, but it's probably going on the side of a plank (so a low relief type), but I want it to work somehow. I was thinking of making it working with a pump bottle that connects up behind the wood plank, so I can fill my Edrig prototypically (nearly!!).
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by steamyjim » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:14 pm
mhlr wrote:wow neat!!! I need to make one, but it's probably going on the side of a plank (so a low relief type), but I want it to work somehow. I was thinking of making it working with a pump bottle that connects up behind the wood plank, so I can fill my Edrig prototypically (nearly!!).
What about just having a valve but making the tower higher than the locos. Then you just use gravity to feed the boiler and the valve to control the flow
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by SillyBilly » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:55 pm
It's been done in Garden Rail recently Jim.
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by Chris » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:57 pm
Think I would be a bit concerned about getting bits of dirt in the boiler, would have to be careful about keeping everything clean.
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by steamyjim » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:02 pm
SillyBilly wrote:It's been done in Garden Rail recently Jim.
Has it, i shall have a look through my collection...obviosly missed/forgot that
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by mhlr » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:54 pm
steamyjim wrote:mhlr wrote:wow neat!!! I need to make one, but it's probably going on the side of a plank (so a low relief type), but I want it to work somehow. I was thinking of making it working with a pump bottle that connects up behind the wood plank, so I can fill my Edrig prototypically (nearly!!).
What about just having a valve but making the tower higher than the locos. Then you just use gravity to feed the boiler and the valve to control the flow
I said low releif! So cant have a proper one, because it would be only the front of the tower!
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by steamyjim » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:33 pm
mhlr wrote:steamyjim wrote:mhlr wrote:wow neat!!! I need to make one, but it's probably going on the side of a plank (so a low relief type), but I want it to work somehow. I was thinking of making it working with a pump bottle that connects up behind the wood plank, so I can fill my Edrig prototypically (nearly!!).
What about just having a valve but making the tower higher than the locos. Then you just use gravity to feed the boiler and the valve to control the flow
I said low releif! So cant have a proper one, because it would be only the front of the tower!
You could have a semi circular tank?
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by mhlr » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:24 am
no: 1) because I need a very flat front for clearances, and 2) whats the point, it would hold enough water (we aint just filling up Mamods here Jim, Edrig has a huge boiler).
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by steamyjim » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:29 am
What about a hand pump mounted in the fake tank? With a realy tank hidden somewhere-lineside hut or similar
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by SillyBilly » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:02 pm
Because when you use a syringe it doesn't take 10mins to fill the boiler.
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by steamyjim » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:32 pm
SillyBilly wrote:Because when you use a syringe it doesn't take 10mins to fill the boiler.
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by stuh256 » Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:28 pm
I just built a water crane using a wndscreen washer pump to pump the water up a pipe through the track base through a dummy water crane into the locos. Will put up some pics tomorrow!
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by Narrow Minded » Sat Jul 03, 2010 12:14 am
Will put up some pics tomorrow!
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