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- Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:17 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Something a bit unusual - a steam railmotor
- Replies: 58
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Something a bit unusual - a steam railmotor
Hi everybody, It's a long time since I posted anything on here though I do come here and look around quite often. Despite an abundance of time over the last year I must admit I've found it hard sometimes to raise the motivation for modelling though, to be fair, I did achieve quite a bit outside work...
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:55 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Making a point frog.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6533
Re: Making a point frog.
Ha ha, thanks Andrew !
That one is entirely Tenmille parts, sleepers, chairs and brass bullhead rail. Hard to believe it's brass when it's weathered for a while !
That one is entirely Tenmille parts, sleepers, chairs and brass bullhead rail. Hard to believe it's brass when it's weathered for a while !
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:22 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Making a point frog.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6533
Re: Making a point frog.
Yes, a lot prettier joint. I am not sure about strength though, the first one made I tried to break, both rails just became 'U' shaped the silver solder wouldn't part and I suspect wouldn't under any normal effort. Yes Tony, I accept it was a bit of a spurious point about strength ! Nothing in our ...
- Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:46 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Making a point frog.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6533
Re: Making a point frog.
Interesting but it strikes me it doesn't make for the most satisfactory soldered joint as you have a gap at the back where the rail web is - unless you fill the whole thing with solder. I have always done mine a slightly different way using a method I read about somewhere back in the forgotten mists...
- Wed May 27, 2020 7:51 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: CDR Railcar No. 10
- Replies: 98
- Views: 38133
Re: CDR Railcar No. 10
You've done a great job there Rik, a fantastic looking model. I'd be very proud of that.
- Mon May 11, 2020 7:45 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports
- Replies: 339
- Views: 202843
Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports
Very entertaining read and excellent photos. Look forward to part two.
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:30 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Coronavirus projects
- Replies: 89
- Views: 36360
Re: Coronavirus projects
Thanks very much. Rik, the line doesn't have a particular setting or story to tell, I'm afraid. I know it's important to many people but doesn't bother me. I just wanted to create a line round the edge of the garden where I could run anything I wanted, wasn't too obtrusive, had a few interesting fea...
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:22 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Coronavirus projects
- Replies: 89
- Views: 36360
Re: Coronavirus projects
I don't know about you, but I have found that nearly a month's incarceration has resulted in some unexpected and quite uncharacteristic productivity. I suppose it could have gone either way. Sit on the sofa, watch daytime TV and turn into a gibbering idiot or get on and do something productive and h...
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:47 pm
- Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
- Topic: MARCH 2020 Quarterly Photo Gallery -FINAL REMINDER, 4 DAYS LEFT
- Replies: 36
- Views: 25240
Re: MARCH 2020 Quarterly Photo Gallery Entries
I like the vintage Lady Anne too... Sweet isn't she. My first loco, bought new in 1983. It spent many years getting dusty on the shelf in the shed when I lost interest a bit. Recently had a strip down and a new coat of paint. Come the spring I must have a look for that big bottle of meths. If I hav...
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:38 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: GRR - Light Railway Extension
- Replies: 68
- Views: 36803
Re: GRR - Light Railway Extension
"about level" was the best I achieved !
I managed to get some sections dead level, in other places I'm sure the ground moved when I wasn't looking.
Eventually decided a spirit level makes it look worse than it is !
I managed to get some sections dead level, in other places I'm sure the ground moved when I wasn't looking.
Eventually decided a spirit level makes it look worse than it is !
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:54 pm
- Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
- Topic: MARCH 2020 Quarterly Photo Gallery -FINAL REMINDER, 4 DAYS LEFT
- Replies: 36
- Views: 25240
Re: MARCH 2020 Quarterly Photo Gallery Entries
Here in south east England snow has been a bit thin on the ground (sorry !) in recent years. We might not get any at all, which suits me fine, so, for the sake of entering something, I've done the best I can with the reality of winter on my line. It might look like summer but the temperature was onl...
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:45 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Internet "forums" are a thing of the past
- Replies: 90
- Views: 37773
Re: Internet "forums" are a thing of the past
I have followed this thread from the start and have finally been shamed into contributing something as I guess I am one of those members who doesn't contribute much, at least recently, although I did manage an entry in the quarterly photo gallery a few months back. I can't really comment on the heal...
- Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:09 am
- Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
- Topic: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery - June 2019 FINAL REMINDER
- Replies: 58
- Views: 38301
Re: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery - June 2019 FINAL REMINDER
Thanks for the kind words Rod, but you'd have to be very patient ! It's taken me probably three years on and off to achieve that, most of the time spent planning, i.e. standing there looking at a pile of dirt and rocks and scratching my head. It was dismantled and started again several times before ...
- Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:37 am
- Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
- Topic: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery - June 2019 FINAL REMINDER
- Replies: 58
- Views: 38301
Re: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery - June 2019 FINAL REMINDER
Hi all, it's a while since I've posted on here mainly due to a lack of anything to post. I seem to go for long periods without making any progress at all but I have finally finished (well, almost) one small scenic corner of the line so I thought I'd jump in with a last minute entry. Garratt crossing...
- Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:13 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Disasters, Out-takes, Accidents, Fails etc.
- Replies: 64
- Views: 25538
Re: Disasters, Out-takes, Accidents, Fails etc.
I remember making a part for a locomotive- a small box consisting of three small pieces of brass sheet. Took me ages to solder them together to my satisfaction. Scrubbed it clean, then thought it would be a good idea to dry it by holding it in a pair of pliers in front of my garage heater. Those pro...
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:15 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: They Shall Not Grow Old
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5660
They Shall Not Grow Old
Last night we visited the local Odeon to see the world premier of this film, live from the British Film Institute in London and being simultaneously shown on cinemas all over the country. I only knew about it after seeing an item on the TV news. Despite the high ticket price it is the first time in ...
- Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:21 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Meanderings in Dorset and Devon
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12792
Re: Meanderings in Dorset and Devon
Thanks Rik, a very entertaining read and excellent pictures. As Greg says we really are very lucky with the number of these little lines around the country. A couple of those I'd not heard of before reading your blog. I must make the effort to visit one or two.
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:11 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: The PMR Chronicles - Pt the umpteenth.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4545
Re: The PMR Chronicles - Pt the umpteenth.
Despite using up vital energy supplies which are seriously depleted due to the extreme temperatures, my face managed to contort itself involuntarily into a broad grin for the entirety of that report. Brilliant, as always. Thanks.
- Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:44 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Endeavour last night - Zips up Anorak
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4330
Re: Endeavour last night - Zips up Anorak
What amused me most about the gliding Spitfire was the end of the sequence when the camera pans back to the burnt out wreckage revealing the propeller mounted on the end of a scaffold pole. No sign of anything resembling an engine - not surprised he had to glide so much !
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 3:25 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Garden Railway Facebook group
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5221
Re: Garden Railway Facebook group
Or do you want the 16mm Association one, which doesn't seem to feature on a garden railway search,
https://www.facebook.com/groups/16mmngm/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/16mmngm/