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- Sun Mar 05, 2017 9:12 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Alternative Power
- Topic: Clockwork Wren
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27920
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:36 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Iron Road....ironing board layout
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14603
I am glad it is giving some inspiration....yes ideal for battery and clockwork....not tried steam......you may have to add some cross members as I have found the edges drooping!!! Folded away it fits nicely into a small cupboard, mine are staved upright possibly foot and a half to 2 foot deep....mus...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:15 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Iron Road....ironing board layout
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14603
Thanks for the comments....I do have plans for a sink and clothes horse to create a harbour??? and a bridge respectively . Unfortunatly due to me dithering due to a combination of uncertainty re work and family problems I failed to reply fully re my invitation to the 16mm show and had the invitation...
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:56 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: upcyleing ,palletwood, and stuff found in skips
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3966
- Sat Dec 24, 2016 9:45 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Wet weekend broomstick build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7302
Grandsons pressie finished...broom handle rockets....the shuttle was an old Corgi shuttle base from a scrap bin..25p with working under carriage rebuilt with wood and plastic card. The shuttle sections are held with door magnetic catches. The rockets have dowel as exhausts and matching holes, and la...
- Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:38 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Christmas Pressies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3659
having said I don't know....I finally gave in and said a new sprung centre punch and a combination bench sander grinder......after strange looks I was sent to fix the cooker and no nearer what she wants...can't win...problebly get slippers or a dvd box set.......No 1 grandson however will get rocke...
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:57 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Wet weekend broomstick build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7302
Well continuing to make and build for grandkids....latest was from a pile of homemade bricks from a charity shop ( yes the same I got the ironing boards for the Iron Road from) Two were a wonky arch shape and as the boy was into flying I attempted to make a helicopter or two. using dowling for a tai...
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:47 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3391
- Views: 1114868
As ever better and better...must visit again soon....like the plastic are but I note in the States a lot use clear Perspex and scribe onto it leaving Windows clear then clad on to it, saves fitting Windows and if UV stabilised lasts longer.....must try some buildings...keep going...that field on a s...
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:35 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Converting a model tin plate tram to battery power.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7673
- Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:13 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The Man Engine Cornwall
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2296
- Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:09 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: If on hols in Cornwall.....and need a diversion
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3168
If on hols in Cornwall.....and need a diversion
Ok ok not trains but of interest........ If in Cornwall this summer and need a fix of Cold War aircraft, do visit the fledgling Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay ( next to RAF St Mawgan ....opposite side from the civilian airport). They have started from the remains of Classic Airforce who ...
- Tue May 31, 2016 3:57 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Iron Road....ironing board layout
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14603
- Thu May 26, 2016 7:56 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Iron Road....ironing board layout
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14603
MDLR:118245 wrote:How big is it?
Approx 6 X 10 as it stands and 37" up.....I think the sink etc would take it 12 or 13' long.......I had thought of using one for the association modular layout but not sure if Mr Jones would go for it.
Peter....what supprises you?....you the creator of creations I admire!
- Thu May 26, 2016 4:50 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Iron Road....ironing board layout
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14603
- Thu May 26, 2016 3:22 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Iron Road....ironing board layout
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14603
The Iron Road....ironing board layout
I have seen layouts on ironing boards ...but to be frank it's a layout dropped on top, using an ironing board to support it as a table.....BUT......one that is one with the ironing board....well chaps here we are. The original concept included a clothes horse and a sink.....they will come at phase 2...
- Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:26 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Red Flying Scotsman
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2422
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:33 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Wet weekend broomstick build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7302
Hi thanks for lots of views....suddenly wood seems popular again. I attach a photo of a train made in the late 1940s and a lorry bought off eBay .......which when it arrived seems to be as old and of a steam lorry. Both need cleaning and waxing but Grandson likes them. Minor repairs need doing. The ...
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:25 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Wet weekend broomstick build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7302
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:21 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Sad News - David Hick
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7383
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:45 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Another steaming Cornishman
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2467
Another steaming Cornishman
As seen on the B B C
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35747664
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35747664