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- Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:22 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Winter's best laid plans
- Replies: 28
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Re: Winter's best laid plans
Bl**dy hell Rik, I think that, like me, you have CDO. That's like OCD but all the letters are in the right order :lol: Hi Phil I did try having a computerised todo list but gave up - a notebook's easier to carry around and a lot more satisfying to physically cross something off the list. Of course,...
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:39 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
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Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
Peter
Just been looking at your pictures again. It's incredible the way you manage to get your joints to be flush - I end up having to plug gaps with filler. Is it down to highly accurate measuring or do you do it by eye?
Rik
Just been looking at your pictures again. It's incredible the way you manage to get your joints to be flush - I end up having to plug gaps with filler. Is it down to highly accurate measuring or do you do it by eye?
Rik
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:09 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
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Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
Rik
- Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:27 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
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Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
Is it entablature?Peter Butler wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:00 am ........ a specific name for the horizontal bands of decoration attached to quoins ......
Rik
- Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:07 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
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Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
Brilliant! Utterly brilliant! Should complement your other buildings perfectly.
Rik
Rik
- Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:45 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Revamping the stream
- Replies: 117
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Re: Revamping the stream
Just putting the finishing touches to the sluice gate. Too dark (and cold) to get some in-situ pics, but you can get the gist of it from these: . The sluice gate in its raised position IMG_6850.JPG . The raising crank. The ratchet and pawl is decorative, too much of a fiddle to make it operative. Th...
- Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:05 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Winter's best laid plans
- Replies: 28
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Re: Winter's best laid plans
I have a constant running to do list which amounts to around two sides of A4. I've had the list for around five years now. In that time I've probably crossed off around 50+ items, but of course, as soon as I cross something off, something else gets added. And then there are some jobs which never app...
- Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:48 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Revamping the stream
- Replies: 117
- Views: 48919
Re: Revamping the stream
Awww shucks chaps, you're too kind.
Rik
Rik
- Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:45 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Leawarra Nayook Railway
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway
Those old sleepers sure do look degraded. I sometimes wish I had a problem with excess sunshine. At the moment I'm waiting for a couple of days where the temperature rises above freezing so I can do some concreting.
Rik
Rik
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 7:34 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Revamping the stream
- Replies: 117
- Views: 48919
Re: Revamping the stream
Hi Rik what a fantastic layout and I have enjoyed reading the posts and your blog on this layout. The stream, watermill and landscaping is spot on thanks for sharing. :thumbleft: Thanks Kevin. I'm really pleased with the way the stream has worked out - I'd say that luck is as much a factor as plann...
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 6:07 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Revamping the stream
- Replies: 117
- Views: 48919
Re: Revamping the stream
Well, Mr Bennett that does look the business. Water beside a railway definitely adds something. And thank you kind sir. I remember saying to my daughter when we were walking in the Lake District beside a stream that one day I would build something like it in our garden. It did take me around 20 yea...
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:37 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Revamping the stream
- Replies: 117
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Re: Revamping the stream
Another brilliant addition Rik - I also like the way the building sits into its environment and after its weathered outside for a while, will look as though its been there for 100's of years! Thanks, that was the intention. I might give it some artificial weathering in the meantime. Still got to do...
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:32 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Revamping the stream
- Replies: 117
- Views: 48919
Re: Revamping the stream
Rik, Just a small aside, what do you do about the water in the winter? Do you pump it all out, and if not do you get problems with the sump/pump freezing? Hi Philip No, the (plastic dustbin) sump is covered with the inverted lid and then with large pebbles and so it would have to go well below free...
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:00 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: My Winter Project - 2 Car Multiple Unit
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Re: My Winter Project - 2 Car Multiple Unit
Brilliant start made already! There's a workshop in Chester where you can use their laser cutter - you're tempting me....
Rik
Rik
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:37 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Revamping the stream
- Replies: 117
- Views: 48919
Re: Revamping the stream
The blog entry for the build is now online
https://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -mill.html
Rik
https://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -mill.html
Rik
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:37 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Revamping the stream
- Replies: 117
- Views: 48919
Re: Revamping the stream
Hi Rik Another great project Rik. I spent a couple of days reading all of the previous posts on your blog. I really enjoy your approach to Garden Railways. Your line is lovely. Hope you are well. All best J Hi James Thanks. I'm glad you've found my blog interesting and hopefully useful. That was my...
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:12 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Revamping the stream
- Replies: 117
- Views: 48919
Re: Revamping the stream
Looking very good Rik. What paint did you use on the window frames, finally? BTW, I know you are happy with the speed, but I suspect that the reason your wheel rotates slowly is that it is too deep in the water. The force of water hitting the front of the wheel as it goes down, is counterbalanced b...
- Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:06 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Revamping the stream
- Replies: 117
- Views: 48919
Re: Revamping the stream
A little while since I updated this thread. Amazing how life intervenes when garden railway projects need to be completed. The mill is now nearing completion. The building is more or less complete, the site has been landscaped and some Jigstones blocks have been placed in the stream to support the w...
- Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:48 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3407
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Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
Cracking good job, Peter. The green is a bit disconcerting, but no doubt when you've applied your magic touch it will be transformed.
Rik
Rik
- Sun Nov 26, 2017 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Sweet Sixteen locomotive
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8835
Re: Sweet Sixteen locomotive
And they do it in 45mm gauge - mind you, they do the quarry Hunslet in 45mm gauge as well..... Oh, the temptation!Killian Keane wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2017 12:25 pm Quite a sweet little loco really theres some footage of one running on the Compton Down Railway on youtube
Rik