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- Tue May 21, 2024 6:53 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Daisy, Daisy...
- Replies: 37
- Views: 13913
Re: Daisy, Daisy...
Evening all, This project rumbles on slowly - as I type this the varnish is drying on the loco and tender, which are sitting in front of me on the kitchen table. Here's the tender a few days ago, with the painting completed, a proper coal space added (a late addition, I was just planning to have coa...
- Tue May 21, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 782
- Views: 335764
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Rampant campanula was my problem this year. Rampant moss is mine... I'm thinking of starting an export business - using rail transport of course, if I can clear enough of it to allow the trains to run! Oooh, I'm imagining something like the Irish peat lines, maybe with those rustic looking wooden c...
- Tue May 21, 2024 6:41 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 782
- Views: 335764
- Tue May 21, 2024 6:40 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 782
- Views: 335764
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
"Curre ea cum te obtinuit eos"
The line's motto?
Yes, I just ran your line through Google translate...
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 782
- Views: 335764
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Normal (???) service has resumed! I finally found the missing fishplates, relaid the track that had been lifted, repaired some of the other bits, undertook the necessary clearance and... ran a train! Nothing fancy, a battery loco and the first wagons that came to hand, but it was the first train for...
- Wed May 15, 2024 7:01 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: where am I?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 227
- Wed May 15, 2024 1:34 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: It's a Sign!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 908
Re: It's a Sign!
It's been 20 years since I've wallpapered (we tend to just go for painted plaster), but when I did I don't think we used anything as hi-tech (!!!) as a plumbline, let alone one with a chalk reservoir! It came out OK, but it was only lining paper for painting uneven walls, no patterns to line up... ...
- Wed May 15, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: It's a Sign!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 908
Re: It's a Sign!
So, does that mean you never do any wallpapering?? :lol: Because, using a plumbline, that's how you get a vertical line on a wall to line the edge of the wallpaper to. I've been doing it that way for 50 years and never had any probs ( he says modestly!). In fact you can actually get plumblines with...
- Wed May 15, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: It's a Sign!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 908
Re: It's a Sign!
Hi Andrew, When my Dad used to get his wagons sign written the guy used to chalk out the sign first and then use that bit of stick that has a piece of cloth wrapped around it. He had many different sizes of those because some letters were really small, like the bottom of the doors on my Dads cabs w...
- Tue May 14, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: It's a Sign!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 908
Re: It's a Sign!
Beautiful work! It's not easy to do, but very rewarding. I'll admit to cheating by making my designs in the computer, then tracing it out. Drawing it by hand isn't something I can do too well on 16mm scale shopfronts. Haven't yet tried it on something larger.. Looking forward to seeing more. Thanks...
- Tue May 14, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
- Replies: 154
- Views: 35213
Re: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
Nice loco! Love the belt drive (is that what you'd call it?), beautifully quirky. And that corner's looking just right...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Cheers,
Andrew.
- Thu May 09, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 782
- Views: 335764
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Hi Andrew, That's sad to see and hear. I hope something can rise from the ashes. Maybe not a phoenix, perhaps Y Rhiw Goch in your case? Changes are sometimes forced on us but they aren't always all bad. I hope that you can monopolise on the opportunity. I can sympathise, It's been ages since I was ...
- Wed May 08, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: A Quiet Sunday
- Replies: 283
- Views: 133011
- Wed May 08, 2024 12:29 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Railway in the Valley of the Mill
- Replies: 356
- Views: 78607
Re: The Railway in the Valley of the Mill
Hi all, I've just watched Simon's film, and have to say that the whole line's looking wonderful. If I'm honest, I was privately sceptical that 3D printed buildings and other infrastructure would truly mellow into the garden as natural materials do, but I'm happy to admit that I was entirely wrong! R...
- Wed May 08, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Semi-scale BR: Garratt loaded test run
- Replies: 7
- Views: 240
Re: Semi-scale BR: Garratt loaded test run
That's looking great!
I particularly like the overhead shots where you can clearly see the loco flexing through the curve...
The tanker train's looking very good too...
Andrew
I particularly like the overhead shots where you can clearly see the loco flexing through the curve...
The tanker train's looking very good too...
Andrew
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Mamod Quarry - The saga continues…
- Replies: 3
- Views: 170
Re: Mamod Quarry - The saga continues…
Nice looking loco but I reckon Option One, sell it for £700, then - instead of spending money on R/C - put the extra towards a lovely geared Regner: https://www.gardenrailways.co.uk/regner-25460-vincent.html . I love my Regner - super reliable, and barely notices gradients (up or down), just purrs a...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:29 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: New Guy Introduction - Steam Newbie
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1171
Re: New Guy Introduction - Steam Newbie
My Roundhouse Bundy Fowler was bought through Anything Narrow Gauge, they sell a wide variety of used live steamers. Andy (I think that was his name :scratch: )tests and fettles every loco before sale. I mention this because like you, I am not in the UK. The loco was very well packed and has been a...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Another Faller Railbus
- Replies: 14
- Views: 888
Re: Another Faller Railbus
Thanks chaps! I am pleased with how it's turning out, although it's more a case of colouring in than lining, in that I'm painting along either original moulded lining, or extra stuff I've added. It's pretty fiddly ( don't look too closely!) and time consuming (each line's needed two coats), so I've ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:58 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3391
- Views: 1114910
Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
Congratulations Rik!
Although, since we can't quite be sure whether it's 32 or 34, and Peter may have forgotten a couple that have fallen down the back of the workbench, maybe we ought to just call it 38???
Although, since we can't quite be sure whether it's 32 or 34, and Peter may have forgotten a couple that have fallen down the back of the workbench, maybe we ought to just call it 38???
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Another Faller Railbus
- Replies: 14
- Views: 888
Re: Another Faller Railbus
Caution! Line painting in Progress!