Garden Railway Forum

Wow! Those name and date panels are the crowning glory.

Rik

Soar Valley Light wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:31 pm So Rik, when do you start on the canalised section of the river with a working staircase of locks?

Thanks Andrew.
Funnily enough, that is something I've always fancied doing, since I was a teenager. However, it would be a logistical nightmare.

Rik

FWLR wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2017 8:58 am Still sleepy Rik,

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I can't even claim that they are all the right letters but not necessarily in the right order......
I suppose I could have erred in the other direction on the keyboard

Rol

I hadn't thought of it as a problem as I usually manage to achieve acceptable results with my work method. I mark my HIP with a 2B pencil which is quite soft and gives a broad line width to cut from so I guess the final position is done by eye? I do use a sharp Stanley 1991 blade against a metre lo...

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,...

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

How about 'stringcourse'?

Rik

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:00 am ........ a specific name for the horizontal bands of decoration attached to quoins ......

Is it entablature?

Rik

Brilliant! Utterly brilliant! Should complement your other buildings perfectly.

Rik

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...

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...

Awww shucks chaps, you're too kind.

Rik

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Brilliant start made already! There's a workshop in Chester where you can use their laser cutter - you're tempting me....

Rik

The blog entry for the build is now online
https://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -mill.html

Rik

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...