Garden Railway Forum

GTB:96497 wrote:
The loco has an Inuit name so presumably it runs on a Canadian railway. Why would anyone assume it uses UK headcodes?

Graeme

Possibly because the OP said " I guess I hope it looks generic enough to be at home on the average British garden railway. " ?

Yes it is
That wall is looking good. I've been taking pics of my post office project so I think I'll do a thread of my own, on it.

Not wanting to hijack the thread any more than necessary, but I think this does go here to finish off the earlier stuff. Excellent delivery from Tomps and I spent part of yesterday afternoon making the master and mould for a set of 5 identical window frames that I need. Then spent this morning, on a...

Talking of buckets...what is the source of your fire buckets and brackets?

Don't worry, I'm sure we all know that feeling!
I suspect the problem is, as somebody said earlier, the coldness/dampness out in your shed. This weather is not conducive to outdoor painting!

vjoneslong5040:96268 wrote:
I prefer satin coat as well. But I have yet to find a spray varnish which is Satin.

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Have you tried Phoenix- Precision?

PV72 Satin Varnish 150ml Aerosol
http://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/pv62-gl ... ish-1.html

"Just a little bit more, I've nearly got it back on"

Two blondes driving down the road, suddenly the one driving screeches to halt, "Look at that!" she splutters, pointing out of the window at another blonde sitting in a boat in the middle of a ploughed field, rowing furiously but getting nowhere. "It's women like that that give us a bl...

Since I don't know what I'm doing either, I went for the smallest/cheapest quantity of silicone which seems to be this one: 1 x Value BUDGET RTV Silicone Kit SOFT Shore A 20 - 0.525kg Kit (Budget RTV 0.525kg Kit) Catalyst Speed Fast - Poltife 10 mins I also got some  Fillite powder to bulk out some ...

Tomps supply all sorts of moulding stuff... just google 'tomps'

Thanks for all the info and pictures.
I've just been on to Mr Tomps and ordered a small kit...fingers crossed!

Fantastic, thanks.
What size are the crossbars on the window? They look very fragile, how thin do you think you can go?

Thanks for that. I look forward to the pictures.
I did try some making some silicone moulds once, about 35 years ago, without much success and have been reluctant to try again, but I think I must bite the bullet.

bazzer42:96090 wrote: ps masters made using 4.8mm square plastruct to fit snugly with 5mm foamboard. The upper windows can be cut off to form plain doors, too lazy to make two masters.....

Bazzer,
They look superb, what did you use for the actual mould itself?

.... I have just measured up a combination of Lydney junction and Oakle Street stations on the old Severn and Wye and it scales out at 32 inches.. Doesn't surprise me. Quite by chance I've just spent this morning drawing up an old village post office and village stores, to act as part of  the rear ...

Most of mine in one shot! ./myff/1696081/2036+cropped.jpg From the left: 'Lawnpath Bridge' -scratchbuilt from ali and removeable Brick wall at the back - scratchbuilt from foamboard. One day I plan  a low relief building ( factory type?) to sit behind it against the summer house T&G wall. 'Manol...

If IP and Binnie wheels are doing the same thing, but other wheel sets aren't I'd check back-to-backs.
If the axles aren't parallel that could do it as well.

Personally, I've never heard of this brand, so can't speak about the actual product. However, in principle, Firstly  the rail heads should all all be level, so if the nose is proud there is something wrong. Secondly, the rails should always support the tyre of the wheel so if there is  major droppin...

Nice little loco, but from the 'cheap model with wide appeal' point of view, a couple of things spring to mind: 1) There are an awful lot of 'bits' attached to the basic body shell and every 'bit' adds complexity and hence cost. 2) You'll need to do something non-prototypical about the buffer beams/...

Looks really good and relatively quick and simple to produce an excellent result. What do you two do, to have such easy access to a suitable laser cutter?
I've got full blown AutoCAD which I use routinely, but no laser unfortunately!