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Probably the greatest inspiration for me was Rev Peter Denny's Trepolpen Valley Light Railway, which appeared in various guises through the 1960s and 70s. He used clockwork powered locos and positioned the stations so they were a predictable number of key turns apart. This photo from the August 1975...

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a beer wagon? Did it carry beer, or is it the Welsh equivalent of a 'bier' - ie for carrying coffins?

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Dwayne wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:42 pm There's satisfaction in building your own. It's not that difficult.

That's what all the experts say ....... Which is presumably why they are experts

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Looks wonderful already. Can't wait to here it finished and installed in its final location.

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My technique in avoiding air bubbles is highly technical and laborious to describe so only read on if you are an expert modeller. . . The simplest way to describe it is that I didn’t know it was a potential problem :lol: :lol: :lol: Now I’m going back to the viaduct to look. Everyone knows that Ryl...

Wow! That's some serious engineering, Graham. will the upper track descend to join the lower one before the lift-up bridge?

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Absolutely brilliant, Andy!! I wish I'd seen this thread before making my viaduct from individual balsa blocks treated with resin wet-rot hardener. Incidentally, how did you stop air bubbles forming in the resin? I recently saw a YouTube video where someone vibrated the table with a blade-less jigsa...

Excellent! You've already surpassed my turnout making total ..... well actually you surpassed it on the first evening!!!

One day, I will have to have a go. I've always fancied trying to make some dual gauge pointwork. But maybe I should start with something simpler....

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I wonder what other cameo scenes could be animated. I'm sure that somewhere on here someone animated a signalman waving a flag from a signal box. Didn't you animate a fireman on one of your locos, Greg? I've often wondered if I could animate a guard giving hand signals when shunting, but the problem...

I love the notion of steam powered electricity ......
But then, thinking about it, apart from renewables, I suppose the rest of our national grid is steam powered ......

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Looking good! You know you are making good progress when the water feature goes in! As with all your projects, it looks well engineered.

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Looks great, even better now it's been painted. I believe I got the bevel gears from MFA Como https://www.mfacomodrills.com/pdfs/918D-Accessories-PDF.pdf But I've also used Technobots in the past, so I might have got them there https://www.technobotsonline.com/plastic-bevel-gears.html I can recommen...

Ingenious! Or maybe just genius!

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Peter Butler wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 12:30 am Please let it be the neighbour sunbathing topless!

No, not on this occasion. He kept his shirt on ......

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A good job you didn't enter one of these photos for the Lineside Industries photo comp. My photo wouldn't have stood a chance!
Really great atmosphere created. The yard has a busy feel to it.

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..... I did by stepping backwards into thin air.. :lol: :lol: :lol: We all do something similar at some point .... Well I did. Except in my case I stepped down off the railway on to a garden chair after cutting the hedge - the chair collapsed and threw me against the railway - I cracked a rib and w...

Looks really good and nicely weathered....

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Looking forward to seeing your trackwork, Dwayne. I always marvel at how quickly you can turn out, well, .... turnouts....

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Must be satisfying to have the track finished. Presumably, now the fun really starts

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Good to see you're back in the garden and getting some track down, Rod. Looks like that was a nasty tumble - take care.

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