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by Old Man Aaron
Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
Replies: 7
Views: 1321

Re: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage

If you want "eccentric", maybe just stick some seats in that cattle van?!! I'll call it "In-Laws Class". :lol: :lol: Not far from the truth, though. The local Moreton/Mapleton tramways were known to add longitudinal bench seats to cane trucks and flat wagons, for special excursi...
by Old Man Aaron
Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:43 am
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
Replies: 7
Views: 1321

Re: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage

25/09/19 The 1mm styrene sheet from the kit was cut to length, and scribed as needed. A bulb mount (I believe salvaged from a car instrument panel many yeas ago) was fitted with a 3V bulb. Superglue and a ruler made for a tidy visible wiring run, though I did get carried away - the wires need only g...
by Old Man Aaron
Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:16 am
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
Replies: 7
Views: 1321

Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage

A "little" :lol: project from my defunct blog, that I've been meaning to contribute to the forum for quite a while.. Back in early 2019... I wanted an end-platform carriage, reminiscent of the various carriages found on the 2ft gauge sugar tramways of Queensland. Several of these were buil...
by Old Man Aaron
Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:54 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'
Replies: 31
Views: 7347

Re: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'

I'll second the suggestion of the pin vice. I love mine.

Looking forward to seeing the new loco come together, always nice to see a new build.
by Old Man Aaron
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:59 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344892

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:49 pm Thankyou. You will have to come around for a afternoon and evening session on the POR before we go to Wales. [/color][/b]
I'd be up for that. When are you leaving?
by Old Man Aaron
Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:28 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
Replies: 23
Views: 3880

Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed

Nice and practical, love the coffee shelf. I'd like to put something similar under a workbench one day, so storage yards like yours are always worth reading. :study:
Suitably tiny yet grunty shunter for such a tight space, too. :thumbup:
by Old Man Aaron
Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:04 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344892

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Masterpiece as always, Darrell. :salute:
by Old Man Aaron
Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:47 pm
Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
Topic: March 2024 Gallery CLOSING DATE 1st MARCH
Replies: 35
Views: 8071

Re: March 2024 Gallery Entries HERE please.

Not looking to win here, (there are much better shots already :lol: ) but this one does have the smallest creature so far.
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by Old Man Aaron
Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:04 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Camera Vehicle
Replies: 17
Views: 2482

Re: Camera Vehicle

I wonder if a bit of soft (spongy foam) padding might absorb the vibrations. :scratch:
by Old Man Aaron
Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
Replies: 272
Views: 124260

Re: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan

A set of clacks straddling the boiler top, along with suitable firebox-top pipework and stubby boiler fittings, might lend a little further "BR-Standardism" to it, but I'm really grasping at straws - you've made a fine job already. :salute:
by Old Man Aaron
Thu Jan 04, 2024 6:57 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Next overhaul project....
Replies: 43
Views: 8186

Re: Next overhaul project....

:bravo :salute:
by Old Man Aaron
Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Little Wonder
Replies: 64
Views: 19915

Re: Little Wonder

Suitably fiddly. :lol:
They're really packed in there, between those axleboxes.
by Old Man Aaron
Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:24 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Simplex Yard Shunter
Replies: 25
Views: 3985

Re: Simplex Yard Shunter

29/12/23 A bit (very) slow in writing this up, but it is what it is. The bonnet sections were glued together and reinforced with thin plastic strip from behind. A coat of etch primer was applied before slapping Squadron putty on it, followed by sanding. I've left a few divots and marks in the castin...
by Old Man Aaron
Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:28 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Next overhaul project....
Replies: 43
Views: 8186

Re: Next overhaul project....

Always good to get another job ticked off. Hope it clears up soon. :thumbleft:
by Old Man Aaron
Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:43 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: #workshopwednesday - a rolling road for the FeckHallBahn. Bach Chorale accompaniment
Replies: 3
Views: 927

Re: #workshopwednesday - a rolling road for the FeckHallBahn. Bach Chorale accompaniment

Aye, rolling roads aren't worth the price, IMO. One of these days I'll make my own from aluminium angle and cheap bearings - but I seem to keep getting away with blocks of wood. :scratch: Yours is certainly a standard to aim for. Fully-adjustable, self-contained on a board, with a storage box to boo...
by Old Man Aaron
Thu Dec 21, 2023 1:34 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The WWLR Layout Begins
Replies: 26
Views: 5290

Re: The WWLR Layout Begins

I've done that with a machine vice too. Nice conversion - You've clearly put more effort into it than I did. :lol:
by Old Man Aaron
Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:40 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
Replies: 3350
Views: 1080554

Re: Time to build a railway...but where?

Peter Butler wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:42 am I still need to refer to Rik's 'idiot's guide' every time.....
So do I. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Never easy to conceal wiring without compromising functionality. I'd hate to attempt wiring up a Garratt. Nice work. :salute:
by Old Man Aaron
Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:25 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Biting the bullet - wholesale conversion from 45mm to SM32
Replies: 32
Views: 9150

Re: Biting the bullet - wholesale conversion from 45mm to SM32

I hope I'm not coming off as pushy, one way or the other - just thinking out loud. :) And that's very kind of you to offer! My first layout used SV rail, bought through an Australian dealer - nailed to home-cut wooden sleepers. I still have a few lengths, which will need plastic sleepers to reuse, s...
by Old Man Aaron
Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:10 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?
Replies: 11
Views: 2708

Re: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?

Aha! Thanks fellas. Just picked up two lifetimes' supply of caps for a tenner. Forgot I even mentioned the RH chassis, had to look back through my own posts to find it. :scratch: :scratch: The Baguley's fine as an "out of the box" cane loco - just paint it yellow. But as a prototype, it ne...
by Old Man Aaron
Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:09 am
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: Sweet Miscellany
Replies: 12
Views: 3469

Re: Sweet Miscellany

Surely you have more wheelsets somewhere, Greg.. What's one more van? Dewit.jpg Funny you say that Graeme, I do have a blog , for the same reason as you. I used to post there, then copy/paste text and images to the forum. But this takes hours to do, and I found that blogger had an infuriating tenden...