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- Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:16 am
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Shunting on the wrong track!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1844
Re: Shunting on the wrong track!
They used to do something similar in the canefields, only pulling, with rope. Dangerous, and I'm told, illegal nowadays. I think it was an occasional, but frowned-upon, practice in the UK. I believe using a capstan was more common, with the loco and wagon were heading on opposite directions. I thin...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4393
Re: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco
Greg, I'm really surprised that you feel the need to add this mixture. I find that plastikard forms a strong bond if a solvent (eg. EMA Plastic Weld) is used to weld the surfaces together. Tube glues, or superglue don't have the same effect as they just sit on the surface. Personally, I was thinkin...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:22 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4393
Re: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco
I used a new (to me) method from YouTube to make ‘ fillet welds’ where 2 pieces of styrene are glued at right angles. The ‘fillet’ is made from Baking Soda powder, then superglue is dripped on. It sets like ‘rock’. But looks pretty ugly. That sounds like it could be a useful trick, particularly whe...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
- Replies: 280
- Views: 132643
Re: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
It's looking good in "works grey"!
Reminds me of when the F&WHR's Garratt No 87 ran in grey for a season or so:
Reminds me of when the F&WHR's Garratt No 87 ran in grey for a season or so:
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:50 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: N&BLR Ongoing Projects thread
- Replies: 47
- Views: 19248
Re: N&BLR Ongoing Projects thread
That's very impressive, I like it a lot!
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Kerr Stuart diesel
- Replies: 56
- Views: 28875
Re: Kerr Stuart diesel
Thank you! I am pleased with them. Usually, when I varnish wooden parts (like carriage droplight frames), I use it undiluted, need several coats to get the colour I want, and end it with it looking a little thick and stodgy, with gloopy build ups in the corners. This time, I stained the wood first (...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Kerr Stuart diesel
- Replies: 56
- Views: 28875
Re: Kerr Stuart diesel
HI a Finally, over a year after I last put it down, some progress on the KS diesel - I've made the shutters! KS shutters.jpg I'm quite pleased with how those turned out, and hope they'll provide the momentum to crack on with the detailing - the next step will involve millions of rivets, which I thin...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1986
Re: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
I love this! The detail and the finish are just perfect. Funnily enough though, despite having spent way too long at WHR photos, and having built a model of the Gladstone Car myself, I didn't immediately spot its origins - it looks "right", just as it is. Don't tell anyone I said so, but I...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3391
- Views: 1114785
Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
Meanwhile I have been viewing Greg's multiple Garratt videos with envy and wondering whether I can justify a second Garratt on my line? Surely the real question is whether you can justify not having a second one? Even a third may be prudent... Enjoying you work on the KS so far, and very much looki...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Faller Hit Train, Play Train and the like
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1399
Re: Falletr Hit Train, Play Train and the like
Hello! I've used quite a lot of the faller "E train" range over the years - the size is better suited to the 16mm/ft scale that many of us here model in. I've used various of the range's wagons modified and repainted to suit my needs, have tinkered with the steam and diesel locomotives, an...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'
- Replies: 40
- Views: 9768
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Hattons closing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1133
Re: Hattons closing
Astonishing, isn't it? Sad too. I haven't used them in decades, since moving out into the garden, but I used to order my indoor supplies from them, following in my Dad's footsteps - he showed me how to write rather formal letters to order things, always beginning "Dear Sirs"... and promisi...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:00 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Tan-y-Bwlch Water Tower - Finished ( I think!)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12735
Re: Tan-y-Bwlch Water Tower - Finished ( I think!)
Absolutely lovely! Such a great finish...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4869
Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
Thank you both! The traverser idea sounds intriguing, but this will be on a scenic (ish!) part of the layout, so probably not what I'm after. Thank you though! It does make me wonder whether there would be just enough room to have just one entrance (reducing point costs and curvature issues) by putt...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Sandstone & Termite
- Replies: 110
- Views: 76172
Re: Sandstone & Termite
Lovely stuff, thankyou - it's always a pleasure to see operations on your line...
Andrew.
Andrew.
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:13 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4869
Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
Thanks chaps, I'll give it some more thought... Do either of you recall roughly how far from the bottom of the until the floor sits? And yes, I'd be propelling whole trains in there, already coupled. I need to think about pointwork - if I have to buy new that will significantly add to the cost, and ...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4869
Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
Thanks for the video! All this has got me thinking... Over the coming months, we need to repair/replace the deck which stands above Penlan station on my line. While we're at it, we'll probably remove the wood store - we live in a built up area, so barely light the stove these days due to the growing...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Camera Vehicle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3228
Re: Camera Vehicle
I wonder if a bit of soft (spongy foam) padding might absorb the vibrations. :scratch: I used that in my one and only bit of "driver's eye view" filming. Alas, the vehicle itself is not one of the most elegant ever to have graced these pages: https://gardenrails.org/forum/download/file.ph...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4869
Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
That looks great! I'm jealous though. I had a storage shed once (well, some sidings in the usual garden shed), but that was lost when we extended the house and I really miss it - setting up a run takes longer and stock gets damaged in the process. Good idea to standardise type and height of coupling...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
- Replies: 280
- Views: 132643
Re: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
Lovely! And plenty of BR Standard features, I reckon.
Lined black?
Lined black?