Garden Railway Forum

Rik,
I believe you are off on your travels tomorrow, so just a quick note to wish you a safe and trouble free journey.

Fantastic, Tony, please keep it coming.
Not sure which I envy most, the skill, the workshop or the ability to devote the time to it!

Looking good John.

Picture works fine Rik.

I'm no expert, by any means, but McCormick Deering became International Harvester, I believe. I think this is one of their "Hit & Miss" engines mounted on a trolley. The extended hub on the top picture I think would have driven a belt to some other piece of machinery. Perhaps Rik could...

Looks much better Mark. I think that slight hesitation now is possibly quartering this time, especially since you say there is a tight spot.

ge_rik wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:47 pm The fiddly bits seem to be taking longer than building the structure itself!

Thats always the case, and not only that, they always take 3 times longer than you expect!

That is some trip, Rik. I do hope it turns out to be all you hope. I must say I'm exhausted just reading it!

Between the three of us those pulleys are are looking pretty good Rik.
I like the carriage, log dogs, etc too, well done.
Looking forward to seeing this all finished, but possibly not till after India?

Ooh, that looks good Dwayne.

Yes, I thought that too, was just be silly really. Although given that chess men come in different sizes, a 1/24 set might work if there is such a thing. Actually, short lengths of plain plasticard rod, might be enough to suggest the pieces?

Thanks for the link, Rik, very interesting.
Having got that far ( if I was up to the electronics, which I'm not!!) I think I'd be tempted to fit N/C reed switches in the locos, and solenoids under the track, powered from the Stop aspect, to actually stop the loco's and physcally prevent crashes.

Thanks Rik, I was hoping someone might volunteer to 3D print some chess pieces for me! On second thoughts.... there might be some out there already in the dolls house market or from a Chinese supplier? I hate to admit defeat, but I think 16mm chess men are beyond me, and I suspect beyond this parti...

Very nice Tom, good to see that low speed.
Needs a driver though, that big open cab looks awful empty.

Rod, If you are using superglue for tiny plastic parts, it's no wonder you get it everywhere! Try using a proper solvent, as Rik is suggesting, and you'll get on much better. Solvents by definition ARE water resistant, since they weld the two separate plastic pieces into one homogenous mass and then...

First thing to do is identify the source of the dampness that is causing the problem. Until you cure that, anything else is a waste of money. However in answer to your original question, PVA can go mouldy itself, so it won't cure the problem and may make it worse.

Rik, I don't want to hijack Grant's thread, but when I saw your sawmill in position earlier, I assumed that you would be building something exactly along these lines to off-load logs.

Agree with Philip about the man up a ladder… I could always have one of the signs with partially completed lettering and the signwriter up the ladder ....... No, actually, the poor signwriter would probably do the lettering on the ground and then have the sign hoisted up ..... actually that could b...

ge_rik wrote: ↑Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:02 pm

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Fri Mar 16, 2018 5:55 pm Brilliant Rik but if I was going to be critical I would say the sign needs weathering.

Good idea, I'll give it a go!

Rik

Or else a man up a ladder with a paintpot?

Some months ago I drew up a van for complete 3D printing, but having done an experimental partial print I came to the conclusion that it was not really the sensible way to go, requiring far to much cleaning up. That's a much more rational use of rapid prototyping than I usually see. Too many people...