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- Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Trefor took the coaches for a few circuits without getting rained on.
Phil
There, I have posted a video all by myself!
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Thanks Andrew and Simon,
it's still not raining so you never know, an engine may yet come out to play with them.
Phil
it's still not raining so you never know, an engine may yet come out to play with them.
Phil
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:22 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
[/quote] A dry day Phil..... have you moved away from Wales? [/quote] Oh ye of little faith Peter! Before the promised heavenly deluge, due soon, I took a photo opportunity:- IMG_0195.jpeg IMG_0196.jpeg I noticed in the workshop photo from yesterday that the roof of the longer coach was not sitting ...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:01 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
The last few days have seen lots of finishing touches IMG_3729.jpeg Luggage racks in the long coach being one fiddly task done today. The roofs were varnished underneath and painted with dark grey masonry paint on top (B&Q test pots are good value). chassis painted matt black. The lattice gates ...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:27 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
The roof structures complete and ready for a couple of coats of varnish underneath.
Phil
Phil
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:35 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Rod,
the one on the right is the finished one. The finish is being applied to the parts before assembly, wood stains and varnish. The roofs of the two new ones will be painted.
Phil
the one on the right is the finished one. The finish is being applied to the parts before assembly, wood stains and varnish. The roofs of the two new ones will be painted.
Phil
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:29 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Whilst the glue was drying, thoroughly this time, I worked on handles and wheels.
This morning:-
Phil
This morning:-
Phil
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:26 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Getting there! I glued a narrow spar, which I have spares of, to each of the three repaired ones. Once set (nearly anyway!) I fixed the three repaired spars in the jig with some blu-tack to keep them aligned:- IMG_3679.jpeg Then I spread glue along them and inverted the jig onto the roof and clamped...
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:56 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
I'd have thought that a small dab of white glue in each of those breaks and then careful manipulation should enable it all to go back togther. A length of wood/styrene or whatever of the correct distance from apex to eaves under the centre line then clamp/weight down it to a flat board should see i...
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:35 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Making the curved roofs. The kit contains a pair of jigs to hold the roof spars in position whilst gluing together. I found this difficult to clamp up and so mounted the ply jig pieces either side of an appropriate width piece of timber which is more solid and easier to clamp to:- IMG_3675.jpeg This...
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:46 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Thanks Peter,
I think it will probably look better with some sort of edging rather than just the black plastic. Maybe some grey paint would be better than the white, I'll have to look out for some match pots to play with. Having said that, the Cataloy paste is grey!
Phil
I think it will probably look better with some sort of edging rather than just the black plastic. Maybe some grey paint would be better than the white, I'll have to look out for some match pots to play with. Having said that, the Cataloy paste is grey!
Phil
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Platform experients. The recycled plastic sheet I am using for the platform surface is textured, a bit of a regular geometric pattern but fine from a normal viewing distance. The material does not accept glues, the surface is a bit 'oily'. I wanted to get an edging so have been playing with various ...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:36 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
I find it easier to do it this way, everything lines up the same every time. This block of wood was used for the seats in the previous coach and the other end of it to do the luggage racks.
Phil
Phil
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 12:45 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Chair production
Phil
Phil
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:21 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Sorry Rod, buy what from? It was so good to meet you at Llanfair and Welshpool and to be able to put a face to the posts. Phil It was great meeting you to mate. We were having a brilliant chat at Welshpool Station, they even held up the train from going because were chatting so much. That embossed ...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:17 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Hi Rod, they are Plateways kits. I did ask Michael Murray who's company it is one time and he said he'd stopped including them for some reason. Easy enough to batch make enough for several vehicles once the machinery is set up. I put the wheels further apart than the kit suggests to make the wheelba...
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:46 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Hiding under here
is this
the kit does not include spacers for the sides of the chassis frame so I made up my own. This is the guard's van floor from underneath
Phil
is this
the kit does not include spacers for the sides of the chassis frame so I made up my own. This is the guard's van floor from underneath
Phil
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
- Views: 58573
Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Another example where the experience of having previously built one of these coaches suggests an easier way to do it next time! IMG_3640.jpeg Each coach has handrails fashioned from copper wire at each corner. On this coach I drilled the holes by hand in the fully assembled coach (not sure why they ...
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:59 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 307
- Views: 58573
Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
Sorry Rod,
buy what from?
It was so good to meet you at Llanfair and Welshpool and to be able to put a face to the posts.
Phil
buy what from?
It was so good to meet you at Llanfair and Welshpool and to be able to put a face to the posts.
Phil
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:43 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3391
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Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
I found when sanding the bigger components of PDF kits that using an orbital sander clamped upside down in my workmate and rotating the piece across the spinning disc worked best for me. However much I sanded there did seem to be some 'grain' marks and voids in the printed bits.
Phil
Phil