My latest Carriage.....

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:53 am

wish we was still over the to come to the fest

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:18 pm

Bungle, you will have to show me how to do slate walls, mine look ok but the buggers keep collapsing

looking forward to the fest though and seeing what you've done to the garden

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:04 am

laalratty wrote:Bungle, you will have to show me how to do slate walls, mine look ok but the buggers keep collapsing
looking forward to the fest though and seeing what you've done to the garden

I don't really know how i've managed it considerin it just loads of old scrap slate. It has brought about another wall building job, this time for a friend of PTLRsam. Once the wall is rebuilt I start to build him his own garden railway, which is great as I have no rly of my own to work on! It will be 45mm, track powered with 10 ft radius curves.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:20 pm

That sounds like a nice railway, ummm 10 foot radius curves

today sent off for people to populate the buffet car, hope modeltowns service is quick otherwise buffet car will have to run with no people in it at PTLRfest (but with food and drink

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ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:36 pm

is there a website for modeltowns ???

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:38 pm

http://www.modeltown.co.uk/

Has an online shop which we used

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:45 pm

Thanks mate

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:45 pm

laalratty wrote:That sounds like a nice railway, ummm 10 foot radius curves

Its being built with Aristocraft pre-curved rail. The idea is, that people with great big huge massive ginormous electric powered locos can run no bother. Or very big live steam!?! He has a friend somewhere in the south (London-ish I think) who has such locos that will likely be visiting providing the min radius is not too sharp!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:22 pm

getting back on topic, im still not giving any pics but text updates as to whether the carriage will be ready for PTLRfest will keep coming......
today the glazing was finished, using super glue which is margially better than using epoxy (they both tend to end up staining the glazing to an extent) but it'll need tydying up. The main problem is figures, I hope that modeltown are speedy with dispatching orders!
Still to do as well are drill hole and stick on vacum pipes, make and fit steps, final transfers for class etc (coach numbers already done) glue in details like mugs, plates and chocolate bar rack nd then when figures are painted and glued in, the roof can go and be painted, with hopefully enough time for a couple of laps of my track to make sure it dosn't derail. All this and i've got geography coursework due for May 9th......

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:32 pm

Well, tedious as it is, don't let this project get in the way of your schoolwork. You'll have plenty of time to finish the coach over the summer, but you only get one shot at your exams!

(Says the guy who did no revision at all for his AS levels over Easter...but do as I say, not as I do!

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laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:40 pm

It's ok im not going to totally blow all school revision just for this coach and anyway I've just had 2, 1 1/2 hour long sessions on the coursework over the last 2 days, plus I could tell you what i got for AS geography out of 300 but that would be serious gloating.......

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:24 pm

Confirmed modeltown have a very speedy service. The figures arrived today, I thought id be waiting till next week! i'll spend the weekend painting them hopefully meaning the carriage will be finished early next week

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:53 pm

Great! Really looking forward to seeing it at the 'fest! How many of the other carriages are you gonna bring? Believe Al is bringing over 8 VERY heavy Cheddar coaches from Ireland!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:31 am

PTLRcecil told me last night it was 10

Even the garrett might find that lot a challenge. I hopeing to bring 3 or 4 the buffet car, the obs and the gladstone car are certainties but the 4th carriage in that rake is a semi open that isn't as good as the rest of them.

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:06 pm

The garret might have problems with it yeah. However hidden in the deepest darkest depths of the PTLRs workshop, kept under high security (actually its buried under a rag, some screwdrivers and bungles mamod is the Black Beauty. Ive been running trials with its new plutonium firing system.
It doesnt do much exept break the engine again and scare next doors cat.

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:14 pm

ptlrcecil wrote:The garret might have problems with it yeah. However hidden in the deepest darkest depths of the PTLRs workshop, kept under high security (actually its buried under a rag, some screwdrivers and bungles mamod is the Black Beauty. Ive been running trials with its new plutonium firing system.
It doesnt do much exept break the engine again and scare next doors cat.

I wondered what that pile of scrap was under the rags!

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:39 pm

You've killed the world's greatest mamod

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ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:12 pm

You know Bungle, I would love to live in your world for just 5 minutes.

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:17 pm

Yeah, I have a really good time.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:25 pm

Can I borrow the plutonium powered worlds most powerful mamod.
The ANLR has a big problem with cats scaring the living c**p out of them would be funny
Ps Figures finished today roof goes on tommrow

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