Lynton and Barnstaple carriage kits, a joint venture

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:44 pm

Have you got compensation on your bogie

WVLR · Post by **WVLR** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:44 pm

Need to add some weight to it as it seems to dislike corners at the moment.

Probably my bogies

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:46 pm

Back to the CAD then

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:47 pm

The bogies are fine mike. They have minor compensation but then again my line is not exactly forgiving for these large carriages lol

WVLR · Post by **WVLR** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:47 pm

Have you got compensation on your bogie

Humm, that was something I was going to suggest when I made them.

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:47 pm

Easy to do

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:49 pm

Very nice indeed, good to see these approaching completion

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:50 pm

I guess worst case is I move house and build a more forgiving and prototypical line

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:51 pm

You will fix it make more of the garden go ground level!

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:54 pm

It's the 2'6" curves onto long straights that cause the derailments. Ideally I want to ease them all but mamod track is hard to ease lol

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:19 pm

Thats why your coaches are struggling then

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:20 pm

Yeah, one of these days I'll adjust it out to 4' when the wife isn't looking and I have the spare track...

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:23 pm

Shhhhhhhhhhh go out and get some send her away for the weekend Springs hydro or Ragdale Hall and lay it

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:24 pm

Just gotta order another 12yards of peco and some turnouts then

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:26 pm

A real railway!

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:57 pm

So while I'm still trying to work out the interior for carriage 1 (no proper records of seat layout in the observation end), I have made a start on the bracing for carriage 7. I need go work out where the doors to the observation area fit but am still yet to have been on the restored carriage to take the measurement from there

this one should take too long once I have the doors sorted as I know the rest of the interior and have that all prepped ready

photos will follow tomorrow when I have better light.

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:46 pm

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:18 am

So this week I've come back to carriage 1 again after someone kindly showed me a photo I hadn't seen before of the interior in carriage 1! This has meant that I have been able to construct the interior and get glazing done. I have also added the much needed decals, leaving only the fitting of accucraft couplings, door and grab handles and cushions for first class to bring this carriage to completion. Photos show more of what's been done.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:40 pm

Very nice job, not too far to go now (although I know only too well that it can seem like its nearly done and then take another couple of weeks of work)

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:31 pm

Interior is now finished. New couplings are fitted (although testing will have to wait till the morning). It will run without handles for a little while as I need to order some. Hopefully this will mean carriage 7 can then move to paint soon and the rake will really begin to take shape.

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