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Post by Andrew » Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:52 pm

Here's a minor fail from a would-be running session this afternoon...

Over the last few days I've been doing a variety of jobs around the garden, but this afternoon I took a bit of time out to rectify some dodgy points at Penlan and clear the track as far as there so I could test out my handiwork.

Unfortunately, my test train was only halfway there when this happened:

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From my vantage point on the other side of the garden, at first I couldn't work out what had happened - there was no obvious obstruction. A closer look revealed that a scenic lump of rock had fallen across the train and just caught the ducket on the brake van:

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I'd moved the rock when I repainted the wall a couple of days previously - I guess it was precariously balanced and the gentle rumble of the passing train was enough to dislodge it...

Alas, the train never did make it to Penlan - the loco's batteries died just a few yards from the scene of this minor disaster! I'll try again tomorrow...

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Post by dewintondave » Sun May 12, 2019 4:02 am

I did everything right, but still...

Some stainless angle from an old inkjet printer was pressed into service to make an ash pan. A test braze with my high temp silver braze took well using the butane canister blow torch.
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Let's give it a go
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However when the real thing was attempted with the Sievert going full bore on domestic LPG..
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Post by philipy » Sun May 12, 2019 6:31 am

Nicely modelled piece of lineside scrap you've created there, Dave! :D
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Post by dewintondave » Sun May 12, 2019 7:56 am

philipy wrote: Sun May 12, 2019 6:31 am Nicely modelled piece of lineside scrap you've created there, Dave! :D
That's a grate idea :thumbup:
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Post by tom_tom_go » Sun May 12, 2019 8:31 am

All my fails end up a scrap, why throw them away?

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Post by RobRossington » Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:09 am

That’s it... nicely does it, you’re nearl.... oh! B*llocks!

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Post by dewintondave » Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:56 am

I was supposed to be cutting a concave surface for the dome base. But I got my maths reversed and produced a convex surface
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Post by dewintondave » Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:50 am

We had just coasted down the return curve after another marvellous ascent and then the cylinder gently fell off... :roll:
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Post by LNR » Wed Jan 22, 2020 5:21 am

dewintondave wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:50 am and then the cylinder gently fell off
Oh!! OK, just as well it was nothing important :shock: LoL.
Seriously can happen to anyone Dave. At a guess as the cylinder oscillates, its been unscrewing the pin. The spring seats gripping on the face perhaps.
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Post by dewintondave » Fri Jan 24, 2020 4:07 am

LNR wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2020 5:21 am Oh!! OK, just as well it was nothing important :shock: LoL.
Seriously can happen to anyone Dave. At a guess as the cylinder oscillates, its been unscrewing the pin. The spring seats gripping on the face perhaps.
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Post by Andrew » Sat May 16, 2020 12:12 pm

Shhh, don't tell the inspector that I've posted this!

This is what happened when I tried to hastily rearrange the wood store to make it more photogenic for his visit - it's lucky he wears a hard hat! Kind of him to take the brunt of it too, largely sparing my nice new bolsters...

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Post by dewintondave » Sun May 17, 2020 3:41 am

Andrew wrote: Sat May 16, 2020 12:12 pm Shhh, don't tell the inspector that I've posted this!
Oh snap! I had a good one too yesterday

New loco running happily, then the coupling pin lifted and the loco started pulling on the gas line. The loco dragged the gas cylinder off the flatbed and was skidding along the track until it dug-in, and pulled the gas line off the cylinder, fire out. The loco was still chuffing along and the gas cylinder was happily discharging into the atmosphere. No harm done, I just need to keep an eye out for the coupling pin riding up
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Post by gregh » Sun May 17, 2020 5:25 am

I put together a short video of some of my crashes over the years.


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Post by FWLR » Sun May 17, 2020 9:10 am

Wow Greg, they are some really nasty, horrible ones there. I would have been crying for days....

I think we have all had those disasters. My Grandson did it with my Billy on our very first line and I was horrified at the time...It's like riding a bike don't you think, "you can't ride one until you fall off" :lol:

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Post by Jimmyb » Sun May 17, 2020 9:43 am

A slight change of words but:
There are two types of people in the world, those that crash model trains, and those that don't run model trains"

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Post by Andrew » Sun May 17, 2020 12:00 pm

gregh wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 5:25 am I put together a short video of some of my crashes over the years.
Ouch! Makes me feel better about some of my mishaps though - I had 8 out of 10 wagons on their sides at one point yesterday!

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Post by RylstonLight » Sun May 17, 2020 5:09 pm

When I assembled a pair of Brandbright hopper wagons I wanted a slightly wavy edge to the steel side as though they were battered. I couldn’t work out how to do this with the supplied laser-cut plywood sides so went to some trouble to make up styrene-sheet replacements before using a heat gun on them to distress them slightly. The first (furthest away from camera) was a catious attempt and captured the effect I aimed for; the second (nearest camera) suffered from over-confidence when a few seconds too much heat concertined the side instantly.
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The narrative is that it took a tumble down an embankment, but I am sure that HMRI would insist that it would be retired. However since they havn’t visited since the opening inspection . . .

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Post by Peter Butler » Sun May 17, 2020 5:16 pm

I would call that a triumph, not a disaster.
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Post by RylstonLight » Sun May 17, 2020 5:34 pm

Peter Butler wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 5:16 pm I would call that a triumph, not a disaster.
It took a lot of work to make acceptable :?
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From above it is revealed just how buckled it is

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Post by philipy » Sun May 17, 2020 8:26 pm

RylstonLight wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 5:09 pm However since they havn’t visited since the opening inspection . . .
Aaaaaahhh!!!! Shall I put you on the Inspectors list for a visit then, Andy? :twisted: :twisted:

BTW, I do like your rusty weathering effects.
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