Vale of Fairway

[tom_tom_go]

Great pictures, I like the platform you have created for the station.

[bazzer42]

New toy in the post today, an acme 7/8th GVT coach. Intention is to add a roof as a loggers coach, a few chains, ropes and saws should make it more interesting to look at.

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Correction 3 new toys! Got an 8ba die and some brass nuts so I can add a security nut to the talisman couplings. Not losing those at six pound a set, as long as my nuts are tight I'll be fine

[bazzer42]

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A damp weekend but a bit more done on number 18. Still need to add some pipework to actually get the water out of this solid block of resin. There is also a picture of my crude bottoms. They don't bear close scrutiny but stand the 10 foot test. Somebody on Facebook was asking about the cheapest garden railway book so suggested the forum Then felt I ought to show a bit more construction, a sort of anybody can improve on this...Next build I'll lay the components out.

[tom_tom_go]

Looks the part, well done.

The extra members we get means additional posts of content so plug it whenever possible

[Peter Butler]

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I can't view these pictures.... Is it a problem with my settings?
Edit..... just gone back to the item and there they were... nothing could make them appear before.

[bazzer42]

That's interesting Peter. I've recently moved to an app on my tablet called pixlr that allows me to save pictures at a small setting that can, in turn, be directly posted to the forum. Or so I thought....

This is as big as I can save the pictures , even the medium setting is too large to post. I just found it easy to use. Please let me know if there are issues.

[bazzer42]

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No 18 drew to a close tonight with the addition of a hose and hooks. Things moving slowly but have ordered a PDF 7/8th Ruston and a 7/8th body kit from banjo Mike, looks like the winter is sorted.
Plan to paint the Ruston raf blue to service the radar station that forms part of the estate. The body kit diesel may have an Essel chassis re-grafted from a 16mm diesel, seems a shame for it to gather dust on a shelf.

[Lonsdaler]

I was able to view your photos normally Bazzer, using a pc and Firefox.

[tom_tom_go]

Proper job, great looking piece of rolling stock.

[bazzer42]

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A damp summer's day so what better for a bit of rust. The LGB hoppers have been given a denting with a heat gun before spraying and then a sprinkle of iron filings. Mrs B has now worked out why our vinegar goes down so quickly but it speeds up the rusting.
A skinflint's wagon kit! Home made axleboxes, chassis and tipper supports, some rusty bachmann wheels and a few brass bearings from Nigel Burkin (If you know your 4mm). The bearings are actually for 4mm scale but just enough to prevent the resin wearing. A tube of pound shop superglue and we are home and dry, although that would be unlikely looking at the forecast

[tom_tom_go]

The skips look like metal to me.

Where do you buy your iron filings from or do you make them yourself?

[bazzer42]

The skips look like metal to me.

Where do you buy your iron filings from or do you make them yourself?

You know how lazy and slow I am! Iron powder in a tub from eBay..Seems to last forever, did wonder about using it as a condiment to see if I could make myself magnetic. Handy for those little metal screws you drop!

[bazzer42]

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Well didn't plan this to happen but the chance of a Regner Willi I from Anything Narrow Gauge has proved too tempting. Should be interesting although by the time it arrives we'll probably be on holiday..

[bazzer42]

Two weeks in sunny Croatia and I have a stinking cold. Didn't feel up to the Weston Zoyland gala so played trains instead. Bought four tatty lgb feldbahn wagons for a nice price and set to with the razor saw and file. After cutting the couplings off I realised the fold up coupling plates that come with the Talisman skip couplers are an almost perfect fit. I do wonder whether they were originally designed for these wagons as it was an uncanny fit. They still need to be weathered but add a little variety to the skip train and towed nicely behind Willi this afternoon.

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[bazzer42]

https://youtu.be/b7NucxtN-oE


https://youtu.be/zxyavi73PsI


Any tips on how to paste a YouTube video directly?

[tom_tom_go]

Any tips on how to paste a YouTube video directly?

https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9208

[tom_tom_go]

Regners always run nice and slow

[bazzer42]

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Finally resumed work on the busted bricks (hglw) flatty. Need to add some rivets and more than a spot of weathering. They really are good value kits.

[LNR]

Your friend with the cheezy grin looks well satisfied.
Grant.

[bazzer42]

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His grin has disappeared after his newly painted wagon was hit with a rusty stick Big Jim has asked me to write up my rusting skip recipe and promised to do something in the next few days but Westbury show first