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Water Tower for the PLR
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:13 pm
by ge_rik
The first of four water towers for the Peckforton Light Railway is nearing completion. Needs painting and a bit more detailing (eg the hose), but thought I'd try it out to see what it looked liked in situ
Hopefully it looks like something which would appear on a light railway
Rik
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:47 pm
by Soar Valley Light
Very nice Rik. It's not that easy to stack sleepers that neatly and if it's not done carefully it looks rubbish. I love the Braithwaite tank. Well done again.
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:40 am
by philipy
Looks good Rik.
You don't have union problems in allowing Postmen to operate the water tower then?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:56 am
by ge_rik
In the Cheshire countryside, we all have to multi-task .....
Rik
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:29 am
by Dr. Bond of the DVLR
Marvelous work as usual. What are you going to use for the hose?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:08 pm
by tom_tom_go
Hi Rik,
Is this based on something that actually exists as it would be great to see a photo?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:05 pm
by ge_rik
Mr. Bond of the DVLR:113684 wrote:Marvelous work as usual. What are you going to use for the hose?
Thanks Zach
Had my regular Maplin fix today, so picked up some heatshrink sleeving. Looks about right, I hope....
Rik
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:10 pm
by ge_rik
tom_tom_go:113685 wrote:Hi Rik,
Is this based on something that actually exists as it would be great to see a photo?
Hi Tom
No particular prototype. The tank comes from a combination of a couple of pix I found online, but I dredged the tower out of the mists of a dodgy memory.
Can give links to the images I used for the tank, if you are interested, but not sure about taking a mind-snap.....
Rik
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:19 pm
by Peter Butler
Heatshrink sleeving......... why didn't I think of that????? Brilliant!
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:35 am
by Andrew
Ooh, I like that!
I'll be knocking up something similar soon for my line (the last time one of my engines could fill up with water was in about 1990, and they were 4mm scale then!) and I'll definitely pinch your hose idea. How did you create the pipe with the nice neat bend in?
Mine will have a sleeper-built tower too, like the Pont Croesor one on the old WHR - that had a small square tank wagon perched on top (minus running gear I guess!) and I'll recreate that too...
Looking forward to seeing yours painted, thanks for the pictures!
Andrew.
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:39 pm
by IrishPeter
Reminds me of one of the WDLR's more permanent jobs - i.e. one Fritz was not likely to hit with a shell. Braithwaite tank sections were a standard item, and sleepers were laying around in stores. What was a bit more hit and miss was whether they actually had a proper outlet or you used the water lifter on the locomotive.
Cheers,
Peter in AZ
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:04 pm
by ge_rik
Andrew:113693 wrote:How did you create the pipe with the nice neat bend in?
Andrew.
I bought a pack of novelty drinking straws which included pipework sections, a bit like this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231143769020
except mine had a few more sections and unions
Rik
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:13 pm
by Andrew
That's pretty nifty, thank you - I'll look out for some in the run up to Christmas, seems like the sort of thing shops might sell as stocking fillers...
Andrew.
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:40 pm
by tom_tom_go
Thanks Rik, i'll leave the images in your mind to torment you for eternity or something like that
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:07 pm
by jim@NAL
brilliant looks rather good