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

I was supposed to be cutting a concave surface for the dome base. But I got my maths reversed and produced a convex surface This is how it should have looked

We had just coasted down the return curve after another marvellous ascent and then the cylinder gently fell off...

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 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.
Grant.

LNR wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2020 5:21 am Oh!! OK, just as well it was nothing important 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.
Grant.

We are back in action now Grant!

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...


Have a good day,

Andrew.

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

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

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"

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"

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!

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.
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 . . .

Andy

I would call that a triumph, not a disaster.

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 From above it is revealed just how buckled it is

Andy

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?

BTW, I do like your rusty weathering effects.

philipy wrote: ↑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?

Arn’t they mandatory before approving a line for re-opening. Slow but steady progress is being made prior to the cutting-the-sod ceremony on the Rylston Light Mark 2.

Andy

Well done, the wagon can still carry the load so in a commercial sense no reason to stop it working. Brilliant pic. again.
Really looking forward to Rylston Light Mark 2.
Grant.

Excellent work! The Coal Board used to have a knack of doing similar things to it's rolling stock!

Andrew

Okay, I felt it was a tad over-done by error, but you’ve all reassured me still believable. In fairness it is part of the PW fleet. Thanks everyone. Andy

I have seen worse on the Skip wagons that take the building rubbish away.

Great job I feel though and they do look well weathered...