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Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:00 am
by Old Man Aaron
Aye, the dearer stuff is a lot better than that dark green turf one usually sees for sale. I saw a pair of thongs in a shop yesterday - the soles were topped with that cheap turf.
Welcome to the forum, Fred! Hell of a setup you have, and the hand sanitiser tank is great, too.
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:02 am
by ge_rik
philipy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:31 pm
That looks very good. I must admit that I've been a bit sceptical about the artificial grass in the past, but it does work extremely well in these shots.
Just what I was thinking. The artificial grass seems to work well in this situation
Rik
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:09 am
by GAP
ge_rik wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:02 am
philipy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:31 pm
That looks very good. I must admit that I've been a bit sceptical about the artificial grass in the past, but it does work extremely well in these shots.
Just what I was thinking. The artificial grass seems to work well in this situation
Rik
I have metres of it left over from when they turfed around my pool, I asked "what do you do with the offcuts?" and was told "we usually bin it" so I asked for any offcuts they could spare and they unloaded their offcut bin in the driveway.
They were more than glad to be rid of it as they have to pay to put it in the landfill, guess I could claim recycling credits.
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:43 pm
by DAVID L
Hello Peter,
Appletree have now produced a mounting bracket which should fit OccreTrams
- see my post
David
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:58 am
by Scrat
Latest project is almost finished: A Tgpps twin hopper grain wagon.
Welded up from lasercut 3mm steel sheet.
The secret is inside:
The roof sections can be lifted off. Front bunker contains charcoal, rear bunker has the barbecue set:
So when the railway session gets a bit longer (as it usually does), just fire up the barbecue.
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:56 am
by ge_rik
Wow! That's clever! Just don't mistake it for a wagon with a seat on .....
Rik
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:52 am
by philipy
Brilliant. You just need to marshal it next to Greg's swimming pool.....
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 2:19 pm
by BWLR
That's absolutely brilliant! brings a whole new angle to the phrase "On train catering"...
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 2:27 pm
by BWLR
Whilst I'm on this thread, an update on the Occre Soller Tram kit I was building which is now finished, but as mentioned earlier in the thread, I still need to motorise it.
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Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2022 2:32 pm
by philipy
That looks superb. You must get the motorisation sorted, it would be criminal not to run that beauty!
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 8:50 am
by Andrew
That's a beauty!
I'm off on a family holiday to Majorca this summer but it looks like a trip to Soller from where we are would take all day, and I don't think that's what the family have in mind... Probably just as well, having seen yours, I can't see that I'd manage to ride the real thing without also buying an Occre kit...
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:34 pm
by Lonsdaler
Thanks to Philip, I am about to start an attempt to motorise my OcCre Lisbon tram kit. I had better do a write up.
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 3:02 pm
by philipy
Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:34 pm
I had better do a write up.
Yes!
Re: So, what have you been up to with your railway?
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 3:08 pm
by Andrew
Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:34 pm
I had better do a write up.
Yes please!!!
I've spent far too long watching Soller Tramway videos since BWLR's post, it really is lovely...