Graham T
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2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:
Righteous and hopeful Sheep here, sending some positive waves. It's a mother beautiful house.
OddSheep.
Thanks for the positive waves Rob 🙂-
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Thanks George. Still waiting for all the paperwork to go through, and hoping that the
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They look better than the etched ones I got!
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On 03/03/2024 at 10:20, KNP said:
Talking of the harbour!!!
One can notice the open cab Pannier 2776 is currently taking some sea air whilst the paint dries.
And before anyone comments the roof is only placed loosely as I expect if I fix it I will only break the whistles off when handing!!!! Will be last job..
Need to work out how to fix the external low slung brake rods when I decide what to build them from…..
For the record another static model
I used an etched set from Mainly Trains, MT186, for the brake rods Kevin.
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On 02/03/2024 at 23:50, Thorness said:
Here you go:
Some of the buildings may have changed since this version!
I can see another error in the plan - that engine shed has got two doors!
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I have one myself Rob - it's a very nice loco!
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4 hours ago, Gypsy said:
Many happy memories of seeing a Jungly coming in several parts of the world...
Good memories of jumping out of a few too.
Good luck with the move.
I was in grey cabs rather than green. Whenever I spoke to any troops they were 100% in favour of being supported by the dark blue rather than the crabfat version!
I did a few jumps but always from fixed wing.
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13 hours ago, Schooner said:
Yes, but you're allowed to be as I imagine at least once or twice she was unfair to you!
IIRC early reports were very positive, but not heard anything for a while (nor have I asked). Either way, bet it's a sight better than no casevac or CSAR at all.
A couple of occasions spring to mind where the aircraft did throw in the odd niggle. One was hovering alongside a ship on a hot day in the Adriatic, when one of the engines decided to have a rest. I was perched in the cargo door at the time, as we were cross-decking stores, when I heard the engine wind down just above my head. Not fun, and it was only thanks to a very good pilot that I didn't get my feet wet.
Then there was an occasion when I was instructing an observer, we were flying over Mounts Bay. The main rotor gearbox dumped all its oil (this was not the usual common or garden leak) and we had to land asap at Penzance heliport.
Later on the gearbox was fitted with an emergency lubrication system - ELS, which gave it longer in the air before it would seize completely. (I'm not an expert on Sea King tech, so if I've got any of this wrong, sorry!)
As an aside, I recall another day in the Adriatic when we decided to do a little survival test, in a pre-ELS Sea King. We climbed to our 10,000 foot ceiling, where the cab felt very waffly and uncomfortable (so did I). The plan was then to autorotate down, simulating a total loss of main gearbox oil, to see if we would be able to reach the surface before the gearbox completely seized, the rotor stopped, and we turned into a flying brick.
We ran out of time with quite a long way still to go...
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1 hour ago, Schooner said:
Oh, I dunno! The old girl's been putting in a decent shift again recently...
I was being very unfair to the Queen of the Skies, to be honest. Fantastic aircraft. We would sometimes have passengers on board who would point out, with a worried look on their face, one of the many and various oil leaks. We would explain that the time to worry was when there weren't any oil leaks - indicating that it was now empty... (which reminds me of another story).
And I'd forgotten about them flying in Ukraine. I hope they're providing good service - I'm sure they will be. Shame we can't see the side number on that one, could well be an airframe that I flew in!
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1 hour ago, Siberian Snooper said:
Keep pestering the solicitor, if you want completion in a reasonable time, I hope that neither party are using online solicitors, when my friend was buying a property in Yeovil, the vendor used an online solicitor based in Wales, it took nearly six months to get completion, it was virtually impossible to get hold of them.
Mine seems to have been pretty responsive so far - touch wood.
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That's going to look great Andy. Not much danger of the roof collapsing by the look of it!
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22 minutes ago, longchap said:
We flew in an antique version ...
That was the only version!
22 minutes ago, longchap said:Good luck with the move. Any idea when yet?
Not yet, but I have to leave the flat before the end of April. So hopefully will have completed by then...
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I don't have a move date yet unfortunately, but I'll keep you posted 🙂
If I was still in my old job I could have thrown everything in the back of one of these...
... but then we would probably end up down-bird somewhere between Vienna and the English Channel!
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10 minutes ago, Schooner said:
Us too!
Cheers!
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13 hours ago, RobAllen said:
Took me a little over a month. I’ve bookmarked so many posts as I have much to learn in my future and will need to refer back.
There’s been more modelling achieved in the average week throughout this thread than I could possibly hope to get done in the average month!
Glad you're enjoying it and finding some useful bits and pieces hidden amongst all the chaff Rob! I'm looking forward to moving and being able to figure out exactly what space I will have available for the next layout.
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Sausages grilled over sump oil would have a rather interesting flavour I’d imagine…
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Yes I had that too. We've been hacked! We're doomed!
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3 hours ago, Neal Ball said:
Similarly, I don't bother with corridor handrails - don't tell anyone! There must be an easy way to fix them, but I can imagine having a nightmare getting them all on the same level where droplights are set into the corridor.
You could fit a continuous length of plastic rod along the whole coach, and then cut away the strips behind the droplights. That way all the handrails would be at the same height.
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On 11/12/2023 at 10:29, aardvark said:
Or might call on Messers Bodgit & Scarper of Chuffnell Regis fame.
Oh, don't go there Monsieur Vark... It's the top of a very slippery slope!
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45 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:
If you see a Bomb Disposal Officer running, follow him! 😉
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1 hour ago, Nick C said:
Could always build something adjacent to the garage and use both ;)
That does sound like an interesting idea...
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9 hours ago, JustinDean said:
I’ve built a few garden recording studios for clients - photos below of the last one I made.
There’s a few considerations, some already pointed out. Permitted development within Planning restricts you to a structure covering up to 15m2. The shed below is 5m X 3m. Anything above that requires planning permission.
Mount it on a concrete pad.
For walls I used larch cladding over timber lathes. DPM layer over OSB board all mounted on 2x4” stud frames filled with Kingspan insulation and joints finished with aluminium tape. Inner boarding could be any decent hard sheet that will take screws etc for mounting stuff.
Floors had exactly the same treatment. Stud, Kingspan, DPM, then OSB board. Insulating fibre boards went on top followed by electric underfloor heating in the form of a roll out mat. This stuff is cheap to buy, easy to install and most importantly cheap to run! Laminate floor went over that.
Same construction for the roof only the topside I used one of the new rubber sheet systems which is glued in place then trimmed. Decent ones are guaranteed for 50 years. Guttering to make sure water is carried away from the building. One of the most important parts is effective ventilation as condensation can be an issue. Plus you need to breathe. I used a cheap motor/pipe system that growers of a certain smokable plant like to use.
This shed also has an extra ‘floating’ room within the structure I’ve just described for its sound proofing qualities which you wouldn’t need, and the whole shebang cost around £7k in materials. You could knock off about £1500-£2k by eliminating the inner room.Hope this is helpful!
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39 minutes ago, Nick C said:That's how I'd go about it. On the planning side, as usual with such things there's a lot of "it depends" - between 15m2 and 30m2 can also be allowed under permitted development but might require building regs approval. Check with the local council first!
Thank you both for the inputs - really useful. As mentioned I have a garage that I could potentially use, although it would also need insulation and so on I think. That measures 18 x 8 feet (about 5.5 x 2.4 m), so if I opt for a new building then it would have to be larger than that. From my limited research so far it seems that something greater than 15 sq m might need building regs approval, but probably not planning permission. And it would have to be at least 1 m from any boundary. And "made of non-combustible materials" according to Which...
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6 minutes ago, BroadLeaves said:
There's a very simple solution to this and the root cause of all the problems is a complete lack of proper priorities. You live in the Dunster cabin. The railway fills the house...
I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures of the OO scale funicular going up the stairs!Nice 😀 Did you miss my earlier comment about being tempted to buy a 30 x 16 foot garage, that happened to come with a house thrown in?
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16 minutes ago, BWsTrains said:
I think its expansion / contraction of the layout superstructure you should focus on. The answer primarily depends on movements in relative humidity and the materials you use to build the structure. Even the hardest of commercial timbers will shrink and expand as relative humidity changes, softwoods are far worse. Some high quality laminates might provide a solution but at a cost.
Where we live never gets prolonged humidity UK style but our (very) hardwood timber framed house still moves around swelling and contracting with the seasons, enough to give us the occasional crack in plaster board.
Laid on a timber frame, even fractions of a mm have the potential to mess with your track. I'll send you a link (PM) to give you an example of how catastrophic it can be for layout design.
15 minutes ago, sjrixon said:Certainly do..
I used mine for 3 years, daily without issue. The advantage with the Dunster one I had, are the walls are insulated themselves, it's part of the design. That goes for the roof and floor too. I also followed their guidance in treating the wood with some very expensive wood preservative. No issues with opening and closing doors in those 3 years.
I had an oil radiator on an Alexa controlled switch. Means I could flick it on an hour before I wanted to use the room, nice and snug, even during the snow.
We then moved house - I still miss my garden room..
Two ends of the spectrum there it seems to me! As mentioned, lots and lots of research still required. Preservatives, insulation, heating, dehumidifiers...
And I haven't signed a contract yet anyway 🙃
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I won’t offer my congratulations just yet - wouldn’t want to be a jinx!