[Outhouses dont Costa lot.... pt1.]

I'd be just as worried by those splinters as the lack of hole! Hardy men these loggers.

 

Looks great Dave, I always 'liberate' a handful of coffee stirrers when the opportunity arises.

[RT Models Hudson Tipper - part 5.]

Nice work Paul, I've a pack of these to build myself sometime, so this, and Adams build, have been very interesting.

 

Which vice are you currently using? I recall we had some discussion on a thread about them a while back.

 

Arthur

[Skinningrove Roll wagon model and scrap pans.]

Looking good, I've one of Roberts rolls to finish myself, that and your prototype photos will be very useful. The use of a mofified standard wagon as a scrap pan carrier is entirely prototypical though I'd consider adding simple end stops to contain the pans. Some melting shops, those that had the scrap pans delivered immediately in front of the furnaces for charging (Abbey, Shotton, Ravenscraig for example) needed them on special low wagons as made by Robert.

 

Here's one at Ravenscraig from my iron & stell gallery.

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/12887-rolling-stock-30/

 

Arthur

[Slag Ladle Wagon - finished.]

Very nicely finished Paul, I like the rusty look and those 'greased' springs are a nice touch, I'll be copying that! Did you see this, a nice colour photo of a slag ladle?

 

http://www.rmweb.co....__1#entry424683

 

I use a similar technique for the white lettering but with a Uniball Signio white gel pen, an idea I found on RMWeb.

 

It occurs to me that if Undecided Aggregates became Undecided Slag Reclamation your wagon could find a home!

 

I received five from Robert earlier this week and am close to finishing one. Making them tip would be a challenge but I'm surprised how well the ladle tips on it's trunnions just as it is. It is a nice little kit. How did you assemble yours? I know you araldited the ladle halves, did you use any solder? I've used a mix of techniques.

 

p.s. if this posting goes through it would seem that the reason I couldn't post comments on Blogs is an issue with Opera as my browser.

 

Edit; that's that confirmed then!

[Soldering aluminium [now carriage construction]]

I'm pretty sure that Carrs used to do an aluminium solder and flux, came in yellow packaging if I recall correctly. I used it to solder a whitemetal end onto an MTK aluminium DMU body shell, tinned the aluminium with the ali solder and used lowmelt to bond to that.

 

Took a bit of effort but the joint has lasted twenty years.

 

Arthur

 

 

[Kitchen find....]

The conical slurry tower to the right.

[Kitchen find....]

Something like this perhaps?

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?app=gallery&module=images&section=viewimage&img=9294

 

Arthur

 

 

[colours]

Matt, from memory the Model Power gasometer is of the traditional type, not the later waterless type. They were usually painted either pale grey or pale green but often had a sheen of oily rust on them.

 

An example in the link below and try googling 'gasometer photo' and 'gas holder photo'

Arthur

 

 

http://www.google.co...ved=0CAYQ9QEwAA