bgman Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 All sounds a bit too posh for me, nowt wrong with the old ways ! 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2020 2 hours ago, bgman said: All sounds a bit too posh for me, nowt wrong with the old ways ! As my dear old grandad used to say, he had a bath once a week whether he needed it or not. 1 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted August 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31, 2020 13 hours ago, checkrail said: Don't think this one's in L T C Rolt's "Red for danger". Seems that vibrations from the bathroom rebuild going on below had made the fire-devil from the down platform water crane fall onto the track. I was looking the other way, driving an up express out of the fiddle yard when I heard the crash behind me. Fortunately the signalman was able to slam on the up home signal to stop a King from ploughing into the wreckage. No harm done, I'm glad to say. But still a lot of dust to get rid of. John C. A job for the Laira breakdown crane and crew. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said: A job for the Laira breakdown crane and crew. Or the big hand from the sky......! 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said: A job for the Laira breakdown crane and crew. 1 hour ago, KNP said: Or the big hand from the sky......! You did buy a Bachmann breakdown crane didn't you John? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 21/07/2020 at 10:25, checkrail said: Hi Geoff Sounds like exactly where I was and how I was feeling back in 2012. I've still got one or two items I bought then, opened to examine, took fright and stuck back in a drawer, just as you describe. But many others I eventually got round to making a fist of, as skill and confidence grew. Re your specific questions: 1.Martin Wynne has already answered the one on 00-SF (or 4-sf as he now prefers to call it, for reasons I entirely understand but haven't quite got used to!) Martin is the go-to authority on the subject, as its progenitor and champion. 2. The dense foam underlay covers all the bits of baseboard that have track on them, so you're right, it's not chamfered in line with the cork. (I'd thought the combination of cork and foam, total depth about 5 cm, would give good sound insulation. It doesn't, or not much, but I then found I rather liked the rumbling of the trains anyway.) 3. The backscene does drop just a little bit below track level behind the embankment (see my last post above, second pic of the pannier) but most of the background in that area is covered with trees. Cheers, John. Hi John and Geoff, (and others watching this thread!), I am greatly encouraged by the above: John has been busy for 8 years and Geoff is (almost) 78. I am (almost , in a couple of months) 72. So by the time I am 80, I will have been going as long as John (ignoring my years of poor results up to now) and might have achieved 50% of John's standard, and I have 6 years in hand over Geoff!! The trouble is, with my record of failure on many aspects of construction, while it is fortunate that operation is my main interest, it leaves me dependent on others to get my layout built and they are hampered by the virus situation which affects their workforce and their suppliers. However the above suggests I need to be patient and keep plugging away at the areas where I do have skills:- scenery, buildings, and timetabling. Trouble is they don't make up for my teachers report which would read :- Woodwork-0, Tracklaying -0, electrics-0, stock painting-0, enthusiasm 9, but erratic , often reduced to 0 when things go wrong! But I just have to tell myself there is hope yet, my layout builders will beat the virus (eventually!). Sorry for sounding miserable, but I have to be realistic? Take care Paul 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted September 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2020 Morning John @checkrail hopefully it’s not too dusty.... but how will you get any dust off the scenery? Is it stable enough to hoover? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted September 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2020 You're right Neal, it's a problem, and I've often wondered how others control dust on their layouts. Most scenic items are well glued down so I'm able to get the vacuum cleaner nozzle near to road surfaces, embankments, cuttings etc. But I'm always a bit worried about denuding all the trees of foliage. And I have recently lost a couple of bicycles and a cable drum to the vac! We recently borrowed a portable air-purifier unit from my stepson (he uses it to keep his IT kit dust-free) and many hours of operation with it in the loft plus frequent vacuuming seem to have had an effect. But dust is still present. I'll just have to call it 'weathering'. The track of course gets frequent treatment with the vac, especially after cleaning, to remove the horrible grey & gritty residue from track cleaning rubbers. Will need to buy a new vac - my little hand-held Halford's one has packed up, and I'm getting a bit fed up of having to haul the main household vacuum cleaner up and down the loft ladders on a regular basis. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted September 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2020 Here's dusty 5000 Launceston Castle on a down parcels train. (Had quite a struggle to persuade a Modelu lamp onto the smokebox door lamp bracket for this one - the handrail gets in the way.) I'm quite pleased with the last one. Think it has the illusion of spaciousness that I was aiming for while cramming a main line junction station into a space about 12 feet by ten. John C. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted September 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2020 The rail accident investigators have concluded the recent accident at Stoke Courtenay would have been a lot more serious in terms of passenger injuries had the close coupling between the locomotive tender and first carriage not separated efficiently. The fact that no coaches derailed is a testament to the coupling system known as MTL. ( modified tension lock) 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted September 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2020 31 minutes ago, checkrail said: I've often wondered how others control dust on their layouts. Most scenic items are well glued down so I'm able to get the vacuum cleaner nozzle near to road surfaces, embankments, cuttings etc. But I'm always a bit worried about denuding all the trees of foliage. Hi John, You can get dust off delicate objects with less damage by blowing it rather than vacuum. Use a bicycle pump/foot pump and long tube to blast it, or aerosol clean air, or one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B073F9NY1X/ Retrieve any dislodged details, then vacuum the area around it to get the dislodged dust. cheers, Martin. 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2020 38 minutes ago, checkrail said: Here's dusty 5000 Launceston Castle on a down parcels train. I do like those vans. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted September 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2020 26 minutes ago, martin_wynne said: You can get dust off delicate objects with less damage by blowing it rather than vacuum. Use a bicycle pump/foot pump and long tube to blast it, or aerosol clean air, or one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B073F9NY1X/ Thanks for this Martin. This looks a nifty piece of kit and I think I'll order one. But before I do, just a query: how do you know where the dust has gone so you can subsequently vac it up? Isn't one in danger of just moving the dust around? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted September 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, checkrail said: Thanks for this Martin. This looks a nifty piece of kit and I think I'll order one. But before I do, just a query: how do you know where the dust has gone so you can subsequently vac it up? Isn't one in danger of just moving the dust around? Hi John, Set up the vacuum nozzle on the opposite side at the same time, e.g. clamped to a camera tripod. It doesn't need to be too close, just enough to create a gentle air flow across the work area. An assistant to hold it would help. Or do it on a windy day, leaving doors and windows open so that any dust blown into the air is carried away. Or maybe you could take the item out of doors to blast it. Or make a cardboard shield to place behind/over items while blasting them, to contain the dust within a known area. Leave it to settle a bit before removing the shield. cheers, Martin. 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted September 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2020 This one's having a long gestation. It's what I was working on when the builders arrived to do the bathroom, thereby severely curtailing access to the loft. I did try bringing stuff down and working on it in the study (aka box room) but you know how it is - always seemed that the tool or component I wanted was still upstairs! Yep, it's another Hornby clerestory conversion. Might or might not get to finish this before going away on Saturday. Still trying to get the sides to stick to what's left of the Hornby bodyshell. Superglue? Huh! John C. 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2020 16 minutes ago, checkrail said: Still trying to get the sides to stick to what's left of the Hornby bodyshell. Superglue? Huh! Evo-stik? 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 31 minutes ago, checkrail said: This one's having a long gestation. It's what I was working on when the builders arrived to do the bathroom, thereby severely curtailing access to the loft. I did try bringing stuff down and working on it in the study (aka box room) but you know how it is - always seemed that the tool or component I wanted was still upstairs! Yep, it's another Hornby clerestory conversion. Might or might not get to finish this before going away on Saturday. Still trying to get the sides to stick to what's left of the Hornby bodyshell. Superglue? Huh! John C. John Don’t know if this will help but I have found there are different types of superglue and this is the one I use that sticks brass to plastic so long as you rough up the surface of the brass. Also the accelerator I use that turns into instant set, normally get off flea bay... Hope this helps. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted September 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2020 Kevin, Who's sides are they? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted September 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2020 Another three pics of 5000 and parcels vans. Aaargh! On the second one I've just realised that the inside half of a chair is missing on the turnout in the foreground, normally a thing up with which I will not put. All I can say in mitigation is that I rarely see the track from that side. Andy Y took a pic from this angle early last year, so I thought I'd try to follow in his footsteps. John C. 28 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted September 2, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 Well, on closer inspection it turned out that there was no missing chair after all, just one that had been dislodged and moved along towards the switch rail slide chairs. Restored to its place with tweezers in a few seconds. Here's 4574 attaching a low siphon to the rear of an up passenger train. And here's view of the same operation from the other side of the tracks. John C. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted September 2, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 Having attached the van 4574 retreats ... ... and then crosses over to re-unite itself with its B-set in the branch platform. (Looks like the prairie's fireman hasn't moved the tail lamp to the siphon! That's my excuse to the lamp police.) John C 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted September 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 3, 2020 On 01/09/2020 at 10:58, checkrail said: You're right Neal, it's a problem, and I've often wondered how others control dust on their layouts. Most scenic items are well glued down so I'm able to get the vacuum cleaner nozzle near to road surfaces, embankments, cuttings etc. But I'm always a bit worried about denuding all the trees of foliage. And I have recently lost a couple of bicycles and a cable drum to the vac! We recently borrowed a portable air-purifier unit from my stepson (he uses it to keep his IT kit dust-free) and many hours of operation with it in the loft plus frequent vacuuming seem to have had an effect. But dust is still present. I'll just have to call it 'weathering'. The track of course gets frequent treatment with the vac, especially after cleaning, to remove the horrible grey & gritty residue from track cleaning rubbers. Will need to buy a new vac - my little hand-held Halford's one has packed up, and I'm getting a bit fed up of having to haul the main household vacuum cleaner up and down the loft ladders on a regular basis. Don’t know I fancy using the main household vacuum John. It might be a little too powerful. I use the trusty handheld vacuum and find that works quite well. Plus the Dapol rail cleaner is forever running round on “vacuum” mode! But it’s surprising how much it picks up at slow speed. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Good morning John, I hope you don't mind me reposting the last two photographs as they appeared too dark on my screen so I've run them through my Mac and enhanced them slightly. G 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted September 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2020 48 minutes ago, bgman said: I hope you don't mind me reposting the last two photographs as they appeared too dark on my screen Don't mind at all Grahame. They were a bit dark - must check camera settings. Thanks. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted September 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2020 Siphon pick up sorted, 4574 heads back down the branch towards Earlsbridge. Were I only allowed one train I think it would have to be a small prairie and B-set (with a van or two thrown in for good measure of course). Now 8709 can continue shunting the pick up goods. John C. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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