Talltim Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 24/03/2017 at 11:35, Isambarduk said: I used to be 'Locomotive Superintended' for the Brambleton Model Railway Club (www.brambleton.org.uk), having responsibility for maintaining over fifty clockwork (or 'spring-drive' as they might be called today) locomotives, so I had access to a very large box of 'useful bits'. David Are you another (ex)Harpendenite? It always struck me as a place having more than its fair share of railway and model railway enthusiasts. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Isambarduk Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Talltim said: Are you another (ex)Harpendenite? Yes. I left home in Meadway in 1970 but my mother still lives there in the same house that we moved into in 1958! David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) One of the best traditional town MRC exhibitions too, IMO. They manage to cram a lot of variety and interest into what is not a huge venue and aren’t super-finescale obsessed* to the exclusion of all else. I like the shops there too, still a few deliberately old-fashioned ones. On the down side, the cycle track from there to St Albans is maintained by a council that clearly wishes pain, discomfort, and a host of greater unpleasantnesses upon all cyclists. * I’m not against super-finescale, some of it is stunningly good, but there is more to life than just that. Edited October 22, 2020 by Nearholmer 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) Is that Thorns? Far more sweets and less tobacco on display than last time I saw it Edited October 22, 2020 by Talltim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 I thought I had a picture of the exterior on my phone, but I must have accidentally zapped it. Luckily, somebody else liked the WW1 commemorative window display too https://www.flickr.com/photos/16677680@N04/15561181244/in/photostream/ TBH, I don’t know the town hugely well - it just happens to sit at the intersection of several traffic-free cycling routes and be a good place to stop for lunch if going that way. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce palmer Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Horrified by that block of wood ...just been building my own repro leeds coaches on the dining table .Then someone comes along and orders some ! Some of the old stuff can get twisted ..Hornby metal you can unbend but the wooden rolling stock is a reminder why I use Hornby plastic wheels with deep flanges as standard to compensate .Restored two 4 wheel coaches like that ..based on very old bodies and new lithos . Bruce 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, bruce palmer said: Horrified by that block of wood ...just been building my own repro leeds coaches on the dining table .Then someone comes along and orders some ! Some of the old stuff can get twisted .. I'm afraid I don't understand. What exactly is wrong with mine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce palmer Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 ....thats basic modelling ! A nice Leeds wooden coach is the next stage ...in my case down a very slippery slope to a house full of the things ! With all the lockdown in the UK its nice to be able to forget it all and run trains . At the moment a 20 wagon one of Leeds goods wagons,althogh the 1920s/30s ethos of tinplate prewar Hornby rails as well is rather spolit by it being hauled by a brand new WJV/ETS J94 0 6 0T.......... Bruce 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 Don’t know what you think Bruce, but to me the Austerity has the makings of a classic - there’s something about the fat, round body that suits tinplate. Maybe it reminds me of a can of peaches or something. You must be very pleased to see it after all the Merkur disappointments. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: a classic - there’s something about the fat, round body. Maybe it reminds me of a can of peaches or something. The temptation..no, I mustn’t, not on Kevin’s thread.. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 A bit more progress. The prints came out a bit dark but let’s just call it weathering. Now I will definitely stop hijacking Kevin’s topic. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: A bit more progress. The prints came out a bit dark but let’s just call it weathering. Now I will definitely stop hijacking Kevin’s topic. Excellent - the tumblehome especially looks just right to me. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 Wow, that wallpaper has transformed things! Like Mr Palmer, I had a few worries about the timber core, but they have abated somewhat now. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 As the response was positive, here’s one last photo with the preliminary underframe fitted. All other posts regarding this will be in my coarse scale workbench thread linked below. Douglas 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 Hmmm, I just can not get used to those pizza-cutter flanges; especially from overseas! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: Hmmm, I just can not get used to those pizza-cutter flanges; especially from overseas! I think you are in the wrong thread then! Or maybe the right thread, to help you get desensitised... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 JSB Flange-phobics can book courses of therapy through our on-line system. Each one hour session represents excellent value for money at a mere £250, and after each batch of ten sessions you will receive a voucher entitling you to a further ten sessions at no greater price than you paid on the previous occasion. Sessions are re,aotely mediated by one of our expert practitioners and involve simple exercises that allow you to rid yourself of your fear of flanges painlessly, and at great expense. You may wish to reassure yourself about the genuineness of this offer by reading our many self-authored faux-testimonials, and examining our Certificate of Honorary Doctorhood from The University of The Scilly Isles. Helping you to help yourself by helping ourselves to your money. 1 2 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 15 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: JSB Flange-phobics can book courses of therapy through our on-line system. Each one hour session represents excellent value for money at a mere £250, and after each batch of ten sessions you will receive a voucher entitling you to a further ten sessions at no greater price than you paid on the previous occasion. Sessions are re,aotely mediated by one of our expert practitioners and involve simple exercises that allow you to rid yourself of your fear of flanges painlessly, and at great expense. You may wish to reassure yourself about the genuineness of this offer by reading our many self-authored faux-testimonials, and examining our Certificate of Honorary Doctorhood from The University of The Scilly Isles. Helping you to help yourself by helping ourselves to your money. It takes real skill to come up with something like that Kevin. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 Nah! He got the training from working with too many consultants - and now in retirement he are one! Regards Chris H 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 7 hours ago, Nearholmer said: JSB Flange-phobics can book courses of therapy through our on-line system. Each one hour session represents excellent value for money at a mere £250, and after each batch of ten sessions you will receive a voucher entitling you to a further ten sessions at no greater price than you paid on the previous occasion. Sessions are re,aotely mediated by one of our expert practitioners and involve simple exercises that allow you to rid yourself of your fear of flanges painlessly, and at great expense. You may wish to reassure yourself about the genuineness of this offer by reading our many self-authored faux-testimonials, and examining our Certificate of Honorary Doctorhood from The University of The Scilly Isles. Helping you to help yourself by helping ourselves to your money. I'll have a pint of what you're on please. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 7 hours ago, Metropolitan H said: Nah! He got the training from working with too many consultants - and now in retirement he are one! Regards Chris H Careful... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) On 22/10/2020 at 23:38, Nearholmer said: JSB Flange-phobics can book courses of therapy through our on-line system. Each one hour session represents excellent value for money at a mere £250, and after each batch of ten sessions you will receive a voucher entitling you to a further ten sessions at no greater price than you paid on the previous occasion. Sessions are re,aotely mediated by one of our expert practitioners and involve simple exercises that allow you to rid yourself of your fear of flanges painlessly, and at great expense. You may wish to reassure yourself about the genuineness of this offer by reading our many self-authored faux-testimonials, and examining our Certificate of Honorary Doctorhood from The University of The Scilly Isles. Helping you to help yourself by helping ourselves to your money. What I’ve never worked out is why big flanges sometimes get / got called “pizza cutters” ? (Sorry, photos no longer available) The flange on mine may be large, but it’s not wide. Edit to add: Perhaps it helps me that my first model Loco was 1970s N Gauge - this was cutting edge then, too. (Sorry, photos no longer available) Edited October 7, 2022 by Keith Addenbrooke Edited for text only as photo no longer available 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Keith Addenbrooke said: What I’ve never worked out is why big flanges sometimes get / got called “pizza cutters” ? I saw the term first used regarding Lima 4mm models c.1980s, where flanges were not only pretty deep but also quite sharp, so they could 'cut a pizza'. I tend to think of 3-rail/tinplate wheels as 'Steamrollers' myself - the width of the tyre making the depth of the flange almost an irrelevance. I can cope with the sight of them these days, thanks to the thought of paying for those Therapy sessions offered by Dr Nearholmer and his team of dedicated mercenaries enthusiasts, although only in the case of British trains, dammit Carruthers (been reading @The Johnster's posts too much as well). American 3-rail O Gauge still gives me the twitch, though. It involves so many compromises beyond the wheels (swing loco pilots, lobster-claw couplers, etc) and impacts hugely on what is - or more often what is not - available in 2-rail O Scale that it really does make me heave. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Someone mention steamrollers? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) Thank you Edwardian, I was beginning to fear that we were spinning-off into a netherworld. To further emphasise the intended Englishness of this thread, here is another picture, this time in colour (mostly a sort of grey colour). Edited October 23, 2020 by Nearholmer 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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