KNP Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 Now I have an X rated thread....! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 The works on Kneller Hall are about to enter their final stage. With a ring on the doorbell a rather sodden postman dropped off some parcels and one of them contained this. Following on from Saturdays post by Nigel Newling I took up his suggestion and order the item from Scalelink, excellent service from them by the way, as I only ordered it on Sunday. I must say I have ordered many items from Scalelink but never realised they did this, thanks for this Nigel. All I have do now is work out the instructions and get it fixed?? The air pump will not be fitted as my records do not indicate 5934 had it fitted in 1938. I will of course keep you all posted as work progresses. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, KNP said: I will of course keep you all posted as work progresses. That'll keep you off the platforms streets for a while. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2019 Question : Why is Kevin so tall? Answer: Because he wears platform heels. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted December 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2019 Can I query about the air pump not being fitted. It was a standard fitting on GWR locos with vacuum brakes. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 29 minutes ago, Northroader said: Can I query about the air pump not being fitted. It was a standard fitting on GWR locos with vacuum brakes. I have reread by Hall book and looks like I had read it wrong. So I will fit. Thanks 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted December 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2019 On 05/12/2019 at 19:41, KNP said: Another very old model that I got off the bay.. A Lima Express Dairies milk tank wagon that normally hides under cover in the Creamery yard. A lot of weathering went into this using washes, dry brushing and powders. One thing though, never quite worked out how the brakes on this worked - lateral movement I believe!!! I presume you have re-wheeled this too? I can't see any pizzas waiting to be cut. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2019 6 hours ago, Northroader said: Can I query about the air pump not being fitted. It was a standard fitting on GWR locos with vacuum brakes. 5 hours ago, KNP said: I have reread by Hall book and looks like I had read it wrong. So I will fit. Thanks It's actually a vacuum pump not an air pump of course. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2019 8 hours ago, KNP said: The works on Kneller Hall are about to enter their final stage. With a ring on the doorbell a rather sodden postman dropped off some parcels and one of them contained this. Following on from Saturdays post by Nigel Newling I took up his suggestion and order the item from Scalelink, excellent service from them by the way, as I only ordered it on Sunday. I must say I have ordered many items from Scalelink but never realised they did this, thanks for this Nigel. All I have do now is work out the instructions and get it fixed?? The air pump will not be fitted as my records do not indicate 5934 had it fitted in 1938. I will of course keep you all posted as work progresses. W&T! I had no idea you could still get them. I must have a browse of the Scalelink catalogue. Originally Wyatt & Tizard of Birmingham. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, St Enodoc said: It's actually a vacuum pump not an air pump of course. Agreed, but what it pumps is air. You can’t pump vacuum, it isn’t there... 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: Agreed, but what it pumps is air. You can’t pump vacuum, it isn’t there... Are you sure? It must be there. If it wasn't there someone must have nicked it. It would have been there if it hadn't been nicked. Wouldn't it? A vacuum is an absence of air. And water and earth and fire. And socks and frankfurters and cabbages and kings. Not that a pump would be of any use for those, of course. Now, where were we? 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2019 5 hours ago, The Johnster said: Agreed, but what it pumps is air. You can’t pump vacuum, it isn’t there... Yes, obviously, but I was highlighting the point that, conventionally, an air pump pumps air in while a vacuum pump pumps it out. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) Anyway, whatever it does I am going to fit it..... It was nice of you to ‘air’ your views but I wouldn’t want to leave you in a ‘vacuum’ about it’s installation. Edited December 11, 2019 by KNP 3 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2019 Just suck it and see. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) The in’s and out’s of the life of a pump!!!! Edited December 11, 2019 by KNP 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 13 hours ago, The Johnster said: Agreed, but what it pumps is air. You can’t pump vacuum, it isn’t there... I'd rather hoped that the German for Vacuum Pump might prove to be "Vakuumerzeugungsmaschine" since they have a tendency to both accuracy and long compound nouns such as this one. Sadly I was disappointed, the translation is the more prosaic "Vakuumpumpe"; even in French it is "Pompe à vide" so I think that it's an argument lost, sir! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Bridge Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 While we’re on trivia, the French call the vacuum cleaner an aspirator Rich 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff park Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 OK totally off topic, the French for tyre is pneu, pronounced like gnu. I wrecked a tyre in France, on a Mercedes, and had a real problem finding a replacement. My wife and I spent 2 days driving from one tyre shop to another with me singing (think of Flanders and Swan) " I need a pneu, a pnother pneu". My wife was not amused. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2019 “A penother pneu, spelt p-n-e-u”! There are some who claim not to know of Flanders and Swann: they don’t know the fun they are missing. Paul. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2019 A 'conservateur' is a preservative (as well as being what the French call a British political party), whilst a 'préservatif' is something for the weekend, sir. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) Regardless of all this 'stuff' about the air/vacuum cylinder and foreign lingo lets get back to some basics. Kneller Hall update. Seen at Platform 1 at Encombe Town with her new parts still in GWR white metal grey! Ken took a very quick picture I have to say that though this loco will never move on its own all the linkage, rods etc move??? This has again transformed the looks of this loco, turn out to be not so fiddly as I thought but working out what went where was the time consuming bit. Driver and porter seem impressed! Edited December 11, 2019 by KNP 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2019 They’re not the only ones. This is a major improvement and I’m considering it for my 42xx 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseagull Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Makes a huge difference. I know this one is a static model, but I wonder if it would be worth replacing the tender wheels? The huge flanges (stop sniggering) jump out a bit! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ray H Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2019 I think someone needs a word in the cleaners' ears . . . . . To tell them that they're not supposed to rub the paint off as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, 5BarVT said: “A penother pneu, spelt p-n-e-u”! There are some who claim not to know of Flanders and Swann: they don’t know the fun they are missing. Paul. ...and today I am reminded of the honeysuckle and the bindweed. Edit: of course, that's tomorrow for you, being as it's still yesterday over there. Edited December 11, 2019 by St Enodoc time zones! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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