Fishplate Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Really inspiring work. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, KNP said: Left the hand brake off? They don't really work that well anyway. Big pieces of wood if left running, if not, leave in gear, weird differential takes care of the rest. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) I read the MRC articles on thatched roofs the Pendon way back in the 1980s, I still haven't worked up the courage to have a go. That roof is simply incredible. Edited June 14, 2021 by MrWolf Correction 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 I will post in a few days how I did it but it’s not quite the Pendon way, like the song said ‘I did it my way’ plus a lot of trial and error. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Whatever you did, it works very well. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benbow Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 4 hours ago, KNP said: I will post in a few days how I did it but it’s not quite the Pendon way, like the song said ‘I did it my way’ plus a lot of trial and error. Any bad language?? 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Benbow said: Any bad language?? It's not bad language. It's Task Appropriate Profanity. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted June 15, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) Another set of pictures have come to light from our reporter on the ground confirming that it is indeed the 'little red tractor' from Middle Farm on the move. Edited March 28 by KNP 25 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm 0-6-0 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 14 hours ago, KNP said: I will post in a few days how I did it but it’s not quite the Pendon way, like the song said ‘I did it my way’ plus a lot of trial and error. Over the years I have discovered that if I had taken the time to learn the right way of doing something I would have saved myself a lot of time and inconvenience. But in my favour I would say that I would not then have acquired and mastered the wide range of expletives and obscenities that are available to us as English speaking people. There are plus sides to everything. 2 1 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 22 hours ago, Andrew P said: Sitting or laying on the ground? He's probably been to the pub first, so it would be lying. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2021 So the yard crew can get a tractor on a flat wagon, but can't get a crate off a lorry. Someone needs to have a word... 3 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dragonboy Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2021 21 hours ago, KNP said: Want to do something that is fiddly but well worth the effort try fixing some decorative spars to a thatched ridge. Started on the back slope so if it went wrong I could remove and no one would be any the wiser!!! About an hours work there!!! Ordinary thread used in Smokey grey but will over paint to weather. Just a suggestion but maybe the chimney pots would benefit from bedding in with a bit of plastic putty idc Brian 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Malcolm 0-6-0 said: Over the years I have discovered that if I had taken the time to learn the right way of doing something I would have saved myself a lot of time and inconvenience. But in my favour I would say that I would not then have acquired and mastered the wide range of expletives and obscenities that are available to us as English speaking people. There are plus sides to everything. In that case, I'm very lucky. I have gleaned expletives from across Europe, the former Soviet Union and Africa. Whatever helps you deal with life that doesn't kill you is fine. 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Dragonboy said: Just a suggestion but maybe the chimney pots would benefit from bedding in with a bit of plastic putty idc Brian Odds and ends to do 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Malcolm 0-6-0 said: Over the years I have discovered that if I had taken the time to learn the right way of doing something I would have saved myself a lot of time and inconvenience. But in my favour I would say that I would not then have acquired and mastered the wide range of expletives and obscenities that are available to us as English speaking people. There are plus sides to everything. I really learnt to string expletives together, when I got my wedding tackle caught on a small valve when extracting myself from the port wing, after steam tightening the port boiler handhole doors, the rest of the gang were out on the plates, taking the, you know what and laughing. They suggested afterwards, that I should be nominated for a Nobel prize for swearing. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted June 15, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) The main works are all but done on The Unicorn PH. Weathering to do on roofs to age them some more, moss, lichen etc. that sort of thing Few more details need to be added, what I'm not totally sure so might just put back on the layout and add as ideas strike... I'm not planning anymore signs as I think this will do for the era we are in (layout that is?) Edited March 28 by KNP 12 6 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2021 Lovely job on the pub. One thing that jars with me is the soldier arches over windows. I know on modern ones the bricks vertically do not extend past the actual opening because the are siting on a Catnic lintel. I also know that some used an iron strip acroos to support them before that. However on an old building I prefer to have either an arch or have the end bricks splay out at the top so the down pressure pushes them tight together. Any I have done I have made an arch over the windows (this is full size). Personal choice of course. Don 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2021 Looks pretty damn good to me. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2021 41 minutes ago, Donw said: Lovely job on the pub. One thing that jars with me is the soldier arches over windows. I know on modern ones the bricks vertically do not extend past the actual opening because the are siting on a Catnic lintel. I also know that some used an iron strip acroos to support them before that. However on an old building I prefer to have either an arch or have the end bricks splay out at the top so the down pressure pushes them tight together. Any I have done I have made an arch over the windows (this is full size). Personal choice of course. Don Like this ? 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: Like this ? Basically yes Stu although in a brick wall it is all bricks no keystone. Don 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2021 The picture above is from a Matthew Rice book 'Village Buildings of Britain', from a house in Great Tew. Looking at other houses in the village, we find this: 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Gedward said: Looks pretty damn good to me. Agreed @Gedward. Hope I can get to your standard in due course Kevin @KNP 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 49 minutes ago, Fishplate said: Agreed @Gedward. Hope I can get to your standard in due course Kevin @KNP Likewise. It's the combination of consistent standard and prolific construction that makes this model so impressive. 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: Likewise. It's the combination of consistent standard and prolific construction that makes this model so impressive. Well said young man 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Donw said: Lovely job on the pub. . . Personal choice of course. Quite! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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