RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Edwardian said: Careful what you wish for ... I see an Edison(?) cylinder machine and is that a Harmonium in the right corner? Nice, I am on my way over! Does the boater really fit you, BTW? 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOxon Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Edwardian said: Careful what you wish for ... That room is crying out for an oval of track and a tinplate train on the carpet. Every other surface is covered so why not the floor? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 57 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: Does the boater really fit you, BTW? No idea, but this one does .... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 Don’t go down Sunderland wearing that hat. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, Northroader said: Don’t go down Sunderland wearing that hat. Can't go b00dy anywhere, hat or not, at the moment!!! 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 6 hours ago, DonB said: Daft question : Can you change the "wall paper " in your virtual railway room ? Yes please. That wallpaper looks disturbingly like the paper my parents-in-law have in their sitting room. When my father-in-law put it up 25 years ago, my sister-in-law said it made the room look like a French tart's boudoir - and she has pseudo-baroque cherubs in the sky in an oval cartouche in her, admittedly rather grand, living room. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 18 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Yes please. That wallpaper looks disturbingly like the paper my parents-in-law have in their sitting room. When my father-in-law put it up 25 years ago, my sister-in-law said it made the room look like a French tart's boudoir - and she has pseudo-baroque cherubs in the sky in an oval cartouche in her, admittedly rather grand, living room. DON'T Google image-search "boudoir"! It's not what you expect and there is no wallpaper to be seen! 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: Annie, would you mind if I partially copied your engine shed track plan for my coarse scale garden railway? By the way, your Precursor is looking better than some Bing ones I’ve seen! Be my guest. I certainly wouldn't say no if someone gave me a Bing Precursor tank engine, - or a 'four wheels coupled tank engine' as the LNWR used to call them. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: Yes please. That wallpaper looks disturbingly like the paper my parents-in-law have in their sitting room. When my father-in-law put it up 25 years ago, my sister-in-law said it made the room look like a French tart's boudoir - and she has pseudo-baroque cherubs in the sky in an oval cartouche in her, admittedly rather grand, living room. I'm not sure if I can do pseudo-baroque cherubs, but I do have a nice poisonous green Victorian wallpaper that's very close to needing a practical test with making sure it all fits together. 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Annie said: I'm not sure if I can do pseudo-baroque cherubs, but I do have a nice poisonous green Victorian wallpaper that's very close to needing a practical test with making sure it all fits together. I trust you will warn visitors not to lick the walls Nick B 1 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 8 hours ago, MikeOxon said: That room is crying out for an oval of track and a tinplate train on the carpet. Every other surface is covered so why not the floor? But it would have to be Ives or Dorfan! Or the UK equivalent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 45 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: But it would have to be Ives or Dorfan! Or the UK equivalent. Stevens Model Dockyard. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake The Rat Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I'm not sure this is a steam engine. 'Ariel' is the name of a laundry detergent, so I suspect it's an early laundromat. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 38 minutes ago, Jake The Rat said: I'm not sure this is a steam engine. 'Ariel' is the name of a laundry detergent, so I suspect it's an early laundromat. In this context 'Ariel' is the name of an archangel and during the Victorian era was a name commonly given to ships and steam locomotives. For the name to be used for a species of laundry detergent only goes to prove how low modern civilisation has fallen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake The Rat Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I know, but SCNR... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, Jake The Rat said: I know, but SCNR... True enough, but I felt like I needed some grumpy old lady practice. My next project. A clockwork version of the Precursor tank engine. I have other 'clockwork' engines that I've put together; - the main changes are a faux clockwork keyhole, no smoke or steam files and a sound file based around the sound of quietly meshing gears. I'm presently on version 3 of the sound file and they are horrible to create since Audacity has far more tricky tricks in its box than I actually need and I get confused. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 16 hours ago, Annie said: I'm not sure if I can do pseudo-baroque cherubs, but I do have a nice poisonous green Victorian wallpaper that's very close to needing a practical test with making sure it all fits together. Radium and arsenic greens, such pretty colours. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOxon Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 7 hours ago, Annie said: My next project. A clockwork version of the Precursor tank engine. .... Looks nice but I feel a clockwork model would have much chunkier wheels with rather large flanges. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 59 minutes ago, MikeOxon said: Looks nice but I feel a clockwork model would have much chunkier wheels with rather large flanges. I agree Mike, but I would have to get someone to make them specially for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 Version 4 clockwork sound file. I hate making sound files, but I think I'm finally getting somewhere with this silly project of mine. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 How often do you need to wind it up? Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Caley Jim said: How often do you need to wind it up? Jim Well you don't at the moment Jim I am investigating a way of doing that though, - or at least a way of being able to select some form of button/trigger/actuator that will play a winding up clockwork sound. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam88 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I didn't think there were any clockwork locos in the UK until Stanier noticed the keyhole in one of Bulleid's Q1s. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, Adam88 said: I didn't think there were any clockwork locos in the UK until Stanier noticed the keyhole in one of Bulleid's Q1s. The LMS owned a lot of clockwork 'Jinties'. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Annie said: The LMS owned a lot of clockwork 'Jinties'. Who, exactly, does @Annie think she's winding up? 15 hours ago, Annie said: In this context 'Ariel' is the name of an archangel and during the Victorian era was a name commonly given to ships and steam locomotives. For the name to be used for a species of laundry detergent only goes to prove how low modern civilisation has fallen. Point of information: they were named for the aery spirit in The Tempest. Edited October 24, 2020 by Compound2632 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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