Schooner Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: ...the draughts piece is too thick, too large in diameter... Perhaps it's a bar of stock to turn down into a flamboyant Queen... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, Schooner said: Perhaps it's a bar of stock to turn down into a flamboyant Queen... I think that our neighbor might be one of those, but he isn't green either.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted March 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2021 I'd say that the squares are different shades of grey, but the markings are the same shade of grey. I don't see the point of the question, otherwise. That's just me, though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Colour and shade perception? Do you want the nerd answer or the arty answer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted March 16, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Colour and shade perception? Do you want the nerd answer or the arty answer? To be honest I wouldn’t understand it if you did 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 That's a relief really, I've had a long and tiring day of blowing houses in... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted March 16, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) 32 minutes ago, MrWolf said: That's a relief really, I've had a long and tiring day of blowing houses in... Between me and you if you’re gonna build a house out of sticks or straw you’re kinda asking for it Don’t go down the chimney of the brick one, you’ll burn your bum! There’s a key under the doormat Edited March 16, 2021 by chuffinghell 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) Although I can huff and puff better now that I have quit smoking, when it comes to flattening houses of straw, sticks or bricks, the dive-bomber option wins hands down.... Edited March 16, 2021 by MrWolf Typing with hind paws again... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 3 hours ago, MrWolf said: Although I can huff and puff better now that I have quit smoking, when it comes to flattening houses of straw, sticks or bricks, the dive-bomber option wins hands down.... Only if you have air superiority...… Regards Lez. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 17 minutes ago, lezz01 said: Only if you have air superiority...… Regards Lez. That's why I quit smoking. That combined with the possibility of being grounded by my CO. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 14 hours ago, MrWolf said: Although I can huff and puff better now that I have quit smoking, when it comes to flattening houses of straw, sticks or bricks, the dive-bomber option wins hands down.... But surely only if there's a neighbouring bridge with a bus on it? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, Nick C said: But surely only if there's a neighbouring bridge with a bus on it? Which is why I have level crossings on my layout.... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 19 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said: I'd say that the squares are different shades of grey, but the markings are the same shade of grey. I don't see the point of the question, otherwise. That's just me, though. I don't remember how the question for the image was originally phrased, so I just made something up on the spot that may not be the best way to word it. Maybe "Are the tiles marked A and B different shades of grey?" would be better. However, the point is to show how easily our eyes can be fooled. CH worked it out logically, that they are probably the same shade. Load the pic in to something like Photoshop and check. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post chuffinghell Posted March 17, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2021 More cheating, I tried my best to make the canopy for the goods shed out of some ratio edging but I just couldn’t get it right so I got fed up trying and drew one up and had it 3D printed at CWRailways Its very brittle and the ends are a little distorted (think I may have drawn them too thin) not quite sure how to straighten them without them snapping off....I’ll figure something out Anyway I had some platform top from a Peco Setrack platform kit that has a textured finish Which I thought would do nicely 19 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 Very neat, Chris. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted March 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, chuffinghell said: Which I thought would do nicely You were right. 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted March 17, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) I wasn’t sure whether to put holes in the back or not for where the downpipes are going to go (well the water has to run off somewhere) but if it doesn’t look right I’ve got just enough of the textured platform left to do a plain one because the first one I cut out was too small, the second one was the right size but I slipped with the knife and scratched the textured surface Edited March 17, 2021 by chuffinghell 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off Tackle Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Some high quality modelling in this thread....some hyper attention to detail. Inspiring stuff! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Looking good, I especially like the curved ends to the valencing. Will it be sited below the gutter level of the main roof? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted March 17, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Looking good, I especially like the curved ends to the valencing. Will it be sited below the gutter level of the main roof? Thanks Rob, it was the curve I struggled with when I tried to do it with length of left over Peco stuff, I cut it into strips and got the curve but the holes didn’t look right...hence having one printed instead. Yes the plan is to have the canopy under the main guttering and for it to have its own separate downpipes, hoped I get away with doing that 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 That makes sense, I was thinking about how the canopy over my friends shop works (it's about 20' long) The top slopes back towards the wall very slightly and there's three or four holes about 1-1/2" exiting into a drainpipe underneath it before dropping vertical one end into the drain. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 On 19/11/2020 at 19:41, chuffinghell said: Oh f...canal template Timber version, I’ve put a ‘dam’ at the end to stop the resin pouring out..... .....not that I’m anywhere near that stage yet Thats as far as I’m going with the canal at the moment as I can now look at fitting the bridge and finishing the road I realise I'm coming to this extremely late in the day but normally a towpath would be on the downhill side of a canal so that the extra thickness of any earthworks was there to help stop leaks. Industries would be on the side opposite the towpath (which is a public right of way), for security so your proposed pump house opposite the towpath is fine. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted March 18, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Martin S-C said: I realise I'm coming to this extremely late in the day but normally a towpath would be on the downhill side of a canal so that the extra thickness of any earthworks was there to help stop leaks. Industries would be on the side opposite the towpath (which is a public right of way), for security so your proposed pump house opposite the towpath is fine. I assumed it would be better for the tow path to be on the same side as the pump house to make it easier for a horse that was towing a load of coal for delivery to the pump house I thought the tow path could perhaps be privately owned and so not be a public right of way It would cause too many problems to try and change it now but Warren contains many errors so at least I’m consistent with my inconsistencies Edited March 18, 2021 by chuffinghell 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) You're right, now is not the time to make such a huge change, I did want to point it out though. Factories and other facilities are almost always on the side of a canal away from the towing path for reasons of security. A horse drawn boat would simply be either poled across or a bridge would be built at places of industries to allow animal access but it is your model so you are free to do as you wish! Edited March 18, 2021 by Martin S-C 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 52 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: I assumed it would be better for the tow path to be on the same side as the pump house to make it easier for a horse that was towing a load of coal for delivery to the pump house I thought the tow path could perhaps be privately owned and so not be a public right of way It would cause too many problems to try and change it now but Warren contains many errors so at least I’m consistent with my inconsistencies Rule 1 Chris, and I would never have known that mate. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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