RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted November 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2020 Hi Al, all you need is a Flux Capacitor. All the best Adrian. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2020 19 minutes ago, westerhamstation said: Hi Al, all you need is a Flux Capacitor. All the best Adrian. You're just being silly now.............. ........how on earth is he going to generate the 1.21 gigawatts required? 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: how on earth is he going to generate the 1.21 gigawatts required? Using my fusion reactor of course - haven't we all got one lying about? Al. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Really enjoyed this layout over the virtual exhibition weekend. Great work long may it continue 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2020 3 hours ago, westerhamstation said: Hi Al, all you need is a Flux Capacitor. All the best Adrian. 3 hours ago, chuffinghell said: You're just being silly now.............. ........how on earth is he going to generate the 1.21 gigawatts required? 3 hours ago, Alister_G said: Using my fusion reactor of course - haven't we all got one lying about? Al. All the motor bikes reach at least 88 mph at weekends on the local roads, so just harness one of those! Mike. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2020 1 hour ago, simontaylor484 said: Really enjoyed this layout over the virtual exhibition weekend. Great work long may it continue Thank you, that's much appreciated. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 52 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: All the motor bikes reach at least 88 mph at weekends on the local roads, so just harness one of those! Mike. I have no idea what you mean.... Besides, my bike's dynamo's only produce about 7.5 volts, unless the regulator is acting up. The magneto ignition puts out around 18-20,000v @ 0.5A, which I suspect would do something quite rude to a DCC controller. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AdeMoore Posted November 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 10, 2020 Excellent article in the virtual exhibition Al as Rob and co have already said well written, top top photos outstanding really. Great work of that there is no doubt. Cheers Ade 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Great to see the Ladmanlow in the virtual show Al, very very inspiring 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 10, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 10, 2020 4 hours ago, AdeMoore said: Excellent article in the virtual exhibition Al as Rob and co have already said well written, top top photos outstanding really. Great work of that there is no doubt. Cheers Ade 30 minutes ago, sb67 said: Great to see the Ladmanlow in the virtual show Al, very very inspiring Thanks guys, that means a lot. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Alister_G Posted November 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2020 I've realised there's no train related photos on this page. So now there is: Al. 30 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Alister_G Posted November 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2020 And one more: Al. 22 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted November 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Alister_G said: And one more: Al. Is that half a shed door on the loco? Is the driver a southerner? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, teaky said: Is that half a shed door on the loco? Is the driver a southerner? It's a modification you see quite regularly on C&HPR locos, the weather could be quite fierce up on the tops of the Derbyshire moorland where the railway ran, and so they built these extra doors out of wooden pallets and sacking to try and keep the wind, rain and snow out of the cab. Al. 1 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Alister_G said: It's a modification you see quite regularly on C&HPR locos, the weather could be quite fierce up on the tops of the Derbyshire moorland where the railway ran, and so they built these extra doors out of wooden pallets and sacking to try and keep the wind, rain and snow out of the cab. Al. Locos on the Wissington railway in Norfolk had similar modifications because of the way the east wind blows across the Fens. Great modellling Al Martyn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Alister_G Posted November 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) On 06/11/2020 at 21:59, MrWolf said: Years ago I wanted an old tender as a mobile water tank on a layout and used a detailed tender from a defunct Tri-ang Caledonian single. MrWolf must take the credit here for pointing me in the direction of the Triang Caledonian tender, as a suitable donor from which to build a water tender for the layout. So imagine my delight when I found, on Ebay, just such a tender all on its own, and for a few pounds only. And here it is as it arrived this morning: So I wasted no time, and soon had it dismantled: I concentrated on the running gear first. In period photos, it can be seen that what the C&HPR did was to remove the middle axle from these, so they would go round the sharp curves of the line, so my first job was to fit a new blade to the scalpel, and start carving off the middle axlebox from the chassis: on both sides: With the blood cleaned off it looks quite presentable... Next I turned my attention to the tender body. The coal is of course moulded on as part of the structure of the top: So, as we want to remove the coal altogether I had no alternative but to bring out the Dremel and the slitting disc, and cut all the top away: I then cut a piece of 80thou black styrene to fit and glued it in place: With a bit of filler to hide the gaps That more or less concludes the butchery, so the surviving bits were carted off and given a couple of coats of Matt Black from an aerosol. You can see I signed my work with a thumbprint just like Leonardo... I took it to the layout for better lighting than the kitchen counter: I was pretty happy with how it looked, so I took it off for a bit of weatherage: A while later, and it looks like this: Yep, I'm quite pleased with how that's turned out, a fitting addition to the fleet, I think. Thanks for looking, Al. Edited November 12, 2020 by Alister_G 9 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) When you take the middle axle plus axlebox out you’re left with a large rectangular gap, rather than a axle sized round hole, with a tiebar across the bottom. I fancy the spring and hangers would go as well, leaving lugs riveted to the frames. Edited November 12, 2020 by Northroader 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Northroader said: When you take the middle axle plus axlebox out you’re left with a large rectangular gap, rather than a axle sized round hole, with a tiebar across the bottom. http://www.sutherland.davenportstation.org.uk/aaprint/chp/chp-67-02.jpg Yep, a bit of filing filage might be indicated. Thanks. Al. Edited November 12, 2020 by Alister_G 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2020 Hmm, actually it looks like they didn't always remove the middle axle... http://www.sutherland.davenportstation.org.uk/aaprint/chp/chp-64-07.jpg Drat. Al. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Thank you, it's a pleasure to be inspiring in some way. I would imagine that the middle axle was taken out if either: The tank was being used somewhere with stupidly tight curves. So you win there. The tender wheels and axleboxes were well worn and the cheapest solution on a minor line was to cobble up a tank wagon that had a minimum of wearing surfaces out of the least worn parts. The middle axle would be more prone to wear anyway. So you win there. I didn't pull the middle axle out of mine, never crossed my mind, but it makes more sense. All I did was paint as you had and then had the word WATER in off white 6" high sans serif each side. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2020 Truly inspiration stuff Al 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlepeak Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Al, In general the later Midland tenders were left as 6-wheelers, I think because they were introduced in the 60s, after Middleton Incline was closed and water traffic came in from Buxton. The former LNWR tenders always did have the centre axle removed, and could therefore be used for the remaining water traffic up Sheep Pasture Incline. Regards, Geraint 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2020 Thanks Geraint, I'll take note for the next one. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bogie Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 22:00, Alister_G said: I've realised there's no train related photos on this page. So now there is: Al. Have you thought of standing off in the distance when your brother takes a photo so that you can be in a photo of your own layout? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, Bogie said: Have you thought of standing off in the distance when your brother takes a photo so that you can be in a photo of your own layout? Well there's this one... Al. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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