RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2020 Meanwhile back in the workshop.. With appalling weather out of the way, I had my delivery of building materials from Wickes on Monday morning. I took advantage of the good weather to lay the 8' x 2' T&G Flooring chipboard, I'm using for the subfloor. Today I got on with building the partition wall framing (for the shed part).. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2020 Is it true that @gwrrob is sponsoring the weathering booth for it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 16 hours ago, toboldlygo said: Meanwhile back in the workshop.. With appalling weather out of the way, I had my delivery of building materials from Wickes on Monday morning. I took advantage of the good weather to lay the 8' x 2' T&G Flooring chipboard, I'm using for the subfloor. Today I got on with building the partition wall framing (for the shed part).. Its a bit relentlessly 1:1. When are you going to weather it? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 7, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2020 4 hours ago, gwrrob said: Is it true that @gwrrob is sponsoring the weathering booth for it. Why are you going to buy it for me? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2020 On 07/10/2020 at 14:54, Hroth said: Its a bit relentlessly 1:1. When are you going to weather it? Once the treated timber has stopped off gassing noxious fumes - I've decided to go for 60's BR Grey (Ronseal Fence Life Plus Matt Slate Grey), got the paint this morning 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2020 So after working myself to the point of exhaustion on Wednesday, I got the partition wall finished and the shed side completely panelled. Workbench side of the workshop There's even a bench in the shed/storage side The side were the spray booth will go - the internal framing of the workshop side panel is out of square (not my framing lol) Panelling complete. I've got the chipboard for the bench and the shelving to finishing off the the storage area. The doors for the storage area (and a new back gate) arrive on Monday and the insulation will arrive next week as well. There has been some railway commission work to that's been going on, but I'd jump the queue to the Naughty Sofa, if I show it I've also been experimenting with Lacquer Primer on the Tiffy - I'm suitably impressed. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steaming_chris Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Don't forget an area for the kettle and teabags 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 21 hours ago, steaming_chris said: Don't forget an area for the kettle and teabags Someone asked me where the bar and fridge is going lol 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: Someone asked me where the bar and fridge is going lol When is the grand opening banquet going to be held? (Only 6 people at a time presumably). Edited October 11, 2020 by railroadbill 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 Just now, railroadbill said: When is the grand opening banquet going to be held? (Only 6 people at a time presumably). 8, as two will be fed to the piranha's en-route as a sacrifice 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durham light infantry Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 On 09/10/2020 at 19:24, toboldlygo said: So after working myself to the point of exhaustion on Wednesday, I got the partition wall finished and the shed side completely panelled. Workbench side of the workshop There's even a bench in the shed/storage side The side were the spray booth will go - the internal framing of the workshop side panel is out of square (not my framing lol) Panelling complete. I've got the chipboard for the bench and the shelving to finishing off the the storage area. The doors for the storage area (and a new back gate) arrive on Monday and the insulation will arrive next week as well. There has been some railway commission work to that's been going on, but I'd jump the queue to the Naughty Sofa, if I show it I've also been experimenting with Lacquer Primer on the Tiffy - I'm suitably impressed. Which laqcuer primer is it please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, durham light infantry said: Which laqcuer primer is it please? MRP Fine Surface Primer Black Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Matt C Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) On 07/10/2020 at 19:25, toboldlygo said: Why are you going to buy it for me? How much ??? That looks like a glorified cooker hood fan, stood on its side with a few bits of plastic glued around it to make the hood ! You can get a extractor (cooker hood) off Ebay for under a hundred and glue your own plastic on, 3 speed extraction, built in filter and light Edited October 11, 2020 by Mattc6911 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Mattc6911 said: How much ??? That looks like a glorified cooker hood fan, stood on its side with a few bits of plastic glued around it to make the hood ! You can get a extractor (cooker hood) off Ebay for under a hundred and glue your own plastic on, 3 speed extraction, built in filter and light That was an inside joke with one of my clients - Mr S You could convert a cooker hood, if you were just spraying water-based paints, but I wouldn't trust it with Lacquers. Besides there are cheaper spray booths, that will do the job and those plastic bits tender to end up in the spares bin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2020 So it's been a busy 7 days... Storage area part of the Workshop is finished and I've started on the insulation (and built a new back gate)… The GWR Engine Shed is finished and with it's owner and the final part of the blog for it is up. And somewhere during the week, I managed to get a Modified Hall finished. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2020 Has that modified Hall had the Brassmaster front end etch fitted James. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted October 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, gwrrob said: Has that modified Hall had the Brassmaster front end etch fitted James. So is it a modified Modified Hall? No, it's the Replica one with traction tyres. The only mods I carried out are screw-link couplings, adding a fall plate, reduction in the gap between the tender & engine, adding a Modelu crew and etched plates (which required some major surgery). Oh and some subtle weathering. Edited October 19, 2020 by toboldlygo text 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 19, 2020 3 hours ago, toboldlygo said: So is it a modified Modified Hall? No, it's the Replica one with traction tyres. The only mods I carried out are screw-link couplings, adding a fall plate, reduction in the gap between the tender & engine, adding a Modelu crew and etched plates (which required some major surgery). Oh and some subtle weathering. The Replica body is pretty good. I've got three, all now running on Bachmann split-frame chassis (for the time being...). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted November 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2020 So it's been a while since my last update, so here goes.. The Workshop, there's been some progress, however last Monday I managed to injure my upper back, so I've had to take it relatively easy. The insulation is all done.. And as of this morning I've got a minimum of 1 coat of paint on the outside (the front's had a second coat). I may start the ceiling cladding this afternoon, as I have a huge order coming from Wickes tomorrow to for the workshop (plasterboard, guttering & more cladding) - just in time for lockdown 2. Railway commissions, I've been fitting those in - I'm currently working on half a dozen coaches. Improving a B-Set, I added lamp brackets to the outer ends, hand painted all the droplights and axle-box covers - then the coaches will be weathered. However I'm just waiting on a replacement allocation decal for one of the ends (as yet again Railtec decals have disintegrated on me). Improving a Hornby Auto Coach, painted the interior - not a particularly easy job, as the interior is part of the body moulding. Added lamp brackets and resprayed the roof. The other 3 are all masked up ready for their roof's to be resprayed, oh and I've added destination board brackets to one of them as well Completed a number of commission's mostly for @gwrrob - including a certain WD 2-8-0. And a third Skytrex Water crane for another client. Other projects Eduard 1/48th Scale Hawker Typhoon, I do bits on it when I have a quiet few minutes. It's now to the stage were exterior paint is being added. I'm also working on a little ship.. There's also been a few new arrivals for the stash Next update won't be too long. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I see you've taken my "weathering" comment a while ago to heart, the shed looks almost exactly the same colour as the WD 2-8-0... The ship looks like some sort of Monitor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted November 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Hroth said: I see you've taken my "weathering" comment a while ago to heart, the shed looks almost exactly the same colour as the WD 2-8-0... The ship looks like some sort of Monitor. @gwrrob will have you sent to the naughty sofa for that remark Yes it's a Monitor, but what class? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains&armour Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 4 hours ago, toboldlygo said: @gwrrob will have you sent to the naughty sofa for that remark Yes it's a Monitor, but what class? Now here it get's interesting, because the model depicted was named after a British general who had a class of monitors named after him, but not this class. There is however a relationship (NPI) with some ships of the class of monitors build after the first mentioned class, as in that the guns that were used on some ships of that class came from a ship that didn't use the guns that were later used on the monitor that the model is going to depict. But the class itself was named after yet another British army bigwig affectionately called "Bobs". So Bob's your uncle. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted November 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Trains&armour said: So Bob's your uncle. How did you know I have an Uncle Bob? Have you been planting listening devices in Robin's commissions? It's Applecrumble not Roberts btw 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 55 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: How did you know I have an Uncle Bob? Have you been planting listening devices in Robin's commissions? It's Applecrumble not Roberts btw So its a 16" monitor then? (ok, so its got two 16" bang-sticks, but that would make my reply too cumbersome...) As for the colour, I can't help it if you ran out of paint for the WD. However, you could use the same colour for the Monitor!!! Saunters off, looking innocent... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted November 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2020 59 minutes ago, Hroth said: As for the colour, I can't help it if you ran out of paint for the WD. However, you could use the same colour for the Monitor!!! Saunters off, looking innocent... Guilty as hell more like No the Monitor is multi coloured.. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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