Winslow Boy Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 13 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I spend a lot of time on tip toe when I'm above ground level: To be honest Big H I don't think it makes much difference. I think you're just going to have to accept it that you are f...........g BIG. Sorry if that comes as a shock and everything and we will accept it if you want to go and wallow on your own for a bit, but the sooner you get over it the better for everyone. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted April 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: To be honest Big H I don't think it makes much difference. I think you're just going to have to accept it that you are f...........g BIG. Sorry if that comes as a shock and everything and we will accept it if you want to go and wallow on your own for a bit, but the sooner you get over it the better for everyone. I have a dark side! 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted April 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I have a dark side! From reports that I have heard, visitors to a certain establishment near Ashford would agree. Jamie 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted April 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2021 29 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: I thought that I felt some earth tremors over here. You want to try living within 15 miles!! When we first moved here I thought it was in a subduction zone. Dave 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 30 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I have a dark side! Look I just thought someone had to tell you. It's no good you being in the dark about it. No matter want anyone else says they'll always be a place for you, Big H. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted April 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) Since my weight is an issue, I have been trying to reduce the weight of things around me. Apart from cake tins which always end up much lighter, the next project will be light weight portable baseboards. This is nothing new or original, but I want to make a portable 7 mm scale model railway that will run sensible length trains and when packed for transportation will fit in the back of the car. Ply and foam boards with very shallow scenics will be the order of the day. The abutments of any bridges being the maximum height allowed. Illumination will be a couple of lighting poles. I revisited my Torri Gwynt plan and moved down the track plan to Rhech Capel Junction. Here I have potential for a freight only line based around the concept of a railhead on a line which once continued serving an industry at the end of a branch. Aficionados of the Forest of Dean will see shades of Coleford Junction, but the reversals of traffic at places such as Brymbo or Nantmawr are similar. Since this will be set reasonably firmly in the diesel period, I am taking a leaf out of the Rolley bible of S Wales rail operations, and applying C2 working which effectively does away with any visible signalling! Track will be, un-prototypically, in flat bottomed rail which will gobble up a lot of the track left over from the South Greenfield recycling operation. The electrics will simply be a bus bar which utilises the over centre baseboard catches on either side of the board to carry positive and negative current. Less than half a dozen turnouts will suffice and will all be operated by push rods and driving microswitches for crossing nose polarity. A socket at each end for the NCE Powercab will be sufficient. I need to wrangle the design of the boards, although initial sketches show that 4 boards with integral legs will fit face to face, in the car and still leave space for stock, toolboxes, ancilliaries and luggage. I suspect all it will cost me is time and effort as I already have all the materiel required to build it. Dimensions... wait for it: Overall 18' x 2'! That's four boards of 4' x 2'. (Yes I know that's only 16') two of which will each be cut as a trapezium to create a curve in the visible trackwork. The fiddle yard (cassettes) will be plain topped 4' x 2' board with a 2' x 2' fold out extension. This will lie face to face for transit purposes but when opened out will create a table of 6' x 2' on which to wrangle the cassettes. Such a table will give me a class 2/3 diesel pulling 8 mineral wagons and a brake van. The rub is that such a train will be longer than the available head shunt, so will cause problems for the unwary. Providing I can create a suitable footprint for the storage and transport of the boards, I am planning on starting this little scheme in July/August. This will keep me outside and prevent me from going upstairs and causing much anquish to the floorboards. Edited April 7, 2021 by Happy Hippo 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted April 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2021 46 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: From reports that I have heard, visitors to a certain establishment near Ashford would agree. Jamie I am now a much gentler and less ruthless soul: Although I still have my moments. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted April 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2021 16 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I am now a much gentler and less ruthless soul: Although I still have my moments. So Dave and I can take you Penderryn without fear then. We wouldvof course raise a glass in your direction to say thanks. Jamie 3 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) The Weeden has been taken to school today, as my social studies teacher was open to a demonstration as we are currently going over the industrial revolution. I’ve taken engines to school twice before, but never this one so hopefully all will go well. It has been highly anticipated by the class though. Douglas Edited April 11, 2021 by Florence Locomotive Works 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: I have a dark side! Technically speaking, that's the front. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: Technically speaking, that's the front. Rather that than the back. 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted April 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) 57 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: So Dave and I can take you Penderryn without fear then. We wouldvof course raise a glass in your direction to say thanks. Jamie A pointless exercise as I have none at present. Although this was sent to me the other day: I'd suggest that only Dave and I seem remotely qualified for this arduous work! Edited April 7, 2021 by Happy Hippo 1 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted April 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2021 I don't know what next door's au pair thinks she's doing when I'm trying to relax in the muddy hollow. It completely ruins my train of thought: 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 She may be training for mud wrestling 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) Well the steaming has been done, I held captive audience and nothing caught fire. So I would venture to call it a success. The engine is now being taken temporarily out of service for the fitting of the aforementioned boiler feedwater system. Douglas Edited April 7, 2021 by Florence Locomotive Works 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted April 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: Well the steaming has been done, I held captive audience and noting caught fire. So I would venture to call it a success. The engine is now being taken temporarily out of service for the fitting of the aforementioned boiler feedwater system. Douglas Well done with not burning the school down. Next time they ask for something, you could take your kart in and make a racetrack around the corridors! Once you've fitted the feed water apparatus, remember to use it little and often to keep water and steam pressures in balance. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted April 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2021 3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: A pointless exercise as I have none at present. Although this was sent to me the other day: I'd suggest that only Dave and I seem remotely qualified for this arduous work! I note that the ability to spill correctly doesn't seem to be a requirement. Adrian 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted April 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, figworthy said: I note that the ability to spill correctly doesn't seem to be a requirement. Adrian Being from the west side of the pond, he is disadvantaged in the spelling department. I suspect quite a bit of Appleton's rum had been consumed by the time he was able to string that lot together. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 9 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: I spend a lot of time on tip toe when I'm above ground level: Hippo dressage That's new Andy 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 15 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: A pointless exercise as I have none at present. Although this was sent to me the other day: I'd suggest that only Dave and I seem remotely qualified for this arduous work! And just to make sure that I'm keeping up to date on their products in preparation for the job interview I acquired another bottle yesterday. So far my taste buds seem still to be in good order. Took some stuff in to the hospital for Dad yesterday including his mobile phone and spoke to him last night. The physioterrorists are working on him already but their initial efforts caused too much pain so they have backed off a bit. Dave 2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 8 hours ago, SM42 said: Hippo dressage That's new Andy Almost as ground breaking as hippo ballet. Dave 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: Almost as ground breaking as hippo ballet. Dave I think its the dressing up he really likes. 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: I think its the dressing up he really likes. HH in a tutu, NOOOOoooo! Edited April 8, 2021 by PhilJ W 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal Digger Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 23 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: HH in a tutu After you with the brain bleach please! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted April 8, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, Canal Digger said: After you with the brain bleach please! Too late! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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