MrWolf Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: One option might have been to lay individual roof tiles, made from rectangles of paper, over the existing ridge. I used to do things like that, despite having rather large hands. Unfortunately I have had only about 75% use of my right hand for the last 18 years, so if I can make with a quick and neat solution, I do. It's much less of a problem when making drawings and paintings or fixing engines. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 25/10/2021 at 19:46, MrWolf said: "I think the words I am looking for rhyme with clucking bell....." Careful in glass houses. RMWeb is full of Baldricks with cunning plans , self included. That's it's reason for being Or the French equivalent, which I can't remember how to spell - something to do with raisins. 3rd Year French exam 27% . Still my proudest foreign language achievement, messure. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) Angled base of a Wills' stovepipe cut off and turned through ninety degrees so that the cowls are parallel with the roof ridge. This allows a little more room for the ventilation stack between it and the ridge. Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Fishplate said: Careful in glass houses. RMWeb is full of Baldricks with cunning plans , self included. That's it's reason for being Or the French equivalent, which I can't remember how to spell - something to do with raisins. 3rd Year French exam 27% . Still my proudest foreign language achievement, messure. As long as they don't concur with The Great Plan for The Great War. Which as anyone who watched Black Adder Goes Fourth will know (or as any fule kno.) had one tiny flaw.... It was bol****s. So provided that we all remember the Seven P's, at least most of the time... Should produce worthwhile results. Edited October 28, 2021 by MrWolf Left my swagger stick in the officer's mess.... and probably the liners for my parade gloves. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) Getting there, roof ventilator, gutters and downspouts, handrails and some telephone insulators to add before painting. Barge boards are modified Ratio, finials are from Wizard models to match the station. Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) Roof ventilator fitted through a hole in the roof and secured with five minute epoxy. Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 11 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2021 Morning Rob, I've probably missed this but what are the origins of the lovely roof ventilator? Rather nice don't you know. Rob 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 You're lucky as sleep evades me tonight and I am up reading so as not to turn the resident Dormouse into a rabid Bengal tiger with toothache and a hangover... The vents ye seek: "Scale Link Archives - Wizard Models Limited" https://www.wizardmodels.ltd/3_manufacturer/scale_link/ 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2021 Thanks Rob. I too lost the will to sleep. Likely to be a long day............ Rob 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted October 29, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) This is the roof assembled and a coat of dark stone. I got this far whilst getting dinner organised. Hopefully get time to finish the signal box over the weekend. The Ratio 538 gutters are perhaps a fraction overscale, but better than the anorexic solid moulding supplied with the kit. I've used these on pretty much everything else, so it keeps things tied together. Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 19 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted October 31, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2021 (edited) Some paintwork to tidy up, drainpipes and telegraph connection to add before a bit of weathering. It looks a bit too clean at the moment. I could have bought a ready made version of something very similar, but I know that I would have ended up adding all sort of things to that too. I started off with this kit: Photo Wills' kits. Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Forgot to credit photo. 13 13 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Some paintwork to tidy up, drainpipes and telegraph connection to add before a bit of weathering. It looks a bit too clean at the moment. I could have bought a ready made version of something very similar, but I know that I would have ended up adding all sort of things to that too. I started off with this kit: Photo Wills' kits. That's a really nice end result Rob. Shows the benefit of putting your own spin on things, I'd never have guessed it was the kit had you not highlighted it. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted October 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2021 Good job there mate. Jay 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2021 Top job on the signal box, Wolfie. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted October 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2021 Nice work Rob, a very individual bit of modelling. Al. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 Thanks all for your complimentary comments. I set out to create a suitably sized signal box which has plenty of recognisable Saxby & Farmer heritage. I enjoy modifying the sort of kits and items that have been around on the model railway scene for years which tend to get overlooked. I suppose it's like taking a Hornby locomotive and superdetailing it, modifying and weathering it. You know that you have a good basis to start on. I'm going to have to learn how to do that before long. The only parts that haven't had surgery are the stairs, windows and doors. It's going to have some lighting because I went mad on the interior. But at least I can now get it in place to work on the point rodding. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Great job, a purpose made signal box that suits your requirements plus it's a one off. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 A smart looking signal box. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted November 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 17:43, Tortuga said: Just jumping back to the point rodding; I can’t remember if you’d sorted a signal box diagram. I’ve already looked into the signalling and interlocking for my own layout and one thing that came up was that the order of the levers directly relates to the order that the rods exit the box. Forgive me if I’m teaching anyone to suck eggs, but it’s one of those things that’s so obvious to those with the knowledge, but something that could easily catch a novice (like me) out - in a similar way to how hand thrown point levers and facing point locks work Sorry, late to the party... I think another 'obvious' (?) element in point rodding that doesn't get mentioned is the direction the rodding moves when exiting the box when a lever is pulled. I've never worked out if this is: A. always the same with for example, a pulled lever resulting in a pushed rod B. different within a frame to suit circumstances C. alway the same for a particular frame manufacturer but with different manufacturers having different approaches 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted November 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, 2ManySpams said: Sorry, late to the party... I think another 'obvious' (?) element in point rodding that doesn't get mentioned is the direction the rodding moves when exiting the box when a lever is pulled. I've never worked out if this is: A. always the same with for example, a pulled lever resulting in a pushed rod B. different within a frame to suit circumstances C. alway the same for a particular frame manufacturer but with different manufacturers having different approaches That's a good question - one for @5BarVT perhaps? I've found a document with some good diagrams of point rodding: https://dickthesignals.co.uk/onewebmedia/C1-C355 training pamphlets.pdf (page 12), along with loads of other interesting S&T stuff... edit - another doc on the same site has several diagrams of frames, all showing the cranks arranged to push the rod when the lever is reversed: https://dickthesignals.co.uk/onewebmedia/22 mechanical interlocking.pdf Edited November 1, 2021 by Nick C more info... 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) Nothing being straightforward in this world, I've had to cut and shut the cranked part of the downpipes so that they don't miss the gutter by about a scale foot! Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Nothing being straightforward in this world, I've had to cut and shut the cranked part of the downpipes so that they don't miss the gutter by about a scale foot! let’s be honest you’d only get bored if it was easy Are those Ratio gutters? 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2021 23 hours ago, MrWolf said: Some paintwork to tidy up, drainpipes and telegraph connection to add before a bit of weathering. It looks a bit too clean at the moment. I could have bought a ready made version of something very similar, but I know that I would have ended up adding all sort of things to that too. I started off with this kit: Photo Wills' kits. Nice one centurion. like it, like it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: let’s be honest you’d only get bored if it was easy I would. 3 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Are those Ratio gutters? Indeed they are. Ref 538 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) At least it now fits. Need to un-bodge the paintwork on the bottom left corner though! Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 7 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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