RMweb Gold john new Posted January 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 10, 2021 Yesterday (moved from wrong thread) Looking for a lost part that probably fell off the workbench - result complete empty and tidy of the tool box and another box (electrical cable stocks etc.) as both were open and next to /below the workbench. Sadly part not yet found! Not expensive to get replaced but annoying. The positive - something else that fell off the bench and had been missing did turn up in the tidy so one less item of spares to reorder 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Bird Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I'm glad it's not only me that loses things that way. My work is usually done in a room with a carpet and it's difficult finding small components on its surface. It also never ceases to amaze me how far even small items can bounce. When all else fails I ask my daughter to look and she nearly always manages to find things, sometime even things I didn't know I'd lost. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymsa Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) Absolutely nothing today was done to the layout. Sometimes good to take a day or two away from it. Edited January 10, 2021 by Andymsa Spelling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Two small underframe brackets added to an ex SR van Tare weight decal added to an ex LNER van. Its been a really productive day. Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2021 I built a wall on my sons layout. The house is level, the wall may not be. I blame the slope. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, Kris said: I built a wall on my sons layout. The house is level, the wall may not be. I blame the slope. Bung some foliage on it, hides a multitude of sins! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2021 I might do just that. The angle shown in the photo is a horror to get an eyeball too so there would not need to be massive amounts of hiding. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Kris said: I might do just that. The angle shown in the photo is a horror to get an eyeball too so there would not need to be massive amounts of hiding. Whenever anything goes wonky on my layouts, I just blame the tiny incompetent builders / town planners / landscape gardeners.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir TophamHatt Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) Spent a fair amount of money on the Great Central Railway station by Bachmann... but everything in one job lot - the big stairwell,booking office & canopy, toilets, platform ramps (although no platform) and the waiting room. Seller did a great deal at ~£70 off. While I'm supposed to be saving money, I'm sure I'll be glad of it in the future. Have no where to put any of it on this layout but I'm sure I'll build one with it in mind at some point in my life. Edited January 13, 2021 by Sir TophamHatt 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Went a bit dotty... Doing my damnedest to repaint an "already made" second-hand model - in N Gauge. I'm at about the halfway point now, very fiddly! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted January 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2021 Work has begun on the second building on Bovey Tor. The weighbridge office. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2021 I put "water" and "fish" in a pond. I will have to wait and see whether the fish look okay or if I will have to start again. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy water Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Finally installed a DCC chip in a Bachmann Freightliner class 57 008 Started it 7 years ago! I Ran in to a problem that now I can not remember what it was. Lost the body mounting screws! Put it in a box on the shelf and forgot about it. Today I stripped it down to find the motor connection wires had fallen off. Soldered back on, tested it worked with the DCC chip! Then spent the next two hours assembling and taking apart, as every time a different wire or lamp would fail! Final all the wires stayed on and lights worked! I had opened another class 57 (57602) to see how it was meant to be assembled. Fitted a new chip in this one in under 5 minutes, why was the other one such a pain?!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir TophamHatt Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Did a lot of touching up of scenery today. Only small bits here and there before moving on to the larger scenery things. Weeds in ballast, ballast in between sets of tracks, a bit of static grassing, bushes here and there. Next on the list is to work out what to do with the huge area I have spare. It's calling for some sort of village type thing but not sure I want to get all my village stuff out. Although do need to make space for a load of other buildings I bought. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I decided over the last few days to bring my thread up to date, having 'modelled' the layout in 3D using SketchUp, and yesterday, thanks to the input of other RMWebbers, a 14-track sector plate was shown to work. All ready to go once this period of poor weather goes and the air warms up. Cheers, Philip 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 13/01/2021 at 19:28, Ray Von said: Went a bit dotty... Doing my damnedest to repaint an "already made" second-hand model - in N Gauge. I'm at about the halfway point now, very fiddly! Slowly building up the roof weathering on the "pet project" today: 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 @Ray Von Let us know how you get on with your traverser - I'm curious as to how you tackle the mechanism. Cheers, Philip 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Philou said: @Ray Von Let us know how you get on with your traverser - I'm curious as to how you tackle the mechanism. Cheers, Philip Will do. It'll be on my blog in the coming weeks (fingers crossed...) Edited January 15, 2021 by Ray Von Typo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Isn't it obvious...!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) Scalpel, glue, paint. None of the above were harming in the modelling done this morning. 1st landward pier on the Devon side of the Royal Albert Bridge modelled ready for printing. Edited January 16, 2021 by Kris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2021 No idea as to the scale or gauge but hopefully one of my son's will enjoy it for his birthday. Got to say though that it does look like Toby has been modified to run on the tube. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/profile/163-kris/ Looks great! I remember my mum making me a steam locomotive cake when I was little - Swiss Roll for the boiler, different sized round biscuits for the wheels! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Foden Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 Today I’ve been turning the fuel storage tanks for my depot into something a little more weathered by the elements... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 On 15/01/2021 at 15:29, Ray Von said: Slowly building up the roof weathering on the "pet project" today: Finished the reclaimed goods shed! I've decided that it belongs to one "Harry Faversham" -formerly of Oil Drum Lane, Shepherd's Bush. Maybe by the early 80's he finally got away from Albert... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Hi all Today I bought a Hornby 2-6-0 Ivatt and another H/D castle for mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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