RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) Count the triangle game? Edited February 3, 2017 by mudmagnet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Count the triangle came? Off you go; make sure no-one interrupts you counting. Will this help? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2017 Count the triangle game? Shouldn't you be on your way to the Stafford show? Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Cook Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 "Can you tell what it is yet?" said a Stafford inmate. Water_Tower_Parts_s.jpg wel the link to the picture states "water tower parts" Geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2017 wel the link to the picture states "water tower parts" Geoff He cant get anything past you... Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2017 Shouldn't you be on your way to the Stafford show? Andy Oh we are but I'm not driving! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2017 Oh we are but I'm not driving! My deepest sympathies for having to endure the M5 and M6 on a Friday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 wel the link to the picture states "water tower parts" They are parts no longer. Well not until it falls off the bench. My thanks to Phil at Intentio - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/97519-intentio/ and http://intentio.co.uk/ for helping me out with this one as my first go at designing something for laser-cutting and the super-fast turnaround. I made a few mistakes along the way in the design process (all my fault) but nothing that I couldn't work around in the assembly. It all went together well and an awful lot quicker than if I'd just done it in styrene or brass. Money well spent in that context. Pipes and fittings still to be added. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2017 That looks great, do you seal the wood before assembly or just spray it once built? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Thanks. It'll have primer, a coat of black and then Dullcote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2017 Off you go; make sure no-one interrupts you counting. Will this help? Is that normal for Stafford? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2017 Is that normal for Stafford? Yes, that's why I left... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 We haven't seen any cases since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2017 We haven't seen any cases since. I left just in time, they are all blind now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2017 They are parts no longer. Well not until it falls off the bench. My thanks to Phil at Intentio - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/97519-intentio/ and http://intentio.co.uk/ for helping me out with this one as my first go at designing something for laser-cutting and the super-fast turnaround. I made a few mistakes along the way in the design process (all my fault) but nothing that I couldn't work around in the assembly. It all went together well and an awful lot quicker than if I'd just done it in styrene or brass. Money well spent in that context. Assembly_11s.jpg Pipes and fittings still to be added. 'Like' & 'Craftsmanship etc...' buttons are not enough. 'Blimey', or even 'Gor Blimey' would be much better. Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushType4 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 That looks great, do you seal the wood before assembly or just spray it once built? I recommend a good coat of Halfords Primer. I find the red oxide primer is a good place to start for brickwork and the grey for everything else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andy Y Posted February 7, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'm quite pleased with the end result, the only improvements are things I could have done at the design stage and to have stuck my neck out and gone for 1mm thick material, maybe even card for the panel relief but I'm new to it and would have thought it would have been way too flimsy. It's not quite the end result though as I'll be testing a couple of liquids and I'm deliberating the colour of the tank panels. Working off black and white images it just looks dark. Black? Dark Grey? Who knows? 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2017 Quite pleased? I'd be delighted! It captures the spindly look of such structures very well. I was interested how such thin freestanding wood would take paint so that's very impressive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted February 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'm quite pleased with the end result, the only improvements are things I could have done at the design stage and to have stuck my neck out and gone for 1mm thick material, maybe even card for the panel relief but I'm new to it and would have thought it would have been way too flimsy. Fin1s.jpg It's not quite the end result though as I'll be testing a couple of liquids and I'm deliberating the colour of the tank panels. Working off black and white images it just looks dark. Black? Dark Grey? Who knows? I love it. In your face !! Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted February 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'm quite pleased with the end result, the only improvements are things I could have done at the design stage and to have stuck my neck out and gone for 1mm thick material, maybe even card for the panel relief but I'm new to it and would have thought it would have been way too flimsy. Fin1s.jpg It's not quite the end result though as I'll be testing a couple of liquids and I'm deliberating the colour of the tank panels. Working off black and white images it just looks dark. Black? Dark Grey? Who knows? I think the tank and therefore all of it would be Black bitumen / tar paint (that is coal tar dissolved in a solvent). When I worked at Evostik (many moons ago) we marketed Bitumen paint for painting water tanks. whilst I was there (maybe 20 years ago) bitumen paint was banned for use on water tanks.. what they were talking about was painting the inside of tanks. However Bitumen or tar paints is very practical on steel, cheep and easy to repaint without too much prep. I should say when first applied the paint is jet shinny Black put the material oxidises very quickly to a matt Black Andy Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushType4 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'm quite pleased with the end result, the only improvements are things I could have done at the design stage and to have stuck my neck out and gone for 1mm thick material, maybe even card for the panel relief but I'm new to it and would have thought it would have been way too flimsy. Fin1s.jpg It's not quite the end result though as I'll be testing a couple of liquids and I'm deliberating the colour of the tank panels. Working off black and white images it just looks dark. Black? Dark Grey? Who knows? Andy, Card might have worked really well but I really like how it has turned out. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted February 11, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2017 The original plan was to stick the track bed directly into the shaped slab of foam and then bond 6 mm ply straight on top having previously constructed the track work It turned out not to be that practical, at 6mm the ply does pick up the undulations in the foam track bed and you cant get the sleeper spacing around joints without the joints being assembled. So the middle board (that's the complicated one with the ordinance store and the sunken siding) had its foam track bed cut away and timber piers erected from the base board. see here.. Lots of fiddling with levels. Think I have it right and the Sticks like sh*t was applied this afternoon. Need to finish the track work and the turnout control. Note access to the tortoise motors is much better with the new stilted track bed construction. Andy 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2017 I was talking to t'other Andy this afternoon and he said the last time he saw this board there was a 'kin great hole in it, I wouldn't say he was that worried... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 12, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2017 We've not had a great deal of success putting trackbeds straight on to foam have we? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tack Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Historic England have been working with the Cannock Chase Through Time Project to use LIDAR aerial survey images to map the camps and other features. https://historicengland.org.uk/research/research-results/recent-research-results/west-midlands/cannock-chase/ The results are interesting as they can strip off most of the vegetation to reveal the ground surface. You may recognise the area shown in the first image in their post! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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