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American O Scale: "Portway Terminal Short Line, MN".


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1 hour ago, F-UnitMad said:

Nothing ventured, nothing gained; I have ordered 3 sheets of this:- ('fine' grade)

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/556814094/aluminium-modelling-mesh-fine-medium-and?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=aluminium+mesh+fine&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1&bes=1

Although it says £1.99 per sheet, they do an option of 3 sheets for £3.89*, plus P&P, which was 90p.

Each sheet is 25 x 20cm, I will report back when it arrives.

Anyone any experience of soldering aluminium to brass? :scratchhead: :dontknow:

 

* Edit: In comparison, Ebay prices seem to be either almost a Fiver for just one sheet of similar size, or £12 - £20 for a roll 50cm wide by 3 metres long. I don't need anywhere near that much!!!

I think it will have to be glue.

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4 minutes ago, Northroader said:

It just won’t “take” solder.

Yes, I got the gist of that, as I knew that welding it is a dark art in itself.

 

Superglue it will have to be, then. At least it's only decorative. He says, until he forgets to open the gates before shoving a train through... :rolleyes: :banghead:  :shout:

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16 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

unless a mechanism could be built under the board that maybe raised a post in the track under the car truck to hold it - that would be good!!

Just a cheap plastic worm driving a gear. Drill a hole near the edge of the gear and pop a small screw in with a brass wire bent with a ‘coat hanger’ at the bottom so the gear acts as a cam?


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1 hour ago, Northroader said:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/728920213839816/

 

sorry, you’ll have to scroll down a bit to get to a working gate very like yours. I see he’s limited the mesh  to the gate only, and kept the surrounding fencing simple material.

That's a private group.

 

Alternatively, Thomas Klimoski's solution on his Georgia Northeastern.

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On 11/01/2021 at 13:50, F-UnitMad said:

...used some small ratchet wheels on the fascia to represent setting brake wheels on cars. I did think that was going slightly too far...

 

I think a man of your talents should be able to knock up actual working brakes in o scale...

 

Then you wouldn't need pretend brake wheels on the fascia.

 

:D

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1 hour ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said:

 

I think a man of your talents should be able to knock up actual working brakes in o scale...

 

Then you wouldn't need pretend brake wheels on the fascia.

 

:D

I'll take that as a compliment..!! I think.... :blush:

 

Anyway all the gate frames have been made...

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Due to the tight space by the Chemicals warehouse I've gone for one wide gate instead of two narrower ones. The train conductor will be cursing me every time he has to open it. :mosking:

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On 12/01/2021 at 21:52, F-UnitMad said:

Anyway all the gate frames have been made...

 

You could stop there and still find a prototype to back you up - reminds me of this photo I took a while back:

 

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In other news... the aluminium mesh arrived today.

This is listed as 'fine'.

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It's a touch on the 'large & coarse' side, as alluded to by someone earlier.

I've tried it on the gates, and I think it'll do for my purposes. It certainly wouldn't suit HO.

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With painting & weathering I think it'll be fine. Now to make the rest of the fences!! 

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4 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

a touch on the 'large & coarse' side,

But so is the wire itself so a larger mesh, of around 5”? , probably will look just right when toned down as you’ll see through it about the same ;) 

 

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If the holes are too small to get a 1:48 boot in it will stop you figures climbing over. Looks pretty good to me. If it was scale size it would probably be rather weak to handle.

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2 hours ago, JAMO said:

For my fences, I've bought tulle roll in light gray for wedding decorations

Yes I've seen tulle recommended, especially for HO, and did look for it on Ebay. My concern there was the mesh might be too fine for O scale - similar to the aluminium mesh, no one seems to list what size the actual holes are!!  :rolleyes:

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2 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

... stop sniggering at the back!!

 

17 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said:

Instructions repeated.

Not fair, you have never allowed me to join either the back row of class or the queue outside :o .

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On 15/01/2021 at 18:50, F-UnitMad said:

Modelling in S7 disqualifies candidates by default.

Jordan, please report yourself to the Moderators for discrimination of the "Carry On" kind.... 

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