RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 12, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2020 New today 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted August 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: More like a moorhen in a stagnant pond. Well that is how I felt at times. did you know all moorhens are called Gordon? PS sorry about the intro! https://youtu.be/LTKORcr1jhY 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 59 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said: did you know all moorhens are called Gordon? PS sorry about the intro! https://youtu.be/LTKORcr1jhY And all mongoose are called Edward. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) Also New Today... Despite the heat (32C, or a smidge under 90 in old money, much hotter than that in the shed) and a quite dreadful attack of Le Chien Noir A tantalising glimpse of progress on The Big Rebuild... head of steel is complete all the way to the station throat on the top deck, and I successfully ran a test train on the lower deck to test the automatic reversing loop worked. It did, faultlessly. Large cheers to Coastal DCC who supplied a Digitrax AR1 in less than 24 hours from ordering to installing. Watching a sound equipped loco traverse a return loop with no hesitation, and no button poking or switch nurdling was a joy. Here's the magic box. and here's the test train sitting on the 1 in 50 grade just where the power district currently ends. Lots to do - tomorrow I shall be setting out the upper deck with the Big Terminus. Lots of sawing and Peco point bending involved... Edited August 12, 2020 by Dr Gerbil-Fritters 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: Despite the heat (32C, or a smidge under 90 in old money, Oh how you English make me larf!! Mike. 2 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 14 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Oh how you English make me larf!! Mike. Hi Mike, Not half as funny as engineers like me, 305.15K. Do it properly or get laughed at, either way I win ! Gibbo. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 12, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: Also New Today... Despite the heat (32C, or a smidge under 90 in old money, much hotter than that in the shed) and a quite dreadful attack of Le Chien Noir A tantalising glimpse of progress on The Big Rebuild... head of steel is complete all the way to the station throat on the top deck, and I successfully ran a test train on the lower deck to test the automatic reversing loop worked. It did, faultlessly. Large cheers to Coastal DCC who supplied a Digitrax AR1 in less than 24 hours from ordering to installing. Watching a sound equipped loco traverse a return loop with no hesitation, and no button poking or switch nurdling was a joy. and here's the test train sitting on the 1 in 50 grade just where the power district currently ends. Lots to do - tomorrow I shall be setting out the upper deck with the Big Terminus. Lots of sawing and Peco point bending involved... Hi Doc Good on ya, getting some modelling done, yes getting the railway working is modelling. One question the the last wagon in the train is that your Bell end? 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Fox 34F Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 If you think Clive’s comment might be lurid, double check the name board on the Signalbox adjacent the NLR viaduct on Gresley Beat. Paul 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 12, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2020 It wasn't my joke. Mr Dagworth done the same thing on a recent operating session, placed a Bell container on the last freightliner wagon. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 3 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: It wasn't my joke. Mr Dagworth done the same thing on a recent operating session, placed a Bell container on the last freightliner wagon. When I were nobbut a lad at Derby Carriage Works, they were building Bell containers (and ships' anchors, too). As trainees were were each obliged to go inside one which would then be closed up so that "you can make sure it's airtight by checking no light gets in". Of course, we were stuck there for about an hour while everyone else went off for their snap. 1 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 8 hours ago, St Enodoc said: When I were nobbut a lad at Derby Carriage Works, they were building Bell containers (and ships' anchors, too). As trainees were were each obliged to go inside one which would then be closed up so that "you can make sure it's airtight by checking no light gets in". Of course, we were stuck there for about an hour while everyone else went off for their snap. Who let him out of the box? Yesterday saw the delivery of some stuff I won on the Vectis auction. I won four lots, every other time I have been on there I have won nothing. "Ouch" went my credit card. The first two lots were for Mk1 coaches, a few Lima but the rest the improved Tri-ang coaches where Hornby gave them a good paint finish, improved roofs, and flush glazing, just over 30 coaches in total. I have some plans. The next lot was two class 110 DMUs. Like a GWR modeller with his Panniers, a 60s model can never have enough DMUs. I am thinking to keep one as a 110 and the other to be modified to another 104. Both seem to run well, I just need to rewheel the trailer cars. The last lot was a right mix, a slightly battered Clan, an almost as battered Caprotti Standard Five and a LNER livery D20. The Clan, DJH kit, it is missing a few little bits and a smoke deflector with name plate. The ladder on the tender is held in place with blue tack. It runs nicely. The D20, GEM kit, works lovely. It has some superficial damage. Not sure what to do with it as I have already become fond of it, a bit like the mongrel stray you take in until someone collects it. The Caprotti Five, DJH kit, has some repairable damage. This is the loco I was most looking forward to getting. It couldn't even pull its tender to start with. I sorted that out and it started to run OK, it is one of those locos that works with the body off but throws a tantrum when fully dressed. I won in the end. I gave it a train to pull, it was not happy. Only white metal locos can pull a full length train so I have been told. And I did tell it that, no it would not listen. 6 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 Forgot to add a tune 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted August 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: It wasn't my joke. Mr Dagworth done the same thing on a recent operating session, placed a Bell container on the last freightliner wagon. I can't take credit for it either, it was @Taigatrommel's idea Andi Edited August 13, 2020 by Dagworth 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Sounds like clive has some more victims for cutting and shutting. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 36 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said: Sounds like clive has some more victims for cutting and shutting. Hi Simon, Clive has the same problem I suffer in that the next project is always far more interesting than what I'm already on with, which in turn was more interesting than the one that proceed it also. Gibbo. 2 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 I have similar problems when i get motivated 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 I have similar problems when i get motivated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Dagworth said: I can't take credit of it either, it was @Taigatrommel's idea Andi I thought as much. Nice video Andi. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 7 hours ago, Dagworth said: I can't take credit for it either, it was @Taigatrommel's idea Andi I can see a pattern of out-and-out denial developing here. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 24 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: I can see a pattern of out-and-out denial developing here. If you were to know Taigatrommel he is properly very proud to have thought of it. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 Just now, Clive Mortimore said: If you were to know Taigatrommel he is properly very proud to have thought of it. I don't, or at least not by that name, but that's good to hear! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted August 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 8 hours ago, Dagworth said: Those are some of the best transition curves I have ever seen on a OO layout. 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Northmoor said: Those are some of the best transition curves I have ever seen on a OO layout. I was once asked, by someone who should have known better, "You model in 00 don't you? Why are you using transition curves?". 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2020 No modelling or running tonight, but here is a nice little ditty 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted August 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Northmoor said: Those are some of the best transition curves I have ever seen on a OO layout. Thank you, lots more of the layout here at RMweb members day at Ricoh in September 2014 and there is a thread about the layout here rather than detail Clive’s layout thread Andi 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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