Al. Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, TEAMYAKIMA said: 'Secret loco projects' - did I say that out loud? Oops .... have let the cat out of the bag! Yes, I want to give my layout more of a 'wow' factor and have locos that are not straight out of the Bachmann catalogue, so I am working with Peter on two projects. I'm not saying what they are yet, but let me give you an idea. This is a project we looked at, but it needed too much work to be attempted at the moment. ROCO make an HO USA S160 2-8-0 ROCO have done various European versions ROCO were originally floating a Chinese version - known as the KD6 class - but they never went ahead as there were too few pre-orders When we looked into Peter doing a 'one-off' we discovered it needed a new cab which was a bridge too far at this stage - but maybe one day! Paul, I could have a go at 3D CADing the new cab if you have drawings or photos for reference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 37 minutes ago, steve45 said: Could you make an insurance claim against the supplier/carrier - it maybe too late now? I regret it's too late now and TBH I was at fault in so far as some of the internal packing inside the model box was missing in both cases. There were 6/7 locos in the box all together. All the locos with all the internal packing survived intact. The two with a vital piece missing didn't. All I can say is that I have learnt my lesson. TBH I was so depressed when I realised that I was in part at least to blame because I had lost part of the packaging that I just couldn't face even looking at the two broken ones until yesterday. Hey Hoy! ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 29 minutes ago, Al. said: Paul, I could have a go at 3D CADing the new cab if you have drawings or photos for reference. Al Thanks for the offer, but that project is well off in the distance. We have two smashed up Bachmann QJs to deal with first and then the two 'secret' projects and several other sound/lights issues to deal with, but thanks and I'll get back to you as/when the KD6 project is on the horizon. Paul 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 For the last four months I have been furloughed from work - and done absolutely no modelling and no work on the layout. On Tuesday I went back to work - yesterday on my day off, I spent six hours working on the layout. Go figure!! 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2020 33 minutes ago, TEAMYAKIMA said: For the last four months I have been furloughed from work - and done absolutely no modelling and no work on the layout. On Tuesday I went back to work - yesterday on my day off, I spent six hours working on the layout. Go figure!! Mojo? Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) We had a team meeting in Central London yesterday and souvenir mugs were duly delivered to those present. Edited October 24, 2020 by TEAMYAKIMA 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) Can you detect the subtle difference in this version taken a few minutes later.... and it's not photoshopped! Edited October 24, 2020 by TEAMYAKIMA 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 You are wearing masks? Bill 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 12 hours ago, TEAMYAKIMA said: Can you detect the subtle difference in this version taken a few minutes later.... and it's not photoshopped! Congratulations on your promotion. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2020 5 of you, that was close! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: 5 of you, that was close! Mike. 4 of us Photo was taken by an attractive blonde on the next table, Edited October 25, 2020 by TEAMYAKIMA 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, TEAMYAKIMA said: 4 of us! Photo was taken by an attractive blonde on the next table, You smoothie you! Must have been the mugs what did it! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
croydon junction Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 out of interest have their trains come out of lockdown yet? And have they started building a high speed railway in the area yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve W Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: You smoothie you! Must have been the mugs what did it! Mike. Paul' s always had a way .... Steve W 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) On 25/10/2020 at 12:50, steve W said: Paul' s always had a way .... Steve W Hello Steve, I don't know why you say that, but I must admit that I am trying to recruit Ruth to the operating team .... Edited October 28, 2020 by TEAMYAKIMA 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) As I have said before, I have done no modelling/layout building since early May, but that doesn't mean that I have been idle. I have been converting my garage into a proper storage area fit for BEIJIAO. I always stored the FY boards in the garage, but now I needed to store the scenic boards there as well. When we bought the house two years ago the garage had an asbestos roof which had some minor leaks. It now has a new steel roof and insulated ceiling - all done professionally and costing a small fortune So I decided to insulate the garage myself to save money. This was the garage a few months back - it wasn't usually quite this untidy, but I had been looking for something! So, having sought advice from a fellow member of Twickenham MRC, I started to insulate the garage. I had kept bits and pieces of insulation and plasterboard from the professional job I had done on my shed - RESULT! There were also bits left over from the new insulated ceiling in the garage - RESULT! Finally a friend said that he had some insulation left over from when he insulated his own shed - RESULT! As a consequence, the whole insulation job on the garage cost just over £100 - RESULT!!!!!! This is what the garage looks like today ... Edited October 29, 2020 by TEAMYAKIMA 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted October 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2020 Excellent, now get the car in!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 hours ago, ColinK said: Excellent, now get the car in!!! Everybody knows the worst thing you can possibly do to a car is put it in a garage! Mike. 2 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 When we finally get back onto the exhibition circuit, communication between operators will be crucial. With so many layouts having sound these days, exhibition venues can be very noisy and so I think I may have found the solution. 3 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted November 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2020 According to my Google Translate phone App, these are hand instructions for crane operation, approximate distance, stop, raise lower, raise fast and lower fast. Could easily be adapted for fiddle yard operations though, and a nice talking point. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveNCB7754 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 On 29/10/2020 at 08:34, TEAMYAKIMA said: It now has a new steel roof and insulated ceiling - all done professionally and costing a small fortune Very nice indeed, but I have a question. That is a very shallow-pitched roof, so how is the corrugated join sealed under the ridge pieces (especially considering you have now insulated the underside)? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, steveNCB7754 said: Very nice indeed, but I have a question. That is a very shallow-pitched roof, so how is the corrugated join sealed under the ridge pieces (especially considering you have now insulated the underside)? TBH I have no idea - I just let them get on with it. Do you think there might be a problem? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveNCB7754 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 On 06/11/2020 at 17:11, TEAMYAKIMA said: TBH I have no idea - I just let them get on with it. Do you think there might be a problem? Well, it depends how it was done. I have no experience of the specific (coated?) steel corrugated profile they used in your case, but I do have experience of designing/putting up 'Big 6' corrugated cement/fibre roofing, in an agricultural setting. In that case, the roof pitches are steeper than yours, but even there, the 'Crown Pieces' (corrugated ridge sections) interlock with the roof sheet corrugations and there is a mastic seal laid between them (and between adjacent roof sheets). Without it, the wind may blow rain water back up under the sheets and thus into the building. Yours has a flat ridge profile (over the corrugations), so did they use some sort of moulded profile (which we cannot see) between the roof sheets and the ridge pieces? Otherwise, with such a low-pitched roof as yours, water could very easily be blown back up the roof and enter via the ridge (which you have now insulated the underside of). 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEAMYAKIMA Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 With the layout's scenic boards out of my shed and safely stored in my garage I can get on with sorting my shed. Previously my shed was a mash up between a workshop and a man cave, but I absolutely hate the term 'man cave' and prefer the rather pretentious expression, 'museum of my life'. So I had to decide : workshop or man cave? I chose man cave museum of my life. At one end of the shed I had some recycled kitchen cabinets which housed all sorts of 'bits' .... So, that had to go and this is what's replaced it - BTW an individual showcase is on it's way for the Gauge 1 QJ 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted November 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2020 Excellent - I really like the museum of life, gives me a reason to put my first loco project, an ancient Hornby 37 in my showcase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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