RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted August 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 16, 2020 We will remember them. 1 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Ahh yes as I have said we can remember relatives and their service. One grandfather was regular army RAR, my grandmother was a WAAAF here in Melbourne and that is where they met. My other grandfather was 2nd/27 on Kokoda as a first aider. Interesting they would never meet until my parents got together. Both were in PNG. One a regular army until after I was born in the 1970's The other discharged after 2 years but he never said anything about what happened, to the point he would argue that he was never there, how ever the unit history says he must have been. A Truely terrible experience to be shut out of his memory. Having worked in PNG in 1998 I was mostly in Rabaul, but spent time in both Lae and Port Moresby. One of the project was at the prison at Bomana which is next to the war graves. It is a difficult country to do much in due to the terrain, and weather. The war scars are still very apparent especially in Rabaul tanks etc still easily seen in undergrowth and other impacts. Any how as others have said "least we forget" 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted August 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2020 It's Long Tan anniversary right now isn't it? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 19, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2020 45 minutes ago, M.I.B said: It's Long Tan anniversary right now isn't it? Yesterday. I was going to post something but couldn't while RMweb was down: https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/commemoration/commemoration-days/vietnam-veterans-day Several of my Australian friends served in Vietnam, including some RMwebbers, and I was thinking of them yesterday. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted August 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2020 I served 6 months attached to the Australian Army back in '87. My SSM was a veteran. Some of the RAR and RAA LE officers were also there as Gunners and Diggers. Very humbling to hear their stories. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 19, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, M.I.B said: Very humbling to hear their stories. Indeed. Some of my American colleagues served too of course, including the Navy pilot who spent most of his time getting thoroughly bored on patrols, except for the odd occasion when the SAM went past close enough to read the number on the side (I don't think he was pulling my leg - he wasn't the type for that). Those were the times that he felt he'd actually earned his flying pay... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesterfield Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 14 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Yesterday. I was going to post something but couldn't while RMweb was down: https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/commemoration/commemoration-days/vietnam-veterans-day Several of my Australian friends served in Vietnam, including some RMwebbers, and I was thinking of them yesterday. One story that came out of Long Tan was that officer in charge of the artillery, had served in Korea, - had a "feeling" the night before the battle, and ordered up twice the ordinary supply of the ammunition which arrived shortly before action commenced. and yes some of my mates served there but not at Long Tan 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post St Enodoc Posted August 21, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) Building signals step-by-step, part 1. I started with some single-post single-arm signals as these are much the easiest to build and activate. First, assemble the Ratio post, base and tube but without any of the internal operating gubbins. Cut the arm and spectacle from the Scalelink fret and clean them up. You will need to file off some of the relief detail, depending on whether the arm goes in front of the spectacle or vice versa. The Scalelink instructions tell you which for each style of arm. Here is the Ratio arm and spectacle moulding as supplied. We want to keep the pivot pin so... ...cut away everything else leaving just enough of the moulding to glue the etchings to. Run a no 73/0.6mm drill through the holes on both parts of the etching (and the pivot moulding). Line up the pivot and operating wire holes in the etchings with some of the 0.5mm nickel-silver wire supplied in the Ratio kit then (@Tony Wright, please look away now) superglue the etchings together. Similarly, line up the operating wire holes in the etchings and pivot moulding and superglue them together. It's best to do these last two steps separately as there is no pivot hole in the moulding, which would make lining up the etchings a bit tricky (been there...). Here it all is, ready for painting and assembly before fitting the memory wire actuator. Signals with two arms on one post, or junction signals, are a little more involved as you need to fit two tubes under the signal base, one for each arm. I've never succeeded in fitting more than two activators to a single signal yet so I've stopped trying. Ground discs aren't too bad but a bit more fiddly, partly due to their small size and partly because the Ratio ones as supplied aren't designed to work. More on this another time. In other news, this morning's post brought a delivery from MSE/Wizard that included not only some more DG couplings but also some Springside lamps and a couple of MSE banner repeater kits. Why two? Well, first I'm going to try to modifying the Bachmann model with one of the kits to make it work. If that fails I'll just make a new one using the other MSE kit. If I succeed then I'll keep the second MSE kit for another possible application later. Edited July 17, 2023 by St Enodoc images restored 18 4 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 22, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 22, 2020 Last night I primed the assembled signal arms with grey etch primer. How I miss Railmatch white etch primer! It was good enough not to need a finishing coat for white areas but it isn't available any more. Now I have to start with grey primer, then an overall coat of white (except for the black areas, obviously), as red and yellow paint won't cover properly on the grey. Anyway, that's history. I got all the white done today so tomorrow I might manage the red and yellow but probably not the black. The drying paint left lots of time for other things, so I did a couple of long-standing odd jobs in the railway room. First, I dismantled all the legs from the old St Enodoc layout. That yielded a useful supply of 42mm x 19mm softwood in lengths of between two and four feet, which will come in very handy for joists and risers when I start the branch. After that I turned to the two old St Enodoc station boards. I removed most of the wiring (leaving only the track feeds, which I will unsolder from the droppers another time), the point motors and Masterswitches and the inter-board connectors. I left the uncouplers, as nearly all of them are in the right place, and the current regulators for the signals (ditto). I also removed the old uncoupler control panel and the ex-telephone exchange key switch banks that made up the old lever frame. Overall, a satisfying afternoon's work. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post St Enodoc Posted August 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) Snow in the ranges yesterday but this morning was cloudless, if a little bracing, for our walk. Innisfallen Castle was built during 1903-1905 by Henry Hastings Willis, a former Member and Speaker of the Parliament of New South Wales and is now heritage-listed. Here is it with the sparkling waters of Sugarloaf Bay North Arm in the foreground... ...all of which is only about 5km from the Sydney CBD. At times like this I realise how lucky we are to live in this part of the world. Back to business this afternoon. The approach to St Enodoc Station from Porthmellyn Road needs to be converted from single- to double track so I removed three points from the old board 4 in readiness for this. The one in the extreme lower right corner will be re-used at Polperran as I'm now only going to have one siding here, for the camping coach. The other two points need to move about 90mm to the right of their previous positions. The small round holes are for the point motor operating wires and the small round holes with a slot are for the signals. The slot allows the operating arm with its choc-block connector to pass through the baseboard. The bigger round hole at the top left is where the wires to the uncoupler control panel emerged. I've cut the panel and its mount away too. Finally, the large rectangular gap at the top right is where the old electrical lever frame was. The new Modratec frame will go in roughly the same place. Here's the underside of the old board 4 with only the signal current regulators and uncouplers in place. To round things off, here are the equivalent photos of the other half of St Enodoc station, the old board 5, which doesn't need any track alterations. When they're installed on the new layout these two boards will be joined together permanently. Back to signal painting later. Edited July 17, 2023 by St Enodoc images restored 19 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2020 Bracing! Pah! Yesterday due to it chuckinitdarn (spasmodically) and lack of light we abandoned our game at 7:25pm as a fielder was hit by a ball ( could see it just but ...) it was about 15C.. High Summer? Yeh right! as the TUI used to say! Good work on the baseboards.. won't be long before you can get the rest of the layout started! Baz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2020 32 minutes ago, Barry O said: Bracing! Pah! Yesterday due to it chuckinitdarn (spasmodically) and lack of light we abandoned our game at 7:25pm as a fielder was hit by a ball ( could see it just but ...) it was about 15C.. High Summer? Yeh right! as the TUI used to say! Good work on the baseboards.. won't be long before you can get the rest of the layout started! Baz Thanks Baz. Yes, I'll get the Porthmellyn Road signals done then I will start the branch. The L-girder frame for Polperran (the third fiddle yard) and St Enodoc will be the next bits of woodwork. The two St Enodoc boards will sit on top of that. Then I might build some more trolleys and magazine shelves to clear a bit of floor space. That sounds dangerously like a plan doesn't it? 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2020 4 hours ago, St Enodoc said: The one in the extreme lower right corner will be re-used at Polperran as I'm now only going to have one siding here, for the camping coach. Silly me. No it won't. It will, of course, go to Wheal Veronica to form the two sidings at the china-clay dries - one for fulls and one for empties, just as we're emulating now with the two Chapel Sidings. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) I've finished painting the first batch of signal arms. We have: - a 4ft fixed distant arm (with no spectacle plate) - a 3ft arm which I made up and primed before realising I didn't need it for the first batch - four standard 4ft stop arms - a 3ft goods arm (with the ring) - a 4ft worked distant arm. The fixed distant will go on the same post as one of the stop arms to form the Porthmellyn Road Down Branch Advanced Starter (9) with St Enodoc Down Distant below it. Adding stripes is next. I use short strips cut from waterslide transfers for this, as that makes it much easier to get a nice straight stripe. I've never done the stripes on a distant arm before, so I'll need to work out the best way to cut and fit them. Edited July 17, 2023 by St Enodoc images restored 15 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted August 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) I hope you’ve got a lamp case with a yellow lens for the fixed distant. :-) Paul. P.S. I like the multi coloured signal posts. Edited August 26, 2020 by 5BarVT Added P.S. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, 5BarVT said: I hope you’ve got a lamp case with a yellow lens for the fixed distant. :-) Of course! 1 hour ago, 5BarVT said: P.S. I like the multi coloured signal posts. Yes, makes them very easy to spot. I wonder whether they're a bit on the short side though. Just painted the lamps on the real posts because I forgot last night while I had the black paint tin open. 2 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2020 6 hours ago, St Enodoc said: I've finished painting the first batch of signal arms. We have: - a 4ft fixed distant arm (with no spectacle plate) - a 3ft arm which I made up and primed before realising I didn't need it for the first batch - four standard 4ft stop arms - a 3ft goods arm (with the ring) - a 4ft worked distant arm. The fixed distant will go on the same post as one of the stop arms to form the Porthmellyn Road Down Branch Advanced Starter (9) with St Enodoc Down Distant below it. Adding stripes is next. I use short strips cut from waterslide transfers for this, as that makes it much easier to get a nice straight stripe. I've never done the stripes on a distant arm before, so I'll need to work out the best way to cut and fit them. I do like the multi-coloured signal post, very trendy. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I'm halfway through reading the new book - 'GWR Signalling Practice' - a very thorough coverage of the subject and related items. It's nice to find out how everything fits together and how it works. Then, of course, reading this thread, I can see how master modellers recreate it all in miniature. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted August 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: I do like the multi-coloured signal post, very trendy. It was done for the Pope’s visit. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Nick Gough said: I'm halfway through reading the new book - 'GWR Signalling Practice' - a very thorough coverage of the subject and related items. It's nice to find out how everything fits together and how it works. Then, of course, reading this thread, I can see how master modellers recreate it all in miniature. Thanks Nick, but I'm not a master modeller (and certainly not of signals). If you want to see a real master signal modeller's work go here: 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) Especially for Paul @5BarVT: By the way, the pivot on the left of the post should also be black but I found in the past that, because it is rather overscale, it is better to leave it white as it doesn't stand out so much. Both lamps, of course, are dummies. Edited July 17, 2023 by St Enodoc images restored 17 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 29, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2020 I've done all the black striping on the eight arms I made up before. That was easy enough for the stop arms - a strip of transfer 2mm wide for the 3ft arms and 3mm wide for the 4ft arms. For the distants I used the actual fishtail on the etching as a cutting guide, which made things much easier than I had expected. The stripes were fitted using Micro Set, water, more Micro Set and Micro Sol in that order then I left them to dry/harden overnight. White stripes are next. These are all straight so shouldn't take too long. After that I can start assembling the signals. No photos of this stage coz I forgot. 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted August 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2020 Photos next time please so as I can give you “craftsmanship” gizmo. Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 29, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2020 15 minutes ago, 5BarVT said: Photos next time please so as I can give you “craftsmanship” gizmo. Paul. Possibly tomorrow, Paul. I'm letting the white stripes harden off overnight, then I can trim them and seal the whole lot with matt varnish. Watch this space. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post St Enodoc Posted August 30, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) On 29/08/2020 at 23:04, 5BarVT said: Photos next time please so as I can give you “craftsmanship” gizmo. Paul. Here you are: Not varnished yet, just trimmed and the paint touched up slightly where needed. Excuse the stray hair on top of the washing machine! Edited July 17, 2023 by St Enodoc images restored 14 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now