coachmann Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 Are you brave or foolhardy Larry attempting those chimney's is very must a 'dark sooty art'.... I always look at the waiting room chimney stack when I pass, if there's smoke coming out of it I know trains have been running that day .... it's that or they have elected a new Pope Foolhardy is probably the word. Eight days work and a whole day spent on one chimney! I feel a change of direction coming on... 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Foolhardy is probably the word. Eight days work and a whole day spent on one chimney! I feel a change of direction coming on... Well, Larry, you could always build some Sidelines bogies! Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedman Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 If it was easy it wouldn't be a challenge! You only have to build it once, then you can take pleasure in it for ages. I wish I had the skill, patience and steady hand to do something like that. Keep up the good work. Magnificent! Trevor 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) Foolhardy is probably the word. Eight days work and a whole day spent on one chimney! I feel a change of direction coming on... WEB Station up 21E.jpg OH NO, Its going to be LIVE STEAM around the Garden Edited February 9, 2018 by Andrew P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Foolhardy is probably the word. Eight days work and a whole day spent on one chimney! I feel a change of direction coming on... WEB Station up 21E.jpg Seriously good work Coach, stunning in fact, had you thought about getting some mass produced? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 Seriously good work Coach, stunning in fact, had you thought about getting some mass produced? Who for? If anyone wants chimneys like that, let the build 'em ... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) If it was easy it wouldn't be a challenge! You only have to build it once, then you can take pleasure in it for ages. I wish I had the skill, patience and steady hand to do something like that. Keep up the good work. Magnificent! Trevor Carrog was built because it had to be. Building buildings is not a pleasurable hobby to me, which is why I am getting them out of the way right at the start. The only challenge was not to jump on it. Edited February 9, 2018 by coachmann 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Carrog was built because it had to be. It wasn't a pleasure and the only challenge was not to jump on it. Cor blimey Guv ! D.I.Sgruntalled Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted February 9, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2018 Another day = another chimney... It is a good few bricks short of a full size Carrog but I didn't want it sticking up like a sore thumb just waiting to be caught on a sleeve.... 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Definitely worth the time and effort. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted February 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2018 There is more time and effort gone into those chimneys than many of us spend at the modelling bench all year! Cracking stuff, Coachmann, and keep up the good work. Now.....about that other shed? Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) There is more time and effort gone into those chimneys than many of us spend at the modelling bench all year! Cracking stuff, Coachmann, and keep up the good work. Now.....about that other shed? Regards Ian Cast square design chimneys have been ordered tonight. Other shed? Ah, I presume you mean the corrugated tin shelter? I have materials for that. The Down waiting shelter will follow in due course too, and the road over bridge... Edited February 9, 2018 by coachmann 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Carrog was built because it had to be. Building buildings is not a pleasurable hobby to me, which is why I am getting them out of the way right at the start. The only challenge was not to jump on it. I thought I was alone in feeling that way about buildings. I can see them, appreciate them, think they would make a great model and then - "Oh look a wagon kit!" Keep posting please, if only to push me on as I am starting my new project by doing the main buildings. Thanks John 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 Done! The final chimney was built today. Corners were filed square then a fine three-corner file continued the missing cement courses... Support were added below the upper storey bay window and support arms to the canopy... Ready for spraying with Halfords grey plastic primer... Drainpipes added from Plastuct tubing.... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
380John Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Fantastic work there coach. Amazing the sense of presence the building carries in O gauge. It gives a feeling of strength and solidness (is that a word?!) to look at. Almost an imposing feel. Like it a lot. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Stunning Larry, thanks for keeping the pics coming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) " Begin at the beginning and go on till you some to the end : then stop". Lewis Carroll. So with the garden wall done, I did! I hope this helps other modellers who want things. Make a start and eventually you will have what you wanted. This took me 11 days......I didn't enjoy making it but I'm glad I built it! Working with Wills random stone, find the 'repeat' and cut the rounded edges off before making the join.... If done to scale, the garden wall would be around 14 inches long in 7mm scale but, as in 4mm, I needed to shorten it to fit in with a shortened platform. So it is just over 8 inches... The heritage door is marked "Private", but it may originally have been a Gents toilet. That is what I have built anyway. I may yet remove part of the roof for ventilation.... The real Carrog will accommodate 6 Mk.I coaches from ramp top to ramp top. My 4mm version was built to take 5 and the 7mm version will be built to take 4 coaches... The whole structure is 23½ inches in length.... Edited February 11, 2018 by coachmann 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted February 12, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) I have no idea what detail lies behind the garden wall and he present day building has a lean-too extension which wasn't there in steam days, or if it was, it wasn't visible. Seeing as we look down on our models, I had to make a lean-too last night. It is much lower to hide it behind the wall and it will be painted to look like a pre-war glazed wooden structure. It remains a separate item for now. The false roof is made from thick transparent material and all the glazing bars will be painted on later... Temporarily in place. The drainpipe is in its original position whereas it was moved to the end of the building in heritage days, probably to clear the modern lean-too.... Sprayed in Halfords grey Plastic Primer.... Carrog circa 1910.... The end..... Edited February 12, 2018 by coachmann 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted February 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2018 Very interesting looking at the 1910 photo... The lamp posts look very short judging by the woman walking along the platform. Or perhaps it's not so surprising considering how much shorter people were in general then than now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) Very interesting looking at the 1910 photo... The lamp posts look very short judging by the woman walking along the platform. Or perhaps it's not so surprising considering how much shorter people were in general then than now. Lamp posts are 9 feet high. They look slightly taller in some places today because H&S legislates that platform surfaces now have to slope away from the platform edge instead of towards it, and this led to some lamp post bases being left high and dry. Today, the building was sprayed in its basic colours of sandstone and roof slate... Edited February 12, 2018 by coachmann 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 That looks superb! I’m glad you chose to go down the 7mm route 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I stopped off at Dapol’s shop in Chirk today but managed not to spend anything. They had no 16 ton mineral wagons. I saw the Jinty and Panniers in the flesh and rather like them but as I already have two panniers and one Jinty, not to mention not much ready cash at the moment, i passed up the opportunity. Lunch at Rhug instead. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGH Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 The first loco for the new layout - a Minerva Pannier - has been fitted for DCC Sound. Minerva will supply this loco ready fitted with DCC Sound for a very reasonable sum, but this was not taken advantage of because Larry already had a suitable spare Zimo decoder and also he wanted to try the Zimo twin speaker. The decoder was to be hard wired direct to the motor and pickups and it was determined that it would fit under the existing pcb platform with a little modification. After temporarily shielding all the chassis apart from the part to be removed in polythene film and tape, the section of metal between the two pcb platform support posts was removed with a cutting disc. This allowed the decoder to fit between the posts and below the platform, where it was secured with double sided adhesive foam tape. The platform was replaced minus the pcb clips and turned through 180 degrees, then the speaker was secured to it with more adhesive foam tape. The wires between the motor and the decoder appear to be close to the flywheel in this view but they are positioned as far as possible from the centreline and are well away from the flywheel. Two 1800Uf capacitors were fitted in the pannier tank and connected via a two pin plug. Ready for action - well, after adjusting CVs, fitting plates, weathering, etc, etc ! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 I stopped off at Dapol’s shop in Chirk today but managed not to spend anything. They had no 16 ton mineral wagons. I saw the Jinty and Panniers in the flesh and rather like them but as I already have two panniers and one Jinty, not to mention not much ready cash at the moment, i passed up the opportunity. Lunch at Rhug instead. Paul Saving your pennies for the Heljan Large Prairie I expect Paul. This and the 43XX are locos I am looking forward to running. PGH phoned this evening to say I now have a chugging Minerva Pannier. I have been happy with YouChoos Flame 12 cube speakers so far, but a Zimo double speaker is being tried out in the Pannier. It will be running on a colliery layout until I build a layout of my own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Our posts crossed in the post Philip. Thanks; I made the right move going 0 gauge, as that Minerva Pannier looks superb even without any of the parts in the detail pack. As usual, you made a very tidy job of installing the sound parts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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