RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 I like your personalised car number plate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I like your personalised car number plate. Great Number plate Larry, mines R50ATP, but prefer the Vanquish, love that Blue. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 Mind what you say or Coach'll be ripping up Carrog (as if that hasn't happened once or twice already) and replacing it with something pre-Grouping Caledonian! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 A slight break in this thread. Good friends were here for the day and so we sat around while trains went around. The more I looked out the window at the big Vanquish, the more I disliked my car! WEB Aston 3.jpg Quite appropriate shot considering it is Le Mans this weekend!!! Come on Aston!!!! C. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted June 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2018 No good me having a car like that, I wouldn't be able to get out of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 No good me having a car like that, I wouldn't be able to get out of it. Hhaha, I'm the same these days with the duff Hips and Knees. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted June 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2018 Hhaha, I'm the same these days with the duff Hips and Knees. I have a chronic back problem, a prolapsed and torn disk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 (edited) I like your personalised car number plate. Even our street name carries my initials... Mind what you say or Coach'll be ripping up Carrog (as if that hasn't happened once or twice already) and replacing it with something pre-Grouping Caledonian! And I could too, but I will only build models of things I saw, as there is no nostalgia in anything outside my own experiences. No good me having a car like that, I wouldn't be able to get out of it. Life can be cruel... Edited June 15, 2018 by coachmann 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 A slight break in this thread. Good friends were here for the day and so we sat around while trains went around. The more I looked out the window at the big Vanquish, the more I disliked my car! WEB Aston 3.jpg If I had an Aston Martin like that I'd be frightened to take it on the road .....imagine parking that at Aldi ...you'd have a nervous break down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Is there any truth in th erumor that James Bond (007) has a new vehicle from 'Q'? A Ford Kuga??? Or a souped up Mondeo with Passenger Ejector seat, etc????? (I had noticed the 'new' Ford grille bore some resemblance to that used on 007's former conveyance..... ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ray H Posted June 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2018 If I had an Aston Martin like that I'd be frightened to take it on the road .....imagine parking that at Aldi ...you'd have a nervous break down Isn't that covered in your break down policy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
medium61 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 If I had an Aston Martin like that I'd be frightened to take it on the road .....imagine parking that at Aldi ...you'd have a nervous break down I did park this Aston in an ALDI car park, and was surrounded by eager admirers. However, no damage, just great respect. The ALDI concerned was in Southern Ireland, surrounded by happy people.... Andy 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2018 I did park this Aston in an ALDI car park, and was surrounded by eager admirers. However, no damage, just great respect. The ALDI concerned was in Southern Ireland, surrounded by happy people.... Andy A good friend has a Tesla S. He says it's very convenient when he visits McDonald's, as the parking spaces reserved for electric vehicles are right next to the entrance door. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 There was a chap driving an old Jaguar XJ Sport yesterday at our local Aldi. I've never seen such a long slender saloon car, it was like a silver missile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 I'm afraid Aston is being bitten by LeMans this year!! The Am Aston has just been binned at Porsche curves and may well be out and the two Pro cars are still running but well down. These cars now have Merc V8 engines in them! What is the world coming to?! Right, I'll get my coat and stop mucking up Larry's thread! C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 Simple mechanics and no electrics.......It took ¾ hour to install three Mercontrol wires and levers....Job done..... Initially I had my doubts when I saw the plastic tubing (I had used brass tubing in 1963), but nailed down every 1½ inches or so, it worked well...... I was even more surprised it worked on the point in the siding. Peco track nails used both sides of the tubing... 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Note the Kadee magnet I didn't at first, but I suppose that is the general idea! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Some wonderful scenes there Larry ....layout is really looking good and with great atmosphere to boot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Basic's this afternoon after doing a spot of shunting. The guards vans were given extra weight using whitemetal corridor connection bases. This was preferable to retarding the axles with bits of sponge. Two of the same type of castings were also glued to the bottom of mineral wagons and covered with a false bottom. Weighting all of the lightweight plastic RTR wagons has worked wonders on several fronts..... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted June 20, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) Ooh look, a first glimpse of a 47XX on the Llangollen line! It is almost straight out of the box except I promptly replaced the LNER-esk pony truck wheels with ones with a smaller boss. They'll do for't time being. The nearest track has only just been laid and hasn't even had time to go rusty........ Edited June 20, 2018 by coachmann 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted June 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 20, 2018 Ooh look, a first glimpse of a 47XX on the Llangollen line! It is almost straight out of the box except I promptly replaced the LNER-esk pony truck wheels with ones with a smaller boss. They'll do for't time being. The nearest track has only just been laid and hasn't even had time to go rusty........ WEB 47XX 1.jpg Looks good, Coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted June 20, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2018 Simple touches that make a lot of difference.... The wheel tyres and axles were painted satin black and I found a better pair of pony wheels. For some reason, the Tender didn't come with an NEM socket. So I put a No.17 Kadee coupling in a spare socket and drilled it out to clear an 8BA screw. Then the socket was screwed to the 'box' on the underside of the Tender together with a 20 thou spacer. It couples and uncouples, but if it works loose it will get a touch of Loctite. The loco isn't DCC yet. Engraved plates for 4706 are on order. Incidentally, it was a surprise gift and a very welcome one at that. Going off the locos weight, I can well imagine Heljan handing China a finished ten-ton Cotswold whitemetal 4700 along with the instruction to 'copy that!'. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard.h Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 The whole of the scenic section is now laid with Peco bullhead after the final bit was converted from Code 83 this morning. The Code 83 point wasn't strictly necessary in the end and seeing as a very short section of plain connecting track was giving a bumpy ride due to non-compatability of rail sections and other things, I decided to eliminate the problem once and for all. Peco bullhead points have been the icing on the cake of course, not only because of compatibility and appearance, but because the new frog arrangement does away with the need for insulated rail joiners. Thank goodness for this because they barely hold rail ends in line and easily come unattached. For experienced workers, the bullhead system will provide few problems, but those people used to Code 100 might find it too fragile. It lacks the lateral strength of flat bottom rail due to having no web on the bottom. Soldered construction is fine, but its fragility shows up when plastic chairs barely hold it. That's a relief, I have recently been laying a new section using bullhead rail, (with stronger glasses for fitting the rail joiners) and it's quite a delicate job. My first point is in the post and it made me wonder how I was going to secure it with insulated rail joiners, now I know that they are not necessary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 These rail joiners can be a pain. In Gauge O there is a lot of talk of Peco and C&L rails having the same profile and track height. The latter is true, but try pushing an SL10 fishplate on the C&L rails! Yes, it can be done but it ain't easy. To make things worse I have a spares box of rail joiners from years ago and some are American HO (Micro Engineering) which are different from the OO gauge rail joiners from Peco. As to the insulated joiners, they can be a pain, slipping under the rail when you are not looking. Fot these reasons I am somewhat not looking forward to track laying in the scenic sections to come. But at least I can practice on the hidden tracks. That 47xx looks very nice, Larry. Is it me or is "Night Owl" a post Beeching nick name? When we were young we were lucky to see one before bed time so had no need for a nick name. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2018 These rail joiners can be a pain. In Gauge O there is a lot of talk of Peco and C&L rails having the same profile and track height. The latter is true, but try pushing an SL10 fishplate on the C&L rails! Yes, it can be done but it ain't easy. To make things worse I have a spares box of rail joiners from years ago and some are American HO (Micro Engineering) which are different from the OO gauge rail joiners from Peco. As to the insulated joiners, they can be a pain, slipping under the rail when you are not looking. Fot these reasons I am somewhat not looking forward to track laying in the scenic sections to come. But at least I can practice on the hidden tracks. That 47xx looks very nice, Larry. Is it me or is "Night Owl" a post Beeching nick name? When we were young we were lucky to see one before bed time so had no need for a nick name. Paul The head of the rail might be the same height and profile , but the bottom is certainly different, and I'd suggest that the Peco rail also has a thicker waist! You can't fit C&L fishplates to Peco rail without the fishplates splaying out quite badly. That 47xx is certainly a handsome beast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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