Warren Branch

[MrWolf]

It's turned out more than "quite well".

Try quite inspirational.

 

The difference between inspiration and procrastination has been defined as:

 

Inspiration:

1. Think

2. Act

3. Consider how you feel about the end product.

 

Procrastination:

1. Think

2. Consider how you MIGHT feel about the end product

3. Don't act because you talked yourself out of it at 2.

Edited May 13, 2020 by MrWolf

[St Enodoc]

10 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

I suppose I’d better check to make sure my signal still fits

 

 

 

 

 

Phew!!! It’s a ‘snug’ fit but it fits which is the main thing

 

 

Please make the stripes on the arm wider when you get a chance. In round figures a 3mm stripe set 3mm from the end of the arm will look so much better than the Dapol original.

[saxokid]

More impressive work Chris

[chuffinghell]

8 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Please make the stripes on the arm wider when you get a chance. In round figures a 3mm stripe set 3mm from the end of the arm will look so much better than the Dapol original.

Is this better?...I hope so because it took three attempts and attempting to do it a fourth time fills me with dread

 

I knew it was a good idea to have it removable

 

Edited May 14, 2020 by chuffinghell

[chuffinghell]

10 hours ago, MrWolf said:

It's turned out more than "quite well".

Try quite inspirational.

 

The difference between inspiration and procrastination has been defined as:

 

Inspiration:

1. Think

2. Act

3. Consider how you feel about the end product.

 

Procrastination:

1. Think

2. Consider how you MIGHT feel about the end product

3. Don't act because you talked yourself out of it at 2.

Reality:

1. Think it’s a good idea

2. Act

3. Realise it was more difficult than you thought

4. Too late now you’ve started

5. Notice you’ve done it wrong

6. Swear repeatedly

7. Step away and have a cup of tea
8. Return to steps 2 to 7 several times

9. Finally happy(ish) with it

10. Tell yourself never to do it again

11. Forget about step 10 the next time you attempt something

 

 

 

[chuffinghell]

Well it’s looking more like a railway now

 

Still waiting for the LEDs to arrive to finish the signal box lighting and also some paint to do the roof etc

 

I could have mixed black and white for  the grey roof.....if I hadn’t have I’ve ran out of that too 

[MrWolf]

1 hour ago, chuffinghell said:

Reality:

1. Think it’s a good idea

2. Act

3. Realise it was more difficult than you thought

4. Too late now you’ve started

5. Notice you’ve done it wrong

6. Swear repeatedly

7. Step away and have a cup of tea
8. Return to steps 2 to 7 several times

9. Finally happy(ish) with it

10. Tell yourself never to do it again

11. Forget about step 10 the next time you attempt something

 

 

 

There you go, overthinking, just like most of us do. You have nailed the creative process there, but most importantly, you get 1 and 2 in the right order. No matter what else happens, it will work out eventually!

[St Enodoc]

2 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

Is this better?...I hope so because it took three attempts and attempting to do it a fourth time fills me with dread

Much better!

[chuffinghell]

Simon now has a chair and a desk

 

 

I found a can of grey spray paint in the shed, just enough to paint the roof

 

 

I can’t assemble it fully until my LEDs arrive

[Alister_G]

That chair is just right.

 

Al.

[sb67]

Everything's looking great Chris. The chairs is perfect,  I love the signal box 

[chuffinghell]

7 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

That chair is just right.

 

Al.

 

Thanks Al

 

1 minute ago, sb67 said:

Everything's looking great Chris. The chairs is perfect,  I love the signal box 

Thanks Steve
 

The chair is a 3D print from 3d printing corner

 

https://3dprintingcorner.co.uk/product/1-76-chair-4/

 

Really good quality prints

[chuffinghell]

1 hour ago, sb67 said:

Everything's looking great Chris. The chairs is perfect,  I love the signal box 

In all fairness it was @MAP66 that provided the inspiration

[MAP66]

Just now, chuffinghell said:

In all fairness it was @MAP66 that provided the inspiration

Thanks for the mention Chris, but it is you who have produced a beautiful signal box and interior. Very exceptional modelling Sir.

Just wanted to mention about the signal as well, which is also fantastic. How did you mange to attach that tiny chain to the lever crank. I have been trying to do the same for some time and had given up and was going to use MSE signal wire instead. Now I've seen its possible, has given me new incentive to give it another go - thank you.

 

All the best

Mark

[chuffinghell]

1 hour ago, MAP66 said:

Thanks for the mention Chris, but it is you who have produced a beautiful signal box and interior. Very exceptional modelling Sir.

Just wanted to mention about the signal as well, which is also fantastic. How did you mange to attach that tiny chain to the lever crank. I have been trying to do the same for some time and had given up and was going to use MSE signal wire instead. Now I've seen its possible, has given me new incentive to give it another go - thank you.

 

All the best

Mark

Thank you

 

I prised open a link, threaded it through the hole and closing it back up with tweezers, sounds simple but it took several attempts

 

The counter balance on my signal was scratch built as it didn’t come with one so it’s probably bigger than it’s supposed to be

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135507-warren-branch/&do=findComment&comment=3903793

 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135507-warren-branch/&do=findComment&comment=3901761

 

 

Edited May 14, 2020 by chuffinghell

[saxokid]

Signal boxes looks great Chris,good eye for detail here...

[chuffinghell]

I’ve been keeping this under my hat, just in case it didn’t work

 

I wanted a sign for the signal box, unfortunately Scale Model Scenics appears to have a backlog at the moment as their laser cut version is currently marked as out of stock

 

So I drew my own using Tinkercad

 

Arrived this morning after having it printed at Shapeways

 

And painted it this afternoon

 

Not the best painting in the world but it looks ok from a distance and my poor painting makes it look a little weathered 

 

I should have watered down the black as it was drying too quickly so became more difficult to wipe off

 

Its got a bit of a bend in it but it straightens out no problem and the spigot on the back was put there to give me something to hold with tweezers while I painted it

 

Edited May 15, 2020 by chuffinghell
Smelling correction

[chuffinghell]

This was the smallest I could have it printed based on the perimeters specified by Shapeways, i.e the unsupported wall thickness and minimum thickness printable etc

[vulcan product fan]

love the signal box name board .

[chuffinghell]

It’s turned out nice again

 

I still can’t assemble it fully because I’m still waiting for the LEDs I ordered two weeks ago to arrive from Scotland, maybe they are being hand delivered and they are walking here 
 

I appreciate the post office is under a lot of stress at the moment, I’m concerned that the longer the roof is off the more cr@p I’ll try to cram in there 

 

Edited May 15, 2020 by chuffinghell

[Alister_G]

1 hour ago, chuffinghell said:

I’m still waiting for the LEDs I ordered two weeks ago to arrive from Scotland, maybe they are being hand delivered and they are walking here 

 

… But I would walk 500 miles,
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles
To fall down at your door…

 

Al.

[chuffinghell]

4 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

 

… But I would walk 500 miles,
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles
To fall down at your door…

 

Al.

......did you remember my LEDs

[Alister_G]

1 minute ago, chuffinghell said:

......did you remember my LEDs

 

Ah b*gger. Back in a bit...

 

Al.

Edited May 15, 2020 by Alister_G

[Nile]

1 hour ago, chuffinghell said:

I’m concerned that the longer the roof is off the more cr@p I’ll try to cram in there

Unless it's a Tardis you won't get much more in. You'd better find something else to distract you until the LEDs arrive.

[AlfaZagato]

Build a wagon kit.