Woody C Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 On 14/02/2024 at 19:54, ian said: DAF Variomatic transmission *Shudders* They used to sound as though they were going to blow up as they pulled away from a standing start. Not seen one in years until a few years ago when someone locally restored the Volvo version for reasons that even the owner could not explain! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody C Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 4 hours ago, ian said: guard dog Has Blitz the less than successful police dog from earlier episodes now got a new home???? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted February 19 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19 13 hours ago, Woody C said: Has Blitz the less than successful police dog from earlier episodes now got a new home???? Watch it. Any more of that sort of talk and you may be hearing from his solicitor. Anyway I think your eye test is overdue: Fleck, the scrap yard dog on the left with Blitz on the right. 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody C Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 6 hours ago, ian said: Anyway I think your eye test is overdue: As you can imagine, someone like myself is well used to the threat of solicitors and my own solicitors, Judicious Jesters, will be ready and waiting to be un-collared and to get their teeth into the bone of any canine litigation matters that may arise although I do admit that perhaps I should have gone to a quality opticians rather than my usual branch of Blink Blasters! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted February 22 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22 Yet more bits added to the scrapyard. The walls have started to go up and there are gates at the entrance. The staff now have the benefit of a toilet and Fleck has gained a water bowl. Two lighting masts have also been added. Along the viaduct a market is starting to spring up. And a great find on eBay. I wanted this model for the post office in Maifeld but have only seen poorly built examples with missing parts until now. The existing part-built Pola example will be displaced and I suspect some revisions to the town centre will be needed to properly accomodate it. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted February 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22 8 minutes ago, ian said: The staff now have the benefit of a toilet and Fleck has gained a water bowl. Not one and the same, I trust 😉 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22 9 hours ago, ian said: Yet more bits added to the scrapyard. The walls have started to go up and there are gates at the entrance. The staff now have the benefit of a toilet and Fleck has gained a water bowl. Two lighting masts have also been added. Along the viaduct a market is starting to spring up. And a great find on eBay. I wanted this model for the post office in Maifeld but have only seen poorly built examples with missing parts until now. The existing part-built Pola example will be displaced and I suspect some revisions to the town centre will be needed to properly accomodate it. Is the Postbus included? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted February 23 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 (edited) 11 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Is the Postbus included? No. The box-top/catalogue illustrations were rather like the 'serving suggestion's that you see on packets of food - lots of extras to make it look appealing. Fortunately I do have two post buses to hand, albeit different to the one illustrated. Mind you, the bus stop and van loading bay are major points in the kit's favour... Edited February 23 by ian 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sncf231e Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) 22 hours ago, ian said: And a great find on eBay. I wanted this model for the post office in Maifeld but have only seen poorly built examples with missing parts until now. The existing part-built Pola example will be displaced and I suspect some revisions to the town centre will be needed to properly accomodate it. Many of your posts bring back happy memories of the model railway my brother and I had made in the sixties/seventies. I remember having made up this post office from the Faller kit and it can be seen (if you know where to look) at the right of this picture with a tree at the side wall: Here is another picture of the city on our railway: Regards Fred Edited February 23 by sncf231e 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted February 23 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 20 minutes ago, sncf231e said: Many of your posts bring back happy memories of the model railway my brother and I had made in the sixties/seventies. I remember having made up this post office from the Faller kit and it can be seen (if you know where to look) at the right of this picture with a tree at the side wall: That looks like lots of fun. Hmm, I wonder if I could get a tram in at Maifeld. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted February 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23 2 hours ago, ian said: That looks like lots of fun. Hmm, I wonder if I could get a tram in at Maifeld. Yes, I'm sure you can. Whether any of the rest of us could might be a different question. Here's one way it's been done - the "aisle filler" technique: The commentary is in German, but English subtitles are available on most of the videos (sorry - not this one apparently). Keith. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted February 23 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, Keith Addenbrooke said: Yes, I'm sure you can. You're a very naughty boy. Fortunately suitable models at acceptable prices are thin on the ground today. Mind you, I like the extended Vollmer car park. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted March 1 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1 The tide is in! The water level has risen by 87cm. The previous lower water level meant that the link span was at a crazy angle (even for the Ercallbahn) and the severe change of gradient at either end led to a number of unplanned uncouplings. Whilst the link span is now more or less level the track still drops to accomodate the change from the metal M track on the quay to thr plastic K track on the link span and ferry. A gratuitous shot from the seaward end with all the bits in place. I need to find the rest of the ferry's fittings that have come off over the harbour's gestation period. The scrapyard is now fully fenced, although it still needs a gate for the siding. And there has been a test fit to establish the pattern for the retaining wall behind the container crane. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted March 4 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4 On 23/02/2024 at 14:09, Keith Addenbrooke said: On 23/02/2024 at 11:52, ian said: That looks like lots of fun. Hmm, I wonder if I could get a tram in at Maifeld. Yes, I'm sure you can. I think I have found a suitable prototype.... https://www.scherpinbeeld.nl/foto/267/groenlose-tram/4193/groenlosetram9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4 2 minutes ago, ian said: I think I have found a suitable prototype.... https://www.scherpinbeeld.nl/foto/267/groenlose-tram/4193/groenlosetram9 Looks like a delivery of garden sheds being wheelbarrowed in! 😮 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted March 14 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14 I may have been neglecting the Ercallbahn recently... 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 14 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14 What's cooking? 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold ian Posted April 19 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19 The recent monsoon season has made the garage a less than welcoming environment but a break in the weather allowed a brief excursion to the Ercallverse. For quite a while now I have wanted to get an ET 420 set to Neustadt. Neither my Röwa nor my Roco examples could make it up the hill from Maifeld.Currently there is a long-term project on the workbench to replace the chassis of a Roco example with one from a Märklin BR515 railcar. But a bargain Märklin ET420 might just change all this... There are one or two tweaks to be made to the track and catenary so that it can use all the platforms at Maifeld and correct one at Neustadt but it can get there and back which is a win. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonHMT Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 That's excellent news...I always enjoy updates on Die Ercallbahn anyway, and it's nice to see a triumph like this, especially with such a smart looking EMU. I hope that once we've moved, I'll be able to build a DB based empire in the garage.... All the best, Simon. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Bravo! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody C Posted Tuesday at 18:43 Share Posted Tuesday at 18:43 Whether it's new or old, there is always something wonderfully magical watching your empire operate Ian - especially the helix!. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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