RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted February 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2023 I went to the Kendal show and had a good time on Sunday. I thought the N gauge layout Eli Wood was the best in show. Like you, I bought nothing (but food and drink). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 I've seen Eli Wood recently somewhere else, it's really beautifully put together. I often think that the temptation with N gauge and especially those based on the current / recent scene is for the makers to put as much track down as possible. Layouts like that one are really impressive to me as I can't handle anything that small, just because I have no interest in doing it myself, doesn't mean I can't appreciate it. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2023 There are some really impressive N gauge layouts on RMweb, I have to say. It doesn't really appeal to me, as I struggle enough with 4mm scale, but I can see the appeal of being able to do a lovely "trains in the landscape" layout, where it's mostly empty countryside... 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted February 2, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2023 I think that I might finally have got the better of the LSWR van @Graham T. Here it is with the roof just propped on. Some minor filling of the corners will be needed as it's been apart several times. I've not been too distracted, the black thing in the foreground will become the machine shop lineshaft for the garage. 18 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2023 Nicely done sir! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 In the morning I should be able to remove the elastic bands and throw the wagon in the bin... Other bits in shot are the rest of the van kit, the aforementioned lineshaft, odd spares for the garage interior, the slimmed down and painted crew figures for 530, a small bucket for 2291, a large bucket for the crossing house yard, a resin Cambrian Railways van that is on the naughty step just for being resin and a very old Mike's Models GWR platform shelter which may just find it's way onto an IKEA shelf model of one of the intermediate stations on the line. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 8 hours ago, MrWolf said: the machine shop lineshaft for the garage Superb. looking forward to seeing the finished interior. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted February 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) True multitasking ! Those van axleboxes remind me of my Triang TT wagons of yesteryear, but I’m sure they are much more sophisticated than that. I’m glad you are giving employment to disabled footplate men. Edited February 3, 2023 by Limpley Stoker 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted February 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2023 6 hours ago, MrWolf said: In the morning I should be able to remove the elastic bands and throw the wagon in the bin... Take the wheels and under gubbins off and stick the van in the corner of a field, heavily overgrown to hide any deficiencies in the construction. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted February 3, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2023 Well, the LSWR van didn't end up in the bin, nor did it end up as a shed. Brake gear, axle boxes and buffer shanks to fit and an order to place for buffer heads! 22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 I've just blown £26 on 48 steel buffers from H&A, most of which will end up on the cattle train as I remember the Cooper Craft items being very close to scale and rather fragile for my paws. Of course Google came up with other suggestions such as an eBay seller offering a pack of twelve suspiciously similar items for £13.50 plus £1.50 post. God loves a tryer! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 Right, where's that model garage? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted February 4, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2023 General view of the increasingly cluttered garage. Brass 1913 Ford T radiator hidden inside away from sticky fingers. The line shaft awaiting belts. 1938 calendar from SmutCo accessories... 18 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff park Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 One thought. In my memories of old garages, 1950s on, I never remember seeing such a clean floor. Think of years of oil spills and grease, they were always horrible 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 42 minutes ago, cliff park said: One thought. In my memories of old garages, 1950s on, I never remember seeing such a clean floor. Think of years of oil spills and grease, they were always horrible You're absolutely right of course, I remember the same thing from the surviving old garages. The bench is soaked (as is my own inherited bench that I nail a fresh bit of hardboard to every few years) and now that the machines are placed, we need more muck and probably duck boards in front of the machines to stop turnings being embedded in the soles of one's boots and keeping off the concrete on winter mornings. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted February 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2023 A fastidious garage owner could have keep his floors clean by the judicious use of oil trays under leaky cars and enough staff to clean up after each job. I like the floor as it is if the roof is to be permanently attached - that’s’ a proper garage ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, MrWolf said: You're absolutely right of course, I remember the same thing from the surviving old garages. The bench is soaked (as is my own inherited bench that I nail a fresh bit of hardboard to every few years) and now that the machines are placed, we need more muck and probably duck boards in front of the machines to stop turnings being embedded in the soles of one's boots and keeping off the concrete on winter mornings. And on the walls particularly at the base of them where things will have splashed/spilt onto them. Oh and don't forget the cobwebs as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 There's likely to be oil around the lathes and under the bench where it's hard to sweep in sawdust or the other favourite, cement dust, plus there's dobs of oil and belt soap up the wall behind the lathe but probably not too much as the place would only have been operating for ten to fifteen years. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 If I get onto building a roof today, like the signal box, I'm going to have to make it removable! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, MrWolf said: There's likely to be oil around the lathes and under the bench where it's hard to sweep in sawdust or the other favourite, cement dust, plus there's dobs of oil and belt soap up the wall behind the lathe but probably not too much as the place would only have been operating for ten to fifteen years. So as its 'relatively' new then does that mean no cobwebs then? Edited February 4, 2023 by Winslow Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 I say! That calendar's a bit 'near'. You can see the young lady's knees! 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, Nick Gough said: I say! That calendar's a bit 'near'. You can see the young lady's knees! I can remember being transfixed by what was probably a Pirelli calendar in our local garage when I was about six. I don't know what I want to do here, but I know that I want to do a lot of it.... (Danny John Jules, Red dwarf's "Cat") 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted February 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2023 33 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I can remember being transfixed by what was probably a Pirelli calendar in our local garage when I was about six. I never understood how they found girls with tyre tread for skin... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 23 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: I never understood how they found girls with tyre tread for skin... Nowadays they just canvas outside Gregg's... That way they can cover calendars for Pirelli and Michelin in one hit.... 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 Ahem. That's it for the LSWR van until the buffers arrive. Besides I ain't got any Suvvern brahn paint neither. Also it would seem that we are going out on some sort of mission. 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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