Dan Griffin Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all. Heres a special magical Hogwarts restoration to watch if you fancy over the festive period. Best wishes to all. from now, i’ll be using this one thread and uploading all subsequent videos. thanks all. Edited December 24, 2021 by Dan Griffin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Hello Episode 4 of Trash to Track is now live, In this episode i restore a Hornby Dublo Breakdown crane. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Crane looks great except those massive sticking out handles. I replaced mine with clock gears so you can still play with it and lift things with it but it round nicely on scale track spacing instead of catching on stuff going the other way. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 On 23/02/2022 at 05:08, DCB said: Crane looks great except those massive sticking out handles. I replaced mine with clock gears so you can still play with it and lift things with it but it round nicely on scale track spacing instead of catching on stuff going the other way. any chance of a picture. i was tempted to do this but i couldn't find any reference to how its done. regards Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive martin Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Hi Dan watched your crane restoration video yesterday you have done a very nice job this old model now looks great ,i also enjoyed your 1000 subscriber special ,all your videos have been great! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 16 hours ago, Dan Griffin said: any chance of a picture. i was tempted to do this but i couldn't find any reference to how its done. regards Dan It was done an awful long time ago and its been in the loft for 20 years so its distinctly battered, just look at the soldering! but here it is. I have owned it for 53years or so from brand new. There are flats on the shafts, it uses the original plate springs, tread is black ship rigging and green Meccano. AFAIK. these are loco gears. If I did it again I think I would use gears with spokes from clocks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 6 hours ago, DCB said: It was done an awful long time ago and its been in the loft for 20 years so its distinctly battered, just look at the soldering! but here it is. I have owned it for 53years or so from brand new. There are flats on the shafts, it uses the original plate springs, tread is black ship rigging and green Meccano. AFAIK. these are loco gears. If I did it again I think I would use gears with spokes from clocks. Thank you very much for that. If i did that to mine it would put it back into gauge for the main layout! I'm going to look into this and may revisit the crane later and make this adjustment. thanks for the pics i appreciate it. Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 New episode up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) New episode now live. Trash to Track episode 6 restoration. Edited April 9, 2022 by Dan Griffin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 Episode 7, featuring a Hornby Redland 06 is now live. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Special Jubilee edition of Trash to Track now uploaded and live. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 A new episode of Trash to Track is now live, this one features a Dapol Western. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 On 25/06/2022 at 13:24, Dan Griffin said: A new episode of Trash to Track is now live, this one features a Dapol Western. Fantastic result on the Western. I thought your assessment of the previous owner was very mild and restrained indeed, perhaps not quite what you actually thought! The varnish disaster is something I've experienced and it is absolutely soul destroying. In my case I airbrushed some Johnson's Kleer onto a Railmatch enamel fininsh, I don't quite know why it happened but it blotched. On a four car green DMU with two complete lining bands round each vehicle, so lots of very bad thoughts and language. Strangely after trying various approaches I found airbrushing Humbrol Enamel Satincote managed to disappear the blotches, this after three years of feeling cross. This isn't obviously the same Humbrol product responsible for your problem. Our hobby can be very trying, but also enormously satisfying, as when you saw your Western in action in its restored state. Thanks for the video. John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) Cool down and watch episode 10 of Trash to Track, now live. Edited July 19, 2022 by Dan Griffin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 New episode now live, featuring the Hornby 4p tank loco 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 Episode 12 of Trash to track now live. 👍🏻 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 A subscribers loco in this new episode of Trash to Track A tender drive Hornby Duchess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 Episode 14 of Trash to Track now live. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Trash to Track 15. Tri-Ang princess loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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