A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[colin penfold]

Here's a bit of S&T porn for you this morning. Thanks to MSE and the info from our irrepressible duck - cheers Phil.

 

 

[gwrrob]

Here's a bit of S&T porn for you this morning. Thanks to MSE and the info from our irrepressible duck - cheers Phil.

 

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It's catching....

[colin penfold]

I blame Phil more than you!

 

Luckily I only need one signal for Burghclere (the rest are off-scene) so I decided to treat myself. I will probably use ratio on Southampton as I have some in stock. Having said that, the weakest bit of the Ratio models is the arm so I might buy an etch of MSE arms and do a hybrid

[Mallard60022]

Here's a bit of S&T porn for you this morning. Thanks to MSE and the info from our irrepressible duck - cheers Phil.

 

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My thoughts are that after the cost of the parts and then me never getting a roundtuit, the cost of one of these MSE RTR efforts, that is almost exactly what you want, is a bl##dy bargain.

Nice one Mr Penholder.

Ar$e

[81C]

I'm embarking on signal building through the winter Colin can you let me know how you get on with the hybrid it could save me a bit of work that I will struggle with due to the dickie thumbs worst comes to worse I might even get a couple of RTP's from MSE. 

[colin penfold]

I'm embarking on signal building through the winter Colin can you let me know how you get on with the hybrid it could save me a bit of work that I will struggle with due to the dickie thumbs worst comes to worse I might even get a couple of RTP's from MSE. 

You will probably be doing yours before me mate. Having said that, I cant see it being a problem. MSE arms fit on the post the same way as ratio (small lentth of wire through pivot) so it would be a straight substitution of the one part from the Ratio kit.

[mattingleycustom]

Here's a bit of S&T porn for you this morning. Thanks to MSE and the info from our irrepressible duck - cheers Phil.

 

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Cor!!!, look at the length of that ladder!

[gwrrob]

Something for the weekend gentlemen ?

 

[bgman]

Something for the weekend gentlemen ?

 

Being a gentleman who is folically challenged I won't be needing certain services this weekend, but thank you for the offer.

 

Sweeney Todd

[81C]

A morning shot on the SDR for all you signal buffs.

[Stephen Freeman]

A morning shot on the SDR for all you signal buffs.

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Oh Dear, I think they've got it (the Shunt ahead signal) wrong for GWR practice. Like the O on Goods Loop/Sidings arms no vertical white stripe on front please, Thank you.

[Stephen Freeman]

Here's a bit of S&T porn for you this morning. Thanks to MSE and the info from our irrepressible duck - cheers Phil.

 

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Hate to  be picky but I shall anyway. To my mind I feel that the arm is a little too low on the post. Looking at photos though there appears to be no hard and fast rule that emerges so I suppose it'll pass, just my opinion.

[The Stationmaster]

A morning shot on the SDR for all you signal buffs.

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But alas it's not only horribly fake but wrong.  Mind you I suppose if you're going to get something wrong you might as well go for broke and get three wrongs instead of one.

 

At least as far as it's close colleague is concerned the actual signal is correct - even if, as with the other one, its use is incorrect.

 

[The Stationmaster]

Hate to  be picky but I shall anyway. To my mind I feel that the arm is a little too low on the post. Looking at photos though there appears to be no hard and fast rule that emerges so I suppose it'll pass, just my opinion.

 

It all depends - while normally the arm would be mounted higher and closer to the base of the finial there were plenty of examples where the arm was lower - in fact in some cases a lot lower than that one.

[Stephen Freeman]

granted just looks odd.

[Mallard60022]

Just out of interest, would anyone like to see some real Porn? It does involve American bits.

Philth.

[colin penfold]

granted just looks odd.

Its absolutely spot on for my chosen prototype. The distance from the top of the arm to the top of the post is about the same as the length of the finial.

[Captain Kernow]

 

Considering Kernow can have a parcel delivered to Scotland within 24hrs

 

 

Only if someone stumps up for the petrol plus a single room in the Premier Inn near Gretna Green.

[81C]

You will probably be doing yours before me mate. Having said that, I cant see it being a problem. MSE arms fit on the post the same way as ratio (small lentth of wire through pivot) so it would be a straight substitution of the one part from the Ratio kit.

Me again, What did you use on the spectacle plates for coloured glass it looks pretty good many years ago I used the wrappers off Roses Chocolates ?.  

[colin penfold]

Me again, What did you use on the spectacle plates for coloured glass it looks pretty good many years ago I used the wrappers off Roses Chocolates ?.

 

That one is ready made but MSE used to supply a little sheet of coloured acetate to glue into the spectacles. Of course Ratio spectacles are solid plastic which is probably their weakest aspect.

[Stephen Freeman]

That one is ready made but MSE used to supply a little sheet of coloured acetate to glue into the spectacles. Of course Ratio spectacles are solid plastic which is probably their weakest aspect.

Hi,

MSE still do, as far as I know sell the sheets in packets. Biggest pain is cutting out to fit and you have to use the special adhesive, which he only sells at exhibitions. I managed to get some off Ebay. It's much easier though, if you are modelling exclusively indoors to use Canopy Glue to form the lens and then when dry colour with appropriate Tamiiya acrylics of the transparent variety.

[Captain Kernow]

Me again, What did you use on the spectacle plates for coloured glass it looks pretty good many years ago I used the wrappers off Roses Chocolates ?.  

I use Quality Street myself.

[M.I.B]

 I wonder what's happened to the Comet you pulled out?

 

We took it by road to the Tank Museum. 

 

They had provided a Mk 4 Chieftain to take the Comet's place as a target on Tain ranges.  We took it up there on yhte same trip that we brought the Comet back down.  

 

It was very intact - Tain Ranges don't use HE - they only allow training aircraft to drop something like paint bombs/flour bombs instead.

[gwrrob]

I use Quality Street myself.

I wouldn't expect anything less from a quality modeller.Did you use the green triangle one ?

[81C]

All I can remember about Quality Street you only see them at Christmas and they stuck to the roof of your month and you spent the next hour or two trying to dislodge it with the tongue, Mum and other family members worked for Nestles in Hayes so we were never short of a sweet or two.