freebs Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Eric, you swine!! Right, filing cabinet done; I've just got to wait for the solvent to fully cure before I can tidy it up a bit and paint it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted December 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 As far as I'm aware lee, filing cabinets always come with a pot plant resting on top... Just sayin' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted December 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 Fantastic Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 Okay, you win... That's better than mine. Seriously nice modelling mate, excellent. (snassen-frassen-grumble-moan) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) As far as I'm aware lee, filing cabinets always come with a pot plant resting on top... Just sayin' Or a teapot, mugs, and a half used bag of sugar. Edited December 6, 2013 by acg_mr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Oh come on guys! Alright, what kind of potted plant would be resting on top of a filing cabinet in the late 50s/Early 60s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 Oh come on guys! Alright, what kind of potted plant would be resting on top of a filing cabinet in the late 50s/Early 60s? Aspidistra, dear boy, aspidistra! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Aspidistra, dear boy, aspidistra! *runs off to google*.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 Quotes from Wikipedia: "As a popular foliage houseplant (particularly in British boarding houses), Aspidistra elatior became popular in late Victorian Britain, and was so commonplace that it became a symbol of middle class values." "Aspidistras were immune to the effects of gas used for lighting in the Victorian era (other plants and flowers withered or yellowed), which might account for their popularity." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'm all over it, like a man who's got a scale drawing of an Aspidistra leaf, two shades of green vinyl and a vinyl plotter.... Now, where's my 00 compost?.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 I can see I'm going to have to revisit Bakewell Ticket Office... Not enough foliage, no teapot... it just isn't good enough. After you with the compost, mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 No trying to think whether seats on rollers would have been in in the notional earliest point for my railway. Having looked at Wiki it suggests Thomas Jefferson invented a version so suspect so. I know the Anglepoise lamp was. I have a cunning plan for my office! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 No trying to think whether seats on rollers would have been in in the notional earliest point for my railway. Having looked at Wiki it suggests Thomas Jefferson invented a version so suspect so. I know the Anglepoise lamp was. I have a cunning plan for my office! Arrrgh! Lamps and chairs??? Looking forward to seeing your plan Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alderson.eric.j Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Oh... This filing cabinet looks really impressive... Though... Can't wait to see it painted and with a file resting on the open drawer... As for the locker, I really think I'll make one for my next OO building... and I'll be sure to let the office door open so it can be perfectly visible... Oh, I was thinking, for the Teapot, should be easy to make one. Find a small plastic pearl (from a kid toy jewelry kit), sand the base a bit, then with "Sprue", create the handle and the "hose". Will try that later this WE, I think... If it works, I'll post some pictures ! And I definitely agree with you, Freebs, I may be quite a swine sometimes... But I love so much being challenging, even more with myself ! Being serious, though, your work is really impressive ! Eric. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Gah! In all the excitement forgot to say I love the filing cabinet. Lovely work, Lee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Did someone say potted plant? This is for Jason, Al, Jaz, Eric and all those others who encouraged me to get distracted from making roof trusses... (close up photography can be so cruel) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Keep the aspidistra flying, Lee! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 Just you wait 'til I get home Very nice mate, very nice indeed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alderson.eric.j Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yikes, he did it !!!!! The result is really impressive. That makes me think that the motto of the RAF can easily be applied to railway modelling when I see your work : Per Ardua ad Astra ! I'll make my open-door-ed interior-clothed shelf-helmeted locker interior (pfew, that was a long name for it... ) this Week-end and will send pics asap. Keep up the good work, Eric. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Cheers Eric. I think both Al and I will be waiting with eager Anticipation/Dread at what you produce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted December 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) That's what I call interactive modelling. People ask for something and hours later you've done it! Very impressive, especially as it looks brilliant. I'm looking forward to the roof trusses (odd sentence!), so we had better give you a break Lee and not ask for a whisky flask stuck down the back of a drawer. Edited December 6, 2013 by Mikkel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 That's what I call interactive modelling. People ask for something and hours later you've done it! Very impressive, especially as it looks brilliant. I'm looking forward to the roof trusses (odd sentence!), so we had better give you a break Lee and not ask for a whisky flask stuck down the back of a drawer. Thanks Mikkel - I've just made one (using my simple jig) - just waiting for the glue to dry and I'll try and post a picture. I've reckoned I need 6, so with that one and the test half a truss I made last night - that's four to go! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Don't know about Lee's truss, but I have posted a picture of my groyne on here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Don't know about Lee's truss, but I have posted a picture of my groyne on here It's beginning to sound like the Iain and Allan show Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) Here we go - freshly delivered and propped up against the Office wall... Made from coffee stirrers and glued together with wood glue Now the stirrers are only about 1.5mm thick, and 7mm wide, so what I've done is trim down the stirrers to 4mm wide (for the cross beams) and 3mm for the bracing beams, then laminate two strips together to make a thicker beam. Once glued, these are then sanded down to hide the join where possible, then using a template I've plotted out, the angles are cut and the framework glued together . Edited December 6, 2013 by freebs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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