RMweb Premium Popular Post Clive Mortimore Posted January 18 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 18 3 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Nor would any of the others. Tea, coffee, hot snacks provided. Cakes, etc. at visitors' discretion. Third Saturday of odd-numbered months. You would be very welcome. I am off to commit a crime for my free passage. 1 1 1 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted January 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18 4 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: I am off to commit a crime for my free passage. It’s the getting back that’s a little difficult. Paul. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted January 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18 11 minutes ago, 5BarVT said: It’s the getting back that’s a little difficult. Paul. Oh (not and RMweb word) !!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted January 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18 You could try comitting a crime a the other end as well... 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18 11 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Nor would any of the others. Tea, coffee, hot snacks provided. Cakes, etc. at visitors' discretion. Third Saturday of odd-numbered months. You would be very welcome. Apologies for my none attendance this month.. bit busy with something at home... Baz 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 19 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19 9 hours ago, 5BarVT said: It’s the getting back that’s a little difficult. Paul. But why would you want to? 2 1 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 The sister is getting afternoon tea sorted for tomorrow. 10 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19 6 hours ago, Jesse Sim said: The sister is getting afternoon tea sorted for tomorrow. Hope she doesn't ever get to see this post Jesse.. could get very messy for you if she does! Bas 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19 9 hours ago, Jesse Sim said: The sister is getting afternoon tea sorted for tomorrow. Ooh! Mrs Beeton! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted January 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19 9 hours ago, Jesse Sim said: The sister is getting afternoon tea sorted for tomorrow. Looks like popcorn on the list... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post St Enodoc Posted January 20 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 20 A good session today. With the long break since the September session, and the novelty of the new routes and moves, I'd anticipated only getting through about a dozen trains in two hours. In fact, we ran nearly 20, which was very encouraging for a first attempt. There's lot of familiarisation to be done, particularly with shunting, consisting and working the single line but overall things went pretty well. There'll be a fair bit of fine tuning of the sequence sheets as we go along but no showstoppers so far. One interesting feature was that even though we ran fewer trains, the layout as a whole seemed busier (which of course it was). It will be interesting to see how this develops as we find our feet. Roll on March! 19 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted January 20 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20 8 hours ago, St Enodoc said: A good session today. With the long break since the September session, and the novelty of the new routes and moves, I'd anticipated only getting through about a dozen trains in two hours. In fact, we ran nearly 20, which was very encouraging for a first attempt. There's lot of familiarisation to be done, particularly with shunting, consisting and working the single line but overall things went pretty well. There'll be a fair bit of fine tuning of the sequence sheets as we go along but no showstoppers so far. One interesting feature was that even though we ran fewer trains, the layout as a whole seemed busier (which of course it was). It will be interesting to see how this develops as we find our feet. Roll on March! Where the edible refreshments Jesse's sister made well received. I hope so or next time she might tell him to DIY. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 20 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20 5 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: Where the edible refreshments Jesse's sister made well received. I hope so or next time she might tell him to DIY. Oh yes! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21 Get Jesse to adk her to prepare something for my next visit... another chance for Baz to create havoc... Bas 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 21 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21 24 minutes ago, Barry O said: Get Jesse to adk her to prepare something for my next visit... another chance for Baz to create havoc... Bas Definitely. We'll be over there for a BRMA meeting in a couple of weeks so I'll ask her then. Any dates for your trip yet? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21 4 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Definitely. We'll be over there for a BRMA meeting in a couple of weeks so I'll ask her then. Any dates for your trip yet? 2025 probably... Baz 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted January 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21 12 minutes ago, Barry O said: 2025 probably... Baz The cakes might be a bit stale by then... 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 21 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21 7 hours ago, ian said: The cakes might be a bit stale by then... They won't last that long. 3 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post St Enodoc Posted January 22 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 22 (edited) The paper railway can progress at a more relaxed pace now that the running session is out of the way, so tonight I did a couple of hours of real work. You may remember that I brought a few wagons back from my UK trip - the Oxford Rail LNER open, five Parkside china-clay wagons built for me by @Barry O and the two loco coal wagons kindly given to me by David Burton from the collection of our late mutual friend Paul (whose surname, I'm ashamed to say, has escaped my memory completely for the moment) Bromige. These all need couplings, so I started that task. The Oxford wagon was easy. The original coupler mounts were in just the right place to drill and screw a pair of DGs into place. Barry weathered this wagon for me at Warley so it can go straight into traffic now. The others all need mounting blocks (those on the china-clay wagons were too thin, for some reason). I cut some short lengths of my usual Plastruct 1/4" x 3/16" rectangular section ABS and fixed them under the wagon floors behind the buffer beams with a good dose of Plastic Weld. I'll let the solvent harden overnight, then paint the mounting blocks before fitting the couplings themselves. I think I'll add a little more weight to the china clay wagons too, to match my existing ones. If that all goes well, the wagons should be right for work before the end of this week. Edited January 23 by St Enodoc David has kindly reminded me that our late friend was Paul Bromige. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post St Enodoc Posted January 23 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 23 Three of the wagons are finished, namely the ex-LNER open and the two loco coal wagons. Here they are, posed on Nancegwithey Viaduct. The china-clay wagons are well under way but I need to make up some more couplings before I can finish them. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) Do you recommend DG couplings over other varieties? Edited January 23 by aardvark English clearly isn't my first language. I wonder what is. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 23 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23 6 minutes ago, aardvark said: Do you recommend DG couplings over other varieties? As far as delayed-action uncoupling is concerned, I've some experience of Sprat and Winkles, Kadees, DGs and to a very limited extent B&Bs. I found that Sprat and Winkles took up too much space under the ends of vehicles and were hence tricky to fit. Kadees are good but expensive and if your track has any vertical irregularities it's easy for them to become uncoupled inadvertently. I built and fitted one pair of B&Bs for a friend. I found it extraordinarily fiddly although I suppose with practice that might get easier. Over 30 years ago the Leeds MRS evaluated various types of coupler to replace its then-standard in-house design that worked in the same way as a tension lock but upside down. It didn't have delayed action, which is why we stopped using it. On the other hand, an advantage was that they worked with permanent magnets not electromagnets. The club chose DGs and many of us have stuck with them ever since, so they must have something going for them. The frets are fairly easy to assemble (after several hundred, you soon get the knack...) and the only critical dimensions are the loop, for which a jig or a pair of marked pliers ensures repeatability, and the height of the buffer beam, where our standard is for the bottom of the beam to be 8mm above rail level. The beam needs to project about1mm in front of the actual buffers on the vehicle concerned. DGs are still available from Wizard Models (usual disclaimer). On that basis, I'd recommend DGs if you don't mind building your own. If money is no object and you have nice flat track then Kadees would be a good choice. There are several layout on RMweb that use them - I suggest having a look at the work that @Michael Edge and @Barry O have done. 2 2 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 23 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23 (edited) Going back a few posts, David Burton has kindly reminded me that our late friend, who built the loco coal wagons, was Paul Bromige. I'm going to write that down now... Edited January 23 by St Enodoc speling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted January 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23 (edited) 5 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Here they are, posed on Nancegwithey Viaduct. An early prototype of the Brunel timber viaduct design. 😀 Edited January 23 by ian 2 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 23 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23 I have just cancelled my subscription to the print edition of Model Rail magazine, which I have held for many years, because the best price quoted over the subscription phone line or on the Great Magazines website was more than 50% higher than what I paid last year. A strange way to do business. 3 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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