Brian D

4 hours ago, russ p said:

I've put two videos on YouTube,  please excuse the sound. As I still have a lot of decoders to fit I have left locos on the layout for effect . I've added some generic sounds rather than leave it quiet or have me wittering on 

 

 

 

 

Cracking videos Russ.  They really show the huge extent of the area modelled and all the hard work you have put in.

And my next request is a video showing moving trains please. 

Regards,

Brian.

2 minutes ago, Zomboid said:

I know what happened.

 

The point is that for it to be a conspiracy then Latifi would have had to be in on it. And I don't believe for a minute that he would have been. If he hadn't crashed then none of the rest would have happened.

 

Coincidentally, both Latifi and Hamilton have one white and one non-white parent, which IMO makes it even more unlikely that he'd be involved in a racist conspiracy against Hamilton.

 

The most likely explanation to me is that Masi played fast and loose with the rules in order to have a racing finish to the closest season in ages, rather than a safety car procession. Cock up, not conspiracy.

Wasn't saying Latifi was part of the conspiracy ffs, once the crash happened FIA pounced on it. 

13 minutes ago, jcredfer said:

 

 

8 years on, your comment is somewhat short on supporting evidence, but you are quite welcome to publish your thoughts.  Have a good day.

 

Hmm, double quotes, I'm blessed. Sweet dreams. I obviously didn't sway you with my argument but hey ho such is life. 

10 minutes ago, Zomboid said:

I didn't say that, I said that he's not white because his father was born Iranian (though I think he now has Canadian nationality).

 

But the point was actually that what happened the other day was a result of a bunch of things, which all started with Latifi crashing, which makes it unlikely to be any kind of conspiracy as he would have had to do it deliberately.

FIA are the  conspiracy crew, and possibly mistreating a black, and proud of it, driver. Did you not focus on what happened at the end of the race?

3 minutes ago, Zomboid said:

Over reaction much? Masi seems to have applied the rules incorrectly in order to have an exciting race to the finish rather than a dull safety car procession. He was only able to make that mistake because Latifi crashed. I somewhat doubt he's in on a conspiracy to make the grid a whites only zone. Particularly since Latifi's father was born in Tehran.

So Tehran is maybe where "black" folk come from. Pushing the boundaries mate with your argument imho. My comment related to the new constitution of the F1 board who presumably will sort everything out knowing not a lot and maybe just p!issing off LH even further with this alleged threat of sanctions for not turning up for Christmas party. 

4 minutes ago, jcredfer said:

 

8 years on, it's a bit late for that sort of idea.

 

 

Not an idea, just a comment having watched the race and looking at media reports in the days since the injustice mate. Feel free to expand on your one liner. 

A couple of blokes who used to rally a bit, without being heard of much, and Bernie's ex, OMG. Should LH decide to jack it in I wouldn't blame him but I would hope he carries on. This business reeks of getting the only black driver out of the paddock. I seriously hope he stays for 2022 and fights back against the new F1 establishment. 

Hi Andy,

 Love the latest video, especially your scenics in the harbour/estuary.  This is probably a bit late but I offer the following pics which may or may not be useful/inspirational.

Firstly The Cob at Lyme Regis.

Now, West Bay harbour near Bridport (Broadchurch land).

And finally a sunken boat at Axmouth.

Regards,

Brian.

1 minute ago, russ p said:

 

I was trying to use video from my phone 

I must admit I've never tried that.  I always transfer any video from the camera to the laptop.

29 minutes ago, russ p said:

I've done a couple of videos but for some reason can't upload them 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...to YouTube I assume?  Are you using the right format (mp4)?

11 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Or a ban from next year?

...and a new job with Red Bull?

13 hours ago, russ p said:

 Thanks , Brian.  

I'll do a video soon mate,. Once it's up and running properly I'm hoping to do cab ride type videos 

 

I'll look forward to that. Have you got a cam truck yet? 

Yay! Welcome back mate. I've missed your updates. Keep them coming. Any chance of a video? 

Felt actually sick at the end. LH 12 seconds ahead then disaster. Was the race director inept or was there an agenda? Even a once famous knighted former Scottish champ quoted as time for a change of F1 world champ. Makes you wonder about a conspiracy theory. 

Disgraceful race management at the very least. 

Very good video Andy.  It's always nice to hear your thoughts about how to progress the scenics.  I also like the speed of the passenger services on this video, or rather the lack thereof.  I think in some of your other videos they flew through a bit too quick for my liking, especially so on the bends by the tunnel - but it might be my eyesight 

Keep up the great work.

Regards,

Brian.

1 hour ago, micklner said:

Another possible dodge , fix the Front Top handrail in postion and cut the curved wire so each side fits just inside the knob. Easier said than done as the cutting will have to be very precise. It will hopefully be easier, than trying to juggle with all the parts loose.

 

Dont forget to fill all the gaps first , otherwise it will be a real pain cleaning up, with the wire fixed in place.

Thanks for that suggestion.  It might well come to that if plan A fails 

Thanks again for all of your advice micklner.

Regards,

Brian.

On 28/11/2021 at 19:49, micklner said:

Preperation.

I would recomend leaving the whistle and valve off until painted , otherwise you will have to clean the paint off again. A lot easier to leave the Buffers off as well . Prime the body then mask the Bufferbeam before top coat , paint the bufferbeam last , red paint covers poorly over Black, and will need a few coats minimum. Red on primer, no more than two coats needed. Cab sides/ends need filling too, and any other gaps before priming.

 

Handrails

 

Form a approx curve to match the Smokebox front, fold around one side only add a knob to the curve area place at front of smokebox , adjust curve till you have a match allowing for the knobs on each side , easier if you place the first two in the smokebox sides first than bend to final shape, this will trap the front knob, you cannot fit later . Then glue/solder the side knobs on fitted to the wire , not before that point, otherwise you cannot adjust for the final fit .

On 28/11/2021 at 20:58, Jon4470 said:

Hello Brian

 

It’s good to see you making progress with the build.

 

Re the handrail I agree with what Mick says about forming it and I always solder/ glue the handrail knobs in after forming the handrail.

 

To add my two penny worth. I form an upside down U shape from the handrail wire. The curve should match the smokebox curvature but a slightly smaller radius. Then the hand rail bends out at around at 30 degree (I guess) bend. After that it is bent at 90 degree along the boiler. The result is like one half of a pair of wire frame spectacles.

 

Hopefully you can see these transitions on the attached photo (apologies that it is blurry....it’s enlarged from another photo).

 

 

 

I would suggest practising on some wire off cuts to get the formation correct without worrying about the precise fit. Also be prepared to make mistakes and start again! 

 

Jon

 

 

On 28/11/2021 at 23:00, Michael Edge said:

That’s how I do it - not my favourite job though.

Many thanks for your comments Guys - all arer being carefully considered and also filed here for my future reference.

Progress has been glacial for two reasons.  Firstly, I'm trying to martial enough bottle confidence together to bend the boiler handrail to the correct shape.  However, there is another reason.  Examining BR era pics of the handrail...

...there appear to be differing handrail knob lengths on the smoke box and boiler thus ensuring that the handrail is dead straight without any bends in the vicinity of the smoke box/boiler junction.  So to replicate this, and in the absence of any in the kit, I ordered some Alan Gibson long handrail knobs which are now to hand.  So taking 4 long knobs and one kit knob threaded onto a straight piece of handrail...

...a trial fit was made to see how it looked, see below.

This looks OK to my eyes so I will now fix all the side handrail knobs in position and think about progress the bending up of the handrail to suit.

Thanks again for all the advice freely offered and gratefully received.

Regards,

Brian.

On 04/12/2021 at 20:10, Phil Parker said:

 

Warning - it's an event. All the Saturday stuff vanishes on Sunday, and the Sunday stuff goes on Monday. Just like a real show.

 

You can buy a show guide which gives you access to the videos, plus a load of layout photos, for only £2.99 - https://pocketmags.com/british-railway-modelling-magazine/world-of-railways-virtual-exhibition-souvenir-guide-dec-2021

 

The guide allows you to view everything at your leisure. A bit like being able to pack Warley in your rucksack and take it home. But without finding your rucksack full of "aromatic" people only interested in finding the cheapest toy trains.

Hi, 

I have tried several times to purchase the guide using PayPal and once using my bank card, all of which failed. Is there a problem with Pocket Mags or is it me? Please advise. 

Regards 

Brian 

4 hours ago, polybear said:

 

Where's Tarquin gone?  Is nothing sacred? 

 

Bad press imho. Apparently all said Tarquins are insulating something or other by supergluing them selves to motorways. A lot of em look like an age group who should know better, or is it "early onset", or has the world gone mad? 

I have filed a bit more away from the footplate in the area adjacent to where the offending coupling rod pin was shorting and running is now as smooth as you like.  All the bits I ordered have arrived and various holes filled so the smoke box dart...

...and the whistle and safety valves fitted.

Next up, which I have been dreading, is to fit the extensive and curved main boiler hand rail.  I'm planning on cutting and bending it to shape, threading the single smoke box front handrail knob onto the resulting wire appendage and sliding the whole thing onto the boiler, having previously fixed the side knobs to each side of the boiler.  That is, unless anyone knows a better .

Regards,

Brian.

1 hour ago, Physicsman said:

Brian, you DID say to fit the capacitor in parallel, so your orifice WAS working properly.

Well, I'll be blowed. Makes a change haha. 

Hi Jeff,

Apologies, I was speaking out of the wrong orifice (again) in my earlier post about the capacitor being in series.  It is actually wired across the feed (positive) and Return (negative) 12 v supply to the signal, see below.

Hopefully you can read the print on the side of the capacitor which gives its size and max voltage rating. The "near" vertical lines can be ignored being the ruled lines of the notepaper I used as a background (this gubbins hangs underneath the baseboard which is a very dark place ).

Here is a short dodgy phone video showing the signal in action.

If you turn the volume up you can hear the mechanism which is quite noticeable in my 10.5 x 7.5 foot shed, maybe not so noticeable in your bunker.

Regards,

Brian.

Hi Jeff,

Love those panoramas.  Your work, not only passes close scrutiny but also looks superb at "normal viewing distances".  I had to take a second look at the Kirby Stephen pic thinking it was one of your layout (I tend to speed read threads, searching for interesting pics before reading the corresponding words - sad or what?).  The thing that clinched it as prototype pic to me was the carpark full of cars.  Edit those out and I would really struggle to tell the difference.

On the subject of Dapol signals, I bought one to use to control trains leaving my colliery (the main line is controlled by colour light signals).  I duly installed it, skimming over the instructions as I do  and about two weeks later it failed and I sent it back.  When the replacement arrived, I thought I better fully read and digest the instructions.  It said you had to use a "smoothed" dc input which I had previously assumed the accessories output on my controller was.  In fact it wasn't.  After some research I found that if you wired a capacitor of a certain size in parallel to the positive feed then this provided the necessary smoothing.  So I duly wired one in and I have had no problems ever since (2 years, I think).  Hope this helps.

Regards,

Brian.

28 minutes ago, Barry O said:

 

 

Open day was successful as we're England RU and Sunderland AFC.

 

...as was a certain Mr Hamilton 

The new safety valves arrived today so I have been pouring over my Yeadon's to try and work out exactly where to fit them, the Railway Modeller plan sheds no light as it features the Ramsbottom type.  I've also plumped for an actual prototype and discovered that I need to add a small square feature to the cab front immediately behind the safety valves - see sketch below.

The single whistle for the cab roof and new smoke box door dart (the kit dart is entombed in flash) have also been ordered.  I have also tracked down an intermittent shorting site which was causing the loco to stop/start, this being one of the driving wheel coupling rod pins catching the footplate, so a bit more judicious filing of said footplate to give more clearance will be required.

Regards,

Brian.