Chalfytich
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Yes, but it requires the old Farish Prairie chassis. I've got one but it isn't up to the modern appearance and running characteristics is it. Dave
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I don't think Kings look right in blue personally so it would be 6000 for me. But I still really want the mogul. Dave
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In the GWR painting instructions they are just called fascia, or in one case I saw elsewhere, planking http://www.stationcolours.info/index.php?p=1_5_GWR Dave
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No. The 4F, Duchess, Schools and Merchant Navy have detailed cabs. Not sure about any others though Dave
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I believed all of that until you said the office cleaner had good legs after 40 years service. Dave
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Presumably the odd shaped flat area was a lead lined parapet gutter. I assume the rainwater pipes are at the rear with lead lined boxes passing through the building as there are no outlets on the front wall. I've seen plenty like that on full size roofs and they always cause trouble eventually, which is why I get called in to clear them out. Dave
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The supports under the steel are called padstones and we still have to fit them either cast in situ or precast, maybe a short pre-stressed lintel for instance. I've never had experience of steel which enters the wall in two places like those trusses so I don't know whether there would normally be padstones under both levels Dave
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Modbury Signal Box 5
Chalfytich commented on Ian Smith's blog entry in Modbury - 2mm Finescale (Brunel's Baulk Road)
Looks very nice. The only thing I would say is that the verge slates on roofs until fairly recently would have been half slates. That is why, as a builder I always had to replace missing half slates on a roof after high winds in the old days. Double and slate and a half only came in with asbestos slates or fibre cement slates as they are now. Dave -
Here are some suggestions. Taken at Hualapai Ranch near the Grand Canyon last week
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Just one minor thing. Shouldn't the slates that are exposed by ones missing from above be full size rather than half size?
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Well I think Allan stockpiled all these buildings over the last 20 years and keeps posting photos of a new building every day just to impress us with his speed. Dave
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Gravity caused it to embed itself in the ceiling because he's Australian
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Nothing posted since 14th September? Allan must have built a whole railway system by now Dave
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Yes, that sea looks a bit close to the front door and much too calm. Dave
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I read it when it was first printed and apart from "Caw "said the crow, "Balls" said Milligan, I can't remember a lot. I'll have to read it again Dave
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In the 70s and 80s we rented an old stable block from the Co-op in Gloucester. Jet Harris worked as a labourer for their building department, carrying out maintenance on their shops, at some time in that period Dave
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Those doors have jaggedy teeth. I don't know how you do it, but every time I miss a couple of days you've built another village and posted it all on here. Do you post with one hand and build with the other?
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I've suffered from migraines for about 40 years. I used to try to work through it and ended up being sick and having to go home. About 30 years ago my doctor prescribed Codydramol which helps to stop the pain and sickness and they worked pretty well. Over the last 10 years or so the migraine has become less vicious. Nowadays they normally start at about 4.30am, so I take two tablets, go to the kitchen and eat a banana, back to bed and hopefully get some sleep and I'm usually ready for work by 8. Dave
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Rambling around my workbench
Chalfytich commented on -missy-'s blog entry in Highclere - 2mm Finescale
It looks like the footplate on the 56XX is a bit lower at the rear than the front as well Dave -
Before you get the wrong idea, I model in N gauge and this is about 150 times as big. We built the extension on the left looking from the front. I have a mind to make a 2mm version when I get that far, but work still gets in the way so progress is glacial. Dave
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Having now posted a few comments I thought I'd better show you something I had made.
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I doubt if they punch holes in a stone tile with a spiked hammer, not with any consistency anyway. You can use a spiked hammer or hammer a nail through on most slates and they go through easily. The top and bottom sash on sash windows both slide, well until they seize up with paint anyway. The top one is always outside the bottom one. I'm a builder as well which is why I replied to these posts. Dave
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You mean on the wrong side not upside down Dave
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I would call that turning them round rather than turning them over. The braces would be correct if you did that but it wouldn't look very good and would probably cause problems with hinges and locks While I was at work Mythocentric explained it better than I would have done. When they are like the drawing the weight of the door is pushing the braces down on the bottom and mid rail. If they are the other way up the braces are pulling away from the rails Dave
