DonB

Does the title imply that the fellow pushing the wagon is a "Cole Porter" ... musical preferences showing!

Sorry!!!!

I had over 4,000 views of 15 blog posts with 43 replies, of which 6 replies were to the post where I closed the project. The item now has over 8,000 views with no further comment, although I suspect that most of the latest views are from new members "cruising" the site.

If you want more interaction then try a "normal" posting in an appropriate section of the forum, but be prepared for a number of "Me too!" posts rather than constructive criticism.

Also the rating icons (bottom right of the screen) are intended to allow expressions of approval etc without having to burst into prose.

There does seem to be a hard core of Members who studiously ignore Blog entries...they say ..."can't get on with them" etc.

Can't comment on your work, I'm afraid, I'm a kettle worshipper! although I would like to see the outcome of your roof shaping, including any mistakes (and recovery method) which the rest of us can learn from !

good luck!

I don't have a Duette , so can't check, but is the 16Volt output AC or DC ? 

Will this be a two-man operation or will an (overworked?) single operator shuttle from end to end ?. Coordinating movements into and out of the fiddle yard could be a trial of friendship! (where's the smiley option gone?)

The ebay offering by Rails of Sheffield seems to have a warped foot plate --- Trick of the photo? or a suspicious fault?

I probably haven't been paying attention, but I've not seen reports of the limited life-span of the "sticky" Silhouette base mat previously.

I printed onto acetate sheets, but found that the ink-jet inks took an age to dry, and were easily smudged even when dry.

Ink-jet inks tend not to be colour-fast, and to avoid fading may need "fixing" with a light varnish type coating with consequent potential discolouration of the acetate. A few years ago Johnson's "Klear" was the usual recommendation, but that is no longer available, The current re-formulated product of the same name does not appear to have found favour with modellers.

Trial and error needed with your personal choice of inks etc.

can't help, but this might get more exposure in the help section of the forum.

OK, this is confession time. I've just replaced the wheels with P4 ones and not bothered with any springing. I'm just not convinced that it is vital for 4 wheel wagons. The one thing I have found though is to keep the Bachmann axle which has the right coning on the end for the molded bearing holes. If you just drop in an Alan Gibson wheel set you will find the whole thing much too sloppy.

 

Membership number of Scalefour society is 3500 if you want to demand my resignation!

 

David

can't add a picture here (suspect I'm not techie enough!) so PM sent.

Impressive! Not a hint of hesitation or misalignment at the joints!

Beautifully done, without any ugly PCB reinforcements.

I'm sure that others will be interested to see if Copydex fixing stands the test of time.

Your query would perhaps be better placed, and probably more likely to get an answer if in a thread in the dedicated LU section (Special Interests). A little more information regarding what you need would help also. ( It was only when I noticed the LU tag that I realised what you are talking about)

Agree with MikeOxon.

Definately a Queen at this time of year. try to get it asap before it hides in the insulation. You could finish by August with a loft full of ordinary-sized wasps preventing modelling / playing trains! 

Hmmmm.....

 

 

Looks like it got serious around 1901/1902: http://www.fyffes.com/gns/the-blue-label/our-story/1900.aspx

 

For the benefit of younger  modellers (post decimalisation and from our current throw-away era), the marking on the box " 10/- " (ten shillings or 50p ) would be the refundable value of the box added to the price of the contents. A deposit to ensure that Fyffes got their box back.  

The blue logo was introduced in 1929 , how did they identify their boxes, assuming that they used them, before that date.. Opening another can of worms!!!

According to Fyffes web site they have been importing Bananas since1888, so potentially within your c.1900 time-frame

http://www.fyffes.com/home.aspx

Don't know about the likelyhood of a cart shed or stable, but an outside Privy would be essential ( ! ) either as a lean-to extension or free standing at the yard perimeter. 

Mikkel, You were kind enough to pass encouraging comments on my (now abandoned) Blog,

So I return the compliment with encouragement for more developments in the Farthing saga. Pretty Please!! .... The concept is just too good to be allowed to wither away!

I think the over-all shot of the Depot is the first time that it has been revealed as a diorama-in-a-box, with the capability of being part of a Modular layout. Brilliant!

Does the model part slide out of the box for work on the structure etc?. I think you mentioned a while ago that the roof repairs had been necessary.  

Some people do both in parallel.

Certainly does appear that help /advice is more forthcoming in the topic sections, but Blogs do seem (to me !) to be a better way of keeping a coherant record of the ongoing activities on the project.

Does not add any more to the Shipston "story" , but during my short employment at WMGB the chairman was Mr. G. LeB. Diamond, who also had a directorship (possibly Chairman) of a company manufacturing Crematoria.! He would expound on the theory of effective Cremation at the drop of a hat! ..(Really useful knowledge for a 20-something year-old !)

I doubt that he was the "man in the white coat" mentioned by Steve, In my meetings with him -- he didn't strike me as a "Hands-on" type at all!

Suggest that you re-post this info. in the Exhibitions section of this forum :-

1. Club & Society Info

1. Exhibition & Event Calendar
2.  

1. Exhibitions

Much more likely to be noticed in a few days / weeks time when the blog listing on the front page has disappeared.

You will be able to amend the entry as required and also "bump" it to the top of the listing nearer the date. I think that it will also appear in the Calender (not sure if this is automatic or if you need to arrange it). 

Pedant Mode!!!  or at least putting in my Aporth.... (Black Country for Half-penny's Worth!)

If "lifes" is a plural it should be "lives"

If "lifes" is Intended to infer problems relating to (singular or generic) life the it should be "life's" 

letter S preceded by an apostrophe ( 's ) means "belonging to"

I looked at Shipston as a potential BLT back in about 2006 but was disappointed with the lack of a rail connection to the gas works to add interest to the goods traffic.

I did not search too deeply for details of the gas works at Shipston, but found your research results interesting. I did work, in my youth, for the B'ham Gas company at their Gas Street Offices.

My interest in the modelling the branch finally waned when BRM produced a (printed) Special Supplement showing a layout at a higher quality than I thought I could manage! (July 2007 issue - "Layout of a Lifetime' Morton in Marsh and Shipston on Stour branch") 

If you have not seen the BRM Supplement drop me a PM and I'll send it to you.

Can't remember if it was Rustons or NCK who told me that the chain drive components were deliberately chosen to be the weakest element of the transmission system "to protect the gearbox" !!! Obviously  cheaper to replace a broken chain than dismantle the whole drive unit.

Saw several examples of the truth of this, the one which like to quote happened during the construction of the Trans-Pennine Motorway where in the depths of winter, the driver had tried to move his crane from ground where he was up to his axles in frozen mud, where the machine had been over the Xmas break!! I believe that it had to stay there until a thaw to be able to dig the broken chain out. (and it's no fun tramping over a partly built road scheme in winter !!)

Have you done a stress analysis on those Delrin Chains?? (Where's the Devil smiley???)

Good to see that Minnie (or was it Flora?) has recovered from her undignified fall from the cattle dock platform edge.

I rather thought that her platform ticket may have been withdrawn.

This query would probably get more attention/ response posted in the Help & Tips section of the forum.

A bit of potentially useless information....

When I was involved with machining brass and bronze components (some 40+ years ago!) we had drills with the cutting areas ground at different angles compared to the drills used for steel. There are tables in the Machinery Handbook specifying the correct / recommended angles for drill points for various materials.

It's almost certain that your drill set are correct for steel but not for brass, hence the problem with "bits flying"

I would think it is almost impossible for an amateur to re-profile a 2mm drill.!!

I do remember that using a correctly profiled drill cut more readily and made a much better, cleaner hole than a "Steel Profile" one. We were using drills in the 12mm to 25mm range!

I should confess that I didn't do the drilling myself.... I was part of the design team who got the blame if things went wrong!!