Simond
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The “Huntsman Ales” logo appears very similar to the old Tetley one. Were they one and the same?
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As nobody mentioned it, I just have to tell you that the suggested musicians all released versions of Cat Steven’s’ “Peace Train”, which seemed appropriate…
Merry Christmas, and a Peaceful, Prosperous, Happy & Healthy New Year to all.
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A lovely clip, and exquisite music.
As a musical alternative, you might also want to consider Cat Stevens, 10000 Maniacs, or even Dolly Parton…
A Merry & Peaceful Christmas to all
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This is fantastic!
you said “More on that later” referring to painting the brickwork. Do please post on that too!
cheers
Simon
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Dave,
you’ll need to speak to Pete Stevenson. They have castings for the levers, and the frame. My mate John, who used to own SSS made the masters about fifty years back, and I regularly use a couple of his frames on our weekly running nights. Fully mechanically interlocked too!
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You might find precisely what you want at Scale Signal Supply, though I can’t vouch for the price. Not pennies I think.
i thought I had contact info, but can’t find it. Try the Guild Gazette.
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If all your power supplies are in a closed box, I’d check that it doesn’t get too hot.
You might want some ventilation slots top & bottom.
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If I were tackling the rivetted strips, I think I’d take some thin sheet, and put a few double rows of rivets in it, and then cut out the strips, and sweat them on. Doing it the other way about will not work out, I feel.
As an aside, the GW press is an excellent bit of kit, but I can’t help thinking it’s a bit old fashioned. There’s a picture somewhere of a lathe with a rivet press clamped to the main slide - the main & cross feeds are much easier to use than the GW press handwheels, and you could, in principle, use the top slide too. Of course, this isn’t helpful if you don’t have a lathe…
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Whilst they’re undoubtedly “stainless”, I’d bet at least a whole round pound that they’re aluminium, not stainless steel.
if you can cut them with snips, score them with a Stanley knife, or bend them in your fingers, they’re ally.
theyre damn useful. I’ve a couple of boxes of them modified into all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes.
other rivers exist
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Platypi?
Pity the poor porter who had to unload them - at least only the males are poisonous...
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This is really very lovely.
Might I suggest some kind of neutral backdrop, as the rather nice wooden blinds are rather obvious in your photos? It’s a perennial problem, the backscene on PD is about 18” high, and this isn’t enough for some photos.
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Very topical!
Outstanding modelling as always, Mikkel, thanks for sharing
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Thanks for the thoughts re N20 motors.
On a whim, I have just bought 4 of the 6V 42:1 versions, to use in my slightly off-the-wall rebuild of a Big Big Hymek. A quick check suggests they’ll only get it up to around 50mph, rather than the prototypical 90, but they kind of fit with the ethos of the project, and they’ll easily fit within the bogies
it’ll be battery R/C, and so far has cost about 55 quid, half of which was the motors. I have to turn the wheels, they’ll now need some kind of sleeve to fit the N20 shafts, and axle ends to go in the axleboxes. I have batteries, and I think I’ve got a Micron receiver that’ll do too.
not sure I’ll go to the lengths of detail your bogies have, but we’ll see.
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next time you're on a platform, stand about two coach lengths away from the other people. I guess the colours of their clothes will be a bit muted, you'll see shadows where their eyes are, and maybe under their chins, a beard or moustache might show, as will hair colour & hat if applicable, but beyond that...?
I know, coaches are longer these days :)
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I remember the TriAng giraffe car
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A lot easier to do than multiple “L” cranks too…
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The signals are rather special…
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17 hours ago, corneliuslundie said:
That sound much like the way I add transfers to wagons, to get the spacing right.
I don't know about the wagon works concerned, but in one of the HMRS "Southern Style" volumes I seem to remember that there is mention of using a bag of flour and stencils to give an indication of the shape of the lettering. I have read all but the first volume several times, but in terms of proof reading rather than looking for information.
Jonathan
“Pouncing”.a cotton bag of chalk dust (I guess flour would work, but might get damp and go nasty) banged onto stencils with lines of pinholes, through which the powder passes & provides a dotted line to follow…
you can buy “pounce wheels” from dressmakers’ suppliers, or the usual online sources.
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14 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:
The wagon shop foreman had notice the photographer was coming; the paint shop foreman was caught unawares.
Probably explains the scowl!
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I’m surprised that they were painting with sawdust & shavings around. I’d have expected a good sweep up, before getting the paint out.
I guess the rather wooden appearance of the people might be due to keeping still for a longish exposure.
I’m also guessing there wasn’t much banter or discussion about last weekend’s footy, or anything else, judging by the foreman’s happy smiling countenance.
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“Uneven, yet balanced.”
yes.
philosophical question for the morning. How does it know?
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5 hours ago, Mikkel said:
the end result is a height difference between 75 and 76 mm when counting bricks - which translates into very little in 4mm scale, even across multiple courses
it's basically three of our old English "inches", which, for you 4mm modellers, scales conveniently to one modern, international millimetre!
Now, I would like a quiet word with whomever was responsible for 1/43.5...
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I expect that the revenue from the hoardings would be gathered by the hoarding company, and they in turn would pay whomever owned what land or fencing they attached their structures to.
It seems that the hoardings were attached to railway fences, and their butresses would be staked down in railway land, so my guess is that the railway took a fair share of the income, one way or another.
but it really is supposition on my part
Simon
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2 hours ago, Mikkel said:
I'm not sure I understand you correctly Simon
many people say that…I was wondering if the GW received the revenue for the posters stuck to its poster boards, and the GC received that from theirs. Otherwise I could see little benefit in naming the boards themselves, other than to reinforce the company image, of course.
modern hoardings in the uk are typically labelled, eg “Primesite”, “Clearchannel” and I remember “More O’Ferrall” too.
atb
Simon
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Wagon Miscellany. GWR ballast wagons x 3 and a Ratio Huntsman Ales kit.
in 46444's Blog
A blog by 46444 in RMweb Blogs
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Thanks Mark,
I'm a Birkenhead lad but have lived some forty years dahn saaf. I recall the huntsman logo from the Tetley pubs along Scotland Road in Liverpool, when travelling to Crosby to see my dad’s uncle when I was a kid. There was no shortage of pubs on Scottie road….
I really don’t recall them more recently, but then there’s not a lot of Tetley pubs in Kent! But so many local individual breweries and brands have been gobbled up into these drinks giants, you’d almost think there was a profit motive!
cheers
Simon