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I understand that Mr. P. B. Greenhouse is an acquaintance of the well-known photographer, whose work often featured the railways of Mid-Cornwall, Mr W. C. Wolseley.

1 hour ago, Mikkel said:

Hi Neal, good to see progress on these. The interior paint job looks very good.

 

Just as an aside, if you are already aware then ignore this:  Because you are adding photos to an existing old post, few people will get to see the new stuff. We don't get any updates and it will not appear on the main RMweb blog page. That's why I for example keep missing it. I only caught this because you posted about it in your thread. The normal approach is to create a new blog post every time there has been some progress. But you may already know and choose to do it like this of course, in which case never mind 🙂

 

1 hour ago, Neal Ball said:

 

Thanks Mikel (on both counts).

 

Yes I realised that a while back - I have started a blog page about my next carriage build - but its hidden until i have finished the build, everything will be added in one go.

 

Thanks for this.

This is one of the reasons I far prefer the forum formats to blogs.

My paternal grandmother's name was Ceridwen. To me she was just Gran but to my father's cousins she was Auntie Crid.

Somewhere, in a box with his wings and Warrant Officer's insignia, I have my late father's copy of the Tempest V Pilot's Notes.

I've used DGs in 4mm for years, never in 2mm, but the basic principles are the same.

The key with DGs is that they must all be the same height. It doesn't matter what that height is, as long as they're all the same. In 4mm, Leeds MRS members have standardised on 8mm from rail to the bottom of the buffing plate. We certainly don't have any problems with corridor coaches at that height.

Don't bend the hook back too far - just enough to stop the loop jumping off. The instructions suggest 15 degrees, which works for me.

The latch should fall under gravity. If it doesn't, it might be because you've splayed the retaining tabs out a little too far. We bend the tabs forward a little to stop the latch lifting too far and going over centre too.

I only body-mount them on rigid-wheelbase stock. On some long-wheelbase 4-wheeled vans I let them pivot with a piece of wire extending under the body as a light centring spring.

Single-ended couplings are fine if you never turn your stock.

Hope that helps.

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

Ta. I will get some and try it. It may be the doors are abs so the only other thing I could try is the glue plumbers use to fasten plastic pipes together with.

 

Baz

If they're ABS, Plastic Weld should work. If Plastic Weld doesn't work, they're probably not ABS!

"I must find a glue which sticks Bachmann cab doors on permanently. Any suggestions?"

What are they made of? If plastic, try this:

https://www.loctiteproducts.com/en/products/fix/super-glue/loctite_plasticsbondingsystem.html

I've used the Australian equivalent and it's very good, e.g. for SMP track sleepers.

Are you going to use JEK/DG pegs on this one?

Did somebody mention Purley Oaks?

21/10/83 sand train derailed on Up Local, copyright Alex Dasi-Sutton.

Good to see you back. Look forward to more progress in due course.

10 hours ago, toboldlygo said:

 

Possibly..

Excellent.

2 hours ago, toboldlygo said:

Bump, the coaling stage is now in place on my clients layout, which is current under construction at a layout builders - somewhere in Somerset..

 

Somewhere near the West Somerset Railway, perchance?

3 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Yes, well, that's one of the unadvertised disadvantages of a deeper pile!

 

There's a cream for that. Seriously, that looks very nice indeed.

Are you going to build the transporter as a working model James?

5 minutes ago, SouthernRegionSteam said:

Lepe was supposed to, at first, join a rail tunnel to meet up with Cowes.

Years ago I read about a layout that was based on that premise. If I can remember any details I'll let you know.

Calshot's not all that far from Fawley...

Seriously, another look at Calshot would float my (flying) boat.

Sounds good. No matter how well-polished, I reckon that things like the lamp brackets, electric lamp housings and door hinges would look slightly mucky.

Are you going to put a bit more grot on the ends? The yellow still looks a bit bright in the photo.

Edit: just seen your post on Mike's topic. Still reckon a bit more round the joins and fittings would look good though.

I'm sure I"m teaching you to suck eggs, CK, but you do run it in in both directions and facing both ways (i.e. four separate configurations), don't you?

Rich, why not fit the pickups now and leave some flying leads for later?

On 28/10/2019 at 18:39, Michael Edge said:

One or two of us have been tempted to have a go at the climbing wall in the past.....

However the Squires stand is always under it now and he's the first to arrive and last leave.

Presumably the vitnery was the other?

You didn't often see "Ind Coope" mentioned in the context of a "tasty pint".

I think you might be right about the picture window but the door should be OK, with etched glass proclaiming "Saloon Bar" or some such.

Very nice Tim. I thought about going for that but in the end decided not to. Glad it found a good home.

2 hours ago, Michael Edge said:

As in doing one's best to empty the fiddle yard?

Both of my layouts, Cwmafon and Herculaneum Dock, largely work on the basis of real traffic to be worked, coal and steel shifting in both cases with some other goods as well. Passenger trains fitted in gaps between the goods trains.

Of course - and running too many passenger trains. You were always telling me off for that on Cwmafon. Look forward to doing the same on Herculaneum one day.

You missed out the Tidal system, where the trains just come in and then go out again...

Seriously, as The Stationmaster said, this is in particular a very clear exposition of the difference between a timetable and a sequence as far as model railway operation is concerned. Thanks.