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  1. richard i
    I have most of the late crest BR stock I need to run that sequence, in the end I want to be able to run it through a sequence which takes it from opening to closure, some kind of story for the viewing public to follow if they stick around long enough to see a whole sequence through. In st Andrews with stoke we had one chap pull up a stool and sit for the better part of two days watching the layout. It took us about two hours to run through the cycle.....an hour and a half with a quick driver.
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    helixes might be the solution at one end and stock underneath, you could have it run down the back of the top for one end befor turning and apperaing thus making a roundy roundy withouth the consumption of space. Go pregrouping trains are shorter and so are coaches but you still read a five coach train how ever long five coaches are. Richard
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    16ft ......so far, but it is a project in mid build......boards are 10yrs in, buildings 12years in construction and stock 17 years and counting.
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    Work has 7, can print down to 0.2but happier on 0.6or 0.8 for most jobs. Others run them, so I have to lean on them to give me time, but they are usually quite amenable.
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    Shapeways sounds very expensive, you are welcome to send it here and I can see if it will print out on ours, I am in pa so relatively speaking close by.
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    chimney, piece of tube and a waher at either end , bend bottom washer to curvature of the boiler, use solder and then file to shape for flares etc. It is the Denny way. Richard
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    I will be happy to do so, but it may be a while as I now live across the pond, otherwise I might have given more serious thought to taking on the layout myself.Richard
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    I will watch this with interest, i did a lot of the grass, bushes, ballesting. It was great to watch the trains run through. Richard
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    The general public.....and we are expected to be able to teach them. Sometimes a brain is all full by the age of 13. Richard
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    And why wouldn't you when the cost of wheels motor and gear box from other sources is much more expensive, especially when money for a modeling budget is tight. Richard
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    I like your thinking. The institute could definitely work as a terminus building. Good luck with all the intricate detail. Richard
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    I too have switched to a coupling at one end only as it is half the time and cost. I also understand the frustration with tension locks as the boys find the cannot couple up certain wagons at their couplings are different heights. It definitely increases the shunting puzzle for them. Richard
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    Connected to conversions and time. Tony says he will in the fullness of time convert the freight stock that is shunted to spat and winkle couplings. I can now tell you having converted 50 coal wagons, from rtr, kits and scratch. It took 3 months of only doing that. Now a retired person might do it more quickly, but then they seem to have the fullest diaries too. Changes your mind on doing it? Richard
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    For me there has to be a limit, the sidings at the back have been allocated and there is only a certain amount of space for coal wagons. Having said that, the back has yet to be built so they are fitting a planned siding, not an actual one.
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    I picked upmost on eBay either a made kits or bits from the same person/ shop over a week or two. They waited until I had finished and bundled it all together . Left me a happy customer. Have to say though that all needed work, horrible plastic wheels, no bearings, not weathered, insides not looking like wood, etc. so I still feel there is a bit of me in them when they run. Richard
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    "Arrogant and ill informed." I have been called worse by the man himself......and probably deserved it. I took it as honest feedback.
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    The first of this years projects completed. Quite pleased I am on track, I thought it would take three months. Richard
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    It does strike me that in the shot above there are three scratch built wagons, three r t r and four kit built ones. Thus achieving a rake not seen on most people's layouts. Not the main aim but I do get numbed by sameness of stock at shows where it occurs.
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    Now running at the head of the rake. Just a little light weathering and couplings to fit.......to all of the coal wagons. The next part of the modeling will be mundane and un photogenic but vital to get a wagon to move. There may be one more shot before everyone prays for no more wagons to show the complete trains. Richard
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    I caught a window in the weather between the snow on Sunday and the rain today to spray paint the coal wagons. Only one side done so far, letting it set for a moment. It has loco too small on the side but it was the only one I could find in my transfers and I did not feel up to painting my own. More photos once coal is added and they are on the tracks. Richard
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    I would print the carpet on the paper, think how deep carpet is in real life and then what that translates to in scale depth. For me the colour of Pullman market ray is between 3 and 4 with the inlay in a much lighter shade.
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    Hornby P2

    richard i replied to Dick Turpin's topic in Hornby

    I agree, that single line red lining on the frames is the very devil to get to work properly. How anyone makes it go on as intended is a complete mystery to me.
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    I would rather someone does the fishing for me. Fishing is so boring. That is what fish monger sis are for. Besides it would free up more time to do modeling.
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    I am sure my response would have included an expletive or two.However, it would mean that I would have seen the GCR in all its true colour! Silver lining Richard
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    Then with the bogies ''Tis always the way, this is a trial fit and it highlights how the door "jammers?" Will foul the bogies so they really need to be bent properly. I had just done a simple fold down but the need the extra 45degree bend in the middle. Totally unnoticeable from two feet but it will mean the stock can go round a corner. Richard
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