Dave John

The Wagon on the tt in that pic could be a CR D46 coke wagon. 

Cupboard doors and planks match, square headstock, what looks like CR greaseboxes.

No idea why it is there though. 

That is how i do it Phil, but with two controllers. every section on the layout can be switched to either the up or down controller or off, but the signalling only clears if a plausible route is set. 

Looking at the track plan having 3 trains moving at once would give me a headache, so why three controllers?  

Signals can be fragile, but the simple solution is to make ones which can be unplugged and stored safely when you are working near them on the layout. They also have a small base area.

Just a thought Mikkel. I would be tempted to make the glazing the base layer and use the silhouette with a very low blade setting to scribe the whole first layer. Subsequent pre painted layers are then added, but the whole thing is defined by the part that draws the eye. 

Thats how I did the stairs on Kelvinbank. 

That is in so many ways a superb photo Compound. Attention to detail right from the chair legs to the Lincrusta ceiling panels. 

Yes there is;

https://www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org

A very useful resource. 

I enjoy reading both threads and blogs, particularly those in which the writer is describing the way in which they actually made something. 

As a writer of two blogs I shall explain why I prefer the format over a thread. If I buy a non fiction book then I expect it to be divided into chapters and I expect the chapter headings to describe the content of the chapter. I have tried to write my blog in the same fashion. 

This I think is useful from both the point of view of the reader and the writer, particularly with regard to finding information from some time ago. 

When I write a blog I prepare using a  text editor and then copy it across to rmweb. Once the blog is published I create a folder with the name of the blog and the text, photos and video go into that folder which is then stored locally in a folder full of blogs. I therefore have a correctly archived set of blogs, which has proved invaluable for the restoration of lost pictures. The whole thing may be of interest to others but it also provides me with a record of my modelling activity should I need to refer back for any reason. 

Following the loss of photos there have been some issues with dating material, causing the spam effect described above. The solution is simple. When I edit a blog to restore photos I go down to the bottom of the page. There is a box labelled "publish now" which is ticked by default. Untick it and hover over the box to the left of it; a calendar pops up which allows the editor to go back and republish on the original publishing date thus preserving the chronological order of the blog. 

I hope that clears the air a bit and to an extent encourages RMweb to allow writes to create either blogs or threads to suit their personal style. 

It was Willie Whizz, though there was an EM background so 18.2 mm gauge was used. 

I never saw Pempoul , though there are good videos. Certainly inspirational. 

Since I am effectively starting from scratch I can be precise and go for 20mm gauge. Whether it ends up a layout depends on time, for now I am happy experimenting with ideas. Cheap radio control, axle hung motors, magnets as  conductors, using parts as components rather than the scale they were made for. 

It does all get rather messy. 

So I decided to find a quiet corner and choose my own scale. 1/50. Really logical if you think metric. 1 mm on a model represents 50 mm in real life. 20 mm is a metre, so metre gauge track is bang on  20 mm gauge. 

Even if you have to think imperial it is 0.24 inches to the foot. Not too hard to work with. 

Some folk might suggest that the downside is that you have to sit down at the bench and make everything. I would argue that making everything is the point of the exercise. 

With regard to long folds, and from a personal viewpoint, I prefer a single half etch over  a series of through etches . As described above it is easy to skrawk through a linear half etch to give an accurate even fold, the serrated effect is difficult to fix. 

I am trying to find out which of these could be found to the west of Glasgow in the Edwardian era. Rule 1 might apply, I do like them. 

A whole new livery to learn too..... 

There was early glassmaking at Finneston in Glasgow and some at Dumbarton, though I don't think it was plate glass.

Plenty of interesting wagons to keep you scratch building there Compound. 

Very nice indeed. 

Perhaps ot , but with reference to Annies second photo. Why the signal next to the shed ? 

A couple of nice Scotch Derricks in there too. 

Well thats what the prize cattle wagons were for Andy. er, Have Bull will travel sort of thing ....... 

I don't want to clog up Chuffers thread , so I'll just post a lonk to the discussion ;

Superb brassmanship.

I would agree totally with your comments on ultrasonic cleaners, wonderful things . 

The Caley built over a hundred cask wagons .

A bit about whisky. There was ( and still is )  the tourist malt whisky, wee distilleries in misty  highland glens, served by nice branchlines with a wagon or two.  Matured in fine casks for expensive tastes. 

Then there was ( and still is ) Industrial grain whisky. Distilled in big factories in the industrialised central belt and matured in vast sheds, blended to hit a price. exported in container tanks, sold to drinkers who just drink the stuff. Historically served by sidings, coal and grain in, lots of casks , whisky out by the gallon. 

Thats why the Caley and NB built them. They were obliged to carry imported empty casks for the grain whisky trade, so a big wagon with open slatted sides made sense. 

The early CR ones were on salvaged coach frames, only rated  at 3 Tons, later ones 6 Tons. As Magmouse says mainly casks for distiilleries, though some for fish and jam. 

If he tanked a pot 'o wine yon size its nae wonder he lost his troosers ..... 

So I shouldn't mention the CR , NB and GSWR, all of whom had wagons designated for the transport of empty casks ? 

Ok, I won't. 

452 was built 1900 to lot Y64. 

Lamp irons would be cabside, smokebox top and the rear one was effectively an extension of the centre coal rail bracket rather than the on the bunker rear face. Nothing on the buffer beam till later.  ( Caley cabside lamps  could show a red, white or green aspect via a rotating filter ) 

Just the westinghouse pipe on the buffer beam .

Front coupling seems to have been the single shackle type. 

The first question would be which scale and gauge are you intending to try ? 

Second question would be which rail profile do you want to build or buy track in ?