John Besley

On 15/06/2024 at 20:17, KeithMacdonald said:

 

Quite correct. The mice are appropriate for 2mm scale tunneling. Rats are for 4mm/OO gauge scale tunnels, and moles are for O gauge. It can get specialised if you want a Light Railway in 2mm, for that you need the mice from Brambly Hedge.

What do I need for 7/8ths... young Badgers?

13 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

Good morning Graeme,

 

I'm not sure where bending bars are available from. Living for 30 years in an around Wolverhampton (a town - now a city - which made just about everything) and making many friends in the industries, a mate made these for me. Another chap made a tumblehome-forming device (sold through Modellers Mecca at the time) and I acquired a set of rolling bars from a friend. Another friend made a long back-to-back gauge.

 

 

 

The tumblehome-forming device.

 

I rather doubt its current availability.

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

 

Hello Tony

Can you send me some further photos of your bending bar as I need to make up a set to fold 0.7 mm steel sheet for a traction engine build

That looks a lot of fun

That'll upset all those who've built TMD and have all their locos on tick over at an exhibition.... all we will hear now is a faint hiss...

https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/06/class-60-diesel-locomotive-set-to-be-powered-by-steam-in-new-trial.html/amp

And we're back to Steam again...

41 minutes ago, CameronL said:

Spent a pleasant couple of hours with SWMBO at the Anglesey Transport Museum...

It was slightly worrying to see that so many cars I remember as being state of the art in my childhood are now museum exhibits.

 

Does that make me a relic?

 

Probably, and in need of restoration by a team of experts.

 

(PS. The last one isn't a car. It's a Hawker Hunter with a rather grotty diesel shunter behind it).

That is a scarry thought..., I wish I still had my vehicles from when I passed my driving test in 1976... Riley Elf, Morris Minor van, Shepa van (might give that one a miss) Ford Escort vans MK1, MK2, MK4, VWLT35 flatbed ...

On 26/05/2024 at 10:31, Mallard60022 said:

Beautiful Scenics there CK. Excellent work. Green Scene stuff? Great Pose from Crew member by Modelu too. Smoke Units by?

ATB

Phil  

Back in the day (20 years ago!).when I was a fireman on the SDR I usually had the same pose in the cab of the loco I was firing, very simple reason being you could look out of either cab window over your shoulder, and watch the pressure gauge, keep an eye on your driver to second guess his next move... so I could kick the dampers shut if needed put the injectors on and open the fire hole door as soon as he shut the regulator, and vice versa.

With practice you can control the fire with adjusting the dampers and firehole door for secondary airflow ... Best day ever on an Austerity - and they where hard work but fun - got through the entire day with the boiler on the red line, never blowing off once, minimal fire to drop at end of day at disposal

Who was driving? - the best, Dave Knowling great bloke sadly missed

Nice, how about a Lord of the Isles next, or a 4-4-0 County.... Locomotion or Rocket...

Go on you know you want to...

On 21/05/2024 at 11:54, Hacksworth_Sidings said:

Right, no luck in getting the screw mount drilled, smallest bit they had was 3mm, was able to nick some emery cloth though, getting the body ready for painting. Hoping to get it into a presentable state so I can try and get a few photographs of it on some layouts at my local show next month :)

 

 

Also managed to get some mechanical work done, rolls a lot smoother now!

Clever, you could add a dummy rear frame extention under the cab as its kind of hanging in space and needs some plumbing for injectors adding in under there as well

Reffering to A1's there looks to be an intresting article in Steam Railways this month ( out today)

26 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

And even if they are then will they get a just punishment?  Hardly.

Tied to a tree and birched...Sounds a good plan or chop off their hands

On 18/05/2024 at 20:20, gwrrob said:

It's been very quiet on here from me recently for a couple of reasons . First, we've been having long overdue work done on the house , the kitchen in particular that will keep SWMBO happy for a while.

 

Secondly, this effects this thread , the garage needs a new roof asap , although thankfully not leaking . New brickwork, fascia's and a lintel are needed and I need to prepare for the inevitable dust and debris this will cause. Protection of the layout is paramount and the roofer ensures me all will be ok although he's never done one with a model railway in situ ! Hopefully when done it will outlast me.

 

In other news a few goodies are due in the next few weeks but bear with me at this nerve racking time.

I know it might spoil the illusion but could you post a picture of the garage with all and sundry in view...

Great to catch up on this project Andy and read through it, what magazine is this going in if you don't mind

58 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

Airfix magazine is still being published.

Look and Learn magazine... Trigan Empire.... Don Lawrence...

Those where the days

26 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

I'm coming more to the idea of a couple of steel 'L' angle braces being firmly screwed to the underneath...

I had a similar problem with an MDF shelf in the workshop - solved it by screwing a couple of redundant Spur shelving upright underneath 

18 hours ago, MrWolf said:

 

Or a good squirt of washing up liquid in a pint of petrol*...

 

 

*DIY napalm.

Do you have a radio control B52 or Phantom F4... 

22 hours ago, Tortuga said:

I was once told that if you hit a pheasant (or, presumably any bird or animal) while driving, it is illegal for you to stop, pick it up and take it away for cooking, but anyone following you can do so.

 

Now I’m typing this, I’ve realised I’ve no idea how true it actually is. Assuming it is true and also applies to trains, presumably the crew of the following service from Axminster to Exeter St David’s enjoyed pheasant for tea!

How about the restaurant car crew bagging it as fresh pheasant.... bit like a Emmett cartoon I remember ... I'll have to look in the books I hung onto from my old Dads place..

10 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Railway pheasants are smarter than we might expect. About 50 years ago, I was on a train on the Grain branch. With a 20 mph PSR, we found a pheasant flying along 4 or 5 feet in front of the cab. For several miles! Crews said it often happened. You felt if you could have opened the cab windscreen you could have grabbed dinner!

I need to dig it out - O have a picture somewhere of a Pheasant tucked up on the front lap of Tangmere a few years ago as she ran into Exter St David having clobbered this one near Axminster on the way down 

1 minute ago, ColinK said:

Left over staircase from another building kit.

In the vein of a John Smiths advert... "so your just going to add it in afterwards"

23 hours ago, Asterix2012 said:

I thought for a minute you were talking about the GWR again.

Love to see a broad gauge layout... found an intresting track plan of Broad gauge Newton Abbot... just saying...

18 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

Think about it.

It looks like the car is smiling...

22 hours ago, MrWolf said:

 

No, you need another Pannier...

I believe Tavistock has a Pannier market behind the high Street... or is that yhe wrong type...

I've always wanted one... back in the day when I modeled in 4mm.... but in 7/8ths... that's going to mean I need a bigger boat layout