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    Dave F's photos - ongoing - more added each day

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

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    4 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

    C21058: I like the wheel clamp on the car. Not often modelled but might make an interesting cameo with a motorist and traffic warden having an argument!

    It's a Renault 5 GT Turbo, I believe - quite a sought-after & very 'stealable' car back in the day, so the 'boot' might well be an anti-theft precaution by the owner rather than parking enforcement 👍

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    DMU's & EMU's in Blue SYP

    in Transition Diesel Liveries

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    20 hours ago, JDW said:

     

    Just catching up on this thread (some great images!) and noticed the track layout here. There's a crossover between the two through lines (single slip on the one coming towards the camera) but that crossover extends across to the platform at the end of the loop and then back out onto the same line. Obviously there must be a reason, and probably something obvious, but I'm struggling to figure it out. Does anyone know why? What precluded the use of just a standard crossover? I can't see any advantage of crossing to the platform road instead.


    I'm from Lincoln, but to be honest, I've not noticed that before & have no definitive answer to your question, I'm afraid.

    I will say though that the level crossing you can just see in the foreground was a major choke-point between rail traffic, road traffic & pedestrians, and had been since the railway was first built in the 19th century (it's alleviated a little now that the High Street has been pedestrianised, but still causes a lot of frustration for pedestrians). It may be that that particular arrangement was to allow a terminating DMU on platform 6 (on the right) to pull forward & then reverse across the crossover to head back to the depot without having to close the gates to road traffic. I Honestly don't know if this was a 'thing', so purely supposition on my part.

    Kevin

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    Whats on your 2mm Work bench

    in 2mm Finescale

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    On 17/03/2020 at 21:15, Chris Higgs said:

    Not 2mm, but has used my modelling skills.

     

    The wet winter has not been kind to the sill of my wife's VW Golf. First thoughts were to fibreglass it, but I was not sure how to form a smooth profile. So I hopped down the local model store and picked up some 10 thou brass sheet which I formed and angle in in a wood vise, and then curved the rest using my rolling mill. Fits nice and snug. And I discovered you can indeed cut 10 thou brass with scissors and get a pretty nice cut!

     

    But just in case you are wondering why I am posting this I am looking for some ideas of how to fix the brass to the sill, which has a coat of what seems to be some sort of plasticised paint. Impact adhesive?

     

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    Chris


    Only just catching up on things RMweb, so a bit late to the party (and I apologise if I'm completely missing a joke here), but the sills of a car are meant to be load bearing, so a glued-on bit of thin brass (or fibreglass) simply isn't going to do the job, I'm afraid.

    What you need as a minimum is a similarly profiled piece of steel seam-welded over the hole - myself, I'd cut the rot out & joggle the edges so the repair piece fits flush to make the repair as neat as possible.

    Incidentally, the textured coating is stone-chip - that needs to be stripped off in the area of the repair (it catches fire when you're welding, don't ask how I know...) and a new coat painting on afterwards before the top-coat.

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    Dave F's photos - ongoing - more added each day

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

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    Didn't most 180s have vinyl roofs?

    Strange that I remember my dad having a test drive of a 160 about a mile from the picture... He didn't buy it.

    We had a crazy test drive which passed this spot in a avenger tiger.... He didn't buy that either mores the pity

     

    My Dad went mad & bought the 2 litre - first car I had a go at driving (round the car park where he worked - it was an auto, which helped somewhat). I seem to remember it rusted really quickly - I wonder if any survive?

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    Any Question Answered

    in 2mm Finescale

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    Thanks Chris - as you're rightly surmised, my thoughts were "It's a shame a can't doing anything with this - is it worth trying or should I just chuck it in the bin and phone Hattons?". 

     

    I think Hattons probably win out here. 

     

    If its only destination is destined to be the bin, then I'll happily send a few quid your way & give it a new home - I could do with a Class 24 body to apply a few modifications to... :)

    Dave F's photos - ongoing - more added each day

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

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    I learned to drive on my father's Wolseley 1500, grey with maroon side panels and capable of 90mph, which I got it up to coming off the Brecon Beacons on the A470 on one occasion, under his supervision!  It was a great car to learn on, easy and forgiving of handling and with enough torque to let you get away with bungled gear changes.  I don't remember this or the Riley version in that colour, though.

    Both a little late and a little off-topic, but the perennial car in the garage is a Riley One-Point-Five, I believe (from the position of the boot badge & the shape of the numberplate light cowl) - a Mark I, I suspect, from the rear lights. They were definitely available in a couple of shades of light blue - I have a full set of leather interior in said shade languishing in my shed, 'just in case'... :)

     

    It might well be this colour, shown in the 1957 brochure (possibly Florentine Blue, although that's just off the top of my head!)

     

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    Cheers to Dave for a wonderful thread, and a (belated) Merry Xmas & Happy New Year to one & all! :drinks:

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    This is Euston!

    in Layout topics

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    Both the station sign and the trespass sign come form St Marks. I had a platform one sign from there too but it mysteriously disspppeared in a house move. We used to pick up my grandparents form that station. Lots of fond memories.

     

    Best regards,

     

    Jeremy

    My sign was used as a tray for mugs of tea when we were digging between the platforms in 1987 & using the old station building as a tea-hut (before we moved across the road & colonised the old octagonal keeper's cabin for the same purpose). Seemed a shame to leave it when we moved out... :whistle: ;)

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