wagonbasher

It sounds like that 'documentary' from the 1980's. I think it was called BRASS. Andy

Harry Potter is fiction? I'm going to have to sit down. Andy

The towing mast may not be in the scene, it is set back about 15 foot from the front of a bow. If you need to know more I can post some pics later Andy

Could we explore his further for the less informed am I interpreting this correctly? So, 4 plank on the left is in the Red livery with painted letters, branding etc, Middle wagon is in the new Grey livery with big lettering, So is the right hand wagon (another 4 plank GWR), is that red but with just cast plates? Andy

A 16'' I presume given the stocky appearance and the dumpy chimney. Andy

Mind you I can't talk, all i've done for ages is build a 'coffee table' Does it fit in a cake box? Andy

Elephants have four knees, so knees on the front legs as well as the back. They're going to regret that when they're older. They also have four feet, they would look silly with just six inches. Andy

I recognise the Andrew Stadden figures but who makes the guy with the 'Oss' Andy

Not a problem for me, it's only a problem if you meant it to be somewhere else. Andy

I'll match and raise your pedantry. Barges are in excess of 15 foot beam (width). Smaller, like the tug are narrow boats. I don't think you would fit a barge on that strip of cut. Andy

Agreed re the 70 foot however.. Birmingham Canal Navigation Tugs were about 35 / 40 foot long. If you type BCN Tugs into google images. It does rather commit you to Birmingham and the Black Country however. Andy Andy

I had thought that the DCI brake levers at one end with the cross shaft enabled the brake to be applied and released from either side of the wagon regardless of which side the brakes were. That is an advantage although clearly not much of an advantage as they were discontinued. Andy

Presumably her hands are full Andy

A watched that film for an hour and a half and I thought..... I know this story! The ship sinks! What a let down, I hope I haven't ruined the ending for anyone that hasn't seen it. Andy

A complaint about a dirty knife perhaps Andy

I sprayed Humbrol gloss varnish on the areas where the transfers were to go. I had rather mixed success with the transfers. On the brake side, the main lettering came out quite well – the ‘L’ of ‘Lincolnshire’ and one of the hyphens are slightly skew – but the solebar detail mostly disintegrated. On the non-brake side, ‘Lincolnshire’ went totally to pot but the solebar detail was a bit more successful:[/font][/size] Fortunately, I was able to get another set of transfers on ebay and am about to have a second go at the worst bits. I'm pleased you have found some more transfers, I thought a heavy tar spill was on the way. Andy

I agree, you still have to address that white edge and any loss to the printed surface (cracks or wear) will reveal that white paper underneath. I will probably have a go. Andy

Since EXPO EM Autumn I have been working on Tackeroos wagon stock. The wagons were not the priority, making it work was! Realising that most of the camps supplies (other than coal) would be a mixture of food, materials and munitions we need more open wagons with sheets (tarps). Researching tarpaulins I realised that our chosen period of Autumn 1917 turns out to be a great but narrow period for wagon sheets. In January 1917 company sheeting fell under the common user agreement. This means that I can put any companies sheet on any company wagon. Once this agreement was in place railway companies simplified the designs they painted on the sheets (why try two hard when they may not be on your wagon or on your own metals...). So from 1917 for a period of probably 4 years you have the ability to add any sheet to any wagon and still use those sheets with Red or Yellow lines which would have been painted out when the sheet was next in for maintenance. Anyway: I have had a go making my own: Black paper from hobby craft A white pen, this one was a Gelly Roll 08 Excel spreadsheet and my own ink jet printer So I created the design in Excel using the rows and columns to get the proportions correct (In fact I have made the first one too narrow). Adding and moving letters with text boxes and the nearest font I could find, also adding some big fat lines Then print at a very low % of its real size (trial and error) on to white paper until the size was right. Put in the Black paper and print. The colour ink I could see best on the Black paper was surprisingly Black. Then armed with magnifier, light, my glasses and the white pen I went over the Black printed letters. I've added the sheets number by hand and painted the red lines with paint. Reasonably happy for a first attempt, just need to research some designs Andy

What sort of date saw the tail lamps move outside. Cheers Andy

sorry, are Cambrian selling? I only just learnt that Parkside had sold up. What's going on? Is it specter of 3D printing that frightening them off. Andy

Please excuse my ignorance but what colour is that Andy

I was doing exactly this at 7.00am this morning with a Ratio D2 conversion (the last batch built at 16 foot). What do you use to open them out. I had a mini drill and a sort of side cutting bit. it was a bit fierce but ok. What period is your wagon... Disc wheels ? Andy

I just typed in McDonnell class 59 into Google images. Defiantly not what I was expecting Andy

If you found that you need to remove another 1/2 mm on any given section of the model, are you able to remove some material (3mm) from the pattern and re-cut 'trim' that same piece of model or do you have to remake the part? Just curious... Andy

S So.... Are the patterns plasticard? What sort of thickness are they? What sort of scale - how much bigger are they than the final piece? Andy