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Well, We didnt go out much once we had the kids, so as Emily was born in 1195 it would suggest before that. We did get sitters so its not impossible that it was after that just less likely. How does that sound? Andy

I'd greatful if you would point me in the right direction as to how I do that. I have a silhouette 3. I do get variable results on corners, just a steer and I will do some digging and playing. Andy

Better still, move to 'UK Standard Gauge Industrial Modelling' Andy

The Blues band, great British band, lead by Paul Jones (ex Manfred Man), fantastic vocals and harmonica. I have also seen them at 'The gatehouse' we were probably together, I know my Jane was there. Andy

I cut a whole sheet out last night, enough componants to make 6 windows but I have found a problem with the open window options. There is no where for the glazing on the upper sash, once partly open the glazing bars touch. Tonight I will add an additional lamination to the upper sash window layers. It will replicate the upper sash componant but have one square cut out a bit bigger then the two panes of glass so there is somewhere for the glazing to go. Not sure it will look lik with an extra layer. we will see Andy

Ive no idea what they are but they look great. Andy

After some research I now realise that in many instances both the top sash and the bottom sash can open, so I have added some extra designs to my sheet of windows, one with the bottom sash open and the other with the top sash open. These are the cut parts for a window the open options are the two on the right, I still need 2 laminations of each. but these repeat on a sheet of A4 10 thou plasticard Andy

Some pictures as promised. I knew I was gambolling with the double cut to make the join in the planks and its a fail. When a blade cuts rigid material (Computer controlled or otherwise) the blade makes a groove by pushing the material it has displaced to either side of the groove. This looks like it worked: But if I rub the surface the displaced material goes back into the groove. So using the score lines as a guide I opened up the plank gap with a scrawker. This take out a piece of plastic coiling up the surplus as they make the groove: So then it was just cutting off the waste edge and snapping the score lines to the right size:7 Ther are four of them, honest. Andy

Just shout up mate. I can do various designs and sizes or did you have specific sizes bin mind!! Andy

That should be easy enough, just move the bottom window bar with its triangluar bits down along with the top of the window and then add a full width box above. I like that, I will do some of those! Spot the covid house with the windows open in January. Andy

I coulnt think what ese to do with it. Laminated some more this morning, they are under a Hobgoblin Gold and a Brakespear gold at the moment. Andy

I have had a couple of questions about the silhouette cutter. If I work through the design and construction of a PW wagon it might help. The Birmingham and Midland had an unspecified number of wagons that would be used for internal reasons, moving coke, ash and Permenant way equipement and matarials. The would be hauled by the locomotives by a drawbar. There is a photo of one with a B&M Greens locomotive and PW crew (the only photo I know of) in J S Webbs book Black Country Tramways volume 1. (page 103). I have sized the wagon from the photograph. My guess is that they would have been from Olbury and Carraige works becasue tat is where the trailers came from and there were some common intrest in both businesses in the board of directors. 11 foot overall length, no buffers (drawbar) 3 plank (top plank a little deeper than the other two), with hinged sides. 4 Wheel with a 5 foot wheel base. I am going to make the sides from 20mm plasticard, scored for the three planks, Made in two parts per side a front and a back laminated together to make a side with a scale thickness of 1.5". That sounds correct on a small wagon. So, I have made the three planks separately, and over length, you insert a box and the expand / shrink to the size you want or you can input the dims. Now because it is 7mm I am not sure the score line between the planks will stand out enough. So I am hoping that the cutter will pass additional times between the planks so as to make the score lie more obvious, otherwise you just need lines and not boxes. You can tell the cutter to do multiple passes and I will do that but having two boxes side by side should mean two score lines side by side within a fraction of a MM. If it doesn't work I can use the scrawker to open them out a bit. Merged together with two new score (for snapping) lines exactly 77mm apart (I made and sized a box and then erased the bits I didn't need. You can see the broader line where planks (the two boxes) meet. Blowing the image up, the boxes are about 0.08mm apart so I hope that all merges into one deeper cut. I need two halves a inner and and outer for each side so I 'Group' the boxes and lines together and copy and past until I have four. I am not doing the ends just yet but they will be the same planks reduced in length. I need to assemble the underframe (4mm wagon wheels and some brass w irons to see the exact width of the wagon. I will post some pics today tomorrow to show how the cut came out By the way whilst I was doing this I thought how easy it would be to produce 10 thou planking inlays for those 'naughty' Slaters wagons (even as a retro fit ) that don't have internal detail. Andy

I said earlier that I jump around... Need some windows for the back to back building featured earlier. I did have some laser cut card windows that I thought would fit the bill. I found the surface texture would lift when I applied paint. I have read about ways of combatting that but no need. Sunday AM I designed some new sash windows on the software that came with the cameo cutter and this morning first thing I ran a sheet of 10 thou plasticard through the cutter. Now 10 thou is about as thick as you can cut. for very easy geometric shapes you could score 20 thou but if they are that easy who needs a cutter. Even at 10 thou I didnt cut through, scoring enough for the parts to break out without too much effort. To each sash window there is 5 parts. 2 laminatins of the bottom fixed pair of windows, two laminations of the upper sash and an outside frame. As they are only 10 thou they need to be laminated up using a slow evaporating solvent, limonene. I do this against a square edge, you at times would need two square edges. Using copy paste options in the software you can be sure they are all the same size so that they line up. You will see that I am doing this on glass (cheap £1 photo frames). Once all of the five sets I need are made, I trap them under another sheet of glass and weigh them down for the night, just to ensure they don't warp. Andy

All painted up. well almost, she needs some work on her face. probably need a beer before I tackle that: You will see that her brolly has been replaced with a towel, Old Gringo told me I should give her a Smith and western. What I like is that she had her arm on her hip when she wore her glamorous ball clothes, Now Cinderella is wearing the dullest coloured dress ever it looks like she is nursing her aching back. Andy

That is odd... Trams and Locos doesn't have the rating bar on the next post either. Is that something you can turn on / off in your profile? Andy

Be careful, thats 9999, make it count. Andy

This is excellent, loving it Andy

The truth is... that is the problem we all face, motivation without a deadline. Damian has got it at the moment! Work tomorrow Mr Ross ? Andy

By the time motor boats were common place 1930's they were normally run in pairs. The two biggest fleets ,The Grand Union Canal Carrying Company and Felliws Morton and Clayton ran mostly pairs although the FMC did have some boats with smaller engines designed as singles. The pairs supported families, the butty was home, the motor was additional sleeping. Towing two butties is from the days of steam power. The families lived and worked the unpowered craft and the steam motors operated like locomotives. The crew of the steamer not connected to the family of the unpowered boat they would work from point A to B towing boats, drop them off and pick up some more for the return to point A. Unless you are lucky enough to be a canal with double width locks then a pair arriving at a single lock (not part of a flight of locks) would put the motor through leaving the butty to come up second, hand pulling the butty into the lock and once at the same level, open the gate reconnect the towing strap and go. Leaving the gate open, there was no closing of gates then. if your pair arrived at a flight of locks, the motor goes ahead and the butty is bow hauled, pulled by hand through the flight. It is not hard to pull a boat, once it is moving. There would be strapping posts adjacent to the lock chamber to help the crews stop the boats. not a problem having no tow path on the premises you want to unload at, in fact it is common. Some unloaded straight into a building. Upon arrival you would loose off the tow rope from the horse and coast into position with some thrown lines if necessary. Upon departure a big shove of the bow will get you a long way across the canal, the long pole for pushing on structures or the bottom will get you further if necessary. A well thrown line and you are back in business. Other basin may have roving bridges that meant your horse could cross the canal into the whalf area but that is not thectow path any more. Damian was right to point out the difference but you can get away with almost anything. Andy

Just an observation, your very active on RMWeb these hols as you lay 'Scottish' P4 track at a great rate (supporting the plug, do you see what I did there) You are only 14 posts from 10000. You might want to think how you use it. It could be today! Andy

Do you have to throw a six before you can come out of the shed? Andy

At last will some time off work I can do some modelling. The brass steam tram is missing materials, I cant find some bits in the garage so I have tackled something I enkjpy doing and requires very little materials and tools. This is a very elegant Stadden figure referred to at Victorian / Edwardian passengers. I personally feel that the styles are nearer the Edwardian period, definatly not working class and that what I need in the deprived black country that the trams traversed. Her she is, massive hat, big hair with small pony tail, a dress to the floor with a fancy neck line and a sort of half skirt gathered and tied at the waste coming around to the front with fur trim. A very dainty little umbrella. This is stage 1. The lady has lost the brolly, the hat, much of the fur lining and that fancy neck line. I have also given her a bit of a breast reduction, I figure the posh lady would have 'more support' than my working class woman. She is almost a foot shorter, Even without the hat she was about 5 foot 10 inches, I imagine she would be wearing heels. The vicorian women from the period I am modelling dont seam to have dresses to the floor, rather they were sort of six inches above the floor and the footwear was usually visible. So she will be about 6'6" when I have given here some boots. Rather a poor shot, I thought it was better than that..... So, a lot of cleaning up with some wet and dry. I have shaped the top of her head and added a ring of milliput to create a mop hat, she had to loose the little pony tail as the hair would be gathered inside the cap. A lot of pictures I have seen show a good few inches of hair above the forehead, so I have tried to reflect that, the caps being worn further back that I had imagined. I have filled the neck line, given her a piny and still need to give her something to hold where the brolly was. Just need to add a wire spike and some boots as she will not be able to stand without help now that the skirt is not on the ground. I suspect that dresses went to the floor in the Georgian time as there was less Horse muck on the floor. (partially thanks to the presence of trams - electrics by then). Andy

Old Gringo has just pointed this thread out to me, fantastic stuff. Middle photo, who's not weathered their coal wagon then, weathering on the loco possibly a little heavy handed. Andy

Hi would you mind talking us through the kits you have used. I presume the hirsfield and the felham arecBec... A Middleton? I am probably just out of touch. Andy

Now, you've made me look on the POWsides site... I'm like one of Pavlov's dogs, salivating at just the sight of PO kits. I couldn't get the undecorated link to work either but I have bought the undecorated ex Slater kits from them in the last couple of years. Andy