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Well we did want it to rain. Our creek has gone nuts.

Glad you enjoyed it Duncan. The plan is to do it in stages, although knowing me things never work out as planed. There might be some thinning of stock to raise funds for all that track and all those point motors etc. Regards Shaun.

Shouldn't be too hard turning the extra rings in those in a mini drill. Perhaps you could get Jeff to add the paint at the same time.

That video is what might be called pants! The uncoupling device jerks the fish van making it look like I edited the whole thing! The lighting was so poor it's made it very grainy and like I said my driving skills are so bad the Oregon Dept of Motor Vehicles want me to turn in my license! And where's the snazzy tune?

Joking apart I forgot to mention those model pots look the biz.

But they did, didn't they. Two rings I mean. It'll be three by the time you carry out that threat!!! Come and get me but the joke will be on me when you come through immigration at Portland airport carrying a chimney pot as we don't have those here, and I post all the pics on RMweb.

That was fun so there will be another one tomorrow during day light! (And I'll brush up on my driving skills)

Giving myself a pat on the back for I have just managed to upload my first Youtube. It's grainy and I bumped the stock with the station pilot but you gotta start somewhere right. Watch for the ground doll and I dare anyone to spot the uncoupling mechanism.

Two Wills vari girder packs came in very handy when making the three track skew bridge over Eller Beck on Goathland. The 2 middle spans were cut in half as the under side isn't visible. The wider the span the deeper the H girders is the general rule. For a road over bridge of say16' the Knightwing H girders should have what you are looking for.

Sorry that I have been neglecting this thread of late. Let's see if we can't get a new video to compensate for our absence. One advantage is that some scenic sections are removable so the camera can be placed directly on the bare base board to do a vid. That's my goal for tonight after a nice dinner. Shaun.

Edited post #3242. Box of chocs on their way!

Excellent tree dt! About wagon loads. If you make a block to fit loosely,then glue a washer on top in the middle before forming a mound, painting black and adding the coal. A magnet can be used to lift the loads out giving the option of running empties! I use plywood blocks and roofing tar which comes in one of those mastic gun type tubes. That way no painting is needed and you can just dip the block into a tub of coal and you're done. The roofing tar might melt your P.I.R though. Edited;.................................................... with my specs on.

Holy smokes!!! (no pun intended) Did you strip t' paint off or juste paint ower top like?

Trouble was she got up for a pee about 2AM just when I'd cleaned the brush and sat down to post on here!! :nono:

Tell me about it. I'm a cabinet maker!!! 8 to 11 hours a day for most of my life!! I do buy the kind with the cool flow valve. Problem is when routing eye protection must be worn and the goggles steam up.

I've had an idea about these six station buildings. Basically they have plain wooden sections, door sections and window sections 42 of them in all. The plan is to build one of each and an end then make RV rubber molds and cast the rest. Same way I did the Abbey. :crazy: :crazy:

Oh yes I should have explained. Only one side of the cabin can be viewed at one time so the difference wont show. A wide strip of plastic card scribed down the center, marked 5mm intervals, drilled with progressively larger bits. Then the outside V cuts with my mate Stanley before cutting in half along the scribe. It did need cleaning up and adjusting with a round needle file, I held it in mini mull grips. I will try to think ahead on my next build because had I assembled the window casement I could have sprayed all that green instead of sitting up half the night with a tiny brush and getting into bother with SWMBO.

The green is mixed with Doncaster and Darlington engine greens with plenty of uniform green. So much for not wanting to use solvent based paints. There's a warm breeze on the night air so the window was open. Honest

Great stuff Clay. Like the new trailer!

Not been a fan of enamel paint for quite some time. It’s OK when spraying stock with the appropriate mask but for sitting in doors with the windows shut, having had double pneumonia which lasted 4 months I find the fumes too much. This evening I went to great lengths to mix up some crafters acrylic to match the humbrol. Chimney has been detailed and received the acrylic stone base coat. For the life of me I can only find one valence from the Knightwing kit so am building the other from plastic strip. Very tedious job!!

Am looking into having a back and forth tram diving about in the mill town. Anyway here is how I made the chimney pot. A piece of hollow plastic tube turned in the cordless with emery stick and chisel scalpel. Sample stone work using Humbrol 84 which has been hiding in the paint drawer for a decade.

Some new stock had the wheels picked out in white back during pre grouping days (before 1923) and the practice seems to have continued into the LNER, LMS & Southern. The white didn't last long. I take the wheels out and pick out the centers with rust powder or paint. If you get any on the treads or axel points clean it off because it will dirty up the track and stop the wheels from rotating.

J........ You don't know how close you came to me clicking on the disagree button! You sure know how to put someone off their lunch mate!