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- Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 837
- Views: 423564
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Funny where things crop up. Hope the above video goes to show that you don't needs lots of room to have a fun railway - for smaller gauges, there was, many years ago, an article in Garden Rail which very much inspired me. A chap was running "proper" goods trains on a 32mm gauge railway. Th...
- Wed Jul 03, 2024 4:49 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Latest developments
- Replies: 62
- Views: 27805
Re: Latest developments
Sorry to bungle the thread a little but this might be of interest. For a long time I've had an pair of ex Ratty 3ft carriages. One sits on an LGB 4w chassis - the other was on a Yatton cleminson chassis which was always a poor performer so the carriage had little use (this is the one with acetylene ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'
- Replies: 56
- Views: 24297
Re: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'
That does look excellent - very characterful.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Varnished finish
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6303
Re: Varnished finish
Thanks all! Peter - I've ordered a small bottle of "button polish" which is a little lighter than french polish as I don't want to make the colour any darker, just a little warmer if possible. I'll do some experiments. I'm continuing on with the carriage, working in a similar way to how I ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Varnished finish
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6303
Re: Varnished finish
That's an interesting idea Keith. I've already progressed using Peter's suggestion but I might try the varnish as adhesive on a test piece. Thanks Peter, I've pressed on and have ordered some canopy glue. Here's where we are up to so far with the panelling just laid on for now. I've tried to get som...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Varnished finish
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6303
Varnished finish
Greatings all, Term is over and I have a few days off before the students return. I've got an old brandbright carriage kit which came with cardboard panelling. Becuase I don't ever want to actually finish anything I decided to make my own paneling from LASERply. I re-designed the carriage to stratfo...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 20060
Re: Next overhaul project....
Wow! Brilliant to see you bringing it into service. I really love an overtype. For many years I was invovled at the Garratt Works Museum steaming Sirapite up and down a tiny bit of track - happy days.
Looking forward to the next up dates.
Looking forward to the next up dates.
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3485
- Views: 1369132
Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
Only just catching up on this thread it is difficult to keep up with you! The garratt turned out very well. Perhaps one day we can put live steam and battery versions side by side!
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:14 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4641
Re: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
Fantastic - a brilliant conversion, I wouldn't have spotted its origins if it wasn't in the title!
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:18 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 837
- Views: 423564
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Fantastic Andrew, the whole train is a credit to you, in a lovely setting.
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18741
Re: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
Thanks all - yes I'm terrifically pleased with the loco. I am still learning the loco, I was trying to be too mean with the gas on the first test - Rik has been very kind with his edit... Now to build a railway for it... Malcolm's reply on youtube: Hi everyone. A lovely bit of filming there. I am th...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:05 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18741
Re: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
Thanks all, First off - it has taken me a while to get the video of the test run uploaded. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/embed/osrequFP0Qk?si=ZSrUqoqdL7l6-afc As to Looking forward to seeing it in action - any chance of getting back to Rik's line, it'd look great at the head of a lengthy goods...
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:48 pm
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: Infestation of box tree moth in north Suffolk
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9976
Re: Infestation of box tree moth in north Suffolk
There is a bacteria that makes a protein which irritates the box moth's stomach lining (to the extent that they die). It also works with Cabbage whites - I've been using it on my purple sprouting broccoli plants. It is approved of for organic farming and doesn't build up in the food chain (the birds...
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 9:07 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18741
Re: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
Thanks all, Malcolm did a lovely job of it and I don't think you'd immediately clock that it is slightly larger than his other baby garrats unless they were side by side. The dims are: 425l x 102w x 145h mm ish. I'm still working out where the works and name plates will go. I had a few good runs on ...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:15 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Working hinges
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7893
Re: Working hinges
It has been a while but the fish van has been gently progressing. The hinges use cut down 00 track pins for hinge pins which has worked well. Black on white is a little striking - are these zebra fish vans? A few nuts and bolts from Cambrian finish the look. It'll be weathered too but I think that t...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:09 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18741
Re: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
I do love that sketch, it looks so 'cute'. It has been a while since I scratch-built a locomotive, but that has me so tempted I might just 'borrow' your idea (if I may?) and produce an electric version. Go ahead, though it being based on the Morgan layout you may want his permission first - calling...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 10:28 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18741
DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
My locomotive policy in 16mm has always been rather mean. I never paid more than £500 for a locomotive. I reasoned that as my 5" gauge loco had been secured for £1200 back around 2010 ish, that spending the same sort of money on 16mm would represent poorer value for money. As a quick reminder t...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 10:01 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock
- Replies: 939
- Views: 463686
Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock
Fantastic - well worth the wait!
- Tue May 16, 2023 10:28 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Working hinges
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7893
Working hinges
Well, I didn't expect my first post on here for a while to be about 3D printing I must say. As a user of LASER cutting for the majority of my modelling over the years I've been something of a 3D printing skeptic (it always seemed to me to be a good way of producing a lot of landfill!) I welcomed LAS...
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:30 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Kerr Stewart 4420 - Live steam and 3D printing
- Replies: 78
- Views: 42396
Re: Kerr Stewart 4420 - Live steam and 3D printing
Brilliant! What an excellent project. Looking forward to the next installments.