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this was a reply to Lisamerlot! Seemed dubious but no harm done here.

Phil

Happy New Year everyone. It's ages since I posted. The weather has mostly not been dry enough to do much outdoors though a running session for friends was held in mid November. IMG_3784.jpeg A Boxing Day visit was made to Pembrokeshire, with grateful thanks to Dinah and Trevor for the invitation, an...

Very best wishes to Rod for a full and speedy recovery,

Phil

Here is the new milk van out for daylight photographs. The camera is cruel and reveals I should have painted the roof edges dark grey. The numeral '4' was very fiddly to cut from the plywood fret without breaking .



Phil

An autumn morning view




An Autumn afternoon shows progress with the latest van build


Phil

On a more positive note:-

some rivet heads applied to the end of the van I am building using the cocktail stick method. Many thanks for the tip, it really does make it easier.


Phil

Oh s*** IMG_3761.jpeg It tells you online that glues don't stick to this material, neither apparently does Cataloy. I pinned the plastic down yesterday, using relatively few panel pins. This afternoon the platform surface curved up in several places along the length so I have added more pins. Finger...

Thanks both,

more ideas to try out,

Phil

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:23 pm
That looks good Phil, and more prototypical for NG I feel.

Thanks Phil,

I sometimes listen to good advice!

Phil

Riveting fun for a wet Friday morning:- IMG_3755.jpeg I have a Plateway Narrow Milk Van in construction (it's in the paint shop now!) which has lots of hinges. Taking comfort from the fact that I have glued rivets to a couple of engines I decided to have a go at the hinges. I ordered some 3mm nail a...

Rod,

you and Anne will be very welcome.

A picture of the reduced platform height, it's now only a couple of mm above rail height so hope that works. Not finished fixing yet.


Phil

Another visitor today

At long last the Hunslet has some cab fittings. Brass dials very kindly turned for me by Keith in our local group and other items cannibalised from odd white metal spares.


Phil

Some pictures from this afternoon

Thanks Phil, The plastic is Stokbord which I got at my local Wynnstay Farmer’s shop. Peter has been over this afternoon and we investigated the platform with some of his locos and rolling stock. I think I will take up your suggestion and reduce the height by half below the plastic top. This should b...

One way to find out Peter! Some dry days forecast soon so we could have a running session.

Phil

It eventually stopped raining for a while this afternoon so here’s a picture of the whole platform


Phil

Some progress on the platform surface. I bought more Cataloy paste last week and have continued filling and sanding the edge surface of the recycled plastic. I would not want to try using this stuff on a car! Three coats of grey masonry paint later and I have here removed one of the masking tapes to...

Thanks Rod,

I had a go yesterday. Here's a short clip with decent lighting, the angle of the sun made things a bit tricky.

Phil

Woops. I think it will appear overnight as public. I'm a beginner at YouTube and intended it would only be available to those I shared the link with. Changes now made, it appears as unlisted on YouTube, I'm reluctant to be fully public!

Phil