What happened at your workbench today?

[PhilP]

Like it!

But, with choppers like that, it can only be named 'Cyrano'.


PhilP

 

[Northsider]

Like it!

But, with choppers like that, it can only be named 'Cyrano'.


PhilP

The IOM coupling height (higher than 16mm standard) emphasises them, and I read that there's quite an overhang on tighter radii, so made the pivot rather than mount them on the bufferbeams. The front one certainly needs the pivot moving to give it less swing, but it will still be higher than the smoke box apron...

 

[Rhinochugger]

Rather like Brough Superior motorcycles, which were assembled and tested before being dismantled for final painting, my re-worked  Lyn is complete apart from a couple of tasks so I put everything together for one last check. Final painting will follow, and RC installed when I get the time, but for now, time to take stock...
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Looking good - I suppose the other tell-tale of Baldwin descent is the outside frame on the front pony truck.

I wonder what it would look like with that removed

 

[Rhinochugger]

The IOM coupling height (higher than 16mm standard) emphasises them, and I read that there's quite an overhang on tighter radii, so made the pivot rather than mount them on the bufferbeams. The front one certainly needs the pivot moving to give it less swing, but it will still be higher than the smoke box apron...

Yes, you always have to be wary of a large overhang

 

[PhilP]

Yes, you always have to be wary of a large overhang

I dare you to say that, to my SW!


PhilP

 

[Jasper]

The IOM coupling height (higher than 16mm standard) emphasises them

What is IOM?

 

[Gizzy]

What is IOM?

Isle of Man, a small island in the Irish Sea that had its own railway system, now much reduced....

 

[Fezwig]

A slow burner of a project has had a bit of progress with the arrival of the seats is the second IOM railcar, a s/h Worsley works etching partly assembled, will probably need disassembling, anyway seats tried in place, every other sliding window cut out, a bit of tweaking of the rear corners and lots of beer, tea and head scratching, next step probably a new thick floor/chassis.

 

[Hal Farsed]

Blimey, Just finished the hard standing so trains can be loaded by fork lift, and along come the lorry boys posing their wagons.

 

[Jasper]

the lorry boys posing their wagons

Where did you get those?

 

[Hal Farsed]

Where did you get those?

Hello Jasper, I got them off Ebay off a French bloke. They are Citroens and left hand drive. I remember in the UK in the 1960s, some imported cars, mainly Beetles, were LHD. So with a little imagination, these could have found their way to the English Midlands

 

[dunnyrail]

When building the Ruschbahn back in 2005-6 I found these ERTL money box vehicles around 1:24 scale. Looked the part, we just put some black Gaffa tape on the roof to hide the money hole. Plenty of similar and different ones available on Ebay for not silly prices. This one een outside getting on 2 decades now.