What happened at your workbench today?

I've started back working on my scratch build Decauville 040 live steam what ever, I positioned the gas tank and made a Displacement Lubricator over the last couple of days
What a Bloke will do to save spending money on stuff he can probably make LOL, and when you spent time working and brazing up 6" table E flanges to copper pipe with a size '20' oxy tip, 1/8" and 3/16"
pipe seem real daunting to start with, but flame control is everything even with MAP gas. So here are my efforts for the last few days.. some tidying up still to come, but it's Friday and Pub O'clock. have a good one !473380721_1806999450048513_7297048624898620041_n.jpg473611984_626491353084559_6442108957372278564_n.jpg473724104_993145872721275_8371941539036892668_n.jpg
 
Alan McLennan said:
I've started back working on my scratch build Decauville 040 live steam what ever, I positioned the gas tank and made a Displacement Lubricator over the last couple of days
What a Bloke will do to save spending money on stuff he can probably make LOL, and when you spent time working and brazing up 6" table E flanges to copper pipe with a size '20' oxy tip, 1/8" and 3/16"
pipe seem real daunting to start with, but flame control is everything even with MAP gas. So here are my efforts for the last few days.. some tidying up still to come, but it's Friday and Pub O'clock. have a good one !View attachment 337901View attachment 337902View attachment 337903
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Looking good!
 
Alan McLennan said:
I've started back working on my scratch build Decauville 040 live steam what ever, I positioned the gas tank and made a Displacement Lubricator over the last couple of days
What a Bloke will do to save spending money on stuff he can probably make LOL, and when you spent time working and brazing up 6" table E flanges to copper pipe with a size '20' oxy tip, 1/8" and 3/16"
pipe seem real daunting to start with, but flame control is everything even with MAP gas. So here are my efforts for the last few days.. some tidying up still to come, but it's Friday and Pub O'clock. have a good one !View attachment 337901View attachment 337902View attachment 337903
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Have to say bending small bore pipe always a bit of an issue for me, have benders but always forget that Annealing first appears to be the secret?
 
Alan McLennan said:
I've started back working on my scratch build Decauville 040 live steam what ever, I positioned the gas tank and made a Displacement Lubricator over the last couple of days
What a Bloke will do to save spending money on stuff he can probably make LOL, and when you spent time working and brazing up 6" table E flanges to copper pipe with a size '20' oxy tip, 1/8" and 3/16"
pipe seem real daunting to start with, but flame control is everything even with MAP gas. So here are my efforts for the last few days.. some tidying up still to come, but it's Friday and Pub O'clock. have a good one !View attachment 337901View attachment 337902View attachment 337903
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Looks like you've already put a good many hours into it, and that's just the parts we can see! Nice work.
 
Well, that was fun! Just 2 ends and the other side to do.
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And a comparison with the brass etch on a coach I did a few years ago for a friend (Flat sides though)
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Alan McLennan said:
I've started back working on my scratch build Decauville 040 live steam what ever, I positioned the gas tank and made a Displacement Lubricator over the last couple of days
What a Bloke will do to save spending money on stuff he can probably make LOL, and when you spent time working and brazing up 6" table E flanges to copper pipe with a size '20' oxy tip, 1/8" and 3/16"
pipe seem real daunting to start with, but flame control is everything even with MAP gas. So here are my efforts for the last few days.. some tidying up still to come, but it's Friday and Pub O'clock. have a good one !View attachment 337901View attachment 337902View attachment 337903
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Way above my pay grade :clap::clap:
 
Anyone ever had one of these Lionel Centennial Clocks? I've had this since I was little. For years it sat in storage. But, today my new mechanism came in and it works once again!
Unfortunately I couldn't find a mechanism that had contacts for the train motion parts. Probably wouldn't have taken much more hunting, but I gave in and bought this one. So, the clock works, but the train doesn't move. For now.

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BakerJohn said:
Anyone ever had one of these Lionel Centennial Clocks? I've had this since I was little. For years it sat in storage. But, today my new mechanism came in and it works once again!
Unfortunately I couldn't find a mechanism that had contacts for the train motion parts. Probably wouldn't have taken much more hunting, but I gave in and bought this one. So, the clock works, but the train doesn't move. For now.

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What sort of mechanism is it? I'm assuming it's battery powered
 
Fezwig said:
Second side done, a bit of filling and tweaking on the ends before they get done.
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Looking at a copy of Model Rail Jan 25 there is an advert for a glue called Photo Etch alleged to be good for easy accurate application to metal etch parts, also bonds metal to plastic and alleged to be superior to cyanoacrylate with long life and water cleanup. Anyone tried this stuff? Available from
deluxematerials.co.uk

Deluxe Materials

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Be interesting to hear about it.
 
As mentioned the other day, I collected an RAF munitions wagon from RailPrint UK HQ in Hemel Hempstead. I got a warm welcome, and was invited to see the workshop, which had two 3D printers and lots of examples of completed models.
With the weather being so wet today, I thought that I'd make a start; in practice, I got the whole thing built in a couple of hours, so it 'just' needs painting. The kit comes in a sturdy box, with everything except glue and paint. I was a bit surprised at the different colours (1970's breakfast cereal toys sprang to mind) but as it is being painted this isn't a problem. There are two pages of (very clear) instructions, and a page of photographs showing views of the prototype wagon, which is a nice touch.
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The first job was to upgrade the axleboxes, as I wasn't happy with the idea of steel running in printed polymer. So a piece of 5/16ths brass bar was drilled and four pieces parted off, the axlebox holes were opened out to fit, and the bearings tapped in.
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After that, assembly was straightforward, with the only fiddly job being gluing the brakes in place: but that was more to do with the superglue I was using.20250126_145557.jpg
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The model had clearly been thought through, with everything fitting well. One side is reluctant to close fully, but I had the same with my scratchbuilt one. It just needs a bit of fettling.
It was interesting to compare it with my scratch-build: happily they are the same size! I must have got more right than I thought...
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Painting awaits: it will be grey (ie left in primer!) with black ironwork; Needless to say, I'm really pleased with it!
 
JimmyB said:
FB - I hate it, but as a number of clubs, societies etc that I am a member of, and some retailers I use are FB only I have a ver limited presence, with little or no personal details.
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Same here. I'm active in music as well as modeling. Many bands around here have FaceBook as their sole online presence. So there's no way around that if you want to know who and what they are.
 
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