What happened at your workbench today?
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Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
I was able to put in a good long shift in the workshop today, with some proper metalworking involved in making up supports for both buffer beams, and the chimney. The latter needed a boss turning to fit, before soldering it in place.
Although there are plenty of detail parts to make, source and fit before the loco is finished, the Management opted to run a test train to check that the basics work. A lineside paparazzo snapped a neat compare and contrast shot: today, against last September.
Although there are plenty of detail parts to make, source and fit before the loco is finished, the Management opted to run a test train to check that the basics work. A lineside paparazzo snapped a neat compare and contrast shot: today, against last September.
Finally finished my other Christmas gift, it's a Plateway Models 7/8th tram. A nice little model, although my modelling efforts don't do it justice. The lights work, in the correct way, which seemed to take far more time to do than it should have done, mainly because if I got it wrong first time, I wouldn't have easily put it right. The only small niggle, is that it us very low. In fact it's too low for comfort on my ground level dodgy track work, but on a loop of LGB R1s it was fine
I say finished, it just needs a touch of varnish
I say finished, it just needs a touch of varnish
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
The final post on the Baldwin conversion, I think. She needs a whistle, but the drive belt on my lathe broke, so that will have to wait until I get a replacement, and at £50 a pop, it won't be anytime soon! I'll pick up a smokebox door for her at the National.
PhilP
G Scale, 7/8th's, Electronics
Timpdon steam rail motor:
It does not like Playmobil plastic track..
It is just too tight for the trailing bogie, though the power-bogie can cope.
I think it could have the (trailing) bogie 'eased' to make it work, but as this is a customers model, I am obviously not going to attempt this.
I now have some specially modified lamp bodies, from SLR Models, to take 5mm bi-colour LEDs..
PhilP.
It does not like Playmobil plastic track..
It is just too tight for the trailing bogie, though the power-bogie can cope.
I think it could have the (trailing) bogie 'eased' to make it work, but as this is a customers model, I am obviously not going to attempt this.
I now have some specially modified lamp bodies, from SLR Models, to take 5mm bi-colour LEDs..
PhilP.
viaEstrecha
Spanish metre gauge in G scale (on the cheap)
Good to see some other sources, now that GRS seem to have given up with their whitemetal lamps.
I broke a drivebelt on my lathe, I went to a shop that then (pre 2000) sold washing machine spares etc and found one around the right diameter but had to cut the width down. I think I got 3 spares for less than a fiver.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
This one's a bit of a rarity, 5mm wide V-belt, 3mm deep. If it were a Boxford or a Myford, it would have a standard section belt...
grizzmo
From NW Tas
Northsider
that sounds like the belt of my first lathe, which was this https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/le8100 ? If it is even with shipping, the Aud to pound conversion is on your side 2 to 1. It would be a lot cheaper to get a couple from here.
Rhinochugger
Retired Oik
PhilP
G Scale, 7/8th's, Electronics
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Ooh, that's not a bad shout. I'll measure up...
Rhinochugger
Retired Oik
That's US terminology - British Military term is blue on blue.'Friendly fire'..
PhilP.
British forces are always blue. Enemy forces are usually red. In exercises, enemy forces are generally orange.
Interesting reading Admiral Sandy Woodward's plan for preventing blue on blue at the San Carlos Water landings in 1982. There was sadly one case, where a helicopter pilot had not filed a flight plan to fly outside the safe zone, and was taken out by a British ship. The memorial stands on Pleasant Peake, a rather inapt name.
I had a couple of those wagons, but marked Tri-ang. They had a powerful spring mechanism operated by a lever on the bottom of the chassis, which broke the bits apart and set of a cap from a cap gun. All good fun, but I seem to remember the spring being a bit too strong for little fingers
justme igor
Registered
Lego had some canons also, they were band a couple of years ago?
For diy: a pipe and a spring=always fun...or a mouse trap.
Madman
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The Lionel model also has a spring and it could hurt little fingers. But where would the fun be otherwise.....
.....The cap idea is a great one. I wonder if those paper strips of caps are still available. I now have something to do today.....
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Yes, I remember those. You could probably recreate a G-Scale version with a shaky van body, a mouse trap and some wheels.
korm kormsen
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not even here in the backwoods.
what we got are chinese "cup-rings" for toy pistols:
(using this as a pretext to try out my new camera)
