RMweb Gold Hroth Posted October 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Regularity said: Nah. It’s for winding up the spring to power it - better than having a loose key. And keeps dust and dirt out of the mechanism to boot! Quote Thats the flywheel of a steam driven pump for delivering the feedwater into the boiler. You can imagine the sales pitch; "And here is a small steam engine to keep the big steam engine going!" Edited October 28, 2019 by Hroth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Edwardian Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2019 Test track progress 16 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) Looking rather less like Barnstaple than I at first thought! Edited October 29, 2019 by Compound2632 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Looking rather less like Barnstaple than I at first thought! Yes, well, welcome to Genaria, it's my favourite area. It must be all things to all stock as it's inter alia The Photo-plank. That's why I decided to drop the board: the embankment/road means that there can be more below the model in a photograph than just a baseboard edge; any resemblance to the banks of the Taw was purely coincidental! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 36 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Looking rather less like Barnstaple than I at first thought! It’s the Yorkshire Dales branch of the SECR. Do keep up. 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 22 minutes ago, Northroader said: It’s the Yorkshire Dales branch of the SECR. Do keep up. that would be the Sedbergh, Eamont Bridge and Carlisle Railway extension then? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 For commercial reasons it ended at Whitehaven, though. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 38 minutes ago, Northroader said: It’s the Yorkshire Dales branch of the SECR. Do keep up. Odd you should say so. I live near the South Eastern's briar-like offshoot to Reading and the first thing James' bridge put me in mind of was the rather elegant bridge over the River Loddon, although that is on an altogether larger scale: 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 I have that bridge in a nice stone that would do well for the North East, but I resisted the temptation, thinking that brick gave more geographical flexibility. It uses 2 out of the three arches in the kit and is cut down in height and width and is being adapted as required; that's why I love these downloadable kits, you can do almost anything with them: Smart Models Viaduct. Runs as required will recall it. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 That leaves me tempted to take up Roman aqueduct modelling... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 Here is something interesting: Left: The bridge kit printed on the paper I've used for CA buildings, but using my new printer. Right: The bridge kit printed on the paper supplied by Smart Models, using my new printer. In may ways I preferred the subtlety of the former, but it was just too pale; I knew that once I had the grass down, it would look too faded or de-saturated in comparison. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brack Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: That leaves me tempted to take up Roman aqueduct modelling... If you put a few of those viaduct kits together.... 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: That leaves me tempted to take up Roman aqueduct modelling... What did the Romans ever... No, too obvious. (So I said it anyway, to please St. Enedoc.) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 Just now, Regularity said: What did the Romans ever... No, too obvious. (So I said it anyway, to please St. Enedoc.) Never stopped you before. e.g. It is inevitable that your train will end in a luggage brake. Why? Well it's a ...... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 I find those computer printed brick papers are very prone to fading after a time. Suggest some sort of fixative spray which resists UV light may help. Up to now I’ve been trying Matt varnish, but that can add to the problems. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 20 minutes ago, Northroader said: I find those computer printed brick papers are very prone to fading after a time. Suggest some sort of fixative spray which resists UV light may help. Up to now I’ve been trying Matt varnish, but that can add to the problems. Well the Drill Hall has a coat of Humbrol matt varnish, and I plan to give the bridge same as soon as it's done and before I start splashing PVA around for grass, ballast etc. Meanwhile, at Edwardian Towers ..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 No! Another distraction from work on CA! the 15" gauge garden railway begins... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) Distractions aplenty. The last fortnight has seen an explosion of activity to one side of the house; I now no longer have a lawn there, but a vast burial ground for a seemingly infinite number of baby druids. Archie will be pleased. I, on the other hand, am starting to regret my 'live and let dig' approach to subterranean fauna. To the other side stands my car, which yesterday decided to take up most of my day due to two flat tyres, and another ex-lawn. This one is being dug up (and the hole is much bigger and deeper now) in a, thus far, vain attempt to find the leak through which I have, judging from the whizzing water meter dial, been draining a number of local reservoirs. If there is a hosepipe ban next summer, it'll be my fault. Edited October 29, 2019 by Edwardian spelling! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 47 minutes ago, Northroader said: I find those computer printed brick papers are very prone to fading after a time. Suggest some sort of fixative spray which resists UV light may help. Up to now I’ve been trying Matt varnish, but that can add to the problems. Sorry, forgot to ask; what problems have you encountered with matt varnish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Edwardian said: Well the Drill Hall has a coat of Humbrol matt varnish, and I plan to give the bridge same as soon as it's done and before I start splashing PVA around for grass, ballast etc. Meanwhile, at Edwardian Towers ..... They're making a new series of Time Team? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, Hroth said: They're making a new series of Time Team? Yes, that's where we buried Tony Robinson 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Look, it’s no good pretending: we all know you are having a ditch made ready, in advance of the Halloween deadline. Getting chaps with mini-diggers in to create it is a perhaps tiny bit OTT, but does show commendable commitment. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 59 minutes ago, Edwardian said: Sorry, forgot to ask; what problems have you encountered with matt varnish? 8 minutes ago, Edwardian said: Yes, that's where we buried Tony Robinson Is that next to Matt Varnish? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) It was mainly that using Matt varnish, stir thoroughly as much as I could, a white bloom could appear when dry, which totally boll****** the whole job.sometimes it did, sometimes, if I was lucky, it didn’t. you lost me with baby druids, (the penny’s just dropped on that, slow, or what?) but sorry to hear about the water mains. A long time ago before we were privatised, I ran a check on Old Oak Common mains water, and proved scientifically that Wormwood Scrubs should actually be a lake. Fortunately we could hand the problem over to the CCE, so I do wish you a successful outcome without a huge bill. Edited October 29, 2019 by Northroader 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2019 15 minutes ago, Northroader said: It was mainly that using Matt varnish, stir thoroughly as much as I could, a white bloom could appear when dry, which totally boll****** the whole job.sometimes it did, sometimes, if I was lucky, it didn’t. Sorry to hear that. Not a problem encountered so far, but I will be on my guard. 15 minutes ago, Northroader said: you lost me with baby druids, (the penny’s just dropped on that, slow, or what?) but sorry to hear about the water mains. Not as slow as I am. I watch 2 blokes spend the day digging a ditch in my garden and didn't once think of extending an invitation to No.10. Well done Kevin for getting there! 15 minutes ago, Northroader said: A long time ago before we were privatised, Congratulations. I trust your dividends are in good health? 15 minutes ago, Northroader said: I ran a check on Old Oak Common mains water, and proved scientifically that Wormwood Scrubs should actually be a lake. Fortunately we could hand the problem over to the CCE, so I do wish you a successful outcome without a huge bill. Thanks. I told the Estate about the leak 5 days a go, so when Northumbrian Water sends me the bill for refilling Hury and Blackton reservoirs, that should prompt an interesting conversation. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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