steve fay Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Where's the can't wait hurry up I want one now button!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Chris How do you - and any others reading this - make your gutters. I am struggling with mine on the Notley signal boxes and despite searching find I cannot get hold of half round tube. I can get solid half round section but I want to be able to see inside my gutters! Any thoughts or helpful hints or details of sources. Currently I am having to resort to cutting down 3/16" tube and its not going very well! regards PWR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Having looked at my 7mm signalbox, it has channel section guttering. So maybe this is available in the plastic section displays that one sees in model shops. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Having looked at my 7mm signalbox, it has channel section guttering. So maybe this is available in the plastic section displays that one sees in model shops. Hi Coachman I tried those and Eileens Emporium - nothing listed. I wonder if you can get brass in these shapes? PWR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted April 2, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2017 If you are really hair shirted about it, how about rolling some very thin plasticard around a former and dropping it into boiling water to reform it? Failing that, how about cutting up some vac formed corrugated roofing for 16mm or 1" scale and using that? Solder some brass tube to a bit of brass plate, and then mill the top half of the tube away. You could probably do the same with a small belt sander, although you'd have to be careful that you didn't get the work so hot that the solder melted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Chris How do you - and any others reading this - make your gutters. I am struggling with mine on the Notley signal boxes and despite searching find I cannot get hold of half round tube. I can get solid half round section but I want to be able to see inside my gutters! Any thoughts or helpful hints or details of sources. Currently I am having to resort to cutting down 3/16" tube and its not going very well! regards PWR I'm lazy. I use half-round polystyrene rod by Evergreen or Plastruct and draw a black line with a marker pen to represent the inside of the gutter. I have tried, unsuccesfully, filing brass tube and cutting polystyrene tube, but in the end took the least line of resistance commensurate with a satisfactory effect. Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Thanks Guys I may have to persevere! Photos when done! Paul R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Paul, Have a look at umbrella ribs, there are some sections that are very useful, and cheap umbrellas are a good source of supply. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Plastruct? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Drinking straws cut in half?????????? Jinty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted April 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 2, 2017 I get some suitable thickness plastic sheet, round off one edge, gouge a groove with a round file run along a straight edge and then slice the grooved section off the sheet. The inner side doesn't have a curve but is invisible from most angles. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 I get some suitable thickness plastic sheet, round off one edge, gouge a groove with a round file run along a straight edge and then slice the grooved section off the sheet. The inner side doesn't have a curve but is invisible from most angles. I have also used this technique to good effect. On all guttering, installation of the supporting brackets is essential for a convincing appearance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Thank you all for you kind comments and helpful suggestions. I must confess I had forgotten the drinking straw option and I am sure you can get them in plastic too. Paul R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Paul Yes, you can get plastic ones. No idea which plastic... If you drill a suitable hole in an offcut of wood, and use a razor saw to cut a diametral slot across the hole, I reckon you could press a scalpel blade or razor blade edge first into the slot,and then push the drinking straw through the hole from the other side, thus cutting it in half lengthways. Hopefully without cutting your fingers length- or any other -ways! Best Simon 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 I am working on the platform for Tonfanau Camp station. The basic structure is the same as Cwm Bach employing 5mm foam board and thin card for the edging flagstones. The surface is to be finished as tarmac and I decided to try Gordon Gravett's method of talcum powder sprinkled through ladies' hosiery on to wet gloss grey paint. I did the sprinkling yesterday and left it to set overnight. I have just been out to check and it has been a complete failure. None of the talcum powder adhered to the paint and I now have a shiny surface. I don't understand what has gone wrong. Next attempt is likely to be mixing talcum powder with the paint and then painting blended compound on to the platform. If that doesn't work, I may have to revert to laying fine "wet and dry" paper painted grey as on Cwm Bach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Chris, I have to say that my attempts to use talc onto wet paint have also been disappointing. When you discover the secret, do let on! Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Forget the ladies leg stuff and liberally apply talc to wet paint. Apply sufficient that you can pat down without getting paint on your paws. Remove surplus. But beware, been a while since I tried this so practice on an offcut first! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted April 4, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2017 Thanks Guys I may have to persevere! Photos when done! Paul R Don't forget Invertrain sell moulded guttering and downpipes for 7mm scale in their scratchbuilding supplies section. http://www.invertrain.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted April 4, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2017 Another way you may want to experiment with, for a finely textured rough surface, is seiving dry polyfilla. It's an extension of what you do when laying ballast,putting ballast down and then using an eye dropper to put a mix of watered down PVA with a drop of washing up liquid to secure the ballast. The Americans do similar with dry plaster mixed with powder paint called "zip texturing". I have trouble with this, in that droplets can form on the surface spoiling the look, so I put the well diluted PVA with detergent mix down on the surface first, and shake a light skim of polyfilla over this, so it gets wetted from underneath. Does SWMBO have a fine wire Flour sieve in the cookery department you can borrow without repercussions? Load the sieve away from what you're working on, and then hold above the surface and tap the rim lightly. It only needs a thin film, to keep a level surface, if you add more you get into more uneven ground cover effects. When dried out, I paint it with acrylic paints, the artists type you mix with water. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 Don't forget Invertrain sell moulded guttering and downpipes for 7mm scale in their scratchbuilding supplies section. http://www.invertrain.com/ Tried them. Unimpressive, especially for the price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Hello Chris, I have a question for you. I remember reading your description of your simple rocking axel system on here but now that I want to use it I can't find it. Any chance you could direct me towards it again please. Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted April 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) Hello Chris, I have a question for you. I remember reading your description of your simple rocking axel system on here but now that I want to use it I can't find it. Any chance you could direct me towards it again please. Best This is frightening frankly but I asked Chris about compensating Parkside wagons - see Cwm Bach thread in Oct 14 (mentioned again with photo April16). I guessed this was a year ago tops and had to go right back to find it! Edited April 5, 2017 by Hal Nail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daifly Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 This perhaps? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/80426-cwm-bach-a-south-wales-branch-line/?p=1999382 Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted April 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2017 This perhaps? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/80426-cwm-bach-a-south-wales-branch-line/?p=1999382 Dave Ha! He's copied that idea from himself! I'd missed this and the bare plank painting method which is another useful tip. It is amazing just how much knowledge there is stashed away on the forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Cheers Gents, thanks for the information. Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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