RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted February 10 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10 Talking of motorcycles (and I hope this link works)... https://www.facebook.com/share/gYoMn1ZNHcwFo9aC/ 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 11 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 11 ALL ABOARD 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted February 11 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11 (edited) 16 minutes ago, KNP said: ALL ABOARD Can you stop shouting, it's a bit to early for that... and are we going on an outing? Edited February 11 by John Besley 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponthir28 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Outing, hope so nice to get out and about on a Sunday. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 Tickets please......? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Oh look it's a pannier outing! Yes I know but it is Sunday. What's that - please leave the train Sir we don't care for that sought of language here at Little Muddle, especially on a Sunday. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 11 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 11 That’s it people…. An executive managerial decision has been taken unilaterally and so without further consultation and debate these tenders will be grey. No tutting at the back please??? They are grey, well two of them that is!!! Look quite smart until tomorrow when I start weathering them. Pipework loose at the moment so I can work at a suitable removable and flexible joint before fixing in place. Sent a message to Steve at Railtec seeing if he can make me the transfers for the tenders. Then the pump work begins! 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KNP Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Limpley Stoker said: So what colour is paraquat weathering? Anything you like, let your imagination run wild!!! You’ll have to weed that comment out …. Bit of a killer one if you ask me!!! 😉😉 Edited February 11 by KNP 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 (edited) 1 hour ago, Limpley Stoker said: So what colour is paraquat weathering? Paraquat is actually a suitably terrifying bright green, but it wasn't discovered until about 1950 and came into use in 1962. Around 1932, the first synthetic weedkiller appeared in the US, 2 - methyl - 4, 6 - Dinitrophenol. Other synthetic weedkillers were developed during the second world war, but for the UK in the late l930s the most likely is Sodium Chloride. Basically salting the ground using a very strong salt solution suspended in water. Which would explain the lack of gloves and gas masks worn by the operators. Edited February 11 by MrWolf General illiteracy 2 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponthir28 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Pump works that’s hard in 4mm scale. Like see a video of it working. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocoach Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 (edited) Going back a few days in subject matter as I had not caught up until today. There are several 4mm motor BSA bikes with sidecars in the Oxford Miniatures OO range at reasonable prices. https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/products/bsa-motorcycle-sidecar-aa-76bsa001. One or two would be the most you could use on a small layout. Oxford used printed clear plastic to replicate the spokes. I have two I think from when I modeled Padstow fairly close to prototype. They are put away as the scale difference with my HO layout seemed to be magnified over other UK vehicles I have used as background vehicles on the current Port Costa California layout. Anyway, the RAC parked on the out of the way single street (It is in a deep narrow valley) of Port Costa would be a little out of place. Sidecar would be on the wrong side too... It will be interesting to see what the Modelu3D scan comes up with. For a model, I think the best pose without a sidecar would be a rider stopped with one leg on the ground or a bike without rider and the kickstand down. Edited February 11 by autocoach 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) You'd definitely get away with that on a prewar layout. The bike is fitted with girder forks, (Two sets of thin tubes going down to the front wheel, rather than one thick one each side) BSA stopped fitting those at the end of 1946, going over to a telescopic fork until the end in 1973. National motorcycle museum Edited February 12 by MrWolf Picture didn't load. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 12 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 12 Looking off down the line we spot that wonky lamped Pannier heading in our direction. 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 12 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 12 (edited) I completed a small shed today and then plonked it on top of a tender.... As you do. No idea what they stored in it but I needed one.... WKT First pass at weathering, probably give them a coat of varnish to protect and then finalise once the transfers are on... Edited February 12 by KNP 31 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted February 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12 🎵What a difference a grey makes… 2 1 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post KNP Posted February 13 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13 (edited) Off you go...heading towards Little Muddle station. I had to retake this picture because the lamp had fallen sideways..... Edited February 13 by KNP 38 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post KNP Posted February 13 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13 WKT additional update The other difficult part of this build will be the pump which is fed by some large pipes with tight bends. For a while now I have been puzzling how on earth was I going to form these at 4mm scale. Well, I believe I have sorted it, electric cable with a plastic wire insert to hold it in place. Also used the same for the joint between the tenders, one end fixed and the other loose so I can uncouple each tender. The blue pipe took some careful bending but it holds it shape. Seems a simple solution now but not initially when trying to work the answer!! 22 17 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted February 13 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 That’s looking really convincing. , I wonder if your completed weedkiller train will be available for hire , I would be interested if it could spray a pesticide to keep my woodlice under control ! 1 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 (edited) 6 hours ago, Limpley Stoker said: That’s looking really convincing. , I wonder if your completed weedkiller train will be available for hire , I would be interested if it could spray a pesticide to keep my woodlice under control ! Of course but I think they might derail the train due to their relative scale sizes….. Edited February 13 by KNP 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 13 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 2 hours ago, KNP said: The blue pipe took some careful bending but it holds it shape. While the pink pipe is just so Swindon! 2 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Are you going to include the jubilee clips holding the hose on. If so one will need to be 'adjustable' otherwise you won't be able to separate the tenders. Just make certain the screwdriver's not oversize otherwise you'll knacker the notch for it. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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