RMweb Premium Gedward Posted August 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 2, 2022 Now you see me, now you see me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 2, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, Harlequin said: "Well done, Reginald Molehusband!" 😃 I had to look him up! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 2, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2022 As squeezing things into tight spaces seems to be a bit of a theme here at the moment, does anyone have a top tip for how to get a crew onto the footplate of the Prairie? The cab roof is determined not to part company with the bodywork, unfortunately... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted August 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, Graham T said: As squeezing things into tight spaces seems to be a bit of a theme here at the moment, does anyone have a top tip for how to get a crew onto the footplate of the Prairie? The cab roof is determined not to part company with the bodywork, unfortunately... You had the cab separated from the footplate once before...: BTW: Are you going to remove the suppression circuit (the capacitors and inductors)? I'm pondering doing that on my new small Prairie because it does seem a bit "lumpy" in its running. It's the inductors on the DCC socket carrier board that I'm not sure about. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 2, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) I should have thought about that earlier, shouldn't I? I didn't remove the capacitors from on top of the motor; thought I'd see how it runs with them on, before resorting to that particular bit of hackery surgery. It seems to run fine, so I'll leave them on I think, unless it's a bad idea? Edited August 2, 2022 by Graham T 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted August 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 2, 2022 Wow Graham! Beautiful modelling and another great thread that's a must to follow and catch up on! Keep up the good work and happy modelling, Regards Shaun. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2022 Thanks very much Shaun 🙂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted August 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2022 On 02/08/2022 at 17:13, Graham T said: As squeezing things into tight spaces seems to be a bit of a theme here at the moment, does anyone have a top tip for how to get a crew onto the footplate of the Prairie? The cab roof is determined not to part company with the bodywork, unfortunately... If you cant get the cab apart I have resorted to a big dob of 5 minute epoxy on the crewman's feet and sometimes elbows then insert over the cab door and prop him up in the right place and wait! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2022 47 minutes ago, Andy Keane said: If you cant get the cab apart I have resorted to a big dob of 5 minute epoxy on the crewman's feet and sometimes elbows then insert over the cab door and prop him up in the right place and wait! That would do the trick, but as @Harlequin pointed out, I've already had the loco apart, so I should really do it properly and separate the body from the running gear again. I just don't fancy trying to cram everything back inside again after... Still, I can put it off until I've finished painting the crew 🙂 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2022 Can you small 'orses? A special mystery Chuffnell Regis prize if you can name the film 🙂 4550 now has screw links, steam pipes, and a lamp. But no crew yet, so still looking a touch Marie Celeste... The rather nice Hornby horsebox has also acquired screw links and vac pipes. Cutting slots for the couplings was a pain, so the other box can wait until tomorrow! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted August 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2022 Party, Party. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted August 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2022 On 02/08/2022 at 07:12, MrWolf said: If you do want the shed to look ramshackle, level it up from left to right, but lean it back into the hedge a little, which is what seems to happen in real life. I suspect that it's because the hedge tends to draw the water out of the ground behind the building, someone else may well correct me. That depends on which side of the fence the gophers, moles and rats started digging. Don't get a Jack Russel Terrier either they'll only make things worse! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2022 10 minutes ago, Gedward said: Party, Party. You win the mystery prize! It's so mysterious that even I don't know what it is yet... What a cracking film 😀 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted August 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2022 I chose a crew that will squeeze in through the opening and use tacky glue on their feet! Lots of the images of the real thing show the cab doors either open or missing, just might make a change to see that on a model and should help ease 1/76 GWR human resources. Just a thought. Regards Shaun 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2022 I do rather like that idea Shaun, and had actually pondered hacking one of the doors out. Seeing as we're (sort of) on films at the moment, I will use a razor saw rather than explosives. I don't want to blow them off now, do I? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Sasquatch said: That depends on which side of the fence the gophers, moles and rats started digging. Don't get a Jack Russel Terrier either they'll only make things worse! These really dislike rats, and in trying to get at them will dig a dustbin sized hole for the unwary to fail into, I think you can guess how I know that. The best cure for rat infestation I've found involves an old vacuum cleaner hose and a motorcycle, it's a lot quicker than rat poison. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2022 That's a handsome looking hound Mr W. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 It's a Hovawart, from the old German meaning "farmyard watcher" that's a pic from Wikipedia, below is the actual digger of holes when he was about nine months old. The stick at his feet is a bit of 4x2! Sorry about the OT, but the background is a good example of unkempt lawn! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: The best cure for rat infestation I've found involves an old vacuum cleaner hose and a motorcycle They run up the vacuum cleaner hose and ride off on the motorcycle? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, aardvark said: They run up the vacuum cleaner hose and ride off on the motorcycle? Yes and go to live with Santa Claus at the North Pole. 😉 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2022 I was wondering what the breed was. Lovely plumage! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 18 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Yes and go to live with Santa Claus at the North Pole. 😉 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted August 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2022 Skippy peanut butter and a few good ol' fashioned rat traps! As for gophers I have discovered that enticing yellow jackets into their labyrinths is the natural way to cope with them... ...but then you'll need the vacuum and a motorbike to catch the wasps and get otta'the way fast! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, Sasquatch said: Skippy peanut butter. I didn't know we exported. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2022 I think we just need Salvador Dali to post on this thread now, and we will have peaked! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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