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Nampara for Hendrawna
drduncan replied to drduncan's topic in Creating Cameo Layouts - The Challenge
Tonight’s job was to make a start on the paintwork. It’s complex (but not as horrific as the diamond crossing) and I think the key will be in the sequence of assembly. I’ll need to build two linked common crossings and a k crossing. First things first the common crossing v’s. I made one leg over long with the intention of filing it back when soldered together. I tack assembled the v upside down over the template to make sure any cleaning up would be hidden. Then having moved the v to one side and using more blue tack to keep everything in place I added more solder to fair in the filed rails and give me something to file back to a smooth point. Then it was a few strokes of the file to remove the excess rail and solder and there was a vee. Next job to link them together as one unit - maybe tomorrow.... Duncan -
Nampara for Hendrawna
drduncan replied to drduncan's topic in Creating Cameo Layouts - The Challenge
I’m going to need some BG stock soon to test it too! I’d best get busy... -
Nampara for Hendrawna
drduncan replied to drduncan's topic in Creating Cameo Layouts - The Challenge
Finished my first bit of mixed gauge track! Many thanks to Jonathan for making the BG 3 and 4 point gauges. Common rail in place. BG rail added. You can see Jonathan’s gauges very clearly as they are made from orange acrylic. Here’s a close up... Standard (or narrow if you prefer) rail going in. And the finished length... Now to start on the first of the points..... Duncan -
Nampara for Hendrawna
drduncan replied to drduncan's topic in Creating Cameo Layouts - The Challenge
Ah but I have the fire of doing something (BG and mixed gauge) for the first time to ward off tedium... are you saying that P4 doesn’t rock every part of your world? The S4 society will excommunicate you! D -
Nampara for Hendrawna
drduncan replied to drduncan's topic in Creating Cameo Layouts - The Challenge
I was laying track this afternoon while the children slept, and my darling wife watched me threading chairs onto rail. She commented ‘is that as boring as it looks? I mean I know you like doing this but really...’ -
I’m afraid that oral history (interviewing people to get their memories) is a well known method of introducing errors into the historical record. Professional historians have a number of techniques to get round this that can be briefly described as ‘don’t believe everything you’re told’ and ‘get corroboation’ - preferably documentary... Without getting into what peer reviewed actually means to a historian (its really very dull, believe me) and the differences between primary and secondary sources (even duller) and their use in railway histories, if you want to ascertain the veracity of an author’s research you need to look at the footnotes/endnotes and the bibliography. In our hobby and much of the historical support we rely on the former is almost completely unknown and the latter a rarity. This may be the more significant problem we face in years to come - being unable to verify where information came from originally and therefore if it can be trusted or is just all made up/opinion.... Drduncan
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Very impressive. Now if you’d done a brake composite or a slip coach I’d be thinking of ordering some! (Or better still Dreadnoughts or Concertinas I might order some of them if they are available! If I might offer some constructive criticism, I think the corners of the waist panelling is too square.
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A very interesting project and I look forward to reading more about its progress. Regards Duncan
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Not in Portsmouth ‘smiffs...
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I seem to recall that today was the expected publication date of MRJ.... Shall we bet on when it appears? Or how long before someone takes the huff and has this thread locked? Whenever it comes out, I’ll be waiting with great anticipation for what I’m sure will be an excellent read and worth the wait. Duncan
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Nampara for Hendrawna
drduncan replied to drduncan's topic in Creating Cameo Layouts - The Challenge
All the sleepers (except that one that went missing) are down. However, rivets still need to be added to strengthen the point work. Duncan -
Same but different - early 1900s GWR wagons
drduncan commented on Mikkel's blog entry in The Farthing layouts
They look fantastic. Duncan -
Tim, Worderful workmanship. Duncan
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Lovely work. Duncan
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British Model Railway Awards 2017 - your vote counts!
drduncan replied to Andy Y's topic in Modelling musings & miscellany
In future could we have a ‘RON’ (reopen nominations) choice for each category as I found a significant number of catalogues did not get a vote from me... If RON tops the poll in a catagory, then we start again! And again, and again, possibly until it’s time for the next year’s competition. Duncan -
Waverley - Between the Frames
drduncan commented on MikeOxon's blog entry in MikeOxon's Broad Gauge Blog
Very impressive! Looking forward to the next update. Duncan -
Modelling culture today
drduncan replied to Clive Mortimore's topic in Modelling musings & miscellany
It is one of the great disappointments in reading rmweb - wading through the rtr frothing and apparent anger that whims aren’t being met. We have a level of choice in the rtr market that has never been seen before, yet a very vocal group within our hobby are still not satisfied. To those unhappy with rtr offerings broaden your skills, join a club, perhaps spend less time posting ‘I’ll never buy one’ comments and do something constructive! -
For photo look at Paul Bartlett’s zenphoto site - there is a fantastic array of images of ex grouping and BR built wagons used in the clay traffic. Regards Drduncan
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Nampara for Hendrawna
drduncan replied to drduncan's topic in Creating Cameo Layouts - The Challenge
Today’s progress. One point and the main platform line sleepers laid and several riveted for extra strength. And I only managed to lose one sleeper in the process. I hope I’ll find it in the dip tank. -
Nampara for Hendrawna
drduncan replied to drduncan's topic in Creating Cameo Layouts - The Challenge
Looks very good. D -
Nampara for Hendrawna
drduncan replied to drduncan's topic in Creating Cameo Layouts - The Challenge
Hi Gareth, Happy new year and all that. I had thought of that as the first stain I got was some sort of acrylic that defied thinning and was designed to be wiped on. However, I managed to find a spirit based stain that thinned nicely and the first batch have been drying since yesterday afternoon and the 2nd lot are in the dip and will come out later today. I’d be interested to see how yours looks. D