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Bought this Pola kit, so I can make some barrels.

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It has a sheet of paper telling me in 14 languages not to eat or drink near the product, and advising that operating the product in damp rooms may cause a short circuit. Thanks for the heads-up, Pola.

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Wood is not a precision made item thus imperfections will create dips and you mini puddles have shown them to you. Your holes are clearly a solution.
Yep, standard practice in the days when you could get water inside yer car >:)>:)
 

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Jasper

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I decided to build the overhead from the standard LGB stuff. So far I've built a short stretch, the rest will follow when I buy (steal... borrow....) more materials.


 

Jasper

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I was able to capture the strange motion of my Otto loco. It points its nose to the left, right, left, right... To me, it looks like the way fish move in the water. So now I'm thinking about a fishy name for it.

Please don't heed the makeshift cab; I accidentally destroyed the original cab long ago.


 

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I was able to capture the strange motion of my Otto loco. It points its nose to the left, right, left, right... To me, it looks like the way fish move in the water. So now I'm thinking about a fishy name for it.

Please don't heed the makeshift cab; I accidentally destroyed the original cab long ago.


How about Carpy?
 

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Just make sure you don't get the A and R transposed on the name plate....
Never let it be said that was never in my mind.
 

Jasper

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Just make sure you don't get the A and R transposed on the name plate....
You didn't think this mistake would yield "Crappy", did you? Because that has two "P"s....

It gives "Crapy" which is quite a novel name. By the way, it sounds like "cray pee".
 

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You didn't think this mistake would yield "Crappy", did you? Because that has two "P"s....

It gives "Crapy" which is quite a novel name. By the way, it sounds like "cray pee".
Thomas Crapper was a manufacturer of toilet cistern and bowls in the UK.

His name has since become slang for a particular bodily function....
 

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I was able to capture the strange motion of my Otto loco. It points its nose to the left, right, left, right... To me, it looks like the way fish move in the water. So now I'm thinking about a fishy name for it.

Please don't heed the makeshift cab; I accidentally destroyed the original cab long ago.


PM sent about Otto cab.
 

Jasper

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Not to get all sentimental here, but it is true that this little tramway shines a light into my life.

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My trams are still very unfinished, but I brought two of them out into the garden. Mainly I wanted to see if the proportions work well.

I actually ordered some metal spokewheels, but unfortunately they are on back order so in the meanti... - Hey, Tina and Tim, you're not supposed to be there! These are clearly marked as Not open to the public! Kids these days...