New beginnings

[Jasper]

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




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.

 

[Rhinochugger]

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

 

[playmofire]

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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Better safe than sorry!

 

[Jasper]

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]

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.

 

[dunnyrail]

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?

 

[Gizzy]

How about Carpy?

Just make sure you don't get the A and R transposed on the name plate....

 

[dunnyrail]

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.

 

[Gizzy]

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....

 

[Paul M]

How about Carpy?

That's how Duck the Pannier Tank in the Reverend Awdry books got his name. He waddled

 

[Jasper]

The first of a series of tram cars.

 

[playmofire]

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]

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

 

[Jasper]

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...

 

[Jasper]

The primulas became ever more problematic, I didn't know what to do, and in the end they just died on me. I replaced them with petunias.

 

[Jasper]

Work has begun on an extension. When this is done you'll have the choice between the Small Circuit (the one already in place) and the Large Circuit. The Large Circuit uses part of the Small Circuit, and connects to it in two places.

(I considered the name "Long Circuit", then thought better of it.)

In the corner nearest the hazel tree, as seen from near the hop, the track at present turns right:



But in the future it will also turn left, to go around the hazel. In this photo I have mocked up the route. There'll be a switch at the bottom of this photo.



Beyond the hazel, there's a long neglected part of the garden, so I've been cutting a lot of growth away.
The support shows where the new route will be:

 

[Jasper]

 

[Rhinochugger]

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There's loads more space that you can use

 

[Jasper]

There's loads more space that you can use

I know! But all in due course. I do have vague plans for a Phase III and Phase IV, but putting them on the map would jinx the whole thing. I'll go step by little step and keep it all manageable.