viaEstrecha
Spanish metre gauge in G scale (on the cheap)
Some parts are currently being superglued in a desperate salvage attempt - it it all goes t1ts-up, you may get it
What happened at your workbench today?
- Thread starter Henri
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What does the chassis look like, I gather from boot lane. Also be good to hear how it runs.
Runs like all the other Boot Lane Works chassis. Which is quite nicely.. They use the Bonnie wheels, so the whole thing is (by LGB standards) very light. It will traverse LGB R1 curves, but I have yet to try it on the tighter Playmobil curves.
I will unpack it and post some pictures for you, a little later..
PhilP.
Thanks Phil.
playmofire
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That should be 'Binnie', and yes, they are nylon(?) I believe..
I will check..
<Edit> Wheels are glass-filled nylon (70% nylon, 30% glass-fibre)
Though the new model from Boot Lane Works 'Heidi' uses 3D printed wheels. - I believe these are printed in-house, but I do not know what material is being used.
PhilP.
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craigwrdouglas2
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I got a landrover for my layout as well - this one is the lwb version from welly (1/24). It came pristine but I did a simple weathering scheme on it.
playmofire
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Apologies, I didn't make myself clear. I was referring to the Playmobil track, the metal curves were LGB R1 curves whatever the box they were in said and the plastic ones are tighter. )Walter Turner used to call them R0.9.)
korm kormsen
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pleease, never show us a heavily weathered model!
David1226
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I like the dirt, not sure about the rust patches, Land-Rover body panels are made from aluminium.
David
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Jons People do a Series Landy -I can't remember which one. Trouble is, he/they have no web presence, so you have to catch them at a show. There's a touch of the Flying Dutchman about them: it doesn't look like they'll be at the National, but they routinely attend Steam in Beds, in November. Others may have spotted them/know where else they are booked in.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Break of (working) day, and the Bachman Lyn is already looking more British...
The smokebox has been laminated from three pieces of Ø50 plastic downpipe, the outer two cut and glued in place with Polypipe adhesive. Next stage is to cut a new footplate/running board; this will allow me to raise the front coupler height to IOM standard, which is higher than the 16mm equivalent.
The smokebox has been laminated from three pieces of Ø50 plastic downpipe, the outer two cut and glued in place with Polypipe adhesive. Next stage is to cut a new footplate/running board; this will allow me to raise the front coupler height to IOM standard, which is higher than the 16mm equivalent.
Rhinochugger
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Yep, the rust should be on the side steps, the rear bumper/chassis member and possibly a bit on the front bumper. Perhaps a very small bit of rust staining running down from the door hinges.
The rust that forms on the floor cills under the doors is not usually visible from outside.
Difficult to represent the rippling in the aluminium panels with a die-cast model
tac foley
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All model Landrovers can be obtained from a contact in the Netherlands whose main business, now sidlelined as he recently took over as the Accucraft dealer from the retired Bram Hengeveldt, was nothing but Landrover models in all scales. His name is Remco Vegting. Google him and give him a call if it is LRs you seek. About Us
Say I sent you - he is a good guy to deal with and happy to ship stuff to UK.
Say I sent you - he is a good guy to deal with and happy to ship stuff to UK.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
I'm not going to do a build log for the Baldwin (you may say that I'm too lazy, but I prefer the Caractacus Potts analogy: lots of sawing and hammering, followed by a big reveal...), but here are the day's end photos:
The cab sheets are old laser-cutter test pieces, which is a hoarders redemption! (just don't mention the huge stash of useless tat that's been squirrelled away...); plenty of cutting and shaping has gone on, not that you'd know it: but that's the nature of our hobby, right?
The cab sheets are old laser-cutter test pieces, which is a hoarders redemption! (just don't mention the huge stash of useless tat that's been squirrelled away...); plenty of cutting and shaping has gone on, not that you'd know it: but that's the nature of our hobby, right?
Jasper
Hey, I'm only being creative here!
For a moment you had me wondering whether "rain" was a typo for "train". The aging brain and all that....
Rhinochugger
Retired Oik
Yep, the cab is the major area that gives away its heritage - we just never did windows like that
