What happened at your workbench today?

Paul M said:
Looks pretty good to me! How I miss the cutting, turning and milling of my apprenticeship! Although not so much the filing
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I  do like turning and cutting! No milling machine yet, but nowhere to put one, either. Like you, filing comes low down the list, and filing brass with anything but a brand-new file is very unrewarding!
 
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To David 1226 at Claptowte. Very impressed with your trees! Are they scratch built or bought? Just getting started on my landscaping and would love to know how you produce these. Thanks.
 
Fitz Orchard said:
To David 1226 at Claptowte. Very impressed with your trees! Are they scratch built or bought? Just getting started on my landscaping and would love to know how you produce these. Thanks.
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Welcome to the Forum, Fitz(?)..

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David1226 David1226 you have a query.. See a couple of posts above.

PhilP.
 
Northsider said:
I grew up with Lone Star:

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As a teen I had an N scale layout with Arnold Rapido trains. I couldn't afford to buy too many more Rapido trains so I filled the layout with Lone Star trains and track.

If Lone Star is the same one I remember, the trains and track were made of a die cast metal.
 
Madman said:
As a teen I had an N scale layout with Arnold Rapido trains. I couldn't afford to buy too many more Rapido trains so I filled the layout with Lone Star trains and track.

If Lone Star is the same one I remember, the trains and track were made of a die cast metal.
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The original push ones certainly were, but they eventually did electrically powered locomotives (1steam and 3 diesel if I remember correct) and 2 rail track for power. Locomotives had rubber band drive and I think a copy of the then Tri-ang type coupling.
 
dunnyrail said:
The original push ones certainly were, but they eventually did electrically powered locomotives (1steam and 3 diesel if I remember correct) and 2 rail track for power. Locomotives had rubber band drive and I think a copy of the then Tri-ang type coupling.
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I was on to other hobbies by the time the powered versions came out, I suppose. Although I still had my Lionel "O" gauge trains and used my Rapido trains as an amusement park ride on the "O" gauge layout at the holidays.
 
Fitz Orchard said:
To David 1226 at Claptowte. Very impressed with your trees! Are they scratch built or bought? Just getting started on my landscaping and would love to know how you produce these. Thanks.
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Fitz

You can click on the link below to see how I made my trees. My layout was always going to be built on flat baseboards, so the trees needed a base to that they could be placed on a flat surface, and if need be, held in place by a blob of Blue Tac. If you intend 'planting' the trees into scenery, then just leave a metal spike of some sort, that can be pushed in.
Claptowte Railway - Trees

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David1226 said:
Fitz

You can click on the link below to see how I made my trees. My layout was always going to be built on flat baseboards, so the trees needed a base to that they could be placed on a flat surface, and if need be, held in place by a blob of Blue Tac. If you intend 'planting' the trees into scenery, then just leave a metal spike of some sort, that can be pushed in.
Claptowte Railway - Trees

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David 1226 - Many Thanks for your reply - simple answer and very effective. trying to source something similar now. Fitz
 
Madman said:
As a teen I had an N scale layout with Arnold Rapido trains. I couldn't afford to buy too many more Rapido trains so I filled the layout with Lone Star trains and track.

If Lone Star is the same one I remember, the trains and track were made of a die cast metal.
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They later developed Trebl-0-lectric - I had both.
 
And now for something completely different:
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This was a table centre-piece, at a wedding..
It does have a viable chassis, but only the top of the tank/bunker comes off..

Brief is to make it BPRC, with sound.
A MLS card will just fit, front to back in the bunker space, but there is not enough room to wire into it, so it will have to go across the space...
I would like to fit a interior light, and have this switched by a second action on one of the controls.

As it stands, this unit is very light. So I might add a little weight?

PhilP.
 
Lovely day today, not a cloud in the sky. A few days ago, my thoughts turned to Chr*stm*s. I'm not a huge fan of the celebration, except for the scoffing, boozing and train stuff obviously, however, I would like something to go round our (her) little tree. The tree usually goes on the dining table and LGB/PIKO R1 is a bit big radius wise, therefore, in previous years, I've been using a circle of Triang series 3 and converted OO stuff (to Gn15ish) running on it. I hit on the idea of using LEGO (type) track but 15/6mm scale trains. My little 3D shunter has an Essel Engineering chassis that is easily convertible to the required 37.5mm gauge and I am attempting to build a 37.5mm chassis for one of my tin turtles. I got some knock off Lego track from *m*z*n, and a few other bits. Photos show the wagons in production. I use a 1mm steel plate for the wagons and glue a 3D printed chassis to it. The steel prevents the 3D print from warping and gives the wagon some weight. As Lego track is plastic, I am using Binnie wheels. I love being retired!
 

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So modified that its own mother wouldn't recognise it, the Baldwin-Peacock is evolving. In my imagination, it was bought, ex-WD, by the Auldyn Mining, but because of the links with the IMR, got sent to Beyer-Peacock for rebuilding and rather like the W&L and Rheidol locos that got GWR rebuilds, ended up looking noticeably different, with new boiler, dome, chimney, cab etc. reflecting the style of its rebuilder.
The revised loco runs well smokebox first, but the trailing pony truck (it's an 0-4-2 now) derails on trailing points, rather than throwing the blades across. I decided that it needed a heavier pony truck, the original Bachmann item being fairly thin moulded plastic. And having discovered that the bandsaw will cut brass, I thought I'd see what it thought of the 5mm thick strip I had in stock...
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Turns out it was quite happy! I then turned up a pair of inside bearing blocks, drilling them, and the main body to take 8BA bolts. The bearings have oil holes underneath, too.
There's still more to do, but it looks like the principle is correct...
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Northsider said:
So modified that its own mother wouldn't recognise it, the Baldwin-Peacock is evolving. In my imagination, it was bought, ex-WD, by the Auldyn Mining, but because of the links with the IMR, got sent to Beyer-Peacock for rebuilding and rather like the W&L and Rheidol locos that got GWR rebuilds, ended up looking noticeably different, with new boiler, dome, chimney, cab etc. reflecting the style of its rebuilder.
The revised loco runs well smokebox first, but the trailing pony truck (it's an 0-4-2 now) derails on trailing points, rather than throwing the blades across. I decided that it needed a heavier pony truck, the original Bachmann item being fairly thin moulded plastic. And having discovered that the bandsaw will cut brass, I thought I'd see what it thought of the 5mm thick strip I had in stock...
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Turns out it was quite happy! I then turned up a pair of inside bearing blocks, drilling them, and the main body to take 8BA bolts. The bearings have oil holes underneath, too.
There's still more to do, but it looks like the principle is correct...
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Nice bit of metal work Patrick.
 
Northsider said:
So modified that its own mother wouldn't recognise it, the Baldwin-Peacock is evolving. In my imagination, it was bought, ex-WD, by the Auldyn Mining, but because of the links with the IMR, got sent to Beyer-Peacock for rebuilding and rather like the W&L and Rheidol locos that got GWR rebuilds, ended up looking noticeably different, with new boiler, dome, chimney, cab etc. reflecting the style of its rebuilder.
The revised loco runs well smokebox first, but the trailing pony truck (it's an 0-4-2 now) derails on trailing points, rather than throwing the blades across. I decided that it needed a heavier pony truck, the original Bachmann item being fairly thin moulded plastic. And having discovered that the bandsaw will cut brass, I thought I'd see what it thought of the 5mm thick strip I had in stock...
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Turns out it was quite happy! I then turned up a pair of inside bearing blocks, drilling them, and the main body to take 8BA bolts. The bearings have oil holes underneath, too.
There's still more to do, but it looks like the principle is correct...
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While I admire (well actually am extremely envious of) your skills, I don't like the idea of push-through points in small scales, mainly for that reason that we don't do scale weight.
 
It being a bit cool outdoors, I took the line of least resistance and had an hour or so in the workshop. The B-P really needs an extension to its frames to support the cab floor, but that can (and will) wait. Looking at the problem, the pony truck needed a spring to hold it down, so an off cut of brass was drilled and tapped, and a short length of Ø1.2mm spring steel inserted into it, bent to provide the necessary downward pressure. The block was then bolted to the rear buffer beam, which is reinforced by a piece of brass angle.

A quick test in the gloaming led to a little adjustment, and it now works satisfactorily. Interestingly, it works when the loco has a bit of a tootle on, the momentum 'throwing' the blades across; running more slowly, the wheels ride up the point blades and derail.20251007_183004.jpg
 
grizzmo said:
As it was a windy and rainy day here, I have spent the arvo working on these retaining wall "covers". In the comfort of the lounge room.
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One coming along nicely, other still has a bit too do.
I think it look reasonably similar to a photo of a retaining wall at Langwies station i am using as a reference.
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Reasonably similar? You need an eye test grizzmo grizzmo -that's bang on target, and a skilled bit of modelling. Bravo!

Good to see a brew, and the giveaway clue to a significant chocolate-covered biscuit -the ball of foil. If you were in the UK, I'd say that was a Viscount...or three.
 
Northsider said:
Reasonably similar? You need an eye test grizzmo grizzmo -that's bang on target, and a skilled bit of modelling. Bravo!

Good to see a brew, and the giveaway clue to a significant chocolate-covered biscuit -the ball of foil. If you were in the UK, I'd say that was a Viscount...or three.
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I run on tea. The ball of foil is used to texture the foam, works a treat.
 
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