What happened at your workbench today?
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Fezwig
Just a man in the middle of a complicated plan.
I wish I was that good, one fixed open and the other folded.Folding tables!
Might make a Perspex one
playmofire
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I hadn't noticed that - an excellent piece of detail.Folding tables!
Jasper
Hey, I'm only being creative here!
I suspected that, but it's still a very nice and relatable detail. I'm really enjoying what you are doing here, I have neither the talent nor the patience to create this kind of thing.I wish I was that good, one fixed open and the other folded.
Fezwig
Just a man in the middle of a complicated plan.
Piano hinge?Perhaps devize a folding roof, to display the detail within?
PhilP.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Webasto sun roof?Piano hinge?
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
It's always good to learn new things. I have carried, from house to house, decade to decade, a book on building model trams, always thinking 'one day...'. Well, that day has arrived, but obviously a cheeky kit-bash lookie-likee of a unique industrial tram is not the full monty, but hey ho.
So, the new trick is making a swan-necked brake handle: the book suggests turning up a piece of brass and then cunningly bending it to shape. So a piece of brass was mounted in the lathe chuck and turned to suit:
It was then tickled up with needle files to get the correct profile.
Now, depending on its make-up, brass can be 'hot short' i.e. brittle when hot, or 'cold short'. I had to guess which, and opted for it being cold short, so applied heat, bent it, and...it was hot short.
So the new plan was to solder up a handle, swan-neck and boss...
This is the handle, the bit the motorman holds; the original stock is 3mm, so it's quite small, really!
Anyhoo, all three parts were made up, a welding rod shaft added, and soldered up:
before a support was created from thinned-down welding rod and a brass bush:
I'm quite happy with that. Next up, the General Electric 11a controller...
So, the new trick is making a swan-necked brake handle: the book suggests turning up a piece of brass and then cunningly bending it to shape. So a piece of brass was mounted in the lathe chuck and turned to suit:
It was then tickled up with needle files to get the correct profile.
Now, depending on its make-up, brass can be 'hot short' i.e. brittle when hot, or 'cold short'. I had to guess which, and opted for it being cold short, so applied heat, bent it, and...it was hot short.
So the new plan was to solder up a handle, swan-neck and boss...
This is the handle, the bit the motorman holds; the original stock is 3mm, so it's quite small, really!
Anyhoo, all three parts were made up, a welding rod shaft added, and soldered up:
before a support was created from thinned-down welding rod and a brass bush:
I'm quite happy with that. Next up, the General Electric 11a controller...
schienenkönig
I'm a tram enthusiast and have made trams Scale G
And now in series, please. I need about 10 pieces.
Duck and go.
And now in series, please. I need about I'll give it a try, but only with a milling machine, with the head rotated 90°.
Peter
Duck and go.
And now in series, please. I need about I'll give it a try, but only with a milling machine, with the head rotated 90°.
Peter
Might SLR Models dashboard modules and panels be of use?
PhilP.
PhilP.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
I'm thinking of using Swift Sixteen parts...Might SLR Models dashboard modules and panels be of use?
PhilP.
Brass Power Handle Set | Swift Sixteen
Brass Power Handle Set,for a diesel locomotive driving desk. Due to popular demand, this power handle set has been taken from our Railbus kit and sold as a separate part for home builds.They come as a sprue of 6 scale handles, Two vacuum brake, (larger), two power handle and two direction...
www.swiftsixteen.co.uk
Wow!
Fezwig
Just a man in the middle of a complicated plan.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Oh wow- that's brilliant -I'll be placing an order this afternoon!Have look on here mate,
KW Trams
www.kwtrams.co.uk
playmofire
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It just gets even more betterer when you think it couldn't!
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
Well this has been on my workbench for months. An old caboose, partly wrecked from a well known auction site, repaired, couplings removed and tidied up. Then a platform and steps built from plasticard, plastistrut, and other preformed plastic extrusions.
And we have Caboose Cafe:
And we have Caboose Cafe:
korm kormsen
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really nice!
one question: where did you get the blue bench?
one question: where did you get the blue bench?
