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Stickers came out reasonably well and overall I'm pretty happy with it. No original parts harmed and converting it back to stock takes 5mins.

A couple of years ago I started modifying my Plamobil tractor loco. I am or was installing miniature gear motors and R/C equipment in order to have the boom and shovel move by remote control. Also the outriggers will move outward and inward by R/C. It's been sitting in a box awaiting my return of enthusiasm.

Unlike your project, I had to butcher the original loco.....So no going back.....Only forward, let someone else have at it, or at worse, into the dust bin.....:rolleyes:
 
A couple of years ago I started modifying my Plamobil tractor loco. I am or was installing miniature gear motors and R/C equipment in order to have the boom and shovel move by remote control. Also the outriggers will move outward and inward by R/C. It's been sitting in a box awaiting my return of enthusiasm.

Unlike your project, I had to butcher the original loco.....So no going back.....Only forward, let someone else have at it, or at worse, into the dust bin.....:rolleyes:
You have told us now!

These are quite difficult to come by now...
You are forbidden to bin it! :D

Pass it on, or finish the job.. :)

PhilP.
 
Why would you want to convert it back, it looks great as it is.
Cheers! :smiley: First one will shortly be on its way to a nice chap in the US.
 
You have told us now!

These are quite difficult to come by now...
You are forbidden to bin it! :D

Pass it on, or finish the job.. :)

PhilP.

If that moment comes to be that my enthusiasm simply gives up, I will announce it so that any one of our members can have at it.....:)
 
A couple of years ago I started modifying my Plamobil tractor loco. I am or was installing miniature gear motors and R/C equipment in order to have the boom and shovel move by remote control. Also the outriggers will move outward and inward by R/C. It's been sitting in a box awaiting my return of enthusiasm.

Unlike your project, I had to butcher the original loco.....So no going back.....Only forward, let someone else have at it, or at worse, into the dust bin.....:rolleyes:
I agree with PhilP - cats out of the bag and you've announced your return to the project on the perfect thread. Looking forward to seeing some updates!
 
I glued down the goods shed foamboard roof panels to the acrylic sheet over the weekend, filling the joints and putting on some paint, next will be constructing the dormers, but first, I might have to add some supporting spars as since the glue has dried, a slight bow20260208_140534.jpg
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I glued down the goods shed foamboard roof panels to the acrylic sheet over the weekend, filling the joints and putting on some paint, next will be constructing the dormers, but first, I might have to add some supporting spars as since the glue has dried, a slight bowView attachment 352953
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I have exactly the same workshop weights! :rofl:
You need to be careful having the PVA next to the salt and pepper: we all got told off by an H&S inspector for having PVA in an unlabelled Fairy Liquid bottle, in the days when they weren't transparent. All the pupils knew what was in them, but oh no, our man knew better: 'What would happen if a pupil used it to wash their hands?'. Well, they'd get water-based, completely inert PVA on their hands, which would wash off...
Which reminds me: have I ever told you the story about a thieving flatmate, Swarfega, and Lime Marmalade? :giggle:
 
Fezwig Fezwig , ideally you need a 'balancing veneer' on the underneath of the roof: the glue contracts as it cures, 'pulling' the glued side to make in concave. It's why plywood always has an odd number of layers. You don't fancy modeling the backs of the tiles, do you?
 
The saloon build stalled a few years ago because the step hangers went together all wonky and I walked away in frustration. Having built the carriage roof, I couldn't put them off any longer, so applied heat to softern the epoxy holding the steps on, and more heat to (de-solder? unsolder?) the brackets. I then had a brainwave: why not use the accurate, laser cut bending jig to hold the parts whilst soldering them? That way, they would all be notionally identical...
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But first, some of the parts needed tweaking to get them aligned
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before they could be soldered back together
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Bingo!
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I have exactly the same workshop weights! :rofl:
You need to be careful having the PVA next to the salt and pepper: we all got told off by an H&S inspector for having PVA in an unlabelled Fairy Liquid bottle, in the days when they weren't transparent. All the pupils knew what was in them, but oh no, our man knew better: 'What would happen if a pupil used it to wash their hands?'. Well, they'd get water-based, completely inert PVA on their hands, which would wash off...
Which reminds me: have I ever told you the story about a thieving flatmate, Swarfega, and Lime Marmalade? :giggle:
Pray tell us that little tale, oh and where did the step jig come from please?
 
Pray tell us that little tale, oh and where did the step jig come from please?
I'll tell you the Swarfega story over a brew at the National, although you can probably join the dots already!
I made the jig when I still had access to the school's laser cutter. It wouldn't be difficult to make one by hand (a jig, that is!) using an offcut of ply and an X-Acto saw, but it was nice to have the technical option!
 
I'll tell you the Swarfega story over a brew at the National, although you can probably join the dots already!
I made the jig when I still had access to the school's laser cutter. It wouldn't be difficult to make one by hand (a jig, that is!) using an offcut of ply and an X-Acto saw, but it was nice to have the technical option!
Oh thanks, I have access to a couple of Lazer cutters as I found out on Sunday, Ollie’s Mum’s son has a very comprehensive workshop of that and 3d printers. Found out when he showed interest in my junked up workshop! Man Cave has the other that is more likely the one I will be using, but nice to have a couple of options. So where waste comes out of the van door, a jig like that will be drawn in.
 
You need to be careful having the PVA next to the salt and pepper: we all got told off by an H&S inspector for having PVA in an unlabelled Fairy Liquid bottle, in the days when they weren't transparent. All the pupils knew what was in them, but oh no, our man knew better: 'What would happen if a pupil used it to wash their hands?'. Well, they'd get water-based, completely inert PVA on their hands, which would wash off...
True, but the general principle behind the point he is making is still valid - materials, whether in transparent or solid containers should always be clearly and correctly labelled.

Lots of people scoff at H & S as commonsense, which is to a degree true, lots of it is commonsense. But that doesn't stop many accidents taking place each year because people don't act in a commonsense way.
 
True, but the general principle behind the point he is making is still valid - materials, whether in transparent or solid containers should always be clearly and correctly labelled.

Lots of people scoff at H & S as commonsense, which is to a degree true, lots of it is commonsense. But that doesn't stop many accidents taking place each year because people don't act in a commonsense way.
Yup, tricky, and a lot of it is in the way that the H&S officer approaches an issue.

I went to an evening H&S seminar where the visiting speaker, an H&S professional, was unable to get his laptop to connect to the venue's overhead projector - so he spoke without his visual aids, and had us all gripped for approx 90 minutes :clap::clap:
 
True, but the general principle behind the point he is making is still valid - materials, whether in transparent or solid containers should always be clearly and correctly labelled.

Lots of people scoff at H & S as commonsense, which is to a degree true, lots of it is commonsense. But that doesn't stop many accidents taking place each year because people don't act in a commonsense way.
This was at a time when our entire dust extraction for a workshop with a bandsaw, planer, circular saw and sander was a 9" wall-mounted Xpelair fan, so it's fair to say H&S wasn't very far up the agenda!
 
This was at a time when our entire dust extraction for a workshop with a bandsaw, planer, circular saw and sander was a 9" wall-mounted Xpelair fan, so it's fair to say H&S wasn't very far up the agenda!
But also fair to say that some of the risks were not entirely clear at that time as well :nod::nod:

Yeah, OK, you couldn't see them through all the dust haze :emo::emo:
 
True, but the general principle behind the point he is making is still valid - materials, whether in transparent or solid containers should always be clearly and correctly labelled.

Lots of people scoff at H & S as commonsense, which is to a degree true, lots of it is commonsense. But that doesn't stop many accidents taking place each year because people don't act in a commonsense way.
Yep if people behaved in a common sense way,the H&S Dept would be redundant.
 
Another locomotive under construction for the Granddaughters H & G Rail Rd. It’s the result of an impulse buy of an LGB sound fitted Stainz at the Bedford garden railway show. It’s sitting on a playmobil diesel chassis as that has a long wheel base and should cope with the R1 curves on there railway.
Still to test to see if the sound works at the lower playmobil voltage . If it does then it’s time to do fit batteries and wiring and loose some of the red paint!
 

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