What happened at your workbench today?

[grizzmo]

I have an Emek truck similar to that. They seem to be difficult to find these days.

I also have several 1:24 models of other vehicles, including some RC Huina one which I use with my railway....

Its a pretty nice model, it came with a trailer too. I will use that with a tractor to load at another station.
Very useful for setting the scene at my log loading sidings.
I have seen some on ebay but they are pretty pricey. I have seen the Hiab log grabber sold separately too.

 

[playmofire]

I have an Emek truck similar to that. They seem to be difficult to find these days.

I also have several 1:24 models of other vehicles, including some RC Huina one which I use with my railway....

UK seller here: EMEK Models 1:25

and this firm seem to be willing to sell to the UK: Emek

 

[dunnyrail]

UK seller here: EMEK Models 1:25

and this firm seem to be willing to sell to the UK: Emek

Pity they are all so modern as the prices look pretty fair for an awful lot of plastic.

 

[Gizzy]

UK seller here: EMEK Models 1:25

and this firm seem to be willing to sell to the UK: Emek

Thanks for the linky!

I have a few vehicles, mostly from Dickies Toys.

I did a thread for all my road vehicles here....

Thread 'G Scale Road Vehicles'

31 Jul 2024

Over the years that I have been involved with G Scale trains, I have also collected various cars and lorries, usually 1:24 scale.

I have a small fleet of MAN tippers that deliver gravel from my fleet of OEG hopper wagons by road....

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[Fezwig]

Evening
Mock ups of the roof dormers done today, sticky tape and cardboard everywhere!

 

[Polarblair]

Working my way through making spares for the Playmobil Steaming Mary. I had a go at making my own decals but the coloured decals need white underprint to stop the red from shining through. I've gone to a proferssional decal printer to have sets made.
Managed to track down some original bells which have become quite rare. My set came with a replacement bell so its nice to complete it. The roof was a challenge to print reliably but came out well.



I made a working LED headlamp replacement for the Playmobil RC 0-4-0 locos and currently working on doing the same for the Western Mary lantern. For the Western Mary I'm doing two versions; one using my replacement lantern, and one that can be dropped into the original Playmobil part without modification. No wiring - self contained battery and switched by magnetic wand.

 

[Northsider]

A happy afternoon spent cutting mortice and tenon joints for a bandsaw stand...

 

[PhilP]

A happy afternoon spent cutting mortice and tenon joints for a bandsaw stand...
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Start again!
You've gone outside the line!


PhilP.

 

[Northsider]

Start again!
You've gone outside the line!


PhilP.

Yebbut there's 3mm removed from the bottom of the tenon, so it won't show...
As the mediaeval stone masons used to say, the only people who know will be me, and God.

Although in this case, you do, too.

And everyone else on here...

 

[Chris Vernell]

And everyone else on here...

Who, me?

 

[justme igor]

Start again!
You've gone outside the line!

50 years ago.....my old teacher a "master carpenter", was not so friendly as you....his ruler...is in my shed now....
And yes we all start in the trade making fire wood.

 

[viaEstrecha]

Little production line today - more loco crew figues from Clavey, many handrails being chrome painted, and a tubfull of railcar bits which failed quality control, awaiting another spray.

 

[Jasper]

more loco crew figures from Clavey

Did you buy these from Mr Clavey recently? I've been trying to reach him for a while.

 

[Polarblair]

Tuning the first print of the Playmobil 4053 work train roof. It's got a long way to go in terms of print quality but the size and fitment are good. Also first order of the old type connecting rods. Buyer might have one of the green 4005 locos. Quite rare!

 

[viaEstrecha]

Did you buy these from Mr Clavey recently? I've been trying to reach him for a while.

Yes, through eBay - he even kindly added a listing for one figure he doesn't normally stock in G Scale. But I have a suspicion he might not be selling outside the UK now (Brexit keeps on giving). If you have an order in mind, I might be able to get it from him and send it to you privately, though it won't be especially cheap, I'm sure! (Edited) - there is also a similar vendor on ebay - Narrow Minded Railworks

 

[Paul M]

Did you buy these from Mr Clavey recently? I've been trying to reach him for a while.

He was about a few weeks ago

 

[viaEstrecha]

Like most of us on here, I keep lots of old tat 'just in case'. My vintage railcars came without crew or driver's seats, so some Xmas cracker tiddlywinks and dice and a bit of solder tube will do the trick, once cleaned up and painted. Figure from Narrow Minded Railworks.

 

[Jasper]

If you have an order in mind, I might be able to get it from him and send it to you privately, though it won't be especially cheap, I'm sure!

Thanks for the offer. I'll keep it in mind.

 

[Northsider]

The final job on building the MER No.23 lookalike was to fit a motor and gearbox.
I can't remember how I discovered it, but Appletree Railway make a compact motor/gearbox at a good price,
which can either be nose-mounted as per the prototype, or mounted solidly to a floor. I went for the first option, drilling the frames to take a 3mm bar to act as a second mounting point. It needed a bit more epoxy than I would have liked, although it won't be visible when running. It also looks skew in the photo, but isn't in real life!

I had to supply an axle which Appletree fitted when building the gearbox; assembly into the truck was simple, and the installation is very neat. It is virtually invisible to the naked eye from the outside, too. I just need some dry weather so that I can test it.

I can thoroughly recommend Tim at Appletree Railway -he was a pleasure to deal with, communicated well and made sure the unit was to the spec that I wanted.

 

[Fezwig]

Continuing on the "What happened on your Manx workbench" I too have managed to sort out the dormer mock ups today after a week of sneezing and blowing my nose at it, very satisfying cutting up an empty tissue box to make the patterns

I can now make the proper ones from foamboard and attaching the foamboard tiles.