2-2-Toot Scenic Adventure

[Brooker]

Brilliant, many thanks John, I can see a trip to the Range at lunch time is now on the cards!!

[Brooker]

Very much along the same lines as mine that I posted on page 3 of this thread

I can see that now! it was Bufferstop's "lid off" photo that really cleared things up for me, up to that image I'd not been able to find anything that showed me the connections I needed inside for the thing to work.

I've not looked particularly hard, but had tried a couple of times, The Range don't stock anything suitable for the strainer, but I'm sure I can find one elsewhere... A pound shop for example!!

[End2end]

Yup. That's exactly how I made mine. Although I haven't used it yet.
Thanks
End2end

[Bufferstop]

Unless you have a huge area to do, or your club buys one to pass around the £80 jobbie doesn't save that much time. I think the differences in various samples I've seen can be overcome with a little more practise. There's an essential accessory to the fly swat type, thats a 12" plastic rule to tap the rim of the sieve to encourage the strands to start falling. Also with the handle in one hand and the ruler in the other the chance of you touching the metal bit is fairly remote. Ouch. It sounds like it would be painful.

[TimberSurf]

I needed to buy some sieves for "Ballast" grading, cheapest I found was this http://www.wilko.com/kitchen-gadgets-an ... vt/0435865
Hard to beat for 3!
Donate two larger to wife for brownie points (as I did)

[Brooker]

Many thanks Timber - off to Wilco it is!!

[End2end]

I saw the fly swatters are back stock in £Land on Monday.
Thanks
End2end

[TimberSurf]

That's pretty good, I like the railings, just the grass that would look much better if it was static

[Kerluk]

Any fish alive in this water ? Someone can drink it ?
Anyway, nice work.

[carnehan]

Progress is progress. It looks, to me, like you are going at a right pace. Ballast down, a second bridge done, some buildings and dirtier water than the Ganges!

Great looking stuff Dave.

Paul

[TimberSurf]

Progressing well!
love the "Debris"
How about painting the lowest 2 courses of brick above the waterline, green or brown, as a moss or mud, to hide the inevitable varnish wash up?

[Lysander]

Absolutely the sort of place that you really don't want to fall into !

Tony

[carnehan]

Things are plodding along at a slightly slower pace but plod they do. The first of the brickwork has been completed but before painting, I'll add the retaining walls to the ends. The bridge has had a coat of primer applied and a suitable colour rattle can was purchased today for the final coats.

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Paul

[VerdevaleRailway]

Sorry about the slow start gentlemen, I got waylaid with a dremel and some ballast somewhere in the valley....

First step is to work out the configuration, keeping in mind that the siding length needs to allow the tension hooks to align for a hassle free uncoupling. Its a matter of finding that sweet spot when your loco and coach are on curves.





I have a couple of boxes of almost mint Rovex track as well as a box of points and miscellaneous track. I'm not sure if I should be destroying the mint stuff. If it is collectable, give me an indication please.

In actuality, I have been humming and ha-ing about the base board. I will need a spot at work to store the puzzle, any way this is the solution I have come up with. I have used an aluminium cut and clip that answers my requirmwnts that it is light and strong, The thing will have to stand on its edge in my storage area, and I can add legs to it if I so choose. Probably about 4 times the cost of timber. As this is an instructional thread, the first pic is the way I cut my aluminium so the cut is close to square, By using the hack saw at a 45 degree angle and keeping it flat against the wood block.



There is a lip on the aluminium.



Tap it all together, drop in a bit of MDF and all done

[carnehan]

There appears to be too much inactivity with the toot toot adventure so time to rectify that.

I can't say that I have been overly active with the build process since my last post but there has been a little movement. I now have a backscene in place - a simple pale blue skyline painted on a piece of 6mm ply. I also have the retaining wall sections clad and loosly fitted to the bridge. I'll start the paint process of this brickwork later.

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How's everyone else's builds going?

Paul