1/32 Launceston Road

[Simon]

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Gratuitous "blast from the past" to make me feel I'm getting somewhere :-[

 

[Simon]

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And the delights of winter....

 

[iploffy]

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Managed a couple of hours out on the line after cooking lunch etc and before it got dark.

Putting my methodical hat on, I decided to fire up the angle grinder in order to create grooves in the concrete track bases in which to "lose" the track feeds. All was going well until the inevitable happened and I ran the disk against the rail

There was a slight diversion as I plugged in the big soldering iron and filled the resulting gouge with solder, cleaning back the repair with a sharp knife, small files and wet and dry paper. It now just looks like a "stain" on the rail head, an advantage of using steel I guess as the solder is roughly the same colour.

I didn't take a picture but here is another section that has been "grooved" showing how gloriously messy it all got.

 

[Phill Dyson]

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Are the foundations for the garden loop largely complete now Simon ?

 

[iploffy]

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I bet your nearly ready to throw in the towel for the winter mate I am it's getting a bit on the nippy side

Ian

 

[Simon]

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After the excitement of yesterday, we went out in to the garden to run a few trains.

Joy of joys, after a bit of fine adjustment with a spanner the joints over the lift out bridge were better than they'd ever been before.

The Ruston poses over the satisfactory joint before returning to Wenbridge Junction yard with the works train (I wish!)

 

[iploffy]

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Even got time for a bit of play eh, the mink looks good

Ian

 

[Jordan]

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The plants on the embankment look to be getting established too... :scratch: should look really good next year

 

[Simon]

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The plants are still there, along with the track and wiring, you just can't see them at the moment

Paw prints would seem to indicate the earlier passage of a down "Atlantic Cats Express"

 

[iploffy]

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Your lucky my railway is a shelf for snow

Ian

 

[Simon]

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I nipped out on Christmas day morning having stuck the bird in the oven and cleared the line with a broom run horizontally along the track, which I like to think looks like the result of a snowplough being run through.

 

[Simon]

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I tried to get a "different" shot and after a bit of contortionism by the hedge got this, which I quite like.

 

[Simon]

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And finally, the obligatory Ruston and unfinished wagon shot

 

[iploffy]

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[iploffy]

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Well what can I say but Ace mate but dont forget to dry those wheels well


Ian

 

[Jordan]

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Me too.... :wave:

I do worry about the effect of all this prolonged cold on my models (stored in boxes and cupboards, so at least they're dry, albeit cold), but maybe they are more hardy than we think... :scratch:

 

[lancer1027]

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Nice pics Simon Yes the class 22 pic looks EXELLENT

Rob :wave:

 

[Jordan]

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I dunno... you're going to get caught out one day - posting pictures of the real thing like this one and expecting us to believe it's a model....

:vista:

 

[Ressaldar]

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I dunno... you're going to get caught out one day - posting pictures of the real thing like this one and expecting us to believe it's a model....

:vista:

..............especially with all of that cotton wool in the foreground 

regards

Mike

 

[iploffy]

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Good bit of Photoshop ain't it we've had no snow for MONTHS

Ian