4mm Original St. Mary Hoo thread

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Dog Star

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Jordan said:
Excuse Mr Iploffy and his yellow-nose A4... if a whoopee cushion gag is funny the first time, it's funny every time....:rolleyes:
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What is not funny is the time spent trying to find "97 0000000 1" in the Departmental Stock Registers. Ploffy seems to have introduced a typo, ought to have been numbered as "ADB 99-60007-A4" .
 
Steve Cook

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This is a really nice layout Simon, and a top first thread to boot - Welcome to WT :)
Love the fact that you have working third rails too, an excellent idea.
Looking forward to seeing more photos and further progress
Steve
 
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Simon Dunkley said:
Welcome, Simon.
Let me be the first to take the tone of your thread down to the lowest level.*

With a whoopee cushion, the gag is always funny.
Same with fart gags. And farts that make people gag.

*Even if you don't let me, I will do it anyway.
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Hello Simon, I notice your reference to Rutland Weekend Television. Sorry to name drop but the coincidence just seems too good to ignore! The BBC producer/director, and film editor of RWT are very old friends of mine and occasionally work with us on film projects. My dad also appeared in several episodes! Some of the shows were very funny.

Cheers
Simon
 
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There are plenty on Youtube as you probably know.
 
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The abandoned level crossing before I finished detailing it; there is now a cross bar from the post to the gate itself. I got the idea of a broken gate from a prototype photo I found from an old branch line in Cambridgeshire.


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The second photo has a tree from the layout lying on its side at the end of the siding; it's not normally there but I forgot to move it before I took the picture. The concrete buffer recess also needs finishing off paint/weathering wise.

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Osgood

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One thing I really like - and shown to good effect in the last photo - is the apparent dull top rail surface. I would like to try for a similar effect on a planned industrial line. How did you achieve this Simon - or is it just clever phototrickery? :)
 
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Osgood said:
One thing I really like - and shown to good effect in the last photo - is the apparent dull top rail surface. I would like to try for a similar effect on a planned industrial line. How did you achieve this Simon - or is it just clever phototrickery? :)
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Hello Osgood, it's just dirty track that hasn't been cleaned!
 
Osgood

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:D Ah bother! I was hoping for some inspiration. I'm guessing any kind of 'gun blue' might either upset conductivity or get quickly burnt off by arcing. Has anyone tried this?
 
Wagonman

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Osgood said:
:D Ah bother! I was hoping for some inspiration. I'm guessing any kind of 'gun blue' might either upset conductivity or get quickly burnt off by arcing. Has anyone tried this?
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Some years ago there was a craze for using phosphor bronze rail to get this effect. Never tried it myself so don't know what pitfalls, if any, there were, not indeed if PB rail is still available.

You could buy steel rail and let it go rusty.... ;)


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Dog Star

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Osgood said:
I'm guessing any kind of 'gun blue' might either upset conductivity or get quickly burnt off by arcing. Has anyone tried this?
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Hartley Hill (see layout forum) has steel rail which is blackened with Casey Super Blue. Stuff runs satisfactorily.

regards, Graham
 
ZiderHead

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I saw this layout on another forum and noticed that if you look at the photos for a minute or so you start to hear birdsong over the marshes. doesnt get more immersive than that, just stunningly good modelling. :thumbs:
 
Neil

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Dog Star said:
Hartley Hill (see layout forum) has steel rail which is blackened with Casey Super Blue. Stuff runs satisfactorily.

regards, Graham
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Apologies in advance for the diversion, but does 'satisfactorily' mean 'just as well as the untreated rail'? The reason I ask is that during the eighties when I ran several Lima powered locos with the factory finished blackened wheels, I found the pick up to be noticeably better when I polished of the blackened finish to leave the treads in shiney bare metal.
 
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