The Sheep Chronicles. A Sheep dips his hooves in various bucolic backwaters.

[Kane Clements]

I have made cassettes with aluminium angle sides screwed to a ply or chipboard base. The metal will expand and contract with temperature change quite markedly, although the base doesn’t, so you can end up with a cassette that can be concave or convex in shape.

That is a problem with aluminium. Steel would be better in term expansion.

Though harder to work.

 

[Simon Glidewell]

Thank you, Simon.

Just so that I can better endeavour not to disappoint, are you referring to the A5 point kit or the new project?!

Both! ;-)

 

[NHY 581]

Morning all,

I'm managing some time to finally paint the sleepers over the last day or so. Hopefully. Ican also weather the trackwork today. With a big push, we may even see the first of the ballast going down this evening.

Here's a rather rough and ready view of current sleeper painting...



Rob

 

[NHY 581]

A ballast test piece to check the mix which hopefully hints at shingle ballast. Just plonked on, not tamped of glued just roughly brushed into place, hence odd errant bit.



Rob

 

[NHY 581]

An overall view.

 

[NHY 581]

Oops....

 

[Marc Dobson]

Look ok to me. I've used play sand to generate a similar effect of LBSCR shingle ballast of Scratchy Bottom.
Marc

 

[NHY 581]

That's it until next week while I check over Ewe ahead of the trip Minehead.

Rob

 

[Marc Dobson]

I'm learning Cornish and todays word of the day is sheep or Davas thought it might be something for your next project
Marc

 

[NHY 581]

I'm learning Cornish and todays word of the day is sheep or Davas View attachment 216421thought it might be something for your next project
Marc

Morning Marc,

Interesting. There are many similarities between Cornish and Welsh. Sheep in Welsh is defaid, pronounced dev aid. At one point, Sheep Dip was going to be Little sheep in Welsh or Defaid Bach......but I quickly realised to most visitors it would be Deaf Aid........

However, as part of the post Bracknell reset, the next layout MAY not have a sheep linked name. You heard it here first..................or then again it might.....

Rob

 

[chigley]

Ilearnt my welsh from Ivor the engine

 

[LarryG]

Interesting to see someone still uses flat-bottom Peco Streamline Code 75. I laid my latest layout with it, then swapped it for bullhead at the very last minute before gluing. It was a close call.

 

[NHY 581]

Interesting to see someone still uses flat-bottom Peco Streamline Code 75. I laid my latest layout with it, then swapped it for bullhead at the very last minute before gluing. It was a close call.

Hi Larry,

I swapped from Bullhead to streamline. One loco, key to the layout currently being built did not like the Bullhead points. Switched to streamline and no such issues. I am aware of conversations on Rmweb that suggest that there is a degree of gauge narrowing through the curved section of the Bullhead points which has caused a few issues.

However, the next project, Flaxfield, will see a change back to Bullhead or possibly British Finescale point kits.

https://www.britishfinescale.com/

I'm watching how Tim, aka CK , gets on with his trial build.

Rob.

 

[Captain Kernow]

I'm watching how Tim, aka CK , gets on with his trial build

My summary of the OO A5 point kit is here on RMWeb - Using the easy-assembly Finetrax pointwork kits in 00 and EM (and in P4 from the S4 Society)

In short, a very satisfactory build indeed.

 

[Kane Clements]

That's it until next week while I check over Ewe ahead of the trip Minehead.

Rob

See you at Minehead.

 

[Chris Veitch]

Hats off to you, Marc. We've not managed that in Wales, historically another similarly moist area of the U.K.

Rob.

Not so! And here’s a Grauniad article to prove it, discussing the Maentwrog rainforest area below Tan-y-bwlch, which is also now well represented with RTR locos, rolling stock and now a station building kit (phew - back on topic).

Walking in a Welsh rainforest

You don’t have to go to Brazil to trek through a rainforest – Snowdonia has its very own wet woodland just waiting to be explored

www.theguardian.com

And your new project is absolutely splendid Rob, I never fail to be impressed nowadays by the sheer range of Stuff available in RTR OO and the amazing things you manage to do with it.

 

[NHY 581]

Morning all,

Sheep 3 is loaded with layout and supporting stuff.

Wheels up at 05.30hrs.

According to Mr Google, it's a smidge under two hours. Hopefully a swift erection on arrival. Photos to follow.

I thank ewe.

 

[simond]

but I quickly realised to most visitors it would be Deaf Aid........

There is no pre-nominal for Engineers in the UK, but as a member of FEANI I am entitled to use the pre-nominal “EUR ING” (European Engineer).

It’s not popular here, to most people it sounds like a bladder infection.

 

[Dave Holt]

I'm a CEng and MIMechE but never went for the EUR ING for the reason stated by SimonD.
In many European countries, Eng or Ing is used with the same status as Dr or Rev in this country. I think the lack of status in this country is partly because people/media refer to technicians who service household appliances or fix the phone as being "engineers".
Dave.

 

[Pencarrow]

I'm a CEng and MIMechE but never went for the EUR ING for the reason stated by SimonD.
In many European countries, Eng or Ing is used with the same status as Dr or Rev in this country. I think the lack of status in this country is partly because people/media refer to technicians who service household appliances or fix the phone as being "engineers".
Dave.

I'm CEng MICE FCIHT and also get a bit brassed off that anyone and their dog can be an "engineer".