7mm David Andrews Princess - 6206 Princess Marie Louise

[Rob Pulham]

Snifters?

Close but not quite.

Yes, very neat and very small. But what are they?
Dave.

Hi Dave,

As soon as I posted them I realised that I hadn't explained what they were.

But I hadn't done this at that point


This is a snip of the real thing on Princess Elizabeth.

Looking at it I really need a nut on the bottom too.

 

[Dave Holt]

Ah! All becomes clear, thanks.
Dave.

 

[simond]

Snifters?

Scotch or brandy?

 

[John K]

Oilers for bogie bearers?
John K

 

[Gavin Eyre]

Snifters?

A snifter (also called brandy snifter, brandy glass, brandy bowl, or a cognac glass) is a type of stemware, a short-stemmed glass whose vessel has a wide bottom and a relatively narrow top. It is mostly used to serve aged brown liquors such as bourbon, brandy, and whisky.

 

[Rob Pulham]

Well, it's a good job I had decided to add the bottom nut, as when I was walking back into the workshop after taking the last photo I dropped the blessed oil pot and it disappeared into the ether. As it turned out, if you will pardon the pun, the bottom stem wasn't long enough to accommodate the nut and go through the hole in the bolster so I made two more.

 

[Dave Holt]

Excellent. I reckon the carpet in my modelling room holds enough parts to build a complete loco.

Dave.

 

[Richard Gawler]

Every time I get down on my knees on the carpet I find the part I lost last time!

 

[Allen M]

Every time I get down on my knees on the carpet I find the part I lost last time!

Hi Richard
I can assure you that you are not alone . Been there, done that, got the sore knees

Regards
Allen
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[Chas Levin]

Every time I get down on my knees on the carpet I find the part I lost last time!

Uncannily true here too! And it always amazes me how far small parts can travel.

 

[OzzyO]

I have not lost a loco frame YET but who knows. Biggest bit that I've lost is a buffer in 7mm.

 

[Rob Pulham]

I have laminate flooring in the workshop which when paired with kitchen cabinets with no lower plinths equals lots of hiding places for small parts.
The spaces under the cabinets are great for additional storage though so it's something I will live with.

About a month ago I dropped a Slaters axle screw. Yesterday I pulled a plastic C type clamp (the type that close with a similar mechanism to a sealant gun) and sat in one of the webs was my missing screw.

 

[chigley]

I might start modelling on the floor

 

[simond]

I’ve been tempted by a jeweller’s apron, but I’d probably forget and wander off pulling the entire workbench over…

 

[chigley]

I looked out for you yesterday Simond but there was a lot of pink shirts there

Ken

 

[chigley]

Every time I get down on my knees on the carpet I find the part I lost last time!

good to see you again Richard

 

[Mike Garwood]

Excellent. I reckon the carpet in my modelling room holds enough parts to build a complete loco.

Dave.

You and me both!

Mike

 

[oldravendale]

Bob Alderman always reckoned there's a black hole somewhere that picks these bits up and transports them to the underneath of other modellers' benches on the basis that he kept finding parts from locos he'd never built under his.........

(I know the black hole theory couldn't actually apply - so did Bob but it made me smile.)

Brian

 

[Mike W]

My parents kept a 1940s Goblin cylinder vacuum cleaner. Long since replaced on domestic duties, you could put a linen handkerchief inside the end of the cylinder and then go over the likely area and catch everything in the linen! I think its a big design flaw of the new cleaners that you can't do that. Perhaps I should write to Mr.Dyson.

Mike

 

[Max M]

(I know the black hole theory couldn't actually apply - so did Bob but it made me smile.)

True, but have you considered the possibility that it may not be Black Holes but Wormholes?