The Chronicles of Canary Sidings - the Tale of an Untidy Workbench
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Rob R
Western Thunderer
From the other side (about halfway down, from Ian Kirk).
GER 7P wagon
A re-run is on the cards........
GER 7P wagon
A re-run is on the cards........
Chris Veitch
Western Thunderer
Can I ask what the adjustable stands are that you used for the layout? Meant to ask at Stannington and then forgot...
Some last minute mods in the living room before it got packed in the car were in order basically I had made a mistake in assuming the cbus boards
Dave Sutton
Active Member
They look like Wickes/B & Q Trestles, they are sometimes available in Aldi/Lidl middle aisle.
Lumberjack Folding Work Horse Trestles Sawhorse Pair Adjustable Height Stand 150kg | DIY at B&Q
The Lumberjack MFW150 Foldable Sawhorses are made from powder coated heavy duty metal box section and are designed for supporting wooden planks and boards weighing up to 150kg, the lightweight but robust pair come with telescopic height adjustment with locking bar . Sold as a pair these...
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Osgood
Western Thunderer
Yes, the Wickes-branded generic adjustable steel trestle (bench).
Can't see them currently listed at Wickes, but here currently is a really good price for the same units from a supplier I can recommend:
www.ryman.co.uk
I found the Draper branded ones at just a little more - which I believe are a little better in some areas.
Even so I improved them by substituting heavier nuts/bolts and re-engineering the drop locking bar pins for the uprights (replacement bolt with a collar of nylon tube).
Can't see them currently listed at Wickes, but here currently is a really good price for the same units from a supplier I can recommend:
HOMCOM Set Of 2 Steel Saw Horses Telescopic Builders Work Bench Folding Blue
HOMCOM Set Of 2 Steel Saw Horses Telescopic Builders Work Bench Folding Blue
Even so I improved them by substituting heavier nuts/bolts and re-engineering the drop locking bar pins for the uprights (replacement bolt with a collar of nylon tube).
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
Yep that's what they are. They provide various functions at home some of which are layout related but surprisingly we do actually use them for our house renovation.
Progress in devaluation of the diag 55 continues starting with the addition of the W irons mounting plate.
Whilst the araldite was out I also assembled another wagon kit I'm reducing the value of, namely a D&S kit for a diagram 68 3 plank open
As I said more rolling stock is needed so more rolling stock is being built...
Progress in devaluation of the diag 55 continues starting with the addition of the W irons mounting plate.
Whilst the araldite was out I also assembled another wagon kit I'm reducing the value of, namely a D&S kit for a diagram 68 3 plank open
As I said more rolling stock is needed so more rolling stock is being built...
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
Been away working in Manchester for a couple of days but a bit of progress has been made:
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
And now for something completely different!
Ok so not railways but it's my workbench so my rules!
With workshop wise out of the way I'm now able to spend some time on other projects
Like this.....
These are the remains of my teenage bass guitar. The first instrument I ever owned and one that served me well in a series of heavy metal bands followed by the polar opposite of a church band. During its metal years it acquired a selection of genre appropriate graffiti which had to be hastily covered up by some to the cheesy engraving as seen here. A hard life however meant that bits of it started falling apart until it was replaced in front line service by the fretless bass seen in the background.
Fast forward to the present and I'm playing instruments and unusual guitars derived from the mandolin family in a world fusion jazz funk outfit. So having 2 bass guitars is excessive so I've taken the decision to convert this old friend into a five string instrument inspired by the cittern.
So a lot of standing pads later and the body has been transformed. I've kept the signature red around the outsides but returned the front and back to natural wood and I'm very happy with the outcome. Next job is a new neck.
Normal service may be resumed next time.... Or it may not....
Ok so not railways but it's my workbench so my rules!
With workshop wise out of the way I'm now able to spend some time on other projects
Like this.....
These are the remains of my teenage bass guitar. The first instrument I ever owned and one that served me well in a series of heavy metal bands followed by the polar opposite of a church band. During its metal years it acquired a selection of genre appropriate graffiti which had to be hastily covered up by some to the cheesy engraving as seen here. A hard life however meant that bits of it started falling apart until it was replaced in front line service by the fretless bass seen in the background.
Fast forward to the present and I'm playing instruments and unusual guitars derived from the mandolin family in a world fusion jazz funk outfit. So having 2 bass guitars is excessive so I've taken the decision to convert this old friend into a five string instrument inspired by the cittern.
So a lot of standing pads later and the body has been transformed. I've kept the signature red around the outsides but returned the front and back to natural wood and I'm very happy with the outcome. Next job is a new neck.
Normal service may be resumed next time.... Or it may not....
Dave Sutton
Active Member
Just for a second I had a vision of 'Murph and the Magictones' in my head followed by 'We're putting the band back together'....
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
'.... We're on a mission from God.....'
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
I'm so glad I'm not the only musician/modeller out there!
New very short scale neck for the cittern arrived today
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
Goodness it has been a while since the last post....
Sadly recovering from illness and work seems to have absorbed too much of my time.
But here's some wagon progress
The Stelfox GER diagram 55 is now complete!
As you can see the body is almost as per the original kit but I've had to do some considerable rebuilding of the chassis there's not much of the original left
Another kit happily devalued!
Sadly recovering from illness and work seems to have absorbed too much of my time.
But here's some wagon progress
The Stelfox GER diagram 55 is now complete!
As you can see the body is almost as per the original kit but I've had to do some considerable rebuilding of the chassis there's not much of the original left
Another kit happily devalued!
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
Hot on the heels of the diagram 55 is a conversion of the rapido RCH gunpowder van to a GER diagram 62 gunpowder van.
This is very much inspired by the one @Liver & Fry did but with some Herb Garden twists....
Oh goodness is good to be back and modeling after a slow month
This is very much inspired by the one @Liver & Fry did but with some Herb Garden twists....
Oh goodness is good to be back and modeling after a slow month
John57sharp
Western Thunderer
Good to have you back up and at them wagons!
John
John
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
It's good to be back!
Been working on perfecting the operation of S&W couplings. Their reliability was one of the issues highlighted by workshop wise. A consistent set of measurements so that they are all identical and finding out through testing where the optimum point is for the hook to be in relation to the loop now means I can manufacture a much better coupling than previously the two wagons above have the new type and so does this one...
This GER diagram 47 is converted from the Oxford product with just the relevant AVB gear and clasp shoes fitted from etched parts and 3 point compensation added.... The latter is a bit overkill and although I've done two vans like this I won't do another with compensation I don't think.
The couplings are working well however I still need to weight the paddles a bit more so the couplings come up again promptly
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
So a bit of experimentation after reading the coupling instructions again and I've added a big blob of solder to the coupling paddles to ensure the come back up again.
It's hard to prove but it works a treat!
AJC
Western Thunderer
Congratulations! You are the 'I've just built one so now the RTR version is due' this week: Rapido Announce Newly Tooled GER 5 & 7 Plank Wagons
Adam
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
Yeah I know. I'm also the fellow who designed a kit for both these types.....
Saying that I'm glad rapido are bringing them out. I've known about this for a while as I was one of the GERS members who contributed at least in a small way to this project.
Rapido wagons are proving so far some of the easiest to convert to EM so I might just treat myself.
After all there is only one rule around GER wagons.... You can't have too many opens!