adrian
Flying Squad
Simple - just buy something similar and when you get it put it in a really really safe place and when you do you'll find the piece that Nick gave you.
Nick Dunhill's 7mm W (A6) or Whitby Tank Workbench
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mickoo
Western Thunderer
Infallible logic, which I persistently apply and which consistently fails.Simple - just buy something similar and when you get it put it in a really really safe place and when you do you'll find the piece that Nick gave you.
It's only then that you realise you have more than one really really safe place
Nick Dunhill
Western Thunderer
Bung this item number into the search box on ebay.
182973767108
Pretty sure this is it.
Nick
182973767108
Pretty sure this is it.
Nick
David Varley
Western Thunderer
Infallible logic, which I persistently apply and which consistently fails.
It's only then that you realise you have more than one really really safe place
I wonder how much time we all spend looking for things we know we've squirreled away somewhere?
As my grandad would have said "It'll always be in the last place you look for it"
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
S4 scale ply sleeper timbers work well also. The scale 12 " type work out at around 7" in S7
Col.
Col.
Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
3 LINK
Western Thunderer
Hi JB,
Yes I had to look twice, Nick keep to building locos, your p/way team need some more training
, oh and your right about the midges .Martyn.
Nick Dunhill
Western Thunderer
Yep JB I'm afraid my vanity got the better of me. Martyn, our performance improves. It was amazing fun though rain and midges notwithstanding.
Go team B
Go team B
Richard Spoors
Western Thunderer
Not to mention the bridge building team!Hi JB,
Yes I had to look twice, Nick keep to building locos, your p/way team need some more training
Martyn.
Nick Dunhill
Western Thunderer
S'ok Martyn I realised that. The main disaster is in the next episode and I'm afraid I'm in a large part to blame. Oops.
It was all pretty exhausting. I mainly laid curved track with another member of the team and that was quite knackering crawling on the floor all day, but we brought it on ourselves too with all the bevvies. Never missed an opportunity there!
It was all pretty exhausting. I mainly laid curved track with another member of the team and that was quite knackering crawling on the floor all day, but we brought it on ourselves too with all the bevvies. Never missed an opportunity there!
Nick Dunhill
Western Thunderer
.....cab roof. I started with a card template to size the upper roof and worked out I needed a rectangle 60.6 x 70.1 mm. It was curved to fit and the holes for the tank vents carefully drilled. The cab roof on a W is made in two layers, both wooden and covered in canvas. The lower portion is slightly bigger than the upper. To represent the lower section of roof thin strips (1.7 mm wide) were soldered round the perimeter of the upper, and overlapped by 0.7 mm. These strips will then sit on top of the cab sides, front and rear. The cab roof is held on with angle iron that goes all round between roof and cab sheets. The vertical portions have already been added to the cab (see above) and the horizontal portions were added to the underside of the lower roof section strips. These effectively turn the roof into a box lid, and the vent pipes act as dowels. The whistles have been added.
Next vents, rain-strips and planking.......
Next vents, rain-strips and planking.......
Nick Dunhill
Western Thunderer
....the 'perimeter only' lower roof portion has been infilled with veneer. The top of the roof now has vents, rain strips, etc.
Does anyone have any advice on how to stain the wooden strips? I thought I'd stain them (and the wooden locker) and WH can just varnish over them later.......
Does anyone have any advice on how to stain the wooden strips? I thought I'd stain them (and the wooden locker) and WH can just varnish over them later.......
farnetti
Western Thunderer
Does anyone have any advice on how to stain the wooden strips? I thought I'd stain them (and the wooden locker) and WH can just varnish over them later.......[/QUOTE]
Hi Nick,
Admiralty Wood Stains are available from Cornwall Model Boats (and others) or Ronseal have a wide range. I have found one of the key things to getting a good finish is to use Shellac sanding sealer which gives a superb finish. It can be used before or after staining, experiment on scrap first.
Ken
Hi Nick,
Admiralty Wood Stains are available from Cornwall Model Boats (and others) or Ronseal have a wide range. I have found one of the key things to getting a good finish is to use Shellac sanding sealer which gives a superb finish. It can be used before or after staining, experiment on scrap first.
Ken
Dikitriki
Flying Squad
warren haywood
Western Thunderer
Im guessing the ceiling planks would have been painted white or cream
FiftyFourA
Western Thunderer
Or simply varnished?
It's what we use in our (NELPG) locos that have wooden 'inner roofs' today such as the J72, J27 and Q6. Much of our presevation is based on research so that is why I think that varnish would have been used.
Peter
It's what we use in our (NELPG) locos that have wooden 'inner roofs' today such as the J72, J27 and Q6. Much of our presevation is based on research so that is why I think that varnish would have been used.
Peter