Scattergun RT's scattergun workbench
- Thread starter Arty
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Puddlejumper
Western Thunderer
That would look brilliant in my garage..........
Jon Fitness
Western Thunderer
Hmm interesting, I have a spare (knackered) Leyland bus speedometer....
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JF
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Gate mechanism
Arty
Western Thunderer
I thought I'd put on here some other projects, past & present that have diverted me from my G3 interests.
An associate at our club who works for the real railway was contructing an N gauge version of Staythorpe Level Crossing, Nottinghamshire.
So I volunteered
to come up with a mechanism for the single pair of gates.
So out comes the stash of Meccano gears, some 3/16" silver steel, a couple of axle bearings, a bit of brass angle, some PC board, a geared motor, a couple of microswitches and a few bits of wire - and a DPDT switch.
And it works
An associate at our club who works for the real railway was contructing an N gauge version of Staythorpe Level Crossing, Nottinghamshire.
So I volunteered
to come up with a mechanism for the single pair of gates. So out comes the stash of Meccano gears, some 3/16" silver steel, a couple of axle bearings, a bit of brass angle, some PC board, a geared motor, a couple of microswitches and a few bits of wire - and a DPDT switch.
And it works
Arty
Western Thunderer
I've been diverted back to G1 - 10mm, temporarily, by building some of "Sixteen Mills" laser cut rolling stock kits.
This one a LBSC 6 ton ballast wagon.
Plus a few Peco track pins to represent boltheads, drilling th 0.6mm holes was a bit tedious, but worth the effort.
The axleguards and brake gear are laminated MDF, I fitted some brass tubing as a bearings. These are from a Mid Wales brake van on the go as well.
Impressed, everything fitted together with no problems.
This one a LBSC 6 ton ballast wagon.
Plus a few Peco track pins to represent boltheads, drilling th 0.6mm holes was a bit tedious, but worth the effort.
The axleguards and brake gear are laminated MDF, I fitted some brass tubing as a bearings. These are from a Mid Wales brake van on the go as well.
Impressed, everything fitted together with no problems.
Arty
Western Thunderer
In the middle of kitbashing another of "Sixteen Mills" 10mm laser cut rolling stock kits.
This kit is the open verandah original North British incline brake van, and I'm converting it to the rebuilt version after 1917.
It has to be the best brake van ever.
A bit more work required, strapping and lots of handrails etc.
This is a precursor to scratchbuilding one in G3. I suppose it's a bit early for my "era" having disappeared prior to WW2, so this one survived in industrial service -- that's my excuse.
This kit is the open verandah original North British incline brake van, and I'm converting it to the rebuilt version after 1917.
It has to be the best brake van ever.
A bit more work required, strapping and lots of handrails etc.
This is a precursor to scratchbuilding one in G3. I suppose it's a bit early for my "era" having disappeared prior to WW2, so this one survived in industrial service -- that's my excuse.