4mm Llanfair ....
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LarryG
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Chimney stacks went on last night, a job that demands lots of viewing from all sides to ensure vertical-ness. Beware the glue dries out thereby pulling the wood down and you end up with a cock-eyed stack! Steel rule and something heavy kept this stack in place while the PVA set...
The book at the back acted as something truly vertical...
A screwdriver was wedged in the chimney hole and a strip of cardboard wedged under the base while the glue set on this beggar.....
This stack gave me some problems, as it had to be extended under the gutter after considering the interior and position of staircase....
'Lead Flashing' is masking tape.....
The book at the back acted as something truly vertical...
A screwdriver was wedged in the chimney hole and a strip of cardboard wedged under the base while the glue set on this beggar.....
This stack gave me some problems, as it had to be extended under the gutter after considering the interior and position of staircase....
'Lead Flashing' is masking tape.....
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LarryG
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Finished and ready to be stored away, so that's another job out of the way. 7mm scale is such a pleasing scale.....Well at my age haha....
I said finished, but the gents urinal is due to be replaced by a separate Gents & Ladies toilet building more commodious than those at Carrog. When the ladies toilets are removed from within the nearer building, the tearoom will be enlarged to a Cafe for postwar tourist traffic...
Entrance side of the building. Gluing the tall chimney stack to card slates wasn't strong enough, so they were removed so that I was gluing wood to wood....
Detail shot. On the lookout for brass doornobs.....
Cast whitemetal chimney pots are from S&D Models....
I said finished, but the gents urinal is due to be replaced by a separate Gents & Ladies toilet building more commodious than those at Carrog. When the ladies toilets are removed from within the nearer building, the tearoom will be enlarged to a Cafe for postwar tourist traffic...
Entrance side of the building. Gluing the tall chimney stack to card slates wasn't strong enough, so they were removed so that I was gluing wood to wood....
Detail shot. On the lookout for brass doornobs.....
Cast whitemetal chimney pots are from S&D Models....
Geoff
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Those chimney stacks and pots certainly set the building off Larry, such tremendous modelling. I have also been searching for some door knobs and the only ones I have come across are these........https://www.intentio.shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=18_74&product_id=260
Geoff
Geoff
Mallard60022
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Geoff, have you looked at Brass Pins as Knobs?
Geoff
Western Thunderer
I've only come across the bog standard plated ones in my wife's sewing box Phil, and none were really suitable. So being a glutton for punishment I filed some handrail knobs down and filled the holes with brass wire. They aren't too bad from a distance but I'm sure Larry will want something better for his masterpiece, as do I.
Geoff
I am into model engineering as well as oo gauge, for doorknobs in oo an o gauge, i have used brass snap head rivets, they will come in 1/32. 3/64. and 1/16, this is the pin size so the head will be bigger. A company called EKP will sell you a 10 pack, I can give you the head size of rivets that i have. They will look good.
Re the door knobs, I found some small brass balls on eBay (link below). I used the 1.5mm size for the door knobs on my 7mm station building - you can just see them in the photo below. They're just stuck onto the door.
Bearing Warehouse Brass Balls - Metric & Imperial Sizes G500 | eBay
Ian
Bearing Warehouse Brass Balls - Metric & Imperial Sizes G500 | eBay
Ian
LarryG
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It being doubtful I will ever build another 4mm coach, I have been tipping bogie castings out of drawers into a box ready for recycling. Only a few drawers are needed for my own modelling, so I brought my very first set in from the garage, sanded them down and sprayed them cream for on the wall in my room. They were made in Denmark in the early 1970's long before manufacturing went elsewhere. The drawers are large enough to get a hand in to pick things out, unlike later purchases from China where I had to use tweezers. The redundant drawer Unit on the desk...
The 1970's drawer carcase sprayed cream ad wall mounted for screws and 7mm parts....
On the modelling front, the gents lavatories were carefully removed and the wall tidied up and repainted. Blemishes have been covered by Western Region poster boards although much of the wall wont be seen once the new block of ladies & gents toilets is built....
The 1970's drawer carcase sprayed cream ad wall mounted for screws and 7mm parts....
On the modelling front, the gents lavatories were carefully removed and the wall tidied up and repainted. Blemishes have been covered by Western Region poster boards although much of the wall wont be seen once the new block of ladies & gents toilets is built....
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paulc
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I second that and if you look around there are not only brass ones but different size heads as well .
Geoff
Western Thunderer
That is so sad to read Larry, but I live in hope that you will perhaps build one in 7mm scale.
I was reading back through your account of building your station building and how much you enjoyed 'kitbashing' . Our generation were brought up on cutting and carving the old Tri-ang Princess and B12 bodies if we wanted something different. The Railway Modeller was full of many clever conversions at one time. I remember one talented chap who made a stud of ex LMS / L&Y locos from styrene sheet and mounted them on Tri-ang chassis, they went down very well with my friends and myself when they appeared in RM.
Geoff.
Focalplane
Western Thunderer
Geoff
Larry has built at least two Gauge O coaches! I bought them from him a few years ago. Needless to say they are lovely models, assembled from Sidelines kits. They are the first two coaches in this short video of a "Midlander Express". The rest are Dapol RTR Mk.1s
Paul
Larry has built at least two Gauge O coaches! I bought them from him a few years ago. Needless to say they are lovely models, assembled from Sidelines kits. They are the first two coaches in this short video of a "Midlander Express". The rest are Dapol RTR Mk.1s
Paul
LarryG
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Wow, that's going back a few years Geoff. They were all built in the early 1960's when I was on Oldham buses. As for 4mm coaches, I have no use for them and ceased trading some years ago. But yes, I do intend building a 7mm Parcels coach, hopefully a K42, but I can only find a K38 Ocean Mails.That is so sad to read Larry, but I live in hope that you will perhaps build one in 7mm scale.
I remember one talented chap who made a stud of ex LMS / L&Y locos from styrene sheet and mounted them on Tri-ang chassis, they went down very well with my friends and myself when they appeared in RM.
Geoff.
Geoff
Western Thunderer
That article is still fresh in my mind Larry
Hope you come across a K42 soon, I'll keep my eyes open.
I believe you were responsible for the models in the showcase at 31A Rhos Road, is that correct or did George and Jumbo build them?
Geoff
LarryG
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George Mellor asked me to paint his showcase models when I moved to North Wales. He introduced me to low melt solder and flux and I then built his kits as well. One weird job I did was painting panelling on brass patterns for I.O.M coaches....... His office stank so much of cellulose paint that he and his wife buggered off home! 