7mm Wagon loads from household waste......

[40126]

Hi Rob

Can this sheet now be removed & repeat the process ?.

Steve

 

[Phill Dyson]

Roped sheets quite tightly around rectangular objects could be effective too I would think Rob

 

[Rob Pulham]

Hi Rob

Can this sheet now be removed & repeat the process ?.

Steve

Hi Steve,

Yes, that was why I covered the barrels in cling film to make sure that the PVA didn't stick the tissue to it.

 

[Rob Pulham]

Back on page 1 of this thread I made some cable drums from wooden pieces created by drilling out lightening/cable runs on my layout boards and matchsticks.

Last weekend I came across a few more of the wooden circles and decided to see if I could improve upon them now that I have the NW Shortline Chopper to cut some coffee stirrers instead of the match sticks. An hour later I had 5 cable drums.

A quick resize, a visit to the printer and then some careful cutting out and I had some labels for them.





I told you I was easily distracted....

 

[Rob Pulham]

Following my last post on this on the Guild Forum Jim Snowdon set me a bit of a challenge - copied here for context.

Originally posted by Jim Snowdon
[br]Very neat. Now, all you have to do is band them, and if you are feeling really enthusiastic, model the tail of the inner end of the cable where it pokes through the side of the drum and is secured.

Then, the real test is to load them into a wagon and rope them correctly....

Jim

Jim went on to give me a big helping hand towards meeting the challenge by posting a link to this Youtube video

- Well worth a watch even if only the first 2 or 3 minutes

So this is how I got on - Bands from black insulation tape and ye olde faithful coffee stirrers for the cover for the cable tail.





And isn't it typical that a gap in the banding on one of them only shows up when you have taken the photo....

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Well worth a watch even if only the first 2 or 3 minutes

It's worth watching all, never mind the first couple of minutes .

Amazing craftsmanship and pride on the cable jointing. None of your feeble soldering irons here, just pour it on. If this was done today the Health and Safety Geheime Staatspolizei would have kittens and it would take longer to do due to the risk assessments and extra safety measures.

 

[Rob Pulham]

I agree Dave, I thoroughly enjoyed it all

 

[Rob Pulham]

While looking to see if I could find any footage of rail carried cable drums I looked at Reel 5 of the Stranded in Prescot British Insulated Cables Ltd.

To my delight at 4:40 there is an NB liveried two plank wagon in a passing LMS goods train - and that's in 1932

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

These type of pre-war promotional films are fascinating to watch as it shows a long lost British Isles (and Empire?) with the fashions, street furniture, working practices, lack of motor vehicles and of course the flat A's of BBC English. I see the pylons were erected in winter as there was snow on the ground. And I bet it was freezing to boot.

Judging by some 1930's layouts on the exhibition circuit, some modellers should watch these type of films to see what was around at that period to ensure the correct street furniture, road markings, infrastructure, countryside, etc.