-
Posts
2,659 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
4
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Blogs
Everything posted by Horsetan
-
There'll be time enough to sleep when you're dead.
-
I'm still using this stuff when I fill up my Citroën
-
Bill Bedford was notorious for not providing any instructions for most of his etches during the time when he used to run an extensive catalogue. His principle was "IOI" (It's Obvious, Innit)....which was fine if you were dealing with a pair of coach sides, but anything more complex required you to be fully familiar with the prototype or you needed to be able to think like Bill in order to understand how the smaller bits fitted in....or you needed to be the original customer who had commissioned Bill to design the etch in the first place! I have an etch for a pair of BR Class 25 bogies, which Bill used to produce. The main structure is understandable. The cosmetic parts are far from obvious!
-
T gauge is also available
-
Kind of makes you wish it was the chocolate Aero concrete that's a ticking timebomb in so many British public buildings at the moment!
-
I can't wait to convert these to 21mm. Big box of P4 profile coach wheels just waiting here...... They'll go well with the three Murphy RPSI Mk2s.
-
Glasgow & South Western Railway Class 403 2-6-0
Horsetan replied to David Holman's question in Questions & Answers
Having the pony truck rammed in so close to the front drivers does give the engine a quite ungainly look -
Now I understand it even less.
-
I was last in Luzern in 2006, and still haven't quite worked out how Buchli drive actually works. Maybe some madmen might try to recreate the LMS Turbomotive in full size....
-
A fair few MG EVs in London - the Uber cab drivers are increasingly going around in MG5 EV estates, which look like a cross between a Toyota and a VW Passat.
-
I'm curious as to why there aren't additional CCTV/ANPR cameras situated on the road approaches to each crossing. Then you'd at least have a chance of working out who the eejits at the wheel are. Currently they all seem to be getting off scot-free when they shouldn't even be behind the wheel.
-
The ends only need to be prised upwards as the side clips are being released.
-
Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive
Horsetan replied to Glenderg's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
Er.....the nameplate definitely reads Lough Erne... -
Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive
Horsetan replied to Glenderg's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
Interesting to see the Glenties line starter mounted on the bridge - the cable wheel and vertical cable run still visible on the footbridge wall. The arm does have a bit of a droop, suggesting that tension has been lost.... I think the starter signal is still in existence today, exhibited inside the Talyllyn Railway museum at Tywyn. -
Remove the bogie outer frames - they pull off. Unclip the baseplate - there are four clips to be levered out with a screwdriver blade. That's it. See my post here
-
Irish Railway Models A Class Re-wheeled to 21mm
Horsetan replied to JohnMcGahern's topic in Irish Models
Scale flanges on scale rail, at the right gauge, are generally an improvement. Some people in the past have managed to turn down flanges just by using a file with the wheel mounted in an ordinary drill, but I'd suspect the results might be a bit inconsistent unless you're careful to constantly measure whilst the work is underway. -
-
-
I wonder if that RTÉ money is still resting in Ryan Tubridy's account?
-
The Tim Traveller channel is highly entertaining in its own right. Listen for his themed musical accompaniments in the background!
-
35018 was also the first Bulleid pacific to be rebuilt
-
You'll still get the tell-tale "chirrup" in the rails as the train approaches.
.png.c363cdf5c3fb7955cd92a55eb6dbbae0.png)