Posts by Alan:
Time for some paint
Having left the completed sides in the cupboard for a couple of weeks to stabilise, it was time to add some primer and undercoat. That meant that both sides had to take the trip back down the stairs, through the back door and out into the garden, only to come back again. I suppose I could have disassembled them but I’d done those screws up so tight! Read more…
Checking the fit
After cutting all the pieces for the sides, it was time for a test assembly, or dry fit as I believe they call it in the trade. Each side consisted of two stiles, front and back, plus five stretchers, one for each of the shelves.
Starting on the sides
After thinking about this project for long enough, the summer allowed one continuous weekend without precipitation and all excuses for procrastination had been used up.
Mount Blue Model Company Freelance Switcher
The Mount Blue Model Company produces a number of 0n30 kits to fit on Bachmann mechanisms and underframes. This is the build of the Freelance Diesel Switcher, which is about half way down the page linked to above. I got mine from EDM Models.
A Trailer Car for the Doodlebug
A chance purchase from ebay has added a rather quirky trailer car to the Doodlebug.
Pattern Makers Dowels
Pattern Makers Dowels are precision location devices originally used for the accurate alignment of two halves of a mould used for casting molten metal.
Planning Session
Today we put the track mat and the track together on the boards for some quick testing. Okay, so we played a bit too!
An Airfix Brake Van
Every boy born between 1960 and 1980 will have made an Airfix model at some point in their childhood. As well as their fighting vehicle kits, Airfix also produced some model railway items, originally from the old Rosebud Kitmaster range, and later sold to Dapol Model Railways. Ironically, Airfix is now part of Hornby, famous of […]
Green On Top
A quick trip to Homebase on Monday evening netted me a ¾L pot of Holly Gloss. Late this afternoon, Erik and I applied it to the tops of the four boards.
White Underneath
As the sun was setting, and having found some Polycell Crack-free Ceilings paint in the back of the shed, the undersides of the boards were painted white, not only to seal them including the softwood but also to make seeing stuff underneath, like wiring, that much easier.