[conrail]

thinking of throwing my kit away after seeing all these fantastic photos, I wont but they are all fantastic and give me some good ideas, basically the layout wont matter so much so long as it looks like a reasonable facsimilarity, thank you one and all, much appreciated

 

[Norman Byrne]

Mine fell apart on Friday. First the track Diagram fell off the Block Shelf, then as I took it out of the Signal Box to fix it, the Lever Frame decided to split and shed a lever.....
[Out with the Loctite Extreme glue, this time!!!]

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If it is any assistance to Conrail, it used to look like this. [How it was laid out in the Instructions - I can't remember which Box it was meant to be, but I have an inkling that it was somewhere N Devon or N Cornwall - not sure...]

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At least the arm-chair and Stove are still in one piece..... ..... well, for now, at least.....
J

Julian,
How many times have you been told, you must play nicely & be careful with your "Toys", especially if you want them to last ...............................

 

[Norman Byrne]

This was a much earlier signal box I did, with very similar results. The interior was then a Wills kit with white metal parts. the build predates my previous layout, so I built it most probably in the late 1980s.

The building is not usually in this location, I put it there for some new photos. the bracing bars get in the way a bit, but as it is quite old now, I found the sides were tending to bow inwards. Not all is as it appears: the signal box itself is a French MKD kit, which came with a felted roof style at half the price of a Wills box, even though it was obviously produced under licence, or produce for MKD by Wills. I used Wills tiles for the new roof.

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Hi again SRMan,
Funnily enough have one of those Willis white metal kits, still only partly built / painted, as was put off by needing to cut a slot in the Box floor to lower the lever frame into, hence went for the sit ontop Ratio kit as Conrail has. Never know maybe one day will be brave enough to cut a slot in the floor of one of the Lofts various signal boxes to fit it ........
Yours looks very good indeed however, Cheers for now, Norm

 

[Norman Byrne]

thinking of throwing my kit away after seeing all these fantastic photos, I wont but they are all fantastic and give me some good ideas, basically the layout wont matter so much so long as it looks like a reasonable facsimilarity, thank you one and all, much appreciated

Sure you will be fine & enjoy building it, just take your time

 

[SRman]

That's the golden rule: take your time. If you get frustrated, put it aside for a while and go and do something else, then come back to it later.

 

[Julian2011]

Reported - translation of first Para here -

Fiwfan is a rising dating platform for those looking for serious relationships or new friendships. With its user-friendly features and open community, starting a new chapter in your love life is easy and fun.

J

 

[dwb]

Gone. Seems the AI assistance which is filtering out a lot of this type of spam doesn't read Thai - yet.

David

 

[Eltonfrog]

Reported - translation of first Para here -

Fiwfan is a rising dating platform for those looking for serious relationships or new friendships. With its user-friendly features and open community, starting a new chapter in your love life is easy and fun.

J

Did you get a phone number per chance?

 

[Julian2011]

Did you get a phone number per chance?

Naa! I have no intention of getting all Thai-d up.....
J

 

[Eltonfrog]

Naa! I have no intention of getting all Thai-d up.....
J

Shame, the ladyperson might have shown you his/her/they Orient Express.

 

[Julian2011]

Shame, the ladyperson might have shown you his/her/they Orient Express.

Not much of a replacement for the lady offering to use a Thai Baht!!!.....

Oooohh Errrrr!..... Miss's!!! 🤣 🤣

J

 

[conrail]

update, kit coming on nicely, bit fiddley as hands are not as steady as when I was younger, some advice please on fitting the levers into the lever frame, 1st one as I cut it off the spiggot flew flew the air and dissapeared, 2nd one in situ but doesn't look right, problem is levers wont slip into the frame and trying a bit of pressure bends them

 

[Norman Byrne]

Hi Conrail,
Good to hear the kits progressing well.
Do seem to remember the levers fit into the frames were quite a tight fit - made even more challenging if the levers feet or the frame inner slot faces have been painted - as mentioned before did build the sets here fitting them before & after painting.
Seem to remember, albeit a while ago now, after finding similar tight fit problems, used a sharp knife / scapel, to shave the sides of the lever arms free of paint & also to clear the inner space of the base frames slots too. Best to do all the frame slots to start with, as once levers are being fitted becomes much more difficult - with more damage very likely.
Also seem to remember either fitting the levers from one end to the other or the centre batch followed by the two ends - seems to work well too.
Again, just take it nice & slow - the kits do include some spare levers too, so there is some wriggle room thankfully
Good Luck & Keep Enjoying it, Cheers again, Norm

 

[conrail]

thank you Norm, for the one fitted I did use a narrow screwdived blade into the slot, lever painted but not then frame

 

[Norman Byrne]

Hi Conrail,
David / Dwb posted a short YT Video on another thread a little earlier regarding painting using the various types of paint pens / markers now available; whilst it was on painting figures, thought it might be of interest to you -

https://www.modelrailforum.com/posts/695833/

Hope you are winning on the signal box levers / kit front to of course.
Cheers as always, Norm

 

[conrail]

sorry about the delay Norm, great video, thank you, much appreicated

 

[Norman Byrne]

Hi Conrail,
Certainly no sorrys required, glad you found the video useful.
Hope all is well & you are still making progress & enjoying the SB Interior kit.
Cheers for now, Norm