atom3624 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Anyone who puts a tablecloth over that is an idiot!! Fantastic work. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksqueezea Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 My wife said it will be covered 99% of the time. So I told her it will be like our marriage, you know, fun when it was new.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 That's a bit harsh on the table .......... 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksqueezea Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 /media/tinymce_upload/764e179689adae181c645d32ab9ced29.pnggetting the removable scenery pieces together now. /media/tinymce_upload/9a502a56032075599739cbc8118ae057.png /media/tinymce_upload/00bf92e701d2270be2b508ae67936ddd.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Do you actually anticipate people will be eating at that table whilst you're 'playing trains'? !! That's a fantastic and very original piece of work, as I've stated before ... amazing attention to detail. (Perhaps they could use that as a theme for a TV programme .... !!!) Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksqueezea Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Do you actually anticipate people will be eating at that table whilst you're 'playing trains'? !!Yes, most likely it will be covered over most of the time according to the wife. But it will get plenty of use. /media/tinymce_upload/995034e5af6bf64b46a1ed7006a8b0f5.png/media/tinymce_upload/db0fe401ec5d87fc72caf48838bf52c2.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksqueezea Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Hinged Frame fitted ready for the Glass, About 450 English Pounds. Could buy $$ alot of trains for that.The Timber inserts are temporary to hold the plastic off the track, the glass will be one piece 8ft x 4ft - 8mm thick, recessed flush into the timber frame table top.. /media/tinymce_upload/26f13cde6a3a614b8fd46bd4239d6a9c.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog RJ Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Wow! That's going to be heavy. About 120 kilos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksqueezea Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 Wow! That's going to be heavy. About 120 kilos. Yes it will be heavy, but there's a chance someone might accidentally drop a heavy pot or something on it and have it go through the glass.. I'm half-toying with the idea of a sliding top. But I haven't got my head around that yet.So plenty of Televised motorsport around for me today and with the daughter off playing Rugby7s and all the games also on the TV , I was pretty much stopped in front of the TV channel hopping all day. So I set up on the table and finished off one of the Metcalfe buildings. What train set would be complete without a Hornby Hobbies toy store to visit. Not in the final position, but you get the idea. /media/tinymce_upload/c355834b5a823bd6c40807f728078a16.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulver Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Terrific, a fantastic project and looks to be a real talking point at dinner parties! Well doneRod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Great idea and love the Bentley, esp with a typical driver. Have you enough vertcal space for house chimneys as they really complete the authenticity ? I know they are very fiddly to make but wrapping the paper round a circular bit of wood simplifies the task. I hope I am not being too nit-picky ! 🤐 Regards, Jimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksqueezea Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 I hope I am not being too nit-picky !Nope Jim, your 100% correct, the devils in the details. I use small brass pipes and insert these in the chimney stacks. We Queenslander/ Australians are not experts in fireplaces or chimneys. We do build indoor brick fireplaces and chimneys through roof's just for looks but mostly for the 4 days of the year when the Temp drops below 20Deg Celcius. Terrible drought here at the moment, we can't light a fire cause a spark will set everything off, and we haven't got much water left to put it out. Can't even mow the lawn lest a spark off the lawn mower blades is all it takes, by the time you run back to it with a garden hose its too late. If you can imagine walking on grass and have it make a cracking sound with each footprint on the dry lawn. It also drives the snakes up into the houses looking for water and food, they are big enough to punch a hole in a window fly screen with their head and come into the house looking to eat your dog or cat. The sharks have of course moved closer to the beaches while its drier looking for food and up at the very north the Crocodiles are currently extra hungry cause the extra rain at the start of the year caused the floods and most of the inland animals drowned. So no food inland and the Croc's move to the coast beaches, and then feed on the sharks. Which sounds hard but a 6 metre Crocodile can pretty much do whatever its wants. and being closer to holidays we'll all be taking our children to the beaches soon as well. The extra dry means the birds and giant lizards don't breed so much, the bonus is extra spiders who have less things eating them so they have grown bigger and can jump further with more powerful venom when they bite us. Thanking you all again for sending us out here, we've been having a great time and busying ourselves with Airfix models, Hornby Trains and Scalextric cars to take our minds off things. I notice Her Majesty doesn't visit here often by the way, Cant imagine why! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksqueezea Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 Ooops Brass pipes in the chimney photo for Jimbopuff./media/tinymce_upload/929dc24bc076724c6d9721f991b2a844.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 .... and to think that I used to be horrified by the cockroaches in Indonesia ! What a softie. 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Super ! and Fair Dinkum. The cotton-wool (?) gives a nice effect. I must try it on a few of my own chimneys. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksqueezea Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Ok so the table has been moved up in the house now after months of being constructed in the shed down in the yard. Easy enough to do after fitting wheels to the legs of the table, we simply wheeled it across the concrete from the back yard shed into the house. Waiting on the glass now so for the moment it’s all sitting under a large MDF board for safety and also to see if the larger table works with the normal house traffic in this 11 kid house. The wife is obviously enjoying a larger table and immediately began covering it over, loading many heavy things on it, so it will be impossible to see the track if those things are to stay . Unfortunately the photo of her mother that was to sit pride of place on the table got smashed and broken when the new kitten jumped on the table and freaked out when she saw this portrait. It must have scared her alot cause it took us hours to coax the small cat back out from under the couch. So we had to throw this particular photo and frame away and it also caught fire during the process of taking it to the bin while the wife was at work. I’m happy to report she‘s already said she won’t fight me for the train table if we get a divorce. Seems like a double win for me and I'm ok with that idea straight away. Let the train play begin...!!/media/tinymce_upload/8915fb9f96b8a323a7fafea3d7a4e06b.png/media/tinymce_upload/6ccec7d08e59cb2602b4f77e691d69dd.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog RJ Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 WOW that's impressive 😀 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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