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dsteingass wrote:Oh I'm sure I will eventually upgrade to the Cadillac , but for now, this is a hard-worker


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...LDD said he has a "name brand" Chopper, and he said it doesn't have any adjusting screws!

You are correct and I am having the same problems as you lot with your nock of version, I cant find any adjusting bolts on the dam thing either

I like the railings Dave good call, Have you considered sticking some varying plates on the bare railing sections

Have you considered sticking some varying plates on the bare railing sections

just two or three...lopsided even...with some more cruder looking washers and screws...

Galorn wrote:

dsteingass wrote:It stirs your soul and chills yer bones doesn't it?

It does indeed mr Sanitorium.

Them be fight'in words!

I have to go back on what I said as well. I think the first version of the railing was best....

wait wait wait. You have me confused now...

1st version was all 1/4" squares


2nd version was the same railing as the 1st version, but with some of the vertical bars snipped


3rd version was just a test section with just bare bones, which is most similar to modern Real Life industrial safety railing



Ignore the little nubs, they will all be cleaned up!

if its up for a vote, I say first version.

I've got a huge roll of the stuff, and I intend on putting a LOT of railing along the elevated train track, but I have to decide on one style and stick with it for the most part...

Okay, if you can get the numbs cleaned up. Third versio is what I meant when I said you should take some out, anyway. Just get it clean so we can see it good....

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Have you considered sticking some varying plates on the bare railing sections

just two or three...lopsided even...with some more cruder looking washers and screws...

I'm sure I could do that no problem Vik, , but not on this particular platform. Perhaps these pics will show you what I am thinking of while working on this idea:

I really like this rivet pattern- but I digress

Maintenance/emergency walkways along the elevated track- kind of like a roller coaster has

dsteingass wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Have you considered sticking some varying plates on the bare railing sections

just two or three...lopsided even...with some more cruder looking washers and screws...

I'm sure I could do that no problem Vik, , but not on this particular platform. Perhaps these pics will show you what I am thinking of while working on this idea:

I really like this rivet pattern- but I digress

Maintenance/emergency walkways along the elevated track- kind of like a roller coaster has

Those look interesting. Looking forward to seeing the resultant models.

Okay....

This was a long thread...


Finaly done...

*Faints*


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P.S. Great work by the way!


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P.P.S. We're all insane...

P.P.S. We're all insane...

speak for yourself...i am totally sane... i even got papers to proove it...i had them the other minute...wait...i find them for you...*wanders off...*

also if you like that rivet pattern... our civil transport system is made wall to wall ceiling to floor by this^^ where do yu think my great love for riveting comes from^^

oh...and i still say first version of the railing...because:

a)it looks better for me...
b)it will be done quicker
c) will be sturdier
d) would look good itf you snip just one side of a bar occaisionally and bend the rest...to give it that torn and ruined look again...
d) would hold even more hazardstripes that way^^
but against speaks:
by this you could really go overboard with all the taping it would need...

ultimatly...your choice...

I didn't say that being insane was bad..


I'm quite happy here off in my own little world.. Besides they know me here....

Only the insane hang around this nuthouse!

@Vik- I am not even willing to imagine painting hazard stripes on those railings, NO WAY dood! They will all be airbrushed solid yellow(and weathered/rusted) and attached ONLY once all the rest of the painting is done. I may be insane, but I'm not crazy!

Or stupid...

We may do things the hard way but only to a point...

... right?

Yep Silver! (and you are officially admired for reading the entire damn thread!! -I wouldn't even do that!

As much as I enjoy a good obsessive building experience, I am just not capable of being a perfectionist. Everything would take waaay too long to complete, and I would probably just abandon projects rather than be that anal about details no one but me would ever see or know about anyways.

I have worked in IT for 15 years, my mind is wired to "get things done" That means there must be ends to problems before I can feel that ever-so-important feeling of completion and be ready to attack the next project or idea.

Besides, my esteemed -=]_,=- Brothers relentlessly give me crap if I take a break from terrain too long

They are like addicts foaming at the mouth for their next fix sometimes

be that anal about details no one but me would ever see or know about anyways.

well actually i tend to be just the other way... if i see something that bothers me... than i fix it... if someone elsees think i should fix it because of blabla...we did that a million times since millenia agao... then i say f....o...

that excludes of course any given constructiuve criticism you fellas have given me over the course of the time i am here on dakka...that i take very seriously and to heart even!!!


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Besides, my esteemed -=]_,=- Brothers relentlessly give me crap if I take a break from terrain too long

They are like addicts foaming at the mouth for their next fix sometimes

read that just after posting...

well... yes...yes... so what? lol...^^

I feel the same way. I used to try for perfection...

Thus it would all be abandoned and I wouldn't dare to show anything to anyone because I am incapable of perfect....

So now I strive for done. So that the next time will be better and all the mistakes are gained knowledge....


And I like the badgering. kinda want more. Makes me feel like people want to see what I come up with and keeps me going at it when it gets hard...

LOL @ Vik! - I didn't say it was a bad thing bro! Rivets and leather, stick together

Remember, the -=]_,=- is not open to mere mortal riveters, but Extraordinary Riveters!

Membership has it's priveleges, as well as it's responsibilities

@Silver- me too, except when they want me to make molds of a damn thing I haven't even finished yet

except when they want me to make molds of a damn thing I haven't even finished yet

i try to keep the urge down to bring you to do just that atm...^^ tho it is still there...^^

i am all for "done"... but sometimes i see parts and i knew i didn´t give all i could...that bothers me to no end... a few years back then i tended to throw away stuff i created and deemed flawed... and started all over... but more to the learning curve process kind of way of thinking... rather than being too proud about my stuff...

I can imagine that being a bit... Shall I say... hard to do.

Well of course you do Vik! If everything you ever built was perfect, you would not want/need to build more, there would be no need to improve.

aye! that´s the truth^^

Seriously... talking to some people on here is like talking to a brick wall...

... i should never stray away from the P&M blogs

NEVER...EVER...wander into the OT.
It isn't safe!

If you have already, just don't think about it, unsubscribe from them all now. forget it.
If you have already started a thread in OT...May God have mercy on your soul.

Oh it's safe, so long as I remember my Nail-bat...

... I just left it in my OTHER pants...

I like it here...

Out there is scarey...

Okay after following this for long enough I couldn't resist posting.

For the railing, the 3rd version looks the best, but also the most work. The first one would obviously be the easiest and perhaps the most useful for odd sizes.

And, thanks for making me spend my hobby money on a chop it and 2 sets of brass clamps Such an inspiration I just had to make my own rivets.

Whats a Chop-it?

He has a picture of it a few pages back. You can get them from micromark.

Its basically a papercutter, but with the cutter in the middle. Great for making straights cuts on smaller things. The blade is only a few inches long. He uses it to make rivets (amongst other things I am sure). I have wanted one for a few years, and finally jumped the gun.