Have you considered using plastic strips cut from a margarine tub lid?? They would be thin enough to be shaped by scissors, but wouldn't curl like card / paper.
@@CZ350tuner I hadn't thought about that, that's a good idea for another level crossing or tramline project. I'll hang on to some spreading cheese box lids. I used black card to avoid painting, using Glue 'n Glaze I had no curling effects.
You'd have to be from Aberdeen to be classed as really stingy. One of my friends, who I've known since school (1977), saw his family banished from Aberdeen after his father was reported for buying somebody else a drink in a bar.
@@CZ350tuner yes, the Aberdonians are apparently the real tight fisted Scots. The ones who invented copper wire while fighting over a penny 😂. In Italy we say similar things about the inhabitants of Genova in Liguria. My maternal grandfather, who taught me photography also showed me how to load film in the camera pulling out as little film as possible from the cartridge, to get and extra "Aberdonian" frame. Albion made a bus with a very thrifty engine, called the Aberdonian.
@@patricksmodels My mother and grandfather are from Yorkshire. Yorkshire men are said to have short arms and deep pockets. On the BBC TV show "Bargain Hunt", this year, saw a Yorkshireman contestant bartering with a Yorkshireman stall holder over the price of an antique. The stall holder wanted £40, but the contestant argued, "I'll give you £20 for it and that's a lot of money in Barnsley". To a Yorkshireman, every penny is a prisoner. A true story: In the late 1980's, my grandmother broke her wrist, whilst my grandfather was put of the house and a neighbour took her to hospital. My grandfather returned home, with my uncle, and my grandmother phoned from the hospital to ask him if it would be better to come home by taxi or use the bus. My grandfather was heard telling her, "Good God, woman, you've only broken your wrist. You can still walk OK. You can't go wasting good money on a taxi or bus!!" The hospital was 3 miles away from their home.
Hi Patrick
You were very good and very precise. There is always a big like to learn my friend, have a good Sunday.Alberto 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Looks good
@@raymondleggs5508 Thanks, in the meantime I've finished it and it's quite realistic.
Decent vernier callipers are just as accurate as digital!
@@RicktheRecorder I definitely agree with you! 👍
Have you considered using plastic strips cut from a margarine tub lid?? They would be thin enough to be shaped by scissors, but wouldn't curl like card / paper.
@@CZ350tuner I hadn't thought about that, that's a good idea for another level crossing or tramline project. I'll hang on to some spreading cheese box lids. I used black card to avoid painting, using Glue 'n Glaze I had no curling effects.
You'd have to be from Aberdeen to be classed as really stingy.
One of my friends, who I've known since school (1977), saw his family banished from Aberdeen after his father was reported for buying somebody else a drink in a bar.
@@CZ350tuner yes, the Aberdonians are apparently the real tight fisted Scots. The ones who invented copper wire while fighting over a penny 😂. In Italy we say similar things about the inhabitants of Genova in Liguria. My maternal grandfather, who taught me photography also showed me how to load film in the camera pulling out as little film as possible from the cartridge, to get and extra "Aberdonian" frame. Albion made a bus with a very thrifty engine, called the Aberdonian.
@@patricksmodels My mother and grandfather are from Yorkshire. Yorkshire men are said to have short arms and deep pockets. On the BBC TV show "Bargain Hunt", this year, saw a Yorkshireman contestant bartering with a Yorkshireman stall holder over the price of an antique. The stall holder wanted £40, but the contestant argued, "I'll give you £20 for it and that's a lot of money in Barnsley". To a Yorkshireman, every penny is a prisoner.
A true story: In the late 1980's, my grandmother broke her wrist, whilst my grandfather was put of the house and a neighbour took her to hospital. My grandfather returned home, with my uncle, and my grandmother phoned from the hospital to ask him if it would be better to come home by taxi or use the bus. My grandfather was heard telling her, "Good God, woman, you've only broken your wrist. You can still walk OK. You can't go wasting good money on a taxi or bus!!" The hospital was 3 miles away from their home.