6th of the line in the slightly silly Hugh's
Handy Helpful Home Hobby Hints thread, but from time to time something simple
and easy presents itself for further dissemination, so today we're looking at
model railways, or at least vehicle loads.
I think these are - possibly French -
water-fountain seals/caps, but they could just as easily be - also possibly
French - mineral-water bottle caps from the 1970's, gas-tank or tube seals or
something else entirely, and I won't bore you with the explanation for the
relative scarcity of detail in the preceding sections of the paragraph, as it's
based on about 5 fragments of non-memory!
Collin's however state - for 'Negociant'
"A wine merchant or wholesaler;
specifically, one who buys grapes, grape juice, or partially fermented or
finished wine from others and sells the wine produced under his or her own name",
so it may have been grape-juice? Presumably pronounced as 'nego[tiator]' and '[pres]cient'
with a French ey'ont flourish? And - thinking about it for a few minutes; Mum did do home-brew at one point, so it all sort of makes sense!
Suffice to say I have in the past here at Small Scale World mentioned the sub-collection
of Triang/Hornby cable-drum carriers, for which there are a few lorries as
well, and when I found these sorting out the garage, I realised instantly that
all they needed was a hot-glue gun!
Suitably weathered and scratched by up-to 30 or 40-odd years in sheds and garages, no work beyond lining them up properly
before the hot-glue (actually a synthetic wax) sets, and voila! - as the French
say; and they all know what they're saying because they all speak French!
I have a small flat-car, which is similar
to the cable-drum car, but has two beams across the bed, I think it was the
'novelty' single car-carrier from the early boxed goods-train sets, this will
go in between the beams nicely.
And while I would wind some wire round it
for cable, it might look good as it as, as they mist have rolled-steel drums
for special or particularly heavy cable and they would cost so much to make/hold, they would
be returned empty for a deposit?
In the late 1970s cheap supermarket wine was sold in plastic bottles with these caps on them. Thanks for reminding me. Happy days.
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