Scalefour Forum

How was the foam fixed to the ply base and the MDF to the foam? All the MDF parts were sealed with builders' PVA diluted 1 water : 5 PVA. The ply was sealed with a coat of exterior grade varnish. Then the same PVA mix used to bond the foam each side. I did worry about the ends of the MDF base tendi...

I note that there is no area group covering South Oxfordshire Hi Gareth. There is such a group, it's the North Bucks, coordinated by Mike 'Masokits' Clark. Understandable that you missed us - we really ought to get something done about the name, all those resident in North Bucks having abandoned us...

Philip Hall wrote:Ian, is the track bed on the ‘quiet’ section cork, rubber or plain baseboard?

The trackbed is as per the photo in my post of 23rd Jan throughout ('noisy' and 'quiet'), except there's no superelevation packing under the top 3mm MDF strip as it's a straight section.

but also a layer of foam between the main MDF and the MDF on which the track is laid I wanted to avoid having any deformable material there to allow precise control over the amount of superelevation. As has been noted in this thread, and elsewhere, it often all comes to naught anyway once the track...

Didcot is a famous railway town with Didcot Parkway Railway Station being within walking distance of the Civic Hall. Even in March, for a weekend break the area has much to offer railway enthusiasts, Didcot Railway Centre is within walking distance while Pendon Museum at Long Wittenham is only a co...

Hi bordercollie - re. your thoughts, like this perhaps?... IMG_2138.jpg 6.5mm ply base, 3mm closed cell foam, 6.5mm MDF then 3mm MDF ballast strips. In yard areas, where no ballast shoulders or cant required, 3mm MDF over the 3mm foam will do. The oldest parts of this were done in 2007 and haven't g...

Terry Bendall wrote:Mousa Models

Phoenix Precision Paints

and me (I know, you did say include...)

The 1":40' Water Plans show the tank sizes, e.g. at the west end of Bodmin Road, 20' x 12' x 8' (Capacity @ 7'6", 11250 gall).

Terry Bendall wrote:or perhaps they won't

They will

There also appears to be a copy of an 1877 plan available from the Network Rail Media Storehouse (https://nr.mediastorehouse.com/) Jeremy Jeremy, thanks for that link. I've captured the drawing showing some sections of the building at Bodmin Road, which I'd not seen in previous searches. Seems it's...

Hello Keith.
Have a look at the Wiltshire County archive in Chippenham library. A lot of GW stuff from Paddington and Swindon has ended up there.
Good hunting!

If, as we are told, the train with the odd coach is entering Bodmin Road from the branch... Chris, I'd suggest that it is not. I've long had a problem with that caption (in GWRJ 65). It states that the photo shows the approach to the station with the southern end of the viaduct over the River Fowey...

Miffed to have to miss it again this year. A Great Day Out.

Thanks Russ, Doug. I did wonder about the cardboard, but it has proved an instructive and worthwhile exercise even at this early stage in the project (only thirteen years into the construction phase :) ). One consequence is that the heavy civils will be moving back in, to lower the branch and loop r...

jim s-w wrote:Gibson does 14.6. Suitable for 45s, 47s, 58s, 86 etc.

Pete,
I've used these quite successfully on some of my sprung diesels.

There are 60 of them (and four 12mm ones) rolling in close formation here.

Regards

Some shots of the sprung 'Peak' running on the circuit at home, with some unsprung Mk1s rattling along behind. Gibson wheels throughout; those in the coaches date way back to when Alan still had the business. Two sections of track, roughly from the underbridge to the green bus, formed the centre of ...

Now on sale from PenBits, sprung bogie kits for the Bachmann Class 66. These have presented a real problem for 'drop in' rigid EM/P4 conversions, tending to rock about their centre axles. The long overall wheelbase has also led to the bogie frames catching on the underside of the loco over vertical ...

Chapter and verse on Mike's RTR pinpoint units courtesy of Keith at http://www.norgrove.me.uk/masokit3.htm . Width always an issue - the Bradwells manage to steal another thickness of brass each side. If you have something that can deal with cases where the floor is moulded to the depth, or partial ...

Ah, the unit of Mike's that I mentioned is an inside bearing job - read too much into your OP! However, if you're in to outside pinpoints, his units 7.01 - 7.04 are designed for retro-fit to RTR and kit wagons.

There are also Bradwell's spring plates, written up on this forum here.

Cheers

We already have Mike Clark's 7.05 Universal Springing Unit. What have you in mind?

(Apropos nothing, while looking for Mike's catalogue, I found something else I'd been looking for for ages so, Gordon, many thanks! )

Have you trimmed the pivot screw to length? You wouldn't be the first to have missed that instruction ;) Oops :cry: :D John So, after the several th time this happened, I finally got round to looking at the instructions to see if I should make this one more prominent. I searched high and low throug...

The PenBits sprung bogie kits for the Bachmann Class 40 and Peak models are now on sale. Details are on the PenBits website at these links: Class 40 here , and Peaks here . Instructions, either as web pages or downloadable pdf, are available via this page . As ever, I've tried to cover everything fr...

allanferguson wrote:sprung systems will have a weight distribution which varies according to the bumps in the track

Not true in every case. http://www.penbits.co.uk/Content/TechDesc.html#BogieS

Not quite as much progress as I'd hoped for Scaleforum, but the test builds will be there and the Peak can even run under its own steam, so to speak. It has been putting in the miles on some big continuous runs and holds the road very nicely. The 40 is still primitive 'digital' control (i.e. pushed ...

It appears that there were never any busy days at Treamble ;) . Steve, two OPC books by John Vaughan, "Branches & Byways - Cornwall" and "The Newquay Branch and its Branches", each contain a brief outline of the two incarnations of the Treamble branch. NB&B contains a rep...