Scalefour Forum

Here's a video or two... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do4P42sjAUk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UsHBJuDOj4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg4LweLWr94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDpYTPfpb0k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcTFq6DEPPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLL-SExCHTc https://www...

Work out the circumference of your turntable and base the speed of rotation on the walking pace of the man pushing the turntable?

I have always had a fascination with this loco since I saw a copy of the lower photo in 'Railway Wonders of the World', in my youth. Great that the kit is finally in production!

Hattons have a handful of secondhand P4-wheeled diesels on sale at the moment - very Western Region orientated, including Falcon, a Western etc.

Type 'converted to p4' as a search criterion to highlight them

Might be of interest - and definitely not where you would normally look.

Asphalt pavements were first laid in the 1840s in the UK, as briefly described here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphalt#United_Kingdom

Tarmacadam was an early C20 invention, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmacadam

Not Quite Ulpha, but here's a fascinating video reconstructing the Coniston Copper Mines in 3D, complete with waterwheels etc. -iMRTU9QJHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iMRTU9QJHA I was up there myself over the last few days doing more research around Ulpha for the layout and taking lots of new p...

steamraiser wrote:Neil Kinison has a working stub point on his P4 layout Edford.

Gordon A

Thanks, Gordon. I am sure it is possible to get something like this to work - more that my bodging may not be up to the standards required

It has been a long time since I did any railway modelling. Things like house improvements and much extra time spent with my dear old mum (now nearly 93) have very much taken priority - and things are likely to continue that way for the foreseeable future. The long, dark nights are rapidly approachin...

I think Paul is firmly into O14 (7mm narrow gauge) modelling these days - witness his model of Dinas

https://youtu.be/PmHZbDc3cXQ

Your timing couldn't be worse as Bachmann have just released a nice RTR version of the slate wagons for OO9

C&L seem to be attempting a crowdfunding project for new flexitrack bases for plain track in EM and P4. All here https://www.clfinescale.co.uk/online-store/NEW-CODE-75-BULLHEAD-FLEXITRACK-FOR-EM-%26-P4-60-FOOT-TRACK-PANELS-SELF-ASSEMBLY-WITH-HI-Hn-NICKLE-SILVER-RAIL-20-METER-PACKS-THIS-IS-CROWD-...

Perhaps I should have qualified my comment by mentioning that it is far more of a problem with longer vehicles

(and fixed buffers more than sprung buffers)

Stock with buffers have to be a disproportionate distance apart to get around very tight curves. It just wouldn't look realistic in my opinion to have wide gaps between wagons and coaches in a train.

Richard, Oh dear! :o Are you suggesting that the absence of a name-badge should be taken as code for: "I'm feeling antisocial, don't talk to me"? Just imagine poor attendees strolling around the exhibition, proudly displaying their name badges, only to find that no one spoke to them all d...

I could bring my armchair. That would be a clue - and a very useful one at that

Seriously though, I find the idea of everyone being expected to wander around a public exhibition with names attached mildly repulsive - even one as relatively unpublic as Scaleforum.

The 2mm Scale Association's new 'Point Rodding' book explains it all in excellent detail

http://www.2mm.org.uk/products/nms/

Scroll down the page to the bottom.

Philip Hall wrote:Martin,

On balance, I prefer the corrected version although the blue content might make it appear slightly ‘cold’.

Philip

A winter's day?

Daylight is much whiter in winter.

Readers of this thread may not in fact be able to see any visible difference between the photos taken previously and the four shots I have posted today. Or can they? On my computer there is definitely a yellow tinge. I did a quick correction in Photoshop for comparison. Donnington-Jan-19-(4).JPG Do...

I made a few final and very minor adjustments to the track plan this weekend in Templot, such that I am now very happy. The plan was printed out. The sheets for the central scenic board have now been stuck to 2mm MDF using contact adhesive. After a bit of trimming, the montage was placed over the ba...

steve howe wrote:For Heaven's sake don't drop the box!!

Steve

Thanks for the concern - the box has a secure lid though, so all should be safe.

I have recently fitted the 'shelf' for the narrow gauge fiddle yard



I have mainly been busy with miniature brass origami, folding all the chairs for the remaining replacement pointwork on Ulpha.





Glad that's all over!

Noel wrote:
I have yet to see the completed layout, but it's good to know it's operated in a way that shows what the prototype did.

I had always assumed it was a fictitious location. Didn't appreciate before that it was a real place.

Britain From Above has several good images post-closure, including this one



This photo shows some of the atmosphere

I have thought about this a lot over the years. I have a reasonable amount of info, including a copy of an HMRS article and lots of photos if ever you decide to go ahead. :D :D :D I offer it for general interest, I don't think I've enough life left for yet another 'wouldn't it be nice if....' Might...

I have thought about this a lot over the years. I have a reasonable amount of info, including a copy of an HMRS article and lots of photos if ever you decide to go ahead.