Scalefour Forum

I echo Johns remarks, please stay safe

Thanks for the responses guys

Just a short note to say thanks to the organisers, layout operators and demonstrators at the Skills Day today. I picked up lots of good tips and procedural advice.

Again guys, many thanks!

I have acquired an example of a Bachmann Queen Mary brake van with etched brass bogies, which are beyond repair.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a source of suitable etched brass bogies to repair this van?

Thanks for the replies and explanations guys. I have had my local engineering workshop check my electronic calipers, and they were reading wrongly at times! I took a selection of axles and wirons with me and most axles were reading 25.7 to 25.97, but a very small number read under 25mm. My stock was...

Thanks for the replies guys. I bent up the sides of the w irons using a 'hold and fold' on the etched line, and did the same on the Bill Bedford ones as well. I have since double checked my measurements and they still come out the same. The wheel sets were bought several years ago and I feel it woul...

A further check with another brand produces the following:

The Bill Bedford suspension units actually do measure 24mm back to back when folded up!

Given the length of axles I presume I will still need to use 'packing washers' to compensate for the incorrect axle length?

I have just got back to my 'workbench' and decided to look at my stock of Society w irons and society supplied 3 hole disc wheels. Following on Tims comment on the 14 Jan i find the following dimensions: Axle length is 24.2.. (what happened to a standard 26mm?) The back to back on the society W Iron...

For information guys. Alan Gibson sells shimming washers in packs of 30 in 1mm, 0.5mm, and 0.25mm thickness in 1/16, 1/8 and 2mm bore, to suit varying axle diameters refs 4M76/1 to 4m67/3 and 4M68 cover the items likely to be needed. Hope this is of some help?

Tim,

Something in the back of my dusty mind says someone was/is producing small brass washers of varying thicknesses, presumably to help with the variations you describe?

Dave H

An excellent exhibition! Many thanks to the Society members who gave up their time to man desks and answer all sorts of questions thrown at them.

Many thanks guys!

I have just 'discovered' this thread, which I have read with great interest. Iak your work is excellent. As I am a bit of a 'Departmental Nerd' I thought I would provide a little background on this type of wagon for others to see that even 'boring black engineers wagons ' do have their differences. ...

Thanks for the information re meetings Flymo

Having decided to make a weekend of it(with domestic authority blessing) i am staying out at the Innkeepers Lodge in Weston Turnville, could a 'newbie gatecrash one evening?

Mark,
Excellent work!
Dave Harris

Thanks to Quentin and dal-t for the clarification in this instance. I am aware that the law of copyright can be complicated for the unwary and was just seeking to ensure that none of us fell foul of it.

Can I just say 'be careful'! Copying a complete document is a breach of copyright, and page 6 of the document says that no part may be reproduced without the owners permission.
Its easy to do in this electronic age, but can still lead one into a costly legal action

This thread is excellent! I have one question though as a newbie to track/point construction........ do you normally leave the sleeper/crossing timbers unstained until the end of construction, or have you omitted to stain them for clarity in construction for this thread?

An excellent set of photos and notes! Many thanks for your efforts!

In response to Kelley's comment about use by the MOD, I can confirm that in the 1990s an example of this loco was quietly rotting away underground in the excavated tunnels of the RN Store Depot at Copenacre, just west of Chippenham, Wilts

If you look carefully at the bottom picture, there seems to be a short fence/handrail coming from the wall of the building? Maybe, given the size of the visible lintel and the short fence/handrail this was indeed a 'cellar' of some sort

Having had some experience with munitions I would suggest, that despite the various regulations issued over the years, we must remember the dateline for the Soham incident. At that time the priority was to move munitions as quickly as possible from point A to point B. Whilst, if time and resources p...

Must admit i agree with Knuckles latest comments. Also with Martin's comments earlier.... there are published standards which work and have worked for 40 years. I was taught ' if it works and it aint broke then dont try and fix it'. Or like Knuckles, am i missing something???

Mike , thanks for the suggestion

Doh! Why didn't i think of brass angle behind the steps! Thanks Bill