Scalefour Forum

I’ve had 2 orders of Sharman wheels in the last 10 days. Both times I’ve only paid £7 for postage, but each time it kept trying to up the price. It seems to forget what you selected on the previous page, but can be reset.

Hi Richard Last time we met, I seem to recall we had some discussion about this. I currently use Masokit hooks, double thickness with the hook shaped a little with a file, together with Smiths links - either 3 link or instanter. This seems to provide a good compromise. Fitting the links to the hook...

Philip, those Ambis/Brassmasters hooks look better than Smiths. I need to have a look out for some of the Brassmasters links.

I have over 70 pre-grouping wagons that are complete all but couplings. I also have a EU butter-mountain of Smiths couplings. But I’m thinking that they are just too big; even though I’ve already got them on a lot of my stock. So I’m looking for something finer. Not too small that I’ll struggle to c...

Going back to option 2. Can it have 6 drawers then I’d store my plastikard off-cuts by thickness? you could even etch them 10,15,20,30,40,60

ChrisMitchell wrote:Looks really good Dave

A 10 lever frame is next on my lockdown activities. Any tips and tricks to help me on my way?

Regards, Chris

Only 10 levers? Are you building the Origami frame in sections?

Try here for illustrated examples:

http://penrhos.me.uk/Liveries2.shtml

Best viewed on a UHD monitor, but an iPad will do!

We only talking about this last night. In my mind model Railway Exhibitions are in the same category as going out to pubs, restaurants and the cinema. There is no way that I can see them reopening this year. The problem will be that there will an insufficient number of us who will be immune to CV19 ...

Cambrian do the axleboxes on their GWR bogies, the last proprietor sold them separately. Rhymney Models also offer them as castings.

Whilst I currently have over 100 unfinished projects around the workbench. Also have at least twice that number of ‘to start’ projects sitting in draws. One of them is a David Geen milk tank kit which was bought specifically to be built as ADW2592 which used to hangout at Liverpool St station whilst...

James your workbench looks far too clean and tidy

Where's the like button?

What's the maximum size you can do?

Noel wrote:

Penrhos1920 wrote: We found out that a 37 diesel will pull wagons off the track on a 4' radius if using prototypical couplings.

Etched links, by any chance?

Smiths couplings, so not etched I think

Not only must your stock be built to run around your curves, you also need to consider coupling choices. We found out that a 37 diesel will pull wagons off the track on a 4' radius if using prototypical couplings. Use AJs or Hornby couplings and it's fine.

It really depends on the model you're starting with. Some diesels are a nightmare, Bachmann 37, 66 K 47. Others are ok. With rtf coaches I find about 1 in 10 bogies just won't convert and need to be replaced with a sprung bogie. Even though they are all made in the same mould some end up with axles ...

Alan Turner wrote:Check out LED Lighthouse: https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/

A bit more expensive perhaps than eBay but delivery is quicker and the range is greater. Have a look at "Neutral White". That's what we use on Ellerton Road.

regards

Alan

Do you mean 'natural white'?

I think Rob Ward award would prefer you to use his correct name and note that Danby is firmly Norse Eastern.

Progress on the 4mm Furness E1 is going well, if not a little slowly. Trying more chassis experiments too, currently modifying one of my fixed axle prints to accept AG hornblocks. Will be interesting to see how it turns out. Is that the whole AG hornblock including guides, or just the block running...

Looking at figure 8 of digest 62 there is one dimension missing in the bottom half section. What is the normal depth of ballast under the sleepers to the inside top of the brick arch? I'm also wondering if early bridges and viaducts had lower parapet walls then the 4'6" shown. I think some were...

Peter,

Could you please answer 2 questions:

1). What diagrams did you manage to make? I can see D15, E19, E58 or E59 & K11

2). What are the dimensions of your end handrail jig?

Thanks

Dragon Models have announced a range of Mashima replacements.

Have you tried the meths/water mix on the paint without transfers?

I already have a TVR autocoach kit (one of the matchboard sided variety that used to run the Ynysybwl branch) Just for the record, ex-TVR autotrailers were all fully panelled, whether purpose built or conversions. The matchboarded trailers were former GWR railmotors, converted in 1916-20. The last ...

Are these of any use?

Sorry I can't help you with your etches; they are far more complex than I've managed.

But oh I'm glad that I'm only modelling the railmotors as the trailers they became!!