Scalefour Forum

Just had a reply from CSP saying the 1361 kit depends on new etches being delivered. Basic kit price: £95. Could be released this year. 1366 kit: not sure. Instructions need rewriting, apparently. The etches were due at the end of January, but as I have not heard anything, I am assuming that the et...

I have stayed at the Town House, it's an ok place to get your head down, but it's a DIY breakfast. There is also limited off street parking at the rear.

Phil.

Jeremy,

That looks fantastic, what livery will you be painting it, I'm assuming that you will be painting it?

No rush in producing the kit, as I am involved in a swearing match with the Worsley Works Diag Q and R auto trailer etches, which are one step forward and 3 back!

Hi David,

From memory, each viaduct was done differently, the aim of the check rails was to prevent derailed vehicles going over the side. Without knowing your preferred prototype and period, I can't be more specific, being a GW aficionado.

Phil

Jeremy,

You are definitely taking etched coach kits to a whole new level, I look forward to the release of the complete kit, although I don't think my bank manager will!

Phil.

When doing dye penetrant crack detection, the initial colour is red liquid which after a pre-determined time is removed and the white is sprayed over the area being tested and you hope not too see any red leaching from cracks.

Phil

A couple of years ago, I visited the Hop Pole on Bicester Road, good grub and excellent beer.

Phil

The layout was looking good on the Sunday afternoon, when I had a look too see the progress, it's come on a long way since I saw you demoing the bridge and associated track a few years back.

Phil.

I have been on holiday and I'm just starting to catch up with the forums activity since the end of August. All this talk of tank capacity can be a bit misleading, what is the water capacity of the boiler, with a full gauge glass? This will/should be near on full at the last opportunity plus a full t...

Hi All I'm in need of some information on the position of the controls in the vestibule, these coaches differ from the norm, due to the gangway. I have the John Lewis book and I can see something through the window, but I am unable to discern what it is. I don't think it was ever used as all the pho...

When the Plym Valley Railway was in consultation with Magor Olver with respect of getting an LRO, he said that it was quite possible to have speeds of up to 60MPH, but he said why would any tourist type railway want to whisk their passengers past all the scenery. I believe that the Severn Valley and...

The preserved E1 went to the Isle of Wight, after it left Cranmore.

Phil

As the head of the rail should be slightly curved, I very much doubt that in our scale it makes much if any difference one way or the other.

Phil

Jeremy,

They look very nice.

Phil

WOW, fantastic.

Hi Colin, I did say my maths on expansion was a little rusty, it's over 40 years since I last needed to work out the expansion of anything. I used 5C as the temperature at which the rail was laid to give the maximum expansion range, whereas I suspect you probably laid the track 10 to 15 degrees war...

Hi Colin, I did say my maths on expansion was a little rusty, it's over 40 years since I last needed to work out the expansion of anything. I used 5C as the temperature at which the rail was laid to give the maximum expansion range, whereas I suspect you probably laid the track 10 to 15 degrees warm...

If I have done the maths correctly and I wouldn't like to put a bet on it, I get 4mm of expansion for a metre over the temperature range you have given. It's been a long time since I had to do it. Phil presumably there should be an element of contraction to this as the rail will have been laid most...

If I have done the maths correctly and I wouldn't like to put a bet on it, I get 4mm of expansion for a metre over the temperature range you have given. It's been a long time since I had to do it.

Phil

Hi Colin,

As long as you're not using long lengths of rail or there are not large variations in temperature a mil or so is ample.

Phil

...he inserted the Annets key released the lock and reversed the turnout, between the bogies of coach S1000... That must have involved some fairly precise positioning over a bar less than the 'standard' 40' length! No locking bar, the system relies on the token remaining on the loco until it's run ...

Also, am I right in assuming that the preferred location for a locking bar is inside the rail, operated by the wheel flanges and the bars outside the rail, operated by the wheel tread, would only be used where an inside bar was impractical? Yes. Mind you, my personal view is that locking bars at a ...

Duly, noted, but nearly had a coronary as I miss read it as 2018.

Phil

Hi All T finished my bogies last week, but I have only just found time to download the phone and post the pictures. Fishbelly brakes 1.jpg Fishbelly brakes 2.jpg Fishbelly finished.jpg I have used a slightly different interpretation on the brake rigging which allows the wheels to be dropped without ...

It looks very good.

Phil