Scalefour Forum

I have acquired a sheet of methfix transfers but there are no instructions as to how to use them.
Please give me some advice about what to do to get good results.
Thank you,
Mike

Hi all, Great to see the photo with members examining the test track. I hope it can be restored to full working order as a memorial to Derek's modelling and professional skills. I regret that I will probably be unable to attend the June meeting but I hope to be available for the one after. Many than...

Many thanks for your interest and help. I have some ideas now of what went on. Race traffic seems to be a topic not covered very much in all the railway literature.
Cheers,
Mike

I like horseboxes and before designing a layout I need some information about how the horses were brought to racecourses and unloaded in Edwardian times. When the horses were unloaded were they stabled at the unloading sidings or transported to stables at the course? Or would they remain in their ho...

Great to see the excellent photos and information about the Kirtley Well Tank. I have some of the etches for the kit but it is not complete with no fittings. Bought some years ago from a second hand stall. I have made a start on the chassis but haven't got very far. Seeing the photos inspires me to ...

I am building a London Road Models (Ex George Norton) LNER J6 with Ivatt self trimming tender. The instructions are not clear as to the internal parts of the tender and really need an exploded diagram to show how the tank front plate (7), front coal plate (11), front coal plate stiffener (12) and ot...

Thanks for your advice. The carriages are GER 1870/80s stock built from Peter K body kits.
Mike

I am currently building some etched brass 4-wheel coach bodies. To complete I will need compensated w-irons suitable for the 3ft 6in coach wheels. The Scalefour stores only seems to have wagon types. From where can I get compensated w-irons for coaches and cosmetic whitemetal coach springs and axleb...

I am told that Superdrug sell lint.
Mike

Thank you. When I fitted the wheels I pushed them nearly home on the axle, put a little loctite inside the wheel and then pushed it on to the axle at the right back to back. Beats me how the loctite got into the bearing! The other two axles are OK. Of course the problem one had to be the driven axle...

I have used Loctite 603 to fix driving wheels to axles. Unfortunately some loctite on one wheel has got into the axle bearing and jammed that wheel set so it wont turn. How can I free it without destroying the Sharman driving wheel? Ideas please.
Mike

Have you any ideas as to how to fit 3mm Sprat and Winkle couplings to bogie rolling stock? I like to fit the couplings with the hook part below the headstock but the presence of a bogie seems to make it impossible.
Thanks,
Mike

Thanks Rod for the reference to GW Goods Services. I will try and get it through the Public Library. I didn't know about this book as I always ignore anything GWR but it may be useful to me.
Cheers,
Mike

Please can anyone help with information about large goods sheds with two roads for inward and outward (transit?) traffic in urban areas. Plenty of photos and information on branch line goods sheds for 3 wagons or so but not on larger ones. Photographers seem to like to photograph station buildings/p...

If you are desperate for a Little Sharpie kit I do have a spare that I might be persuaded to part with. Built one but will I ever get round to the other??
Mike

The smokebox doors you want used to be produced by Peter K for his No 1 Class "Sharpie". He sold them separately and that is where mine came from. Very nice turned brass but you have to add hinges. There is a centre hole for the handles. Isn't he now working with another supplier of bits a...

An excellent layout and good photograhs. I look forward to more details in forthcoming postings.
Mike

Post war they would have been painted LNER Coach Brown, probably with black ends and solebars.
Mike

The aluminium ones with the spring on the outside I think are old EMGS ones.
Mike

Thanks James for the reference to MRJ 140. Not the article I was thinking of but very interesting, scratchbuilt with Dynadrive. Never seem to hear of Dynadrive these days.
Mike

Don't forget that with tender locos it is easy to short out wheels on one side of the tender and the other side on the loco. Saves all the problems of split axles, insulated spacers etc. All you need is an insulated drawbar, a flexible thin wire to the motor and make sure that the tender doesn't tou...

Has anyone built a Judith Edge kit for the LMS jackshaft drive diesel electric shunter? Before purchasing I would like to have some sort of a review of the kit. I am sure that I have seen an article in a magazine, I thought MRJ, but can't find it.
Many thanks,
Mike

Thanks for the conversion. I never will get the hang of longer lengths in millimetres. I can now see how you get so much in having that width.
Mike

See photos and information about Charing at www.kentrail.co.uk
Hope this helps.
Mike

Amazing amount in such a small area. If I have worked it out correctly it is about 4ft x 11inches. How have you got it all in? Any chance of an aerial view lokking down on whole layout?
Mike