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- Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:23 pm
- Forum: Area Groups
- Topic: Area Groups and Zoom
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1769
Re: Area Groups and Zoom
DRAG's treasurer acquired a Zoom licence and hosts our meetings. The licence was paid for from group funds, which are healthy having accumulated a surplus from our weekly subs for physical meetings. So essentially we have already paid for it.
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:41 pm
- Forum: Product Information
- Topic: EBMA Material Stand
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5942
Re: EBMA Material Stand
Any update on the 'Goodall Evergreen Strip' stand Andy?
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:23 pm
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scaleforum 2021
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3001
Re: Scaleforum 2021
Given it's a school and not at half term, when is access for setting up available?
- Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:24 am
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scaleforum Vintage Videos
- Replies: 4
- Views: 665
Re: Scaleforum Vintage Videos
Is it possible for others to send to you footage for the years that are missing? as this would become quite an archive of footage of what happened each year! I'm sure it's possible, but it then needs someone to edit and prepare them for Youtube. The Magic Box videos 1996-2001 come ready-made in tha...
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 1:53 pm
- Forum: Scenery and Structures
- Topic: Tanks (Septic?) as wagon loads?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2172
Re: Tanks (Septic?) as wagon loads?
So they originated a bit earlier than I thought then 

- Fri Oct 02, 2020 12:13 pm
- Forum: Scenery and Structures
- Topic: Tanks (Septic?) as wagon loads?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2172
Re: Tanks (Septic?) as wagon loads?
Looks like one to me David - date?
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 2:27 pm
- Forum: New Products
- Topic: Who would want a form tool for re-profiling wheels?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 6265
Re: Who would want a form tool for re-profiling wheels?
As long as Lapland doesn't become a Covid hotspot with Santa grounded indefinitely 

- Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:22 pm
- Forum: Scenery and Structures
- Topic: Tanks (Septic?) as wagon loads?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2172
Re: Tanks (Septic?) as wagon loads?
Fibreglass septic tanks (made by the likes of Klargester) were certainly around in the late 1970s, not sure when they originated - possibly in the years after 1963 when regulations came in requiring discharges to ground to be licensed. They have an inlet and an outlet which leads to a herringbone ne...
- Mon Sep 28, 2020 12:20 pm
- Forum: Demonstrations and Talks
- Topic: Lewes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 924
Re: Lewes
Lewes is/was famous for its forest of semaphores. One of our DRAG members, Adrian Musgrave, has kindly volunteered to build them. One of the demos, not commented on as far as I am aware, explains how he is going about it.
https://www.scaleforum.org/demonstrator ... e-signals/
https://www.scaleforum.org/demonstrator ... e-signals/
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 7:18 pm
- Forum: Virtual Scaleforum
- Topic: How do I get to see the videos please?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 747
Re: How do I get to see the videos please?
Thanks Danny - no rush, you deserve a break!
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 3:57 pm
- Forum: Demonstrations and Talks
- Topic: Resistance soldering
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1888
Re: Resistance soldering
David, just watched this and can reinforce what others have said. At DRAG we have benefitted from your demos face to face of course but your video is just as helpful and I did pick up a couple of tips myself. Mainly I hope this will encourage more people to have a go if they've never tried it. Quite...
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 12:20 pm
- Forum: Virtual Scaleforum
- Topic: How do I get to see the videos please?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 747
Re: How do I get to see the videos please?
On that subject, is the 'scalefour1978' channel going to be merged into 'Scalefour Society'?
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:36 am
- Forum: Virtual Scaleforum
- Topic: VIRTUAL SCALEFORUM & SCALEFOUR NORTH
- Replies: 135
- Views: 12559
Re: VIRTUAL SCALEFORUM & SCALEFOUR NORTH
I’ll offer another thought. I suspect quite a number of our contributors are feeling a bit flat compared to a normal event. For whatever reason, their contributions garnered no comment, or only a couple of notes. A normal day as a demonstrator is to be talking to people all day, so it will necessar...
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scaleforum 2021
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3001
Re: Scaleforum 2021
I hope they have many and capacious lifts then!
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:18 am
- Forum: Demonstrations and Talks
- Topic: Lewes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 924
Re: Lewes
Tony, I didn't know you were doing Brighton until yesterday. Can you share some more details (scope of layout, schedule, time period)?
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:47 pm
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scaleforum 2021
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3001
Re: Scaleforum 2021
Good news, which I hope will be realised; there will of course now be feverish speculation as to where it is! 

- Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:18 pm
- Forum: Demonstrations and Talks
- Topic: Lewes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 924
Re: Lewes
To maintain balance, and cater for other interests, we ought to have Drighlington, Halifax King Cross and Dewsbury GN at the other end of the hall, maybe with a line down the side of the hall so that Steve's Bradford express can run into Bob How's Kings Cross. I'll have a word with my friends in th...
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 3:49 pm
- Forum: Demonstrations and Talks
- Topic: Earning a Living talk
- Replies: 10
- Views: 843
Re: Earning a Living talk
Hi Jim, fascinating stuff, many thanks. I suppose it's a little easier to 'run the railway' (a Fiennes quote?) when you are modelling a real place with access to all the WTTs, CWNs etc. I loved the story of the Glasgow-Edinburgh push-pulls and the shenanigans with train heating etc. On the SR(E) in ...
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 2:26 pm
- Forum: Demonstrations and Talks
- Topic: Lewes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 924
Re: Lewes
And of course, when it is finished we can hire a hall at the NEC and set up Lewis and then connect Plumpton Green, Pulborough, Ferring, Eridge and Elcot Road. There will of course have to be a little bit of modellers licence with the trains that are run!! :D :D :D Terry Bendall Can't wait Terry. it...
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 2:21 pm
- Forum: Society Stand and Stores
- Topic: The Virtual Scalefour Society Stand
- Replies: 91
- Views: 4246
Re: The Virtual Scalefour Society Stand
mike wrote:Back on watch at what I'm slowly learning to describe as 1500 rather than 3pm...
Mike
At least you're not an American Olympic track coach.
Re: Eridge
mike wrote:I could have built the one with inside valve gear but inevitably decided in the end to do the one with outside Walschaerts.
Mike
Mike graciously left me to do the other one - one day.
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:51 pm
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scaleforum 2019 Retrospective
- Replies: 7
- Views: 867
Re: Scaleforum 2019 Retrospective
Here you go
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:31 pm
- Forum: Demonstrations and Talks
- Topic: Lewes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 924
Re: Lewes
Thanks Tony, and, erm, no!
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:50 am
- Forum: Demonstrations and Talks
- Topic: Lewes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 924
Lewes
I notice there's no track plan in my presentation, so here's one Lewes templot copy.jpg Also, since I sent off the presentation I have acquired a proper station plan which is invaluable for infrastructure and platform furniture. I had it photo- enlarged to 4mm scale so it can be used for final align...
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:22 am
- Forum: Layouts
- Topic: Drighlington and Adwalton
- Replies: 15
- Views: 959
Re: Drighlington and Adwalton
Bit bigger than my tiny 5m x 3m one then ...