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Paul Townsend wrote:I got some relief from deadline pressure to work on Dartmouth by this cancellation. I suspect my wife got more relief as it means I am more available for DiY, gardening etc

You didn't have to tell her just yet Paul

Mike Garwood wrote:Well, I'll start the bidding at 10 years. For just one chassis.

Mike

Hmmm... I can do a DJH C2X that became a boiler and nearly-running chassis around 1998 and hasn't progressed since. And some coach kits bought at the last Scaleforum at City University.

Great idea James.

As part of our social distancing down here in DRAG, we're already encouraging sharing of modelling activities by email in lieu of physically meeting, so some tasks may already qualify (except that the ones shown so far are in 00 and H0 ... we're a broad church).

Thanks Tony I'm always impressed by how neat some modellers' underboard wiring is. With the same basic ingredients - droppers, tag strips, interconnectors, point motors etc - mine is all over the place. But I guess as long as everything is documented, labelled and colour coded - and it all works - i...

Or just use cosmetic 8ft steam bogie sides on any of several brands of sprung/compensated bogie frame.

I've recently been building some very nice French laser-cut building kits. In one of them, everything was laser-cut - including things with cylindrical sections like drain pipes, which just proved to me that just because a certain technology allows you to try to do something, it doesn't follow that ...

Sounds much the same as the Maunsells. Those tabs do squeeze together slightly but sometimes they get stuck with excess glue from the manufacturing process. I suspect you just have to be brave and be prepared to break one or two of them.

Nice one Adrian

LesGros wrote::idea: Has anyone tried using egg trays( papier Mache) under the base boards?

If so, was it effective?

Is that before or after installing all the wiring?

Thanks Steve - and I've seen the Eridge posts in situ doh!

Clever bloke that Mark ...

I have quite a few of these but none spare. At Wells I did speak to Alan of ModelU about them and sent him an example with a view to seeing if he could 3D print them, either off the casting or from the drawings in Southern Nouveau; I haven't heard back but I guess he is inundated with other potentia...

I've built one of these Steve. IMG_3684.JPG I used 14mm coach wheels, either from Gibson or MSE (which I think are the same?). In any event I carefully selected a pair that were concentric and wobble-free. Useful piece of kit, although it can make you paranoid even on 'perfectly true' track! Good fo...

I wish I could get there to see De Graafstroom, but I'll have to be content with watching the videos!

Haha, yes we thought of that too!



But it starts to add to the overall footprint a bit.

(I'm conscious that we are risking taking over the whole Scaleforum thread here, and we ought to move this to a dedicated topic).

Rod, I just wondered ... do you have any plans or thoughts for a back scene to the viaduct? Absolutely Tim. Back in January we had a set up of just the viaduct to experiment with exactly that in mind. Apart from the height/size (and cost, and weight) that has to be considered, there is also the que...

Many thanks Richard. Mike's explanation is also quoted in one of my posts above. And I agree entirely about the J and Birdcage set!

Finally, another video which shows the tail lamp on the ballast train (and also the changing signal aspect as a bonus).

Mike doesn't do forums, but he says "for the record, the answer is (1) I reckon I’ve seen pictures of fully fitted freights without brake vans in steam days and (2), more importantly, my SR bogie brake is still under construction".

It did have a tail lamp anyway ...

Or even sooner than that ...

As promised, some photos of the Ouse Valley Viaduct and Balcombe. Videos to follow in the next day or so (with running trains!)

The Ouse Valley Viaduct & Balcombe team had a great time despite the somewhat shaky start on Saturday morning. We are grateful for all the kind comments both at the show and on here, and I'm relieved that David Clift liked it after coming all the way from Australia (and thanks David for helping ...

Balcombe does hit you with its size. I was pleased to note that Rod was happier towards the end of the day than he was at opening. What I like about Balcombe is that a 10 coach train can be lost in the landscape. I remember seeing Chiltern Green as a child at the Bristol Show, with its sense of a r...

it wasn't much of a compromise, and the model appears to follow the ordnance plan quite closely. :D The most noticeable thing is the road alignment and how to deal with the cutting at the south end of the tunnel, especially given that on the layout the curve then swings west and not east. But hey h...

Having the platforms pass through the tunnel is an unusual and interesting feature of Balcombe. Was the tunnel formed by 'cut and cover' or was the flank of the hill left in place to provide a route for the road over the railway? It's somewhat reminiscent of the 'Long Arch' at Midford where a minor...

It has come to my attention that the Ouse Valley Viaduct is considered to be a bit of a myth, and that we are a figment of Balcombe's imagination. So to assuage these ideas, here are some pics from the last weekend (only about the 6th time it has ever been put up in entirety, and the last before Sca...

Gulp ... :o Tis indeed on the list https://www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/2019/ The old Latin saying - Digitus Extractus ... Yes, thanks Keith and Tim ... :roll: My 'gulp' was not to suggest we were surprised to be on the list (as if), just the extra responsibility that someone was coming 10,000 mile...