Scalefour Forum

Isn't it at least worth a try, perhaps starting at Scalefour North next year? If that happens I might actually go. This is getting a bit surreal. Are you saying that your decision to go or not go is based on people wearing name badges? I know, you could volunteer to man the badges desk! ;) At profe...

To go with these (and you can get the Railway Roundabout annual highlights in DVD) there are also Peter Handford's sound recordings on the Lickey, although I'm not sure of their availability as a CD at the moment. Apart from the sounds of the trains (and the shouts of the spotters on the incline) hi...

What I will do is buy some Heptane, try it in CMX alone or with IPA in the proportions used by the WD40 product and do some trials in my CMX tanker: 1. Clean GWR Up with IPA alone 2. Clean Gwr Down with Heptane + IPA mix 3. Clean S&DJR with mix as 2 and then a light rub of graphite on gauge cor...

I don't know Paul, sorry, but alongside this what do people use? Acetone, lighter fluid?

We have one for 'Balcombe'. Rod successfully converted it using (IIRC) Brassmasters CCUs. I'll ask him for some pictures when he's available. I did a cut-and-shut and carve-up on a Brassmasters bogie and using 10.5mm (IIRC) Kean Maygib wheels. To be honest there wasn't much left of the bogie frames...

I tried my best with a Masokits sprung bogie for a 12-wheel Pullman. On 8 wheels it was fine, but with 12 I just couldn't get the centre axle to stay on the track. My pragmatic solution - cut-and-spread a Brassmasters twin-torsion bogie and use flangeless dummy wheels in the middle. Nobody can see, ...

In another place a member was asking about storing all those loose bits of wire etc and was making good use of a Johnny Walker box. Hi John Not getting at you specifically, many do it, but assuming you mean RMWeb (other forums are available) why can't we say 'On RMWeb' or even provide the link in c...

Rod - the cameras we use in the Roundhouse are standard CCTV pinholes like this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XXPD7X4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I use them on Cadhay also (thanks to Lindsay & the team's research of their operation for the Roundhouse) and ...

Can you tell me something about the camera set-up in the roundhouse please? Make/model of camera especially. Thanks.

I just did this conversion this afternoon, took about an hour and taking my time. The bogie cover plate is conventional Heljan, start to prise it off from one end with a small screwdriver and gently pull it away from the clips. I did it from the inboard end but still managed to break one of the cros...

Ivo Peters' tripod?

Has anyone converted a Heljan Metropolitan electric to P4 and is it a reasonable proposition for a first attempt at a RTR conversion? I haven't done mine yet, but there's plenty of room and it looks as straightforward as other Heljan locos. Unclip the bogie cover plate (it looks like it's the entir...

Hi Bill

All it says on my can is 'contains alcohols, petroleum distillates and liquefied petroleum propellant'; and that it contains a chemical known by the state of California to be carcinogenic and cause birth/reproductive harm. But you probably know that much already.

That is very sad news. Colin's work on Newhaven and in particular his scratchbuilt plasticard 4SUB were inspirational. Many condolences to you and your family.

It's a beautiful kit, usable for many places, not just the Midland (presumably a contractor's 'standard' product, although they all seem to be slightly different). I have bashed three of them into the long-span footbridge for Balcombe - OK I only needed two of them for the extra straight span sectio...

Hi Steve

Presumably the H and L are 'heavy' and 'light', as in 'heavy intermediate' and 'light intermediate'.

On the Ouse Valley viaduct we have found that the style of guard rails changes quite often, usually some form of FB rail (probably conductor rail) spiked in the four-foot, but at varying gauges, and sometimes some form of rail or bar attached to the outside of the running rail. (Our question would b...

Bit of a minefield this one. Certainly blood & custard Bulleids could have a crimson upper band or no discernible crimson at all - compare for example the photos on pages 153 and 155 of King's Southern Coaches book. King defers to Parkin for chapter and verse on the crimson/cream paint scheme. A...

Good to see you back, Mike

Tim, did you record who won the Eileen's Emporium prize at Scalefour North earlier this year?

You should have come over to the test track Martin! (I would have been interested to see them myself, but had little time away from it.)

I am not a great fan of screw terminal connectors in general. They may be all right for short term testing, but as a long term or permanent arrangement, no. The biggest problem is that people don't do the screws up tightly enough to begin with and wires have a habit of coming loose causing failures...

The manufacturer had made the classic mistake of solder filling the thick flexible wires before clamping them into the screw terminals. All electrical users, especially manufacturers should know that over years the solder migrates under pressure thus loosening the joint and causing heating.....the ...

Alan Woodard wrote:I'd prefer A billinton B2 with the Pullman Brighton limited.

Vert nice layout, will look forward to seeing it exhibited.

Cheers.

Alan.

Hopefully Scaleforum 2019 when we will be offering running powers to Pulborough stock.

This bank holiday weekend just gone would have been the dress rehearsal for Scaleforum, but personal events conspired against us and brought progress almost to a halt. Nonetheless we kept the hall booking (the only occasions when we can put it all up) for an assembly and running test. Here are some ...