Scalefour Forum

Paul,

Steve's picture from Warwickshire Railways posted on 2nd June shows the heads of a couple of rivets holding it on...

all the best
Richard

Julian, I was of the same mind as you, bury it in ballast and you cannot tell, but the chairs will give it away.... I didn't find it too difficult using a rather generous pitch between sleepers. They had to do it on the real railway, so we should be able to. I would endorse Lindsay's comment on the ...

Julian, The timbering is likely to be interlaced :twisted: I'm half way through one and gave up on timber shoving in Templot (a very tedious process). I just cut 9 foot sleepers (10 inch) as I decided for the period I was modelling anything more substantial was unlikely to have been used, and fitted...

JI can perhaps single out the Abteilung502 range as being particularly satisfactory when it comes to adhesion. Hello David, I am confused. I've looked on Abteilung502's site and they don't do powders. They do effects and weathering sets, but these appear to be oils, although it hints they are of a ...

David Thorpe wrote: following a useful thread on RMWeb.

Can you post a link please?

best wishes,
Richard

Flymo,

Thaks for the explanation, I didn't realise it was a High Level kit - explains a lot

best wishes,
Richard

But in this kit, the standard 2mm (for a carrying axle) bearings won't work and you have to make your own. Thanks for the excellent tip regarding the files. Are yoiu saying the High Level Miniblox won't work http://www.highlevelkits.co.uk/minibloxpage.html ? Why is that? best wishes, Richard

Mark,

A really nice feature. Are you going to paint the top of the coal stack white as I have seen LNWR stacks painted - apparently to deter theft.

best wishes,
Richard

Julian,

You can set the minimum radius somewhere in the menus or on the pop up panel (f1 or f2) when the turnout is the control template. This will tell you if any part of the turnout is below your set minimum.

HH

I think these are Right Track, the titles don't reflect the content.

Painting and weathering Wright/Rathbone 3hr 38min https://youtu.be/Ne0fBH6zNkQ
Loco builds Wright 5hr 38min https://youtu.be/a1DGQsXapFk

Lindsay, Coming along nicely. Thanks for the information regarding the thickness of the frames, I gave up making some 22 thou thick as I thought it inadequate, but as you've inspired me, I'll have another go. Using address labels from the cameo is another useful tip, thanks. I tried using paper stuc...

Barry Luck used a similar system documented on is website http://www.lbscrmodels.co.uk/weight%20distribution.html

The 485mm length to a parallel track is very useful information - track how far apart? I think we are all agreed on dimensions (from Templot) of an A6 despite using different units. The track centres are standard 12" to the foot minimum for running lines, a scale 44.67mm between centre lines. ...

I cannot help with your specific query Julian but if space is limited it might be better to consider alternative fiddle year designs such as cassettes, traversers or sector plates. Any size of turnout will always take up some space which will reduce the length of the storage roads. One of the metho...

The footplate at the other side in another image shows some wear/damage as well but not to the same extent. Would a model replicating this look accurate or portray evidence of careless handling or modelling mishap? Hello Lindsay, The only way I see that such damage would occur is regular loading of...

Lindsay, Good to hear that you have surmounted your problems to your satisfaction - in the absence of a response from the CRA and lack of photographs, it doesn't seem as if anyone will prove you wrong, particularly when everything fits where it didn't before! Looking along the edge of the footplate ...

charliemiller77 wrote:Probably a lot more than a pound now but worth it.

Still a pound, I got some about a month ago.

Being interested in purchasing an ultrasonic cleaner, I found these sites explaining frequency useful https://www.upcorp.com/blog/how-frequency-relates-to-ultrasonic-cleaning/ , https://www.omegasonics.com/ultrasonic-cleaning-2/how-do-i-know-what-frequency-i-need-for-my-ultrasonic-cleaner/ . I have ...

Tim

I think Paul is talking about the cosmetic springs that appear (if you enlarge the photograph) to be attached to the outside of the frames. Maybe you are thinking about CSB springs - maybe... possibly...?

No doubt all will be revealed.

best wishes,

Who installed the chips, if DCC did it then it would be likely they tested it, indicating something wrong with your controller Where did you get it and has it ever worked for you with a loco, and if it did, how long ago? There is this thread on RMWeb (2015) that documents problems with the throttle ...

I am slightly confused Paul ... aren't the springs removable - so that you can drop the wheels out? Or do you fit the wheels permenantly so to speak requireing them to be removed from the axles if they need dropping out at a later date? Tim, Unless I am very much mistaken, the wheelsets would come ...

Sapper,

Do you know the controller works?

We had a discussion on Mike Edge's thread on RMWeb recently about the mods necessary to make the indexing work properly; these are simple, but shouldn't be necessary on a piece of kit of this price. David, I've spent some time looking on RMWeb but can't find this thread as it is relevant to Paul's ...

Paul,

What thickness is the fret?

best wishes,
Richard

Paul, Well done to your wife and yourself. A perfect example of what can be done with care and the minimum of equipment. Also a good demonstration of the press and answered my question perfectly. I see the benefit of a press being the consistency of the product and as you say, you can manage with on...