Scalefour Forum

pete_mcfarlane wrote:Now that's interesting......

40 quid if you want 5 week delivery.

35 quid if you can wait until Christmas.

pete_mcfarlane wrote:.....I wonder if the South Eastern Kits 0/01 could be shot down to 4mm scale?....

Already done, and available to order, apparently. 5 weeks.

Just had a parcel in from Warren Shephard.... Looks like the kit's ready, then.

Mike Garwood wrote:....Please forgive the washing in the background.....

Is that a bra hanging off the side there

Julian Roberts wrote:.....I've got a single to make, a 4-2-2, sometime. ...

MR Spinner?

David Knight wrote:....Those “chopper” style couplings look the part for narrow gauge. Whose are they?

A fret of chopper couplings can be obtained from Branchlines nowadays. Either five or five pairs per pack.

JackBlack wrote:So this solves the problem of drop-out wheels with csbs and having to figure out a way to make the springs removable?

That depends on how you mount them

It does look as though you've even managed to incorporate dents in the roof skin

steamraiser wrote:Here is my test build Peckett fitted with wheels using David Bigcheeseplant's centres ....I believe the wheels look the part.

But where are the wheels available from....if indeed they are available

Neil Smith wrote:...I guess I am wondering if old etches really die, or perchance somehow they sleepeth?! ...

They probably get deleted. Then again, a fair few old etches continue to have a life in the hands of Eileen's Emporium.

Ivan, you shouldn't really swap plain for Timken axleboxes as these were larger and consequently the frames around them were a slightly different shape. Same with the tender. One day I'll etch some alternative Cartazzi and tender frames but you know how these things go...... Yes, I'm aware of the s...

That looks excellent. Inside big-end method there for other classes, like the Bradwell J27

Daddyman wrote:....You are, presumably, aware of the failings of the model?

Nothing that a set of Timken axleboxes and cover discs won't solve (Hornby "Tornado" could be a possible help here).... although I can't remember the rivet pattern that the cabsides are supposed to have....

Philip Hall wrote:....What’s the Falcon one for the O like?

Its redeeming feature is that it's not a Branchlines one.

....I said it was a bit dodgy, .... It goes with the whole ethos of the kit. .... coupling rods, as the ones provided by the kit are a bit poor and very flimsy. ... I managed to make the original rods properly jointed, but they are very slender and perilously close to snapping in half. It's such a ...

I'm just about getting my act together to build one of these, bought several years ago. Wondered if anyone has any experience or advice to offer, particularly as to motorising it? Good luck with: - the oval boiler casting - you'll see this when trying to plug it into the smokebox casting; DSC00445....

CDGFife wrote:....I also have some 16T smaller mitres from here:
https://www.gearsandsprockets.co.uk/met ... tre-gears/
to try as a further space saver....

Interesting

Clive Impey wrote:In S4News number 5 there is a very useful article on machining Sharman wheels to P4 standards.

Worth having a look at.....

Branchlines may still have suitable gears in stock - they sent me their PDF price lists yesterday.

Other alternatives may be NWSL (under new ownership).

A fair few of the P4-profile stuff is already sold out. 9F, Britannia, SECR "H" wheels gone already. Think the GW 6'8" size is also gone in one of the crank variations. I had a set of 4' 12-spk o/s for the BR Class 11 shunter. One or two of the wheel centres looked a touch ropey. The ...

Ref. Sharman Wheels. The renewed availability of the range of Sharman wheels is a great benefit, especially for those of us who model the pre-group railways. AFAIK, the tyres are turned on a auto lathe, not one of Mike's original Myfords. Mike originally turned the tyres with a locking groove on th...

davebradwell wrote:Yes, you'll see why I redesigned the chassis to get rid of the dreaded jigging operation that I could never get to work properly, either. ...

As I have two of the Version 1 chassis, maybe assembling them on one of those fancy chassis jigs might help?

Dave Holt wrote:....all a mad idea anyway..

I like mad.

Interesting.

Going well there

Hopefully the kit will be available some time next year.