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Will L wrote:.... its doing the Walschaerts valve gear that size that gives me the horrors.

The 2FS band might be able to help....

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That looks like fun.

Another one for the Hawksworth 15xx (6'4"×6'6") will be equally tight.

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grovenor-2685 wrote:The website says brass!

Just looked at mine. All n/s.

Maybe the next one I buy will be brass.

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Serjt-Dave wrote:....why is your tenders in nickel silver?...

I'd say most of these kits were turned out in nickel silver. All of the ones I have are n/s.

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DougN wrote:This is exactly the thing I was talking about. Horse has lost his, ....

I haven't lost mine. I just can't remember where I put them!!

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....the late Dave Haswell handed me a part-built 2-6-4T in a Lima (!) box with no instructions and lots of tiny parts, many of which were cut from the fret. From the wheels and the shape of the running plate, and the smokebox/boiler/firebox castings I would guess it to be a Gibson Stanier. If anyon...

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davebradwell wrote:....No consideration for those putting the motor in the tender, I see.

I think there was an assumption back in 1993 that the supply of RG4s wouldn't dry up

so the possibility of having a rear engine wasn't catered for in the tender design.

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...., the County is 4-6-0 as Ivan has said. Origins were Falcon. The only bits that made it to the final model were the cabsides and foot plate - and that was shortened. .... On reflection, the old M&L Hawksworth County is probably a better starting point. The Falcon "Mod. Hall" turne...

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.....whose kit is the County? is it the 4-4-0, or the later 4-6-0? I ask because I have been working on a Mitchell Castle kit bogie, springing it as the prototype, and the owner has suggested that what has been done might help you and/or others..... It's the 4-6-0, and it started life as a Falcon B...

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.... have a pair of times 3 plain glasses and it makes one hell of a difference and on the odd occasion I still use the optovisor with them as well. I have too say that the specs take a bit of getting used to, especially when you look for bits or tools on the bench.... https://upload.wikimedia.org/...

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.... I don't have modelling issues at the moment being short sighted, so I guess I have about 10 years before I have to look at optivisors etc... getting older is no fun like this. .... I've been shortsighted since 12 partly because of modelling. But correcting it with varifocals now makes it diffi...

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Dunno, Doug. I picked up the soldering iron for what seemed like the first time in months, and realised that my eyesight isn't what it used to be, even with varifocals. Tasks such as assembling coupling rods are no longer the easy process I used to take for granted. I 'm going to try an Optivisor ma...

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davebradwell wrote:....We've nearly got an A2 test etch....

Believe me, I've waited a long time for this.

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I think the point of underetching small parts like these is to provide the builder with enough safety margin to file down.

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....The other 10 year old project has been my standard class 5 from a Gibson kit. Still waiting for the gearbox for this, I still have no idea why I didn't finish it! I know it wasn't a very happy build..... Let me guess: footplate valancing not reaching to the buffer beam? Asymmetrical firebox cas...

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Mike Garwood wrote:....the last of the Sharman's wheels that I have....

Unearthed a similar set of Sharman 6'2"s that I forgot I had

- those crankpins were never quite long enough.

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.... All my chassis are built with split axles. The centre line on the rear axle isn't a split - it's just where the beam has rubbed. I used HL hornblocks and on the driven axle fitted wire through the keeper plates that was too thick to allow any flexing. As I result it's rigid but I can drop it o...

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nberrington wrote:..... Already showing £53, so I’m sure it will sell for way too much anyway......

If the Y7 going for £102 a week or two ago was anything to by....

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PeteT wrote:....I doubt there ever will be Ultrascales, .....

The same might be said of BR Standard wheels for the Pacifics and the 9F...

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any thoughts on whether replacement D11/D13 motor brushes can be sourced or whether a re-motoring would be necessary? You may be able to adapt pencil leads if you're stuck for spares. From what I can see, the 4mm build market has shrunk considerably from early 1990s or is that me misreading? Will m...

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Philip Hall wrote:...I spoke to David Rogers yesterday and at the moment he's getting in still.

That's good news.

Should be able to put in an order for more axles of various lengths at end of month.

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DaveHarris wrote:I have just been looking at the website 'EM Gauge 70s'. This has a section dealing with the conversion of various locomotives, to EM Gauge, but irrespective of gauge it provides some useful information for you and your 'Loco man'.

Direct link to Class 14 wheel conversion

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jim s-w wrote:Wanna bet on how many actually get built?

Apparently as many as 26 of the 7mm kit were completed.

I think we'll be lucky if we reach double figures.

UPDATE: artwork going off to the etchers next week. Looks like there are some etch firms that are still working.

Horsetan

Some minor tweaks to the motion, which now has some facility to be built reversible:

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Warren Shephard has now disclosed some of the artwork that he has tweaked for 4mm scale:

There's also the original instruction diagrams for the 7mm kit available if anyone is Interested.

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