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I have found the process of laying sleepers, creating sub assemblies of complicated sections of point work, then laying sections of track utilising chairs which are 'fixed' down to the sleepers an enjoyable and therapeutic activity. I enjoy the link to the process on the actual railway as illustrate...

[quote="Tonycardall" When attempting to unsolder the part I held the iron in place too long and ended up with a pile of metal with many of the pieces attached at all sorts of jaunty angles. [/quote] Hi Tony, I had the same problem during the learning process. I now find a liberal array of ...

Inspirational stuff Julian ... great to see the scratch built elements coming together

Where did you get your drills from?

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for the thumbs up.

I don't know about the relative effects of different cleaning agents on the plastic wheel centres ... perhaps you could ask Colin at the AGW. I cleaned my set up using good old soapy water and a artists brush ... which seemed to do the job.

Hi Nick, I don't claim to be anything but a beginner on this, but I bonded my templot prints to a cork sub-base using neat waterproof quality PVA. I found that by using a thin coat and using it neat there was next to no movement of the paper and no cockling of the print. It dried nice and flat overn...

Horseman wrote:...... because who knows if the range will ever see the light of day again?

Excuse my ignorance .... why are the kits no longer available? Is there anywhere one can read up on the back story?

Thanks Allan, I suppose I was vaguely wondering if there might be a fine mechanism dry lubricant which discouraged contamination ... a bit like 'dry lube' is now the recommended route on bicycles to avoid the grinding paste of oil and road grit. Many mechanisms now seem to favour a silicon lubricant...

I did remove the chassis ... but it was on the same work bench

I have just spent some time thoroughly cleaning the chassis of my 1Fas it appeared to have become a little 'sticky' under slow operation ....as nothing had changed in the set up from earlier, I deduced that some of the filing etc taking place during the detailing of the bodywork had contaminated the...

Hope you don't mind me rotating these. Really enjoying watching how you develop this

This only becomes a real issue with sprung systems at they do need vertical W irons to work as intended, while compensated or rigid axles are not so choosy. For them just bending the W irons in or out a bit is a viable option. You've just been lucky so far Tim. I think the very last section in the ...

HI Tim, :) Great stuff looks fantastic! Allan Thanks Allan ... and thanks for all the help and advice. It has been a steep learning curve with many a 1 step forward and two steps back ... but ultimately very rewarding. I shall probably pause before painting and turn my attention to the additional t...

[ Also squeezing the W irons in just puts them at an angle. It they are vertical, the coning should match the pinpoint on the axle. Off vertical? Well you do the maths. With me the pinching is very minor and causes no discernible movement out of vertical, it just tightens things up a bit ... anyway...

I have to admit I have always used waisted bearings with my BB W Irons ... I find that it vastly simplifies/minimises the creation of the recess within the axle boxes to allow the suspension to move up and down. My experience to date is that I have no problems with back to front slop. It might be wo...

For what its worth Tony, I have this thread bookmarked for study when i get around to thinking through my own lever and interlocking array .... So the more mistakes and clarifications the better as far as I am concerned ... though I can understand that you might view things slightly differently. :D ...

The perceived wisdom in the early days of modelling to P4 standards was that everything needed some sort of compensation/springing. I think experience has shown many people that short four wheel wagons and bogies on coaches and wagons of RTR stock can usually be made to run without either. If it wo...

Update on progress ... I have been detailing up the bodywork and scratching my head a little regarding battery and motor positions once I found that cumulative inaccuracies meant that I was about 2mm short of the required space as I had calculated it and so I couldn't get everything to fit :shock: ....

In that sense the forum is a slightly misleading environment .... one doesn't tend to post until the work is at a level/standard where you are happy to show. But when you are reading other threads you are doing so from a position of a full knowledge of your own failings and issues. Whatever anyone t...

That looks very convincing ... and not overly full. Look forward to seeing the Crew

Lovely work Nick ... the tender will have to have a very full load of coal given the battery size

This link to a method of representing water is interesting if you didn't catch it earlier

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really enjoying this

May be way off base and so not relevant... but might there be some of the research done for Trerice which might be helpful? I assume Mr Rice will have done exhaustive research into the subject?

John Donnelly wrote:

Le Corbusier wrote:

SteamAle wrote: If I was as skillful as Gordon Gravitt I'd have used his system.

Happy modelling
Philip

Is his system described in detail anywhere?

Tim

MRJ issue 235.

Damn ... my collection starts at 237

SteamAle wrote: If I was as skillful as Gordon Gravitt I'd have used his system.

Happy modelling
Philip

Is his system described in detail anywhere?

Tim