Scalefour Forum

300 mile round trip - a tad far methinks, but I'd have liked to come.

Lambourn at Scaleforum 1989!

I think Alan added the embankment leading to the station.

To get the links into the hook, you must have pushed them in, widening the gap at the top. I broached the hole for the links out, to ensure the links would hang freely. This also made a burr across the top, ensuring the links would not fall out. The links were then threaded into the holes in the hook.

Branchlines?

This has been a very interesting thread, that I've only just come across. Perhaps the title needs amending?

Just checked my copy of MRN June 1950 - the coal tank article still provides inspiration.

Actually, I preferred the dark lighting at Railex.

It meant that those layouts that bothered to have their own lighting could better control their colour balance.

Being blasted with stadium lighting (it is a sports stadium, not an art gallery) does nothing for rendering colours on model railways.

What is the position on parking at Stoke Mandeville?

I believe the parking cameras are turned off for Railex, is that the case this September?

An electric pencil is actually an extremely unreliable method of contact - see 'Design for reliability' by Stewart Hine, February 1976 Model Railways.

You need to alter the heading on your first post!

Done,
Keith

I think that Chris has put a lot of work into something which has been very neglected. Back in City University days there used to be the society dinner, a sit down affair. These days it's 'come to the show' but nothing else. One of the big pulls for Scaleforum (for me) is the social side, and OK the...

Melamine has a melting point of 343 °C , but it gives off nitrogen so won't catch fire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melamine I think you are being over cautious, I've used high melting point solder for vees, and lower melting point for the rest of the work. Don't forget to solder the vee from the ...

How about the gallon of white spirit from B&Q (other DIY stores are available), instead of those little tins ...

Oh, and I thought you had finally seen the light and gone WR

Any picture, of whatever quality, is better than no picture.

As Galen Rowell once famously said "F8 and be there".

grovenor-2685 wrote:

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Tis indeed on the list https://www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/2019/

The old Latin saying - Digitus Extractus ...

Shows how tired I was last night

Brilliant, Nigel, even so! The Scott Mackenzie (aka 'Phil' Blondheim III.....) classic was a favourite earworm of mine for ages during summer (and autumn) '67....... Happy memories! Steve I hated that song. I was sat in a queue waiting for a haircut, and someone kept putting it on the jukebox, over...

If you're going to The Scaleforum Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you're going to The Scaleforum You're gonna meet some model people there For those who come to The Scaleforum Autumntime will be a compensated affair In the aisles of The Scaleforum Model people with flowers in their hai...

dcockling wrote:You could always wear a flower in your hair just in case.

Since when did Aylesbury become San Francisco?

But what do you look like?

There could be lots of little blue engines at the show.

If they wore name badges I'd be able to recognise them. As it is, i could be standing next to such a person watching a leyout and neither of us would be any wiser as to other's identity. But just because a few people may not see the point of badges, is that sufficient reason for the Society not to ...

I'm sure that's good - if you know people at the show and have "old chums" there. If you come from an area that has very few P4 modellers and as a result know hardly anybody at the show, and virtually nobody wears a name badge, then there is no social aspect. Going round the show may be O...

Meanwhile the hobby moves on, I wonder also Brian, if Will Lichfield’s series on csb passed you by? That kind of comment is a bit self defeating - it is merely a different way, not necessarily better . And for a beginner, the complications of a CSB chassis is certainly a step to far. And does it re...

Highley is an interesting example, should a train be sent from Hampton Loade (for example) to cross at Highley, it has to be sent under 'warning' (rule 5) section clear but station or junction blocked. Note only home and starter. The yellow disc was probably put in under preservation, GWR practice w...