Scalefour Forum

Surely the very issue that makes many people use joggles even when not modelling the GWR is that if we don't use a joggle the blades HAVE to taper to zero - at the gauging height - if they are not to be undergauge relative to the opposite stockrail at their tips? Not quite zero actually as the set ...

Story hit the newspapers today.

dcockling wrote:

Phil O wrote:David, Is there any progress on the bus timetable?
Thanks Phil

Hi Phil,

Which bus and which David?

Or are you thinking of David Lane and Railex next weekend?

All the Best
Danny

In helpful spirit railex details are here http://www.railex.org.uk/railex2019v.htm

Is any of the stock in the video converted to P87? No way to tell from that video.
Rgds

Masokits do one also, as an alternative.

If it's good practice to avoid a loop, then surely this is the thing to do, especially as it doesn't cost anything The DCC system is agnostic on a loop in the bus, if the layout has a loop in the track, then a loop in the bus has the benefit of reducing voltage drop in the bus. But if there is a go...

This seems to ba an area where misunderstandings often arise. There is no problem installing the bus wires as a continuous loop, just like the rails in a simple oval. But its not required, so in your case you can leave a gap in the bus wires at the doorway, whatever suits your setup. The DCC power a...

Which of Michael Clark’s Masokit etch has the coning gauge? Sounds like a very useful item to have. I'll check when I am back home this evening. Rgds Check not done very well, no such frets in my wagon box, so probably on a coach bogie fret but I can't find the relevant box, its to far into the lof...

Which of Michael Clark’s Masokit etch has the coning gauge? Sounds like a very useful item to have.

I'll check when I am back home this evening.
Rgds

Might not the speed of the train be a question? After the previous Ordsall Road accident where it became clear newly profiled P1 wheels could flange climb, and the lack of a flange lubricator on this curve for moves in this reverse direction, I'd have thought a simple recommendation could be for si...

Have you already described elsewhere how you make the crossings of the street track in your photo?

They are etched, full details on Andy's website http://www.proto87.com/
Rgds

Dave,
That really is simple, see http://www.norgrove.me.uk/points.html.
Rgds

Isn't our wheel profile already designed to approximate a worn profile, which also has worn to a deeper flange? Well, no it isn't. see the P4 standards in the digest. 2. The tyre profile is based on BS 276 contour A. 3. All dimensions are in millimetres. 4. The tolerances on any contour tools used ...

IMHO you are overthinking it, making a jig my way on the actual template will be accurate enough.
Rgds

I found them near-impossible to disassemble if you get the quartering a bit wrong, as the boss will not let go of the axle... . The original P4(Studiolith) ones have a taper fit between bush and axle, like the flywheel on a Mini or Morse drills in a lathe, the come apart very easily with a sharp ta...

billbedford wrote:So how many people want H class wheels?
Drop me an email if you do.

All you listing your wants on here might like to note what Bill wrote.
Rgds

Cone depth is very consistent if you stick with one supplier

That has not been my experience, you must be lucky.
Rgds

Watch out for a peculiarity - waisted bearings have shallower cones than plain which I am convinced is a drawing error. There's no obvious reason for this but there's no mechanism for changing it. Its a bit more complex than this, cone depth is not very consistent, Masokits provides a cone depth ga...

A related topic on RMweb came up with this source for screws 1mm at 10mm length, packs of 100 at a very reasonable price. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M1-M1-2-M1-6-M2-M2-5-A2-STAINLESS-MACHINE-SCREWS-CSK-COUNTERSUNK-SLOTTED-BOLTS/191481004526?hash=item2c952841ee:m:m9CPBayODBxwvCaSOm9QZMQ regards I or...

I reckon I should take the rodding along the platform edge from the signal box, across the rebuilt coal siding and then presume that the original run wouldn't have been moved when the siding was removed, that would leave a track width gap between the rodding and the main line. That makes perfect se...

A related topic on RMweb came up with this source for screws 1mm at 10mm length, packs of 100 at a very reasonable price. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M1-M1-2-M1-6-M2-M2-5-A2-STAINLESS-MACHINE-SCREWS-CSK-COUNTERSUNK-SLOTTED-BOLTS/191481004526?hash=item2c952841ee:m:m9CPBayODBxwvCaSOm9QZMQ regards

Phil,
It would be finger trouble, you did the 'place in line' twice, but both times for the same image, hence the other image just appears at the bottom.
You can just go back in and edit it.
Regards

Tripcocks were required on the widened lines and post steam were fitted to the diesels working there, 23, 24, 31 etc. Also required for the Hammersmith and City and 3 2251 class locos had tripcocks for that. Trains running into Paddington Suburban (platforms 13 - 16) also required tripcocks which wo...

That picture was published by the NRM and offered publicly for use as a screensaver.
Regards

While I'm thinking about it I'm also thinking about, but rather more hazily, the only bit of wholly cosmetic modelling on the project, the cylinder drain cocks. I'm not terribly acquainted with them visually, and photos don't exactly home in on those details. An impression is all that's really need...