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It’s not as precise, but I’ve successfully used a pair of pliers to press rivets into sleepers. It’s very straight forward on plain sleepers, turnout sleepers need to be drilled first. If you can’t find a press this may work as an alternative.

AJs and screwlinks? They don’t interfere with each other?

“Thoughts on Better Running” Parts 1 & 2 by Julian Roberts, Scalefour News 199 and 200.

At the beginning of January I bought a 3D printer and have been printing all sorts of things since then, mostly in N scale. I’ve had trouble making the short section of exposed boiler on the Goods Tank, it’s either the right length or the right diameter, and never round enough, so I thought I’d try ...

Hmm. I wouldn't put it past Apple to make the colour balance on the camera worse with each software release until you are forced to buy a new one. They already have been shown to make them get slower. David Not to derail the thread too much, but the camera algorithms are optimised for faces. On the...

Noel/Martin Thanks very much for those notes - some very useful insights into the system and some of its limitations! Peter Ah, I didn't specify the motor myself, I just used the one Chris Gibbons recommended to go with the chassis as intended to fit in the Airfix/Hornby body. So, I looked on the m...

Really interesting history around that area of the city. I live nearby during the week while working in London and always wondered what existed before the DLR around that part of town. I pass from Canning Town to Bank every day an on the right hand side (heading towards Bank) there are two curves o...

I may be completely off here. The whole thing has four switch blades right? Two long ones and two short ones? I think that attaching one long blade and the opposite short blade to the same tiebar would work. I can’t see any other way of doing it unless you have four individually controlled blades, b...

I’m approaching the point in a kit I’m building where the instructions say to rivet parts together. How do I do this? The kit includes a few rivets. I suspect I’ll need some tools, but I don’t know what. I don’t really want to just start hammering, so some advice would be appreciated.
Thank!

hughesp87 wrote:Gareth,

Thanks for tracking the picture down. Was that part of a specific article about the Park tanks? I'll have to try to obtain a copy.

Geraint

The entire issue is North London tank engines. The various 4-4-0 passenger engines, the adorable crane tank, and the Goods tanks.

Gentlemen Thank you for your quick responses to my query and the attached pictures and notes which were very interesting, I see I will have to do a bit of work to the plumbing on top of the tanks. The details of the engine on the Bluebell will be be very useful, it is surprising the number of minor...

Hi Sapper, Gareth - that's a great picture of 7511 at the foot of Sheep Pasture Incline on the Cromford & High Peak. I've never seen that shot before, despite the fact that my CHP collection now runs to several hundred photos. If you could find anything that relates to its origins, I'd be very ...

I don’t remember the source of this picture. It’s LMS, but I doubt the arrangement changed. The pipes run inside of the tank filler. https://i.imgur.com/B5z4NOx.jpg There is also a picture of the top of the preserved engine in my workbench thread: https://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=128&...

Jonathan, The clockmaker on the 'Repair Shop' program (BBC2 6:45pm weekdays) has a second pair of normal sized lenses attached to his glasses. He was finding and reaming out a 0.15mm hole with no problem so they must be pretty good. I did a quick internet search but couldn't find anything. Maybe ot...

I'd take a look through Wizard Model's catalouge. They have a good selection of components and you should be able to mix and match to get something that works. I'd be tempted to use two single shoes, or cut clasp brakes in half, the white metal ones are probably good for this. Then there are levers ...

Well, I bought a Hymek. I'm a bit surprised by this, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. It's blue and pre-TOPS, so that fits the few BR wagons I've accumulated. It came pre-weathered from eBay and the person who did the weathering did a very good job. I bought a PenBits sprung bogie kit for...

Indeed; some idiosyncratic and interesting buildings, of significantly different vintages and styles. I presume that the small warehouses back onto the river? The real small warehouses back onto Tower Bridge Road. They're not very interesting on that side, but the Horsleydown Lane side is more pict...

I made a bunch of temporary buildings today. I thought that having something would be better than nothing and I could work out the basic designs now. Most of the buildings are based on real ones I've found in London. Most have been rearranged a bit, but they should give the character I'm after. Ever...

It's a good technique. I haven't tried it myself, but I have bought some N scale vehicles produced this way. They were shrunk from either HO or S scale models and have come out very well. They're better quality than a lot of the commercial N scale vehicles available.

Progress has continued with track being laid in the fiddleyard. I made it over to Scalefour North a week ago and picked up the last package of Exactoscale P4 trackbase that C&L had in stock. This turned out to be the perfect amount to build a three road sector plate. I had considered four roads,...

Usually manufacturers wait until one finishes the scratchbuilding project before releasing the kit.

I started these two weeks ago...

Today I decided to shorten the main siding at the front of the layout. With the bufferstop in place there was very little room between it and the adjacent building. I didn't think it looked like a reasonable way for any sort of vehicle to access the wharf. I looked at a couple of options and ended u...

Here are both the Templot file and the PDF for those who are interested.

Looking good Gareth, these 'simple' trackplans can be deceptively complex! also far more 'prototypical' than the plethora of 3-ways, slips and diamonds we sometimes see crammed into tiny spaces :o Can I ask what the overall dimensions of the scenic part of the layout are and the crossing angles you...

I have finally finished the wiring. Well, except for the fiddleyard. The points have been finished, the point motors installed, a control box assembled, wires strung around. Lots of work with not that much to show. I have tested most of the layout and things are working well. I can't check the first...