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I have been trying my hand at making vee's. Do you guys solder it together from the top or bottom of the rails? Cheers Hi Mike. I have always soldered my Crossing Vee rails together with them held in position in the assembly jig with the rails head uppermost so I can see that they are a good fit. T...

Thanks, I will try that way too

grovenor-2685 wrote:I always put my vees head down in the jig, hence solder from the bottom.
See http://www.norgrove.me.uk/points.html
Yours looks perfectly satisfactory, good for the 5th one.
Regards

Thanks Keith,

I will knock up another one and solder it from the bottom.

Cheers

I have been trying my hand at making vee's. The one in the pictures is about my 5th attempt, I think I am getting there but just wondering if it looks ok? Do you guys solder it together from the top or bottom of the rails?

Cheers

btw is there any guides on using the vee filing jigs? I used to buy pre-made from C&L but I thought it was time to give it a go myself Tony Wilkins has a very helpful topic on turnout construction that you may find useful? https://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5727 Steve Thank...

btw is there any guides on using the vee filing jigs? I used to buy pre-made from C&L but I thought it was time to give it a go myself

Terry Bendall wrote:Filing jigs for the larger angle turnouts are now in stock at the stores and can be ordered in the usual way. They will also be on sale at Scalefour North.

Terry Bendall

Thanks Terry, Order placed

No but I will check. I have checked on the delivery. A combination of lots of work and staff illness means that production of the jigs is about two weeks behind the estimated delivery date which will make delivery about February 22nd/23rd. I shall be at the Glasgow show that weekend so collection w...

any updated ETA on these?

Thanks all, I will avoid pre-painting the rail and chairs before I build then! Sounds like that wasn't such a great idea. I am quite new to this airbrushing so although I am using a fine needle it still ends up all over the sleepers so I think I might go with masking it off. I shall continue practi...

Thanks all, I will avoid pre-painting the rail and chairs before I build then! Sounds like that wasn't such a great idea. I am quite new to this airbrushing so although I am using a fine needle it still ends up all over the sleepers so I think I might go with masking it off. I shall continue practis...

Tim V wrote:This track was getting 10 steam trains a day over it.

Note how the rust has gone onto the ballast under the rails.

Concrete sleepers in the picture, but I painted mine with an air brush, but masked off the sleepers.

Thanks Tim, I will give using abit of masking tape a go

What photographs are you following for track colouring? None at the moment, Just doing some practicing ready for when I start building my trackwork next week. I am attempting to get the rail looking about right and then when it's all ballasted give it a light weathering to blend it in without loosi...

Has anyone tried cutting up rail and painting/weathering it and the chairs separately before threading them on and gluing them down? I made up a mock section of track and I went over it with the airbrush with a fine nozzle but no matter how hard I tried it seemed to go onto my nice wooden sleepers a...

Awesome news! Thanks very much! I shall order one as soon as you get them

Thanks Flymo

If it helps with getting them made I am also after one.. I don't know what sort of numbers would be needed to get a batch made?

Thanks Chris, Just the info I was looking for :) I decided to rip up my mainline plans and go for a countryside layout as I think they look so much nicer (although not to everyone's taste) I have been struggling with trying to get the track colours right though on my practice track so I shall give y...

Very nice! I love the shot from the farm down to the railway crossing. Btw what did you use to paint/stain your sleepers and paint the rail sides and chairs?

Anyway my plan is to glue the templot sheet directly onto a separate piece of cork, Once dry I will cut around the template leaving the correct width for the ballast shoulder. Hello Mike, I have not tried / seen it done this particular way, but I would just mention that the most difficult thing abo...

Absolutely wonderful layout and full of the finer details. Out of interest, How long is the scenic section?

Anymore updates to this cracking layout?

Thanks Alastair for organising all this, I have been chugging away at getting things in binders

I'd like to place an order for 5 of the MRJ binders please too if it's not too late Seems a much better way of keeping them instead of having them lying around all over the place

I bought a couple of his kits at the gcr model event, a nice easy weighbridge to start and a greenhouse to challenge me. However they are still in a box in the loft as i'm not quite at that stage yet but I am looking forward to giving them a go and Andy was very informative when I spoke to him about...