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- Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:51 am
- Forum: Tim V
- Topic: Re: Tim V's workbench - latest shenanigans
- Replies: 421
- Views: 159228
Re: Tim V's workbench
Different components have different escape radii; Craig Welsh brake lever guards, maybe a foot to eighteen inches. LMS BR coupling hooks - 2+ feet. Only stopped by the skirting board. Wizard Models screw couplings - 8 to 10 inches. I credit the floppiness of the assemblage with having a restrictive ...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 8:08 pm
- Forum: Guest Book
- Topic: GWR bufferstops available at last
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4224
Re: GWR bufferstops available at least
At least, Dave? Your self-critiscism does your supportive output a huge disservice 

- Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:30 pm
- Forum: jjnewitt
- Topic: JJNewitt's Wonderful World of Wagons - Anchor Mount Tanks
- Replies: 109
- Views: 59307
Re: JJNewitt's Wonderful World of Wagons
Interesting work, Justin; especially to those of us with a penchant for things pushed, pulled and prodded. I'll have to tweak the other 2 Bachmann 1/108s I have into something else now, I suppose :) If I recall correctly, Iain Rice wrote in MRJ about doing something similar in populating Butley Mill...
- Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:59 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: LNER N7/3
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3671
Re: LNER N7/3
A post on the LNER Encyclopedia http://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7995 has timings for electric stock from Enfield Town to Liverpool St. The N7's had to do it quicker, it seems. If someone knows the distance between ET and LS, speed could be calculated..
- Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:29 pm
- Forum: Wagons
- Topic: White Handrails?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4536
Re: White Handrails?
Were yards blacked out in WW1 as an air-raid precaution? IIRC, a lot of wagons had their brake handles painted white so they could be seen in the WW2 blackouts. It seems that - in response to Zeppelin raids in 1915/16 - that there was a form of blackout - not quite as religious as Warden Hodges mig...
- Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:11 am
- Forum: Wagons
- Topic: White Handrails?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4536
Re: White Handrails?
As far as the GWR goes: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/34512-when-did-the-gwr-start-painting-the-brake-van-handrails-white/#entry366409 That would seem to suggest that it is likely they were _not_ painted white in period 1906-1908 (or in 1910 for my 6 wheel AA1 brake van if I bui...
- Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:59 pm
- Forum: Wagons
- Topic: White Handrails?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4536
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:40 pm
- Forum: iak
- Topic: Padgate Works - Wagon Erecting Shop
- Replies: 47
- Views: 19761
Re: Padgate Works...
Nice work, IAK Your close-ups show off your attention to detail. And your skill. I agree with you on the LMS buffers (although I'm going down the springing route with my fleet, which adds to the fiscal frettings :) ). Never tried ABS mind (although I have a book of stamps ready for the initial scopi...
- Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:30 am
- Forum: Mark Tatlow
- Topic: A Highland Miscellany
- Replies: 300
- Views: 114208
Re: A Highland Miscellany
I thought copyright for written material was 50 years after the death of the author. So for example Frank Richards died in 1961, all those Bunter books are possibly out of copyright. From the IPO website : But in general, the terms of protection in the UK are as follows: Copyright in a literary, dr...
- Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:41 pm
- Forum: Track and Turnouts
- Topic: What were these blocks used for?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1772
Re: What were these blocks used for?
I'm pretty sure they are the GWR 'pot' type. You can see the inset for the steel tie. They are cast concrete, not stone. More at the MMRS page.
- Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:48 pm
- Forum: Chassis and Suspensions
- Topic: Thin PCB from Eileen's
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4312
Re: Thin PCB from Eileen's
I got some 0.6 mm double sided from C&L. I'm of a mind to use it for loco frames, as it's so much easier to work with than metal, and comes ready-insulated. But the tuit is not in, on or around at the moment. Hi Jan I've just had a quick look at the C & L website and was unable to spot any ...
- Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:53 am
- Forum: Chassis and Suspensions
- Topic: Thin PCB from Eileen's
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4312
Re: Thin PCB from Eileen's
I got some 0.6 mm double sided from C&L. I'm of a mind to use it for loco frames, as it's so much easier to work with than metal, and comes ready-insulated. But the tuit is not in, on or around at the moment.
- Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:52 pm
- Forum: Track and Turnouts
- Topic: Old-fashioned Bullhead Turnouts
- Replies: 62
- Views: 24112
Re: Old-fashioned Bullhead Turnouts
They are old-type stretchers used on loose-heel switches. They fit though a slot in the switch rail, and are locked in position by rotating through 90 degrees, and driving a cotter pin. Here's a drawing of a GER three-throw with such stretchers: http://85a.co.uk/forum/gallery/2/original/2_280950_18...
- Fri Jun 14, 2013 1:57 pm
- Forum: Track and Turnouts
- Topic: Old-fashioned Bullhead Turnouts
- Replies: 62
- Views: 24112
Re: Old-fashioned Bullhead Turnouts
Just a plea for more prototype information, really! I am modelling turnouts based on something like this for my mini-layout. Unfortunately, the photo is a bit small and dark, so it is difficult to work out all the details. I just wonder if anyone has better photos or drawings of anything similar - ...
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:56 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Magnifying work station - any advice?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16000
Re: Magnifying work station - any advice?
Due to eyesight that is not up to the standards I want to make models at the standards I want, I have started looking for a solid way to work under magnification. I have looked at lighted magnifiers, hand held, on stands, etc, magnifying eye glasses, video magnifiers, etc. The last are expensive. R...
- Thu May 30, 2013 8:39 pm
- Forum: New Products
- Topic: Rumney Models - To Reopen 1st September
- Replies: 105
- Views: 39656
Re: Rumney Models
Well done, Justin. They look very nice. I'll be keeping an eye out for your take on the Morton'd minerals...
- Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:06 pm
- Forum: Chassis and Suspensions
- Topic: Flywheels
- Replies: 48
- Views: 19539
Re: Flywheels
For me, flywheels work to negate anything untoward in the supply of volts to the motor. I agree that decent pick ups* and clean track are necessary, but would argue that this kind of perfection is not achievable across the whole layout, for all stock, over an extended operating period. Thus, I'd say...
- Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:45 pm
- Forum: Guest Book
- Topic: A bit of a dilemma
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13615
Re: Abit of a diemma
Bricks & Bonds. Fascinating stuff. There's mortar the subject than you think... Modern Buildings, Their Planning, Construction And Equipment Vol1, G. A. T. Middleton, The Caxton Publishing Company, 1921 English bond is undoubtedly the strongest, as it almost entirely avoids continuous vertical j...
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:20 pm
- Forum: Chassis and Suspensions
- Topic: Tapered axle jigs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7463
Re: Tapered axle jigs
Checking a selection of the stainless jigs in LRM stock with a micrometer gives measurements of 0.124" to 0.125". That is excellent. Moreover, there is virtue in having bearing bores initially a tight fit on such jigs, because this will eliminate rod-to-chassis error when setting up the h...
- Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:19 pm
- Forum: Chassis and Suspensions
- Topic: Tapered axle jigs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7463
Re: Tapered axle jigs
I'd be wary of the Markits ones. The set I have are no-go in 1/8 axle bushes.
- Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:46 pm
- Forum: Coaches and NPCS
- Topic: Detailing coach rooves
- Replies: 30
- Views: 14341
Re: Detailing coach rooves
I took the opportunity yesterday evening of looking up Fowler’s Modern English Usage . It very definitely gives the plural of ROOF as ‘ROOFS’. In a separate note on ‘FS/VES’ plural endings (and verb endings), Fowler says – “As the change [between these two alternatives] is far from regular, and som...
- Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:41 pm
- Forum: Chassis and Suspensions
- Topic: Eileen's split axle test
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7899
Re: Eileen's split axle test
Excellent work. It all LOOKS so easy! I shall be cribbing madly for the intended Y4 build (once I've built a split chassis for a J65... ).
Thanks!
Jan
Thanks!
Jan
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:52 pm
- Forum: New Products
- Topic: London Road Models email address
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5116
Re: London Road Models email address
Horsetan wrote:Ealing wrote:Jol, does this mean he'll be getting rid of his pigeons?
No, but I heard the marathon runner he uses has taken early retirement. Apparently he couldn't keep up the pace.
Not quite the Olympic legacy that Seb Coe had in mind, methinks.
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:35 pm
- Forum: Guest Book
- Topic: firebox inspection covers.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2808
Re: firebox inspection covers.
Hi Steamraiser. The first part is right as in sheet metal covers, But when these engines where first built they did'nt have any washout plugs in the postion I discribed but had 4 washout plugs along the side with a different type of cover over them. When the covers where added along the rounded edg...
- Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:17 pm
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Track Planning & Layout Ideas - New Builds Started
- Replies: 205
- Views: 67340
Re: Knuckles's Layout Plans
Pinch away. :-) I think it's still bendable. I was going to include two more points to provide a loop but I think the tightness chokes the scenic space, so the simple plan will be ok providing in effect 2 'Ingle Nooks' end on end. The other advantage is I don't have to build any more track as the t...