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Is that a 5-CAT and a 2-CAT then?

.... and a 1-KET too (looking at the Swiss photo)

Building and modification of the Ratio Clayton kits are covered in Stephen Williams’ “The 4mm Coach” books published by Wild Swan. There are drawings and some prototype photos also.

The correct smokebox door can be had from Brassmasters, along with other useful parts for a large prairie.
http://www.brassmasters.co.uk/gwr_castings.htm

Very neatly done - these are especially vulnerable parts on a bow-ended vehicle and will be much more robust as well as functioning and looking better. Fantastic to see further progress on this fascinating design and build!

The Manors had both types - the locomotives built before the War were true renewals of 43xx - they reused the wheelsets and the motion. Other components, up to and including the frame sets/cylinders, were retained where serviceable to extend the life of the remaining 43xx in service. This group of 1...

Check out

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index. ... ture-kits/

A new email address is suggested:

davidgeen111@gmail.com

Martin Finney has reported in his web-site that 31st March was his last day of trading and that the 4mm range has now been sold. Best wishes to him on his retirement!

http://website.lineone.net/~cbwesson/

I would suspect that there is an acidic residue- I would mechanically remove as much surface corrosion as possible, then apply neutralising solution until the fizzing stops! Any residue can then be rinsed/blotted away and the area dried.
Regards
Martin

Modern Outline Kits are proposing a 15xx in 7mm. I wonder if a 4mm version would be viable? It is certainly one I'd like to build.

Crossings aren't always flat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkaFe0um ... re=related
(Check out at about 23 mins in)

I asked a similar question last year for the non-working version - the instruction sheet is common between the two types. See
http://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2734

Regards

Martin

The 3rd part of the series of 1939 colour photographs is now posted to DP Review - it has further colour views of Wells

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/06/08/1939-england-in-color-part-3/9

Regards

Martin

It's a process that seems to be carrying on into the 21st century too, as the new build 47xx, 4709 will have a new 5'8" CBS wheel set. As far as I can tell, the previous nine locomotives were all COS throughout their working lives. (The other three coupled wheelsets, ex-4115, are also CBS) Martin

Saw this on DP Review - a lovely selection of colour slides from August 1939.
You might want to check out image 20...

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/04/25/1939-england-in-color-part-1/20

Best wishes

Martin

Or rather more recently...

http://www.southdevonrailwayassociation.org/News-and-Press-Releases/1369_turned_20120320.html

Thanks Keith, that's exactly what I need. It looks very much like the attachment of the threads is supposed to be glued at both ends for the non-working version

Regards

Martin

I think that both hand-rail knobs are drilled rather than threaded- the screw thread passes through, but the unthreaded portion does not. The small brass sleeve passes all the way to the head of the screw, as you see in the photo enclosed. I'm sure you are correct that the wire is supposed to repres...

Thanks for the reference - the working version is somewhat different though to the approximate versions in the parts I have. I searched on some old ebay auctions, but all the lots seemed to have no instructions either!

With only a few weeks to to Railwells, I thought I had better convert another locomotive as a spare for Torre. The selected victim is a Heljan Hymek, to which I decided to add non-working Exactoscale couplings, which I have had in store for a very long time. I seem to have lost the instructions, tho...

Hi Gustav! There were similar locomotives built for English Railway Companies. The closest existing now are the two preserved 0298 Class locomotives, numbers 30585 and 30587. These are well tank locomotives, and have been rebuilt many times. There is a kit available for these locomotives from Falcon...

The Airfix autocoach is very close to the A30 diagram, with only the location of the battery boxes and vacuum cylinders on the underframe being markedly wrong. The A28 has flush doors and more significantly from the point of view of your question, 7'0" bogies rather than the 9'0" of the A3...

I've built my small layout with holes drilled half way up the rail section in line with the chair position. A single plain sleeper with a rivet sized hole is positioned underneath, and the hole continued down through the baseboard.A couple of lengths of fine copper wire are then threaded up through ...