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- Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:44 am
- Forum: Track and Turnouts
- Topic: common crossing vee angles
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2315
Re: common crossing vee angles
I have always used cork sheet underlay, but I wonder if that’s necessary considering I will be working straight onto the paper template. Once the track is finished the paper will be concealed under paint and ballast I guess. Hi Ben None of the reasons for using cork underlay have gone away so carry...
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:38 pm
- Forum: Track and Turnouts
- Topic: common crossing vee angles
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2315
Re: common crossing vee angles
I now have the track plan in one page loaded on a memory stick. Now to search for a big enough printer! Cheers from Ben Hi Ben When you've found your printer (probably at your friendly neighbourhood print agency, lockdown permitting :( ), don't forget to ask them to print you two copies. That means...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:26 pm
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scaleforum 2021
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3001
Re: Scaleforum 2021
kelly wrote:What is the disabled access of the venue like?
Hi Kelly
This is a very modern school, built in 2010, so (we are assured by the school, and Andrew will bear this out) fully compliant with modern needs and requirements. You should be fine.
Regards
TreasurerChris
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:06 pm
- Forum: Demonstrations and Talks
- Topic: Lewes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 923
Re: Lewes
And of course, when it is finished we can hire a hall at the NEC and set up Lewis and then connect Plumpton Green, Pulborough, Ferring, Eridge and Elcot Road. There will of course have to be a little bit of modellers licence with the trains that are run!! :D :D :D Terry Bendall Great idea Terry - p...
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:33 pm
- Forum: Society Stand and Stores
- Topic: The Virtual Scalefour Society Stand
- Replies: 91
- Views: 4246
Re: The Virtual Scalefour Society Stand
I'm also back on watch.....and on Zoom if anyone wants a "proper" chat
Email me on treasurer@scalefour.org for logon credentials
Chris
Email me on treasurer@scalefour.org for logon credentials
Chris
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:30 pm
- Forum: Society Stand and Stores
- Topic: The Virtual Scalefour Society Stand
- Replies: 91
- Views: 4246
Re: The Virtual Scalefour Society Stand
Hi John - before you go, just to say how much I look forward to seeing North Elmham at a future "real" Scaleforum......
Suggestion for your video - the music ought to be Vaughan Williams' "Norfolk Rhapsody"
Regards
Chris
Suggestion for your video - the music ought to be Vaughan Williams' "Norfolk Rhapsody"

Regards
Chris
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:08 am
- Forum: Society Stand and Stores
- Topic: The Virtual Scalefour Society Stand
- Replies: 91
- Views: 4246
Re: The Virtual Scalefour Society Stand
Thanks Tony - just off for a spot of virtual lunch, hope to talk to (or even see on Zoom) more of you this afternoon
I think I'll leave most of the layout-watching to this evening - beats Strictly by a long way, and I can have a real ale at the same time
Chris
I think I'll leave most of the layout-watching to this evening - beats Strictly by a long way, and I can have a real ale at the same time

Chris
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:38 am
- Forum: Society Stand and Stores
- Topic: The Virtual Scalefour Society Stand
- Replies: 91
- Views: 4246
Re: The Virtual Scalefour Society Stand
Hi to all from me......I'm also on Zoom if anyone wants to join in - email treasurer@scalefour.org for the code
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:29 am
- Forum: Society Stand and Stores
- Topic: Scalefour Stand by Zoom
- Replies: 0
- Views: 630
Scalefour Stand by Zoom
Hi all Just spent a very pleasant hour with some of our members down under - the Global Area Group now lives! I'm "manning" the Society Stand at 11:30 - if anyone wants to share a Zoom conversation for half an hour, send me an email (treasurer@scalefour.org) and I'll email you the access c...
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:26 am
- Forum: Virtual Scaleforum
- Topic: VIRTUAL SCALEFORUM & SCALEFOUR NORTH
- Replies: 135
- Views: 12558
Re: VIRTUAL SCALEFORUM & SCALEFOUR NORTH
Tim V wrote:I wonder which committee members will be up early enough to join you
....or alternatively, which ones haven't got to bed yet

Regards
Chris
- Sun May 17, 2020 5:28 pm
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Cancellation of Scaleforum 2020.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3471
Re: Cancellation of Scaleforum 2020.
Dear All, This seems more than sensible. If there are financial penalties in cancellation, I would be prepared to lob in some money into the coffers to reduce the impact. A realistic reward to a company folk who make my limited capacity feel that it is worth trying to try to attempt something rewar...
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:58 pm
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scaleforum 2020
- Replies: 115
- Views: 18521
Re: Virtual Scaleforum 2020
Hi all... First, to correct a misapprehension: someone (I forget who) talked, a few posts ago, about "the financial loss that Scaleforum usually entails". If you look at the last few published accounts with an accountant's eye (and the soon-to-be-published results for 2019-20), the Scalefo...
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: On My Workbench
- Topic: The Socially-Distanced Challenge - Registration Thread
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9459
Re: The Socially-Distanced Challenge - Registration Thread
It's long since past the time when I should get round to actually building another model - so here is one from my Drawer of Endless Procrastination, which I will hopefully start work on tomorrow as a change from the Society's spreadsheets! This pile of bits is an LRM kit, which hopefully will one da...
- Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:45 pm
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scaleforum 2020
- Replies: 115
- Views: 18521
Re: Scaleforum 2020
Well, I wonder if the stadium and Olympic Lodge will be vacated by the end of September? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52160852 Rest assured that the Committee virtual meeting has been in session for some time now about this year's Scaleforum, amid the current fog of unce...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:35 am
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scalefour North 2020
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5396
Scalefour North 2020
Scalefour North 2020 will be on Saturday and Sunday, 28th and 29th March , at the now traditional venue of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Wakefield . As usual, the Bring and Buy will be operating, providing an opportunity for members to pass on surplus stock (in return for a modest commission to...
- Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:53 pm
- Forum: Product Information
- Topic: Wizard Models
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10335
Re: Wizard Models
As a Committee response, the one thing that we are strongly against is decline! However there are demographic and other external trends that mean it may inevitably have to be a managed decline, and perhaps a transition to a different type of exhibition. Firstly, the Committee has been aware of fewe...
- Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:21 pm
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scaleforum 2019 Advance Ticket Sales
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1471
Re: Scaleforum 2019 Advance Ticket Sales
Webmaster John will be adding links from other pages on the website in the next few days ....and for those who want to sell their surplus models, tools and whatever, the traditional Bring and Buy (with its recent makeover) will be operating, under the capable stewardship of some Princes Risborough ...
- Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:20 pm
- Forum: East Midlands Area Group
- Topic: NAG Meeting 30th May 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 965
Re: NAG Meeting 30th May 2019
RobM wrote:Howard was continuing making switches for a 2322 lever frame.
I thought Howard's 75-lever frame was enough masochism for one lifetime!
Regards
Chris
- Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:01 pm
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Scalefour Southwest (Railwells) 2018
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4930
Re: Scalefour Southwest (Railwells) 2018
At 4.30 this afternoon, the hall was empty apart from the crowd that had assembled to watch the final (public) trains on Clutton. The occasion was marked with headboards on both trains. Is this "last" as in "Frank Sinatra's last tour" or last as in "positively absolutely ne...
- Fri Apr 27, 2018 1:03 pm
- Forum: Operating in Practice
- Topic: A new lever frame design
- Replies: 91
- Views: 26668
Re: A new lever frame design
I see that Howard's website states: "Locking Etches for 5 levers cost £34 and are available from the Scalefour Society on-line shop - there is no requirement to be a Society Member". However, earlier in this thread it states that they are available only to members, and they are not in the...
- Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:54 pm
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Construction of a Test Track
- Replies: 611
- Views: 140133
Re: Track Construction for a Test Track
Admittedly, the wiring of the tandem turnout did present a challenge because the wiring diagram (John Shelley, available at: http://www.finescale.org.uk/pdfs/3way.pdf), showed the plan view from above whereas I had to reverse the diagram in my head to wire from underneath! Try printing out your PDF...
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 1:04 am
- Forum: Guest Book
- Topic: Engineering, Injuneering and Knitting
- Replies: 49
- Views: 10546
Re: Engineering, Injuneering and Knitting
We have some of this on DLR as well, the concrete slab forming the track bed is supported clear of the tunnel invert on large coil springs. This does give a little resilience/movement but the intent is to decouple the vibration in the rails from the tunnel lining and hence the ground in areas with ...
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 12:29 am
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Needle Files
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2818
Re: Needle Files
There is (at least last I went) a good shop opposite their shop that sells tools at very good prices. I've dealt with them for my jewellery hobby a few times. I think Kelly might mean Walsh's , just around the corner from Cooksongold, behind Warstone Lane police station. I've had lots of stuff from...
- Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:10 pm
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: Lost at Scaleforum 2017
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3764
Re: Lost at Scaleforum 2017
To answer the original question, that looks suspiciously like it belongs to member 1840. Sorry I don't know his name. I do know his name (but can't put it here for Data Protection reasons) - I'll be in contact with him in the near future, I'll let him know provided Paul tells me what he's done with...
- Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:44 pm
- Forum: Local Show Publicity
- Topic: Sutton Coldfield - 22nd / 23rd April
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1283
Sutton Coldfield - 22nd / 23rd April
Hi all Just a quick puff for the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society's annual exhibition, coming up at Bishop Walsh school on the 22nd and 23rd of April - full details here . This is a popular family show, with diverse models on show from N right up to 5 inch gauge.....but this year we're breaking with...