Scalefour Forum

Thanks Keith, pen and paper will be my approach.

John

Thank you very much for the replies Martin and Keith, as you say it really simplifies the wiring, and I would prefer to follow prototype operation if possible. I will draw up a sketch of the arrangement: this will take some time as this is a major omission on my part, not having a track plan! Any he...

Hello, I am connecting up several single and double slips and have a few questions please. I have checked through the Scalefour Digest sheets which are helpful electrically, but I still have a few points for clarification. For single slips, would the blade sets have been operated independently or to...

David B wrote:The slot on the right of the clamp is where you use your fret saw.

Thank you.

There are tube cutting jigs/vices such as the one below from the Tools 'n' Tools site . They are not cheap (this one is £25) but if one is likely to be cutting tube (or rod) of a certain length, repeatedly, then it could be a useful investment. tube cutting vice.jpg Studying the picture closely, I ...

The Peco unit looks pretty good. My infrastructure is late 60s early 70s, but not really trying to be historically correct in point motor details. However, the Peco unit looks like good value at 2.85 GBP for 6; I need 60.

Thank you all!

John

Thank you both for the very detailed replies. This is for a terminus approach and throat, so although not even one hundred, quite a few, and the EP version from DCC concepts looks like a good solution

John

Hello,

Colin Craig used to supply various cosmetic point motors and other detailing bits, but he has stopped trading. Does anyone know of alternate suppliers please?

John

Hello, Whilst I have standardized on Fulgurex motors for turnout operation I am running low on my stash, and am thinking of using some old Maygib solenoid motors I acquired second-hand years ago. What is the recommended operating voltage for them (and AC/DC) They appear a bit sticky and the iron cor...

Do diesels and electrics count? I have a Class 20 , several 24s and 25s, a class 35, and a variety of AC electrics, all with drop in Ultrascale wheels, and all run well and never derail. For the three-axle bogies, Heljan are the best. I have the Falcon, Lion, and a brush type 4, and all perfect runn...

Never mind wheels, how about a complete set of working valve gear, rods, and cylinders!!

PBM

Gold is used successfully in space applications but for a sliding contact it has to be hard as otherwise it will ablate, especially against steel. Personally I wouldn't recommend it.

PBM.

I have quite a lot of the track dating pre-2013 and in places it gets very tight to gauge. I use one of the flat metal track gauges and use a soldering iron to melt, gently (!), the chairs. This is a slow process but works fairly reliably.
PBM

Thanks for the replies Jim.

PBM

How would you rate the fold-up and ease of soldering Jim? Expert standard required or average with due care and attention?
Any tips on how you set up and quartered the drivers?
PBM

I agree with Jim's approach, run as many trains as you can. When I am in this mode, I triple head very long trains of up to 20 cars, and the odd vehicle which is below par shows up after a short time. It also highlights those with kadee couplers that are too tight!
PBM.

Hmmm. I have made a lot of turnouts using the Brook Smith method, and have never pre-curved the rail, and this hasn't caused any solder joint failures. I have also constructed a lot of turnouts using code 83 flat bottom rail soldered onto PCB sleepers, again with no pre-curved rail. I haven't made a...

I must be living in the lap of luxury! I've had a mark 2 punch since I started making track in the fall of '79, and never thought of using anything else. However, it does occur to me that if I had track under construction with rail soldered onto it, that if I had missed a rivet location manual drill...

I've made quite a lot of turnouts and crossings to the Brook Smith method but never had to drill sleepers; when does this become necessary?

PBM

grovenor-2685 wrote:Why not buy some more of the Exactoscale ones?
Rgds

Hi Keith,

I want to use up my substantial supply of C&L Dow-Mac sleepers, otherwise they're going into a landfill!

John

I have over 50 feet of the Exactoscale sleepers with code 82 rail from a North American supplier, and it is superb. I had bought some C&L Dow-Mac sleepers years earlier but the lack of rail clips induced me to buy the Exactoscale sleepers. However, as I need even more concrete sleepered track, I...

Hi JF, I have done a lot of Bill Bedfords over the years and recently did a pair of LMS 12'6" bogies. The jury is still out for me as to whether it needs to have more sideplay in the centre axle (if it does, I will use one of my sliding axle solutions) and it needs a little care to make sure t...

Thanks for this guys, I think the Bill Bedford item gets my vote.

JF

Hello,
I have a BSL model of an LMS 12-wheel sleeping car in OO gauge, and I need to find a source or means of compensating or springing the bogies. Any assistance appreciated please.

JF