Scalefour Forum

From one of Peter Handford's recordings I know best, because it has my local church bells, seems to definitely be a collage of recordings and from a memory of an article about his recordings, they are edited. Some of the trains come too quickly in succession and the ambient sounds, well, too conveni...

Old Oak Common's table hand and electric, went to Swanage railway at Norden.

Yoevil Junction is electric too

Aren't both York and Barrow Hill ( see above) both electric? I'd guess Neville Hill is too.

The Deltic nose did allow fitting of the crew loo and washbasin - don't think that was what 'drove' the design, though ... It was actually a standard EE design based on American practice at the time. During our research into the new 10000 www://lms10000.co.uk we found that the toilet in the nose ha...

But as I've asked before, does anyone make an accurate "Austerity" wheel?

I was sold/given a load of negatives and slides from Exactoscale including lots of photos of track parts that Bernard was developing. I will have a look to see if there is anything similar in them. I also have a load of bits from the sales stand. Sadly no wheels. Some one removed those !

Very typical GER hills. Like the MS&LR. No money for earthworks !

That was some DMU journey. GER East Anglia to Wales? via the North Eastern. Were they McKenzie and Holland signals at the end?

I'm building the Lima GWR railcar in P4 and just bought the Extreme Etchings windows. How do you remove them from the sheet? The webpage doesn't say. RM Web is silent n the matter. Do you just crack them out?

Nottingham Trams also have front seats but annoyingly put the doors there too, so people tend to stand in the way. One of the reasons for the nose and smaller windows was sleeper flicker which was said to cause distraction to drivers. Did/do GWR railcars have a view from the passengers? I've seen th...

Derby 2019 MRE was once again in the 1838 Roundhouse. A very good show. I was on two stands. Scalefour and Ivatt Diesel ReCreation Society (LMS 10000).

This gives me hope (eventually) for my Bachmann Ivatt tank. I'm lead to believe it is not possible to covert the chassis easily and a replacement one is the only way to go. Very impressive work.

I was at Peak Rail Rowsley on Friday doing some work for LMS 10000 - Ivatt Diesel ReCreation Society. On a previous visit as I was leaving I spied a Yorkshire DE2, actually BSC No 2, "Rotherham", one of the prototypes. Seeing as none of the production ones survive I took the opportunity on...

Last week Branchlines supplied a new worm and gear set. They were installed for Scalefour North, where a trail on Paul Gittings test track showed the quartering was out. Michael Edge kindly supplied missing bits from the kit, so I'm now on course to complete the brakes and a few cosmetic bits.

Many thanks to a wonderful weekend. Lots of friends there, so much that I hardly moved a couple of feet without having a conversation. I failed to fully check Brassmasters, London Road, Eileen's, Bill Hudson, Ambis, Alan Gibson, Coastal, Mousa, Sutton or Protocab, but I knew what I wanted to buy thi...

I can see some will like this but following the advice from the late, great, George Iliffe Stokes I'll stick to brake cable thrown into a fire to soften and remove the oil. Free. A smear of pva on fingers protects them.

The premier show for the East Midlands was somewhat smaller this year and in a different venue; Highbank Community Centre, Clifton. Just a short hop from the tramline at Holy Trinity stop and the Park and Ride. No specialist traders sadly, just a few general shops and books. Scalefour were represent...

Forge Mill turntable

I remember it up for sale, but could not afford it at the time. I'm glad it's back "home".

It would be a place to run my 48DS and Husky though !

The Scalescenes item says "00 only"

Metal strip has been purchased from the Stores to extend the "rails" of the inner square. I'll cut and solder this on soon and mark and cut the circle of plastikard.