Scalefour Forum

essdee wrote:You mean the 'Oh!'-Zone?

Love it
Will Mike A being adding pantos to his Atlantic so it is a sort of pre ED

Would be even more impressive it was all plugged into a ceiling light fitting

Tim V wrote:Too late - already made them!

As said, I'm building this without recourse to any outside trade help. So although the BGS may have the correct wheels (for example), as I'm not a member I can't use their excellent trade counter!

There’s an easy solution to that Tim

You keep up the good work too Flymo. Every so often, someone mentions how unimportant model railways are in relation to big stuff that goes on in the real world. In this instance however, our hobbies and interests become hugely significant, taking attention away from things for a while, helping to ...

Order arrived today.
Great service Dave.
Thanks
Stay safe
Steve

mikemeg wrote:Now back to the locomotives!

Cheers

Mike

I hope you are OK Mike? I do enjoy you postings, how are things progressing?

Stay safe

Steve

In the current circumstances it is sensible to cancel our monthly meetings for the foreseeable future.

I hope all members stay safe and please keep in contact.

Take care and I look forward to seeing everyone in the, hopefully, not too distant future.

Steve

Unfortunately, cancellation of Scalefour North and Railex means that I will not be able to receive membership renewals at these shows as I normally do. Therefore, if you haven't yet renewed then please now do so either online at https://www.scalefour.org/membership/renew or via mail by completing th...

Mick Bonwick wrote:A perfect summary, young Steve. Well remembered!

More like well taught Mick. Thank you.

Steve: What was it about the half-rigger brushes you found so good? How are they used? Where have you ordered them from? A rigger brush has a very long and thin head. Apparently they are used by artists for painting straight lines. Half riggers have a shorter brush head. I spent a very informative,...

What a great day, plenty for everyone to enjoy and, as many others have already said, the opportunity to try and learn new skills. Personally I picked up help and tips on mounting and quartering wheels, building and controlling signals with servos as well as weathering without an airbrush. I’ve just...

Thanks for the update Ian. I also missed that North Bucks AG covered South Oxfordshire Sorry.

Sounds like a potential solution for Gareth?

Hope to see you on Saturday.

Steve

Tim V wrote:Careful Gareth I did that once - ended up as co-ordinator of an area group

So did I and now there’s an Area Group near where I live

I’ll send you a list of members near to your postcode and then maybe you can see if there’s any interest?

Steve

Looking forward to an enjoyable day

The Stores listing states that the Press Tool, combined Punch & Rivet tool, although out of stock, is occasionally available second hand from the stores. Please enquire.

Worth contacting Jeremy.

Sometimes these also appear on the Bring & Buy at Scalefour North or Scaleforum.

Yes it was a very enjoyable evening. Thanks to Bob Cummings for enlightening us all with his expert track building knowledge, helpful tips and advice. A few photos from last night - EEBBB5E5-8505-4D15-BDEA-71437BC210A0.jpeg 47FB9031-BA6E-4786-B261-EFFDEE576591.jpeg 7D95E548-EB32-49CC-896E-E7DDE698B8...

But has anyone encountered the apparent discrepancy in the problem with the brake blocks that I mentioned at the start of this thread? The instructions say virtually nothing about the brakes but there seems to be only one way of making the brake assembies and one way of fitting them, and that leave...

Tim V wrote:For building wagons I can thoroughly recommend the Brassmaster's axle setting jig, though I don't know if it's still available.

Still shown on their website http://www.brassmasters.co.uk/axle_gauges.htm

I have two production ones Howard Hi Steve, Many thanks for that - any chance of some nice juicy close ups please? Very interested to see how this technology has come along! Best Wishes, I’ll see what I can do. In the meantime there are some photos on RMWeb taken by customers that may help Howard? ...

I have purchased one of these models ofan ex-SECR van. It has been produced by 3D printing. I think it is rather good. Can I just check - have you (or anyone else) physically seen it yet please? EDIT:- ie the production version rather than the pre-production ones Best Wishes, I have two production ...

We held our second meeting on Thursday 5th December 2019. One of our members, Bob, is building a new layout based on the S&D. Bob is a tool maker by trade and he brought along some of the jigs he has made to help in the track building he is undertaking. Bob is using ply and rivet and discussion ...

The model comes with AGW wheels in OO. I suggest just swapping the wheels for P4 and seeing if it runs adequately with fixed suspension. I did this with a pre-production sample and it seems OK, but I haven't a proper layout or test-track to really evaluate it. The production team assure me that the...

Hi Julian

Have a look at this on the CLAG website http://www.clag.org.uk/crankpin-drilling.html

I’ve used the jig and vertical drill method to drill the crank pin holes in some AG wheels with dimples. It worked ok

Good luck

Steve

Neil

PM sent

Steve