Scalefour Forum

Gentlemen Thanks for your input and having had another look it appears I may have been using a faulty DPDT switch as I am now getting some readings which appear to be in order. Small 2-4-0T and 0-6-0T engines fitted with Mashima motors showing a current consumption of .2 and .3 amps respectively whi...

Hello Nigel
Thanks for your quick response. The ammeter I have is a 0 - 5 Amps range and the voltmeter is 0 - 30 Volts. The ammeter reads in .2 Amps stages.

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Sapper

Being a bit of a novice in electrics, except for very basic circuits I wonder if anyone out there could help out please. I wish to make a test unit as described in Digital Command Control for railway modellers by Nigel Burkin. He describes his test rig as such: 'My test rig consists of two panel met...

Hello Jol
Unfortunately I do not have access to a suitable drawing package to produce the necessary artwork, otherwise I might have a go.

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Sapper

Hello Jol
Yes, that is the one I was referring to and it appears in virtually all the photos I have of these engines. Thanks for enlightening me and I will have to put a bit more detail on the front end.

With the interest shown in these engines another idea for an LRM Kit?

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Sapper

Gentlemen Thank you for your quick responses to my query and the attached pictures and notes which were very interesting, I see I will have to do a bit of work to the plumbing on top of the tanks. The details of the engine on the Bluebell will be be very useful, it is surprising the number of minor ...

I am currently detailing an old Mallard kit of one of the above and am a bit puzzled regarding the pipe layout on the tank tops. There are two prominent pipes from the clack valves on the side of the boiler which sweep up over the tank and and I assume connect to the injectors which were located out...

Hello Further to your enquiry about ethnic workers on the railways, I have a distinct memory of the down West Coast Postal train being hauled by a red Princess Royal engine one summer's evening in 1959 or 1960 passing South Kenton station near Wembley. The evening was very still and the exhaust from...

Hello Guy Just noticed your enquiry re brake bows and where to get them from. I bought several sets of these from Branchlines some time ago and as far as I know they are still available. They are etched in brass and there are 8 yokes per packet. I have not used these as yet but I noted that the bar ...

To all those who added additional notes for my now known wagon thank you very much, especially for details of where to acquire the necessary extras, axle boxes and buffers.

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Sapper

Gentlemen
Thank you for your quick replies and answering my question - I will now start to finish it now I know what it is!

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Sapper

Could any members identify the wagon shown in the attached pictures. It is one of those which has been lying around for years and I thought it was about time it was finished, however, any instructions there were have disappeared and I do not know which type it is supposed to represent. I think it is...

To all those who have replied many thanks - I must have missed the information on C & Ls website about the various cleaners etc. Plenty of food for thought and experimentation.

If I can get a finish as good as Flymo's Y14 then I won't have any worries.

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Sapper

I have a brass loco body which is more or less complete and I have carried out an ultrasound clean to remove items of dirt etc. There are some stains on the brass and I was thinking of using Carr's Acid Dip and Surface Conditioner prior to painting. Which one should be used first? Unfortunately I ca...

Gentlemen Thank you for your comments and especially Alan for providing the Templot plan. I think having absorbed your comments there will almost certainly be a redesign required, especially for the goods sidings which I will have a look at in the next few days. Alan, is it possible to download your...

I have a sketch plan for a small layout based on one of Iain Rice's plans (the baseboard area is slightly longer and wider and I have incorporated a short traverser instead of a sector plate) and wish to transpose this into Templot to see that it will fit in. If so, the templates can be printed off ...

Gentlemen Thank you for your suggestions regarding my problems with the above. I completely misread my micrometer readings and they now show a variation of .02mm between the axles when measured internally. I have slightly enlarged the holes for the bearings in one of the rods and this seems to work,...

I have partly constructed a High Level Pug chassis and on fitting the wheels and coupling rods found there was quite tight binding when moving it along. I inspected the chassis and all appeared to be sound except when I measured the spacing of the axles with a micrometer there appeared to be a sligh...

Hello Howard Many thanks for your speedy reply and the information therein. I will have a close look at your post there is a lot of useful information in there and as you say do some trials first before starting on the serious work. I will keep you posted al though it may be some time before I have ...

I am starting to construct a single slip using timber sleepers and C & L chairs with their Hi Ni nickel silver rail. For the curved sections of rail I would like to use an adhesive to secure the slide chairs to the rail. I believe this has been mentioned before, possibly a variety of Loctite was...

To all of you who have replied many thanks for your answers.

I will do some research but at least I now know what to look for.

Sapper

To those who have answered many thanks for your replies. It looks as though the best course would be to delete the flywheel and have a 'stay alive' bit. As I said I am very much of a novice with DCC; could you enlighten me as to what this/these are and how they fit in the scheme of things. Many than...

I am considering changing to DCC operation on a small layout and would like to know if it is beneficial or otherwise to have a flywheel fitted to the motor. Certainly on a couple of locos I have fitted with them there is an improvement in performance with analogue electrics. Any information would be...

Hello Guy I would suggest that in steam days certainly the sleepers were creosoted, I seem to remember in my schooldays a sleeper depot at Southall where there were creosoting tanks. I would imagine that creosoting finished with the end of coal gas production and relevant H & S considerations. O...

Jol, Keith and David
Thanks for the further info - currently awaiting my copy of the book from the LNWRS and then I can perhaps get on the road to completing these kits.

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Sapper