Scalefour Forum

Hi Neil The signalling diagram is based on the prototype at https://signalbox.org/diagrams.php?id=872 . There was only an advanced starter in the one direction . The secondary arm on the starter and the slotted distant signal were operated by the level crossing keeper at Ashen Road, this will make a...

I've just put up a video of the interlocked lever frame on youtube. This uses a SHAG frame with servos to provide locking on each lever. The interlocking is implemented directly using some circuit boards from the MERG which means that it doesn't require a computer to run. Thanks to Keith Grovenor fo...

I produced some fencing for my ex-GER line using lasercut MDF fence posts and ezyline.
https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/22158-stour-valley-dream-post-and-wire-fencing/



David

I'm looking forward to taking the Scale 4x4 (i.e 16mm) Fen End Pit to Uckfield.



I'm also looking forward to seeing the other layouts and talking about my P4 Stour Valley line.

David

Over the last couple of days I managed to get platform 2 built, together with the decorative walls which form the back of the platform. I also managed to make some chimneys, though the single chimney needs to be taller. IMG_7576a.jpg IMG_7580a.jpg and I've noticed I positioned the roof on the wrong ...

Friday night saw me sticking strips of slates onto the roof and then I thought I'd have a go at 3D printing the ridge tiles. IMG_7563a.jpg I also drew up and printed some Ogee section guttering. IMG_7564a.jpg I still need to finish the guttering (another hour of printing on the Photon) and touch up ...

I've been working on the platform waiting shelter for platform 2 of Clare over the last few days. This followed the normal form of brick counting photographs and transfering into TurboCAD. I had several goes at cutting the brick quoins as having chatted to Alpha Mill on Saturday at Scaleforum I want...

For those who haven't seen Brassmasters' blog or my blog on RMweb I've been making progress on a EasiChas kit for the Hornby J15. The first test etches have been put together and I now have a running sprung Hornby J15. The brake gear and tender chassis needed some changes and I've made these to the ...

Pre-grouping (in my case GER) lower quadrant signal were pivoted on a hole drilled through the wooden post. When these were given replacement upper quadrant arms (on the original post) am I right in thinking that this pivot would not have been used and a new casting, similar to that used on tubular ...

The only thing I've found when rewheeling Bachmann wagons is that sometimes the axles provided with P4 wheels from Gibson are a little shorter and have a different pin-point angle than the original axles. This can lead to a rather sloppy fit, In most cases I just pull the OO wheels of Bachmann's axl...

thanks Terry

David

I'm after a bush or some tube to sleeve a 2mm axle into a 1/8" bearing.

Any ideas of a source, I believe Exactoscale used to do something but I need a currently available source.

thanks

David Barham

No technical reason to prevent the presence of different types of equipment in any given box. Incidentally, I'm highly impressed by your 3D printed frame, which seems to have turned out very well save for the loss of a handle on one of your 'spares' - can that be easily remedied? Yep, I noticed the...

The web site http://www.trainweb.org/singleline/stour_valley_line/stour_valley_line.htm shows two tokens for the sections of the Stour valley line for Clare. One is a Tyer number 6 token http://www.trainweb.org/singleline/stour_valley_line/cavendish_clare.jpg which is a large brass disk type token f...

I just managed to print off and paint a lever frame for my box. It took two goes to get the support structure right so that the levers came out straight but I think the result is not bad. This was printed on my Anycubic Photon at .05mm layer height. The route is set for a train from Clare to leave f...

I thought I'd post a few more pictures as I know not everyone here follows the updates on my rmweb blog. The first area of countryside now has its first layer of static grass on it. This needs a lot more work to get a variety of textures and colours but it is coming on. IMG_7004a.jpg I made the firs...

While in Penzance last week I was reading the Oakwood Press book on the West Cornwall railway. I was somewhat phased by the description of certain coaches as being made of wood and Papier Mache (This would be ~1850). How and where did you make a prototype coach out of Papier Mache?

David

I thought folks might like to see my progress with product I'd not come across before. Model Scenery Supplies sell a packet of tree armatures under the brand name 'Footpath'. These seemed good value to me at £9.85 for 5 armatures about 140mm tall. As supplied they are a little squashed together in t...

I'm trying to work out how to route the point rodding on my layout based on Clare in Suffolk. Photographs only help a bit but I can see a run of rodding down the signalbox side of the tracks only. The photographs I have show this on the original track arrangement which had a siding and kick-back whi...

Hi Dave, Nice video and good to see the full extent of your layout. You have a steel? locking plate and slide bolt in the corner near the houses - is this home made or a bought in item. The reason I ask is I am looking for something similar to lock and align the lift out section on my layout. Keep ...

Some further work has resulted in the second line in the fiddle-yard getting wired and the two turnouts at the ends of the cassette roads being worked with servos. I've fitted these with 'Pocket money Kits' controllers from the MERG which cost only around £2.50 each. These just have a 12v input and ...

Hmm. I wouldn't put it past Apple to make the colour balance on the camera worse with each software release until you are forced to buy a new one. They already have been shown to make them get slower.

David

Thanks for that Keith, very useful.

Now, I can think about painting the lever frame to avoid concentrating on building the fiddle yard!

David

Hi John I'd seen the picture you mentioned, the large target on the gates is wonderful. Ultimately this is all a compromise and I'm pretty happy that I'm now getting close to something which I can live with. I'm not going to be able to extend the room by another 17 feet just to get more space for th...

Hi Noel In reality the level crossing was about 1/4 mile away from the river bridge. This meant that the gate keeper would have had a lever which locked the gates and 'the mangle' which pulled the slot off on the distant signal coming from Stoke and also on the distant arm on the Stoke bound starter...