Scalefour Forum

I suppose it depends on whether you see wagons as star performers or just part of the overall effect. Or perhaps worthy of a similar level of attention to what goes on the front of the train maybe? Whatever the builder decides that 'level' that is. Some people spend forever on their locos and, even...

Nice photos Jeremy. :) Note the diagonals on the sides of the courrgated opens. On the BR builds they ended below the body on a bracket but on the LMS ones they ended on the body itself. David the ones you have are BR builds. I assume they are Parkside kits? Also there were variations in the angle o...

I am pleased to announce that Rumney Models will reopen to orders on the 1st September 2020. There will be a few minor changes to how things were done before. Please make note of the following points of information: • Lead times from my etchers have increased since the beginning of the year and give...

Sorry if this is a Numpty question and being out of the loop, but what is the current situation with Nucast Partners? they don't seem to have a website and the main references seem to be old entries on RMWeb. Just interested to know how far the re-introduction of the NuCast range has got. Just to a...

Rumney Models Trading Update Since mid-March we have as a family been ‘shielding’ from Coronavirus as one of us is on the NHS vulnerable list. This has meant that I have been unable to go to a post office and therefore trade normally. It was announced recently that shielding will end on the 1st Augu...

They should be related, it is what we are modelling after all. Why? Sorry I don't understand why the length of our axles should be dictated by the scaled down measurement for prototype journal centres. That is journal centres, not prototype axle length which is, as I'm sure you know, longer. How mu...

I found this exact problem when I tried them some years ago, the short axles leave no margin of error. Journal centres should be 26mm apart, and pinpoints are designed to put the pinpoint at journal centre. These axles at 25mm do not even reach the journal centres! I've never entirely understood wh...

Thanks both.

Hopefully I'll be back up and running before too long. I should also be in a good position to trade normally with decent stock levels when things get going again.

Take good care all.

Justin

Yesterday I received an email from my etching company saying that they were following Scottish government advice and suspending manufacturing due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This obviously means that I now cannot get any more etches done until they restart production and get through any backlog the...

New Items As of today the following new items are available to order: M&SWJR 2-4-0 Loco and Tender Chassis (X.13 - £35) This set of etches is intended for the Nucast Partners kit and can be built in OO, EM and P4. Both Loco and underframe can be built rigid or sprung using High Level hornblocks...

Rumney Models is on the move. This seems to be an almost biennial event but hopefully the following address will remain current for a good while. From now on please direct all mailed correspondence to: Rumney Models Bryanstone Glewstone Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire HR9 6AW Given that we are moving ther...

The measurements I've taken give a depth of 1" over beading and numbers, with the numbers themselves 1/4" high. There is also a bevelled rim around the outside of the plate around 1/2" deep. To my mind the ideal etched plate would be two layers of 0.006"; I'll get round to doing ...

The axleguard is an RCH heavy duty type on those Trouts. The riveted axlebox guide is a good incicator of a heavy axleguard as would be the carrying weight of the wagon. You'd generally expect to find them on wagons with a 20T+ load. Do Alan Gibson do wagon axleguards? Bill Bedford does the correct ...

Somewhat eccentrically I purloined one of the chairs in the hall and made a point of watching Burntisland and Pulborough from a seated position as well as standing .... this may be old hat but was a revelation to me. Standing is a good position to get an overview of the layouts and to be able to ge...

After a mammoth packing session all the items that I announced earlier this month are now in stock. Prices are as follows: • E.07 Gresley 8’6” light bogie subframe - £13 per pair • E.101 BR coach bogie kit (single and light double bolster for Mk1 stock) - £26 per pair • X.07 GER Y14 / LNER J15 loco ...

I assume the next job will be to add some water?

Looks like it works well. Is there room to add a man to push it?

Justin

Autumn is fast approaching and this one will bring a bumper crop of new releases from Rumney Models. Instead of leaving everything to the last minute as usually seems to happen I thought I’d let everyone know what will be coming their way in a few weeks a little more in advance this time. Further de...

Latest News - April 2019 April is upon us already and Scalefour North is just round the corner which means a new round of Rumney Models releases. Due to other demands on my time there is a smaller than usual number of them. First up is a detailing fret for 10’ Morton brake wagons (B.114 - £4.50). T...

Hi John, The cirtical dimension for the spring carriers on the 1P bogie is 4mm. This is the vertical distance from the axle centre to the bottom of the hole in the spring carrier onto which the spring wire bears. If you need to make new carriers then use this dimension. Spring Carrier Dimension.JPG ...

As part of the steam loco chassis commissions that I've recently been undertaking I've some analysis in CAD using EM and P4 tyre profiles to derive the amount of sideplay necessary for a given minimum raidus (I usually design them down to 1m) and therefore set the frame spacer widths from this. What...

With a young daughter, Rumney Models to look after and commission work to be done there hasn't been much time for modelling for myself. A couple of things that I have been playing with though are bodies for a couple of anchor mounted tank wagons. I've never been convinced by the Bachmann body as a 1...

I have a number of Comet Mk1's with the Comet brass 'slab' soldered onto the underframe. I was hoping that your design might be adapted to allow me to use them without having to un-solder this big brass washer, described on the Comet site as 'Threaded coach bogie rubbing plates, bolts, nuts, pair' ...

Adapted? To what? Aren't they comprehensive enough as they are?

Justin

Another a new set of releases from Rumney Models to report on. The ‘headline act’ this time round is a pair of kits for RCH 1927 tank wagon underframes . They are available with either 10’ (B.75) or 9’ (B.76) wheelbase and are £14 each. These are suitable for tank wagons built from around 1927 until...

Yes there are still plans and it's possible they might appear later this year.

Justin