Scalefour Forum

There is a copy of the 40ft to 1inch playoff Kyle station and extending to include the loco yard in Peter Tatlow's The Dingwall & Skye Railway book both in, I think, 1907 and post-war. They might help to clear up the query. Portchchullin Tatty might also be able to assist if he spots that this t...

To plug a gap in the list, I’ve found pictures of 1468 at Fowey in 1961 with a top feed.

There are also photos of 1419 also at Fowey between the 1957 quoted and 1961 still without top feed.

Jeremy

I’ve done mine using a Masokits Universal Springing unit retaining as much of the Hornby moulding as possible. The W-Irons do get a bit thin but there is sufficient brass from the springing units to support the W-irons. I’ve attached 2 photos which should hopefully show how this fits together. DB5DC...

PeteT, thanks that is the photo. I need to work out how to get links to work! Tony, that was the information that lead to the question as it suggested that this was unlikely to be a green vehicle. Certainly from Longworth it seems that it was 1965/66 before the Southern had a BG allocation. Noel, th...

There is a photo on the Cornish Railway Society website showing a 2MT Tank hauling a mixed rake of coaches between Wadebridge and Padstow. The photo is undated but the loco was only at Wadebridge between 1961 and 1964. The train comprises a mix of coaches in a variety of liveries but includes a BR M...

Tony, Thanks for your observations on the layout and in particular the comments about the cattle dock siding which looked a bit too curved on the plan but seems to be ok once laid out in the flesh. The fiddle yard design has progressed a little and at the moment I have used some boards from another ...

David

I used Araldite on my conversion of the Dapol Class 121 DMU which used the Branchlines DMU wheels to maintain the split axle pick-ups. The conversion is on here in the Multiple Units section.

No problems with this so far...

Jeremy

Making good progress John. The brake gear looks suitably fine and, as ever, with a Justin kit suitably complicated but comprehensive. I’ve been considering then brake gear on my P22 hopper and can’t decide whether that’s a job for the RSU or just the normal iron. What have you used for the brakegear...

Steve I was lucky enough to be able to acquire the buildings from DRAG when they decided that they weren't continuing with their version of the project. They were part of Mike Casey's original collection so although I can't tell you how they were built I can try and get some decent photos to post ov...

After an extended period with no orders the Work's Manager at Wheal Elizabeth is pleased to report that running trials have recently been carried out to allow a re-opening of the works. IMG_2092.jpg The trials have seen the arrival of a batch of 7 BR Clayfit wagons with temporary hoods for an order ...

Oh dear, it's been another 15 months and progress is limited. I did set myself a target of getting the main running lines to the junction laid and wired by the end of 2019. I missed that but I have managed to get most of the trackwork built and ready to lay. Since the last update the track layout ha...

As promised I have now had a closer look at both my Mitchell 4575 kit and the Churchward Models 45XX that I bought from Precision last year. Hopefully these photos will show some of the differences: Churchward chassis - brass frame and nickel silver rods/slide bars - no detail overlay and different ...

It sounds like I might need to rethink my solution... Joe, if you could let me have a copy of the instructions that would be a great help in trying to identify the intended prototype and also to see if I can save the existing brake/running gear. Thank you. Thanks again for everyone's comments. Jeremy

Thanks to both of you for your comments. I'll have to see which of those references I have John to see if I can make out the set-up on the wagon out-shopped in 1941. Looking at the modelling options it seems that there is a DC3 underframe in the Morgan Design list (for X5/X7) that may be ok for this...

I'm trying to resurrect an old model of one of these wagons. It is built from the Perseverance etched kit and appears to be EM gauge. However, the running gear and brake gear have all suffered damage so I'm thinking of replacing that with a Morgan Design underframe. In researching my limited library...

I have couple of 45XX's in various stages of construction. One is a Churchward Models kit and the other a Mitchell kit. At this stage I have only got as far as the chassis and the Churchward one lacks the detail overlays for the frames that are present in the later Mitchell one, otherwise there seem...

The Churchward Models 45xx kit which was the precursor to the Malcolm Mitchell kit is still available from Phoenix Precision Paints. Not sure whether this can be easily modified into the 44xx. Presumably the biggest difference is the wheel diameter which could possibly be accommodated by modifying t...

Due to a change of plan this project has not progressed beyond this point. My modelling has a more Cornish bias at the moment whilst re-stocking Wheal Elizabeth and beginning to build Bodmin (General) so the temptations of the Scottish Highlands have been put on hold and the stock will be sold in du...

Martin/Andrew Thanks for you responses - I'll try and get hold of copies of those which should give me enough information for scratch-building the bogie. I'm using the SEF chassis and kit in the absence of the Alan Gibson kit. I built the version that runs on St Merryn from the latter and liked the ...

Does anybody know where I can get hold of an easily accessible drawing for this locomotive class?

I'm building a South Eastern Finecast chassis and want to drawings so that I can create/scratchbuild a compensated trailing bogie in place of the cast version in the kit.

Thanks for your help.

Jeremy

Paul

Yes, not much progress to be honest.

I wasn't happy about the whitemetal crossheads in the kit and haven't come up with a satisfactory solution yet. In the meantime other projects have jumped the workbench queue.

Jeremy

I’ve ordered a pack of these now so I’ll be able to answer my own question in a few days, unless someone who’s done the conversion tells us first!!

There are some P4 ones on the RMWeb thread and no comment was made about it being a difficult job, so fingers crossed!

Jeremy

Has anyone had any experience of converting these to P4?

Just wondering if it is a reasonably straightforward exercise - their Hoppers seemed to be reasonably P4 friendly.

Thanks

Jeremy

Or, on the Heljan 47, you can just use plenty of spacing washers inside the gear tower which helps to limit the movement on the middle axle. The one I've done like this stays on the track well.

The other one, a PenBits version is a bit more refined though...!

Jeremy

Ray Both are pretty straightforward conversions. If you look in the "Trains: Model and Prototype" part of the Forum in the Railmotors, Railcar and Multiple Units section you'll find a conversion I did for a Dapol 121 using Branchlines wheel sets, a version of the conversion pack they sell ...