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Hi James, I have one of these kits in the ‘started but lost interest’ pile. All was going well until I found that the brake gear etch was a bit long and locked the wheels up solid no matter how much I filed the brake shoes. ISTR concluding that adapting some Parkside 9’ brake gear would work, then p...

The track work on Clackmannan goods was astounding. Fantastic attention to detail. Thanks for the kind words. I really enjoyed the planning of the track work and got carried away with the intricacies of 45’ rail on 9’ sleepers left over from Caledonian days, 60’ rail on 8’6” sleepers and post war a...

That is rather nice Gordon. Modelling East Anglia makes it a bit of a challenge to justify one but I'm sure it will sell well if the number of ballast trains I see on layouts is anything to go by. Good luck with it. John. Don’t be so sure John. I found a picture on Facebook a couple of years ago of...

I have heard the sleeper flicker effect used as a reason for the long noses on some diesel such as class 40 or Deltic. I remember reading about the sleeper flicker effect as a youthful trainspotter Keith but having been a train driver for the last 19 years on classes 08, 56, 60, 66 and 67 I can’t s...

Any progress on DMU buffers Dave?

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Are you not changing the two bodyside radiator grills for the later single ones Jim?
They were changed very early in the locos lives.

Just found this question whilst browsing for MK1 coach info. Hope this photo helps if the question is still relevant.
Basically there's a gap between the two springy bits.
This one is on a GUV at Butterley.

Having looked again at my fleet of six HUOs I have found that the ones fitted with Gibson wheelsets seem OK but the bushes on KM wheelsets seem to stick out a little from the wheel centre and rub against the boss inside the W iron. I’ve now fitted all the fleet with Gibsons. All my wagons have neede...

That’s the conclusion I’ve come to with my hoppers Keith. The Accurascale axles were a bit shorter than the standard 26mm so I assumed I need to open up the axleboxes to allow the replacement wheelsets to spin freely as they didn’t when initially dropped in. It didn’t make much difference so, on clo...

8F830826-3402-4E2F-AFFC-9E1777E8AD75.jpeg Released at Scalefour North over the weekend. Many of us finescale types feel that the old Lima/Hornby Met Cam DMU has a better overall shape than the more modern Bachmann offering. The main issue with the body of the driving cars is that the front windows ...

Nice looking layout that will be really good when it’s fully developed.

Stock looked very promising too.

Any chance of a photo of the underneath of the Trout conversion Jim?
I’m interested to see how easy it was to fit the BBS in. I assume you cut the central part out.

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David

This would have been a very interesting course to attend as I’ve just inherited a small Peatol lathe and have very little idea of what to do with it.

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David

If last years event was anything to go by it’s going to be a great little exhibition showcasing the best in finescale D&E modelling.

Sadly I’ll not be there as I’ll be heading off on holiday.

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David

I'm fairly certain the castings supplied in the kit are the ABS/Four Most ones.

Correct buffers are now available from LMS.

I will be attending on Sunday and am looking forward to seeing Longcarse West revived, improved and back on the circuit.

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David

The current sale at Hattons has persuaded me to buy one of the 'new' Hornby HAAs, which I imagine are the same underneath as the CDA. Mine will be backdated to an original bodied HOP32 AB so quite a bit of work involved. Hopefully a suitable wheel swap will do the job but I have a feeling I'm going ...

I've heard nothing from her so I guess she's not managed to get round all 900 yet.

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David

John Donnelly wrote:Not sure if I will to be honest. It's a model I wanted but it'll be a stretch too far to run it at South Pelaw

If you P4 it John it'll be welcome on my little layout, set in downtown Alloa.

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David

I'll look forward to, at last, seeing one of these models in the flesh at York.

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David

Many people have said they may do an etch but no one ever has.

One of my mates in the Define modelling group has measured up a basket and is working on learning how to draw them up suitable for etching so I guess it's just a matter of time.

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David

Added to which the brakes are parallel to the W irons so not pretty and also difficult to pare away. Not impossible though Dave. I have done two Airfix LMS pattern brake vans and carefully pared back the brake gear with a sharp scalpel blade. One became a middling LMS build with short weight boxes,...

Anybody know what the cost of the conversion kit is for the Cravens? Best I can find is a blog entry from 2008 that says the 108 conversion kit (which I assume is the same) was £30 back then.

Had a look at 31018 at the NRM today and the bodyside strip looks to be about 1/8 inch thick which, if I've done my maths right, scales to 0.0001 inches or 0.04mm in 4mm scale. Too thin to represent with any thin strip. Have you realised 215 was one of the tripcock fitted 31s. Not sure if it was sti...

Hi John, If you're doing 31215 in 1981 condition it'll be pre crash. In 1984 it crashed and had the head code box at one end removed. I'm slowly doing 215 in post crash but pre refurb condition for Rountrees Sidings. Mine is using a Lima body on a Hornby chassis. Both buffer beams have snapped off b...