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Well don't take this as gospel, but it would not surprise me if the next show is actually Scalefour North 2021 in April next year. That's plenty of time to paint a loco crew, or make some clutter for round an engine shed, or something simple yet satisfying. Maybe several such things. Speaking person...

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The Socially-Distanced Challenge Due to the current circumstances, we have some bonus modelling time available. To make the most of this, the Society announces The Socially-Distanced Challenge to encourage productive modelling. The Aim - Each entrant should build one or more new P4 models before th...

Many thanks to Terry and the team for an excellent weekend. The Waterloo Street loons thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and it was great to catch up with so many friends. Mind you, organising prototypical Aberdeen weather over the layout, via a leak in the roof, was maybe taking things a bit too far :sho...

Sorry, Julian, no glasses were handed in to the stewards. We did find a hearing aid a couple of years back...

The Walton-Evans Trophy for the visitor's favourite layout was this year awarded to Dewsbury, with Rolvenden coming second and St Merryn third. It was a very close vote indeed, with only two votes from 120ish deciding the winner. Geoff Tiffany did the double by being awarded the Eileen's Emporium sc...

Scalefour North 2019 is booked for the weekend of 6/7th April at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wakefield.

Cheers,

James

Just for the record, the Walton-Evans Trophy was awarded to Barry Luck for Plumpton Green. Cheddar S&DJR came second, and Witton Junction Shed was third. Duncan Wilcock won the Eileen's Emporium prize for the best scratchbuilt model with his LMS roadstone skip wagons. Congratulations to Barry an...

Please put me down for 10 binders too.

And thanks for organising this

The Walton-Evans award was won by Blackgill, with Portchullin in second place and Kerrinhead third. The Eileen's Emporium award for the best scratchbuilt model was awarded to Terry Bendall for the mechanical coal handling plant on Elcot Road. Congratulations to all involved! My thanks go out to all ...

On the subject of additional attractions, I am happy to say that there will be a couple of additional traders present: Lanarkshire Models & Supplies Pete Goss Figures Also, to complement Bob Gledhill's demonstration of 3D printing, Alan Buttler will be demonstrating 3D scanning of people. If you...

Very nice, Jon

How much clearance is there between the body and the chassis block with your extra depth behind the radiator grills?

Hope your knee gets better soon.

Scalefour North 2015 Saturday 18th April 2015 – 10:00 – 17:00 Sunday 19th April 2015 – 10:00 – 16:00 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School 154 Northgate Wakefield WF1 3QX Admission £7.00 Scalefour Society members £6.00 Layouts Blackgill – classic North Eastern Region in the latter days of steam. Watch out...

"Barnes Wallis building" ... "bounced back"

Nice one. Have you chosen a theme tune for the exhibition yet?

I've found that the 14BA crankpin washers Ultrascale supply are of a diameter that causes one half of the rods to clout the washers every revolution. Using 16BA washers broached out such that they fit the crankpins will most likely solve the problem. If the rivet holding the two halves of the rods t...

I do apologize, Nigel. At some point I will have to accept that computers and 3 for 2 offers on bottle of Theakstons XB don't mix.

Now, if some kind soul would like to write a WMF to PPP convertor then steps could be made towards automating this somewhat tedious part of the process...

Thank you, John and David for this. There's some cracking pictures in that lot!

As soon as I've finished the Scaleforum showguide, I'll need to get cracking with the final arrangements for next year's show.

Hi Colin,

They're the wheels supplied by Charlie Petty (Black Beetle?).

http://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/shop/b ... 1_axle.php

Expensive, but very nice.

To strip thin wire easily, use a razor saw blade and a green cutting mat. Lay a length of wire on the mat. Trap the end to be stripped under the saw blade such that the wire is between two teeth. Hold the blade firmly and pull the other end of the wire. Some experimentation will determine the right ...

I nearly forgot the Bring and Buy. Here's the scoop from the horse's mouth: Nothing was sold from the Bring and Buy stand before the show opened to the public. Nothing, nowt, nil, zilch, nada. No-one got special treatment, not matter what. Don't matter who you are, what you do or where you come from...

Well, that was a busy weekend. Many thanks to everyone for the positive comments here, and those by email and PM. Setting up the show in a new venue after so many years across town was nerve wracking, but most things came good in the end and I've got a list of improvements for next year. This was th...

There's plenty of parking in the school playground. Should get 200 cars in there if everyone parks neatly. Turn into the main school entrance from Northgate, drive past the main building and you'll pass the show hall on the left. Turn right into the carpark and find a space. There will be a steward ...

Unfortunately Coopercraft will not be able to attend Scalefour North this year due to illness.

It's a fair point, Trevor, but where should I draw the line without someone feeling disadvantaged? What about people who can only attend on Sunday? Whose train is late? Whose shift finishes at 12.00? Like Steve Hall before me, and despite what you might read in other places, I will do what I can to ...

Another wee bump to whet your appetites... I have arranged to sell a collections of kits for a former Society member at Scalefour North this year. The results of several hours of logging, tagging and counting can be seen below. All will be available on the Bring & Buy stand at the weekend. KitsF...