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presumably they could be cut off and used cosmetically on etched subframes in the usual way? No need Steve. The only thing that had to be cut off were the brake shoes. I did a very quick 'drop-in' conversion with Black Beetles and no brass bearings fitted on one of the first issues. I reckon with s...

Many thanks Phil.

I need some other Dapol spares so I'll tack on a pair of wheelsets and have a look at them closely. I'll report back in due course.

Phil, '00' wheelsets are available https://www.dccsupplies.com/item-p-113098/b4-oo-gauge-wheel-assembly-black-part-11.htm. Have you had any experience of turning down Dapol wheels? I've succeeded with Bach wheels but failed miserably with Hornby ones which seemed to be made from a very 'hard' materi...

Jeremy,

Another useful part from DCC supplies is the cylinder assembly. https://www.dccsupplies.com/item-p-1131 ... art-18.htm

Gibson do a set of mainframes. LM1 - 201 LSWR B4 0-4-0T

That's the route that l will be going!

Excellent weathering Dave. Very convincing.

There is also 'Evo-Stik' adhesive cleaner which I find useful as a general 'sticky stuff', contact adhesive and grease remover.

Mike, snaps of all the layouts here:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index. ... may/page-9 from post #220.

Some lovely work there Steve.

I agree with you completely Phil. Ever since Brian showed me his method it has been the way to go for me. It's so quick, easy and accurate whatever the angle.

Robin, very impressive smooth running there.

What is your method of fixed connections within the rake?

I've used 'Jenolite' rust remover which is available in car accessory shops.

Andrew Ullyott wrote:Who says p4 doesn't work...
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Butting in here Andrew......! .
On our DRAG test track...... Some rigid, some compensated and some sprung.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_I3XoIeVUM

Succinctly put Richard.

I replaced my leads on the LRM unit bought many years ago as they had gone rather stiff with some from this firm. I can't remember which one but l'm sure that the correct size can be found in their list. It is nice and flexible and works well.

https://www.componentshop.co.uk/cable/s ... ables.html

Thanks you Jol. Most useful.

John, I have easy access to steel and aluminium. (OK I may not even pay for it as I ask nicely of my contractors at work they tend to be very helpful) I was thinking of Aluminium, because it is stiffer than steel, it is also a lot lighter along with the 3rd benefit it wont rust if it gets wet. Yes ...

Steel trestles are a godsend. We use them for Balcombe. Their use saved us a heck of a lot of joinery!

Instead of aluminium box section (expensive?) we use 25mm² mild steel tube. We bought it from our local steel stockholder at £3.75 per metre.

Do have a nice time Gordon. Always good there!

Lindsay G wrote: - a new category for the Forum?

That would be most useful. There are a couple of threads on RMw, one for Ebay and the other for general bargains. I've been alerted to some brilliant bargains through those in the past, so one on here would very helpful.

Thanks DB, duly ordered!

The wheelsets were absolutely perfect right from the start, but much tweaking has had to be done to the pick ups, which are difficult to access on this model. Hi Colin, This was the solution for the troublesome pick-ups on the Bach 08. It was done some years ago by Tim Maddocks and has proved most ...

jim s-w wrote:
.........As an aside there’s a few examples of some quite iffy track in the video.

Here's some iffy track for you Jim and an interesting shunting move! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WznzgvP9cts

Steve, here's 'Chinchilla Dust' that I used on the test board with some tatty old 'FastTrack'. It's tamped with a homemade tamper but unglued. It is a 'grit type' material as opposed to Greenscenes 'ground husk' which in my eyes is a bit too round and pebble-like. The shade of grey doesn't matter to...

Thank you Jim and the same to you.

Lovely pic.

Thanks Jim. As Phil says "a great film". Loved the commentator's voice!

Jeremy, here's a tweaked version of the picture which shows more clearly the rather odd configuration of the side with some panels sheeted over. Also another of the Hawksworth.