Scalefour Forum

A few of Balcombe from me:

I saw the Q1 and ballast hoppers in the fiddle yard at Scaleforum, and assumed that the brake van had yet to be attached. I presume it's absence in the video is intentional, so was this a peculiarity of SR practice? I ask because I had always understood that a brake van was required for all main li...

Don’t think this has been posted on the forum yet https://albionyard.wordpress.com/ Shelfie 2 won’t be appearing owing to personal circumstances Best regards, Chris That's a shame, I was looking forward to seeing this layout, but I wish Paul all the best and hope his issues get sorted out quickly.

I had a brief discussion with Andrew about this on the phone recently and I have nothing but sympathy for his situation and I wish him all the very best for the future in terms of developing the business in an 'on line' context and getting parts of his house and his life back. At least he's still go...

steve howe wrote:Oh dear.....

This gets more like RMWeb every day...….

Steve

You may say that, but some of us couldn't possibly comment!

If you're going to The Scaleforum Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you're going to The Scaleforum You're gonna meet some model people there For those who come to The Scaleforum Autumntime will be a compensated affair In the aisles of The Scaleforum Model people with flowers in their hai...

Tim V wrote:

dcockling wrote:You could always wear a flower in your hair just in case.

Since when did Aylesbury become San Francisco?

Since poetry (or are they song lyrics, I have no idea) became part of the hobby too, I suppose.

Like Horsetan, I'd also go for one of the really big Bagnalls like Victor and Vulcan (I have a bit of a soft spot for these locos, as they were active on the WSR when I was volunteering on that railway in the very early days and I was the first fireman on Vulcan, when it was restored to service in 1...

Bachmann 16t’s. Recently converted to P4 with no springing, compensation or axle bearings. I’ve 5 more to do :D My more recent wagon conversions up until about 5 years ago, when work on Callow Lane was temporarily suspended, were mostly straight wheel and axle swaps into the RTR bodies (mostly Bach...

I see it's now re-opened as the Polka Hop. As this is a species of morris dance I've never danced Morris, John, but in my younger days in London I used to know quite a few Morris dancers [mostly female] from both Cotswold and North West England Clog traditions, but I don't remember ever having hear...

But it might also be worth reflecting that a topic which is now discussing the viability and potential benefit of name tags is getting more engagement from the forum users than some of the more serious topics. I do hope this excursion into triviality is soon resolved. If agreement on id badges is n...

Has anybody P4'd a Heljan 128 or a Dapol 122. What manufacturers wheels have you used or would you recommend,and is there any pit falls to watch out for? Many thanks. Ray. Here's my blog on RMWeb from a few years ago, covering the Heljan 128 - https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/entr...

With regard to the track workers, my immediate thought would be that they are undertaking work on the track between trains, or on lines not affected by the passage of trains and the lever collar is there to remind the signalman not to inadvertantly clear the signal protecting their site of work. The...

I recall one P4 layout, relatively recently (but can't recall the name), where Single Line Working was shown. I think that was the only time I've ever seen it done in model form. Possession of the up line, Knutsford East, at Scalefour North in 2013, perthaps? Thanks, yes, that's the one. I think I ...

As far as I recall, the first set of Signalling Regs issued nationally was dated 1 October 1972 - a quarter of a century on from Nationalisation You may well be correct, I started my career using the 1972 Rule Book and associated publications, but I thought I could recall the 'Green Book' being old...

Actually, what interests me about this in a modelling sense, is whether Jim was interested in depicting any operating situations in model form, possibly some which might involve the signalman in Bretall Lane signal box using a lever collar. I recall one P4 layout, relatively recently (but can't reca...

You must tell us The Tale of the Neglected Lever Collar... Well, a Gentleman should never speak of such things! But typical example of where a lever collar could be used might be where the signalman is notified that a passenger train has passed through the section with a 'door on the catch'. There ...

The design of the lever frame, block instruments and reminder appliances may differ, but their application in accordance with the Rules & Regulations would not have differed by the British Railways era. Well, that is a sweeping statement if ever there was one and, off hand, I can't think of mor...

jim s-w wrote:I know it is. But Brettell Road (the model) is based in midland territory.

The design of the lever frame, block instruments and reminder appliances may differ, but their application in accordance with the Rules & Regulations would not have differed by the British Railways era.

I actually found a video of round oak signal box on its last day. What are the collars the bobby uses a couple of times? Round Oak box appears to be a GW box, Jim. The reminder collars are typical GW or BR (W) ones, still used in any ex-GW box currently operational. Most instances of use these days...

Hi Dave, When I started doing P4, I wanted to 'do the right thing' and also used Bill Bedford springing units (still have some to install on some wagons). However, I also found that compensation (internal or external rocker - done both) was actually easier, so I did a fair few wagons like that, usin...

I have heard that Testors have changed the formulation because of the health dangers, but this was only gossip I would say that this is actually true. I bought some original Dullcote aerosol cans a few years ago and they gave an excellent, matt finish. More recently, I bought another aerosol can fr...

Yes indeed this is really a labour of love rather than a commercial proposition I would have to accept, although if you did a batch of say 5 the last 4 might be a little quicker; it's the filing under the footplate at the cab end and the fiddling about fitting the chassis that took the time. Otherw...

A friend has one, we've stripped it down to see what its like and how to make it work on EM. The downhill lumpy running (gears clashing with rod movements) makes it useless on the layout with two significant gradients, so it will get an RT models chassis, and we'll solve the wheels either by "...

Tim/Captain K It may be that you are the first person to re-chassis two DJM 14xxs in that case! Will be educational to see how you tackle the second one. In case you were wondering about the conduits, managed to get that wire back into the conduit box in front of the right hand tank BTW - bit of a ...