Scalefour Forum

CDGFife wrote:....I also have some 16T smaller mitres from here:
https://www.gearsandsprockets.co.uk/met ... tre-gears/
to try as a further space saver....

Interesting

Clive Impey wrote:In S4News number 5 there is a very useful article on machining Sharman wheels to P4 standards.

Worth having a look at.....

Branchlines may still have suitable gears in stock - they sent me their PDF price lists yesterday.

Other alternatives may be NWSL (under new ownership).

A fair few of the P4-profile stuff is already sold out. 9F, Britannia, SECR "H" wheels gone already. Think the GW 6'8" size is also gone in one of the crank variations. I had a set of 4' 12-spk o/s for the BR Class 11 shunter. One or two of the wheel centres looked a touch ropey. The ...

Ref. Sharman Wheels. The renewed availability of the range of Sharman wheels is a great benefit, especially for those of us who model the pre-group railways. AFAIK, the tyres are turned on a auto lathe, not one of Mike's original Myfords. Mike originally turned the tyres with a locking groove on th...

davebradwell wrote:Yes, you'll see why I redesigned the chassis to get rid of the dreaded jigging operation that I could never get to work properly, either. ...

As I have two of the Version 1 chassis, maybe assembling them on one of those fancy chassis jigs might help?

Dave Holt wrote:....all a mad idea anyway..

I like mad.

Interesting.

Going well there

Hopefully the kit will be available some time next year.

zebedeesknees wrote:....Another possibility would be for a working 'slip', but there are not many modelling opportunities for those......

Not even P4 in the garden

Roll on 2023.

Will L wrote:.... its doing the Walschaerts valve gear that size that gives me the horrors.

The 2FS band might be able to help....

That looks like fun.

Another one for the Hawksworth 15xx (6'4"×6'6") will be equally tight.

grovenor-2685 wrote:The website says brass!

Just looked at mine. All n/s.

Maybe the next one I buy will be brass.

Serjt-Dave wrote:....why is your tenders in nickel silver?...

I'd say most of these kits were turned out in nickel silver. All of the ones I have are n/s.

DougN wrote:This is exactly the thing I was talking about. Horse has lost his, ....

I haven't lost mine. I just can't remember where I put them!!

....the late Dave Haswell handed me a part-built 2-6-4T in a Lima (!) box with no instructions and lots of tiny parts, many of which were cut from the fret. From the wheels and the shape of the running plate, and the smokebox/boiler/firebox castings I would guess it to be a Gibson Stanier. If anyon...

davebradwell wrote:....No consideration for those putting the motor in the tender, I see.

I think there was an assumption back in 1993 that the supply of RG4s wouldn't dry up so the possibility of having a rear engine wasn't catered for in the tender design.

...., the County is 4-6-0 as Ivan has said. Origins were Falcon. The only bits that made it to the final model were the cabsides and foot plate - and that was shortened. .... On reflection, the old M&L Hawksworth County is probably a better starting point. The Falcon "Mod. Hall" turne...

.....whose kit is the County? is it the 4-4-0, or the later 4-6-0? I ask because I have been working on a Mitchell Castle kit bogie, springing it as the prototype, and the owner has suggested that what has been done might help you and/or others..... It's the 4-6-0, and it started life as a Falcon B...

.... have a pair of times 3 plain glasses and it makes one hell of a difference and on the odd occasion I still use the optovisor with them as well. I have too say that the specs take a bit of getting used to, especially when you look for bits or tools on the bench.... https://upload.wikimedia.org/...

.... I don't have modelling issues at the moment being short sighted, so I guess I have about 10 years before I have to look at optivisors etc... getting older is no fun like this. .... I've been shortsighted since 12 partly because of modelling. But correcting it with varifocals now makes it diffi...

Dunno, Doug. I picked up the soldering iron for what seemed like the first time in months, and realised that my eyesight isn't what it used to be, even with varifocals. Tasks such as assembling coupling rods are no longer the easy process I used to take for granted. I 'm going to try an Optivisor ma...

davebradwell wrote:....We've nearly got an A2 test etch....

Believe me, I've waited a long time for this.

I think the point of underetching small parts like these is to provide the builder with enough safety margin to file down.