Scalefour Forum

An electric pencil is actually an extremely unreliable method of contact - see 'Design for reliability' by Stewart Hine, February 1976 Model Railways.

You need to alter the heading on your first post!

Done,
Keith

I think that Chris has put a lot of work into something which has been very neglected. Back in City University days there used to be the society dinner, a sit down affair. These days it's 'come to the show' but nothing else. One of the big pulls for Scaleforum (for me) is the social side, and OK the...

Melamine has a melting point of 343 °C , but it gives off nitrogen so won't catch fire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melamine I think you are being over cautious, I've used high melting point solder for vees, and lower melting point for the rest of the work. Don't forget to solder the vee from the ...

How about the gallon of white spirit from B&Q (other DIY stores are available), instead of those little tins ...

Oh, and I thought you had finally seen the light and gone WR

Any picture, of whatever quality, is better than no picture.

As Galen Rowell once famously said "F8 and be there".

grovenor-2685 wrote:

Rod Cameron wrote:Gulp ...

Tis indeed on the list https://www.scalefour.org/scaleforum/2019/

The old Latin saying - Digitus Extractus ...

Shows how tired I was last night

Brilliant, Nigel, even so! The Scott Mackenzie (aka 'Phil' Blondheim III.....) classic was a favourite earworm of mine for ages during summer (and autumn) '67....... Happy memories! Steve I hated that song. I was sat in a queue waiting for a haircut, and someone kept putting it on the jukebox, over...

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...

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

Since when did Aylesbury become San Francisco?

But what do you look like?

There could be lots of little blue engines at the show.

If they wore name badges I'd be able to recognise them. As it is, i could be standing next to such a person watching a leyout and neither of us would be any wiser as to other's identity. But just because a few people may not see the point of badges, is that sufficient reason for the Society not to ...

I'm sure that's good - if you know people at the show and have "old chums" there. If you come from an area that has very few P4 modellers and as a result know hardly anybody at the show, and virtually nobody wears a name badge, then there is no social aspect. Going round the show may be O...

Meanwhile the hobby moves on, I wonder also Brian, if Will Lichfield’s series on csb passed you by? That kind of comment is a bit self defeating - it is merely a different way, not necessarily better . And for a beginner, the complications of a CSB chassis is certainly a step to far. And does it re...

Highley is an interesting example, should a train be sent from Hampton Loade (for example) to cross at Highley, it has to be sent under 'warning' (rule 5) section clear but station or junction blocked. Note only home and starter. The yellow disc was probably put in under preservation, GWR practice w...

While I agree Tim’s workbench has had its good bits, So I'm a 'has been'? Turning to Jol's point, EM and OO modellers would also benefit from having removable wheelsets, it is I think, incumbent on kit designers to include this. It is just as important for OO/EM locos to have good wheels, correctly...

Have a look on my workbench thread, some pictures lower down this page:
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Agree that the signalling on Tumby Wood looks more like what I would expect to see (even with a GWR hat on!).

You have to build this into the chassis when you construct it.

I think it is poor practice from frame designers that this feature is not included in their kits. It does result in a lot of extra work for the constructor.

Martin's

All this correspondence - must be an article in there somewhere ...

I was wondering why my bottle of Loctite 603 wasn't glueing, best before date 1/2013 - over six years ago!

The whole thing sounds like 'fake news'.