Scalefour Forum

Some very interesting photos there Martin. On Facebook there tends to be a number of groups set up for various areas around the country, a lot of time some rather interesting photos can pop up in them. I follow the Woolwich/Plumstead/Bexley/Barnehurst ones and some very interesting early photos have...

Looks like it will be another great show. Should be there again, not booked a hotel yet, so might only come up for one day this year as finances have become tighter since last year.

Thanks, Kelly. The intention to grow the range is interesting, but may only refer to O gauge, as that is where Parkside were mostly concentrating before the sale, presumably because of the range/standard of current r-t-r in OO. It doesn't mention specifics. But oo expansion could occur. A watch thi...

Brief summary: Interview (Talking Points section) with Steve Haynes (Peco Sales Manager) about a number of items related to Peco. It mentions kit PC13 has been withdrawn due to mould wear/damage. But if enough demand could be reintroduced at a later date. States intentions to grow and improve the ra...

I intend to give Balsa wood a go myself. I will likely use 5mm, to allow me to place buildings on a 2mm base for removal (due to storage restrictions, this also allows buildings to be substituted for others to change location/era potentially). You will need to 'seal' the balsa to prevent it absorbin...

A shame as it is usually a very good show. But you can't control the weather.

There is an article in the latest Railway Modeller about Parkside and wheel swaps as well as spare sprues, with comment from Peco about it. Is it possible for you to let us have a brief summary, please, Kelly? when I have access again to the magazine (a friend has pinched it to read atm) I'll post ...

There is an article in the latest Railway Modeller about Parkside and wheel swaps as well as spare sprues, with comment from Peco about it.

I wish someone would sort out the Cooper Craft/Slater availability nightmare. I understand you would need a sizeable lump of cash for a new injection moulding machine. There exists quite a long thread about that on rmweb with quite a few unhappy people. As far as I've been able to work out, he's ha...

derekrussan wrote:But they do not cover the specialist EM and Scale Four shows.

That is very true. It is good to have choices though generally I find.

Good news, will make it much easier to get everything in one go.

You're not the only supplier offering the wheel swaps as well, which is helpful, H&A informed me at the Stafford show they'll do the same with all Parkside kits they stock.

Terry Bendall wrote:

kelly wrote:South Eastern finecast don't tend to attend scalefourum

Oh yes they do! and they have come every year for at least the last 15. So do Branchlines and they have both accepted for this year's show on September 22nd/23rd.

Terry Bendall

Must have been mixing myself up there then!

Branchlines and South Eastern Finecast seem to work together these days. Brian is quite happy to talk on the phone. Weren't him and SEF at S4UM last year? Branchlines and south Eastern finecast are jointly working together on the former nucast range. They're still seperate in all other ways. South ...

Brian doesn't have any web presence and has rejected the idea when asked about it.

However, if you email him (sales@branchlines.com) he usually is quick to respond by email.

His phone is +44(0)1373 822231 - I assume this is still valid.

The Exactoscale crossing vee jig is neat too and I have never seen that before. I thought about etching a replacement and making it available via the Palatine website but I will probably get hammered on copyright. Ralph Hi Ralph. That vee jig was only available for a relatively short time unfortuna...

The Exactoscale crossing vee jig is neat too and I have never seen that before. I thought about etching a replacement and making it available via the Palatine website but I will probably get hammered on copyright. Ralph Hi Ralph. That vee jig was only available for a relatively short time unfortuna...

Thanks for the encouraging feedback to what I have done so far. What I find interesting is that the questions thread has had more views than the subject thread itself :!: Tony. That might be because the building thread is still ongoing and some might be paying more attention here until it is finish...

About the biggest range of pliers I have come across - conventional and parallel jawed - can be found at Tools'n'Tools . That is a useful link, thanks. Standard round nose pliers have tapered jaws, they were the required tool for making wire terminations on railway signalling )BA post terminals. Ho...

Tony, your explanation of the knuckles has been fantastic as I was at this stage for my tandem 3 way point. It has actually helped me a heap. This is before I go on with the single slip which I thought was very difficult on the last one actually was quite straight forward. One tool I found very use...

It does make sense and is a problem other forums tend to suffer with when people start these sorts of threads, finding the actual 'steps' of the process can then become a nightmare, but if comments/suggestions/questions are in a separate thread it makes it much easier to follow. Great stuff so far T...

Thanks for the update Terry. I'll look to get one at scalefour North I expect.

I will be at the show all weekend on the DEMU stand (and stewarding for LWMRS as I'm a member).

I have been following the thread with interest, certainly provided some inspiration. My layout plans have ground to a halt after it was suggested (correctly) that a test plank should be the first step before starting work on eversley plan. It did coincide with a loss of interest and mojo for a few ...

Great work Tony. Look forward to seeing further developments.

I have been following the thread with interest, certainly provided some inspiration. My layout plans have ground to a halt after it was suggested (correctly) that a test plank should be the first step before starting work on eversley plan. It did coincide with a loss of interest and mojo for a few m...