Pete,
That's a McConnell 4-wheel tender. 6-wheel tenders were also used, with the centre axle removed to allow them to negotiate sharp curves and changes of gradient on the inclines.
Regards,
Geraint
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- Wed Apr 22, 2020 4:42 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Water Tenders. Modified?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1110
- Wed Apr 22, 2020 4:02 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Water Tenders. Modified?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1110
Re: Water Tenders. Modified?
Jon, My experience of these relates to the Webb, McConnell and Canada Works tenders used to convey water supplies to the isolated houses and industries along the Cromford & High Peak Railway right up to 1967. All the evidence there suggests that there were no changes made to the coal space to cr...
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 2:29 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Rolling a roof
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1274
Re: Rolling a roof
Mark / Pete,
Many thanks for your thoughts. Can I just ask - did you roll the tight curves before the main curvature of the roof, or afterwards?
Regards,
Geraint
Many thanks for your thoughts. Can I just ask - did you roll the tight curves before the main curvature of the roof, or afterwards?
Regards,
Geraint
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:49 am
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Rolling a roof
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1274
Rolling a roof
Can any of you experienced carriage builders help with a question of technique for rolling a roof? I am scratchbuilding a small boxcab diesel in P87. It has a three-arc roof profile, with tight curves down to 2.7mm radius at the gutters. The bodywork and roof have been etched in 0.3mm nickel silver,...
- Fri Nov 22, 2019 10:05 am
- Forum: Guest Book
- Topic: Etch folds question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1183
Re: Etch folds question
Andy,
I've found that using a fold width equal to the material thickness doesn't always produce a clean 90 degree bend. I've since widened it to 1.2 times material thickness and this works perfectly.
Regards,
Geraint
I've found that using a fold width equal to the material thickness doesn't always produce a clean 90 degree bend. I've since widened it to 1.2 times material thickness and this works perfectly.
Regards,
Geraint
- Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:31 am
- Forum: Exhibitions
- Topic: SHMRC Show Saturday 16th November
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1651
Re: SHMRC Show Saturday 16th November
…. And a P87 layout as well Tim!
- Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:21 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Brassmasters J94
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9862
Re: Brassmasters J94
Thanks for that reassurance Gordon - I haven't got the guts to start again with it, so it will stay as it is!
Regards,
Geraint
Regards,
Geraint
- Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:10 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Brassmasters J94
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9862
Re: Brassmasters J94
Jim, Apologies, have battled hard to find a way of attaching a photo to a PM and finally give up! To answer your question, my J94 has two short Ross Pop valves mounted along the centreline of the recess in the top of the saddle tank, with a single whistle offset to the right hand side. 20190619_1245...
- Mon May 20, 2019 10:43 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Brassmasters J94
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9862
Re: Brassmasters J94
Jim, I've found a photo of the etches supplied, which confirms that aside from brake hangers and shoes, there are no etched parts for other parts of the brake gear, such as pull rods. Checking through the instructions, the designer (Allan Sibley) recommended the use of 0.7mm dia brass wire to form t...
- Sat May 18, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Brassmasters J94
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9862
Re: Brassmasters J94
Jim,
Yes I do. It suffered some minor damage a while back and is in my queue for repair and resurrection for my new Cromford & High Peak layout.
What in particular did you want to check on?
Regards,
Geraint
Yes I do. It suffered some minor damage a while back and is in my queue for repair and resurrection for my new Cromford & High Peak layout.
What in particular did you want to check on?
Regards,
Geraint
- Fri May 17, 2019 9:16 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Brassmasters J94
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9862
Re: Brassmasters J94
Apologies, trying again!
Geraint
Geraint
- Fri May 17, 2019 9:14 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Brassmasters J94
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9862
Re: Brassmasters J94
Hi Jim,
Scanned copy of my review of the kit in a 1995 issue of MORILL attached. Apologies for the grainy reproduction of the photos. I still have the originals here and could scan them again separately, if that would help.
All the best,
Geraint
Scanned copy of my review of the kit in a 1995 issue of MORILL attached. Apologies for the grainy reproduction of the photos. I still have the originals here and could scan them again separately, if that would help.
All the best,
Geraint
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 12:50 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: NLR 060T pipework
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5340
Re: NLR 060T pipework
Another issue of detail relating to the North London 0-6-0Ts. Originally these were fitted with a lever reverse, but the preserved example (58850) clearly has a screw reverse, from the photos available. Does anyone know if this was a standard fitting in later years? Was it fitted to all locos in the...
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:55 pm
- Forum: Layouts and Operations
- Topic: Brimsdown-The last grand project.
- Replies: 514
- Views: 108448
Re: Brimsdown-The last grand project.
Dear All, I'm not one to normally post theories on here before I have at least a fair amount of proof to back them up, but given the recent posts on this thread about track underlay, I thought I would describe an experiment that I'm part way through. My two current projects, one reasonably well adva...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:56 pm
- Forum: Other Buildings and Scenery
- Topic: Foamex
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2824
Re: Foamex
Monty, My experience of Foamex has been primarily for display boards in public exhibitions. It's strong, dimensionally stable and it's possible to print onto it. I had the nameboard for my Obbekaer layout printed onto it and the reproduction was excellent, although it can't tell you exactly what pro...
- Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:40 pm
- Forum: Starting in P4
- Topic: Making a Start - The Peak District Midland / Monsal Dale pre 1903
- Replies: 1221
- Views: 263589
Re: Making a Start - The Peak District Midland / Monsal Dale pre 1903
Tim, Apologies if you're already aware of this, but I have just been browsing through the Derbyshire Records Office website to find some information for my new Cromford & High Peak project, and an initial search on "railways" produced the following item: Ref D504/110/4/2. Plan depictin...
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:53 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: NLR 060T pipework
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5340
Re: NLR 060T pipework
Hi Sapper, I've just done an etch to produce parts to improve my North London Tank, primarily cylinders, smokebox, tank fillers, cab floor, etc. Quite a straightforward job in CAD (TurboCAD in my case), and the usual excellent service from PPD to produce the finished article. I'd suggest that you st...
- Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:09 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: NLR 060T pipework
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5340
Re: NLR 060T pipework
Gareth,
Thanks for tracking the picture down. Was that part of a specific article about the Park tanks? I'll have to try to obtain a copy.
Geraint
Thanks for tracking the picture down. Was that part of a specific article about the Park tanks? I'll have to try to obtain a copy.
Geraint
- Fri Oct 19, 2018 10:41 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: NLR 060T pipework
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5340
Re: NLR 060T pipework
Hi Sapper, Oddly enough, I'm doing exactly the same thing, this time with a 40 year old version of the Mallard kit which did sterling service on my Middlepeak layout for many years, but which now looks very "80's" in terms of the level of detail. IMGP8951.JPG IMGP8952.JPG The attached phot...
- Sun Sep 16, 2018 7:16 pm
- Forum: Chassis and Suspensions
- Topic: Last orders for an etched chassis kit for the Hornby 0-4-0 Peckett.
- Replies: 85
- Views: 27112
Re: An etched chassis for the Hornby Peckett.
Hi Gordon, Looking forward to seeing this at S4um on Saturday and having a chat with you. Our group had a Peckett on the table on Friday, and one of the issues we picked up on was that the Gibson drivers are 10 spoke, whereas the Peckett drivers had 11 spokes. It seems from one of your previous post...
- Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:29 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Stroudley Class E1 0-6-0 T
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4017
Re: Stroudley Class E1 0-6-0 T
Martin,
Sharman's "Wheel specifications for the modeller" shows the E1 as having 4' 6" 14 spoke wheels with an 18" crank pin throw and pin in line with the spokes.
Hope this helps.
Geraint
Sharman's "Wheel specifications for the modeller" shows the E1 as having 4' 6" 14 spoke wheels with an 18" crank pin throw and pin in line with the spokes.
Hope this helps.
Geraint
- Fri Jul 13, 2018 2:33 pm
- Forum: Chassis and Suspensions
- Topic: geareset for this motor?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4047
Re: geareset for this motor?
Jon, My plan was to mount the final bevel gear on a section of 2mm id tube and then remove a fair amount of the boss. This could then be slid onto a 2mm axle with a grubscrew used to fix it to the axle, thus allowing the drivetrain to be released for checking the quartering. Hopefully there will be ...
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:48 pm
- Forum: Chassis and Suspensions
- Topic: geareset for this motor?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4047
Re: geareset for this motor?
Jon, I bought one of these from Taff Vale Models at Railex. They include a pair of nylon bevel gears, which they have used to produce a simple gear box for a small 7mm loco. I'm going to look at modifying the gears for a similar gearbox for p4 (when I have time). In the mean time they may be able to...
- Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:06 pm
- Forum: jon price
- Topic: A new prevarication
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7787
Re: A new prevarication
Jon,
Not sure if this is supposed to be a guessing game, but that looks rather suspiciously French to me. Am I on the right lines?
Geraint
Not sure if this is supposed to be a guessing game, but that looks rather suspiciously French to me. Am I on the right lines?
Geraint
- Sun Feb 18, 2018 12:20 pm
- Forum: Steam Locomotives
- Topic: Caley/LMS 0F Pug
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4905
Re: Caley/LMS 0F Pug
Steve, A note of caution here. I wanted one of these locos for Middlepeak some years back and found the Hornby model to be somewhat wanting in certain critical dimensions - so much so that I ended up scratch building the whole loco. I can't remember off hand what the precise issues were and I'm away...