Scalefour Forum

Hello All, I thought I would start a thread on here to keep you updated with progress with "my" new railway. I expect most of you will have read of Don Rowland's Central Cheshire Lines layout, featuring the station at Rhuddall Heath and the yard at Alpraham Sidings, in MRJ over the last fe...

On Sunday 9 July, some eight of our members resisted the temptation to watch Jensen Hamilton race at Silverstone or some chap named Andrew Merry have a crack at the All-England Table Tennis Championship to meet up at Tony Walker's house at Crewe. Surprisingly after the torrential downpours in the ar...

Hello there, Nice engines these round top 0-6-0's, I'm sure you will end up with a nice model. I don't claim to be an expert on Midland Locos, but sorry to say I think the layout of the valve gear would be quite different on a 3F as compared to a 4F. So, no, I don't think the Brassmasters components...

Very nice engines, John, and a very worthwhile diversion I'm sure.

I'll bring Part 3A with me (or at least, I'll try not to forget it!) to the meeting on Sunday and I'll hope to see you then.

John S

Hello John,

I have the set of RCTS LNER books.

If nothing else turns up in the meantime, you can borrow my copy of Part 3 (which is in itself in 3 parts, do you know which one it is you need?) and I will bring it along to the Crewe Group meeting next month.

John S.

The Crewe Area Group took Knutsford East Junction to the Hazel Grove Exhibiton over the weekend of 29th and 30th October, and in the abscence of our usual correspondent, Will, it has fallen on me to put together a few words here for the blog. This was the second outing for the layout in a month, and...

Hello Peter, Replying to this thread and joining in rather late. I think that POW Sides paint their "Red Oxide" wagons with Humbrol No 100. To me this looks a bit too "orange" and a rather unlikely colour for a railway wagon in steam days. The private owner wagons which I made fo...

Hello Tony,

If they are produced, I am sure I could find a home for at least one set of 6.

John S

Hello Tony,

The track plan for Ambergate and Buxton does indeed look very impressive, I'm looking forward to seeing it installed in it's new home.

John

I've come on to this thread a bit late, but I'm very interested to see it. I've always liked 4767, and I see it is due to visit the Churnet Valley Railway over the winter, which is quite close to me. This gives the opportunity to study the fascinating valve gear again at close quarters. I too have a...

Thanks for the thoughts here, I think I'll give the Colron Wood Stains a look next time I'm going past B and Q and see how I get on with that. All I have to do now is to get on with the layout...... :D Mark, I'm interested to read that you give your ply track a good scrub, as you put it - I would ha...

I picked up on this thread with interest as I've been (very generously) given some baseboards and I'm hoping to at last make a start on my layout over the winter. I plan on using ply and rivet, partly because it's what I know and partly because I have lots of the stuff in stock. I've bought some of ...

If I might add just a couple of thoughts here, while mostly agreeing with what has already been said. I'd suggest as well as Exactoscale, you check out the wagon wheels from Ultrascale. I've used these as my standard for over 25 years and find them of a very consistent high standard. They come ready...

Hello Dave, I do read my Link, I just forget what I've read in it especially a few years ago ;) my memory is not what it was! I'd be very grateful if you could do me a few washout plugs that would be much appreciated. I've not sorted myself out to have a go at them myself yet. I just need 4 for the ...

Thanks for this information, Paul.

Sounds from this, as if pretty much any cattle wagon in the pre-grouping period would have been lime washed except perhaps, immediately before the grouping.

John

jsherratt wrote:Thanks there, Will and Jack, I'll follow those ideas up. John

Sorry, that should have been thanks Will and Nick, I wasn't paying attention!

Thanks there, Will and Jack, I'll follow those ideas up. John

A general question. Can anybody say off hand, when the use of lime wash as a disinfectant ceased in cattle wagons? I'm working on a couple of pre-grouping cattle wagons and am unsure whether or not to try and simulate a lime wash. I'm sure I've read this somewhere, but can't remember for the life of...

I agree. I aim to get a normal goods wagon to a weight of around 50 g or so, I don't think the exact weight is too critical.

If anything I would tend to go slightly under this weight, rather than over it. John

Thanks, Tim,

I had not thought of that - I think I've some steel rod somewhere, I'll give it a go later.

Cheers, John

Just a quick question.

Does anyone have any thoughts, on the best way to get 4 identical small circles cut from a brass sheet, to make washout plug covers?

I've no access to a lathe or other machine tools.

John

Hello John, I'm afraid I cannot help insofar as my Bradwell kit is so far untouched in it's box (along with all the other kits) though as I'll have more time on my hands from next month I'm hoping to make a start soon, well, at least in the next 12 months. I'd be interested to hear how you get on wi...

That's interesting, Tim. Can I ask what size the Mashima motor is exactly? And how would you say the running compares with the standard Bachmann motor? I have converted two Bachmann Panniers with Ultrascale wheels and they both seem to run quite well - though one of them does seem to run faster than...