Scalefour Forum

I like seeing good layouts at shows, regardless of what scale or gauge. I understand that Society shows should showcase what members of our society can achieve, but I'd rather see good modelling from other gauges and scales, than poor modelling in 'our' gauge. As for taking photos, poor David man's ...

Thank you for all your replies chaps.

Very helpful.

Kind regards,

Nick

Hi chaps, This might sound like a very simple question and I'm fairly sure of the answer, but would like to check before ordering. In John Hayes The 4mm Coal Wagon he refers on pages 66 & 67 to Exactoscale pin-point bearings when assembly the Masokits Sprung W-Irons. The photo in the book sugges...

Hi Gordon,

Ah I had forgotten the High Level tender. Is there a link on his website? (I did look, but only saw it mentioned.)

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Nick

Hi,

Is it possible to compensate the Mainly Trains MT100 - GWR 3500g tender to fit the Bachmann/Mainline tender top? Or is there a better product suitable for the tender body?

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Nick.

Captain Kernow wrote:

Brinkly wrote:I will be having words with Maddocks for his naughty behaviour behind my head!

I thought you knew!

I chose to ignore your naughtiness, although next time you will get 'The Look'.

Did you get the layout?

Regards,

Nick.

Very nice David,

I will be having words with Maddocks for his naughty behaviour behind my head!

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Nick

I think bar the track embedded in the road, most of that track has gone now. Rather sad really.

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Nick

davidb wrote:

Tim V wrote:EM flanges might get the flying banana working....

It works very well in P4 without oversized flanges!

It does! My 4mm station and loco crew were very impressed! haha!

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Nick

Hi Tim,

Yes please I would certainly like to see it.

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Nick

I must admit I had a really good running 45xx in 00 and couldn't get it to run smoothly in P4 using Gibson wheels. So decided to put it back and build either a Comet chassis, or wait for High Level, which might not happen, and replace the whole thing.

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Nick

Hi Knuckels, I can't really help on the kit front, although I would, where possible, use Ultrascale wheels for my locomotives and stock. They are much more expensive than Alan Gibson wheels, but I find them a better product. My Gibson wheels, which have steel tyres, have rusted, whereas Ultrascale u...

Hi Keith,

Thank you very much for helping. I really do appreciate it.

Regards,

Nick

Thanks Keith you are a star.

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Nick

Hi,

Does anyone have the instructions for the Masokits RCH sprung W-Irons please.

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Nick

What an interesting photo David. If you converted it to black and white it could be straight out of the 1930s, bar the tractor!

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Nick.

This is by far my favourite layout on the circuit at the moment. Really is lovely.

Congratulations chaps.

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Nick

Pragmatism trumps lazy in my book, either way, it almost always comes down to how much time there is for anything.... ;) I've found that it is quicker and the running quality is better with a complete chassis rebuild, rather than trying to faff about with the rockers on an RTR chassis! ... perhaps ...

Captain Kernow wrote:

Mark Tatlow wrote:It makes a set of spoked bogie wheels look rather attractive...

No hinting at all there Tim!

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Nick

That is good.

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Nick

Railway cut backs must be bad John for Sir Topham Hatt to allow Annie and Clarabel to end up in that state!

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Nick

Cheers Phill.

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Nick.

Philip Hall wrote:What with Dapol's Beattie tank using 3.8mm axles, it seems that standard driving axles are not going to be a 'given' in future!

Opening up a can of worms now, will there be a conversion set for the Well Tank?

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Nick

If the W-iron rocks freely and the wobble is up and down, the culprit will be an eccentric wheel. Hi Russ, I've swapped the wheels over and it isn't any better. The wobble is up and down, but I've just noticed that the rocking w-iron is falling to one side, rather than sitting in the middle. So I t...