Scalefour Forum

Quick update:

(The Stockley wagon is entirely fictional. The merchant exists, but as far as I can establish, they didn’t have in PO wagons.)

Going to try David. If they don’t work out I can solder them solid. I suspect they will work though ....

I think this is it .....
(He half asks before soldering up and adding the remaining chairs)

Looking good Neil :thumb , only 4,358 chairs to go ;) Be safe, stay healthy. Cheers, David D You might not be far off. A recent bit of “axial neck pain” is certainly putting a damper on the fun they might be.... I also discovered to my horror that the 1500 LSWR chairs I painted and separated from t...

Ah those beautiful curves. Starting to actually look like Swanage...
(Well that’s my story )

Ah, the loathsome fibreglass brush.....

Those look smashing. Decent price here in Canada. I might grab a couple of the Midland wagons.

I did this one on the headshunt, but it’s fairly straightforward ...

I found this thread. It seems to have hit a dead end. Has anyone modelled one?

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index ... tch-point/

Please see the attached screen shot. There is a turnout proximal to this arrangement, with the left road heading into the passenger bay platform. The goods siding merge from the right (hence the catch point). This is the arrangement as it was in Swanage doing goods traffic years. My question relates...

Ralph - I think you will enjoy working with it. It engraved and vectors beautifully, with minimal burn and hardly any kerf. It also comes in a variety of thicknesses.
Here are some samples I did :

Hi Neil, That looks like a very neat idea but what do you mean by 'laserboard'? Is that MDF? Ralph Ralph - it’s a paper/resin composite designed for making stencils. One of the premium producers of “craftsman kits” in the USA introduced me to it. (Brett from Sierra West Kits) I had some trouble fin...

My new design for hiding the pins for turnout blades.... some laser cut “laserboard”: I like that a lot! What an excellent suggestion, and very neatly designed. Whilst I can't justify a laser cutter of my own, I will put that idea away somewhere at the back of my mind for future reference... Cheers...

Despite cursing little brass rivets, The progress on the layout this weekend is steady....

My new design for hiding the pins for turnout blades.... some laser cut “laserboard”:

I unfortunately also discovered that not all rivets are made equal. $@#$@&#!!!!

The height difference is especially problematic when using a combo of plastic chairs and rivets. You have to discard the flatter ones!

A quick update of progress. My method of soldering the dropper wires to rivets. Place a tiny amount of non corrosive flux on rivet. Insert wire, ensure it is seated down. Touch with a tinned iron: FEA14332-6D3C-4FF9-BF75-58601F74EE3B.jpeg 603CB7D7-50CC-4D99-A389-F71A934FE8C4.jpeg 206783DC-8EBC-42FA-...

I concur. Phil is a helpful chap and went out of his way For me last year. His turnout components are very nice. (Crossing Vs in particular). For chairs it’s hard to beat Exactoscale - they have a wide variety of prototypes covered. Some nice ply bases are still available from Timber Tracks: http://...

Hurumph. The Ontario Typo Police.
Tried to fix it sir. Only partially successful.

To answer the question though, it’s when the waiter and Foody Goody brings out the deep fried scallops.

Hi There. Where did you get these LSWR/ SR buffer stops please? Keep Safe Dave. Hi Dave - the LSWR one in the picture is from Martin Finney - sadly they are no longer in production and no one has taken over the tooling. I spoke to him a few months ago, and he still has the moulds somewhere. (If the...

You could try looking at https://www.google.com/search?q=railway+buffer+stops&sa=N&rlz=1C1DIMC_enGB866GB866&biw=1366&bih=625&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=G0XSYk6G-dp_eM%253A%252CzifoPc which is what I go when I put "railway buffer stops" into Google. Lots ...

I just subjected my latest little diversion to some rust colouring. I noticed on Semley the buffer stops are painted black. I would have thought they would be an interesting variety of rust colours. Can anyone help me here? I thought of some black paint subjected to “chipping effect” treatment, so t...

I played around with the laser cutter a bit - acrylic base the size of a Maunsell carriage and couple of Bill Bedford bogies - viola: A slightly larger violin? I wish I'd had a laser cutter for the perspex when I made these three: ..... But all I remember was what a pain it was to score, snap, dril...

I played around with the laser cutter a bit - acrylic base the size of a Maunsell carriage and couple of Bill Bedford bogies - viola:

DougN wrote:Wow thats an amazing hammer it makes things pop back out...

I had some trouble editing the order of the pics.....