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Your fire irons will need to be long enough to reach the front of the firebox without the fireman having to put his hands into the firebox.
Gordon A

And the industrial diesel parked behind your 1361?

Gordon A

I have used guitar string (10 or 11 thou) as the hinge linking the blade to the closure rail.
I solder it between the head and the foot on the outside of the rail with a small gap.

Gordon A

I use Gaugemaster electro magnet EM1 for AJs.
For some reason they are listed for N gauge use.
They are not cheap and come with a push button switch that I am not impressed with, but they do the job.

Gordon A

A couple of interesting pictures. The first by Le Corbusier seems to suggest that the engine is being driven off / on the wagon. The chimney is in its normal position which may foul the loading gauge. The second shows a stationary boiler without a firebox or smokebox. On Tuesday night the Bristol gr...

As far as I am aware the tender drive relies on "rubber" tyres on the tender drive wheel for adhesion.
I am not aware of any "rubber" tyred wheels being available over the counter in P4.

Gordon A

Nice workmanship Pete.

Gordon A

I would think the pit in the shed was used for oiling and fit to run inspection, while the pit outside would be us for dropping ash out of the ash pan at the end of the days running.

Gordon A

I make mine using wide coffee / tea stirrers.
Very useful when assembling V's.

Gordon A

Yard points would be operated independently at a different time as each point would have its own lever.
Using DCC route selection on my sidings I noticed that each point changes at differing times in the sequence that you programme them.


Gordon A

Colour spirit felt pens from Hobbycraft worked well for me.
I used a brown and a silver grey. Neat and no mess.
Coloured the ply sleepers after sticking down but before adding chairs and rail.

Gordon A

Mike G, what is your rubbing plate made of?

Gordon A

Having received my chassis kit from ME here is a picture if the etch. At a glance this is what you get for your money P1060846a.jpg The kit is designed with EM and P4 spacers. If you wish to build a 00 version the S4 spacers [*]are 1/2 etched for the narrower gauge . Correction my S4 spacers are not...

Thanks Noel.

Gordon A

Here is a couple of pictures I took of a Janus at Foxfield this year.





Unfortunately I know nothing about the history of this loco.
The Foxfield website does not give any historical information.

Gordon A

It fits! Left and right hand side views. P1060839z.jpg P1060844z.jpg And a shot of the underside showing how tight the clearances are: P1060845z.jpg I am planning to come to Warley show tomorrow and will, if they will host Dodo leave it on the Scalefour Society stand. Just the instructions and costi...

Sorry no idea as to price yet, David.
There are a couple of tight spots to look at on the chassis.
Next job is to type my pencil notes, organise into a sensible order and add pictures.

Gordon

At last the completed chassis. The motor is a Mashima 1220, which requires 3mm lopping off the shaft pointing to the front of the loco.









I hope to post some pictures of the chassis fitted to the body tomorrow.

Gordon A

This looks interesting, especially as the kit is listed for 00 16.5mm only.

Gordon A

A few more pictures. I have fitted the connecting rod, cylinders and crosshead. I have been spending time finding the odd thou clearance behind the cross head. All appears to be ok. Pictures of the brake hangars and rigging. The first two pictures show the brake hangars and rodding. IMG-20181121-152...

Hattons in their sale are offering the BP Janus in pale blue for £49 plus £4 P&P.

There is thread on RMW for the Janus, however another thread with intimate pictures and constructive observations would be welcome.

Gordon A

During a rare quiet five minutes at Scaleforum I was chatting with my partner in crime Richard Lane at his lighting demo when Mike Edge came by and pointed at Richard's Oxford Rail Janus saying "I now do a chassis kit for that engine". Here is Mikes flyer on the said chassis kit. Janus S4 ...

Having skimmed the posts have you considered KDs?

Gordon A

As both C&L and Exactoscale already produce plain track bases, why bother to ask Peco to also produce plain track? Various UK railways had differing panel lengths and differing sleeper lengths, as well as differing layouts of timbers in point and crossing work. We are currently well supported fo...

Having had a busy Scaleforum talking to various prople I had a few days off to spend the weekend with Millie my Land Rover and friends in the Devils Bridge area green laning. IMG_20180928_130026.jpg Having got back safely I settled down to working on the Peckett chassis only to find in my rush to bu...