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CDGFife wrote:
Loving the G6!
Chris
nberrington wrote:She’s a Connoiseur kit I built a few years back. Has CSBs and a High Level gearbox and runs like a clock. Here she the build thread with a video of her on Mark and Dave’s setup at GBTS in Toronto.
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John Donnelly wrote:Have you had any issues with track going out of alignment at all? I glued about 4 feet of track down last week using a straight edge to keep everything in line but, having looked along the track yesterday, whilst I can still push a mint gauge along it, parts of the track have definitely moved out of alignment and it is anything but straight now...
CDGFife wrote:nberrington wrote:She’s a Connoiseur kit I built a few years back. Has CSBs and a High Level gearbox and runs like a clock. Here she the build thread with a video of her on Mark and Dave’s setup at GBTS in Toronto.
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1761
Having followed your link I now remember that I've seen that before! They're lovely engines. I have 2 (plus a loan signing from Chris McCarthy) in Cadhay's regular stock roster. All three are SE finecast Whitemetal kits. One of my two has a CSB chassis using the Gibson etched frames as a starting point. It was the first loco I built with CSB and it is so beautifully planted I will do the other one the same when it's chassis finally wears out. It's also lead me to experiment with my latest M7 chassis using CSB methods. That one is still on the bench but won't be long before it's in test.
Watching the progress on your layout here with interest so please keep on posting!
CDG
nberrington wrote:John Donnelly wrote:Have you had any issues with track going out of alignment at all? I glued about 4 feet of track down last week using a straight edge to keep everything in line but, having looked along the track yesterday, whilst I can still push a mint gauge along it, parts of the track have definitely moved out of alignment and it is anything but straight now...
I’m not sure yet. My previous “proof of concept layout” stayed true. I have rivets every two sleeper panels as power feed, and they are also solid. In theory a decent weight on the track for 24 hours should let the glue set up.
On the next module I will leave the balasting for later, as I struggled where to place the track, and had to laser cut several gauges and templates to help. I think the tabs between the sleepers on the timber track might help get alignment first time round. On this module I had removed them all, so was sans guide. It was fine on a straight piece of track, but as we enter the mpd things get more complicated....
More to follow....
John Donnelly wrote:nberrington wrote:John Donnelly wrote:Have you had any issues with track going out of alignment at all? I glued about 4 feet of track down last week using a straight edge to keep everything in line but, having looked along the track yesterday, whilst I can still push a mint gauge along it, parts of the track have definitely moved out of alignment and it is anything but straight now...
I’m not sure yet. My previous “proof of concept layout” stayed true. I have rivets every two sleeper panels as power feed, and they are also solid. In theory a decent weight on the track for 24 hours should let the glue set up.
On the next module I will leave the balasting for later, as I struggled where to place the track, and had to laser cut several gauges and templates to help. I think the tabs between the sleepers on the timber track might help get alignment first time round. On this module I had removed them all, so was sans guide. It was fine on a straight piece of track, but as we enter the mpd things get more complicated....
More to follow....
Thanks for that, guess I need to weigh the track down for longer than I expected...
Le Corbusier wrote:
I am definately no expert but my experience is .....I have used Howard's approach where the track is pre curved to the profile so in theory there are no stresses set up in the rail itself - meaning there is no real difference between curved and straight track. To date I have found that simply flooding the chair base with butanone and holding down with a fair degree of pressure for a slow count of 60 bonds things without movement (test pieces down for a couple of years now and still ok - though not moved about like a show layout). I think the pressure is important to ensure that the plastic melts into the grain of the sleeper.
Anyway ... that would be my four penneth for what its worth.
DougN wrote:Wow thats an amazing hammer it makes things pop back out...
nberrington wrote:DougN wrote:Wow thats an amazing hammer it makes things pop back out...
I had some trouble editing the order of the pics.....
Tony Wilkins wrote:The order may make more sense, but they don't seem to display properly now.
Regards
Tony.
Winander wrote:Paul,
iMac OS X 10.14.6 Mojave. All are rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise when compared with the larger versions. The latter, I believe always show the correct orientation.
Ho hum, the good thing is they've been posted.
Flymo748 wrote:Tony Wilkins wrote:The order may make more sense, but they don't seem to display properly now.
Regards
Tony.
Hi Tony,
In what regard? They seem to be okay on my laptop (W10, Opera browser). Just like the originals pre-adjustment.
Cheers
Paul
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