Horsetan

7 hours ago, TimO said:

The IRM supplied axles are insulated to work with the electrical pickup for the coach lighting etc. Are you planning to work without the lighting or have you an alternative solution as I am thinking your P4 axles are not insulated?

They are not insulated. I'll worry about lighting when I come to it.

2 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

... - does anyone know a builder of these types of kits who might be in a position to complete about half a dozen carriages for me, in a realistic timescale?

I think I'm in the wrong job!

6 minutes ago, Bob49 said:

Try Alan Gibson (Colin) has a good range of P4 wheels. It's best to email him

I have his list. There's 12.6 or 14mm. Might have to look elsewhere....

Next in line for converting to 21mm....

Now, who does 13.3mm disc wheels in a P4 profile?

I've been messing in it since about 1988. The emphasis is on messing. 

1 hour ago, minister_for_hardship said:

Unfortunately, a lot of grounded rolling stock body owners in this country have unrealistic expectations of how much their treasures are worth!

....as with many other things. See also "Rip off" and "price gouging".

On 27/8/2023 at 4:36 PM, Horsetan said:

I can't wait to convert these to 21mm. Big box of P4 profile coach wheels just waiting here......

They'll go well with the three Murphy RPSI Mk2s.

....and here are the 28mm axles for them:

2 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

I've enlarged this bit of the Enniskillen Railbus 2A negative to highlight the unusual container on the platform which appears to have a barred door so you can see the contents  or possibly to convey dogs/ young animals etc.

 

 

It looks like it could contain small children as well....

7 hours ago, Tullygrainey said:

Mystery solved. You were absolutely right David. Six bits of strapping for the bottom of the W irons.

Should've been soldered on before any folding up of the chassis and impossibly fiddly to attach now. The first one I attempted pinged off into a parallel universe somewhere and will not return. The rest have now been labelled 'not required on journey'.

I wondering how the spring carrier behind the iron is supposed to run straight if there's no allowance in the iron itself for the bearing to run up and down.... Bill generally put in an oval hole so that the bearing could be guided. It looks like he forgot to design it in here.

1 hour ago, spudfan said:

Might be dried up for next year...

....equal chance of flooding. 

2 minutes ago, murphaph said:

On Facebook one chap is reporting that he was told that SSM has ceased selling kits altogether. I know @DJ Dangerous has been unable to reach him for a long time with a particular query.

Interesting, if not exactly desirable 

2 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

My understanding is that he has other commitments and will reply as he gets a chance. I last got stuff from him about 18 months ago and he replied thre and then when I emailed him.

I'll send him an e-mail anyway with the contact details of the potential customers 

11 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Shows the all-over grey being relatively clean....!

In particular, that photo confirms that the coupling rods were fork-jointed on the middle driving crankpins.

Over the weekend, I've had two people asking me about Des Sullivan @Weshty. Both want to buy his 800 class kits, but it seems he's not answering website e-mails.

I hope nothing's happened to him.

18 minutes ago, Mayner said:

....As Horsetan indicated can work out expensive, especially if you use their pre-formed switch blades and crossing assemblies.

I recently offered two 7mm A5 full point kits on eBay at half the current retail price each. They contained everything including pre-formed blades and common crossings, plus gauges, and were very quickly snapped up!

Bear in mind that point kits aren't cheap these days. A 7mm kit is getting on for £110!

12 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

Waterford Manor station 555 5 July 1954....

 

 

Clear photos of the J26s in later life, showing all the detail like this, are quite hard to come by, so this one is especially welcome. I'm still after good quality photos of 560 (which also had the enlarged cab) in its last few years.

On 14/9/2023 at 6:23 PM, irishmail said:

You must be modelling non stop Darius,  do you ever sleep? 

There'll be time enough to sleep when  you're dead.

I'm still using this stuff when I fill up my Citroën 

34 minutes ago, David Holman said:

Very Worsley Works - no instructions or fittings - but very much worth it. Who'd have thought etchings for something that obscure would be produced? They look good too.

Bill Bedford was notorious for not providing any instructions for most of his etches during the time when he used to run an extensive catalogue. His principle was "IOI" (It's Obvious, Innit)....which was fine if you were dealing with a pair of coach sides, but anything more complex required you to be fully familiar with the prototype or you needed to be able to think like Bill in order to understand how the smaller bits fitted in....or you needed to be the original customer who had commissioned Bill to design the etch in the first place!

I have an etch for a pair of BR Class 25 bogies, which Bill used to produce. The main structure is understandable. The cosmetic parts are far from obvious!

6 hours ago, Broithe said:

You also have to consider the scale 0, 00, S, TT, N or even Z...

T gauge is also available

5 hours ago, GSWR 90 said:

..... Major job at the moment is chiselling out the concrete at the bottom of the smokebox, which is somehow even more unpleasant than it sounds. ...!

Kind of makes you wish it was the chocolate Aero concrete that's a ticking timebomb in so many British public buildings at the moment!

On 23/8/2023 at 4:28 PM, BosKonay said:

The coaches all have full pickups (and on board stayalive) for interior lighting (and head lighting on the DTs) so the axles are insulated. 

I can't wait to convert these to 21mm. Big box of P4 profile coach wheels just waiting here......

They'll go well with the three Murphy RPSI Mk2s.

Having the pony truck rammed in so close to the front drivers does give the engine a quite ungainly look

8 hours ago, Broithe said:

It's a bit like a more complicated Schmidt coupling.

Now I understand it even less.