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Horsetan
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The future of marketing and merchandising is assured.
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Will there be Episodes 8, 9 and 10?
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The ultimate 4mm scale LMS "Duchess" kit?
Horsetan replied to Horsetan's topic in British Outline Modelling
The upside down photos episode was funny, though. -
The ultimate 4mm scale LMS "Duchess" kit?
Horsetan replied to Horsetan's topic in British Outline Modelling
'tis a start. But would you be completely happy knowing that something better exists....? -
The ultimate 4mm scale LMS "Duchess" kit?
Horsetan replied to Horsetan's topic in British Outline Modelling
I sold my oul BMW to buy the Brassmasters Princess last year. It was worth the sacrifice. Michael/Judith Edge's Princess etches are still available at £45. Brassmasters say they will still sell the detail castings from their Princess kit separately, and may still produce spare etches if needed. No. But there's nothing stopping ye buying the Comet Ivatt detail/conversion kit (LDP08) and adapting it to work with the Brassmasters..... Sure there'll be people trying this. -
God Almighty, the shunt manoeuvre possibilities are messing with me head!
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The ultimate 4mm scale LMS "Duchess" kit?
Horsetan replied to Horsetan's topic in British Outline Modelling
I detect Des raising his game even as he wrote that.... 'tis not easy being SSM - he has to be Malcolm Mitchell+Martin Finney+Brassmasters+Masokits for all of Ireland. Having managed to acquire samples of much of Brassmasters' loco kit range over the years, their artwork is good enough to frame and go on show at the National Gallery. Des, there's still time to snap up the very last Brassmasters Princess kit if further inspiration is needed. They only produced 40 kits. Once they're gone, they're gone forever. -
"When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, Sir?" (John Maynard Keynes)
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Elsewhere, I think I've partly solved the problem of obtaining those Heljan plastic gears. Fingers crossed. The Heljan cog has 12 teeth, and has an overall diameter of about 6.95mm. Not sure what DP or MOD type it is, though.....
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Prototype operation of models & layout design
Horsetan replied to David Holman's topic in General Chat
'tis a feckin' good disguise. Would that be the same size as the one Ted won for the "Three Elvises Act" in the Priests' Talent Show? -
You're hired!
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The ultimate 4mm scale LMS "Duchess" kit?
Horsetan replied to Horsetan's topic in British Outline Modelling
Pearls before swine....
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Looks like Brassmasters, producer of kits with just about everything in them, are making 2016 an expensive year for LMS fans.... Yer man here is after putting his name down for one, on account of already having a set of Ultrascale wheels all ready for the job.....
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Prototype operation of models & layout design
Horsetan replied to David Holman's topic in General Chat
Ah, ye're hooked. That's a good sign. -
True, but at least you wouldn't be stuck with parts you didn't want.
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Prototype operation of models & layout design
Horsetan replied to David Holman's topic in General Chat
This is something which also affects UK modelling to a certain extent, although the various writings of Bob Essery and Don Rowland (the latter has written extensively about shunting in his "Alpraham Sidings" series, published in past issue of Model Railway Journal) have gone quite some way to making up for the deficiency. -
Whilst stumbling around Frateschi's website, it seems that you don't necessarily have to buy the whole G12, as the mechanical parts may be available as spares.... ....and one Frateschi stockist in Switzerland sells G12 spares....
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Pilot hole drilled in Heljan Hymek bogie gear casing.
Horsetan posted a gallery image in Member Albums
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Ah.....that explains it. Meanwhile, just to confirm the measurements: Heljan Hymek: SSM Sulzer casting: Centre axle pilot hole drilled in Hymek casing:
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So coy. Meanwhile, the joke's on me as I measured up the SSM bogie sideframe castings, and found they'd been subtly stretched to an overall wheelbase of 46mm, rather than 42. This has caused slight consternation here, as whitemetal isn't the easiest material to cut-and-shut....
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I managed to obtain some Heljan Hymek spare part sprues, which include the bogie gear casings: This close-up shows the seven fixed pegs on which the worm wheel and idler spur gears revolve: On the face of it, it looks like a new central axle can be run straight through, in the exact middle of the 10'6" wheelbase. Heljan, of course, don't provide any cogs as separate parts, so that makes the job of working out clearances just a little more difficult.
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