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Horsetan
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Sure it'll fall apart by the time I come back
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AGW wheelsets have arrived, and I can't wait to get started, even with no back-to-back gauge....
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Yes, the wheel has come full circle, as Len Newman has been a central player in K&L (which became C&L), the P4 Track Company, and Exactoscale.
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Did they ever do any work on it? When I last saw it (2003, I think) the thing was quite decrepit!
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Careful now.
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Soldering Iron Tip erosion
Horsetan replied to BosKonay's question in DCC, Electrics and Electronics
I find that Carr's Yellow Label flux is very good at helping the tinning/cleaning process, without being (too) corrosive. Electrical multicore solder (which contains resin rather than acid flux) is also quite good. -
When using the Forum albums function, is there any way to rotate the photos once they've been uploaded?
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Each class book has a weight diagram showing wheelbases, axle loadings, and some basic data, but no more than that.
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Not yet.
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Someone's already started to produce sprung diesel bogies for P4 modellers: click here
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That was fascinating. The overlaid "point / re-railer" thing would probably never have been allowed in the UK. Notwork Fail would have insisted on a proper point being laid...and would have charged for it as well....
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What was the slogan to the film? "They had absolutely nothing. They were prepared to risk it all...."
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CIE trains Dublin area 1983 Beulah Library Roll F51
Horsetan replied to Flying Scotsman 4472's topic in General Chat
Well I suppose they do roll yer man out from time to time.....! -
The incorrect back-to-back gauge went back to Scalefour Stores this morning. Meanwhile, three useful books published by the Belfast & County Down Railway Museum Trust turned up today, courtesy of Cuan Publications: Each volume is limited to 550 copies; not sure how many of each class the Trust has sold so far, but I'd say you should get them whilst you have the chance. Having read Volume 6, I am now having very impure thoughts about creating a "WT"-class 2-6-4T.
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Now that would be a good candidate for sliding doors. Some sort of system involving memory wire might do it.....
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No. But now you've told me about it, I do hope they might replicate the line along the waterfront.
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God Almighty, not again!
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Scalefour Stores has covered itself in glory by sending me the wrong back-to-back gauge. Back it goes. Read the order sheet next time, Mr. Suter! :-(
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Is that John Craven's voice?
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Ah...deadly! Thanks!
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Yer man Jimmy Savile brought back so many memories. Wonder who the singer was who did the "This is the age of the train" jingle?
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Eh, no. There was no diagram...*bangs head against wall repeatedly*
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Signal and town background reminds me of the full-size signal which stood in someone's front garden in Strabane after the station there had closed down.
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Working in 21mm Rolling Stock Conversions.
Horsetan commented on Mayner's blog entry in Mayner's Blog
As I already model in P4/S4 standards, I'll be using P4-profile wheels, set to 19.9mm back-to-back. I know I won't be able to run my eventual "S"-class 4-4-0 around tight curves, but that's not the point of P4 standards anyway. With the MJT torsion bar bogies widened, that's a simple way to get a working suspension. I'm not sure if Bill Bedford's sprung bogies are available for 21mm gauge, but would be worth finding out. Alternatively, it might be possible to widen his standard gauge ones. They are now under the ownership of Eileen's Emporium. -
....and here's a closer look at the later style of upper mainframe profile, as used by no.171: Today's update: a complete set of wheels have been ordered from AGW and might arrive by the weekend...... High Level hornblocks have also been ordered, and might arrive next Wednesday.
