Rob R

I haven't got any of the code 82 fb to work from but if anyone wants some sleeper bases and can supply a 6 inch length of rail as a sample then I am willing to give it a go.

I used Peco code 75 for the previous batch of bases 'cos that is what I had to hand.

Is there much difference in shape between the code 82 mentioned above and the Peco code 83 they use for the USA HO track?

Another one from the NLI

Navan Saw Mills

4 hours ago, west_clare_wanderer said:

 

Thanks for the tip off Dave. I seldom come across MRJ, so I'll have to actively seek it out. Photos of Chee Tor still amaze me today. It's still at the pinnacle of everything 2mm scale modelling can be. 

It was fun to research and build as well.

Good times but a long time ago

4 hours ago, Mol_PMB said:

Wow, that is cheap! Many years ago before they were produced, I bought a kit for an O gauge class 15. It's still in its box, in one of the cupboards of shame.

I do like them, but hard to justify buying one because I really have no need for an O gauge class 15 in my current plans. It would just go in the same cupboard as the kit one.

Plus VAT...........

On 1/1/2025 at 12:32 AM, Mol_PMB said:

Ah, I hadn’t realised there was one there - very interesting. That also helps to explain the layout of the pointwork into the works building in the 1900 map and even into the 1970s.

I wonder if the original Limerick turntable was re-used somewhere else? Were there any branch lines being built in the late 1890s that would have needed a small secondhand turntable? 

https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332372

Wasn't Killaloe extended through to Lough Derg and the loco shed resited in the 1890's?

I think the sleepers could do with a curved blade scraping along them to lose the ridge.

I didn't think it would show up as much after painting.

Sorry.

Rob

Zoomed in a bit.

I will have to keep a look out when browsing the NLI

You can get S Gauge Romford axles from the SSMRS, (standard gauge 0.884") but that is a bit too much (22.45mm). You can also get EM (18.2mm) axles.

If you had lathe access you could chop two OO gauge axles to make one at 21mm gauge, chop each into 2, turn one down to make a spigot and drill a hole to suit in the other.

Insert a into b with appropriate adhesive, ideally with the square ends held in a jig.

Or drill a hole in each and put a pin in. Many ways to skin the proverbial Feline.

For our electrically powered locos the squares don't have to be line up exactly but they do all need to be the same.

Paul,

Sent you a couple of emails with Fleabay links.....

If you can manage with being 0.5mm oversize then would the Gibson 4855 LMS Jinty wheel 15 spoke pin in line do?

Or the Sharman SW-S182 (4ft 7in 15 spoke)?

Or just go with 14 spokes, you can't count them when they are turning!

It is worth keeping an eye on the Bay of Flea for wheels.

You might not get a set in one go but you can plug away at your shopping list one axle at a time.

Any use?

Sharman Wheels

I know the range is reducing but there may be something there.

 Pleased to hear that you are happy so far.

The slight overgauge is deliberate.

Flexitrack of any scale/gauge/brand will reduce in gauge when you curve it-nature of the beast. Not too much of an issue with normal OO wheel standards but anything finer will have issues with the reduced gauge as Paul Greene found with the 4ft radius curve on Broombridge.

Worst case scenario is the requirement for a gauge widened base just for the sharper corners

The knobbly bits and the stringing are still part of the work on progress. I tried to tweak the settings to improve things but that just threw out the rail fixings. I have just taken delivery of a different brand of filament which is supposed to be better. 

It has been suggested that a scrub with a toothbrish is the easiest way of removing the stringing. I would try it with the rails in situ to provide a bit of rigidity.

Have fun.

Think of it more like the chippings that a sculptor chisels off a block of stone to produce a work of art.

There is not much you can do with the little bit of waste you get from FDM printing, but at least the PLA filament I am using for the track bases is plant based so we rest easy there

Your lot is in there somewhere.

I hope it lives up to your expectations.

The last 12 metres is being posted off to the sub tropics on Monday.

If anyone has any preferred specs for 21mm gauge 7mm scale (3ft) track please let me know.

Rail size (code 100/83/75), sleeper sizes and spacing.

Thanks in anticipation.

Rob

Wrong side of the water unfortunately.

C'est la vie

What does a (scale) mile and a quarter of 21mm gauge track look like?

Still awaiting for one of the Beta testers to send me his postal address......

Where are you?

9 hours ago, Horsetan said:

Will we set the timer going on this? Let's play County Down!

The PLAY value of your investment can go up as well as down.

Fixed that for you ...

I do have a passing interest in some of the more obscure Interurbans for a potential S Scale (1:64) project if that is of any help to you?

Petaluma & Santa Rosa on the West Coast together with the erstwhile Clarmont & Concord on the East Coast in case you were wondering.

Rob (still busy printing 21mm track bases).

Horsetan,

Pm sent.

PM me please.

Rob

A batch of 21mm gauge sleeper bases in production for someone on here who is brave enough to give it a go.

No name, no pack drill

Found this album in the NLI.

Over 160 views of the Boyne Viaduct being repaired in the 1930's.

Enjoy.

Boyne Viaduct

Rob

19 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

Sometimes improvisation is the only thing available.

Lazyess is the mother of invention.

A frequently used dodge by S scalers for fiddleyard track.