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  1. Michael Edge
    I liked mine until it suddenly started to rust from the inside out - typical Longbridge product of the time when bodyshells were left out in a field before painting.
  2. Michael Edge
    The weather looks good but it was cold and windy, I’ve got another layer on under that red jersey.
  3. Michael Edge
    Triang axles are 9/64in
  4. Michael Edge
    Today in Jersey Not one but two almost identical Claud Butlers. My son found the red one on Ebay and restored it - both of these (and this rider!) well over 70 years old. Mid way round a very nice 25 mile ride, St Catherines breakwater in the background.
  5. Michael Edge
    I did this myself with a Kitmaster J94 and after some years it did an impression of a boiler explosion. More recently a loco I had built came back to me with its bunker sides and ends forced apart after being filled with lead shot an PVA, this after less than a year - was very difficult to get it out to tepair it as well. I don’t know exactly what happens but there’s definitely a chemical reaction of some sort.
  6. Michael Edge
    A razor saw will do it but maybe you haven't got one of those either. It saws a slot in the gearwheel as well but that doesn't matter.
  7. Michael Edge
    Thanks Dave, very useful.
  8. Michael Edge
    The way to deal with the stupidly long grubscrews is to tighten them, cut them off flush and saw a new slot in with a piercing saw. If the griubscrew was entirely in the hole as it should be it wouldn't shear off (as I'm sure you know).
  9. Michael Edge
    C6341 shows a Brush 200hp 0-4-0DE, possibly ex Parkgate judging by the shape of the back windows - do you have any more photos of this? I wasn't aware of one these working at Derwnthaugh.
  10. Michael Edge
    As he said, only with the gearbox - but they are then incredibly powerful.
  11. Michael Edge
    Never use PVA glue on lead, it will expand and can easily destroy a model. Sometimes they look as if they have exploded - which they have, albeit slowly!
  12. Michael Edge
    Hunslet were still experimenting with underfeed stokers as late as 1983 in Yorkshire collieries.
  13. Michael Edge
    It's a shame you're not taking Lime Street out anymore but just to dispel one very common myth about van hire, Enterprise have no age limit for drivers - and the service is excellent.
  14. Michael Edge
    Phosphoric acid for everything, throw the Carrs stuff out (they never tell you what it is)
  15. Michael Edge
    Yes, this is HE 2082, sent away 24/10/1940, although this is a much later photo. it was back at Jack Lane for fitting of blast furnace anti glare and a horn in 1953 so the photo might have been taken after that.
  16. Michael Edge
    That all looks strong enough, I wouldn't use plastic brake gear for anything now.
  17. Michael Edge
    Put some graphite on the track and see what a difference that makes.
  18. Michael Edge
    Looks good, thanks for posting the pictures.
  19. Michael Edge
    A very expensive new footbridge, I like it but it’s not universally popular here. Almost every building in that photo has gone, a new station/bus station and platform appeared and most of the town centre rebuilt.
  20. Michael Edge
    Not all that long ago but just about everything in this photo has changed since then! Even Jumble Lane crossing has gone now.
  21. Michael Edge
    In my experience brake gear has to be very securely fastened, especially if the blocks are close to the wheels. It shouldn't be necessary to remove it.
  22. Michael Edge
    They are Romford wheels, you can wriggle them off (if you ever have to) with very close fitting brake blocks - they don't have to pull straight out.
  23. Michael Edge
    It was the only BR loco with outward opening doors - there was no room to open inwards and there was a large casing in the middle of the cab covering the mechanical radiator fan drive.
  24. Michael Edge
    I would have soldered up the spacers, then removed the unsightly screws and filled the holes - or just filed them right back.
  25. Michael Edge
    I thought that was my idea....
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