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richard i

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  1. For realism you would need to make sure sidings going straight on to the main lines have a catch point or a headshunt. i have to admit I have never understood layouts that are double most of the way but then single for a little bit. For me one or the other. However, it is your plan not mine. richard
  2. No fear of fractions, just noting that imperial measures break down into 12th 32nd or 64th so guessed that is where it came from. richard
  3. Or not far enough at the left hand end. Consistency of weather is key I have found. Prichard
  4. Looks interesting. I am guessing the 3/8th comes from when all the measurements were done in imperial. that has got the cogs whirling. thanks richard
  5. This was feeding into my thinking. It looks looks like it might get tight in there. I would like to avoid the dodge of smaller bogie wheels which I know some have used on 04s to make the front ends work. if I have to nibble the cylinders a little, it will be better than the Atlantic I did not build. thanks richard
  6. Thanks Jim, we can discuss on Monday with the model in front of us. Richard
  7. The D7 does work. I just wondered if there was a difference. 4-4-0 like to nod and that arrangement discourages it. There must be a reason many modelers copy hornbach and have swinging bogies. Many builders do not have train set curves so I was wondering aloud if there was another good reason to do it other than habit. I have got this far now. Much fettling to get it to the next stage. Mostly cleaning up solder I have messily applied. Richard
  8. Thanks. I struggle to imagine things from words, however an image can make it simple to understand. just the way my brain works. richard
  9. Opinions please option A. A spacer is put directly over the bogie centre and have the bolt go straight through that. or option B. Have a spacer further back with a swinging arm for the bogie. it is an Atlantic if that makes any difference. many thanks richard
  10. Any racing green. (brunswick green ) There are accounts from the time of drivers wandering down the lines of locos on shed looking for their allocated loco and noticing all the locos were a slightly different shade of green. I think there is a rover green. though originally it was a. Mid green . JQ mixes up a malachite green with a couple of drops of yellow added. there is the kinross paint list thread on here somewhere. hope this gives a start richard
  11. This is as much as I have managed. just one side slides back and forth. How can any professional kit builder make a profit. This has taken a fortnight to get this far. Now the other side to do. I am just hoping this is one of those stages where not much looks to happening and then it suddenly jumps forward quickly. I am willing to take the time as it is a false economy to rush as the poor running would irritate me more than the extra time taken. Apologies it is not any more exciting than this. Richard
  12. Your just saying that to gauge our responses. if we number the arguments then we could really speed up the debate arguments 1, 3, 4 and 7 for oo arguments 2, 5, 6 and 8 for p4. there we go debate over and back to modeling. richard number 2 was for em.
  13. I only noticed because it was a trap I was going to fall into before a friend pointed it out to me. The layout does look nicely modeled though. richard
  14. Please post here a link to the new thread. I have enjoyed following this one. good luck. richard
  15. Only issue I can see is it has a grounded body of a coach which would have been considered a top flight coach when the scene is set. richard
  16. What vice does the work mate have? Asking for a friend. richard
  17. My slow modeling. A D7 in LNER language. It is a mr king kit of body parts. A scratch built chassis ( possible now TW showed me how on my 12AT.) Advice from high level on how to get a motor and gear box to fit. Painted lining except the boiler bands and tender sides. I did not fancy trying to successfully do the odd shapes with transfers, and paint is less likely to fall off. Off topic of ECML, but on thread. For that matter everything in the picture has been built. The buildings before the r-t-p ones were available. Poor photography as the iPad didn’t want to use its flash to take the wheels out of shadow. Richard
  18. Finished apart from some weight. the number plates arrived in the post last night. now to get back to the Atlantics. To be honest I have been procrastinating on them. Richard
  19. The sentinel distraction. paddington is for the company’s name, rather than for the GWR. now to get back to more serious things. richard
  20. Modeling here is going the American way. Shows over there are mostly trade stands and second hand sales. The layouts sometimes an after thought. Most on show is rtr buildings included. So modelers can focus on the open scenery on vast layouts in basements. Who wants to build that many boxcars anyway. At one exhibition I saw a demonstrator who was building brass locos. He was treated as some kind of magician. Most who do have brass locos, buy them ready made and do not paint them, to prove they can afford the brass locos. that’s before we get on to layout payments. You take your layout to a show. When profitability of the show is known, the organizers % out the profit. And the % of that profit going to each layout is based on length of scenic section. Hotels / food are not paid for. We paid $200 each to display a layout one weekend! This explains why the layout had scenic all round even above the fiddle yard. Also shows and sales focus on the local railroads. I could pick up Penn/ Lackawanna/ Reading stock if I had wanted but other railroads would have been hard. Imagine shows here where it was only possible to buy GWR/ SR at a West Country show. In summary, it is getting like America as stock is/ will get more expensive, more will be brought than built. There will be fewer shows. ( the cost model might also come over). Preordering is becoming more the norm. Seeing big layouts will be more about visits to club rooms or homes than shows as shows will have smaller layouts. ( keeps costs down if you can bring it in your own cars). smaller it might be. Different it might be, but it will still exist. richard ps some American layouts look really impressive.
  21. I feel bad. Am I the only one who has brought the SRM to cannibalise it for the power bogie to put in a SRM from another company? I had originally opted for 2 but backed of in more recent years. It is a lovely model in its own right and a bit of me feels it is a shame to take it apart…….unless Kernow are doing spare power bogies as an after sales item? Then I would not need to take this one apart. richard
  22. Looks promising I still think a double track line would be better. Sort of what you have here, and then the branch off that. Otherwise it becomes a branch of a branch/ would it look right? just my thoughts, ignore as you wish. richard
  23. D7 update. I took it to club. It was not happy pulling its tender. Tender was fine on its own. have taken it home. It squeaked when moving. I think it is the resin. therefore two birds with one stone. I enlarged the holes and fitted brass bearings. now the tender rolls more easily. we also discussed if the bogie wheels were all the same size as the bogie was playing up too. It was a good spot. I measured them back home. Two were 14mm and two were 13.9mm. I am not sure that is enough to really disrupt running. In the second round of testing I might need to fit a spring to the bogie or weight. Happy to have thoughts of others. The loco is rear heavy, weight sits over the driving wheels. I will post a picture once the loco has had its next round of tests. thanks for looking richard
  24. Play it. Computer games of it? I think the point being made is they cost money to do with little to show at the end. I still have all locos built by me. I am also under sixty, have a family and job which takes a lot of time. Progress is slow but I focus on one project. perhaps the younger generation has a shorter attention span due to social media short clips. It certainly has been a change in the education sector. Lessons need to be in shorter chunks than when I stared 25 years ago. richard
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