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Hi all it has been awhile since I’ve logged on this site. I’d like to know why on earth do we now have ads running in this site. Yes you can close them at will, but they forever pop up every time you scroll a page, I am tired of all these ads regardless of site forum etc…I hope I’m not the only one who feels this way. thanks Steve.
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Hello everyone, Was wondering would anyone know as to how many car h points there where at Hemyock say from 1950 onward. I have a couple of books that show 2 that are close to the station, it can’t seem to see if there was one located by the goods shed. any help would be appreciated. I’m want to try to model this town in 7 mm. SteveS West Chicago IL USA
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Hello everyone, Hope everyone is staying healthy and safe. Right now I’m mainly in armchair mode mainly due to some major reconstruction of my home that has left all my railway stuff stashed in a storage unit. I’m still mulling over O-14 and the small layout that I posted earlier this year. Anyhow me mind got thinking the different between O-14 vs On2. 2 foot in British O is 14 mm( obviously) while American 2 ft is 12.8 mm. Precision Scale does list On2 flex track. #4983. A box of 4 3 foot pieces is $46.00 according to latest catalog. anyhow has anyone used this flex track. Any thought or input appreciated. anyhow, just letting my mind wander, Happy holidays to everyone Steve West Chicago ILL. USA
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Thank you for the kind words Joe. Right now everything I want to do is sort of on hold. Have a huge house project that deals with replacing 2 foundation walls. I was reading the instructions in the Ruston loco kit and it talks about soft soldering. Still trying to understand it and just what materials I need. I guess I need mainly the solder and flux. What do you use as a base to hold the foam core. My guess might be 1x2 lumber. Is the foam core and cork glued together. Did you follow Roy’s instructions when it comes to building and wiring the small turnouts. Thanks for any help. Steve
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Any thought on using Kadee n scale couplers
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Still in the playing stage. Yes I think I might lay a foot or two of track and see what happens.
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hello all, Well with this darn virus running around the world, thought I’d spend some time with a little layout planning. Benn sort of dabbling with O-14, I’ve gotten a KB Scale loco, a few wagons and a few other bits and bobs. along with the track stencils from the KB Scale website. I've been playing with these stencils to come up with a layout on a sheet of foam core about 20x30 inches in size. There are 5 sidings One is the fiddle where clay comes from the pit Two is the clay dump Three finished brick from the kiln Four brickyard for loading to either standard gauge railway or truck loading. cant recall what the fifth one I planned to use it for. I did have a reason. Now if I can get the photo I took uploaded you will see.
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Dava, thanks for showing, I’ve ordered the roller gauges and jigs and rail bender. Right now my cellar is in complete disarray due to some work that is being done down there. That in itself is another story. Anyhow just playing around with the paper templates on some foamcore.
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Hello Dava, I know your post is a little old, But I'm trying my hand at @ft narrow gauge. The points you made do you find them easier to build vs. the Ray Link industrial points. Ive been reading about the Ray Link points and they have a different way of powering them etc... Thanks Steve
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Hello Micheal.
I was reading about you O-14 layouts. Good stuff. But I do have a question. You mention about using micro trains couplers on your rolling stock. How did you about installing them? On the wagons is it just straight and simple just gluing them right to the wagon? What about the engine.
thanks for any help
steve
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Hi Steve,
Sorry about the delay in replying, I've not been on here for a while. There's a bit on my blog in various posts about the couplers (including making, fitting, magnets), I fit them to 009 as well as O14.
http://michaelsrailways.blogspot.com/search/label/microtrains couplers
In particular this post: http://michaelsrailways.blogspot.com/2011/02/couplings-in-0-14.html
For the KB scale skips I flatten an area on the underside of the end, carefully drill a 1mm hole, and screw the coupler (1015 type) into place from below using the included screw. They self-tap in a 1mm hole. Sometimes I use a small spot of glue to prevent them turning, but that isn't essential.
Although it can be seen from above, it isn't obvious. here's a variety of wagons fitted.
Simple plasticard jigs set the height of the mounting, and the height of the trip pin to clear rails. I set them a little lower than the "N gauge standard", the height is set by the skips.
Locos are more tricky, needing a square hole to recess the draft box into and a means of securing it. If I can't use a screw I secure with a length of wire through the hole, fixed with expoxy. Here's a coupler hole visible under the prototype coupling block on the Lister pre-painting:
I hope that helps!
Michael
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I just received the replacement wheelsets in the post today from KB Scale. I want to give them a public thank you for the help. It’s much appreciated.
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I did send an E-Mail to KB Scale explaining the problem. I did receive a reply back. They are going to send me replacement wheel sets. I appreciated the quick reply from them, and will see what happens when I get the replacements. Steve
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Hello All Just recently received my 0-14 sampler set from KB Scale. Looks all quite interesting. I put together the flat wagon kit. While it went together easily, when it came time to install the wheelsets, they immediately went out of gauge. Trying to get them back in gauge and keeping them square on the axle was a nightmare. One wheel the hole seemed rather big. I got them square as best I could and used super glue to keep them in gauge, the wheels wobble a bit. is this a problem with other folks assembling these kits or is this just one off problem that I managed to get. Answers will depend on whether I take this experiment in 2 ft gauge any further. steve
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Well I guess is a cheap way of finding out what 0-14 might look like. Rail is ME code 83 superglued to what might pass as ties (sleepers) . The truck is an HO scale truck where I re-guaged the wheel sets. All this gone with a micrometer and a scale rule. Steve
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Hello All, I’ve recently been intrigued by O-14 from a BRM article in the August issue. Did a lot of web surfing about the subject. It seem that KB Scale has a decent selection of O-14 stuff which I think is some of the Roy Link stuff mentioned. I’d love to give it a go and see what it’s like without breaking the bank. KB scale had a sampler set for £13 but says it’s sold out. I wonder if it would be available again. Right now just giving thoughts about 2 foot narrow gauge in some sort of industrial setting.
