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To me, he looks more like a dentist ...
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Why would one model in EM rather than P4?
Kylestrome replied to Lacathedrale's topic in Layout & Track Design
Compensation and springing are by no means essential for reliable running in P4. The only wagons that I spring, these days, are long wheelbase air braked wagons and that is only because I haven't yet experimented with rigidly built ones. I refer the learned gentleman to the following two posts: I shall now duck down behind the parapet and watch the stones and arrows fly over ... David -
It’s very satisfying when you can make a model out of odd parts, and bits from the scrap box, that vaguely resembles a wagon. Somehow, I managed to end up with just the body parts of a Parkside mineral wagon kit and, as luck would have it, I found enough bits and pieces to make an underframe for it. I came up with some 3mm Evergreen channel for the sole bars, axlebox and spring mouldings rescued from the Dogfish kit, Buffers off a Hornby brake van, Comet W-irons and some Masokits 9’ brake gear parts. The basic construction was quite simple. As long as the wh
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My brain hurts ...
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Maybe you could train them to tidy up for you?
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I can't answer that, but I'll bet he'd be wondering why he still can't buy a flying car.
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Those rear windows will be a bit of a challenge. No doubt, you already have a cunning plan? David
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Cutting Circles in Styrene and Brass?
Kylestrome replied to WM183's topic in Kitbuilding & Scratchbuilding
This is what I use for cutting small holes in paper and thin styrene sheet. A small pair of dividers with one point (uppermost in the photo) stoned to form a sharp blade. It will cut holes from 4mm diameter up to about 80mm. If I have to cut thicker plastic card, I use it to score the outline and then break out the hole in segments. David -
He was must have been in a jolly mood, then ...
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Now that buying items from the UK has become so difficult I looked at a local German online shop to see if I could something of use, before stocks run out, and came up with this Hornby OTA. Normally, with these articulated wagon chassis, I would replace the wobbly bits with Bill Bedford sprung axle units. In this case, I thought it would be a shame to lose the axle box detail so I decided to have a go at ‘finescaling’ the original underframe. I cut off the axle guard detail from the metal axle units, with a piercing saw, and glued them onto the solebars and springs. Then I gr