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Hi Richard. I have a Cambridge Custom Transfers sheet for GWR railcars with most numbers on it. PM me with your requirements.
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Welcome! Look forward to meeting you in Derby, all being well.
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I have the same problem with my Digitrax Zephyr. It turns out it won’t programme CVs higher than (i think) 255.
could that be the issue for you too?
There is a workaround, but that didn’t work for me either!
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10 hours ago, Les1952 said:
Being involved in getting one of the smaller shows going for the beginning of September (South Notts on 4th and 5th at Cotgrave) there are a lot of things we have had to balance.
Firstly- we can't know what the infection rate will be and whether Boris will have one of his newly-empowered "Circuit-breaker" lockdowns in place. Yes he has said he hopes not to use them but...
At the start of September the rate is likely to be at its lowest, but by November who knows? Our insurers won't cover a lockdown cancellation and I suspect it is no different for Warley.
Secondly- we have no idea how many will brave an event given the papers (such as the report in the mail earlier in this thread) are veering wildly from telling us to get out and ignore the consequences and scouring hospitals for scare stories amongst the small number of vaccinated people the virus is still managing to kill.
Thirdly we have had to reduce the size of the show to make wider gangways and a workable one-way system in two areas that have been dead ends in previous years. Smaller show leads to lower entry price leads to less income per punter.
Fourthly we have had to cut costs down to a minimum in case hardly anyone turns up - eight of the twelve layouts are club or club member layouts that attract no expenses and the other four are local and small- ie reasonable in space requirements and the amount of expenses we will have to pay out (though they were chosen for quality first).
We can ASK for masks but once the punter is through the door we can not enforce masks. We can also ask for proof of double-jabbed status but can't enforce it- and how do we know that proof is genuine? Our venue (a club) has been informed that they can try to refuse entry but there is no backup in case of non-compliance. Yes the police will step in - once someone has been assaulted.
We have also had to invest (not before time) in a contactless payment system for the door and perspex screens for the cash desk. Getting the contactless system to work has been a bit of a nightmare, and training people to use it is ongoing.
One consequence of the two points above is that we haven't enough people left over for a club sales stand so that has been jettisoned. Again less income.
Add in that we have to find space (outside if the weather holds) for seating for refreshments to keep the caterers happy, find someone to go round handrails and push plates etc with sanitiser and wipes at regular intervals it is a much bigger job this year to organise a much smaller show, and pull in guest stewards/operators from neighbouring clubs.
As a newly-retired show manager I can say the problems don't double as the size of the show doubles- the increase is nearer a factor of four. Warley is at least 20 times the size of South Notts Show. I'm not surprised it has been cancelled this year. In the position of the Warley organisers I would have done the same.
We were lucky in 2020. Cancelling that show with 2 weeks to go only cost us about £600. Some of that has since been recouped by sticking items from the club sales pile onto eBay.
Les
As has already been pointed out by Phil, the key phrase in Warley’s press release is: ‘the ongoing perception of risk means there are too many uncertainties to deliver a successful event in 2021’
Given the authoritative explanation from Les and the plethora of opinions here and elsewhere, they clearly had no option but to cancel. At least the burden of making the decision whether to go has been lifted from traders and nervous punters. I’m quite grateful for that.
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20 hours ago, fezza said:
Despite what is said by some on here I suspect that many are desperate to get to exhibitions. The Garden rail show at Peterborough sold out.
I suspect you are now probably more likely to die in a road accident on the way to an exhibition than catch Covid at an exhibition and die (assuming you are double vaccinated and have no underlying conditions).
Another reason to take the train…..!
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That’s very sad news about John Watson, Jeremy. A supremely talented and quietly influential man.
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Ooh- I have a coil of the 36 swg PB wire. It's marked 0.193mm-0.0076" will that work? I think I bought it for pickups.
There's enough for several lifetimes so I can pop a hank in the post if you like, if you don't have enough to justify an order from Eileen's
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It most certainly is a useful thread Bob. The pickups you made for the 2MT are a characteristically elegant solution to a problem I've been pondering for weeks: thanks for putting me out of my misery! Can you remember what you used? Is it the PB wire that DG loops are made of? (he asks hopefully having loads of the stuff...)
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my research revealed that coal for the gasworks was brought into the back siding then loaded onto road vehicles to be transported back down the line (by road) to the gasworks. Labour was cheap in those days!
Shame they decided to do it like that, I would have liked a gasworks siding to shunt on my model of Moretonhampstead.
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Ambis Engineering produce some very nice corrugated sheet in 2, 4 and 7mm scales and it's available direct or from Hobby Holidays. It's only slightly thicker than aluminium kitchen foil though, so it's quite vulnerable where it overhangs eaves and gutters. I had a chat with the chap at Severn Models, whose etched huts feature a really nice representation, with a view to persuading him to produce some sheets. He felt the cost might put most people off, but having wasted quite a bit of the Ambis product I for one would think it a worthwhile investment. He said I wasn't the only one to suggest it so perhaps if enough of us ask......
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Designed with 11.5mm drivers and 7.5mm trailing, which are pretty much scale size for a 1:148 model. So 11mm and 7mm should also work if you want a bit more clearance. For the pony truck you can make your own choice as there is more flexibility in adjusting the height of the truck.
Thanks for your reply Chris. One other thing- the 3D printed radial truck that is mentioned on the drawings, is that available? Perhaps you would be kind enough to post a link. Is the alternative to using it just to build the chassis as a 0-6-2?
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Hi Chris. I'm about to embark on a 61xx chassis and was wondering which wheels you had in mind when you designed it. 5'8" drivers come between two Association sizes so am I better going under at 11mm or slightly over at 11.5 mm? I'm guessing that 6mm pony and 6.5mm trailing wheels with the former or 6.5mm and 7mm with the latter would be consistent?
Many thanks
Pete
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Likewise Alex, it's been far too long.
I struggle with kids who were born in the 2000's are now in secondary school. Come to think of it; some will be getting ready for their GCSE!
Glad it's of interest! My folks recently moved back to Vauxhall's after a run of Fiats; having picked up an Agila a while back. I didn't hold much hope for the Hungarian engineering but it's great. If my ageing Punto, with its Inbetweener's style non-matching door, ever goes I may go for an newish Astra. I shouldn't tempt fate; the Punto's MOT is tomorrow.
Any time, John.
To be honest, I never managed to get powders to really stick to a model and found that varnishing over them lost the dusty effect they gave. Mixing with enamels certainly gives a deep, matt colour.
Evening Guy - I've only fitted one coreless lump to a Dapol 22, which was a little Faulhaber driving to only one bogie. I'm not aware of any double ended coreless motors off the top of my head. The end results were silky smooth and it managed to shuffle 15 etched minerals around fine by the cost was excessive. All of the more recent locos are fitted with these - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121463278485 . I can't rate them highly enough - not only are they a fraction of the cost of a Swiss coreless, they transform Dapol models into incredibly surefooted, reliable runners. So far I've fitted the to all my Hymeks, NBLs and the first Western is on the workbench at the moment - only takes about 30 minutes per loco. I've dropped one into a Farish Warship too, but they're not a great fit into the chassis block. If there's interested, I can do a write up. Here's an early prototype of the Hymek.
Cheers,
Pix
I'm very interested in this, my Hymek is about to get it's third chassis….
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Ah thank you, so that's what goes on behind the frosted windows of this office then!
I think the real one might have had an address in Artillery Lane?
Very effective layout May I ask, is this office building made from a kit?
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Sorry to be a dimwit but I've come to this thread late via the fascinating pictures of the 14xx chassis. Is the intention to supply a complete kit (wheels, chassis etch, bushes, motor, couplig rods etc) to convert the 14xx and 57xx? Or is that just the wishful thinking of a beginner who has yet to produce a finescale loco?
Could somebody bring me up to speed please?
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