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    OO and O gauge. Secretary and Web master of Market Deeping MRC, Member of MERG and NVR

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    Market Deeping Model Railway Club We very much regret that this show is cancelled.
  2. Link rot has set in, you'll get a 404 if you try the link quoted. Try this one instead https://www.brian-lambert.co.uk/Electrical_Page_3.html
  3. Event Name: Stamford Model Railway Show Classification: Exhibition Address: Stamford Welland Academy, Green Lane, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1HE Day 1: 18/05/2019 Opening times Day 1: 10:00 to 16:30 Prices: Adults: £5.50 Children:£3.00 Family(2+2): £12.00 Disability access: Yes Car parking: Yes Website: www.mdmrc.org.uk
  4. Event Name: Stamford Model Rail Show Classification: Exhibition Address: Stamford Welland Academy,Green Lane,StamfordPE9 1HE Day 1: 30 April 2016 Opening times Day 1: 10:00 - 17:00 Prices: Adults u00a34, Seniors u00a33.00 Children u00a32.00 Family (2 adults 2 children) u00a310.00 Disability access: Yes Car parking: Yes Website: www.mdmrc.org Organising body: Market Deeping Model Rail Club Organiser: Colin Brown Stamford Model Railway Show Hosted by Market Deeping Model Railway Club at Stamford Welland Academy Green Lane, Stamford Lincs. PE9 1HE Sponsored by Trains4U.com Free Parking Refreshments on Sale Full Disabled Access A day for the whole family.
  5. Finally caught up on the photos upload. The latest of these is all the bits drying out on the radiator following a good scrub down with lashings of hot water and The Barkeepers Friend. Part of the reason for doing this is that the next bit to be stuck on is the smoke box after which it will be virtually impossible to access the inside of the smoke box ever again and I want to be sure everything is bright and shiny.
  6. Gradually getting these photos uploaded. Here's the smoke box and boiler being trial fitted. Fortunately for me, this kit comes with a pre-rolled boiler.
  7. A series of notes following the build of an N Brass Locomotives kit of Lady Margaret, GWR 1308 Having partially realised what I was letting myself in for after starting on Pembroke Castle, I decided to look around for something simpler. I saw this kit at the Peterborough show last year and after (almost) finishing a BR Mark 1, building an axle alignment jig and treating myself to a resistance soldering unit, I decided I was good to go. The kit is superb and any faults in construction are entirely mine. The side frames went together perfectly and are show here with the main bearings in place. All the bearings were the same size and the instructions indicated that the leading wheels should have about a millimetre vertical play and should be sleeved to cater for the smaller axle. I decided that it would be better to make my own bearings to fit and these appear in later photos.
  8. I'd promised myself that if these machines came down to under £500, I would treat myself to one. People keep asking me what am I going to make with it and while I have done a few prints now and am getting to know what will and what won't work, the answer is that as far as I'm concerned, this is just another tool, just like a lathe or milling machine. If I have a need to make something and I think that 3d printing it is a good way to do it, then I will give it a go. My Ormerod 2 part way through the build, being checked to the screen image. Tracking down an electrical fault. It tunred out there wasn't one, just that my meter was unable to read such a low resistance. My first extrusion. Its first real print job - printing an orthogonal test piece. So for example if I want some O Gauge pallets say, do I 3d print them or use coffee stirrers? To my mind coffee stirrers win hands down. One thing I have come up with is a widget to stop chocolate block connectors falling apart which they do from time to time, usually during an exhibition. So anyone got any bright ideas?
  9. It's been a while since I last posted here but I have been busy. Following my trials with building the tender for Pembroke Castle, I realised that I needed some help with Axle Alignment. I saw this jig for sale at the Peterborough show last year and thought I could make one for myself (apologies to Hobby Holidays but I did subsequently buy an RSU off them). These first few entries will be a bit of catch-up as I did this jig around Christmas 2014. So I started off in Sketchup and produced a drawing, ordered some Aluminium, silver steel bar and lots of screws etc from Chronos. The rest of the images can be seen in the gallery and pretty much speak for themselves.
  10. Event Name: Stamford Model Railway Show Classification: Exhibition Address: Stamford Welland Academy,Green Lane,StamfordPE9 1HE Day 1: 02/05/15 Opening times Day 1: 10:00 a.m. Day 2: 2/5/15 Opening times Day 2: 10:00 a.m. Prices: Adults
  11. Hi, I hope you will pardon my intrusion on this learned topic but I'm a (very) new boy on the block and wondered if you would mind identifying and explaining the use of some of the tools in that picture you posted. In particular I'm puzzled by three First is just below the callipers and looks like a scribe at one end but what's the flat end for? And second, to the right of the square is a yellow handled object which looks like a mini-weeder Finally, the bars at the bottom, clearly some bending and / or folding arrangement Thanks for all your hard work in producing this series of articles. Brian
  12. Hi Tom, Just came across your entry. I have an NCE system at home which is fine for what I want and have built a MERG setup for my club. I'm not at all electronic savvy but if you can build a kit of any description and you can solder, then you can build a Merg kit as they are really well designed and the instructions are very clear (and yes I am a Merg member!) However, the build for the throttle is not for the faint hearted as there are a lot of components, many are surface mounted and very fiddly to do. That said, I've built two now and they both work. To buy their kits, you do need to be a member and it might be best to first join up and then try out some of their simpler kits such as the Gas Light Twinkler which is now available in both through the hole and surface mount and are both great fun to build. Brian
  13. I Look forward to seeing some pictures. My OO layout has stalled at the mo but it too is based in S Wales - Pembroke Dock to be precise but I've done it on a mix of board heights rather than L Girder. Have you read the recent articles in Hornby mag on Kadees? I saw Kadees in operation at the Grantham show last year on a layout and was very impressed, more so than I have been by Spratt & Winkle type ones. Brian
  14. brian335

    Chicken and Egg

    Thanks, for those comments, I find super glue can be a bit vulnerable to snapping off if given a sharp blow - not that I'm planning on dropping it, but derailments do happen and I'd hate to find a kit of parts. Araldite or an epoxy though would perhaps have done it. I'm going to have one more go at soldering it though by cleaning and then using high and low melt solders on opposite sides as KH1 suggested. Was working on the water chute on the chassis tonight as I didn't understand the instructions first time round. Seemed pretty obvious tonight and went together a treat. Brian
  15. brian335

    Chicken and Egg

    Thanks, i have one of those and yes, it did go wrong, emitting magic smoke for a while. Now back working though and one of my favourite irons - how sad is that! I should have thought of the different melt solders. Thanks I will try that next time after cleaning up.
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