RMweb Premium 65179 Posted April 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Nig H said: I used 2-333 and 2-337 to make LMS 10' 8 shoe fitted underframes for the vertical plank LMS 12T vans. I'm not sure if the resulting underframe was totally prototypical but it looked right to me. Apart from having steel solebars on the etch, what is the difference between 2-385 and 2-333? Nig H Both 333 and 385 are LNER 8 shoe fitted underframes. 333 is for use with cast or separate springs and axleboxes. 385 has integral etched ones. 385 also includes door bangs for open wagons. Simon 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Donw said: .......This is one of the reasons I prefer to set the stock rails from the crossing rather than vice versa. With soldered construction you can set the check rail and the stock rail independant of each other. I just use a slip gauge when setting the wing rails and use the roller gauge to set the stock rail and the check rail from the crossing . Everyone has their own favourite way of doing things and I tend to do the opposite from Don, tacking the stock rails accurately to the template first and then setting the tip of the point rail using two button gauges. If it's not landing in it's correct place on the sleeper I adjust one or other stock rail until it does. Wing and check rails are then gauged off the crossing and stock rails using a piece of the plan section rail, which is the same thickness all the way up. The old adage applies, whatever works best for you. Jim Edited April 4, 2020 by Caley Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacathedrale Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Interesting, I know that academically but I'd never thought of doing it that way. Thank you! Here's a pic of my quick-and-dirty sliding check gauge: I had the very devil trying to get it all square, time to try again with a longer set of runners, I think. The check rail is now appropriately spaced, too. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitharmes Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 On 17/03/2020 at 19:06, Atso said: A lovely start there! Here is a shot of progress so far with the 43xx. RH cylinder / piston assembly complete. Now to try and get the LH side to match! The tender is a Dapol 3500 gal tender via the 2mm shop. 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mmKiwi Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Looking really nice Keith - GWR elegance at its best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpgibbons Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 8 hours ago, keitharmes said: Here is a shot of progress so far with the 43xx. RH cylinder / piston assembly complete. Now to try and get the LH side to match! The tender is a Dapol 3500 gal tender via the 2mm shop. Keith - does the Dapol tender from the 2mm shop come with all the detail fittings please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitharmes Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 4 hours ago, dpgibbons said: Keith - does the Dapol tender from the 2mm shop come with all the detail fittings please? Yes, the tender from the shop has all the brake gear, etc, the same as the commercial tender, just all loose. Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitharmes Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, keitharmes said: Yes, the tender from the shop has all the brake gear, etc, the same as the commercial tender, just all loose. Keith I should have added that it doesn't include wheels. Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nig H Posted April 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2020 Hello, Here are a couple of pics of my LNWR composite, now finished apart from numbering and weathering. I found it hard to apply the door 'ones' satisfactorily, probably because the paintwork was matt rather than the recommended gloss. Nig H 11 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted April 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2020 That really looks like it’s not far from getting a box of matches Nigel. Tim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atso Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I've managed to get a bit more done on my N gauge Cambridge Buffet set. The Dapol Third in the centre of the set is a temporary stand in for an unstarted ex-GN 61'6 Composite. 9 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Atso said: I've managed to get a bit more done on my N gauge Cambridge Buffet set. The Dapol Third in the centre of the set is a temporary stand in for an unstarted ex-GN 61'6 Composite. Top shelf stuff. You can't buy those in clear plastic boxes. Makes me want to get one of those resin printing boxes. I really don't want to use one of those resin printing boxes myself though and even if I knew where I'd put it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Clearing down UFOs again. Actually making some progress too. The under gubbins is complete. Just checking the ride height on the bogies before fitting buffers &c. Two different colours in the hope that the undercoat will vary the final colour subtly. These prints are not quite as crisp as the one seen at the AGM. That was from a B9 creator and these are from 2 different Anycubic Photons. I'm unlikely to make any more though unless I break one. There were only ever 6 of these made by the GWR. 13 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacathedrale Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I love the contrast of the body and the spindly wheels. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Jim T Posted April 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2020 That Bogie Mink is looking great Rich... OMWB over the last couple of days I’ve been doing some Engineers’ spoil wagons. This particular pair are the result of a moment of inspiration while staring at a couple of the Farish steel high goods and wondering how the hell I’m going to rework the chassis on these to get the brake shoes in line with the wheels... Perusing David Larkin’s “Civil Engineers Wagons: Volume 3” there’s a particularly interesting section showing a “Miscellany of Older CE Wagons, Ex-Revenue Wagons and Brake Vans”. It starts particularly well with a Herring and a Pilchard on the first page (p79). On the next page are a pair of ex Soda Ash wagons in engineers service which are right in my period. This is a case of using up bits of things I had lying around so the RCH vacuum braked chassis are from a very cheap eBay bulk purchase of Conflats which are primarily intended for wagons for my salt block train. This uses mostly of the LMS type wooden high wagons with corrugated ends, for which the NGS does a nice little plastic kit. I ultimately need 30 or so so I’ve been planning to resin cast them but the master for the wooden highs is from the NGS kit which comes in a twin pack with one of the steel, LNER style, bodies. So the bodies for and the chassis for the soda ash wagons are really left overs from the salt train project... I’ve started work with the bodies, removing the door securing detail, and the chain ring pockets and chalk boards appropriate to the two prototype pictures (one with the pockets, ex-LNER, one without, a BR build), and added the door closer bars from 20 thou square styrene. The dogs for the upper bar are scraps of 0.030” x 0.020” styrene. I left these to dry then filed them back to thin them down a little. I’ve just started assembly, using a square of tufnol to work on as the sides and ends don’t seem to stick to it. Just a quick question - what do folks use for axleguard tie-bars on fitted chassis please? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Jim T said: That Bogie Mink is looking great Rich... Just a quick question - what do folks use for axleguard tie-bars on fitted chassis please? Thank you. I use .3mm n/s wire, but most of my prototypes that have them have round tie bars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Technically its on my 2mm workbench. Julia 15 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Square Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 You’re going to struggle to get that between a 8.5mm back to back... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandHutton Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Thats lovely work julia - did you machine it from castings? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, SandHutton said: Thats lovely work julia - did you machine it from castings? Thank you. Yes, it is machined from a kit https://www.stuartmodels.com/item/39/stuart-10v-unmachined Julia 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted April 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13, 2020 Quite a big bit on my 2mm workbench, currently. More in the engineering section. Tim 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted April 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 13, 2020 Just to add these kits very popular, at a recent show the lads from Stuart Models were surprised that a gentleman from China had travelled to UK to obtain one in person. I guess explaining to customs on the way back would be fun. hopefully it will not mean a cheap version being back/sideways engineered to flood market, which was a fear somebody else thought.. Have fun with it. Much simpler on mine is a fret for three BRUTES. Robert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted April 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, CF MRC said: Quite a big bit on my 2mm workbench, currently. More in the engineering section. Tim If that was 2mm the tools are very small! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted April 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 13, 2020 Nice work Julia. Do you have a specific use for it? Don 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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