RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2018 A couple of photos showing a start on the cab end jumpers for the 4TC....what do you think, 5amp or 15amp fuse wire? This is the 15amp This is the 5amp 10 A if you can find it, otherwise the 5 A. it will look thicker when you paint it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Likewise, definitely the 5 amp. Plus a coat of paint should be bob on Jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 20, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Good that’s exactly my opinion 5 amp plus paint. Looks like 10amp fuse wire is only available on a reel rather than a short length on a card. Edited August 20, 2018 by acg5324 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 21, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2018 Jumpers made up and fitted today along with the cab windows and a bit of paint added. Pictures to follow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 21, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2018 Here are the 4TC cabs. Next stage will be to drill the holes for the handrails.....does anyone do fine flat strip, otherwise its Nickel Silver wire. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 For fine flat strip,try Eileen’s emporium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 22, 2018 Here are the 4TC cabs. Next stage will be to drill the holes for the handrails.....does anyone do fine flat strip, otherwise its Nickel Silver wire. Squash the wire in a vice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 22, 2018 Squash the wire in a vice. No vice or workbench for a while. Could try it with a hammer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdboxcar Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Hi Andy Looking good, bit late now but magnet wire might have done the job. Sandy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 24, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 24, 2018 Hi Andy Looking good, bit late now but magnet wire might have done the job. Sandy Not too late, Magnet wire? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdboxcar Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Hi Andy The stuff wrapped around motors and transformers, I have some in my box will bring it next meeting. Sandy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 26, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2018 Saturday afternoon had a trip into the countryside, to Gilling and the RSME running day. I’ll post some photos later but seeing miniature engineering masterpieces with full length passenger and freight trains running around the track was a great afternoon out. https://rsme.org.uk 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 27, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2018 Some pictures from Gilling........just a few of the trains running. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 28, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2018 Well UPS delivered a box from Shapeways safely today. A pair of RailNscale Range Rovers. A RailNscale Bedford Chevanne and a Reliant Robin from another maker. Some NEM bar couplers for the 4TC.....I've fitted the middle length ones at present Some buffers for the DTS coaches of the 4TC set. The Farish ones are too short with the cab end added and a little lightweight. Finally some chimney pots in a couple of styles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted August 28, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2018 The 4TC after a quick squirt of Rail grey.....doesn't match the Farish paintwork very well. Looks like some work still required on the quarterlights. The NEM bar couplers in place. It'll be interesting to see how this propels now. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted September 6, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2018 Not much progress with the 4TC this week but I have managed to add the dampers to the bogies to make them more like B5,s....well when I say dampers it’s a bit of plastic rod. I’ve also started to make some horns from plastic road and filler as the only brass ones I’ve found don’t look suitable. Finished scanning the pictures in for the third of my books today, this is the Eastern Region. This will give me some breathing space as it doesn’t need to be with the publishers until November. About 150 out of 190 captions written too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2018 Not much progress with the 4TC this week but I have managed to add the dampers to the bogies to make them more like B5,s....well when I say dampers it’s a bit of plastic rod. I’ve also started to make some horns from plastic road and filler as the only brass ones I’ve found don’t look suitable. Finished scanning the pictures in for the third of my books today, this is the Eastern Region. This will give me some breathing space as it doesn’t need to be with the publishers until November. About 150 out of 190 captions written too. B5 or B5(S)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigP Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) -- Edited January 31, 2021 by bigP Deleted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted September 7, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2018 Yes the plural...although the number on the Southern must have outnumbered the Catering and Sleeping cars by far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2018 I think he means B5s, as in plural, not in the possessive, nor the Southern. Paul Yes the plural...although the number on the Southern must have outnumbered the Catering and Sleeping cars by far. Hence my question - the TCs, like all contemporary SR EMU trailer cars, were fitted with B5(S) bogies, not ordinary B5 bogies as used under loco-hauled cars. The obvious visual difference is that the traction rod is attached to the bogie frame by a prominent casting (I think - or possibly forging. Can't remember after all these years). See the third picture down on this page: http://www.semgonline.com/gallery/class421_04.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted September 8, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2018 Ah I see what you mean, so my answer should have been yes plural and yes B5S.....only the damper fitted so far, will start the other bits at the Yorkshire NGS meeting today. If plasticard doesn’t work I’ll have to find some thin brass strip. I’ll also be doing some propelling testing with the bar couplers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted September 8, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2018 Photos to follow but the bar couplers worked a treat with a propelling test on the Wards Cutting layout. Made some brackets up from plasticard for the bogies, about 50% fitted. Horns are being made up from plastic rod and filler, look a little chunky but not to bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted September 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2018 Ah I see what you mean, so my answer should have been yes plural and yes B5S.....only the damper fitted so far, will start the other bits at the Yorkshire NGS meeting today. If plasticard doesn’t work I’ll have to find some thin brass strip. I’ll also be doing some propelling testing with the bar couplers. Hi I did mine with square brass strip Difficult to take a photo of though. Cheers Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted September 18, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) Well some belated pictures of the 4TC and Crompton on the Yorkshire NGS Guys Cutting layout. A successful trial with the bar couplers. I have subsequently removed the Dapol working knuckle couplers and replaced them with the non working type. The working ones look far to big to me much larger than MT ones. As you can see the cab recesses have had a light wash to make them stand out more. Horns have been added to one of the DTS cars since this was taken. I've bought a couple of ODC Mk3 Ford Cortinas in red, which are the latest release.They still suffer from over-wide wheels and axles. Don't really know why the bother with rotating wheels at all. A still have several Mk1 chassis available from non produced carflats. One of these is going to be married up with a selection of cheap Farish Leyland Nationals to produce RDB977091. The National body is a little narrow for the Mk1 frame so I will split the sides from the roof and add a fillet of plasticard to make it a bit wider. The window spacing isn't far out, any extra space will be lost around the doors. I know it doesn't fit into my 1980 time slot but as I've always planned to run a 1986 timetable as well it looks like 1983 will also be added! Edited September 24, 2018 by acg5324 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted September 18, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2018 Building work on the house extension has come to an unplanned halt due to a delay with the steel work for the roof. This is progress so far with the layout room on the right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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