The customers name was Mr I McCann modelling modern image.

I have tried several times to contact Mr McCann with no avail the emails just get bounced back as undeliverable if any one knows of Mr McCann please can they ask him to re contact me with a good email address or though RMWeb?

Thank you

Pete

I have added to my website both versions of the Class 442 cabs in the 3D Printed Parts Section

I have designed the cab ends to fit the Hornby Mk3 Carriage there is a separate Valance to ease fitting when modelling multi unit working.

I'm only selling the 3D printing files (UN-suported) and not the printed parts (I'm am not offering a printing service) the printing of the files will be the customers responsibility.

The printing files are in 4mm and can be scaled up to 7mm or down to 2mm.

Though I cannot guarantee the print quality when the scale is reduced to 2mm. 

If you have any questions please direct them through my website?

Pete

I will post more info on the kit as it becomes available.

Pete

Over the Christmas period i finished something I have been working for a while.

I have designed it to fit on the Hornby class 08 frame there is a mode for the Hornby frame which will involve removing the cast wings either side of the 8 pin socket.

As with the Hornby 08 I have modeled the cab so it slides over the cab end of the body to fit

With the body and cab I will be supplying etched etched front grill, steps and name plates with body side grills, so that the four shunter's 08992-5 cam be modeled.

The body and cab have been designed so DCC lighting and sound can be fitted.

I will post pictures of the body once I get one and show it fitted.

Pete

Regards,

Lee

Went looking for long range fuel tanks for a class 20 this morning on the PH Designs website.

It appears the website has been hacked as I was greeted with lots of options to purchase Viagra and other drugs.

Is PH Designs still in business and if someone knows the owner, can you let them know please as I have no details to contact them.

Many thanks

Dan

Surely Bank Transfer must be an option in these times now please Pete ? 
 

Beat regards

Craig 

I have just added a fret of three types of 4mm Loco & Wagon Lamp Irons to my range.

You will get 24 of each type of lamp iron and there is a folding jig for each type on the border of the fret.

Not too long after this I removed the bogie's to clean the wheels.

They did come out fairly easily at first but after a few cleans the arms that hold them into the chassis broke off.

I asked Dapol for spares and other service centers but nothing!

In the end I managed to buy another Class 153 but again the same thing happened.

It was becoming a joke so I asked Pete and sent him the offending parts:-

Hopefully you can just about see the new one, it's the only one with BOTH towers on although the photo is too dark and the parts are very small!

Pete did the drawings and had them 3D printed, and they work perfectly!

Yes they are not smooth like the originals but it doesn't matter as they can't be seen, they fit into the bogie perfect and the gears fit nicely into the holes, I now have two working Class 153's!

Thought I'd post this so if anybody else has this problem, Pete's the man that can!

Cheers

Ian

its basically an etch you fold up and either solder or glue together to allow you to be able to correctly space the sleepers

this is the track as bought, code 75 steel sleeper peco streamline

and this is the assembled tool

the first thing to do is to cut the plastic from between the sleepers

then you place the tool onto the sleepers, 10 at a time, and space them out in the grooves, i then added a drop of glue to each sleeper into the hole on the bottom which secures them nicely

once the sleepers are secured its just a case of moving on to the next 10 sleepers and securing them, the metre length of flexi track took me about an hour to do, one down 9 to go!!

the result of spacing the sleepers out is 12 sleepers, and plastic joints between them, are removed from the length of track

you can see the difference between the stock and modified track in the following pictures, although subtle i think it does make enough of a difference to warrent the short time it takes to do the job, the removal of the plastic between the sleepers make a world of difference

in all a great simple piece of kit, i would recommend one if your doing like i am and starting a layout from scratch and are using off the shelf items rather than building your own track

im sure pete can elaborate on the product further.......

I started cutting a circle from a 1mm plastic card sheet. It is recommended to use a 2 mm thickness card but I did not have any and if you use this cutting tool, 1 mm is thick enough. This cutter is not very strong. Also the two gauges are inaccurate I had to adjust the radius using a calliper. But at the end I got a good cleaned circled plastic shape.

On the left: 4 triangular pieces and On the right 4 quarter circles pieces. 

The rail profile is made by successive folds.

Mock

I had to add an edge of 1mm plasticard (2mm = height of a Peco sleeper).

The circle, its frame and the rail are securely positioned with masking tape. Once the pieces were in place they were glued on the circle using Evo stick solvent free. The strip of plasticard  (with the arrow) is my "in house" track gauge.

This is me so far 

To be continued...

Luc 

The Kit for this little Welsh Engine is now on my web site.

The model shown has been built by Ian at Redgate Models.

If you have any questions please contact me through the PH Designs Web Site.

No release date or price as yet but as soon as I have either or both I will post on RM Web first.

Please register your interest below?

This is the first kit in 20 yrs that I've had to solder and even had to get a new soldering iron as I couldn't find the old one.

Straight forward etch and even with my oversize fingers was found to be easy once you know what your doing, and in what order. As always the first one is part of the learning curve so the next three should be a breeze.

And thanks to Pete for the kits ain these hard times.

This is not Full conversion but a Basic one giving you all of the components that difficult to scratch build.

In the kit are the window and door fillers, the cab front cameras and window frames.

The window frames have been designed to be fitted after the main model has been painted, this is so that they match the existing Bachmann window frames style.

For more information on this kit please take a look at my web site.

Also for those interested Mr George Dent of Model Rail magazine is converting a 150 this can be followed on his blog and will be in the 150th edition of Model Rail magazine due out on November 4th.

Pete

if you need to email me please contact me through my website using the system provided on the main page?

Thank You

So that you know these carriages are fitted to either end of an EMU when it is being transported on None electrified lines.

This is a conversion of two Bachmann Mk1 carriages.

The kit has replacement etched brass side (not overlays) enough for the two carriages and decals.

All that is required is two Bachmann Mk1carriages and paint, which is fully listed in the instructions.

If you would like more information on this product please look at my website

Pete

It will come with two C+L Fine Scale Sleeper and can fit on Code 100 or Code 75 rail 00 4mm

The section of rail that it is fitted to must be isolated from the running rails or an electrical short will occur.

If there is enough demand I will produce a modified version to fit EM or P4

There will be more information on my web site in the next week or so.

Pete

The print should cost £20 with the Exchange Rate but that does not include postage.

The engine is of the type that would be used in a Class 47/48

Pete

an enjoyable build with 3 more sets now in paint.

Railtec has covered the decals for the Colas Network rail version.

cheers

Bob

Pete

It is possible to use the set without the grill to produce an Anglian Railways Mk2 DBSO, it could also be used to make a Scott Rail DBSO with some scratch building.

Check the website for more info.

Pete