RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted January 29, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2017 Anyone with a fear of heights ot nervous disposition don't watch Cheers 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted January 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2017 Really good mate - was scrolling down thinking, how does this driver see where he's going then ... then the first one where the side window was clean, I though - ah! typical Liverpool loco .. window's been put through! hehe .. then I realised you'd cleaned it! Bloody good as ever mate. Well done. Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted January 30, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 Really good mate - was scrolling down thinking, how does this driver see where he's going then ... then the first one where the side window was clean, I though - ah! typical Liverpool loco .. window's been put through! hehe .. then I realised you'd cleaned it! Bloody good as ever mate. Well done. Rich Thanks Rich clean windows are first for me always used masking tape until now then tried Maskol, great stuff! Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted January 30, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 Nice work mate After watching them operate crastor today I didn't realise that you had to release the brake before the loco would start moving ,is that with all the newer diesel sound files ? Brian Think it's just on Paul's but Biffo might of incorporated a brake now to on his decoders, could be wrong though mate. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Excellent Paul, It was rather nerve racking watching that drop so close!!!! Paul's sound is spot on, and the features make driving them so enjoyable. Jinty 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 Of course Paul, you do realise those couplings are wrong!! Well, you decided on 7mm, and these sorts of things are sooooo much more noticeable. Mike. (Running for cover). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted January 30, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 Excellent Paul, It was rather nerve racking watching that drop so close!!!! Paul's sound is spot on, and the features make driving them so enjoyable. Jinty Thanks Jinty good job the brakes work Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted January 30, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 Of course Paul, you do realise those couplings are wrong!! Well, you decided on 7mm, and these sorts of things are sooooo much more noticeable. Mike. (Running for cover). I might ban you Mike what up with the couplings? Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 I might ban you Mike what up with the couplings? Cheers Oh heck, banned, but not by a moderator, must be a first! Look at a bufferbeam pic of an 08, or indeed any BR loco, and the top link is made up of 2 side pieces with a bar through the drawhook. HJ do the right one in 4mm, can't understand why they can't manage it in the senile senior scale though. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted January 30, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Oh heck, banned, but not by a moderator, must be a first! Look at a bufferbeam pic of an 08, or indeed any BR loco, and the top link is made up of 2 side pieces with a bar through the drawhook. HJ do the right one in 4mm, can't understand why they can't manage it in the senile senior scale though. Mike. Could be because it's Dapol Cheers Edited January 30, 2017 by PjKing1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 Could be because it's Dapol Cheers Shows how much I know about 7mm :senile: Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted January 30, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 Shows how much I know about 7mm :senile: Mike. Probably more than I do Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Look at a bufferbeam pic of an 08, or indeed any BR loco, and the top link is made up of 2 side pieces with a bar through the drawhook. Sort of, a bit like this. 08585 by Steve Jones, on Flickr HJ do the right one in 4mm, can't understand why they can't manage it in the senile senior scale though. Mike. Bachmann, Hornby & SLW also do a representation of the RIV/UIC flat top link coupling and there's this 1:76.2 variation. P Edited January 30, 2017 by Porcy Mane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 Who's is the bottom one?, looks easier than struggling with the AG version, hoping it's not the Exactobloodyexpensivescale one. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Who's is the bottom one?, looks easier than struggling with the AG version, hoping it's not the Exactobloodyexpensivescale one. Mike. Ambis Hook Exactoscale (Expensowail) bottom link. (But they sell packs of links only and note how they have not been bent equally) Top links are spare bits off an Ambis screw coupling etch. Couple of bits of hex bar, one threaded 16 BA and one drilled 16BA clearance and both cross drilled for the pivot pins. 16BA C'sunk setscrew. Toggle bar drilled and filed up from some 0.9 mm brass rod. A 0.5 mm lacemakers pin. All in all, a bit of a mongrel knocked up by a bit of a mongrel. P Oh! Forgot to say the drawbar spring was wound from a bit of Eileen's phosphor bronze wire. (Can I get back to doing your wheel calculations now?) Oh! (No. 2) This is the Ambis etch along with a coupling I'm knocking up for a Hornby 4 mm 08. It uses the Expensowail bottom link but utilises Hornbys representation of the centre section/toggle bar. Edited January 30, 2017 by Porcy Mane 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted February 6, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2017 Well I've finally plucked up the courage and made a start on the 40 Cheers 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Those wheels are a fetching shade of L&YR brown 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted February 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2017 Looking good there, one thing that irritates me on almost all of the bogie sideframes is the springs actually looking like a plastic moulding rather than a "wound wire"......when I am back into a workshop and finally sorted our removal boxes out I am going to experiment with replacing those plastic "lumps" with wired "springs"....worth a try I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Excellent start Paul, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted February 6, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2017 Looking good there, one thing that irritates me on almost all of the bogie sideframes is the springs actually looking like a plastic moulding rather than a "wound wire"......when I am back into a workshop and finally sorted our removal boxes out I am going to experiment with replacing those plastic "lumps" with wired "springs"....worth a try I reckon. Definitely and let me know how you get on! Cheers Excellent start Paul, Thanks Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopar Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Anyone with a fear of heights ot nervous disposition don't watch Cheers May I ask whose rollers are they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted February 7, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2017 May I ask whose rollers are they? Morning Mopar, off the top of my head I'm not sure what make they are as a friend of mine lent them to me but I'll find out as soon as I'm home tonight mate. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Apologies for jumping in Paul, I think they're these: http://www.bachrus.com/runningstands.php I've some that cover the '4mm' gauges. Rgds, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted February 7, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2017 Apologies for jumping in Paul, I think they're these: http://www.bachrus.com/runningstands.php I've some that cover the '4mm' gauges. Rgds, No worries thanks Andy, think they are I didn't think they'd work with O gauge but they seem to work quite well. Thanks again for that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopar Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Thanks gents. Oh, top quality weathering by the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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