jcm@gwr Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Another great set of shots, thanks. Pity the vandals have had a go at the fire-devil! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Pity the vandals have had a go at the fire-devil! Jeff It's the summer Jeff and the fire devil been left on its side until the autumn frosts come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Just added Hornby close couplers to the Bachmann coaches. Seems to work although ther is an occasional derailing which i will look into. But it does look effective. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyb_imp Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) Alan Yet another great shot nice to see the contrast in the different coaches Edited January 19, 2013 by billyb_imp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) Have you tried the Bachmann pipe coupling as I think it looks and works great.Need to be fixed rakes though.Although comparing yours with mine it looks like yours are closer. Edited January 20, 2013 by gwrrob 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 I must admit I haven't Rob, but the Hornby really close couple. Two things come to mind on the occasional derailment is that the extending bits of the coupling may be v. slightly gummed up by my weathering the underframe, I might try a brief squirt of WD 40 and the corridor connections might just be catching so I'll put thick cartridge paper endplates on to act as rubbing plates. If that doesn't work I'll try and find all my Bachman pipe couplers and use them. But i do like the closeness of the Hornby couplers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Hi Alan, Please DON'T use WD40, it can attack some plastics! Also, it's not a good lubricant and only average as a penetrant. It is only good for one thing, and the clue is in it's name, Water Dispersant. The best thing would be a silicone spray lubricant, it is meant for plastics and is available at all good plumbing merchants. Cheers, Jeff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Thanks for that Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Now you've added a photo Robin what have you used between the corridor connections are they the Modellers Mecca corridor connections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2013 Now you've added a photo Robin what have you used between the corridor connections are they the Modellers Mecca corridor connections? They certainly are young sir and made specifically for Bachmann Mk1s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) Thanks Robin and it is especially nice have just got into OAP+1 to be called young sir Edited January 21, 2013 by westerner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalwart Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I also use the Hornby close-couplers on my rakes of Bachmann Mk1's (the Roco style ones?) and found a few of them use to de-rail occasionally. I found that if I pulled them out very slightly,(which involved cutting off the little lugs that hold them into the NEM socket and then gluing them into place) that the extra 1mm or so of clearance between corridor connections was enough to do the trick. The corridor connections still touch on the straight so you don't compromise the lovely close connection but they don't 'snag' each other when coming off the curves and onto a straight section of track. Lovely weathering BTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) Thanks Stalwart. If after the silicone treatment I still get the odd derailment I may try the glueing technique. By the way what glue did you use? Edited January 23, 2013 by westerner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalwart Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Just a tiny drop of superglue. I took the offending couplings out, re-inserted them a bit further out, ran them round a few times to check they did'nt de-rail again and then applied a drop of superglue to the inner end of the coupling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel W Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I can't believe it took me so long to read this thread! In my opinion, you have taken a classic premise and made something absolutely sublime. I am particularly interested in Departmental stock and was very impressed by your ballast train. Do you have any plans to add more wagons to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 DeathWatch thank you for your kind comments. As to the ballast train I'm not sure. Last night before watching the prog on BBC4 I was going through my stock boxes and arranging my fiddleyard to see if a timetable I've dreamt up will work and I suddenly realised how much stock I do have. I suspect less than half of it is on the layout, so I may have to rationalise before building more stock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted January 31, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2013 The WR decided as there was often tail traffic to and from Slapton it was more convenient to have a pannier and single coach rather than an autocoach. In this case the coach is a Collett D109 non corridor brake third, as yet in transfered. Connecting at Wencombe with the Torbay Express. On its way down to Slapton 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted January 31, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2013 Perfect - a trip to Slapton on a PT and then to the Tower inn for a few pints, One of the best pubs in the South Hams. Lovely evocative pics as always Alan. Neil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Hi mate You have an excellent layout and great photos show this very well. Great work dude... Jamie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I like the brake 3rd. Is that a Comet kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 Thanks for your comments Jamie and Neil. Mark, The Brake third is a set of Comet sides on a donor coach of a Hornby B set. My first effort at such building. It is only this week that I've glazed it,even though I built it some 7 or 8 years ago, mainly because when I cut the doonor coach to match the windows in the new sides I didn't really leave enough rom to make it easy to put the galzing in. I still need to add the transfers and although I have the guard and the luggage compartment weight transfers I haven't any numbers I can easily apply without doing individual numbers. By the way the numbers are 5589- 5630. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted February 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2013 A lovely scene. I particularly like the pannier and single coach rolling through the verdant countryside. Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I've only just discovered this thread. Really excellent work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Jerry and HSB thank you for kind comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Perfect - a trip to Slapton on a PT and then to the Tower inn for a few pints, One of the best pubs in the South Hams. Lovely evocative pics as always Alan. Neil Don't forget the Queens Arms in Slapton. One of my favourite pubs when we holiday down in Devon. Best regards, Jeremy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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