Valentin Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) Framed baseboard; 6 mm ply and timber: 4" x 2", 2"x2". Then you can use balsa to raise the tracks (also good for sound proofing). This is my board: I varnished the board with "Wilko Yacht Varnish" then used 3M Spray Mount to stick the templates: Edited November 17, 2013 by Valentin 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Hi there are there any articles on weathering mineral wagons on this forum Regards John Have you tried the search box? The mathieson wagons I have done have been scratch brush followed by washes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveArkley Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Forgive an N gauge interloper please I've been struggling for a while with DG couplings, just can't construct them consistently with the ol' failing eyesight. I know 2mm folks use DG couplings a lot. Is anyone aware of someone who will assemble/fit DGs to locos and rolling stock? Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Forgive an N gauge interloper please I've been struggling for a while with DG couplings, just can't construct them consistently with the ol' failing eyesight. I know 2mm folks use DG couplings a lot. Is anyone aware of someone who will assemble/fit DGs to locos and rolling stock? Cheers Dave You're forgiven. There are many N gauge modellers in the 2mm scale association. Assuming you are looking to commission this work the one person that springs to mind working on anything like this kind of basis in this scale is Jerry Clifford. You will find his contact details if you search for 'jerry clifford models' on the internet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 hi. can we not advertise stuff for sale here please. thanks. Missy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I'm confused. Who is advertising? I merely answered a question in an 'Any question answered' topic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I wondered that too. I think there was a post which has since been deleted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Yes, I deleted a couple of posts as its not really the place to advertise items for sale. M, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) Hello Can anyone help me with a CH etched chassis for the Lima siphon please... I have got this far with it but I am a little confused on how the brake stuff goes together, can anyone give me some hints / tips on how to assemble it all? Fankoo. Missy EDIT: Forgot to add, it looks like there is a battery box in the way? Edited January 7, 2014 by -missy- 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2014 it looks to me that you have too many V hangers I am not sure what diagram it is supposed to be but most seem to have one on each side but there could be others in the centre if the van. My siphons are the earleir ones 4 and 6 wheel and my reference books are not easy to reach at the moment. Try agoogle search for GWR Siphon some interesting images. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted January 7, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7, 2014 Hello Can anyone help me with a CH etched chassis for the Lima siphon please... lima-siphon-chassis.jpg I have got this far with it but I am a little confused on how the brake stuff goes together, can anyone give me some hints / tips on how to assemble it all? Fankoo. Missy EDIT: Forgot to add, it looks like there is a battery box in the way? Hi Julia, Phil and I took some snaps of B.R. built Siphon Gs at Llynclys earlier this year. Don't know if these shots will help for the version that you are building but you can also look on Paul Bartlett's site for some pics of other diagrams. As you will see from the photos there is only one outer V hanger on each side and each has a friend near the centre line of the vehicle. The shaft between them is connected to the vac cylinder and also to the brake rigging to the bogie. It gets a bit cosy where the dynamo is also in the vicinity. The small V shaped object next to the V hanger is supposed to represent one of the small brackets to which the vac cylinder is attached. If all else fails, I seem to remember that there is one nearby at Didcot. Good luck! I haven't started any of my three yet . . . David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted January 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2014 By the way, Phil (Copleston) and I were accompanied on our gricing around the Llynclys site by this little chap: You can't see Phil on any of the photos 'cos he's round the back somewhere fussing over something called, I think, a Toplight but as it had seats in it and wasn't a DMU I wasn't especially interested . . . David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks for the photos David, most appreciated There are a few little brackets and things on the etch and I am trying to figure out where they go. I am assuming they are part of the brakes as I cant see anywhere else they can go. M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I'll have a look in some books tonight. If I can dig out the box that has the instruction sheets for things I'm currently building in it the Ultima instructions have a basic schematic for the under neath bits for different vehicle types. My bookshelves are the only things in the modelling room that are populated at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mm Andy Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) David, They're 9ft pressed steel plate bogies (I can say this with some confidence as they used to reside in my gloat box before a swap was negotiated with Julia!). If all else fails then I can call into the NRM and look up what Slinn and Clarke's book on GWR Siphons says about brake arrangements/battery boxes, but it'll be next week before I get a chance to do this. Andy (edited to correct error) Edited January 8, 2014 by 2mm Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted January 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks for the photos David, most appreciated There are a few little brackets and things on the etch and I am trying to figure out where they go. I am assuming they are part of the brakes as I cant see anywhere else they can go. M Julia, Andy has now said that the bogies are the 9' version which makes things a lot simpler. I'll post an answer later this evening. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted January 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2014 By the way, Phil (Copleston) and I were accompanied on our gricing around the Llynclys site by this little chap: 411 (Medium).jpg SDC10449 (Medium).JPG You can't see Phil on any of the photos 'cos he's round the back somewhere fussing over something called, I think, a Toplight but as it had seats in it and wasn't a DMU I wasn't especially interested . . . David 3 chairs! Hip hip... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted January 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hi Julia, Right, I think that I've worked it out now for the diagrams with 9' bogies. One side looks like this: Reading from left to right we have large battery box, voltage regulator, vacuum cylinder, large V hanger (joined by a shaft to another V hanger on the vehicle centre line) and finally dynamo. Here's a close up of the voltage regulator: The other side is similar and I believe it to be, from left to right, large battery box, small battery box, vacuum cylinder, large V hanger (with shaft as above) but no dynamo. The V hangers that you have sitting opposite the large battery box aren't required as they are for the DC brake arrangement. The small V hanger on the other side should also be removed. Hope this helps. I need to keep these notes for when I do my own! David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 If all else fails then I can call into the NRM and look up what Slinn and Clarke's book on GWR Siphons says about brake arrangements/battery boxes, but it'll be next week before I get a chance to do this. I wouldn't bother: I've checked. Underframe details in this book are far from comprehensive and the pictures are primarily of gas lit vehicles and tend to be quite dark under the solebars. There is a line drawing of the O62 underframe as photographed by David (and Phil?). Only one side is shown though and David has worked it out already. I recall the Ultima instructions as being better but they are in a box I haven't unearthed yet. Further pictures could be gleaned in the Russell books, but I haven't had time to go through them this evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mm Andy Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I wouldn't bother: I've checked. Underframe details in this book are far from comprehensive and the pictures are primarily of gas lit vehicles and tend to be quite dark under the solebars. There is a line drawing of the O62 underframe as photographed by David (and Phil?). Only one side is shown though and David has worked it out already. Thanks Richard. I have a photocopy of the details from this book for one of the gas-lit outside frame siphons, and had assumed that other diagrams might be equally well illustrated. Russell part 2 doesn't have much info, and I don't have the Appendix volumes to check them. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Thanks Richard. I have a photocopy of the details from this book for one of the gas-lit outside frame siphons, and had assumed that other diagrams might be equally well illustrated. Russell part 2 doesn't have much info, and I don't have the Appendix volumes to check them. Andy One of the issues of the Russell books (aside from some known spurious captions), for me, is that the indices are far from comprehensive, such that a more thorough search is often necessary to discover whether the information sought is included. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Hi Julia, Right, I think that I've worked it out now for the diagrams with 9' bogies. Hope this helps. David Hello David (and others). I think I have enough information I need to finish this off. Those photos are just what I needed so thanks, most appreciated... M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Hello Missy Ooh! What's provoked the new avatar? Have you only just discovered The Smiths? The Nim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 411 (Medium).jpg And today on "When railways go wrong": The cat that thinks it's a ground signal. How a red collar and head tilting brought mayhem to shunting operations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) Hello Can anyone help me with a CH etched chassis for the Lima siphon please... lima-siphon-chassis.jpg I have got this far with it but I am a little confused on how the brake stuff goes together, can anyone give me some hints / tips on how to assemble it all? Fankoo. Missy EDIT: Forgot to add, it looks like there is a battery box in the way? As commented elsewhere, there are too many V hangers. The etch can build either a DC braked version, or the later 'standard' style of right hand brake levers and has the V hangers for both. You need to remove those not required for your version. Also the battery boxes represent a combination of many possible variants. The prototype Siphon in the photos seems to have a BR style voltage regulator that GWR built examples would not have had when new. It is a late built BR example (O62) - you can most easily tell from the extra side vents - and the voltage regulator might even have been added in departmental service or preservation. EDIT: I checked my references and found that the right hand brake levers are appropraite for the GWR wartime built examples and the later BR built ones. For the pre-war O33s, these had the DC style brakegear. You can see photos of both types on Paul Bartlett's site. Chris Edited January 16, 2014 by Chris Higgs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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