Stuart-AU Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 HI.. Well with all the gauge crap out of the way, whats hidden in the 3mm cupboard. You know who you are and whats you have tucked away, Please share. StuartM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katier Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I am currently working on a pair of J72's a N10 and a J79 for my layout Emmyton. Emmyton has about 30% of it's trackwork laid and will be a dual (non linked) level NER layout set around 1919-1921. It's a 12mm gauge layout which was made because at the time 13.5mm trackbed wasn't quite available, and 14.2mm I was warned away from due to percieved clearance issues. My main work at the moment is scratchbuilding chassis and having got to the point where I'm happy with the method of doing it I believe it's definitely the best option. Kit supplied chassis tend to work on quite thin metal and I personally find them too flimsy.. I invariably end up buckling the etchings. My Chassis are built with a method which I believe is roughly the same as several experienced 3mm modellers use and seems to work well and doesn't need an assembly jig.Once I am completely comfortable with making them I plan on writing an article on how I did them as it's quite a simple process and might make a useful article for people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3mm Andy. Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Well in my cupboard is a large GC based layout which measures 19feet long and a little over 8 feet wide the layout it's self is of the oval format and will be added to the layout section in the coming months once I get a new camera to replace mine and take some up to date pictures but for now just getting it ready for it's next show in September. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadman Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Given a Triang Jinty wekend with offer of some more stock. Unlikely to build a layout around them as plenty more things in hand at moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodshaw Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Hardly in my cupboard any more but here are links to my two 3mm layouts and a continental TT layout I made in between. They are all now defunct. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/newsforyou/briargate.htm http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/newsforyou/lightwood.htm http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/newsforyou/ecclesford.htm To be perfectly honest I started finding 3mm scale more and more like hard work and I've gone on to new things. Nothing to do with age or failing faculties, I just got fed up with it. Rod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adanapress Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Small 3mm treasure turned up amidst my stuff the other day: three unmade Peco spiked point packs complete with track bases and "TT21X nickel silver rail" machined and cut to suit assembly. Also on the packs are the words "universal true section flat bottom rail". Very ancient and dusty, but seem complete. Also two diecast wagon chassis with plastic wheels but no bodies or couplings. Best offer received by 6pm Sunday 26th Feb secures Stafford (now in 4mm) 01787 237564 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katier Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Just spotted your post, nice find there. Any luck with a buyer? I'd probably offer but right now the offer would have to be negative!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dorset Wanderer Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Scenic items, water cranes, cows, fencing all surfacing and being dragged kicking and screaming towards the glue and paint! Funny really, but the bits I really need- lettering for station sign- I can't find! Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katier Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 What timeline Steve? 3SMR do early BR text and the 3mm Society to 'tiny signs' which I'm guessing includes station stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dorset Wanderer Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Late last night I finally found my stash of lettering- Teignford now has it's name. Best wishes Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT3 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Just finished dismantling my old 3mm layout so have a few very large boxes of stuff and lots of firewood. A surprising find was the amount of boxed/unused Triang TT track. interesting but they weigh alot, take alot of storage space and will never be used. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted June 10, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10, 2012 In the gloat box /flat pack collection a good pile of Worsley Works etches - 3 GPO Mk1s and a 117 dmu come to hand- looking at work how best to build. But on bench are two 37/0 bodyshells from Bruce Smetham`s suppliers- lovely resin affairs with excellent whitemetal sideframes and resin tanks - body suited to Society bogie diesel chassis kits - need to dig one out now. Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katier Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 That 37 looks fantastic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted July 9, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2012 Dug further whilst hunting DMU parts and find I have aquired but were not in same place enough bits for a 5 car freightliner set ! Also revisted a class05 kit By Judith Edge. Class 37s now have buffers and cab door handles Robert Shrives Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodshaw Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I too have been rummaging through some 3mm items which haven't seen the light of day for over a year. Not currently having a 3mm layout, I made a length of test track with Society track, and tried out my Tri-ang Class 31. It runs immaculately, crawls along at virtually 0 mph, and quiet as a mouse. Not bad for a 50+ year-old loco! The DMU and Jinty run almost as well, certainly no worse than my kit-built efforts. Lurking in the same cupboard were enough lengths of PCB and spare rail to make a couple of points - I sense a small 3mm project coming on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Now then! Any thoughts as to what?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodshaw Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Now then! Any thoughts as to what?? If I ever get a round tuit, a small industrial scene (34 by 14 inches, to be precise, on a leftover piece of ply, plus a fiddle yard), maybe three points in total, with a warehouse and engineers, and maybe a passenger line for a DMU at the back, with a hint of a station platform. All based on West Yorkshire in the steam/diesel transition. I'll use existing stock, including some Tri-ang, fortunately all of the locos I have run pretty well. The real work will be making the buildings because I want something with a bit of relief, from plasticard or suchlike, so that rules out Scalescenes etc. Rod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Ohhhh! Keep us informed of progress! (says he just succumbed to some14.2mm bits on ebay, Thompson coach included!!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dorset Wanderer Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Just recieved the Bull-Ant bogie and dummy for my Hymek-12mm gauge but correct bogie wheel spacing and easy to fit to sub chassis! RM contributed to this! Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dorset Wanderer Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Cambridge custom Transfers has completed his move- time to order! Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Cheers for the head up Steve, I was wondering how long he would be ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted August 19, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2012 Hi Found two 3SMR/BEC kits of vintage - 2P and 4F complete with 3smr chassis and Kean maygib wheels and axles for 12mm gauge no motors or gears but these can be sourced. Gone to a new home where they should see light of day .. Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodshaw Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 A recent rummage through my 3mm cupboard (well, box) revealed some copper-clad strips and odd bits of rail I’d once entertained hopes of making some turnouts with. It always seemed a step too far, and then I decided to take a break from 3mm scale. But being short of a project, on an impulse I decided to have a go. So I made an assembly jig from a block of balsa and some strips of card (see picture), and set to. I was amazed how quicky it was done; far easier and quicker than making 3mm scale loco kits. The whole lot, including the jig, was done in about three evenings. I used an existing 3SMR turnout as a guide for the sleeper spacing and during assembly. The only track alignment tool I used apart from a ruler was a 12mm spacer I made from a piece of aluminium. I did have to take up and re-solder the curved switchblade because I got the radius too tight (didn’t file the end thin enough so it didn’t fit snugly against the stock rail), likewise one of the check rails which got a bit gouged out of it through being hamfised with the Dremel cutting disc when isolating the switchblades from the frog (next time, if there is one, I think I’ll make the pieces separately). The order I soldered the bits of rail was: straight stock rail, crossing vee rails, curved stock rail, check rails, switchblades. All the above is a bit gung-ho and probably totally the wrong way of doing it, but I just wanted to see if I could, without buying any track gauges. The result is maybe not too pretty looking, but various locos and items of stock seem to go through it all right, though I won’t know for sure till it’s properly laid down and wired up. So if you’re thinking of having a go at making your own turnouts, in any scale – have a go; if I can do it, you can! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dorset Wanderer Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Rod- suggestion for you, split the copperclad next to the rail, can be done with a razor saw. That way there is no unsightly line in the centre of the track. I was lucky enough to get some from the supplier to 3SMR and they match 3mm Society 12mm track perfectly. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodshaw Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I was lucky enough to get some from the supplier to 3SMR and they match 3mm Society 12mm track perfectly. Steve It must be slightly narrower than the stuff I've used then, which I got from the Society. Having said that, mine exactly matches that used on the 3SMR points I have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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