richard i Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 Two steps back. I tried to fit the grub screw tonight. Fitted it and applied power. The gears spun but not the wheel. Looked to tighten it further. it sheered. I thought about needing to ask highlevel for another. However it might be easier to drill it out and pin it. Or extract the axle, if I can, and get a new final gear and grub screw if I can. thoughts? richard 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Turbutt Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Did you file a flat on the driven axle for the grub screw to press on and avoid slipping on the axle? - says he who is full of ideas and achieved little! Are the wheels Romford so can be easily removed or press ons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimwal Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 What's stopping the wheels turning Richard?. . . Anyway, bring it with you and we'll all give our collective thoughts to your problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 Romford wheels so they can come off. Nothing stopping them turning just don’t but gear wheel does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Has just half of the screw head broken off, still proud of the boss? If so, you may just about be able to grip the remaining half with flat nosed pliers and unwind it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 If it's inside the bore of the worm and not too tight, you may be able to push it round with a flat bladed screwdriver. Chris will supply spare worm wheels, I've had a pack from him in the past. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 I took it to club, Keith got the grub screw out. I will rob another gearbox of its grub screw an then will buy a multipack to replace it from high level next time I see them. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 Forgive me, I got distracted. it is Christmas after all and I needed something which can be picked up and put down easily with all the distractions around. it is a 1913 type K Aquila italiana sports for the geeks amongst you. happy modeling. richard 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 Distraction complete normal service to resume. the fun of an interesting aside. Black tyres came about in 1912 with the inclusion of soot and later carbon into tyres to triple the number of miles they would do from about 5000 to 15000. Prior to that tires were white due to silica being added. They were also cheaper and so the transition was from 1912 to about 1917. Therefore to ring the changes this 1913 car having white tires is possible. However, with two cars, two motor lorries, one steam lorry, (one more to finish), and only 3 horses drawn wagons, the mix is too mechanical for my 1910-1920 main period of depiction. (I must find where I stashed the milkman and Mortimore coal merchants for the move. They will be “safely” stored in one of the boxes.) richard 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted December 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) My sympathies Richard. Having moved in the summer of 2008, I have only this autumn found my tray of Precision paints pre-grouping selection. I think with care I ca3n still resurrect the majority. Edited December 28, 2023 by Andy Hayter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 13 hours ago, richard i said: I must find where I stashed the ... Mortimore coal merchants for the move. If it's any relation to @Clive Mortimore i'll be on a bridge somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 29, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2023 1 hour ago, jwealleans said: If it's any relation to @Clive Mortimore i'll be on a bridge somewhere. I believe Mr Irven used the surname from two of his former pupils. I understand both were very bright and potentially had a good future ahead. Sadly that has not been the reality. I blame their teachers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 4 hours ago, jwealleans said: If it's any relation to @Clive Mortimore i'll be on a bridge somewhere. I only had one layer not double decked so that was not the first place I looked. However I have checked even those bridges on the layout and still nothing. 1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said: I believe Mr Irven used the surname from two of his former pupils. I understand both were very bright and potentially had a good future ahead. Sadly that has not been the reality. I blame their teachers. I only taught one so can not take responsibility for the progress of the other one. richard 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 Back to the D7. chassis mechanically done. I have scraped away the paint off the wheel rims. Some were like this when bulled up and some paint had chipped off and I did not feel like spending years chasing paint scratches. it might look done to a BR era modeler, but it still needs the wheel centre transfers, whistle and numberplates, ( on order). I write this partly as a reminder to myself as I am sure I would forget the whistle if I did not write this. I have weighed the loco and it is 86 grams…….don't laugh. I will look to squeeze in some lead under the motor, but do not hold out too much hope of it getting much heavier. richard 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 Questions looking to cast some springs. Can get the top off casting resin part a but not the part b. I tried asking nicely I have even gone up to the adjustable spanner- I really was not giving it a choice. still does not move. anyone any solutions to get into the bottle so it is saved rather than just drilling a hole in the top. many thanks richard 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted December 31, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2023 Put some boiling water in a container - about 2-3 inches worth. Stand the container upside down un the water and with luck the cap will expand faster than the neck of the can and loosen the seal. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 A good reminder to always wipe the threads on the container and in the cap thoroughly clean after pouring out any fast-cast resin "part B", and to then keep the container upright. Even then, the last traces will go crusty and stick the cap after a few days, but it won't be quite such a battle to remove it. Luckily, the stuff I use comes in plastic containers whose moulded caps have big ridges on them. Very handy when one has to resort to nut-crackers, mole grips or the vice to grip the cap... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 Tried all those and the cap is not going anywhere. plan C I will look to drill a hole in the lid and then transfer the contents to another jar. My wife is suggesting a glass jar will work. A jam jar? (She is a scientist so is not basing her judgement on random guessing. Or do I need a metal container? Richard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I would guess that glass should be OK, but you might need to exclude light, as that might cause some polymerisation. Jim 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Turbutt Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Richard, I have some 2 part resin, mine is in plastic bottles. It's a bit old but should be ok I'll bring it with me when we meet tomorrow afternoon. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Turbutt Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 HI again, Just did a test piece and seems resin is ok. LNER cab for O1 or O4/8 and small smoke box door. Photo is a bit out of focus. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 Ooow. Another project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimwal Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Hi Richard, I think you may have slightly squashed the lid oval of your 'part B' with the grips. Try the grips at right angles to where you had them previousley. (That isn't the lid of 'part A' by any chance.....?)😀 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Turbutt Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Hi Richard Thanks for inviting the club round to see Dettingen this afternoon. Here are the photos I took. Amazing scratch building work. Congratulations. 11 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimwal Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Yes, well done Richard. Scratchbuilt GC London Extension buildings that pre-date the Bachmann ones. Many thanks Keith for the photos. I'm sorry we forgot the tin until we were about to leave. I'm sure you can get it off to avoid drilling and ending up with metal drillings in the resin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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