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MRJ issue No1 has the Monty Wells review and build of the Craftsman kit. There is a diagram and further information to be gleaned from the text. Brendan

Don’t panic Scott, it still runs very well and is a credit to your building skills. Kelvin sold all, or most of his S scale stock earlier this year. Brendan

Hi Stuart, agree with you about the difficulties with 0-4-2 wheel arrangement. My Bissel has twin beams which was not altogether successful, probably due to the torque on the driven axle. It is acceptable so won’t be getting altered. I shall follow your rebuild with great interest. Brendan Forgot to say, it is EM.

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Hi Frank I don’t disagree necessarily with what you’re saying, I just find the twin beam easy to make and fit and it works giving enough movement to cope with any dodgy track. And the sort of locos I prefer and build would in reality probably run on less than perfect track. Split frame is the system I prefer for S scale locos but still using beams. Brendan

The LNWR 0-4-2. Most will know this is the M&L Leisure kit which I think is now AGW, whether it’s available to purchase I don’t know. Brendan

It’s my normal method for 0-6-0 wheel arrangement too. Certainly works for me providing good pickup and traction. I did try it on an 0-4-2, that wasn’t quite so successful what with the torque reaction of the motor/gearbox. Despite that it works ok on reasonable track, reasonable as in not too many undulations, especially on curves. Brendan

Not 303 stainless, you must be thinking of 316. Brendan

I think the dock tanks have featured before but I thought I’d share mine. More or less as it comes except for Markits wheels, High Level/Mashima, beams to leading axles, and of course it’s EM gauge. The pickups are atop the wheels. 47164 is the member of the class that was trialled successfuly on the C&HP but couldn’t be spared by the operating authorities, makes one wonder why they bothered. Brendan

Enjoy Brendan

You’ve mentioned the topography, wouldn’t be right for an overbridge. Would it be right for a water tank bearing in mind it would need a supply, and water was certainly an issue on the C&HP. Brendan

I have two locos with Portescap motors, a 1219 plus one of the larger ones. All locos controlled using AMR handheld, no problems for the last 25 years. Brendan

That looks like Strangeways Prison in the distance. Brendan

The series one Land Rover is 80” wheelbase. They later went to 86” with 88” coming with series two. Brendan

Not sure if Nidge follows the Castle Aching thread so I lifted this with him in mind

From memory Marinas with body colour radiator grills were 1800s. Brendan

Tony The softer material will be the one that hosts the debris and I suppose if the steel fitted the bill.... I no longer have access to a Brinell tester. I think I’ll be long gone by the time any of my locos reach the ripe old age of yours, just hope I can find somebody as enthusiastic as yourself to leave them too. Brendan

It’s not an idea, it’s a fact. After a lifetime in engineering maintenance....... blah blah. There’s always the exception that proves the rule, as they say ;o) Brendan

That’s quite normal, debris will get embedded in the softer material which will become a slow burn grindstone. Brendan

I don’t usually enter modelling debates but I’ll make an exception for the subject of compensation. As far as I know there isn’t a standard method of compensation. The nearest to standard would be the ‘three legged stool’ system with a single central beam on the leading two axles (0-6-0) which works ok as long as the movement is restricted. A common error is to allow too much up and down movement, 0.5mm either way should be plenty. I prefer twin beams which also incorporate the bearing surfaces and use the etched holes intended for the bearings as movement restrictors. I don’t have any strong feelings about the whys and wherefores of other methods other than the above works for me, and more importantly suits my lazy approach as it’s quick and easy. Brendan

Projects completed this year. Two vintage white metal based kits, one from Keyser and a (an) M&L . Both had a good workout at the recent EMGS AGM. The Fowler dock tank has Markits wheels, High Level gearbox/Mashima. Built as supplied using the stamped frames but with twin beams on the leading axles. The beams are wide enough to perform as bearings. The LNWR dock tank has Sharman wheels, Alan Gibson on the Bissell truck. Again High Level/Mashima combination. The beams on this one are on both driving axles meaning that the drive is suspended. It does run ok but I’ll come up with another method next time, I do have enough bits to build another. I do like white metal loco kits, they have a presence when you hold them, a bit like a Hornby Dublo loco. Not that I’m anti etched brass/NS, the previously illustrated scratch J94 is very much ‘multi media’, although not 4mm of course. Despite that I have completed two 4mm J94’s this year, a DJM/RT and a brass kit of unknown origin. Brendan

Lots of talk about digital media, the weather in ‘63, aesthetics, so I thought I’d try and drag the thread back to a bit of modelling. In it’s pre cleaned up state, a scratch built J94 which has been under construction for about nine years,I do a lot of EM stuff too but there’s nothing unusual about that. Brendan

It’s post ‘74 when local government was reorganised. e.g. Burton-on-Trent was FA but when LVLA’s were created it went to Stoke. Brendan

PH is a Surrey C.C. issue, May 1927. Brendan

Looks great to me, loco and layout. Brendan