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  1. Paul Cram
    Yes Kirk did a push pull coach.
  2. Paul Cram
    How wide is the strip? Sheathing with heat shrink may be an option
  3. Paul Cram
    I would be wary of this as all the droppers on Hawes were done using orinary flux and solder for steel rail
  4. Paul Cram
    Put the bolt through the hole and solder in place from the bottom.
  5. Paul Cram
    This is the method I have used for my D&S Clerestories.
  6. Paul Cram
    Narrow Planet do custom plates painted.
  7. Paul Cram
    From the drawings and instructions from D&S kits the lamps were over the centre of the door and ventilators 2' (8mm) to the right over the compartments. They would vary over the brake van.
  8. Paul Cram
    Ah sorry didn't realise it was N
  9. Paul Cram
    What year(s)? Coopercraft did an AEC Monarch lorry 1931 onwards. Don't order from coopercraft though
  10. Paul Cram
    In Midland Record Number 3 there is reproduced the LMS instructions for sheeting which states they must be folded and should not be stored flat but on their sides or ends and preferably under cover. This leads to the question were they covered by a sheet when being sent by wagon which is why there isn't a picture?
  11. Paul Cram
    Yeadon volume 32 has photos and text
  12. Paul Cram
    I file the brake shoes so that the profile matches the wheel profile and ensure that thee is enough clearance top and bottom. I also restrict the amount of rock as .5mm either way is sufficient. I model in P4.
  13. Paul Cram
    I get 2mm handrail knobs from N brass. Ideal for handrails on 4mm coach and NPCS ends. https://www.nbrasslocos.co.uk/
  14. Paul Cram
    52f do a kit. His kits are very nice to build.
  15. Paul Cram
    On Hawes (and a previous layout) I have used balsa wood with a thin ply top. Wills random stone walling was used to face and plasticard for the edging stones.
  16. Paul Cram
    That looks superb.
  17. Paul Cram
    That is what I have ended up doing. The sub floor locates between white metal ledges so can't come out and everything else has been fixed to it using butanone. I wasn't sure whether it would work but it has.
  18. Paul Cram
    Thanks for that. I wish I'd realised before gluing them on. Banger plates now to be made and attached.
  19. Paul Cram
    The 4 Midland 5 planks ready for painting. They will be joined bu 2 3 planks and a P4 Hopper.
  20. Paul Cram
    All my early locos are portescap fitted and 2 have been converted to DCC without issue. The later Portescap have a whine from the gearbox due to wear on the mold of the gears.
  21. Paul Cram
    I use evoostick to fix the compensated W irons to the plasic floor. I have only had a couple come unstuck over a 40 year period. Thats an intersting idea re solvent
  22. Paul Cram
    Unfotunately I don't have any thixofix so it is Evostick, Epoxy or superglue of which the modern stuff seems to breach trade descriptions.
  23. Paul Cram
    Having got 4 midland 5 planks ready for the paint shop this morning I decided to do theinterior for the P4 hopper that has been part built for longer than I can remember. Just need to decide which is the best glue to fix it all in place.
  24. Paul Cram
    The baseboards for Hawes has the dowels epoxied in place. This was in the early 90s and they are still going strong today without any issues. It ws the regular Araldite not the rapid.
  25. Paul Cram
    Hawes is P4 and the rodding is no higher than the top of the rail
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