Grasshopper John

Hello Ken, Silly Q re your springing method, what holds the bush in place. Being a novice In the past I have carefully elongated the bush itself once soldered in place. Regards Grasshopper J.

I agree Peter, Mickoo's W1 build is outstanding I saw his chassis at Telford amazing, lets not forget Nick Dunhill and our own Dibateg ( Tony ) all premier league players, must feel good being in that league.

we need a 'Brilliant' or 'superb' button.

I knew my wife would be proved wrong in the end

This gave me a chuckle.

Great build again Peter you just go from strength to strength.

I swear they are real.

You just concentrate on track laying rather than collecting badges

I asked Andy why we couldn't rate this and other topics in 7mm + modeling it was just an oversight Andy sorted it in minuets. May I be the first to rate this excellent Topic, Well deserved Jinty. Grasshopper

I asked Andy why we couldn't rate this and other topics in 7mm + modeling it was just an oversight Andy sorted it in minuets. May I be the first to rate this excellent Topic, Well deserved Steve. Grasshopper

I asked Andy why we couldn't rate this and other topics in 7mm + modeling it was just an oversight Andy sorted it in minuets. May I be the first to rate this excellent Topic, Well deserved Martyn. Grasshopper

Hmmm I've just gone through all the 'HOT' topics in 7mm+modeling and you cant rate any of them.

I have the same problem OzzyO, I can't rate a topic as nothing shows even if I go back to the first post.

That Peter always goes that one step further with every build wish I could follow him Jon, wish I had his skill as well.

Cracking stuff as always Martyn, that is the Muts Nuts.

I would press the 'Informative/useful' button, but have no idea what you said

Is that the Stanier Tank Ken, If so I have one in the box but lost my Mojo ATM, Actually not much point in waiting to see your build when I think about it, 2 or 3 photos and its ready for primer

Thanks everyone for all the advice so far My chuck was a bit out +-5thou so I loosened the bolts where this was happening and it seems to have cured it, beginners luck me thinks. You keep referring to TIR can you tell me what it is might make the penny drop a bit more if I knew. Thanks Grasshopper

Following on from my purchase of the Pratt Burnerd chuck a couple of refinements were required, first was the M5 bolts supplied were too short at 45mm so I ordered some 60mm these did the job but I had to cut about 5mm off. Next the locating holes in the backplate are 7mm ( well about 6.6mm ) so when assembled there was a very tiny amount of movement enough to throw a job off true, so I took a friends advice and made some sleeves out of some scrap aluminium. This was my first job on the lathe first I turned down some 7.8mm bars to the size of the locating holes in the backplate then faced them off and made a center hole and drilled a 4.9mm hole through the middle to accept the M5 bolt then measured width of backplate and cut to length. First two attempts wern't satisfactory but practice makes perfect ( they say ) so here is the final result all three now a nice fit in the backplate and hopefully will take away that little bit of movement I had. I am a novice I know but pleased with the result.

Well after months of searching I think I've got one that fits. I bought a Hobbymat MD65 earlier this year, It came with a large selection of collets but no Chuck, I've searched everywhere but a chuck for my lathe appears to be as rare as hens teeth, then I came across a forum ( think it was model engineer ) and someone posted that he had a Pratt Burnerd chuck and it fitted perfectly on his MD65. So a bit more searching and this popped up, an 80mm Pratt Burnerd with internal and external jaws and a set of soft jaws, chuck key and fixing bolts, Allen key, brand new in the box, got it this morning and it fits my backplate lovely. I tried friends chucks but none fitted around the flange on the backplate. In the first pic the chuck is sitting on the backplate a perfect match the fixing bolts all match as well, Result. Happy Christmas to me. Grasshopper J

Even in the box Steve it looks too good to paint.

Excellent use of cropping Gilbert especially to those waiting on the platform, they appear to have come adrift somewhat

Even down to the grime on the windows, Beautiful.