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Just looked at their site. All the tube and sub-surface stock is currently priced at £0.00!

I simply removed the dummy coupling, glued in a Dapol N gauge NEM pocket, let it set and plugged in a medium magnetic coupling.

With medium couplings it runs through a medium peco crossover with no problems.

Might need long couplings on really tight curves, but I don't have any tight curves.

On 20/05/2022 at 20:39, Erixtar1992 said:

Any pics? :)

Sorry for delay - work is mad at the moment.

My phone is a bit rubbish but here are a couple of pics.

I'm running quite a few sets of '38 stock (Tenshodo powered not the new efe rail version).

Since I embarked on this madness I've been puzzling how to remotely join a 4 car set to a 3 car set without the hand of God...

Success today.  Bit of trouble making sure that the 'whisker' was above juice rail but Dapol N gauge magnetic couplers fitted, tested and working.

I even powered two units pulling away from each other - couplings are good!

only down side is they are really small to fit.

Bachmann 2 EPB is quite a nice model IMHO.  But I would like to represent a 4 EPB. Does anyone have any tips on rtr trailers for the unit or suitable coaches to convert to trailers?

I don't want to start modifying if there is something out there to just drop in.

Thanks

Dom.

The old Hornby Ringfield motor was very similar to the lima pancakes in performance IMHO. With correct weighting, removal of horrible traction tyres (which involved new wheelsets) and attention to correct back-to-backs, I was able to get a 7 car around the club layout back in the day - but only pulling. Oh and the bogies on the MK3 coaches were heavily modified with brass bearings.

Any decent modern diesel chassis with a central motor, drive shafts and a flywheels could be used as a doner and would definitely be a better option, especially if you are DCC.

Good luck. I look forward to your posts!

Is there a source of these that I'm not finding, or would Shapeway's 3D LNER ones do for SR 2Hal? (don't really want brass or white metal)

You could do it yourself with electro luminescent wire. I got some off Amazon but I am sure it is available elsewhere. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08GSCCZKH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Check the diameter before you buy

1 hour ago, ikcdab said:

Very difficult in 4mm. To be honest, once inside the coach you won't see much, so I just use paper. 

Thanks for that... I may well leave them out. Laser printing the moquette on sticky labels and fitting to the seats is fiddly enough! 

Any advice on what to use in 4mm scale for the string type luggage racks (the ones above the seats) in '60's & 70's BR carriages? I can't think of anything that isn't massively overscale...

Being posted now!

Does it run in the same direction as other locos? If it doesn't, swap the wires to the motor around. If it does, swap the wires to the lights around.

You can buy pre wired SMD LEDs on line. The smallest I have found are 0402 and they are available in blue. They are approx 0.5mm.

Good luck hiding the wires!

42 minutes ago, latestarter said:

Just another quick question about weathering rails please...Will I need to clean the acrylic paint off areas where I will solder drop wires for the bus wiring?

Thanks again,

 

Stephen

Yes. If you carefully clean the area to be soldered with emery paper, the solder will flow better and quicker (avoiding melting the plastic) and you should get a strong, lasting electrical bond. When done, just touch up the solder joint with paint.

2 hours ago, BenNewland said:

Hi All,

I have a strange request. Does anyone have a front end of a Hornby/triang 3F "jinty" hanging around that they don't need?

 

I'm halfway through bashing one into a freelance Johnson looking loco backdated to having a round firebox etc. I tried "gently" warming the loco with an air gun to straighten the footplate. All was going really well, when I did "one last adjustment", and the loco melted.

 

Really gutted. I do want to attack it again, but I had already spent ages on the new cab, hence why asking for the front end.

 

You're the only bunch crazy enough to have a front end  (front 1/3rd) of a loco hanging around in a box somewhere.

 

Of course I would pay postage etc.

 

Thanks in advance.

Ben

If I still Have one, it doesn't have a chimney and probably missing steps and buffers. I can't get to it until Wednesday, but if you want I'll look and PM you.

Dom

21 hours ago, DaveF said:

Two Terriers were sold to the Weston Clevedon and Portishead Railway.  They ended up being owned by the GWR.

 

David

I Stand corrected! Do you have any more info?

I got an Email. Hornby train packs. Why would they do the new style 4 wheel coaches + a Terrier in GWR livery? 

22 hours ago, Sir TophamHatt said:

I ordered some 2mm springs, which from the DCC Concepts page, suggests they're good for OO gauge.

Ordered mine from Coastal DCC - superb service every time!

 

Not sure what this measurement refers to though.

That'll be the axle size. Hand winding 0.3mm brass wire on to axles is dead easy and saves having to take insulated wheel off to get springs on. Also, as you are making them yourself, you can leave a longer 'tail' on the spring...

15 hours ago, Lord of Narnia said:

Yes I’ve tried. You need to drill through the axle box from the outside to get the bearings in at the correct angle. Then I’ve had to cut the bogie head stocks to bend the frame enough to get the wheel sets in! Not tried it out on the track yet but generally that is my approach.

 

Also got some 38ts and 59/62ts bogies 3D printed and they seem to run well.

Thanks. I'll give it a go on a spare ndm. just need to remove the shoe gear first...

That chassis looks amazing! Hadn't thought of using it like that on locos... it may be time for me to look at some troublesome pickups on one of my 14xx.

I was looking at coach lighting and the springs DCC concepts sell - low friction axle pickups - hand winding onto an axle is remarkably easy and extremely effective, but I will try 0.3mm on the next set.

No one replied to this, but, if you are interested, I ordered a 40m roll of 0.4mm brass wire @£5.00. It easily wraps around an axle as a pickup and works really well. (It might be slightly better using 0.3mm). Well worth doing as it saves ££££'s.

I have a lot of efe '38 stock that I haven't got around to re wheeling. I have almost all the 10.5mm wheelsets I need and have about half the number of metro models bogies I need. Has anyone tried to use the original efe bogies as they are, fitting top hat Barings into them? 

Does anyone know what size (gauge) wire pick up springs are made from?  I should say it's for OO gauge  (dcc concepts make them). 0.3, 0.4 or 0.5 mm etc.?

2 hours ago, kevinlms said:

That 'model railway' seller on eBay, has almost certainly made the assumption that the supply is going to be a regulated 12 Volts DC and the supplied resistors are likely to be around 1000 ohms or 1k. If that is what's being used, then there will be no issues.

 

Problems arise when people dig old power supplies/controllers/unmarked equipment out of junk boxes. These voltages could be anything.

I have two boxes, one is 'unspecified' and has random transformers, both open frame and 'unreadable' sealed units, the other has old chargers and power supplies from long gone equipment.

Personally I wouldn't dream of using any of them without first testing their output.

For multiple LED's it is just as important for a supply to deliver enough current (milliamps).

23 hours ago, Engineer said:

Now found my old notes and various documents.  From these, the Metro-Cammell 1956 Stock train numbering from mid-1960s was:

 

[A End]  1000-2000-9001-1001+1002-2002-1003  [D End]

Formation:  DM-T-NDM-DM+DM-T-DM

 

Worth checking other sources on the detail:  Full autocouplers fitted to the outer A End and D End DMs from mid-1960s for compatibility with 1959 Stock.  Also, 1956 DMs will have a 5-aperture marker light array on the lower offside cab front, modified to incorporate a red stabling light from the 1970s.

 

 

Thanks for that. I posted this elsewhere and got a comprehensive list from Brian Hardy. Still wading through photos...