6892 Oakhill Grange

Hi

You may be able to source 3/4” tubing.  K&S list this size.

Adrian

Conversely for me the temperature has fallen to the point where airbrushing is feasible. I was out at 8 this morning in low 20s temps with the etch primer. Coach looks great!

OK so I can stop going to “box openers anonymous” and get back to melting my credit card on Hatton.co.uk.

Thanks for curing me!

Ugly and deadly. Probably should never have been sanctioned but filled a gap in the national arsenal at a vital time. Very nice piece of work.

Just sent you a PM with a photo of mine. A cruel enlargement.

I assume that a pipe came up inside the van where there would be valves.

This was copied from a photo and drawings (admittedly a Siphon G) in the HMRS book.

You also get a good view of my shorts as I balanced my pride and joy on my leg to take the photo. I would slaughter the kids for the same crime.

Yours

Mr H ipocrite

I approached that bridge in 2003, joked with the wife that I hoped that there wasn't a train coming. Guess what aaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Duette: still my most used.

Real wood?

Crystalline materials scale well so if you want to adorn a 4mm lady with a flash engagement ring get some diamond dust. Non crystalline materials do not scale well. Water is the most obvious example, those pre CGI movies where the model ship explodes in the middle of totally inconvincing waves alway amuses me.

So what conclusion can we draw from this. Real snow is ok but you need fake rain!

Watch out the Duke is watching

Stick with the Duette. It is dinosaur technology but seems to work fine with modern motors. DCC has moved on a lot since Zero1.

Somewhat humbled!

Looks good and I am glad it turned out right. Still not sure about the 1015 and high revs though. This was mentioned by a contributor on your post in motors and drives. From the data on the hollywoodfoundry site the 1015 and 1020 appear to have similar speed / power characteristics but the 1020 is twice the power / torque of its little brother. The 1024 is not quite the same, as it achieves top power at a little higher speed than it's brothers. It is still a lot more powerful and has more torque than the 1020.

With a 38:1 gearbox both the 1015 and 1020 are at peak power at 42 scale mph. The 1024 achieves top power at roughly 46 mph. A slightly higher ratio would probably be good for the 1015 / 1020. At 54:1 the top power speed is reduced to 30 mph.

I can't see how gearing the 1015 to screaming point will really help. It will still produce no power. The weak motor comment on th hollywoodfoundry site seems to sum it up.

Oakhill

PS can we see a photo of the tool that did the impossible. I have progressed from cutting disk ( v hot shaft) to diamond file (hot shaft) and would like to progress further.

My Comet chassis has a roadrunner driving the rear axle with a1420 vertical in the firebox. Just fits and provides loads of power. It will eventually get so hot that the body melts though.

If I was doing another plastic Dean Goods I would not do the same.

I may prefer Great Western, but my father was born in Staindrop and my mother and a cousin live in Barnard Castle, others in Staindrop, Darlington and around.

I rediscovered my interest in 2007 also and I am also trying to embrace P4. I may even get around to posting.

Good luck and don't let the posts dry up.

Beautiful had to blink to be sure it was not the real thing

Oaky

Hi there.

On the earlier model Bach Ann pannier I was able to make replacement tank fillers from a l shaped piece of wire soldered to a straight piece. I used Gibson .33mm wire and then trimmed to size for the model.

In that version the handles were glued into a hole on the filler and I was able to superglue the replacements in place. If I knew how a camera worked I would send a photo.

Adrian