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4 hours ago, cctransuk said:
There are plenty of motors that will fit in a 4mm. scale 0-6-0's firebox, using either a conventional worm gearset or, even better, a High Level gearbox.
I have standardised on the Japanese Mitsumi motor, which runs slower than Mashimas and is effectively silent. It is equally happy in a Bulleid Light Pacific or a Stanier 4F.
Regards,
John Isherwood.
Yes, I have had one of those motors from you, it's a pretty good one. However I am looking at the prospect of doing some rather smaller 0-6-0's - the inside of a (cast) Ilfracombe goods firebox, or Bishop's Castle 'Carlisle' could probably do with something a bit smaller.
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37 minutes ago, cctransuk said:
I see no reason why such a motor could not be combined with, say, a High Level gearbox.
On the other hand, I fail to understand the preoccupation with coreless motors.
Regards,
John Isherwood.
As I understand it (very possibly wrongly) coreless motors don't like the end-thrust of a worn first stage?
I agree that a good conventional motor (with a good gearbox) can be just as good, certainly good enough, but that particular coreless one seemed a handy size to sit in, for instance, a 4mm 0-6-0's firebox.
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On 05/06/2019 at 09:18, cctransuk said:
Mike,
If the Ebay item is still current, any chance of a link to it, please?
Regards,
John Isherwood.
I've had a search for it, to my eye it looks like this one. What do you think?
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19 minutes ago, Jol Wilkinson said:
It's been replaced by a newer, metal cased, version.
https://www.rapidonline.com/antex-u7825f0-660a-analogue-soldering-station-85-4752
There are many alternatives, often with digital displays and varying widely in price. Weller (now top end pricies), Xytronic, ERSA, Hakko, Atten, etc. As always, it is worth buying an established brand such as Antex where alternative tips, spare elements, etc are available.
I'm looking at getting something like this. My old basic Antex is fine, but I think I will want something useful for white-metal soldering. The minimum temp on this one appears to be 200, which seems a bit high for that?
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Has anyone put one of the N30 motors into a model yet, and, if so, how well is it working?
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1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
I've been casting an eye over these, they look very DS10 ish which IMHO was always a decent motor.
Mike.
No fixing holes, which is a hassle though not insurmountable I suppose.
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2 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:
It's easier in Co Kerry. Where I live there are no house numbers at all. I share an address with about 20 others. The postman knows who live in which
house.
We do have Eircode however with a different code for each individual house.
I had the same when we lived in a small village (or hamlet) in France.
(Apart from Eircode of course)
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48 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
, and a bigger toilet.
Mike.
Well, if somebody reckons they could "eat a horse" I suppose eventually .......
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On 20/05/2019 at 09:41, Hobby said:
Which is why there must be enough distance you can see ahead to be able to make the move safely, like any overtaking move.
Remembering that you need a good deal more distance to pass a horse than a cycle, if you do it slowly enough.
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4 minutes ago, Hobby said:
I think you will find that one of the exceptions is passing slow moving vehicles/animals:
Rule 129
Double white lines where the line nearest you is solid. This means you MUST NOT cross or straddle it unless it is safe and you need to enter adjoining premises or a side road. You may cross the line if necessary, provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle, or overtake a pedal cycle, horse or road maintenance vehicle, if they are travelling at 10 mph (16 km/h) or less.
Though if he started to gallop then no!
But not, presumably, if to get past you have to do it at such a speed that you panic the horse (and, as a result presumably, the rider).
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There's also the Broad Gauge Society of course.
Even if one didn't want to model the Broad gauge some bits and pieces they produce would probably be useful.
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10 hours ago, Albyn said:
Send me an email to albynaustin@gmail.com and i can send you some better quality scans of the brake vans and other BCR wagons, coaches and locos plus sourcies of info on liveries and kits - rather off topic for this thread. No rush as off to the Colonel Stephens AGM weekend on the PD&SWJR, the Gunnislake branch, so not back till Monday evening.
Thanks Albyn, I'll do that.
Have a good weekend. I lived near Gunnislake for a good many years, but for some reason I never really fancied the PD&SWJR as a prototype. Several other Stephens' lines though.
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8 hours ago, Brassey said:
The last time I looked they were off the public E-shop
Peter (Member)
Yes, I remembered them being there, but they now seem to have retreated to the Stores only.
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1 hour ago, corneliuslundie said:
The instructions I have for the D&S version of he kit are exactly the same but with the bits moved around on the page, so no help there.
In the upper photo of No 1 above it looks as though the solebar could be timber. The same photo as printed in Lucas's book is much lighter and it is clearly channel. Yet in the lower photo above it also looks like timber. To me the give-away is the crank in the V hanger. Am I imagining things? And are the original GWR numbers of the brake vans known?
Jonathan
According to the SMT article (generously attached by Becasse above) one of them was no 8806, built 1883 - so surely iron solebars.
He doesn't mention the other.
Looking at the two photos Albyn posted they both look like channel-section to me.
The wooden solebars on the one the K&ESR got look quite different.
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Thanks for the last two posts Albyn.
Yes I saw the coaches on the BCRly Society website. I looked for the ex-LSW one on the Worsley website but haven't spotted it yet, I must drop him an email.
I saw a note a year or so ago about Adrian Swain being, sadly, in poor health, and largely retired. I assume that's still the case, unless anyone knows otherwise, or that any kits (especially this one!) have moved elsewhere?
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I've not seen these GW underframe kits, though they sound useful, but are they for P4 only, or usable for EM? I wonder as they only seem to be available through S4 stores, therefore to S4 Soc members only (which I'm not, yet, still dithering between EM and P4 for a projected scheme).
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10 hours ago, Albyn said:
A pal forwarded this to me. I model in 4mm scale and used the ABS whitemetal kit for my models which has some drawings on. Not quite the correct brake van as it is a little later but OK in 4mm scale as the differences are very small. I can copy the instruction sheet if i can find it,
regards,
Albyn Austin
I would be grateful for that, there is likely to be some information in the instructions that would be helpful in making one (or both).
As far as I can see No 2 at least was basically 1882 pattern - ie iron solebars?
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1 hour ago, bécasse said:
GWR Brake Vans 1888 - 1950.pdf 4.89 MB · 4 downloads
The James Snowdon 1976 articles from the erstwhile MRC, also downloaded from the relevant yahoo group files.
I can only say thanks again.
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7 hours ago, bécasse said:
The John Lewis articles as downloaded from the relevant yahoo group files:Scale Trains GWR Brake Vans parts 1 & 2.pdfScale Trains GWR Brake Vans parts 3 to 5.pdf
Thank you, that is unexpected and very helpful.
Especially as it has a diagram of the brake linkage from the wheel (standard?) to the cross-rod, detail which apparently is not in the BRJ article (when I find a copy).
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14 hours ago, corneliuslundie said:
The article in BRJ shows the brakes, push rods and V hanger but not the linkage to the brake wheels. There is a photo of one of the timber framed brakes which lasted to be photographed on the K&ESR the caption to which says "largely in original condition complete with grease axleboxes and four shoe brakes". The drawing indicates the position of the brake wheel on the balcony.
Jonathan
Thanks again, I'll keep any eye open for that BRJ, though none of the usual sites seem to have a copy at the moment. Loads of 16's and 18's, but no 17.
Still there's no hurry, I have a probable house move coming up so there won't be a lot done for a while.
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I am not optimistic enough to hope that anyone might have one of these GW O/F brake van kits lying about for sale, but I wonder if anyone who has made one still has the instructions? If I could purchase a copy of those it might help with useful details for scratch-building one.
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Thanks again to everybody, posts and the PM-sent scan and picture. One final question, I'll get some of the mentioned magazines, but can anyone say if any of them show the original condition (ie pre AA16 modernisation) - especially the brake set-up?
Thanks also for the welcome Cornelius, I've always had an interest in said arcane world (along with other minor and rustic lines, main lines mostly don't fascinate me), and I thought it time I did something about it before my time runs out. Must join the society.
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9 hours ago, polybear said:
I asked a retired chemistry teacher how it is that schoolchildren of today can do so many subjects, but in my day (late 70's/early 80's) if you managed 5 O-levels at age 16 you'd done well. The answer he gave? In my era we were taught the subject, but today they are taught what they need to pass the exam - which can be a long way off understanding the subject, apparently.
Really? I'm sure when I did them (1967) most of us did about 8 O Levels.
My one reason for suspecting dumbing-down is going on - I think I have heard that at least some schools are doing Chaucer in translation now
Hembourne
in Creating Cameo Layouts - The Challenge
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Agreed, the presentation looks really good. (So does the layout of course)