Southernfrance

Hi Many thanks for all the responses, all most appreciated. The photos from Izzy are good, but I've got all of this apart already without problems. It's getting the last piece out, shown still fixed to the body to the right hand side in Izzy's last pic. I think this is described as the spring guide in the very useful manual (thanks Mick). I've seen a strip down on YouTube so know it comes out, but it just will not turn. The photo attached shows it too. I have removed the needle via the chucking nut as per Guy, in a similar manner to other airbrushes I have used in the past. I have only used cellulose thinners to spray through to clean after painting, or to wipe clean dismantled items, so hopefully I've not damaged any seals. From the exploded diagram it seems there is an O-ring in the spring guide, so clearly not ideal to use cellulose there. I don't have access to IPA being based in rural France, but do have surgical spirit and white spirit as well as the aforementioned cellulose thinners. The idea of leaving it in hot water is something I can try....but looking at the colour (which is a faint maroon which may not be visible in the pic) It may be an earlier use of enamel that is left as residue. If it is then that will be interesting. I don't have an ultrasonic bath, and am not convinced I need one. Well, I've never needed one before........

Hi I have done a fair bit of spraying of acrylic paints recently using my Iwata Neo and I now realise from reading other posts on here that this can be more of an issue with rapid drying than enamel. I took the front end of the airbrush apart without problems and cleaned it throughoughly with cellulose thinners. However, I cannot undo the section at the rear which contains the spring and the pull back lever. I tried using a small amount of pressure from a set of pliers after several sprays of WD40, but all to no effect. I can see traces of paint on the lever which suggests there could be paint on the inside causing it to lock up. My question is: is it safe to immerse the rear of the brush in cellulose thinners to disperse any paint on the inside, or is there anything such as seals etc that could be damaged by the thinners? I can't find a good exploded diagram of the brush either to determine what is where. Any help greatly appreciated! Dave

Hi Does anyone have any photos or information relating to the type of traffic and buildings at Wandsworth Road goods yard. To be specific, I'm talking about the ex-Midland Railway one to the NE of the ex-LCDR line from Victoria, just after this line crosse the line out of Waterloo, on the opposite side of the line to Stewarts Lane depot. I've got the 1895 track plan from the Middleton Press book for the area, I've got some colour photos of trains on the line in the late 1950's (the period I am modelling) where you can see rakes of coal wagons, lots of buildings of all shapes and sizes, but nothing specific to the site. I cannot seem to find any photos of the yard itself taken at any period despite numerous internet searches, so can anyone help point me in the right direction? I am in France so can't use UK libraries (plus we are all on lockdown anyway!) so any help will be greatly appreciated Dave

Looking forward to being there with James Street - come and see us near the BRM stand!

Looking forward to being there with “James Street”

We had a great time at the show with James Street. From an exhibitors point of view the club did a great job of welcoming us, much better than some other shows. It was an honour to receive both the Past Chairman’s trophy and the Best in Show as voted for by the public. Steve is finally getting recognition for all of his hard work. Once again thanks to all involved for a great weekend Dave

Looking forward to being there with "James Street". You won't be able to miss us, as we are layout A, just inside the entrance door...... Lets hope it all goes well.

The award-winning N Gauge layout "James Street" will be one of the layouts appearing at the Broadstairs show this coming weekend. Any RMweb members attending are more than welcome (as always) to come and have a chat! Broadstairs Model Railway Exhibition Sat 17th November 2018 - Sun 18th November 2018 St Georges School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 2LH OPENING TIMES: SAT 10am-5pm, SUN 10am-4pm ADMISSION: Adults £4.50 Concessions £4.00 The Isle of Thanet Railway Society present the Broadstairs Model Railway Exhibition 2018. This take place on the weekend of November 17th/18th 2018 with more than 18 layouts and 12+ traders taking part. The show will be in a large Sports Hall at St. Georges School, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 2LH. Free parking will be available and the is hot food available. CT10 2LH

"James Street" will be there after it's success at Warley last year, so please come and introduce yourselves! Looking forward to a good show Dave

Thanks to all the replies so far. I have registered on both Britain from above (thanks Pete 75C) and National Library (thanks Keith HC) - Eardley looks like all dead end sidings in various fans, and appears to have some form of headshunt to drive into before reversing in from what I can make out on the photos. I will need to explore the maps site a little more but what I found of New Cross Gate looked interesting, if a little old for my period (I forgot to mention the layout is set broadly 1957 - 1963 to take advantage of the marvellous stuff available in N these days. It is 13' by 3'-3" and is a folded figure of 8, VERY loosely based on the area mentioned!)

I am building an N gauge layout very loosely based on the area around Stewarts Lane and Factory Junction, and will not be having a fiddle yard. Instead I want to have my stock on view and to that end I would like a rake of five or six carriage sidings to take both EMU stock and loco hauled stock. My problem is that I am not totally aware of how these would have been laid out on the prototype. I know that if they were close to a terminus or main station it would be easy to reverse stock into sidings. I am aware of a couple of SR locations (Micheldever and Eardley) which might meet my needs but I cannot find any plans. On my layout I can only drive into the sidings, but have room for a long headshunt in the opposite direction to the sidings, meaning a train could pull in, a shunter could attach to the rear and drag the stock into the headshunt, allowing the loco that drew the stock in to depart. I suspect this is not prototypically correct, but cannot find much on the internet in the way of plans. Given that I live in the Correze in France my access to the UK library system is non-existant, hence this call for help!