Hotspurworks

Gents. Thanks for all your posts on this subject. I have made progress and decided the best option was that posted by Silversidelines. So, I have reduced slightly the diameter of the nylon centres and, additionally, reduced their thickness, including shaving off the front,central, boss. As things stand they appear to lie flat. However, Malta's DIYers are not able to purchase Evostik Pipeweld so, at present, I have used UHU. Lets hope the matter is solved. Jim

Poi Point taken.

It looks as though that may be a suitable option I'll look further at their website. Thanks, Jim

Sadly while this would be a preferred option, there's rather a lot of work to make it suitable for the split chassis that this loco uses. Jim

Thanks, I'll give that a go.

Bit pricey for my liking but thanks anyway.

Now, this really something to have a go at. Thanks.

I didn't realise there are so many other options! I'll certainly try the "clapped out" chassis route. Thanks for the information.

Thanks, maybe that's the answer. Jim

Now, I am probably not the first to bring up this problem and, I am open to anyone who may already have found an answer. But anyway, here goes..... I have two Bachmann chassied B1's which I find impossible to run due to the distortion of the Nylon wheel centres. Having removed the wheels, removed coupling rod pins and wheel centres I wondered what, if anything can be done to restore their running. It seemed to me that there are three possible options: 1) Glue the wheel centres to the cast wheels - tried but the distortion seems stronger than any of the glues I have! 2) Make .5mm plasticard replacements - tried, but not wholly successful - breaking through between spokes... maybe a possibility if I have much more time and patience! (they'd also need glueing in place) 3 Get replacements made from laser cut material. Whether option 3 is realistic I am not sure and I haven't approached any companies involved in this process. In addition I suspect the cost of R&D will make the cost prohibitive for just two loco's. So, this why I am posting this. Are there any other modellers out there who might make use of these replacements? Awaiting your responses. Jim

To all, I've had a quote now from a company who are offering to 3D print the lamps. Unfortunately at in excess of £23.00 per lamp...... I'm not going to proceed, Jim

Thanks Dave for your suggestion. I had a look at the lamps on eBay but I think they'd be a bit oversized. I'm following a number of lines of enquiry at the moment; we'll see. Jim

Thanks for your post - as usual, the assumed simple turns out to be rather more complex. I have no idea about 3D printing; chaps or otherwise.... but had also thought it may be something York Modelmaking might be able to produce. As usual, it comes down to how much I want to pay for just a part of a layout. Jim

Well, Ajaxjones, seems you've found a possible solution. At 3.2mm across the points the post would be around 9&3/4" scale which might be a tad undersized but manageable. More food for thought. Thanks again. Jim

Thanks Dutch_Master; I had a look at the website but, sadly the only size available is 2mm across the "points" which is just to small. I do appreciate your assistance though. Jim

Hi Ben, thanks for your post. I've been trawling the Flicker site and, of course, I found photo's of the said lamps. They're more complex than I remembered from my youth - Hexagonal posts for a start.... and, as I counted up and need 20 of the blighters, I'm not sure I have enough years left to construct them! Whether they might be commercially viable I don't know but I might just "dip my toe in the water" to find out what it might cost to say, have them cast in White Metal. Take a look at a Brentwood one - they're exactly the same. Jim

Thanks Ben; I have seen the Knightwing product but felt it was too modern for my needs. Photo's of the right type seem a bit thin on the ground but I suspect one will turn up as soon as I finish a scratchbuild one!! I think you idea of plastistruct may the way forward. JIm

As a lad, in the 50's, my local station, Shenfield & Hutton on the GE, had Concrete, T shaped fluorescent platform lights. I would like to model some on my own layout but have failed to find a supplier - so far. Does anyone have any ideas? or, perhaps, have any suggestions how I might model them in 4mm. I'm aware of some later circular pole types but they won't do, unfortunately.