Ben Alder

Thanks,  works on current topics but that is not available on archived ones.

After going through my several seperate threads I realise that they are beyond salvaging, both for the time it would take to track down images in scattered files and having deleted much of them anyway, so it will be easier to start afresh, but cannot find an option to remove them. How do I go about this?

Some more from him - CR stuff this time - Glenfinnan signal box - the station itself is on the to do list, and a typical station design from the southern part of the system based on Kir

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On 24/08/2022 at 13:05, Oldddudders said:

The estimable Ben Alder (Richard) has assembled more than one of their products, and given them a thumbs up. Sadly his pics may have been lost in the meltdown earlier this year.  

Yes, all gone and I really don't have the time to reinstate them. Besides, a lot haven't been kept and it is only the last three or four years that I started an annual RMweb folder and all previous images are scattered over several large files, with no real indexing.I have a thread about the range but it is away in a sub forum somewhere I never seem to find, so may as well add any future kits to this one. Here is one of the latest from Iain, the designer, - a Glasgow tenement.

To my eye there appears to be a slight dip at the connection  between the rail and the point - that can be enough to cause a hiccup esp if the pick ups are a bit askew, which is often the case. I have bullhead points both with the frog wired and not, and they perform impeccably  so long as a loco has been tweaked . Don't rely on how it comes out of the box and I have found that a good wipe of Deoxit removes a lot of gunge, including the rear of the drivers where the pick ups contact.

13 hours ago, Iskra said:

That's interesting, thanks for correcting my assumption. How do you find the quality in sound differs? (If you have sound fitted versions)

Sorry, don't do sound - it just doesn't cut it for me.

2 hours ago, Iskra said:

Surely the all wheel pick up on the 812 is a massive advantage over the J36? Certainly that along with superior sound quality and firebox glow led me to choose the 812 when the J36 would have actually been more prototypical, due to many points on my layout all wheel pick up was a massive advantage. I'm very happy with my 812 :)

The Hornby J36 has all wheel pick up and twin flywheels and I have found it a far superior product  with regard to control than the 812. Far smoother and slower start with better running than I achieved with the Caley loco .

Here is a link to a pic of Kyle tank from Ernies Archives.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/49421341961/in/album-72157687405662664/

1 hour ago, woodenhead said:

generally I use Mozilla as with no script I can control what runs.

Kenton would be proud of you!

I've used K&L/C&L 00 track since the eighties along with, at the start ,SMP pointwork, then Peco Code 75 with added chairs, and latterly a gradual replacement programme of bullhead points. The siding in the foreground is a salvage job from another layout, K&L, while the rest is newer C&L bought from them some ten years ago.A lot of modellers never bother with social media, even today,and it may be  a case of assuming because it it isn't on  line it hasn't happened......

And the Wrenn Radial.......fifty years now?

6 hours ago, Dave 46 said:

With regard to comments on page 43 regarding personal copies of threads, I have, in the past, copied each page by using "save pages as" from the drop down menu (Firefox).  A suitable file name should be chosen, with the page number, and this will save the HTML code for each page together with a folder(of the same name) with all the ancilliary files.  By opening the HTML file (offline) the page will load with Photos.

I did have one problem (still have it).  I saved the Silhouette thread, and the first batch of pages saved Feb 2017 suffer from threequarters of the page being blank, but those saved Oct 2017 are OK.

 

Dave

 

Very interesting for my techno dinosaur mind,  thank you. What format do you save the pages as?

I see Pop Up coming to the rescue! Looking good.

Just had an email from Protocab saying they have closed with immediate effect. A shame as the system had great potential.

I was recently asked about my addition of cosmetic chairs to these points  - I posted a topic in 2013, which is now archived and unable to be added to....and most of the images are lost so here is a link to the original post and a few of the missing images., in no real order but are self explanatory. A cumbersome way of doing things  but I can't see any other way round - I have no intention of replicating the original post  due to the time involved, sorry.

I use Tracklay underlay on top of 5mm closed cell foam attached to the baseboards and the track and Tracklay are not glued to the base foam but held in place by cork infill and allowed to float. This gives an almost silent running and has the bonus of making ballasting an almost instant  easy job.  Link to the product and a blog post on how I used it. No pics there ATM, but I am going to restore these in a day or two. HTH.

https://tracklay.co.uk/product/oo-gauge-underlay-from

A Hawksworth  BG ended up at Thurso as a stationary store and  various GW vans got there on pigeon traffic, which is a bit of an aside though.

The 3000 was a different generation to the "classic" H&M range, and AFAIK, doesn't have asbestos.

Excellent! Please keep us posted.

I have reinstalled my 3000, and Walkabout, and find they handle most modern locos as well as they did back when new, but can be a bit iffy with some coreless ones. A very good controller....

1 hour ago, shunny said:

Are we getting the preserved Caley coaches to go with it next? 

That would be a splendid  bonus - plus a 123 afterwards......

1 hour ago, Wheatley said:

There's the Nucast Pickersgill 72 Class 4-4-0, I forgot about that. I'm not sure who has the moulds these days (Branchlines ?).

Dave  at Nucast has it and IIR, has just been re released.

That looks like a good practical approach.

Tried  a PM but it wouldn't go through, saying you don't accept messages. Can you drop me one please.

10 hours ago, rockershovel said:

 

Interesting model and nice execution but it doesn't quite work aesthetically for me - I think a 2-6-2 needs to be longer in the boiler so the pony truck is squarely under the firebox 

Yes, I know but was working with the constraints of available components. It's a lot easier to produce what if's on paper or Photoshop than it is to do running models without devoting far more time to them than is practical for an exercise in itch scratching.