Sam Kennion

On 23/06/2022 at 19:15, 2mmMark said:

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I still await the release of the Farish Class 14 in British Oak livery which is now said to be available sometime this year. Mind you, the price has crept up to £130ish discounted.  Having seen the N Gauge Society Hunslet in the flesh, one of those is very tempting as it's £50 cheaper.  I believe a simple 2mm finescale conversion is being planned for these locos.

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You might be better off repainting a body from BR Lines and pestering Steve to finally provide his etched chassis and upgrades. 🤔😎

Just stumbled upon this.

Please could you re-post the track plan?

Also, any news on progress?

I think the KiHa 40 is a second generation chassis (iirc),  but as you say with the original type of motor. These have the bogies held on by tension springs which pull them towards the chassis. The original chassis had compression springs to transmit the electricity from the bogies to the chassis. The problem was that the compression springs also pushed the gears on the driven axles away from the main drive gear on the chassis and out of mesh thus loosing drive!

So even with the same motor, the second generation design in the KiHa 40 is much better and should be capable of running well. 

I don’t think any of the later designs are any better at running if the track is too dirty,  people probably just don't show track cleaning because it's dull. 

There can also be issues with the magnets on the wheels coming loose, in effect the tyre, so the axle might be spinning but not moving the wheel/tyre. Or a split gear muff on a driven axle. Or fluff in the mechanism. Or a spring come loose etc. Or just dirt on the wheels. Or a split pinion on the motor. 

It is possible to get it running again. Have you managed it yet? If not, let me know. 

On 14/08/2021 at 14:55, osbornsmodels said:

I suspect they will be coming back be 

Really? Are you sure? I do hope so as the Matheson wagon is still miles better than any other similar open wagon from any of the other manufacturers. It may even be the best outright but I haven't compared it to some of the latest offerings. 

I hope they offer their 3 link couplings too as they are a great fit in BachFar wagons. 

21 hours ago, -missy- said:

Having a break from the couplings. Playing around making some 2.5mm diameter wheels for my NG stuff instead.

 

 

 

 

Julia.

Please could you share details of the prototypes Julia?

Also how did you make the axles and what dimensions are they please?

Sam

23 hours ago, Klaus ojo said:

Greetings from BOB to SEQLAG

 

Please let me introduce you my entry to SEQLAG´s build a train challenge:

BOB is an early German pre grouping railway officially called „ Actiengesellschaft der koeniglich priviligirten Bayerischen OstBahnen“. (Sorry for enthusiasts of Berner Oberland Bahn or any other BOBs.) This private company was founded in 1856 and has been nationalized and merged with Bavarian national K.Bay.Sts.B. in 1875 because competition did diminish profit of both railways.

 

BOB for me is perfect for 2mm FS for several reasons:

· Bullhead rail with chairs in Bavaria is prototypical at that time - only at this specific time.

· The prototype at that time generally is still rather British

· Drawings very often are in feet- well: Bavarian „Schuh“ - which is 292mm by the foot/shoe. It is no problem that this gives a little bit more enlargement: the RTR models -if available at all- do suffer this as well.

· The tiny early wheelstock is better off with 2mm scale than the 1:160 scale typical on the continent.

· Almost everything has to be scratchbuilt. Please allow some look-alike solutions for the first approach.

 

To make it easier for me and to encourage others I´d try to use components available from the 2mm SA shops. (Special thanks to the shop keepers! I kept them quite busy for the last months to build up a reasonable stock for my tinkerings)

 

The loco will be a C III, a 0-6-0 with outside frame and Crampton type boiler, a robust prototype but I fear multiple chances for an electric short with split frame. Perhaps I´ll end up with a scratchbuilt chassis.

To get a more exotic touch it will be peat fueled, giving a need for a peat tender and an additional peat wagon. Not so much progress so far: the J94 chassis and the boiler. When should I be finished?

[Snip].

 

 

Interesting Klaus.

Any photos or drawings of the prototype of that loco please?

Are those the right wheels? You seem to have an outside cylinder to attach but no crank pins!?

Sam

On 19/05/2021 at 10:42, Valentin said:

Hello Mike,

 

I wanted to send the below as a private message; then I thought maybe other fine scale modellers, more experienced than me, could bring more information for you to make an educated decision, so I am replying here.

 

I am happy to post the locomotive to you, but I don't want you to be dissapointed - I would categorize the current state of the model as a "non-runner". This conversion is not for an absolute beginner to 2FS, and some work is required to have it satisfactory running:

• the middle axle wheels require quartering
• the connecting rods need to be held in place by a washer (or other means) to the crank pins fitted to the wheels
• pick-up P/B wires will have to be soldered to the PCB keeper plate
• there is a big chance the motor will not run smooth, a better one might be required (I am happy to add, free of charge, a new, so called "Graham Farish clone motor")
• fitting the body to the chassis requires some work

Regards,

 

Valentin

Valentin,

I see that Mike beat me to it, but if he doesn't end up taking the loco or ends up deciding it doesn't suit him, then I think I can make something of it.

Sam.

1 hour ago, Yorkshire Square said:

 

7mm coarse scale broad gauge. Displayed on a beautifully modelled overscale finger... 

It's in the wrong forum then! I can still use them then, on the garden railway!

On 02/05/2021 at 17:43, 2mm Andy said:

If you don't know the gauge, the wheelbase and what wheels fit them, how do you know that you definitely want some...? 

Educated guess on the gauge (and the rest). I'm fairly sure they'll be useful. 

On 29/04/2021 at 19:24, -missy- said:

Teeny Tiny Wagon Chassis...

 

 

Had to make my own bending jig for it...

 

 

Julia

 

'Want one!'  Well, I don’t want just ONE, I want several please! What wheelbase are they and what gauge? What wheels are you going to use with them?

Sam

On 04/01/2020 at 14:44, Hendreladis said:

Anyone interested in exchanging a part built LYR 0-8-0 freight loco for some association loco chassis kits? I am looking for unbuilt panniers (or maybe a Terrier at a push) or a large prairie to bodge in to something - or maybe you have something more esoteric that I won't be able to resist?

 

Nigel Hunt chronicled his build on RMWeb (chances are anyone interested in a swap has seen it - I have tried and failed to post a link). The kit is great but I am unlikely to be able to justify a loco so hideous amongst some dainty and elegant turn of the century Welsh stock . . . I am hoping to trade up my build so far plus the remainder of the etch. Here's a pic:

 

 

Hi Hendreladis,

Are these items still available please?

I'm afraid that I don't have any of the items you list and doubt that I have anything sufficiently esoteric to swap but maybe we can come to a suitable arrangement. 

Cheers, 

Sam

2 hours ago, dpgibbons said:

Thanks Kevin. Just putting a shop 2 order together for a little 2FS test train.

 

With calipers I can see that Peco wagons take a 14.8/6 wheelset and Farish wagons are mostly a 15.2/6 so I'll get those two sizes. 

 

And I'll fit a couple of wagons with a Peco replacement chassis kit 2-382.  The instructions list a non-current axle part number - presumably it should be a 12.25mm axle set?

You might want to also get a small number of axles/wheelsets that are the next length up from what you have measured (or even both the next two sizes).  RTR axles are often quite a sloppy fit and you may well find that longer finescale axles actually run better than the same length you took out.

Three photos of Holywell Town. The headshunt looks challengingley short, though it is improved a bit if you go through the 'middle' road (left hand track as you approach from the 'main' line).

Any further news? Any pictures of the stock?

This was also mentioned in one of the modelling mags but they didn't mention that the stock is all 2FS.

Sam.

The Colonel knew  Group Captain Peregrine Fellowes,  

 

http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Fellowes.htm

 

do the proportions now make sense Colonel Stephens light railways where some what eccentric 

 

Nick

The link to the RAF web site doesn't always seem to work but I managed to find it from searching for the main site then going to the main menu and scrolling down the site map to Personnel and officer biographies beginning with f. Hopefully this link might work better: <http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Fellowes.htm>

Sam

Could not believe my eyes when I stumbled across this quite by chance. Many, many, years ago I planned to make one for my Metalwork 'O' Level project until I was talked out of it!! And that was after I took lots of pictures at the NRM, printed them to scale to help create the drawings I needed.

 

Anyway, read all the comments (well most, there is a lot here :-)) and looked at Rapidos fine models, and I've just taken the plunge....

 

....it's the only way I'll ever have of owning a model of this fabulous train.

Hi Moschops,

Is there any possibility of the drawings you did being made available please.

They would be interesting and might be of use to those of us working in scales other than 4mm who are unable to benefit from Rapido's good works.

Best regards,

Sam K.

use 9mm tube  its closer to scale  

 

NIck

9mm plus paint will get you very close to 9.15mm.

Sam.

Hi Sam

 

I reckon that the timable for completion of PSJ is at least 5 years, however I have just been forced by the Landlady (SWMBO) in to giving a date for the first train movement under power as next year!

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It will be a long time in the future before PSJ is ready for public/peer scrutiny, but it is good fun getting there.

 

Best Regards

 

Ian

[coughs]

Is that a management imposed arbitrary deadline or do the workers (you) feel they can achieve it? :-)

We look forward to seeing it progress.

Sam.

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Ian

PS Timetableworld.com only has a limited number of timetables on there, however, I have managed to lose several hours already.

It's no good having a timetable if you don't stick to it! ;-)

Chris Higgs, on 18 Oct 2016 - 17:48, said:

Wagon underframes:

    LNWR 9'

    LNWR 9'9"

    LYR 10'6"

    LYR 12'

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David Short has confirmed that all of these will become shop items. It's going to be well into tthe new year before they are available though.

 

Chris

Excellent news Chris. Many thanks.

Any chance of a preview photo so we know what we're getting etc?

Ok if we put a note about these in the LYRS magazine?

Sam.

A parcel of shiny etches arrived on Friday from PPD – excellent service as ever (usual disclaimer applies), but my impatience to see if it all worked made the 10 day lead time feel like a lifetime. There is something very satisfying about unwrapping something you’ve spent months swearing at in AutoCAD.

 

 

............... I decided to tackle the Class 14 chassis. This was a complete step into the unknown – I’ve never built a chassis before, let alone a self designed one. I read a lot of the Association articles and booklets on the theory and closely looked at what other people did. It’s gone surprisingly well – the chassis went together squarely with the Association jigs and was quartering was made fairly simple with the other Association jig (I’m not sponsored by the 2mm Association Jig department, I hasten to add!). Much to my surprise, it runs really well and is getting smoother and quieter by the minute – I’m putting this solely down to beginners luck. The fairly long wheelbase seems to be fine on all of Parkend’s track work, although I did allow a little slop in the design for this. Special mention must go to Julia for her notes on using Metric Gears – they’re spot on, thanks Julia!

...............

Last night I built the cranks and dropped them in, it’s quite therapeutic watching them slowly rotate. ....

Hi Pix,

Is the Class 14 chassis available please? And did you or someone do a detailing etch for the body, particularly the bufferbeams?

Regards,

Sam.

...............

It is a Class 122 unit, the Gloucester RC & W version of the single units. The one on Wadebridge is the Pressed Steel or Class 121 variety. Two ways to tell them apart are that the 121 has a four character roof indicator box and the 'bendy out' type exhausts. The Class 121 has a two character headcode box and straight exhausts which used to join over the cab but this connection was later removed. ...............

 

David (a DMU gricer!)

umm, 121 or 121?

Has anyone successfully finescaled a Dapol Pannier 57XX? If so is it a strait forward task or is only the body left as an original part?

There is/was this thread: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/64660-Dapol-pannier-a-haynes-manual/

and apparently "the February/March (2016) magazine will include an article by Pete King on converting the Dapol pannier".

Just in from Poland:

 

 

Micro components for a long running project kickstarted by the acquisition of some small motors.

 

Contained inside the protective rings are:

• 4x axle muffs, 2mm o/s diameter bored 1mm
• worm M0.15 bored 0.7mm
• 27T gear bored 2mm for placement on muff

Whether any of this will actually work remains to be seen! We'll give it a go.

enough teasing whats the project 

 

 

Nick

Hmm,

Only one worm & wheel but four muffs. Must be an 0-6-0 with a spare muff?