crazynitwit

It'll be dark by then. After all, nearly 20 past eight?Oh, my apologies! 20:18.......

The way it's going we'll get the 2018 range in 2025.

Where should I go about getting replacement nem pockets for the sentinel.

On the real thing, most couplings are free to move from side to side in a horizontal slot. In 4mm and smaller most people don't include this feature and simply make a vertical slot in the buffer beam into which the shank of the hook can be inserted and be fixed.

 

The vertical slot can be made by drilling a couple of small holes and then working them with a thin blade in a craft knife to make the right size. Also you can file the shank of the hook down a bit so the vertical slot in the buffer beam isn't so deep. Sometimes this can be a useful trick in plastic buffer beams as the slot needs to be well clear of the bottom of the buffer beam so it doesn't split.

 

For fixing you can either superglue or epoxy the shank in place, preferably by applying the glue from behind the buffer beam to make a neat job. Alternatively you can use the spring and split pin included in the Smith's pack if you wish, but to be honest I've never really found the theoretical springing from this amounts to much.

 

John.

My Hornby sentinel new couplings. I've been having a look at Smith's chain links but I'm unsure as of how to fit them. The pictures I saw on eBay makes it look like they are flat bottomed but other pictures suggest they have a shaft. Which of these are true. And if the latter is how do I go about fitting it.

Hi all,

here is my effort not finished yet still a lot to do on it to be honest.

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Sorry, I was only joking, after all the Barclays have proven popular, as well as selling-out, as well as being lovely models (so I gather anyway).

 

Cheers,

 

of course, there are always these....

 

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The wheels are not the same as the 0-6-0 sentinel and if anything look a bit bigger.

Thanks for all the replies. I think I'm just going to have a go at making a new layout with proper wood that can support itself. (Not MDF)

Bachmann are announcing their 2018 range on January the 7th.

You could try to pack out the track so that even though the board is warped, the track remains flat.  The problem is that if it has started to warp it could get worse.

 

You could try replacing the timber(s) that have caused the warp.

 

But the most near bullet proof solution is to replace the warped board.

One of the pieces of wood that makes up the underframe has warped making my layout tilt forward. It's only noticeable from the side but is still noticeable. What should I do .

Shunting engines? What heresy is this? Next you'll be saying Barclays would sell...

No-one seems to have mentioned this. Although I could be wrong. I think the sentinel they did was one of if not the best shunter locomotive they did.

Only a crazy nitwit would say that then forget to include the photo...  

 

 

 

(That will make absolutely no sense of course, if you change your username, and then I'll be left looking the fool...   )

A DMU for £200? I don1t know what standards you are expecting, but if it was to the same standards of the new mk1 coaches, i`d be happy. They are on evilbay for £30 a pop, so that x3 for a 3 car, plus £25 for the motor bogie, and a extra £15 mark up for profit, would give a DMU for £130 top, maybe less for those people selling on smaller margins.

 

Then you could have more expensive versions with interior lights, head/tail lights, maybe even TTS chis.

I ended up taking the hand rails off. This photo was taken before I removed the excess paint.

Fitting white metal detailing parts to locomotives. Generally these go fine. But when the stem of them snaps they're a nightmare to put on.

Try springside models vacuum brakes and steam heating pipes.

If not happy change to one that was modified to having handrails or nothing there!

Mark Saunders

Are you talking the Valance (Solutions Available) or the side sheet?

 

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I've owned the model for a couple of years and only just noticed that the valances seem quite flimsy. Still considering the option to cut them off.

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Not according to this post. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/105523-oxford-diecastgolden-valley-ye-janus-0-6-0de/?view=findpost&p=2788394

 

Cheers

Mick

There is no definitive "Good" baseboard material, ply, Mdf, Fibreboard, Sundela, concrete, Oak, I have tried most with reasonable results but chipboard, it is heavy, weak, absorbs moisture and disintegrates, can't be sanded to a decent finish, splinters, the sharp edges rip your trousers and skin, and it transmits noise, This evening while recycling materials from a skip I chucked several sheets of 12mm Chipboard back in. However don't let me put you off, It does stay flat unlike most materials, doesn't usually come with live woodworm and as a base plane rather than a track bed on a permanent layout it can do a good job, especially the tongue and groove 18mm flooring grade..

Hi All,

 

I'm trying to compile a list of currently available RTR that is fitted with coreless motors.

 

A quick search doesn't reveal definitive answers, but I think I've found the following so far......

 

00 gauge

 

DJ Models:

Class 71

14xx/48xx

J94

 

Kernow:

1361

O2

Beattie Well tank

 

 

Bachmann:

Wickham trolley

Ivatt 2-6-2T with Next18 socket - maybe?

 

009 Baldwin

 

Oxford:

Dean Goods - maybe?

 

Dapol

GWR streamlined railcar - maybe?

 

 

N gauge.

Farish:

Most of the Farish releases over the past 4-5 years or so. The exceptions seem to be - DMUs and EMUs

 

Dapol:

Unknown.

 

 

If anyone can add more or confirm or correct me if I'm wrong, I would be most grateful. I will also continue searching.

 

 

Cheers,

Mick

Modern smoke oils are claimed to be non-toxic, being aqueous mineral oil solutions in the main.

 

But Hornby used the boiling water solution (via a miniaturised immersion heater) in their one attempt at this. It didn't really catch on, and when you watch the video, it is not hard to see why.....

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLsDYvYDxD0