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Well, that was a grand day out. Spent wisely, watched lots, and had loads of good conversation. Excellent layouts, but too many to pick out as favourites.

Culm will not be attending. This was notified before Christmas, but has escaped the net and is still appearing on the layout list. 

On 06/03/2024 at 17:02, JZ said:

That's it. Thank you. Obviously not using the correct term when searching.

Just bought this,

A bit of work shouldgive me a reasonable representation of the Smiths arms Hotel at Aberbargoed.

Could add of extra windows upstairs and block out a couple of doors on the ground floor.

Great shot. Looks like a South Wales des res.

26 minutes ago, dasatcopthorne said:

I made this using a Youtube vid from somewhere.

 

3/4 sheets of tissue paper together soaked with watered PVA and whilst still slightly wet, moulded over the end of a wagon. When dry, black thread used to secure ans then weathered.

 

Dave.

That’s the technique I use as well. It keeps the shape, and the tarp can made to look newer/stiffer by increasing the PVA strength. I then paint with acrylics.

Is there any reason why an RC loco cannot retain its pickups and then run on powered track? If so, are there requirements that need to be put in place,eg receiver switched off,etc?

4 hours ago, Miss Prism said:

Hornby do/did one, for their Grange, but that's RTR of course. It looks decent enough though.

 

Hadn’t spotted this reply when I posed a cut and shut possibility. Many thanks for this, and I shall look for the rtr version.

4 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

I think Falcon Brassworks/Jidenco did one. One of those where it might be worth watching on eBay to see if the etches appear, sometimes they sell a few "etches only" on there, If they do, the rest of the bits you can get from other sources.

 

 

 

Jason

If anyone were to do it, then my money would have been on Falcon: they made kits for everything going! If I can’t find anything, I’ve thought of doing a horizontal cut and shut on a 4000 gall tender- I wonder if that would work?

Is there a kit for a Collett 3500 gall tender, 4mm?

Really good show, stayed there for 4 hours or so. Impressive layouts, backup trade and good value refreshments. Met a load of people I haven’t seen for a while. Good time!

Black doors and steps makes sense: the GWR tended to paint areas black that would get dirty, even specific window areas in signal boxes. 

I’ve read somewhere that the cab doors were painted black, but I’m not certain on this. Perhaps, somebody more knowledgable can comment?

Didn’t Triang do a 4000gall tender?

Rookie question. I have bound my receiver to the controller, but is it possible to rebind the receiver to a different number setting afterwards?

A few of us went to show on Saturday. We really enjoyed, good layouts across most scales. As you would expect in Burnley, the lunchtime pie was excellent.

Many thanks to Peter Rigby for arranging the show: really good all round. Considering the show is in the middle of holiday time in August, then 400+ is a respectable number of attendees — I hope the EMGS is happy with that.

It was a really good show allround: layouts, trade and demonstrations. I hope the numbers are good enough to keep it going.

Good to see that Ellis Clark are catering for EM and P4 modellers— I wish more of the other manufacturers did the same.

Thanks for all your efforts here. I shall find these very useful.

Consider putting Linuxonto your PC. Easier to manage because youhave fewer worries about viruses, etc. also runs a hell of a lot faster even on oldspec PCs.

On 28/01/2023 at 17:26, The Johnster said:

Fairly certain the 70' toplights were all gone by Nationalisation (more than happy to be proven wrong), but I'm pretty sure I've seen photos of 57' toplights in BR crimson/cream, and non-gangwayed in crimson.  The toplights tended to be plated in by that time so the only visual indicator over an early Collett coach from a distance was the flat ends and door ventilators above the droplights. 

 

Comet is your friend if you want variety over and above what is produced RTR (and as we've seen you can't have too much variety for any but the named expresses for 1950s WR modelling), catering vehlcles, the 'other' Centenaries, and non-gangwayed Colletts including flatenders.  The kits are not difficult, but do take time and care, and I would recommend strengthening some of the assemblies as they can be a little flimsy.  I'd also recommend RTR bogies or Stafford Road Works (on Shapeways) 3D prints, as I don't like Comets' whitemetal offerings.  The ones I made up for my E147 B set were wide enough to be visible from directly overhead the coaches; that can't be right...  The Stafford Road bogies take RTR wheelsets without brass bearings, run very smoothly, and have NEM pockets the correct height above rail level no connection happy customer.  Stafford do various Deans, fishbellies, Collett 7' and 9', but not Pressed Steel.

As with you, Johnster, I prefer the Safford Rd bogies - but it pains me to pay the postage charge from Holland. I wish something could be done about it!

Why are these details not on the EMGS website?

On 09/02/2022 at 23:15, RJS1977 said:

Maybe they could do one panelled on one side but not the other!

I’ve got a number of coaches like this: wartime brown one side, chocolate and cream the other. The wartime brown is used on top of cocked-up normal GW livery!

10 hours ago, Talltim said:

At a tangent, what was the thinking behind having bow ends on non-corridor coaches? I don't see that they add anything except a little extra leg-room for a couple of passengers.

I don’t think they got extra leg room: I think the false wall was flat and the bowend outside it. Like you say, why bother? I may be wrong though!

3 minutes ago, Skinnylinny said:

You had me worried there! 🤣

The underframe drawings for the 59' 10 1/2" underframe as used under the E140s (lot 1407) shows four sets of truss rods. Being aware of the perils of relying on just drawings, though, we have managed to find a couple of photos of E140s where the sun is low enough that it picks out the outer and part of one of the inner sets of truss rods. 

I’m glad you can prove it! It means , though, that I have to modify most of my coaches now! My rule has been 64’ and upwards - 4 trusses, anything below - 2 trusses ( except restaurant, slips and pre-angleiron). Live and learn.

I notice that the photo of the underframe shows four sets of truss rods. For this size of GWR coach, should this not be two? I’ll get my coat.