michl080

Hi,

as an addition, if you dilute it that way, you can press your finger on the nozzle. If you release air and paint, the air will escape through the pant reservoir. This will mix the paint quite nicely, especially at the bottom of your reservoir.

I an doing it sometimes with Vallejo, but I think it is no good practice.

Michael

18 hours ago, fiftyfour fiftyfour said:

I've measured the compressor outlet and it's more than 1/4", if anything it's 5/16" or 8mm- the inside bore of the outlet may be 1/4" but I'm not sure- it certainly isn't 1/8" in any case. So where do I get the adapter and what size do I need please?

BSP 1/8" has no 1/8" diameter. The BSP threads were initially used for water pipework. A 1" BSP thread was intended to be cut on a 1" inner diameter tube, so the outer diameter of the thread is always larger than expected. Likewise, the BSP 1/8" thread is larger than a 1/8", it has actually an outer diameter of 0.3830" or 9.728mm.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Standard_Pipe  for more useless information.

Very confusing!

Michael

hi,

I bet every trainspotter in Germany has these

https://www.ebay.de/itm/6x-Franckh-Taschenbuch-Eisenbahn-Lokomotiven-eb201/324036463600?hash=item4b72140bf0:g:yVYAAOSwJStcVLAz

books, They are small and handy, (11X15cm) and contain one page for every class with some dates including first and last use.

should be easy to get through ebay.de or abebooks.de

Michael

I agree it might be best to get a bottle of airbrush cleaner. However, if you want to start immediately, household glass cleaner will most likely be a good alternative. I feel that water is not removing all paint from my airbrush.

Michael

23 hours ago, justin1985 said:

The one I ordered just arrived, but on mine, one turn = 1.25mm!

Oh my! That means now it will be 0  -- 1 1/4 -- 2 1/2 -- 3 3/4 -- 5 -- 6 1/4

Bad for a continental metric mind.

Michael

Ric,

I have solder paste that is normally used in the electronic industry. If I am using the paste as it comes, it spatters quite heavily. So I mix the paste with Flux (phosphic acid 25%) to a soft creamy texture. This improves the wetting of the brass and reduces the spattering.

I should add that Andy's comment about using the same flux is correct. I am using my method with small amounts of solder paste. I think that the solder will corrode after some time if is is exposed to phosphoric acid.

Michael

Morning,

I can only speak for the situation in Germany. The vast majority of private sellers are not using paypal, not only because of the strange delay, but mainly because the extra cost for the transfer. I am selling quite frequently and request bank transfer (easy within the EU SEPA system, also internationally). The general rule is that the buyer transfers the money first. As soon as it is on the sellers account, the article is shipped.

Michael

On 21/12/2019 at 17:44, JeffP said:

The two handwheels are calibrated and seem to be on 1mm pitch threads, since one full turn equates to 1mm.

I've done a quick test and sure enough, 100 full turns is 100mm.

Very nice, especially the 1turn per mm is great. There are many other tables at ebay mostly with 1.5mm per turn.

I have ordered one 5 minutes ago :-)

Thanks!!

On 04/12/2019 at 18:57, TrainzBrainz23 said:

What is the best airbrush for a beginner?

 

how much are you willing to pay?

the price range starts at 20 GBP and goes up (at least) to 400 GBP

Michael

I am looking for a unbuild David Parkins MMP kit "LMS 40 Ton Bogie Trolley - Diag. 6248".

Wasn't there one in your pile of unbuilt kits?

Shipping to Germany required. All costs covered.

Michael

I prefer this one.

because it's not connected to the mains.

Michael

You may also want to visit the German language forums like

https://stummiforum.de/

https://www.h0-modellbahnforum.de/

https://www.eisenbahnmodellbauforum.de/

https://www.drehscheibe-online.de/

which are mainly focussed on H0 or

https://forum.spurnull-magazin.de/

https://www.argespur0.de/forum/

for 0 scale.

The spurnull-magazin forum has a dedicated English language group, but all other forums have English speaking members that try to help.

Michael

11 hours ago, Bloodnok said:

That's a great recommendation. I've looked through some of the suggested formations, and something instantly stands out -- it appears perfectly acceptable in Germany to run a train with no brake coach. I was assuming I'd need one in every formation, but apparently not. Interesting.

Morning,

that is because continental railways use Westinghouse pressure operated brakes. All coaches are linked and have their own brakes. It appears as if the Westinghouse system allows  higher brake forces, so no extra brake coach is required. It surprised me a lot to learn that every British train actually needed brake coaches. :-)

Michael

1 hour ago, Allegheny1600 said:

Oh, yes - in Germany, it appears, coaches are 'wagons' too (as well as freight wagons!) but I think they do differentiate them by calling them passenger wagons - then splitting them into various types;

A - first class

AB - first/second composite

B - second class

C - third class (no longer used)

D - fourth class (no longer used)

W - restaurant

All correct as well, except the "D" which is a luggage department. In many cases, these letters were combined, so that a BD would have a second class and a luggage compartment.

Michael

1 hour ago, Allegheny1600 said:

That is the limit of my knowledge regarding Continental makers of coaches, I hope someone can confirm or deny its accuracy? If so, maybe I should re-write this and 'pin' it as a "coaches primer" for this section of the forum?

John,

that is all 100% correct.

Only one more issue. There were older coaches that were shorter than standard 26m size, most of them pre-war coaches. Examples would be the Eilzugwagen or the Umbauwagen .

The Umbauwagen were actually rebuilt prussian coaches. Both types are significantly shorter than more recent coaches, so they were always to scale.

Michael

Thanks Phil,

very nice movie, but not much injector to see. I am happy to see that they repainted the machine in black. The blue livery was quite strange. I have found a very poor picture of 53808 without tender, where the injector can be seen.

This is what the kit injectors look like:

Michael

Good evening,

can I resurrect this thread please?

The kit makes good progress as you can see here,

but I am a bit stuck now with the "Davies & Metcalfe No 10 hot water injector".

The white metal part that is included in the kit looks quite different from any picture I have seen so far. I couldn't find anything comparable at Laure Griffin. The injector itself is well hidden behind the step backplates, but the tubing is quite prominent. Is there any kind soul that can provide a picture or a drawing of the injector?

Michael

14 hours ago, Bloodnok said:

I'm new to German modelling, and I'm getting a bit lost in the many options on the market. I wonder if anyone can assist me a bit.

 

I think I've got my head around the various German liveries and how they relate to epochs courtesy of this site. I'm still working out exactly which coach types worked in trains together, as DB seems not to have ordered a complete set of anything in one go unless they absolutely had to. Is there a good resource for recorded train formations? I'm looking for trains from the end of Epoch IVb and the beginning of Epoch Va.
 

I'm more lost when it comes to model history though, in terms of what was made, when, by which manufacturers, and to what accuracy levels and standards.
I did find this site which (Am I right in thinking "GS"==2-rail DC, "WS"==Märklin AC, "MM"==Märklin Digital?) which has some useful information in to help avoid some obvious pitfalls of a market with multiple incompatible control systems. One thing it doesn't tell me though is the tooling date -- e.g. for a loco released in 2015, say, was this an actual new release, or a re-number of an earlier release on the same tooling? This would be rather useful information to know.
 

Also, while that site seems fairly comprehensive on locos (I haven't encountered a loco on eBay that I've been sufficiently interested in to look up that /isn't/ listed there ... at least not yet), it's very spotty on coaches. Very little of those I see on eBay are featured on the relevant pages. As an example, I have a Eurofima Avmz 207 (Roco catalogue number 45256), which isn't listed on the relevant page.

The key bit of information I really need for coaches is the scale or length -- as there's 1:87, 1:93 and 1:100 variants all of coaches which are different lengths to start with, and combined with historically higher standards of modelling. It's nowhere near as easy as filtering out Hornby's short Mk3s, for example.

hi there,

lot of question:

You are right GS = Gleichstrom = DC; WS = Wechselstrom = AC; MM is Märklin genuine digital system that was incompatible with DCC. Historically, all DC systems evolved to DCC.  I am not familiar with the Märklin digital systems, but wikipedia may help.

The coach scales come from the past where most model railways had very tight curves of 400mm or below. As German coaches were 26,4m long (86 foot), it was impossible to build scale length coaches. Gradually, as model railways became more prototypical, the curves became wider and manufacturers started to provide more scale length coaches.

Coach colors is a huge thing in German modelling. You may want to take a look at wikipedia to get an idea when different colors came into use. Sorry, German language, google may help. You may also want to see Bundesbahnzeit . They have a lot of pictures of recorded train formations.

Modellbahnwiki is a great source to get an idea about what was produced at what time. I have been using that extensively to get an idea if an ebay article was worth the money.

If your are in doubt, just send me a message, I might be able to help.

Michael

we decided long time ago to use 600mm deep work benches at my company. All 800mm deep benches are a lot more cluttered in comparison. I think the 600 mm will help to keep your work space tidier.

Michael

I prefer a different approach. This blade is not splitting the material, it digs kind of a small trench in several cuts. The edge of the cut is perpendicular to the surface. With a knife, you will always have a sloping edge.

Michael

there are so many ways to fix the lead, why take the risk.

my 2c

Michael

Amanda, in 7mm scale, there are lots of kit suppliers like finney7, djparkins, , connoiseur, ragsonemodels and probably a lot more. However, these are etched brass. Is this a problem? I don'T think so.  As you say, building is the the REAL indulgence.

Having all these wonderful kits was the major reason for me to switch from H0 to 7mm scale.

Michael

On 29/09/2019 at 12:45, G-man69 said:

Thanks for the feedback.  If i'm understanding you correctly, although Miniart call them European Gauge, you are saying that they're unlikely to be used anywhere outside of Germany?

The chairs that sit on the sleepers to fix the rail are German "Rippenplatten". They have been standardized in Germany in 1926. See wikipedia for details.

Other countries like France had different designs to attach the rail on the sleeper. It might have been possible that the German Reichsbahn modified rails in occupied Europe with German style parts, but I assume that local material would have been preferred. So the Miniart kit models the German style of European gauge.

Michael

I agree that is may be a good idea to soak the airbrush in thinner, but I don't think the nozzle is blocked. At my Iwatas, the needle sits within the nozzle and peeks out at the front side. So if you can see the needle and move it inwards with the trigger, the nozzle can't be blocked. If you pull the trigger, can you hear the air blow somewhere or is it just completely blocked? The HP-SB has Teflon seals, so if you can't identify the problem, you may submerge the whole device in thinner. However, I would remove the air valve assembly first.

Michael

17 hours ago, G-man69 said:

The Miniart kit can be shelved until I build a mainland Europe scene, :-).

Morning!

That would be a scene quite late in WW2. This are "Reichsbahn" style chairs. Quite unlikely that they have been widely used anywhere in occupied Europe.

Michael