Nickey Line

Just hope that wasn't consigned to the same black hole as the rest of their 4mm stuff ...

Nope, MSE stock them too.

 It's a pity nobody done 3-point gauges for DOOGAF when I started that about 5 years ago, it would have made life a lot easier.

Three-point 00 track gauge from Slater's, been available for donkey's years...

https://slatersplastikard.com/accessories/trackMaterials.php

... and only 4 quid a pop.

Does anybody have any pics of 20s on the ex-GNR branch from WGC to Leighton Buzzard?

I'd be really interested to see those...

I added a post in 'Auctions you didn't expect to win' forum but it seems appropriate here too - Roco Multimaus for £50, and there were no other bidders!

edit - hasn't arrived yet though!

Ill put some lead on the underneath,just trying to remember the recommended weight, pound or half a pound an axle?

A pound!?!? I hope you mean an ounce! 

Hattons can't be faulted - order placed 20:30 yesterday (Sunday) arrived today 18:00

Just brilliant!

Houghton Regis, I grew up there, It had a cement works (now closed) & ..... er....Hattie Jaques opened the new shopping centre in 1966

Also has a 1960s housing estate, a 1970s housing estate,a 1980s housing estate.............

You could also mention the cement works was used in the filming of 'O Lucky Man', starring Malcolm McDowell... but I'm sure you knew that!

Kimpton, also known as 'Funky Kimpton', well, by me, anyway...

oops, crossed posts... try Arundel instead, nice castle.

Corelli - Christmas concerto - seems kind of appropriate at the moment, what with the weather being the way it is!

Feist - Let It Die (the album)

Agreed - Dr. Feelgood were cool weren't they? The doc. was Oil City Confidential I assume...

Jimmie Vaughan - Do You Get the Blues?

Next up Serafina Steer - The Moths Are Real

or maybe Giuseppi Tartini violin concertos  - haven't made my mind up yet!

No, its known as our "Dynamic Wheel Cleaner".

 

Thin strip of tissue - single ply of cheapest is best.

Spray with Iso-Propyl Alcohol, keep it damp.

That's a good idea, not come across that before. Does the tissue ever stick to the wheels? That could cause a nasty mess!

What's the spray for? Simulating rain?  

I've just watched the BRM dvd... what a truly astonishing piece of work this is, almost industrial in it's scope and scale!

I'm in awe...

Nope, I'm using a Lenz system. Can't speak for the original poster though of course! But as I don't intend to run my locos on a DC system anyway, it's not a problem.

Hmmm interesting; perhaps this 'feature' doesn't work as it's supposed to, as I found exactly the same results when wheels and track are spotless (I use IPA for track/wheel cleaning by the way).

Sometime later...!

After further experimentation I've found that the jerkyness can be cured by turning off the DC bit in CV29...

i.e. subtract 4 from the value in CV29 for those as don't know... jerkyness now completely cured. Strikes me as rather odd that this should make so much difference!

adding this in part as a 'bump', as a mere edit doesn't do the job...

CV54=12 and CV55=60 is what Bachmann recommends (at least as a starting point) for all the smaller models, e.g. Panniers, Small Prairies, BR Std 3 and Std 4 tanks. The DCC Fitted versions I have are pre-set to those values.

I had a similar issue with a recently purchased Bachmann 3F and found that the loco performs best with back EMF turned off altogether... will go at a smooth crawl no probs, and quiet too. With back EMF on (any settings) it becomes noisy and jerky.

Just my experience with one particular loco but may be of use to someone.

Sometime later...!

After further experimentation I've found that the jerkyness can be cured by turning off the DC bit in CV29...

I'm hoping to get to Watford on the Sunday afternoon - will definitely be taking an extended gander at this layout - inspiring work!

No explanation needed - just watch!

Hi Whinge etc

I remember seeing the P4Me coupling but can find no sign of it now - could you provide a reference?

On the subject, what ever happened to Lisa of P4Me fame?

Cheers

Jim

Further info can be found here... an old workbench topic of mine...

A reference was made earlier in this thread to the P4Me coupling. I use this simplified AJ-type coupling on my Inglenook and would not hesitate to use it more widely. Made with .010 steel wire and cut-down panel pins, it's very cheap, easy to mount and very reliable, operated by electromagnet. The only proviso is that it would not work too well on standard 00 as there is too much slop. My Inglenook is 00 finescale (whatever that is!)Would work equally well on 00-SF, EM and obviously P4/S4.

Leavin' on a Jet Plane - I'll get me coat