SweenyTod1

Stewart, 

 I've been in contact with Al at NUI models, who does the side skirts/ cowcatcher parts for adding to a Bachmann 04. I'm sure if you ask him nicely, he can print one if he doesn't already have one in stock. I too converted my 04 years ago to 11102, very pleased how it turned out!

Tod

1 hour ago, SweenyTod1 said:

Having made the wagon kit which has no transfer set included, I would like to finish it. Ideally all I need is "empty cask wagon" and the running number, as I was able to use the remainder from an HMRS pressfix set. However, if you have the complete set  you no longer need, I will be more than happy to buy it from you.

Tod

That should have been "EMPTY CASK ONLY" on the transfer sheet.

Tod

Having made the wagon kit which has no transfer set included, I would like to finish it. Ideally all I need is "empty cask wagon" and the running number, as I was able to use the remainder from an HMRS pressfix set. However, if you have the complete set  you no longer need, I will be more than happy to buy it from you.

Tod

I have now bought the latest Oxford Diecast Sentinel lorry and like its predecessor, a lovely model in Tate and Lyle sugar blue livery. The colour not dissimilar to LNER  vehicles, so got me to thinking to re-livery it. Whether or not the LNER had similar lorries, Rule 1 could come into force. But for now I have many projects waiting my time, so I can enjoy both vehicles as they are.

Also, I bought a trailer with canvas covered load. Its livery is very close to the dark red of the LMS lorry. Both have draw hooks, so they make a nice combination. 

 Finally to end my ramblings, placing the latest lorry face to face with one of my S4s, any differences in scale, are in my opinion, are negligible, which was my original quest, initially on the 009 Society, also on here.

Thank you for your comments and suggestions, much appreciated.

Tod

18 hours ago, t-b-g said:

 

That is a shame. The market is probably fairly limited and it probably isn't worth their while reducing the artwork and producing castings for 4mm scale.

 

Ace kits can be a bit hit and miss. I have heard that some are quite good and others very challenging.

 

Have you considered scratchbuilding one? I have built a few more obscure locos from scratch and it isn't that difficult and I find it highly rewarding.

 

If you can use a soldering iron and a piercing saw, the world is your oyster.

Yes indeed I can use a soldering iron and piercing saw, but if all else fails to get a 3-D printed body, I am considering plasicard construction on a scratch built chassis, something I have done successfully in the past.

I am aware that the design of this class of loco  had a Midland influence by Nielson, so as yet, I haven't explored similar locos from the Midland/LMS stable, something I must do. Ks, Craftsman etc kits  come to mind, but there must be others too. RTR versions of similar locos exist, but would have to be very close dimensionally before I would consider an expensive model to hack about. The new G5 was a loco on what was the Great North of Scotland metals, but far too nice to butcher! 

So my quest continues, despite my aging years and arthritic fingers, I would like to have a G10 added to my collection.  I'm very grateful for all your comments and suggestions, so keep them coming please.

Tod

On 10/11/2023 at 17:32, t-b-g said:

 

At that price, I think that kit is from their O Gauge range.

It took awhile to contact them and you are right, they only do the G10 in 0 scale. They do a range of 00 models, but not this one. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Tod

Being a member of the Great North of Scotland Railway Society and interested in all things GNSR, I have a desire to add a Class "R" (LNER G10) loco to my stud. As far as I know, every railway company had similar  0-4-4 tank locos for similar suburban work. However, no RTR or kit exists of this specific loco, as far as I know. So good people, is there anyone, commercial or otherwise, who has the skills and knowledge to produce a one off loco body?

I hope to live another 15-20 years, maybe scrape another couple to reach 100, but may lose interest and ability to scratch build a chassis for it, long before I succeed in achieving three score and ten, plus VAT! So pretty please, who can help with this old man's quest? I look forward to to your enthusiastic responses.....but don't take too long!!

Tod

Two pages and now nothing on the intended release date. I'm sure I saw somewhere that an update was due at the end of August, but "it's all quiet on the Western Front!" Anyone know what is happening?

Tod

Does anyone have a pair of tyres for my 31 please? I intend to use the chassis for a 009 project and seems a shame to bin it for the sake of a couple of tyres. I've tweaked the pickup springs and will add pickups to the motor.

Thanks,

Tod

Ah yes Rob, I had forgotten about that little booklet, because It was not with the others in my bookcase, now rectified. As you say, a nice preface from The Rev. W. Awdry , writing it when the tramway was still open, just! I must have seen him about at the time, but my innocent youth didn't know who he was then.  I did meet his son Christopher at an exhibition many years later though.

Tod

I have built two types of kit, one in white metal ( Ks) and one etched brass ( D&S). The latter is the Y6 Tram Loco, the WM kit is the J70, although powered by a Tenshodo bogie. I also have two more Ks kits in the pipeline. I've had them some 30-40 years with the intention to build a layout for them, purely goods as no suitable r-t-r or kits for coaches were available, as far as I knew.

Born and bred in Cambridgeshire, I remember seeing them trundling alongside the road and across the ungated crossings. Latterly of course, it was diesel powered, but still was a site to see, with long trains of fruit vans wandering across the road! It certainly tested the patience of the road users at the time!!

If it will be of help to those not familiar with the W&UT, there are two very informative books that tells you all about this system and its infrastructure:-

The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway Centenary Album by Andrew C Ingram, Becknell Books, ISBN 0 907087 20 5

Branch Line to Upwell by Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith and Andrew C Ingram, Middleton Press, ISBN 1 873793 642

I have both of these books in my extensive library and surprisingly to some, two other locos were tried on the system. The Y10 double cab loco and the Y1, which didn't have side skirts. Needless to say really, the J70 and 04 were best motive power to shift the loads required. Quaint yes, but they did a great job and were very entertaining for this young budding railway modeller.

Tod

21 hours ago, Flying Pig said:

 

Not a mistake, but a regrettable design decision that makes casting the boiler simpler as the holes for the handrail pillars are horizontal.  I think the LSWR Black Motor was the same and Oxford also did it with their J27.

 In this day and age such a deliberate act of commercial  vandalism surely cannot be justified! T.W.Wordsell and James Holden must be spinning in their respective graves!! A shame on Hornby for allowing this insult, if indeed what you say is true. I'm even more spurred on now, to right this wrong, to correct my loco. I've been making models, plastic, whitemetal and brass, for some 50 years, so I'm very capable to re-drill the holes and fit scale handrail knobs where they should be.

Tod

I have recently stripped down my J15 BR version with the plan to revert it to LNER pre WW2 period. So far I have removed the handrail "lumps" and filled the original holes in the boiler. Decals have been rubbed down and  careful painting will be done, masking off details I wish to preserve. I can then re-drill the holes in the correct position and complete re-assembly, lettering and numbering.

Going back to the "lumps" issue I cannot understand how Hornby got that part so wrong, especially as there is a working example that their researchers could climb all over to photograph important details like that. To my knowledge, no-one has ever made such a glaring error like that before!!? No matter, onward and upward, once all this unnecessary work is complete, I will have the J15 added to my working stud.

Somewhere in the past, I think I remember this topic has been mentioned before. I have trawled through 30 pages in this category, but not found it yet. If anyone can direct me to it, I would appreciate it, thanks.

Happy modelling folks,

Tod

Hi Alastair,

Sincere apologies, I mis-informed you about the body. It is plastic not white metal. It still looks ok in LNER black, numbered 8007, by Airfix.

The detail is good, separate handrails etc. So when I have no other projects, it might get a decent chassis, but that's a long way off!

Apologies once again,

Tod 

Hi Alastair, 

I have a ready built kit  whitemetal body going spare. I inherited the complete loco. but the chassis/motor not good at all. Both or just the body could be yours. Please PM me if you still need one.

Thanks 

Tod

It has been on my wish list for a very long time. I suspect that I may have to sell a lot of my collection to pay for one!!! Wartime black/khaki and dirty would be my choice, but we will have to be patient to see what livery options and price will be available. Rule 1 will always apply, so expect demand will outstrip production.

Tod

Thanks for that PhilJ, very useful info. Though old enough, I don't recall those kits for the S type. I doubt if any exist today.

Tod

Yesterday I received this model and what a nice model it is. I bought it partly to do a comparison with my Lledo S4/6s to see how they compare scale wise. On another website I started a thread on this same subject and got some good responses. I couldn't locate a 4mm scale drawing of the LLedo lorries to confirm, or not, their true scale. So now I have this new model, I can compare their differences. It was suggested that the Lledo models  are perhaps 1/72nd or even 1/64th, but considering they are different eras of Sentinels, dimensions are bound to be different. So if no-one can provide an accurate scale drawing, I'm happy that they are near enough for a non "rivet counter".

Tod

On 02/07/2023 at 14:06, kevinlms said:

But maybe you were refering to this in the 'RM Shows you how' series. These randomly appear in Railway Modeller as a separate insert and also what is in No. 10, may in a later series, be something entirely different.

 

So perhaps you had a copy from a 1976 Railway Modeller?

 

https://www.priory-antiques.co.uk/product/turntables-traversers-railway-modeller-shows-you-how-booklet-no-10/

Looking back through the replies, sorry not to get back to you about No.10 booklet. I have found my copy of it and obviously does not have the info I seek. I'm pretty sure the article was in a RM magazine long ago. As no one has, so far, come up with it, then I think it wise to conclude my search on here. I thank you and everyone else for your input. As said before, I have the sketch I made at the time, so the missing details I will have to work out as I go.

Tod

Thanks CJI, I will have a search and see what I can find. Its many years so far since I saw it and only resurfaced the idea recently, as I'm currently working on a new T/Table  control panel. Indexing is by eye and is quite successful, but would benefit by something more accurate. Space underneath is a bit restricted, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Tod

12 hours ago, cctransuk said:

 

I struggle to visualise this! Do we take it that this is a turntable for a fiddleyard - because I can't imagine that it would bear much resemblance to the prototype?!?

 

CJI.

Yes, I suppose it it is hard to visualise, but the platter device is below the baseboard. Above is a roundhouse of radiating tracks served by a Peco or similar turntable well and rotating bridge. It is the rim of the platter, notched out as described, that provides the indexing. If I knew how to present a sketch here, I would. The platter was definitely a metal one from a redundant record player, providing its weight to give a flywheel effect, as I said in my original post. I do appreciate all your thoughts and comments, but I was hoping that someone on here has the article I seek and would be kind enough to let me buy it or photocopy it. Even just to borrow it would be a help, as I remember the general concept, but not all the detail.

Thanks

Tod

Thankyou all for your comments and suggestions, but they are getting away from my original quest, the magazine article published by Railway Modeller, The design is very simple, in that the platter the correct way up and its central vertical shaft projects up through baseboard, to the turntable well and bridge. The drive is via friction by a  horizontal motor shaft in contact with the top edge  of the platter. The sides of the platter have cutouts at the approximate track positions. Adjustable plates are fitted over the cutouts with a small notch at the lower edge. These receive the end of a micro switch arm, stopping the platter and the turntable bridge in line with each track. Setting it up would be a bit fiddly, I suppose, but once that is done, it should be reliable!?

You may ask, how to stop the switch arm engaging with every notch? A piece of string is pulled, then let go just before the desired stop!!!!

Luckily I am bald, so I wouldn't have hair to pull out, as  it sounds like a whacky idea, but a great challenge to test my skills and patience, I don't absolutely need the article, but I would just love to have it, to prove I'm not completely bonkers!!!!

Funny Farm here I come folks......................

Tod

Thanks Kevin, most useful info. I hadn't thought of those booklets, which I did get at the time. I still have some lurking somewhere in my collections. So I'll have a rummage through them to see what I can find, failing which, I can order one from the details you provided.

I do have memory issues, not just due to advancing years, but this concept just keeps nagging away at the grey cells and its a challenge I'd love to have a go at, before I completely lose my marbles!!!!? Cheers,

Tod

Thankyou CKPR, that's very helpful. As you may recall, using a record deck platter, suitably supported, smoothed out any vibration and backlash often encounted by a direct drive from a motor shaft. I have seen similar devices utilising an upturned biscuit tin lid, indexing achieved the same way, but doesn't have the mass of a record deck platter. So my search will continue. Helpful responses permitting of course!

Tod

To get what I'm looking for will be music to my ears.........................